resin-ating awesomeness...

Well, my wonderful friends, I hope you are ready for some fantastic news....

Creative Inspirations Paint 

now sells....

RESINESENSE

So, what is Resinesense?  Well, let me give you a little introduction, shall I?

To sum it up, Resinesense is a one part, clear UV resin.  MEANING... Simply apply or pour in a  mold, set in the sun or under a UV lamp to cure, and ta-da! Custom Resin embellishments! Yeah... I'm pretty excited about this. :)

Now, this would be a super long tutorial if I tried to teach you EVERYTHING in one day, so I'll share a little to get your creative juices flowing, and you can keep your eyes peeled for more tutorials on this fun new product in the future...

Let's take a look at molding some resin embellishments... 

for this, I used some Amazing Mold Putty and a clear stamp to make a custom mold (how stinkin' cool is that!!!), however, you can also buy pre-made molds.

Simply fill the mold with the Resinesense. Keep the tip of the bottle close to the mold. It has a consistency of honey, move slowly and allow it to flow into crevices. You don't want to create any air bubbles, so just take it slow. You can use a toothpick to help encourage the resin if it doesn't want to move into some of the tighter spaces. If you do get bubbles, try to remove them with the tip of the bottle or a tooth pick. 

Don't over fill your mold.

Now set in the sun or under a UV lamp to cure... I usually let mine cure for around 20-30 min, then I check on them. If they are hard, and not at all sticky or wet, they are done.

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So.... what if I want to add color?????

Step 1: Prep your mold by wiping it down with a little oil. (I use coconut oil just because that is what I have in my kitchen at the moment... but another member of the design team uses olive oil...) Don't go crazy with the oil! It really only takes a tiny bit!

BTW if you have a hard time getting your resin embellishments out of a mold, you can oil your mold before filling your mold even if you are keeping it clear. :)

Step 2: Brush on a layer of pigment powder such as Pearl EX or Perfect Pearls. It will stick to the oil. Make sure to dust out any extra. You don't want any piles of loose powder.

Step 3: Fill mold with Resinesense, just like I described above... slowly. Let it flow into the mold.  

Again, set it in the sun or under a UV light to cure. Since the pigment powder is just lining the mold, it will take the resin the same amount of time to cure as the resin we did nothing to.

Once cured the resin embellishments can be carefully removed from the molds. The great thing about silicone molds is that they are flexible, so removing the embellishments is easy!

Clear and an antique silver... Beautiful, huh! And totally customizable too!  You can paint these, sand these, stamp on them (with StazOn ink)

SO much fun! Just think of the possibilities! And making your own molds... your world of possibilities just multiplied by.... 

Ok... Just blew my mind trying to think!

And that is just getting started! The CI design team and I have SO many more ideas up our sleeves to share with you! 

*SQUEAL*

(yes, I just squealed. I got all worked up thinking about stamps, and molds, and resin embellishments, and paints, and.... breathe... breathe... breathe...)

Ok... you can buy Resinesense HERE.  (and you can pick up the UV lamp you saw me using there too if you want.)

Enjoy!

~Kassi

Father's Day Fishing

Hi CIP followers!  I have a Father's Day card to share with you today (using one of Mo's Digital images).  I've used some of the shimmery CIP colors, along with 2 sizes of the Jeweled Inspirations bling.  The paints are Chocolate, and Blue Ice.  Each of these items can be found in the Creative Inspirations Paint store.

Close-up of shimmer:

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

Don't forget to check out the current CIP challenge: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Kimberly

Inspired by Anything Goes - Friendship Necklaces

Hi CIP fans!  Dana here today sharing a fun project for the Anything Goes challenge theme this week. Creative Inspirations paints work great with stamps!  I selected several of my favorite colors and a set of stamps and created these necklaces for my daughter and her friends in less than 30 minutes.

I love the sparkly finish of these paints!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 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 use them! Don't forget about the challenge going on on the facebook page. You can find all the details about how to enter HERE.

Sweet Glitzy Carriage

Hello everyone, Cheryl here with a Sweet little princess card for Creative Inspiration Paints. Today I decided to use LOTS of CIP's Resplendence Angel dust. LOVE this stuff!! Its a MUST HAVE :) I used a ton on the Bella Spring Corners, and the Carriage.

I Love the look of all the shimmer and glitz this gives. Of course I got glitter everywhere in my craft room, even on the CAT! Oh boy, poor baby!!LOL You think after all these years he would learn not to sit underneath me.....LOL oh well...

In the bottom photo its really hard to see any of it. I think due to the angle of the photo. Anyways I had a lot of fun designing this card, and thank you for looking!!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day!!

hugs to all,

Cheryl

Shimmery Washi Tape

I am so excited to share my post with you today!

I've decided to create my own 

Shimmery Washi Tape!!

Supplies:

Stamps

White Medical Tape

Inks

Shimmery Paint 

Wax Paper

Paint Brush (optional)

Embossing Powder  

Start by placing a few pieces of tape on some wax paper and then using a paint brush, paint some shimmery paint on the tape! 

Next use the background stamp or other stamp of your choice to add a pattern to your "faux" washi tape!

I then cut the "washi tape" in half, to make it a little smaller and created my card!

Close-up:

The shimmery washi tape is so pretty!!

I used CI Paint Fuchsia, Plum and Tutu Pink.

For the bottom two pieces I embossed the stamped images with Deliquesce Fine White embossing powder!

It was so much fun creating my own washi tape!!

Have a shimmery day!!

Kendra

Inspired by: Anything goes

Thanks to all those who joined in our " Anything Goes " challenge, 
we enjoyed all your wonderful creations!
 Check the post below to see the
  Random.org Top 3!
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Good Morning This is DIANA L. from DL.ART 
with today's challenge and inspiration.

This is the one everybody likes and we get the most entries for. We sure are looking forward
to seeing all the creative entries.

This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Anything Goes

Here's some inspiration:

I made a set of four tags

All with the same theme

of course you can guess

Alice in Wonderland

Aren't the paints and the embossing powders awesome?  I have loved the Alice story ever since childhood and these are the colors that always remind me of the story.

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.
If you would like more info on my project please stop by my blog

CLICK HERE

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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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Random Top 3 Inspired by: Mother's Day

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

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#31 Beth F.

 #37 D- Designs by Dragonfly

 # 42 Lucy E.

  Beautiful work ladies!

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

You can grab this badge for your blog:

Dream

Hello!

Shea here to show you a cute little tag idea today!  I made today's card using a chipboard tag that I had painted a while back with Creative Inspirations Paints in Tutu Pink and Mellow Yellow.  I love pink and yellow together as it reminds me of spring flowers (think roses especially), so I use them together every chance I get.  Once the paint was dry I stamped it with the sentiment and some leafy flourishes.

I also wanted to use a piece of background paper that I had made months ago using the acrylic block technique and waterbase markers on a piece of glossy paper.  The finished product looked so like a sunset and I've been waiting for a chance to use it ever since.  The marbled colors on the tag sort of blend in with the sunset-ty colors, don't you think?

Here a view of the tag and orange mat that show the shimmery qualities, especially of the mat.  It was dark coral, but I brushed the edges with Rose Quartz which turned it a slightly pinker color, then I inked the edges with distress ink.

Look closely at the tag for a sneek peak of a new product that Creative Inspirations is about to release.  Fun!

A satin bow and some rhinestones complete this card.  Thank you for joining me, and I hope you'll head on over to the Creative Inspirations challenge blog and play along.  This fortnight's challenge is Mother's Day.  See you there!!