Inspired by: Anything goes week #2

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This is week #2  for the challenge :

Inspired By: Anything Goes

Hi  Everyone, DIANA L. here from DL.ART  with today's inspiration 
challenge for you:

Here's some inspiration:

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.
for more information on my project come visit my blog at
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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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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the announcement....

Ok... 

I can't stand waiting any longer! 

I'm too EXCITED!

I want to introduce you to all of our new design team!

*updated with the last person!!!*

Staying with us are the fabulously talented...

Kendra Sand

Emily Hammann

Diana Larson 

Still running our challenges! YAY

Michelle Hodges

and...

Kassi Hulet

Team Lead & Educator

nope, you haven't gotten rid of me yet. sorry. ;)

AND....

Joining us for the next 6 months...

Tina Walker

Julianne McKenna-De Lumen

joining us from Australia... yeah, I'm excited.
*sorry for the spelling err... guess I should make sure I have my head on straight BEFORE I start typing.*

Julie Odil

Nicole Picadura

Monica Downing

Darsie Bruno

Debbie Sherman

I'm super excited for this new team!

To my old team... 

YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AWESOME, AND I WILL MISS ALL OF YOU WHO ARE LEAVING!

Thank You for ALL of you who sent us your applications! There is so much talent! It was a VERY hard choice! I loved seeing all your work!

~Kassi

sorry for the delay...

Please be patient with me...

the intended post for today has been delayed due to circumstances beyond my control.... 

In the mean time.... 

here are a few tutorials to keep you inspired :)

http://creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html

~Kassi

Makes Me Happy

Hi everyone! Emily here today with a quick post to share a canvas I made this past week using soeme Creative Inspirations Paints on top of my other mediums. 

I've found that CI Paints work really well added on my mixed media pieces as accents, or for smaller embellishments, or even just for various areas of shading in the sky or ground. 

On today's canvas I used the paints on the background in the sky and grass, the flowers and on the word Happy. 

The paints are so vibrant that added to already bright colors, they really shine! It's just one of the many things I love about CI Paints. 

I used Super Sparkle Pink Deliquesce embossing powder for the word Happy... see all of those sparkles? 

Colors used on my canvas today: 

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a wonderful day! Enjoy your weekend! 

Gift Tags for Any Occasion

Hi CIP friends!  I have a few little gift tags to share with you today.  This is also my last post for CIP.  I've had such fun with these beautiful paints, and just want to say thanks so much for visiting with me on my posting days.  Hope to see you around!

The paints I've used on each of the flowers and leaves are Tutu Pink, Tan, Mellow Yellow, Tickled Pink, and Emerald.  Each of these items can be found in the Creative Inspirations Paint store.  (image used is from Inkadinkado)  Here's a Closer View:

CI Products Used:

Don't forget to check out the current CIP challenge that Diana posts twice a month (with a mid-challenge reminder)!  Our current challenge is: Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

hugs

Kimberly

Anything Goes: Love Arch with Dana

Hi CIP fans! Dana here today sharing a leaf themed arch. I painted the chipboard leaves with Emerald and Evergreen Creative Inspirations paint. I painted the frame of the arch with Copper and the butterfly with Sunshine CI paint.

I added vine rub-ons and this message to the flower petals to finish the piece.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Dana

Blue Birthday Rose

Hello!

Shea here with Glitter and Bonbons to show you the little box that I made as a gift to my daughter for her birthday.  Her actual birthday was last Friday, but we are celebrating it with her brother and my mother this coming weekend.  She turned 25.  Yikes!  How did it happen that my baby is 25 years old?  There must be some mistake...

I do call her my sweet baby girl.

The box is a cut file from the Silhouette store and is quite fun to put together.  I wish I had taken pictures before I put it together, but suffice it to say that there's more to it than just a lid that comes off.

I love the paper.  It's double-sided so the box looks as good inside as it does outside.

The real fun began with the embellishment.  I made a large rose using the Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die and painted it with CI Paints Sea Foam.  Then, because I believe in gilding the lily, I dusted it with Resplendence Angel Dust.  It is my favorite glitter EVER.  Just look at that sparkle and shine!

Underneath the flower I used a die cut doily that I painted with Ivory and Autumn Wheat then layered ribbon and pearl string on top. 

I added a little charm that I made using a bezel, digital paper and CI's one-step resin, Resinesence.

And that is my charming little box that's holding, yes, a cute little Swarovski charm!  The charm box fits perfectly inside.

Thank you for joining me and I hope you'll hop on over to the CI Paints blog and play along on this fortnight's challenge Inspired By: Anything Goes.

Happy crafting!

A Stamped Flowered Background with CI Paints

Hi there! Emily here with a card I made using a couple of my favorite colors of Creative Inspirations Paints and a beautiful stamp by LaBlanche. 

To get my background effect was super easy. I stamped my image all over my cardstock in Blush, and then re-stamped it over the Blush in Buttercup.  The achieved effect is slightly raised, and very shimmery! 

I embossed my sentiment using Black Deliquesce embossing powder. Since the background I created is so busy, I wanted the remainder of the card to stay clean and simple, which is why I kept it pretty basic. All I needed was my die cutting machine for the scalloped circles, a pink mat and some ric rak . :) 

You can kind of see the shimmer... but you can really see how the images are slightly raised. It's nice to get that texture. 

Here are the colors I used again, just to recap: 

I hope you've found some inspiration with my card today! Have a wonderful day! 

Inspired by: Anything goes

Thanks to all those who joined in our "Autumn colors" 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: Anything Goes

Hi  Everyone, DIANA L. here from DL.ART  with today's inspiration 
challenge for you:

Here's some inspiration:

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.
for more information on my project come visit my blog at
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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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: Autumn colors

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

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#119 Sammi

 #88 Damarius

 #104 Missy

  Beautiful work ladies!

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

You can grab this badge for your blog:

Inspired By: Happy Halloween - Halloween ATC

Hi CIP fans! Dana here today sharing an ATC. I used some of my favorite "scary" stamps on a piece of cream colored cardstock. I applied Raw Sienna, Tan, Evergreen and Rose Quartz CI paint to my stamp block, spritzed it with water and then pressed the color onto my stamped image for a subtle watercolor-like finish that really sparkles.

Thanks for stopping by today!

~Dana