It's ok to color outside the lines!

Sometimes I find an awesome stamp, but the lines the artist drew can be distracting. Shaded areas that have strong outlines to them, sometimes tend to look unrealistic. What I like to do with this images, is not give up on the stamp! no! I like to grab my trusty London Fog grey ink from Memento, which is a nice light grey. I then use the lines as guidelines, but tend to go "ignore" them for shaded areas, as I did here with the fire. I then decided that I wanted my rocket to be bold, once filling it in with Silver Frost, so I outlines some areas with Onyx.

Since I plan on cutting out the image, it doesn't matter if I went a little outside the lines. I mixed Garnet and Mango to achieve this look.

Stamping and Painting on Metal

Hi Everyone! Samantha here with a quick tutorial on stamping and using these great paints on metal. The metal I'm using is a piece of 5x7 aluminum flashing that I purchased at a local hardware store. Next you'll need a stamp and Staz-on ink. Even though this ink is intended for non porous surfaces, once you stamp your image you might want to use a heat gun to speed up drying time. DO NOT hold the metal while heating it!

Once your ink is dry you can go ahead and begin painting. Because the metal doesn't absorb the paint, you might find that it goes on streaky. You can use this to your advantage by following the natural lines in your stamped images, like I did on the flower below.

Once you have painted your image, cut it out with a good pair of scissors (I use the Tim Holtz ones) but be careful! The metal edges can be sharp, sand down if necessary. Thanks for stopping by!
Samantha

Icing on the Cake!

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! Samantha here to share a card with you that I created using: tutu pink, sea foam and buttercup!

First I wrapped my acrylic block in saran wrap, and put on some sea foam with a paintbrush. I then spritzed it with some shimmery paint.

I stamped it onto a piece of cardstock that was similar but lighter in color, for a tone on tone effect. I cut out the cake and embellished!

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a great weekend!

Here Comes the Bride

Hi Everyone!

Samantha here, sharing a page I created using the following Creative Inspirations colors: Copper & Emerald. Below are some tips for transforming items you already own with paint to make them perfect for your projects!

Above I'm painting some alphabet stickers with the Copper paint to match my page!

For the background of my page, I decided to use a shimmery spray paint and a chipboard frame to create an interesting pattern. Once I sprayed my cardstock I realized that my frame was now a turquoise color, and decided to layer some Copper on top of it to see what results I'd get! I love how it turned out

I painted some chipboard gears in the Copper paint, and decided I wanted to add a nice patina finish to them. Inspired by the spray style paint I used above, in a small spray bottle I mixed my Emerald paint with water, shook it really well and went to town! Once the paint dried, I was left with awesome looking gears!

Thanks for stopping by!

Samantha

Baby Shower

Hi Everyone! Samantha here :)

Happy New Year's Eve! Woot woot!

Today i'm sharing a page I created with you, and I used my favorite CI Paint color (Green Olive) on some chipboard letters. While the paint was still somewhat moist I sprinkled on WHITE embossing powder (with my fingers to not get it everywhere) and then heated it. I then inked the right edge of each letter with Tea Dye Distress Ink to give it a bit more dimension.

I hope you all have a faboosh New Year, can't wait to create with you in 2011

Marbled Background

To create this look, you need very few things! A couple of your favorite paint colors, a touch of water, an acrylic block, some saran wrap and a paint brush!

Step 1) On a non stick surface put a pea sized drop of paint, in at least two colors of your choice. Add about half the amount of water as you have paint, and mix.

Step 2) Wrap an acrylic block loosely with saran wrap. Wrinkles are good! With a paintbrush add your paint randomly.

Step 3) Stamp multiple times on a piece of smooth cardstock.

Step 4) Stamp your image over the desired part of your pattern.

Step 5) Cut and create your card! I used the same technique with a lighter paint color (Pink Highlights) on the background of my card to give it a little shimmer!

Shimmer shot! Woo woo!

Thanks for reading :)
Samantha

Pickles & Carrots

I'm still taking photos of my scrapbook pages, ironically due to this rabbit who chewed through my scanner power cable. :) Orange isn't generally a color I am drawn to, but what can you do when you have photos of a white bunny and an orange carrot? I painted several of the buttons on the page in Chocolate, and the chipboard scalloped circle in chocolate as well, and hen gave it a layer of winter frost for some extra shine!

Thanks for stopping by!
Samantha