Creative Inspirations Paint

Blue Christmas card - Kianel

2012-02-09T03:12:00.003-05:00

Hello Creative Inspirations Paints friends,

Kianel here with you today for a card i made for the christmas issue of Magnolia Ink and that i wanted to share with you. I used a lot of Creative Inspirations paints on that project to make it shimmer. The card is a booklet card that opens.

Stamps, papers, leaves and border dies coming from Magnolia, heart die coming from Cheery Lynn designs. You can see Creative Ibnspirations paints on the flowers "fairy dust" and "sky blue".

On the stamped image i used "winter frost" "sky blue" and a touch of "garnet".

This is the inside of the card where i used "tan" and "buttercup" for the light, "aqua marine" "garnet" and "emerald" on Tilda's stamp. Papers, stamps and border, tags and leaves dies are from Magnolia. Flower border and all flower dies are from Cheery Lynn designs.

Here is a close up of the colouring on big Tilda.

And this one shows little tilda using "gold" for the light, "sky blue" and "winter frost" for the clothes.

Well i also wanted to show you another project i made this week. Did you know that your Creative Inspirations paints work outstanding on embossing. Okay, i'd better say debossing because this is the side i chose to use.

I used an embossing plate from Cheery Lynn designs which i coloured with Creative Inspirations paints "sage" "emerald" "rose quartz" "rustic red" "buttercup" "mango".

Don't forget about our weekly challenge that you can find every sunday for a chance to win some great Creative Inspirations products. Love from snowy France, Kianel.

Watercolor Valentine Video

2012-02-08T06:28:00.003-05:00

Hi All! Carla here today. I've got a video to share today using Creative Inspiration Paints as watercolors. With Valentine's Day quickly approaching I knew I needed a quick and easy technique to get started on valentines, so this is what I came up with. Hope you enjoy!

Colors used are:
Sea Foam (I think this is my all-time fav color!)
Tickled Pink
Fuchsia

Cheers!
Carla

Alter It

2012-02-07T03:00:00.000-05:00

This week I thought I'd experiment with my paints again. There is a technique at Technique Junkies called smooched cork. I thought I'd try using CI paints instead on the cork. I had purchased a bunch of cork hot pads at IKEA some time ago. I thought I try using the paints on the cork. I stamped the images (all Stampotique) on the pad with Jet Black Archival ink. I used a water pen with the paints to color the images. I used a sponge with sky blue paint to sponge color on the sides and around the edges. The paints worked quite well on the cork and the images really shimmer. Now, I can use the cork mat as a wall hanging or to hold hot pots.
Barbara Washington - designer

Inspired By Love

2012-02-06T04:00:00.010-05:00

As I mentioned yesterday, our challenge this week is Inspired By: Love!

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I thought this would be a great challenge for this week!

Here's the card I created:

Check the heart out:

It actually was a happy accident! I love how it turned out though!

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Got out my Xyron to create a sticker! I haven't used this in a long time!

First, put a piece of white cardstock through my Xyron, placed it on my Circut cutting mat and cut a heart out.

I peeled the backing off just the heart section.

I ment to use Resplendence Regel Red Glitter, but am in love with the Deliquesce Super Sparkle Pink Embossing Powder. So I grabbed that without thinking and dumped in on the sticky portion of the heart and then thought, "oh NO! I wanted to used glitter!" But I decided to try it out to see what happened.

I liked the results so I thought I would stick with it! Look at the glitter in the embossing powder!! I just love this stuff!! It has some shades of pink and red as well!

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But this technique is fun to do with glitter as well!! And as I found out with embossing powder as well, it gives such a fun texture!

Have a great day! And as always thanks so much for stopping by!

Kendra

CI Paints Inspired By: Love

2012-02-05T04:00:00.008-05:00

Thanks to all those who joined in last weeks challenge and shared their Inspired By: Someone Special creations!

Check the post below to see the our Random.org Top 3! and it's the first Sunday of the month, so that means we have a monthly WINNER!!

