Creative Inspirations Paint

God is Our Refuge

2012-02-28T13:46:00.000-05:00

I have a beautiful, antique carved Victorian cross and thought it would make a fantastic centerpiece for a card, so I made a mold using Amazing Mold Putty and used the Delight™ air dry modeling compound to cast it. After it was dry, I painted the cross with Creative Inspirations Paint in Sea Foam, which really went great with my papers. I think this card is one of those that would be lovely framed.

Patterned Papers: Bo Bunny
Cardstock: Worldwin Papers
Dies: Cheery Lynn (Victorian Romance Flourish; Border Carnivale; Cherry Blossoms)
Creative Inspirations Paint: Sea Foam
Stamps: Verve
Delight™ Air Drying Modeling Compound
Amazing Mold Putty

Shimmery Doily Backgrounds

2012-02-27T04:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning! I hope you had a great weekend! It's Holly posting today and I've got some shimmery doily background cards to share with you.

I started by stamping a doily from I Brake for Stamps with Versamark and then I embossed them with Deliquesce Fine Clear embossing powder. Then I scooped out some shimmery Blush paint and mixed it with a little water to thin it out a bit. Using a wet paintbrush, I picked up some paint and swiped it all over the cardstock and then let it dry. :-)

Here's a close-up of the gorgeous shimmer:

I had so much fun with the pink card, I couldn't stop!!! I did three more cards in different colors. The colors of Creative Inspirations Paint that I used are:

Blush, Sky Blue, Lavender, and Sage

You can see the shimmer here:

When I opened the Deliquesque Fine Clear embossing powder, I was awestruck at how white it is. Some other brands of "clear" embossing powder are a dull eggshell white or sometimes even an ivory color. This powder is so fine and it wasn't clumpy at all (like some other brands have been). It melts beautifully when hit with a heat gun. I absolutely love the embossing powders that I've tried from Creative Inspirations Paint!! I need a huge vat of every single color!!

Here's hoping you have a wonderful week!

CI Paint: Blush, Sky Blue, Lavender, Sage
Embossing Powder: Deliquesque Fine Clear
Stamps: doily and sentiment (I Brake for Stamps)
Ink: Versamark, London Fog Memento
CS: White
Other: Labels 18 die (Spellbinders), May Arts ribbon
TJ Technique: morphed Walnut Ink Resist

CI Paints Inspired By: Paper Piecing

2012-02-26T04:00:00.014-05:00

Thanks to all those who joined in last weeks challenge and shared their "Polka Dot" creations with us! Polka Dots are so much fun!!

Remember it is the last Sunday of the month, so make sure to share your creations for your chance at winning some CI Paints of your own!! And for a chance at being a Guest Designer!

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

Here's some inspiration:

I used "Sky Blue" to add some shimmer to the owl's birthday hat!

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

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Random.org Top 3 Polka Dots

2012-02-26T03:58:00.000-05:00

Thanks to those who joined us last week for our Inspired By: Polka Dots challenge! What some wonderful projects! I just love polka-dots!!

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#13 Jenni

#6 Arabella

#15 Stacy H-W

Beautiful work ladies!

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

You can grab this badge for your blog:

paper my way...

2012-02-25T02:00:00.000-05:00

Hello all my wonderfully crafty and creative friends! Are you ready for some fun?

If you follow my personal blog, you'll know I shared this sneak peek on my personal blog the other day....

Today we're going to make a fabulous homemade paper...

(Now, don't go getting scared off before you even finish reading... I promise it isn't hard and won't require a bunch of fancy screens or presses!!!)

This paper is not like regular paper... it is very textured and very durable and can hold it's shape! It's fun to use as embellishments (like what we're going to do today), accents, or even backgrounds!

So NOW are you ready for some fun???

You are going to want to have all your supplies for this first part on hand and ready, so go grab....

White tissue paper

Mod Podge (I prefer the matte finish, but glossy does work)

Non-stick craft sheet

Soft paint brush

Step 1: Tear up your tissue paper. No need for straight lines or perfect shapes and sizes.... Give in to your inner child and just rip!

