Confessions of a shimmer addict……

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hi my name is marti and i am a shimmer-a-holic!  hahahha

so played a bit more with my Twinkling H2Os that just arrived.  One of my MOST fave things is faux watercolor which i usually do with regular ink pads.  but i *heard* you could do it with twinks and that is one of the main reason i got them.  i made a few things a couple nights ago and when i saw the sketch challenge on SCS i KNEW it would be perfect for my wild flower piece!  i love it when that happens!

here is the sketch:

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and the card:

The darker images are twinks – i wet the paint and let it sit until it was more creamy than watery, painted the color directly onto my stamp, misted with water and stamped on watercolor paper.  the lighter images are brilliance inks – i inked the stamps up with different colors, stamped off once on a scrap piece of paper and then stamped on my image panel to get the *ghosty* look.

here’s a close up that really shows the shimmery-ness:

ok anyone who thinks i am having WAY too much fun learning stuff in photoshop raise their hands *raise my hand* – HAHHAHAHHA!!

when i brought it upstairs i realized it matched the gift bag fairly well from yesterday – TA-DA – a set HAHHAHHA!

I am thinking i will pull out some of the little studio G fairy stamps and make one more thing for a matching gift set and then put it up in my etsy shop which has sat empty for far too long!!!  My friend suzanne has had such great success with hers!

Well we are off to Walmart and the grocery store – i want to get the errands out of the way while it is still raining because tomorrow is supposed to be nice enough to play outside….ALLLLLLLL DAY!!!!

thanks so much for dropping by – it means the world to me to see you here!

hugs

M

 

Stamps: Close to My Heart – “Treasure Life”

Inks: Brilliance Pearlescents – Lime, Sky blue, Coral, Yellow, Orange; Memento – Tuxedo Black

Paper: Watercolor paper; PTI – Lemon Tart, New Leaf; Cloud 9 design – “Sunrise Smoothie collection” – Sparkle Sunrise Bouquet, Sparkle Paradise Small Flowers

The Rest: Twinkling H2Os – Kiwi, Yellow Rose, Persimmon, Dutch Iris; TH edge distresser tool; Distress Ink – Antique Linen; Ink Blending Foam Tool; Pez-A-Bling – Geranium, Muskmelow