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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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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Love

Here's some inspiration:

I will have more information on my card tomorrow, so check back!

Have a great week! We hope you'll share your creations with us!

Kendra

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I made a canvas during a recent loss of a dear friend This was made with Many colors of
Creative Inspirations Paint.

Had to share a close up of the details.

Dawn

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Random.Org Top 3 and January Winner

2012-02-05T03:58:00.007-05:00

Thanks to those who joined us last week for our Inspired By: Someone Special challenge! Another week of great projects being shared with us, thanks, we love seeing all your work!

It's the first Sunday of the month, so we have a winner to annouce!!

CI Paints January Winner is..........

Audrey E.

CONGRATS!!

If you can just send us an email with your mailing address, and the 5 colors you would like, we'll get your prize out to you: ci.shimmer.paint at gmail dot com

You're welcome to grab this badge for your blog:

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Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#22 Sue T.

#11 Gerda

#40 Gem

Beautiful work ladies!

You each recieved an extra entry in our January drawing.

You can grab this badge for your blog:

CONGRATS everyone!

My Black and White love

2012-02-02T04:00:00.000-05:00

Hello, my dear creative friends! This is Irit here again and this time with my non traditional Valentine project.
Sometimes I am just in love with some colors or designs and this post is all about it. I am in love with Black and White (also I don't craft a lot in those colors, but my outfits are mostly B/W), and I am also very much in love with Tando Creative mini chipboard printers trays. And this time I combined both my loves ti make this altered project for you to see and I just had those most perfect Black, Clear and Whote Creative Inspirations Paint embossing powders and paints.

Product list:
Creative Inspirations Paint embossing powders: Deliquesce Fine Clear, Fine White, Fine Black,Resplendence Angel Dust
CI Paints: Winter frost, Fairy Dust , Onyx
Robin's Nest products:Paper, chipboards, Dew Drops, Alphas
Tando creative tray and all small chipboards
Stamps: Prima
Prima flowers, Black Alphas and lace
You don't need a tutorial to make this project, just to cut all possible B/W Robin's Nest cardstock and to arrange them under the chipboard frame. Then embellish each section with whatever you fancy: stamped vintage images, small covered chipboards, flowers, lace, metals. I even painted small spools into black and white , covered the bird with some sparkle glitter, die cut black chipboard swirls, covered the sewing machine with black embossing powder and made this heat embossed frame.
Dew drops in black and white are just perfect for this project! Make shapes with them, add them over the frame or swirls. you can go a bit crazy here, but remember that it's a very small (6*6'') item, so there is no space for big items to use.

Now you have a perfect Valentine gift in those non traditional colors.
See your again in two weeks!
IRIT

Roses For You?

2012-02-01T06:00:00.000-05:00

Hello, Dawn here today to share an adorable card I finished using my Creative Inspirations Paint.

This cutie is Humphrey from Crafter's Companion- I started by coloring him with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. Next, I decided to pull out my paints

I used a very tiny brush to accent all the leaves and roses, then I went in and just touched the inner flowers with Fairy Dust and the ribbon holding the flowers. It is so hard to show all the shine.

I used some Really Reasonable Ribbon on the front as well as the inside. That greenery piece is from a die cut from Cheery Lynn..
I bet you figured out this is going to be a Valentine card?
Hope you enjoyed my design today.

Fingerprint Hearts

2012-01-30T04:00:00.003-05:00

Good morning!

My post for today would have gone along with Kassi's wonderful tutorial from Saturday, as I have also recently found fun in using my fingers (and my kids) for a tool to use with the paints!

It was a simple card, but yet a lot of love and thought was put into it!!

But, last minute I had to pull the card, as Paper Creations would like to have it for their Winter 2012 issue!

I don't think I will get in trouble just sharing a sneek peak, so here it is:

The kids had so much fun creating this card with me! We used our finger prints to create hearts!! We used CI Paint Garnet!

Have a nice day! Just a reminder that our challenge this week is Inspired By: Someone Special! Share with us your projects as we love seeing what you create!