(I usually tear of several sheets of tissue paper. It is much better to have too much than not enough. You can always store the extra for another time. Trying to tear tissue paper with sticky fingers just doesn't end well. LOL!)

Step 2: Use the paint brush to paint a thin layer of Mod Podge onto your non-stick craft sheet.

Step 3: Put some tissue paper down onto the Mod Podge, and brush on more Mod Podge.

Step 4: Continue layering the tissue paper and Mod Podge. Remember to overlap your pieces.

*I know at this point it is not looking so good right now, but stick with me!*

A few tips...

1. the more wrinkly you let your tissue paper be, the more texture you'll ultimately have.

2. don't skimp on the Mod Podge! You'll just end up tearing the paper instead of glueing it down.

3. as you build your layers, you can hold the craft sheet up to the light to check for any thin spots.

Step 5: Once you have a bunch of layers built up, it will look even worse than it did in the last step... Yeah, I know it looks like a gross mess right now, but trust me, it gets better!!!

Now set it aside to dry.

Make sure to wash out your paint brush well, other wise, your brush will be ruined... a little dish soap will help get the Mod Podge out.

*This does take a fair amount of time to dry. It's one of those things you might want to start at night and finish it in the morning.*

Now to make this mess look fabulous! For this part, you'll need...

Your dry tissue paper creation

Creative Inspirations Paint

Any other colorants you may want to use*

*I like to use spray inks for the basis of my color, then use CI paint to highlight, but you can paint the whole thing if you want. Up to you. =)

Step 6: When your paper is completely dry, it will easily peel off of your non-stick craft sheet. (that is why it is so important to work on one!!!)

Step 7: Lay down your base color. You can use paint, or inks... I like to use spray inks because it is quick, and the color pools inside the texture.

Step 8: When your base layer of color is dry, use your finger to rub on some Creative Inspirations Paint to highlight the texture.

Now it's lookin' fabulous, huh! I LOVE the unique texture and feel of this paper! And every sheet you make comes out completely unique.

So, let's make something with it!

Step 1: Rub down your paper with an anti-static duster. This will ensure that everything is dry and will keep the loose powder from sticking where you don't want it.

Step 2: Using a clear embossing in, stamp your image. (keep in mind that the paper is VERY textured, so your stamped image will not come out crisp and perfect. Simple stamps work well!)

Step 3: Cover the stamped image with Black Deliquesce powder. Remember to shake off the extra onto a piece of paper or coffee filter and return it to the jar... waste not, want not! =)

Step 4: Heat emboss

Step 5: Cut out the image. You will notice that not only is it flexible, it holds it's shape... see how the wings are curved off the page? They aren't being supported by anything, they just hold their shape! Isn't that awesome????

Have fun with your new paper making skills... we'd love to see what you make with it!

Enjoy!

~Kassi

Booklet card - Kianel

2012-02-23T03:34:00.003-05:00

Hello there,

Kianel here with you to present a booklet card i have made using some fabulous products from Creative Inspirations paints.

The card when closed:

The card when opened:

The flower is covered with "rose quartz" paint

This butterfly die is covered with the embossing powder called "platinum"

Here you can see the details of the key dies that are inked, stamped and finally embossed with the embossing powder "clear" from Creative Inspirations paints.

To colour this beautiful stamp, i used to mix my paints with distress and adirondack inks. The mushrrom is coloured using "autumn wheat". On the wings i used the "winter frost" and on the clothes i used the "rose quartz" paints.

The stamp is from Whimsy stamps, the dies are from Cheery lynn designs, the papers are from french line TOGA, emboosing powders and shimmer paints are from Creative Inspirations paints.

Don't forget about our weekly challenge every sunday for a chance to win some Creative Inspirations products and see you next time, love from France, Kianel.

Tag for my Mom

2012-02-22T16:26:00.004-05:00

Hi All! Carla here today... a bit later than usual! But suspence is a good thing right?!

