Glimmer Misting with Heidi Swapp

Wow what an awesome (but tiring) day I had on Saturday with Heidi Swapp and Wendy Senger (the creator of Glimmer Mist). For those of you who follow Heidi's blog she is as lovely in person as she appears on her blog.

Here is the photos to prove the outing LOL ...



and I also got to meet Taryn and Kim which was really really great and they are just as lovely IRL.

So around 8 hours of solid learning on Saturday and wow did my head hurt afterwards LOL

Wendy shows us 25 different ways on using Glimmer Mist and we got to play with the new release Glimmer Glam and Glimmer Glaze

So what is Glimmer Glam and Glimmer Glaze - well I was confuse by what I read on the net so here is my easey peasy definition - well Heidi's words actually ...

Glimmer Glaze and Glimmer Glam are the same EXCEPT Glimmer Glam has glitter in it! Easy ah? They are a medium finish not like Glimmer Mist which is water based. I tested them on my charms (cause we got LOTS of free products to play with) and they stick to them and you add more layers to build up the colour depth.

Here are some examples with just one coat and added to the tips of the flowers ....

Here is Glimmer Glam - which comes in a container with a wide lid so you use a brush to apply it.



and Glimmer Glaze has a small brush attached to the lid




We also played with the Chalkboard Glimmer Mist which I love!!! Chalkboard will give you the same beautiful Glimmer as Glimmer Mist, yet the base will give you a semi-opaque finish that blends just like chalk. This is just like using art pastels or chalks! It will blend nicely with other Chalkboard colors or even with the original Glimmer Mist to create a variety of transparencies and add depth to your project

So going back to the techniques we learnt well some are very similar but I enjoyed the process of mixing the colours and adding more and incredibly (well to me anyhow)you can just wipe glimmer mist off, to blend it using a paper towel and keep reusing the same old colour stained towel. It acts as a resistant and won't transfer the mist back onto your new work.

2 basic ways to spray ...

Push half way down on the sprayer to create a spotted pattern

Start spraying from left to right and push down fully sprayer. Quickly moving across the sheet to create a fine even coat

Various people have asked which colour to buy as a newbie to Glimmer Mist and well Heidi explained go back to what you learnt at school with your primary colours and how you mixed them to make new colours. Personally though I would stick with the brown, black and pinks cause these are the colours I use the most to scrap BUT since learning the mixing and blending techniques my limited style of using glimmer mist has been wide opened.


We learnt so many different tips to share but my favourite (at the moment) is the resist technique. We used chipboard which had a resistant coating on them but hey if you don't have them, like me, but have embossing powder you can make your own.

On this layout I created a resistant by stamping an image on to my layout, heat embossed it then sprayed with 2 mists - Tiger Lily (my new favourite and will be stocking as soon as it is available from the supplier) and Graphite. After spraying wiped or dab off (it doesn't come off just gives a smoother finish not a mist finish). I also added some driplets to give it a bit more of a grunge effect since it being a boy layout by taking the sprayer out and letting drops from the tube fall onto my page.





And the second tip, which I just loved, was when you peel the backing off your chipboard don't throw it away ... use it!!! See the white frame? That is the backing of the chipboard frame (which I sprayed with tiger lily!) Cool idea ah?



Here are some flowers I made using Glimmer Mist and Embossing Powder centered with dark brown pearls and a piece of our gold flower chain



The embossing powders I used were chestnut brown and leaf. The brown one is now on this frame and the green one is going on another OTP I started today





On the leaves see the water droplet effect? I used clear embossing powder sprinkled on, heated, then sprayed with glimmer mist.



Our little girl charm has been coated in glimmer glaze

The glimmer mists that is currently out of stock on our site should be available by Friday this week. Unsure of delivery time for the new colours that I WANT no not want ... NEED!

Would also love to know your thoughts on the glam or glaze .. which one would you prefer to have? Please leave us your comments ...

Till next time