Kendra

CI Paints Inspired By: Someone Special

2012-01-29T04:00:00.017-05:00

Thanks to all those who joined in last weeks challenge and shared their "PINK" creations!

This is the last challenge of the month so make sure to join in for your chance at winning some CI Paints of your own!

Check the post below to see the our Random.org Top 3!

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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Someone Special

This could just be about anything as long as it is for someone special!

Here's some inspiration:

For this card I used some CI Paint "Blush" and Amethyst to add shimmer to the flowers. I also used some Jeweled Inspirations in Siam!

Kendra

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I made an altered piece to give to a special friend-it is made of ceramic jewelery pieces.
Tickled Pink, Buttercup, and Evergreen paint was used.

Dawn

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Random.org Pink Top 3

2012-01-29T03:58:00.015-05:00

Thanks to those who joined us last week for our Inspired By: Pink challenge! Thanks!

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#13 Elizabeth H.

#29 Kavitha

#2 Carol

Beautiful work ladies!

You each will receive an extra entry in our January drawing for some CI Paints of your own!

You can grab this badge for your blog:

cracking up...

2012-01-28T01:00:00.000-05:00

Hello all my fabulous friends!

I have recently fallen in love with one of the best painting tools I have ever found... FINGERS. Remember way back when you were a kid and dipping your fingers in pots of color and spreading it around was considered perfectly normal? Well, I don't know why we grow out of it... it is a very effective way of doing things, and it's FUN!

I use my fingers most for antiquing and grunging things up...

So, who's ready to get your fingers messy?

What you need:

paper/chipboard

Crackle Accents (by Ranger)

contrasting colors of CI paint

Step 1: paint your paper or chipboard with Creative Inspirations paint using your favorite technique....

*I used Rustic Red, and Silver Frost*

Step 2: squeeze on some Crackle Accents.

Step 3: spread the Crackle Accents with your finger to cover desired area. The thicker you spread it, the larger the cracks, likewise, the thinner the spread the smaller the cracks will be.

(make sure to wash your hands while the Crackle Accents is still wet... it's a pain to get off otherwise!)

Step 4: As tempting it may be to speed the drying with a heat gun, DON'T. Set it aside to dry naturally. When it is completely dry, you will see the surface covered with cracks. Very fun! You can stop here, but for a more dramatic effect, grab a contrasting color (darker works better)

*I'm using Coal*

Step 5: Once again get those fingers messy and rub the CI paint into the cracks. Your fingers really work best for this! The CI paints clean up with a just a little water, so no worries.

Ste 6: Use a damp rag to wipe off all the extra paint that isn't in the cracks.

Isn't that fabulous??? The shimmer of the CI paints gives a fun twist to the grunge look.

Enjoy!

~Kassi

Guest Designer Tracy MacDonald

2012-01-27T05:00:00.023-05:00

Happy Friday!

As I mentioned a few week's ago, we are beginning to have Guest Designers! It's so fun to see what other people are doing with CI products!

So today, I am introducing our first Guest Designer!

Tracy MacDonald

from I Wanna Build a Memory

It's always nice to see her beautiful projects as she joins in most of our weekly challenges.

First, let's learn a little more about her:

How long have you been crafting? I have been crafting since I was a teenager, but only began scrapbooking and cardmaking about three years ago.

How would you describe your style? Eclectic! I am a coloring addict, but I also enjoy elements of vintage/shabby chic and Tim Holtz techniques.

What is your “must-have” paper crafting tool? An X-acto knife! I use it for everything.

What do you like about Creative Inspirations Paint? I love that CI paint have such a great shimmer and that it goes a LONG way. Just a little bit can add so much to a project. The color range is just beautiful and makes it so easy to coordinate with the color scheme of your creation. Easy clean up, easy storage too!

Favorite CI Paint Color? Right now peach with seafoam green as close runner up.

Ready for some of her beautiful work?

First, a beautiful card:

She used paint on the image, butterfly, crepe paper trim, and buttons.