I wanted to share a tag I made for my Mom who recently celebrated her 60th birthday! Where does the time go? Crazy! She, like me, loves shiny pretty things, so I think this is right up "our" alleys.

This started out as a regular old shipping tag. I painted the whole thing with Ivory CI Paint and added the lace and seam binding to it. Then I stamped my little tag, edged it with Beige and colored in the roses with Emerald, Rose Quartz and Burgundy paints. I also used the Beige on some metal letters I had after first giving them a quick coat of white alcohol ink as a base.

Here is a close up so you can see the detail on the flowers, they are kind of hard to see on the photo above.

Last step was adding a few small embellishments and voila! A pretty tag to brighten any birthday package!

Shimmer and Glitz

2012-02-21T03:00:00.000-05:00

Yes, it's true that there's no place like home; but it's also true that there's nothing like a bit of shimmer and glitz to spice up a card. My image and sentiment are from Artistic Outpost. The shoes were stamped in red and then heat embossed using Deliquesce Clear embossing powder. Wow, the ruby slippers never sparkled as much. The background paper is from the Graphics45 Oz collection. I added fairy dust paint to the poppies and now they are really popping. I love spicing up background paper with the shimmery CI paints. It's easy and quick, but it really adds a wow factor.
Barbara Washington--Designer

Winter Snowman

2012-02-20T04:00:00.001-05:00

Good morning! Kendra, here with a winter card to share with you!

I wasn't sure what to create for today. So I started thinking and decided to create a winter card, as I have been wanting to get a start on Christmas cards. Then I decided I was going to use a little bit of all CI Products!! I never used them all together before, so this was a fun challenge.

My card:

I just love this adorable snowman!!

I added some Jeweled Inspirations in Siam in each corner to give the card some bling!!

I used CI Paint Fairy Dust on the snowman's hat and scarf to give them a little shimmer! On the two ornaments I added Resplendence Angel Dust Glitter to give them a little glimmer!

On this piece of paper I used a polka dot stamp and embossed with Deliquesce Super Sparkle Red to give it some fun texture and sparkle! This EP is awesome!!

I hope you like my card! As always, thanks for stopping by!

Remember to join in our challenges for your chance at winning some paints of your own! This week's challenge is Polka Dots!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

CI Paints Inspired By: Polka Dots

2012-02-19T04:00:00.013-05:00

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

Check the post below to see the our Random.org Top 3!
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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Polka Dots

Here's some inspiration:

I used various colors to decorate a gift bag

Dawn

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

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Random.org Top 3 Hearts

2012-02-19T03:58:00.002-05:00

Thanks to those who joined us last week for our Inspired By: Hearts challenge! What some wonderful projects!

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#26 Shelly Schmidt

#22 Gem

#8 Brenda Frame

Beautiful work ladies!

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

You can grab this badge for your blog:

Guest Designer Nancy

2012-02-17T05:00:00.054-05:00

We have another Guest Designer to share with you today!

Meet......

Nancy

How long have you been crafting?

I began crafting in grade school where I made jewelry, sold it and bought more beads and sequins. Besides paper crafts and jewelry, I’ve made and taught classes in rug making, inkle weaving, macrame. About 14 years ago I began scrapbooking and making cards. I’ve been on 4 paper craft design teams and am presently on the design team with Stampers Quest (stampersquest.com).

What is your “must-have” paper crafting tool?

The paper crafting tool I couldn’t be without is my Cuttlebug. I use the embossing folders and die cuts on many of my cards.

What do you like about Creative Inspirations Paint?

I like the vibrant colors that Creative Inspiration has, and the sheerness and shimmering results I get. I can use it like it is which I did on the red dress lass or over the top of something I have colored with pens, inks, etc. and needs something a little extra.

Favorite CI Paint Color?

The color I use the most is the Ivory. It can go on top of any other color and adds additional glitz.

Here's a few cards Nancy has created using CI Paints!

