My clean and simple card. Is it possible?

Hello, my dear crafting friends! Irit is here again and this time with this most possible for me clean and simple card.

I used Sweet Stamps Daisies Frame stamp here, stamped with clear embossing ink and Creative Inspirations Paints  Deliquensce Fine White embossing powder. Then I  painted the frame with Sky Blue paint and daisies were painted with Winter  White paint.
The negative Joy chipboard was covered with the same blue paint and then heat embossed 3-4 times with Deliquensce Fine  Clear embossing powder for this glass look.
Then I just added some  Resplendence Angel Dust
   all around over the wet paint.

 And here product I used here:

 

See you in 2 weeks with another project!
Irit

Acetate Glaze

Happy Memorial Day everyone. I know I should have had something a lot more patriotic however, I did not bring my war hero stamps or phrases on my move. I did get some new stamps in the mail and I really wanted to try stamping on acetate. Well it did not work out to well as I do know have the right kind of ink and it just kept smearing!!! I really need to go pick up some Staz-On!

Well from my card today I have a new stamp I got from The Great Impressions Stamps and it was so much fun to use and it would have been better if it stayed on and in place. This card took a little improvising on my part as I did not bring everything with me when I moved and I have yet to get anything out of boxes or bags :(...... But I managed this. I am hoping today to find some cheap storage solutions for the tiny closet space I have for all my craft items. 

So first I tried stamping the image on the acetate, because that is how it was suppose to be done. Since that didn't work I stamped it on some white cardstock. After cutting the image out I laid down some glossy accents and mixed in the paint then laid the acetate down on the image and smoothed it out. 

(YES IT MAKES A MESS :( I was not ready for that!) 

Once dried I cut out a border to overlay on top of the image and bam added it to a panel. I am sorry it is such a plain card but as I unpack all my goodies I will have a lot more to add to it later I just have to find everything. I really like the glazed look in the background and I really want more silhouette style stamps to try this with for different times of dusk and dawn!!

Colors I used are

CI Paints~ Inspired By: Memorial Day

Thanks to all those who joined in our "Balloons" challenge, 
we enjoyed all your wonderful creations!  
 Check the post below to see the 
Random.org Top 3! 
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Good Morning Creative Inspirations Paint fans!!
I hope you are all enjoying your Memorial Weekend!
It is time for another Inspired by challenge
and this one fits in perfectly with this holiday weekend....

This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Memorial Day

Here's some inspiration:

I made this fun mini banner using 

Denium Paints on the USA grunge board pieces

We hope you'll share your creations with us! 
Have a GREAT day and Happy Memorial Weekend!
~Jessica~

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General Information About our Challenges~

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!

Random.org Top 3~ Inspired By Balloons

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

Here are the Random.org Top 3:
# 8~ Kate

 #1~Jenn


 # 3~Kathya

  Beautiful work ladies!

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

You can grab this badge for your blog:

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** Just a reminder that we have chosen a new winner for our April draw, which we posted on Friday**

CI Paints April Winner is..........

Jenn Zeeb

 

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

PLUS.....

Last month we were lucky enough to be sponsored by SweetStamps.com, so you will have a gift certificate from them as well!!

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

make a statement...

Hello all my fabulous friends!

Can I just say that I love paint?  Yup, it's true. I love the look, the texture, and (yes) the mess of paint. So much creative fun! 

So, today I thought I would share one of my favorite techniques for paint... 

Stamping!

(yes, for those of you who seen all the old tutorials, there is already a tutorial on stamping with CI paint... but I'm putting a twist on it today)

I wanted to focus on stamping onto darker backgrounds (or in this case, a high contrast b/w photo)

Now, stamping with Burgundy CI paint onto the photo looks something like this....

Nice, if you are going for very subtle. However, what if you want to make more of a statement? Like this...

It's simple!

What you need:

Non-porus surface to work on

Makeup wedge (or other sponge)

White acrylic paint

Creative Inspirations Paint

Stamp

 Step 1: Put some white acrylic paint and some CI paint on a non-porus surface. (the more intense colors work better for this. Since we are adding white, the end result will be a lighter than the original color.)

*little side note.. for those who have been around for a while, you know how much I love to stock up on white things and just alter them to fit my needs. I have a large bottle of black acrylic paint, and a large bottle of white acrylic paint. All the colors I use are made from mixing in either Creative Inspirations paint or reinkers. White is a fabulous color!*

 Step 2: Pounce the makeup wedge into the acrylic paint. Keep pouncing the wedge on your work surface to work in the paint until you have just a light layer

Step 3: Now pounce the wedge into your CI paint. Your ratio of acrylic paint to CI paint will determine the final intensity of the color and how much shimmer shows through.

 Step 4: Pounce the paint loaded wedge onto your stamp. You can see here that I added more CI paint to some areas just for some variance. It's fun to play around with to get different shades. 

 Step 5: Stamp directly onto your photograph. (GASP!)

*you can do this with any dark background, I just LOVE stamping on photos, and this is a great medium to do it with. =)

Step 6: While you wait for you image to dry (doesn't take long), make sure to wash your stamp off well. Dried paint on stamps isn't good. I like to use a soft bristled toothbrush to get into the finer details  of the stamp.

Like I said earlier, the ratio of acrylic paint to CI paint will change the end result.

