Art Journaling with Creative Inspirations Paint

Today I've created a page in my art journal using my Creative Inspirations Paints for the background. Let me just tell you, this page has some layers!



I painted the background with Creative Inspirations Paints in Evergreen, Aqua Marine, Royal Blue and Tanzanite. I stamped vintage typography with the Unity stamp - SheArt Print Texture. Next, I randomly brushed on some Sakura Crystal Lacquer and sprinkled Gold mica powders over it.

I stamped an embossed a heart from the January SMAK kit . I spritzed the entire page with Ranger Mists and then went back to stamping. I used the numbers background from the December SMAK kit. You can barely see these, but I love how they just add a little more depth to the page. I painted more of the Creative Inspirations Paints onto the Painted Punchinella stamp and randomly stamped that in open areas. I added a sentiment from the Donna + Unity = FABric Creations set. I let some Crystal Lacquer drip down my page, and I added more of the Gold mica powders. I then spritzed it again to help blend the whole page together.



Thanks for stopping by!

Sparkly Center Step Card

Hi, it's Gini here to share with you a card made with Victorian Summer stamp set from Skipping Stones Designs and knew it would make a gorgeous Center -Step Card. I used a tutorial from Splitcoast stampers. I love all of the shimmer that I added on this card using the Creative Inspirations Paint!

Creative Inspirations Paint: Beige, Rose Quartz, Blush, Aqua Marine, Sea Foam, Sage
Stamps: Skipping Stones Designs Victorian Summer
Scoring Board: Scor-Pal
Cheery Lynn Designs Dies
Patterned Paper: Kaisercraft Lil' Primrose
Pearls: Kaisercraft

God is Our Refuge

I have a beautiful, antique carved Victorian cross and thought it would make a fantastic centerpiece for a card, so I made a mold using Amazing Mold Putty and used the Delight™ air dry modeling compound to cast it. After it was dry, I painted the cross with Creative Inspirations Paint in Sea Foam, which really went great with my papers. I think this card is one of those that would be lovely framed.

Patterned Papers: Bo Bunny
Cardstock: Worldwin Papers
Dies: Cheery Lynn (Victorian Romance Flourish; Border Carnivale; Cherry Blossoms)
Creative Inspirations Paint: Sea Foam
Stamps: Verve
Delight™ Air Drying Modeling Compound
Amazing Mold Putty

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you will be spending the day with those that you love! I really haven't gotten tired of making Valentine's cards this year, but I guess this will be my last one for awhile.

I have so much fun building up layers on my projects - and this one started out with the bingo card from Simple Stories. I wanted to use the Unity stamp in my center, but needed a pop of color to help it stand out. I used a Tattered Angels embossed chipboard frame and painted it lightly with Creative Inspirations Paint in Autumn Wheat. Then I added just a tiny bit of Burgundy paint on a paper towel, and lightly rubbed over the frame. This really brought out the embossed design quite nicely.

The heart on the stamp has a polka-dot design, so I decided to add a tiny pearl over each of the dots to finish it up.

Just Another Brick In The Wall

I have an Urban/Grungy Valentine card for you today. I've been seeing so many cool projects with brick backgrounds, and wanted to give it a try. I had the Tim Holtz brick embossing folder, so that's where I started. I painted one side of the folder with Tickled Pink paint from Creative Inspirations. I ran a piece of Echo Park paper (with text graphics) through the folder - to give a graffiti look. Next, I rubbed Pumice Stone Distess ink over the wall, to tone it down a bit and highlight the details. I used stamps from Unity to finish out my city card.


Here's a picture of the brick wall before it was added to the card, so you can see the textures.

Have a great week!

Feb. 14 Card

So now that Christmas is over, and you are starting to recuperate from all of those Christmas cards that you made - it's time to start working on Valentine's cards!

I started this card by embossing Black Ice Dust cardstock from Worldwin Papers with a Cuttlebug folder. Next I painted over the whole thing with Creative Inspirations paints in Fuchsia and a second coat in Blush. After it was dry, I sanded over the top, which exposed some of the black cardstock.

(Two different variations - black cardstock and pink cardstock)

I also got a chance to play with some of Creative Inspiration's new glitters for the heart. I used a Spellbinder die, and cut a large sheet of Scor-tape. I removed one side of the backing paper and completely covered the heart using the Resplendence Regal Red Glitter. I put the heart back into the die and used the stenciling openings to put a small amount of glue along the shape, and fill that in with the Resplendence Gold glitter. I let this dry completely and then removed the other side of backing paper and adhered the heart to my card. Hope you will try some of these techniques out!

Time to Relax

Wow! What a whirlwind this Christmas has been! I know the holidays aren't quite over yet, but this year is quickly winding down, and the perfect time to kick back and relax! I hope today's card will inspire you to do the same!

Creative Inspirations Paints
Fuchsia
Ivory
Antique Copper
Burnt Clay
Blush
Beige

Stamps and Papers from Kanban Crafts

Up, Up and Away!

Creative Inspirations Paints are so wonderful for mixed media pieces. You get great coverage and the exact color that you want. This canvas was first painted with Sea Foam. After this was completely dry, a second layer of paint, in Tanzanite was dabbed on with a foam sponge. The balloons were stamped over this layer using Staz-on Ink. Next a coat of Fairy Dust paint was spread over the entire surface, and immediately sprinkled with UTEE( Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) - and melted with a heat gun. This process was repeated a second time to create more texture. The clouds were stamped on vellum, cut out and glued on with Sakura Crystal lacquer. The Aqua Marine paint was spread over the bottom portion of the canvas, and the excess was wiped away with a paper towel. The balloons were stamped, embossed, cut and adhered with foam dots. This piece has so much texture in person.

A Few Ideas

Hi, it's Gini and today I'd like to share several ways to use Creative Inspirations Paints on your projects.

I've always enjoyed distressing the edges of my papers. The technique that I used here started by painting a border of Silver Frost around the edges. I let that dry and then I used a distressing tool to rough up the edges of the paper. You could also use the edge of your scissors. Finally, I painted the frayed paper with the darker Coal color. This really enhanced the distressing.

Chipboard is fun to paint too! I began with Dusty Attic chipboard, and painted it with Silver Frost (for the highlights), Antique Silver and Coal (for the shadows). The great color selection that Creative Inspirations has, makes it wonderful for adding highlights.

I wanted my seam binding ribbon to be very tattered - so I quickly painted Rose Quartz on white seam binding, spritzed it with a little water, and balled it up to dry. I sometimes do this type of technique with color sprays, but I found using the paints really helped to keep the wrinkles were I wanted them.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you got some ideas of great ways to use your Creative Inspirations Paints.

Tis The Season

Hi, it's Gini and today is my first time to post on the Creative Inspirations Paint Blog - Yay! Can you believe, it's really time for Tis the Season? The whole Christmas season is one of my favorite times of the year - so I hope you enjoy this card!

To make my dimensional wreath, I used the Boxwood Vine Wreath die from Cottage Cutz.

I cut my dies using white cardstock, but then colored them using Creative Inspirations Paints, before a punched them away from the paper. For the bottom layer of the wreath, I used Emerald, for my shadows, and for the top layers, I used the lighter Evergreen. For my reds, I used Garnet and Rustic Red.

It's really fun to color your die cuts as you go - and with Creative Inspirations Paints, you have so many exciting choices!