Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The Mystery of Glimmer Glam

I admit it, the colours totally sucked me in....

...such a rich red, such a gorgeous turquoise. And the name? Glimmer Glam. It sounds lovely doesn't it? So I bought some :)

Last night I had the urge to make a page, and somewhere in the creating process it dawned on me that my turquoise (actually, it's called "mermaid") Glimmer Glam would match my project. Not long after that, I realised that I had absolutely no idea what to do with it! LOL! It doesn't come in a spray bottle like Glimmermist, and my computer was turned off, so I couldn't google some instructions....hmmmm...what to do?

So I found an eyedropper (from the baby panadol days) and made some globs of Glimmer Glam on my background paper...
...so far so good. Then I grabbed a paintbrush and painted some white chipboard letters with it...noice. The spots looked a bit plain, so I used the tip of a letter opener to make little sun shapes...it sorta matched the retro look of the sticker I was planning to use.

Then I got totally carried away and painted over the dress on the sticker! I can see how this stuff can get addictive :)
After leaving it overnight to dry, I ended up with this...


...which really is quite sparkly in real life! I must point out that this is a 9x9 layout, a size that I use for my little album where I put pages just about me :) and which I add to,on average, once a year :)
Paper is by Echo Park, sticker is Modern Homemaker by October Afternoon, and sparkles are Glimmer Glam Mermaid.
And yes...I started a new job today :)
TTFN xxx
P.S. I do usually use photos in my scrapbooking...you could be forgiven for thinking otherwise given my last few pages :)

10 comments:

Suzanne said...

That stuff sure is fun and I love what you have done with it.Good luck with your new plans for tomorrow.

Tracey Holdyk said...

congrats on the new job and I love that you have recorded this little bit of your history.
well done
love me :-)

Mel said...

Wow... really love this LO Susan, even though it has no photo lol
The Glimmer Glam looks great!!

Linda said...

I can so not believe that you have used a glimmer product, i am lost for type...
how did today go?

Vicki said...

Good luck settling in to your new job Susan. Thinking of you....xx

Kiwifruit-Shiree said...

Suzi,it looks fantastic,

...so New year, new job, what are you up to gal? Good luck!

Beckie said...

Oooo I love the glimmer glam drops, it looks excellent!!

Linda said...

me again, what is the secret project in your to do list?

Michelle Hernandez said...

I just bought 8 bottles of this because I fell in love with one I got from an order by mistake and I was also stymied on how to use it- I've been applying with my fingers so far. :)

Janellybelly said...

Oh, I do ever so love your homemaker - she's precious ;)