Shimmer and Glimmer, Baby!

At last!  My Glimmer Mist tutorial!!  It's long - because I just couldn't stop talking about the glories of Glimmer Mist!  I hope it was worth the wait!

One of my favorite things to use in scrapbooking is Glimmer Mist.  Glimmer Mist is a water based, non-toxic, acid-free paint in a mist bottle with the added attribute of a glimmer substance that adds a beautiful shimmer to everything it touches.

Glimmer Mist is made by Tattered Angels and available online (scrapbook.com carries a fine variety of colors).  You might also find it in your local scrapbook shops.  A similiar paint can also be made using various shimmery powders (found in the scrapbook section of your shops) and mixed with water in a mister tube.  Personally, I prefer Glimmer Mist.  Glimmer Mist comes in a wide variety of colors and Tattered Angels also offers certain seasonal colors  for a limited time.  (No, I am not associated with this product or company, I'm just a big fan!)

Best Laid Plans

It is said, “The best-laid plans of mice and (wo)men often go awry”.  No matter how carefully a project is planned, something may still go wrong with it.  

Well, that’s how my cropping and blog posting have gone the last couple weeks!  I am trying to pull together a tutorial on Glimmer Mist for you all and I keep thinking of things to show you, then my camera battery died and needed re-charging, so the whole project got put on hold.  In the meantime, life happened and I was pulled away to join in… rather willingly, I admit!

So, what do you do to satisfy your creativity when you can’t crop?  When I am not cropping, my mind has a little hamster in it, running the creative treadmill and as it thinks of things, it files them away for future reference.  Sometimes those creative files are well ordered and easily retrieved, other times I have little slips of thoughts that occurred to me, but I can’t remember what it was I was going to do with them!  I start looking at ordinary things and thinking, "How can I use that idea or object in a layout?".  Or, I’ll see some paper or embellishment or technique that strikes me as inspirational and I’ll get it and tuck it away until I can sit down and play again.

Time for a QUICKIE!

Just a quickie to tell you about more great giveaways!! Please visit the Creating Keepsakes blog and leave a comment.

A Stitch in Time

As promised,  I am posting a tutorial on stitching.  I love this technique because it adds something special to your layout and you do not have to have sewing skills to accomplish it!  Do not be intimidated by sewing - it is sew easy!  And most of all - it is way cheaper than those papers on the market with sewing already on them!