Next she created a beautiful mini album for her daughter, in which she used some of the paints on the pages.

Look at the shimmer on the flowers!

Here's a link to the album if you'd like to see the other pages: Mini Album.

Check out Tracy's blog to see all her great work!

Have a nice day!

Peony Card

2012-01-24T04:00:00.000-05:00

Hello Everyone! Carla here today. Hope your week is going well... we're halfway through the week! Today's project is a Peony card, I was feeling floral again... must be all the snow :)

To color in the blue background on the stamped image, I used Seafoam Creative Inspirations Paint. It is a very cool effect to have the shimmery "water" against the watercolored flowers... almost looks like they are floating on a pond! I used Onyx and Antique Gold to highlight the centres of the flowers.

For the background on the card base, I used a large stamp, inked with Fairy Dust to stamp a subtle sheen and add a little interest without overpowering the inage stamp. It's quite stunning in real life. Here's a close up of the details and shine!

Hope you enjoyed today's project!

Cheers,
Carla

Just Another Brick In The Wall

2012-01-24T00:01:00.000-05:00

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!

Hot Pink Flowers

2012-01-23T05:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning! It's Holly posting today, and I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing weekend. Today I am sharing a fun card with some hot pink flowers:

Isn't that fun?? I love the contrast of the soft greens and blues with those bright and sparkly pink flowers. These flowers were stamped with Versamark and then I covered them with Deliquesce Super Sparkle Pink embossing powder from Creative Inspirations Paint. You can see the sparkle in this close up picture:

This week's challenge on the Creative Inspirations Paint blog is to have pink on your project. I hope you join us and share your pink project with us this week!

Creative Inspirations Paint embossing powder: Deliquesce Super Sparkle Pink embossing powder
Stamps: Flower Fusion #1 (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Versamark, Spring Moss, Tuxedo Black Memento
CS: Aqua Mist, white, Spring Moss patterned paper, kraft
Other: Aqua Mist buttons, kraft tafetta ribbon, Dotted Wave edge punch

CI Paints Inspired By: Pink

2012-01-22T04:00:00.019-05:00

Thanks to all those who joined in last weeks challenge and shared their "Birthday" creations!

Check the post below to see the our Random.org Top 3!

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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Pink

Here's some inspiration:

Once again I created my own papers using a heart stamp and then used my Quickie pen to add some Resplendence Angel Dust Glitter! (I love this stuff!!)

Kendra
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An altered Tin Mirror Tile
I used Blush paint and Resplendence Angel Dust -(I love it to!!!)

Dawn

Have a great week! We hope you'll share your creations with us!

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Random.org Birthday's Top 3

2012-01-22T03:48:00.000-05:00

Thanks to those who joined us last week for our Inspired By: Birthday's challenge! Thanks!

I'm really sorry for this late post, I fell asleep early last night watching movies with the kids and didn't get a chance to do the random.org top 3! So sorry!

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#25 Lorraine

#15 Cheryl First

#31 Leesa

Beautiful work ladies!

You each will receive an extra entry in our January drawing for some CI Paints of your own!

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Wall art

2012-01-21T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello , My dear creative friends! Irit is here and this time we are going to make some Wall art, or actually just some wall patterns, using those simple and cheap office stickers together with our gorgeous Creative Inspirations Paints.
I made a few different samples of possible walls- all ATC size and one finished ATC just show your how you can use your walls after they are done.
Product list:
Creative Inspirations paints: Chocolate, Beige, Garnet, Sunshine
Office stickers: permanent and non- permanent ones
And now to work:
1. Painted permanent stickers wall
Add some small permanent stickers over your cardstock building a wall pattern.

Cover the whole pattern with a lot of paint. As our stickers are the regular paper, they catch the paint faster and better (the ATC is part glossy), but still all the cardstock is paint covered.

2. Wall made with non permanent stickers.
I used those big printable stickers, torn and added as a wall pattern. After the whole piece was painted, I just peeled those stickers for this wall look.