The more white, the lighter the color.

You can take the left over paint on the wedge to "ink" the edges too.

Now the big question, does it still sparkle?

The answer? Yes!  Again, the more acrylic paint you add, the subtler the shimmer, but it is there.

Enjoy!

~Kassi

APRIL Winner

Good morning crafty friends!

We've never had this happen before, so it's kind of sad to do, but our April winner never came forward.  So we will have to draw a new winner, lucky for you!

So here is our re-draw:

CI Paints April Winner is..........

Jenn Zeeb

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

PLUS.....
Last month we were lucky enough to be sponsored by SweetStamps.com, so you will have a gift certificate from them as well!!

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

self made background - Kianel

Hello dear Creative Inspirations paints lovers,
Kianel here with you today showing a project i made using Creative Inspirations paints products and Great Impressions stamps.

I decided to make my own background for this card. I first cut out a white paper and covered it with "tattered rose" distress ink. I then took the Great Impressions stamps "rose intertwined hearts" and "J101" and then stamped them randomly on my paper using Versamark. I embossed all of them with the Clear embossing powder that Creative Inspirations carries. And finally added "victorian velvet" distress ink. I just love that technique!!!

 The big flower is made using a premade flower and dies from Cheery Lynn designs that i inked and covered with "rose quartz" "tuttu pink" and "winter frost".

I then stamped the Great Impressions flowers called"Easter Lily". To colour it i used distress inks and Creative Inspirations paints "emerald" "olive green" "rose quartz" "sunshine" "tuttu pink".

Don't forget to join us on our weekly challenge for a chance to win some fabulous Creative Inspirations products!
Lots of love from France, Kianel.

Baby Balloon Bouquet

Hi there!  This week, Creative Inspirations Paints has a challenge about "Balloons."  I pulled out a Stampin' Up! set that I have barely used, Crazy for Cupcakes, and found a balloon there.

I used the masking technique to create my bouquet, and when I was finished with the masks, I stuck them to the inside of the stamp case, for another time.

Sometimes it's tricky to get a good photo of the beautiful shimmer.  The pink balloon doesn't look like it does in real life.  It's not quite this bright and intense:

The curlicue border and sentiments are SRM stickers that I won recently.  This is the first time I've ever used  SRM.  I love the stuff!

Hope you get a chance to play with us!  Thanks for visiting with us today.  :-)

Dimensions: 4.25" x 5.5"
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes - SU
Paper: white - PTI
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko
Other: corner rounder punch - EK Success; We've Got Your Border (sentiments, curlicue) SRM Stickers; Blush, Sage, Light Purple, Mellow Yellow, Sea Foam paints - Creative Inspirations Paints

Thanks So Much

Hello friends.  Today I'm sharing a card using a sweet little image from Birdie Brown's Etsy shop.

This cute image is  Girl With Rose.  I've colored the image with my copics and colored pencils.  I wanted to add some shimmer and sparkle to the flower so I used my Creative Inspirations Paints.  I used Buttercup and Mellow Yellow on the rose and Evergreen, Green Olive, and Mellow Yellow on the leaves.  I've included a close-up so you can see the pretty sparkle these paints add to your image.

Thanks for stopping by.  You can find all the Creative Inspirations Paints here.  Don't forget there's still time to enter our current challenge.  You can find all the details here. 

Hugs, Anita

Stamp:  Birdie Brown - Girl With Rose; All That Scraps AmyR Stamps - Many Thanks Sentiments
Paper:  Crate Paper - Farmhouse; Bazzill
Other:  Creative Inspirations Paint - Evergreen, Green Olive, Buttercup, Mellow Yellow; Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils; Gamsol, Nestabilities, Seam Binding, button, MS border punch

Love Butterflies

Happy Monday!

Kendra, here with two butterfly cards!  This past year I have been in love with anything butterflies!

So I thought I would do a post with two butterfly cards I've created recently!

Both of them were created using the Parchment craft technique, a technique I have really enjoyed doing!  Especially with these butterflies!

First of a card inspired by my favorite color!

I just LOVE how tihs card turned out!!

My eyes went crazy trying to cut out some of these small pieces on the butterfly, but I sure like the look of it when it was finished!!

I used Sunshine and Antique Silver on this butterfly!

The next one is a thank you card:

I used Ivory, Sky Blue and Coal to add a ton of shimmer to the butterfly! 

The stamp I used for this card is called Dot Butterfly which is probably my favorite stamp from SweetStamps.com.

The paints work well with vellum and I just love how the shimmer looks on it!

Hope you have a great week!!

Kendra



CI Paints~ Inspired By: Balloons

Thanks to all those who joined in our "Mother's Day" challenge, 
we enjoyed all your wonderful creations!
 Check the post below to see the
Random.org Top 3!
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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Balloons!
We want to see all your creations that have a balloon somewhere on your project!

Here's some inspiration:


~Jessica~

I used Rustic Red CI Paint 

on the balloon for some extra shimmer

We hope you'll share your creations with us! 
Have a GREAT day!!
~Jessica~

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General Information About Our Challenge~

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!

Random.org 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:

#18~ Tracy


 #9~ Gini


 #12~ Marie

Beautiful work ladies!

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

You can grab this badge for your blog: