Stuck Together

Good Morning! It's Emily again, as promised with the layout I made to match the tag from the 19th using Creative Inspirations Paints.  

I made this layout for a class, and wanted to show that with minimal patterned papers, plain cardstock and a few CI Paints, you can create a fun and colorful background. It doesn't cost much to make, and you have a lot of fun in the process! 

The base is white cardstock with tissue paper that I dabbed Distress Ink over for color and then used Blush paint to highlight in the creases and raised areas. Sky Blue and a stencil were used to make the dots and to top it off used a paint brush to splatter Buttercup over it all. 

Here is a close up of it all together... You can really see the shimmer in the blue dots! 

The paints I used today: 

I hope you have enjoyed my projects and gotten some inspiration out of it. Be sure to share with us what you have done with your CI Paints! 

Have a great day! 

Tag using Watercolor Crayons and CI Paints

Hi! Emily here to share a colorful tag I made using  Kassi's Watercolor Stamping Tutorial which you can find in the Tutorial section. 

I actually used a couple of stamps with my watercolors and Creative Inspirations Paints to make this: 

I colored the flower with some Blush paint and did the center in Buttercup. The flower is canvas, and you can see in the close up below how the fabric looks when painted. I didn't completely cover the flower, as I wanted it to have more of a splotchy look. I covered a punched out circle with some Glossy accents, let it dry, made it crack by bending it, and then colored it with my paint. 

Part of the Watercolor Stamping tutorial explains how you need to wet your stamp with some CI Paints and water mixed in a mister. For that I used Sky Blue. It added just the contrast I wanted. You don't see a lot of the blue, it's more the sparkle you are going for. :) 

Below are the colors I used: 

I also did a layout with this tag, which I will share in a couple of weeks! These are part of a class, along with THIS CARD to show off the various techniques you can do with the CI Paints. 

Have a great day!! 

Inspired by: Anything goes week #2

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This is week #2  for the challenge :

Inspired By: Anything Goes

Hi  Everyone, DIANA L. here from DL.ART  with today's inspiration 
challenge for you:

Here's some inspiration:

I hope you have enjoyed my project and will play along with this week's challenge!!
Remember you do not need to use CI Paints on your projects but if you have them we would LOVE to see how you used them!!
As always thanks for stopping by and
have a great week!

DIANA L.
for more information on my project come visit my blog at
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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General Challenge Rules

Each week you will be given a challenge to find inspiration in/from what ever the challenge theme is... you can be as literal or abstract in your inspiration as you want....Just make sure you can tie it back to the theme! Challenge closes at 6:00pm Eastern on Saturday.

You will always be able to jump back to the current challenge by clicking the "Current Challenge" link in our sidebar. The rules can always be found by clicking the tab "Challenge Rules" at the top of the page.

You do not need to use the Creative Inspirations Paints in your project, however, if you do, tell us which colors you used, and your name will go in the drawing twice! Each month, one person will win 5 jars of paint in the colors of their choice. The winner will be randomly drawn from all the people who have played that month, so make sure to join in on our challenges each week!

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A Stamped Flowered Background with CI Paints

Hi there! Emily here with a card I made using a couple of my favorite colors of Creative Inspirations Paints and a beautiful stamp by LaBlanche. 

To get my background effect was super easy. I stamped my image all over my cardstock in Blush, and then re-stamped it over the Blush in Buttercup.  The achieved effect is slightly raised, and very shimmery! 

I embossed my sentiment using Black Deliquesce embossing powder. Since the background I created is so busy, I wanted the remainder of the card to stay clean and simple, which is why I kept it pretty basic. All I needed was my die cutting machine for the scalloped circles, a pink mat and some ric rak . :) 

You can kind of see the shimmer... but you can really see how the images are slightly raised. It's nice to get that texture. 

Here are the colors I used again, just to recap: 

I hope you've found some inspiration with my card today! Have a wonderful day! 

Cherish..

Hi everyone today's post is about Cherish.  What does the word mean to you? 

• Each and every moment with loved ones and friends for you never know when it will be gone
• All the friends you have met along the way
• Life itself - stop to smell the roses
• Memories by capturing all those special moments through  a picture

I made this wall plaque and added some flowers to it where and hung it in my daughters room because she tends to forget the word Cherish often!

 

I used all these fabulous colors.

 

 

Altered Large Clothespins

Good morning crafty friends!

I hope you had a wonderful Easter with your family and friends!!  I had such a blast with the kids!!

Anyway, on to today's post!

I am so excited to share this post with you!!  I'll be giving you a sneak peek of a NEW product you will be able to order soon!!

YAY!!

During a recent shopping trip with my friend I found these large clothespins, that I thought would be fun to alter with Creative Inspiration Paints!!  My kids love crafting with me and well our fridge can only hold so much, plus I love having some of their art work in my craft room, so I thought these would be fun to hold a few of their little things they've created for me.  And I could keep them right on my craft table to see at all times.  

For the pink one, I used Blush as the main color!  And then used bubble wrap to create the fun texture with Plum!

I really like how it turned out, especially with the added Crinkle Ribbon, flowers and gems!!

The sparkle is beautiful!!

For the blue one I used Turquoise! My son's favorite color!

I wasn't sure how to decorate his, as I didn't want to make it too girly!

So I decided to add some Crinkle Ribbon along with a charm I created!

I cut out a tiny circle on my Cricut and then stamped the tiny "smile" sentiment, as I thought it would be perfect, since their artwork always makes me smile!!

I set the circle into the charm and then used our NEW product to finish it up!! ;)

So that's a sneak peek for you!!

Oh so exciting!!!

This is the first thing I created with it and I loved it!!  Took a little experimenting, but was so fun!!

Close-up of the shimmer and the Metallic Inspirations in Matt Blue that I used.

And lastly a look at them displaying some of their little art work:

We sure hope you are excited about the new product being released, we think you will have a fun time using it and can't wait to see what all of you will do with it!! 

Our current challenge is Anything Goes, join in we'd love to see what you create!

Have a shimmery day!!

Kendra

Easter bunny

Hi CIP fans!  I needed to get an Easter card done for someone, and chose this sweet Bugaboo bunny image!  I had fun with the Creative Inspirations Paint adding color to the background papers, and giving the bunny some shimmer here and there.  I've used Sky Blue, Blush, and Green Olive from the Creative Inspirations Paint colors.  While I haven't used any of the seam binding on this card, I did make some while I had these colors out.  I only use 2 small drops for about 3 yards of white seam binding, and mix it with a spray I make that has an alcohol base.  You'll see there are 2 different pinks.  There was more than a drop or two left over, so I actually added a bit of water to it and got the lighter shade.  I'll be using them in some upcoming projects.

Here's the back of the card:

Here is the seam binding:   

Here is a closer look at the CIP products that I've used:

Don't forget to check out the current CIP challenge of "Anything Goes"!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

hugs

Kimberly

February Palette Pick Inspiration - Love Mobile

Hello! Dana here sharing a love mobile that was inspired by the February Palette Pick challenge currently going on at the Creative Inspirations Paint facebook page. Link up your entries to our facebook page as many times as you want using the colors in the palette below. At the end of the month a winner will be chosen to receive all of the paints from the February palette!

I started this project with a Making Memories Mobile Kit.  This mobile was fun and easy to assemble.  I added some color to the doves with the paint colors from the February Palette Pick.

I hope you have found some inspiration in the palette and my piece today!  Thanks for stopping by!

February Palette Pick Valentine Inspiration

Hello! Emily here with a Valentine/Love creation inspired by the February Palette Pick challenge currently going on at the Creative Inspirations Paint Facebook page. For the entire month link up your entries on our Facebook page as many times as you want using the colors in the palette below. At the end of the month a winner will be chosen and receive all of the paints from the paint palette! Super easy and fun! 

Using the colors in the palette, I created a canvas full of hearts and love for Valentines Day. The colors worked perfect together, and once I had the background created, adding the CI Paints was a breeze! 

I used Royal Purple, Blush and Tickled Pink, mainly on the background. I mixed some of the Blush paint in with my modeling paste for the pink hearts around the canvas. Bubble wrap was used to stamp the Royal Purple on the canvas for some texture. Autumn Wheat is covering my larger heart along with a tiny bit of Royal Purple and Tickled Pink. 

I added more stamping along the edges, sides and front of the canvas along with some tracing of the hearts and words. 

At the top of the canvas is the definition of love. I had a bunch of old stickers with quotes on love and this one was in the bunch... I thought it would be a great way to tie the hearts together. It looked good once I added some ink to the edges and across the front of it to tone down the crispness of the white background it had. 

Below is a collage of close ups of the piece.... don't you love the sparkle?! 

I hope you have found some inspiration in the palette and my piece today! I will be back on Friday with another canvas piece. 

Have a great day!! 

CI February Palette Pick Facebook Challenge

Hi fans! we are excited to share our first facebook challenge with you today! If you would like the chance to win the paint colors shown in our February Palette Pick, link up your newly created projects inspired by these colors to the Creative Inspirations facebook page. Please enter as many projects as you like for more chances to win! We'll pick a winner at the end of the month. Visit the Creative Inspirations facebook page throughout the month to see inspiring design team projects using the colors in this Palette Pick.

Don't have Facebook, but still want to enter?  No problem, link up your entry below!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Deliquesce Super Sparkle red/gold Pillow box

Hi Everyone,

 This is DIANA L. From DL.ART with an extra post day here at Creative Inspiration paints, I am sharing with you a couple of projects that I have been working on.

First of all I have been making these pillow boxes for treats and this one is made from black card stock and I embossed super sparkle red Deliquesce onto it  and then the word enjoy in super sparkle gold Deliquesce

I like the way it came out I think it looks very elegant

and romantic and with Valentine's day around the corner, why not?

  

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Now on a more whimsical fun note, I also made this fun little kitty Valentines day card

Creative inspiration shimmering paints used: Mocha Latte, Beige blush , Fuchsia and a jeweled inspiration in garnet.

Also here is a reminder for the
Anything goes challenge, we would love to see your projects and you have a chance to win some CI paints,
If you use CI paints on your projects you will get two entries. The competition is randomly drawn. So everyone has a chance.


Have a blessed day, Diana