“Red Dress Lass”

For her I used the following paints: garnet, rose quartz, evergreen, ivory, beige, and sunshine.

The deer are done with Beige paint.

Ivory was used on her wings.

"Rose Fairy"

Garnet and Ivory paint were used for this card.

Have a great day! We hope you are enjoying the creations from our Guest Designers!

Love notes mini printers tray with lot of color

2012-02-16T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello , My dear creative friends! Irit is here here again with some Valentine inspiration.
This 6*6'' chipboard printers tray from Tando Creative is my favorite alteration piece and it's my 5 th tray to alter, but this time I used a lot of Creative Inspirations Paints and Embossing powders and it's just more perfect with them.
So here is my project- cover side.

I used both paints and embossing powders here. Stamped images on this cover are heat embossed with Deliquesce Fine Clear embossing powder, the flowers got this mute look with Winter frost painting over them and birds were painted with Buttercup paint . Even the Love metal sign was painted with the same paint color.
As for the inside part - the tray was white inked and them heat embossed with some mix of embossing powders: Deliquesce Super Sparkle Gold and Metallic Copper, and I also added some Garnet red paint to the paper roses, hearts and butterflies to spotlight them a bit. Hope you like this project!

See you nest time with my next project!

Irit

You Bowl Me Over

2012-02-15T06:00:00.000-05:00

Today I want to share a quick project I finished using my Creative Inspirations Paint.

Can you believe I painted a bowl? The ladies at Creative Inspirations Paint told me I would be addicted and start painting everything...lol

I used Autumn wheat, Rustic Red and the New Resplendence red Glitter for the edges

When I got this wooden display bowl-It was an ugly color,sorry I don't have a before picture.
Yes, I have crossed over and will now be painting everything I can get my hands on.

Home Is Where the Heart Is

2012-02-14T00:01:00.002-05:00

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you will be spending the day with those that you love! I really haven't gotten tired of making Valentine's cards this year, but I guess this will be my last one for awhile.

I have so much fun building up layers on my projects - and this one started out with the bingo card from Simple Stories. I wanted to use the Unity stamp in my center, but needed a pop of color to help it stand out. I used a Tattered Angels embossed chipboard frame and painted it lightly with Creative Inspirations Paint in Autumn Wheat. Then I added just a tiny bit of Burgundy paint on a paper towel, and lightly rubbed over the frame. This really brought out the embossed design quite nicely.

The heart on the stamp has a polka-dot design, so I decided to add a tiny pearl over each of the dots to finish it up.

Glittery XOXO Valentine

2012-02-13T05:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning! It's Holly posting today, and I've got a glittery and pink-y Valentine card to share with you today.

See the "xoxo" chipboard piece? I covered that with some white gesso, and while the gesso was still wet, I poured some Resplendence Angel Dust glitter over it. I used my fingers to lightly press the glitter into the paint and set it aside to dry. You can see a close-up below:

Have you tried the new glitters and embossing powders from Creative Inspirations Paint? Why not order a few colors and try them for yourself? You will love them!

Just a little reminder - this week's challenge is inspired by hearts, so share your creations with us. We all love seeing your wonderful artwork!

CI Paints Inspired By: Hearts

2012-02-12T04:00:00.011-05:00

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

Check the post below to see the our Random.org Top 3!
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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Hearts

Here's some inspiration:

I EMBOSSED a chipboard Heart with Deliquesce Super Sparkle Red embossing powder.

DAWN

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I used CI Paint Fairy Dust to add shimmer to my candy kiss package!

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

Kendra
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Random.org Love Top 3

2012-02-12T03:58:00.018-05:00

Thanks to those who joined us last week for our Inspired By: Love challenge! What some wonderful projects! Loved them all!! Thanks!

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#21 Becky G.

#32 Jessica

#28 Mummylade

Beautiful work ladies!

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

You can grab this badge for your blog:

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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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!

You can grab this badge for your blog:

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!

You can grab this badge for your blog:

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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