3.Misted wall
This time I made a bit of a homemade mist with our sunshine paint and misted the permanent stickers to make my Yellow brick road. The black spots were made with some black ink drops

And my final ATC project- I made the red edges with Garnet paint and stamped with Black ink over the wall

That's it for this month! See you in February with my next tutorials.
Irit

Paper bag - Kianel

2012-01-19T05:18:00.000-05:00

Hello dear Creative Inspirations paints lovers,
Kianel here with you today with the finished project i showed you last time using the new embossing powders and glitters from Creative Inspirations paints. Those are absolutely awesome so don't loose any minute now and go there to check them out.

I made a paperbag where i used many dies and many Creative Inspirations paints products: Paint, metallic inspirations, glitters and embossing powder!

I used the Creative Inspirations Paint called "burgundy" to cover all the letters of my title.

The adorable stamp from magnolia is coloured with distress ink and all the stripes are filled with Creative Inspirations Resplendensce glitter burgundy.

The bow is made using the marvellous Super Sparkle pink Deliquesce embossing powder which is a 2 tone embossing powder with a stunning effect.

There i chose to cover the bottom of my flower with the Resplendence Angel dust glitter.

The butterfly is decorated using the beautiful Metallic Inspirations matt purple.

And on all the borders of my patterned paper i used Deliquesce white embossing powder which gives a winter note and a used style to the paper.

The stamp and the patterned paper are from Magnolia. All the dies are from Cheery Lynn designs and the other decorations are coming from a french online shop.
I hope you will like that paper bag as much as i enjoyed creating it and don't hesitate to come and join us for our weekly challenge every sunday for a chance to win some beautiful Creative Inspirations products!
Love from France, Kianel.

My Initial Idea was...

2012-01-18T06:00:00.001-05:00

Initial Idea?

OK,Dawn here today with a Creative Inspirations Paint project today using Initials!

These two letters were in my stash from clearance purchases and always meant for my daughter.

I used

and Resplendence Angel Dust

Have you seen all the new glitters and embossing powders? I am so addicted to this Angel Dust.

Let me share a couple pictures.

This is how the letters came-just that plain white wood.

I painted the letters with the Plum- it looks so different in person and my pictures.

I decided to add some trim from my stash on the sides and a fluffy bow in the middle.

Here is a blurry picture(SORRY) of all the sparkle- but it shows you how sparkly this glitter really is.

With Love

2012-01-17T03:00:00.000-05:00

My card is a little different for me this week. There is only one stamp and no paint. No paint, you say! No, this week I wanted to showcase the beautiful new products from CI. My image is stamped with pigment ink and then embossed with Deliquesce black embossing powder. The embossing is so rich and shiny. The hearts are colored using the new Resplendence regal red glitter. Such a deep, rich, gorgeous color and so glittery. The new Deliquesce embossing powders and the Resplendence glitters are amazing.

Glitter + Paper

2012-01-16T04:00:00.000-05:00

Have you had a chance to try out our new Resplendence Glitter?!?!

I sure hope so! My favorite one right now happens to be the Angel Dust!

Why you ask?

Well....

I love glittery paper as it seems to add a little more interest to the paper. Well, I keep telling myself I need to use the paper I have before I can buy anymore as it seems to keep adding up!

So how perfect...you can use the Angel Dust to add glitter to paper! I had so much fun doing this and it looks like I bought it that way!! It also helped some boring pieces of paper look more attractive!! :)

Here's a card I created:

Look at the glitter...

I also used CI Paint "Sunshine" to add shimmer to the flames!

Went from boring...

FUN and GLITTERY!

All I did was use a Quickie Glue Pen...I used the pen in the areas I wanted to add glitter; then dumped a little glitter in the area and shock off the excess back into the jar!

Try it for yourself....I thought it was a lot of fun!!

Also a friendly reminder, that our challenge this week happens to be Birthday...join in! We'd love to see what you create!

Have a nice day!!

Kendra

CI Paints Inspired By: Birthdays

2012-01-15T04:00:00.011-05:00

Thanks to all those who joined in last weeks challenge and shared their "Something Old" creations! Hope you found this challenge helpful using things from your stash that are old!

Check the post below to see the our Random.org Top 3!

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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Birthdays

Here's some inspiration:

Kendra

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The front of my card using Citrus,Sunshine, Bright Yellow, and Blush

The inside of the card with a little chick

Dawn

Have a great week! We hope you'll share your creations with us!

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Random.org Something Old Top 3

2012-01-15T03:58:00.002-05:00

Thanks to those who joined us last week for our Inspired By: Something Old challenge! Thanks! We hope you were inspired to use some of your stach up!

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#21 Chris C

#4 Michelle

#14 Peggy R

Beautiful work ladies!

You each will receive an extra entry in our January drawing for some CI Paints of your own!

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Spring painted garden

2012-01-14T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello, dear artistic friends! Irit is here with my second January tutorial and this time we are going to use some embossing powders over painted chipboards.

Here is the product list for this project:

Creative Inspiration Paints: Garnet, Fuchsia, Blush, Evergreen, Lime

Flower and leave shaped chipboards (I used Tando Creative ones, but you can die cut yours at home)

White gesso

Clear and yellow embossing powders

Heat gun

And now let's get fun

1. Cover all bare brown shapes with white gesso and let it dry.

2. Paint your leaves with 2-3 shades of greens, add some clear embossing powder over the wet paint

3. Heat the powder- you get some bubbles from the heated paint, but I just love the look.

4. Cover the flowers (they are white and don't need any gesso) with red and pink paint

5. Add some yellow embossing powder over the wet paint

6. Heat the colored powder with your heat gun

And now just arrange those painted ad embossed beauties over your project
And here is my final project: other shapes and other colors, still very same techniques used here.
I show just a part of it, as it's my CHA project and can't be shown yet, but the part shown is just a perfect example of this techniques I was talking here.

See you next week with my last January tutorial
Irit

Glitters and Embossing Powders

2012-01-13T04:00:00.036-05:00

Have you had a chance to check out the NEW Resplendence Glitter and Deliquesce Embossing Powders??

They are a great product addition to our fun shimmery paints and jewels!

I'm having fun with Resplendence Angel Dust, as it is perfect to add to your papers to make them glittery! You can spice up any of the paper you own with it!

A few of the Deliquesce Embossing Powders have glitter in them as well which make them so fun! Deliquesce Super Sparkle Red is one example below that would be perfect for those Valentine's Day cards!

You can see all the available colors here!

Who doesn't love all things sparkly?

Have a "sparkly" day!

Creative Inspirations Art Journal page

2012-01-10T23:57:00.002-05:00

Every now and then I like to play in an Art Journal. It has several benefits for me... I don't stress over things looking "Perfect" because I don't plan on ever showing it like I do scrapbook pages and cards, in fact I make those specifically to share! It's also a place I can play with new thing or techniques and learn how I like to use my products, and I am often rewarded with "Happy Accidents".

I had started this page a week ago and felt it was lacking something... so I decided to add some CI Paints and Wow did it ever take it to the next level! Over the sky portion of the journal I used a wet brush to apply Fairy Dust, Canary, Blue Ice, Sea Foam and Rose Quarts paints. The added moisture allowed the color to be transparent and let the underneath colors show but still be shimmery, I love how it looks!

On the girl I applied Sage (eyes), Rose Quartz (lips) and Fairy Dust (hair stripe) with a small, dry brush for maximum color and sparkle. I did the same over the black stamped flowers... I can't tell you how cool the colors look over black, in some light the flowers still look dark, and in other light they are so vibrant with Canary, Evergreen, Sage and Blue Ice colors! You should definately give this a try and have fun playing!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carla

Feb. 14 Card

2012-01-10T00:01:00.000-05:00

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!

Celebrating Love

2012-01-09T03:00:00.003-05:00

Hi, it's Holly posting today! This week's challenge is "Something Old." I created this photo tray for my grandparents who will be celebrating their 67th wedding anniversary this month. Yes, 67 years! This project may be new, but my grandparents' love is timeless. :-)

I started out with some Authentique papers and some dies to put together six different "trays." The "love you always" and the little flourish under the heart (upper right tray) are chipboard pieces that I painted with black acrylic paint and then covered with Antique Silver shimmery paint from Creative Inspirations Paint. I love that shimmery antiqued effect over the black paint.

Why not try using some of your Creative Inspirations Paints over a darker painted surface? It's a cool way to age your project and give it a little shimmer as well. :-)

Have a wonderful day!

CI Paints Inspired By: Something Old

2012-01-08T04:00:00.015-05:00

Thanks to all those who joined in last weeks challenge and shared their "Something New" creations!

Check the post below to see the our Random.org Top 3!

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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Something Old

Here's some inspiration:

I've had this Mickey Mouse cart for awhile now and never used it to create any of the characters, so I decided to use this challenge to create Minnie Mouse, as my daughter just loves her! And of course I had to use some Tutu Pink to add shimmer to her bow. I also used some Metallic Inspirations in Fuchisa!

Have a great week! We hope you'll share your creations with us!

Kendra

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Random.org Something New Top 3

2012-01-08T03:58:00.009-05:00

Thanks to those who joined us last week for our Inspired By: Something New challenge, we had a great turn out! A lot of fun cards were shared with us and we love it!! Thanks!

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#42 Anita

#37 Priya Sondhi

#5 Christine (blankiefinder)

Beautiful work ladies!

You each will receive an extra entry in our January drawing for some CI Paints of your own!

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Shiny snowlakes with paint and microbeads

2012-01-07T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello, dear Creative friends! Irit is here again with my first January tutorial and this time I am going to show you how to use your " lost and not found" microbeads and micro glass beads over Creative Inspirations Paints with no glue for this nice and shiny effect.

Product list: for the finished project

Creative Inspirations Paints:

Ice blue

Tando Creative chipboard shapes

Micro beads- gold and silver

Glass beads

Ribbons, blings

White gesso

And now to work:
I made a few samples with tag shaped bare chipboards to show you the options on bead coverage.

Sample 1: Cover the bare chipboard with white gesso and let it dry.

You can skip this step if you have white shapes. Add a lot of Creative Inspiration paint

Now sprinkle your colored microbeads over the wet paint. Don't wait too much as we want to adhere the beads withour using any glue.Let it dry.
Sample 1- Gold micro beads

Sample 2: Cover another piece with CIP and add glass microbeads (those are a real smallest possible glass chips) over the wet paint. Let it dry.

Sample 3: Cover the gessoed shape with a lot!! of paint and add some seed beads. I used 3-4 colors for this sample and we need the thick paint layer as those beads are bigger.

And now for my finished project- I used 2 kinds of microbeads and glass beads.

The upper snowflake on this project was made with clear glass micro beads.

The middle one was made with gold micro beads.

The lower one was made with silver ones.

Don't use too much beads, as we want to see this gorgeous paint color over the shapes.

The lower basic shapes under the snowflakes on this project were covered with gesso and the same paint without beads as they were brown bare chipboards (snowflakes were white).

Now adhere the snowflakes as shown, add some blings and connect the ornament with ribbons.

I know, the tree is gone for now, but there is always the next year for this gorgeous ornament!

See you next week for my next January tutorial

Irit

Sneak Peek - Kianel

2012-01-05T03:30:00.009-05:00

Hello there,
Kianel here with you to show you a sneak peek of a project i am working on. I sure wanted to share with you the terrific new products that Creative Inspirations has been releasing last month: embossing powders and glitters that are absolutely stunning!
So here i used the Resplendensce burgundy glitter on all the stripes and i have also embossed the big bow on the stamp with the incredible Deliquesce Super sparkle Pink embossing powder: stunning effect of mixed shades of pink in this one! I loooooooove it! So don't hesitate any more minute and go get those terrific products on the shop by clicking on the link!

Happy new year to you all, love from france, Kianel.