Love You Layout

Good morning one and all! Julianne here today to share a technique-filled layout with you. This entire layout was one big experiment, as I have never played with Creative Inspiration Paints before. Being new to the team, I did not know what to expect. So I just played. It was that simple. 

I decided to start with embossing powder. I'm an embossing powder addict - I love the way it resists against paints and mists. I used the Crafter's Workshop 12x12 dots stencil, added some embossing ink, sprinkled it with the Platinum embossing powder, and blasted it with a heat gun. I then sprayed a couple of different mists to add a little colour. 

I have used the Gold Crystal Sparkle embossing powder for my title. 

I think it may be my new favourite colour, lol! I just adore the beautiful sparkle and shimmer that shows through once it has been heated. 

I decided to try the paints on metal embellishments, and was pleasantly surprised. The paints give a gorgeous colour and pearl shimmer to the metal. The flowers in this image were originally white, silver, and gold metals. 

I have added drops of paint to my layout for added texture and detail, and to help tie the layout together. I have also used the Sea Foam paint directly on the chipboard corner frames (Imaginarium Designs). I used two light coats of paint, and once it was dry, I coated it with Glossy Accents for even more shine. 

Here are the colours I used on my layout:

And if you look closely, you'll see I have finished of my layout with Jewelled Inspirations in all 3 sizes. No matter how hard I try, I just cannot create a layout without adding a little bling! 

And since I enjoyed this experiment so much, I think I'll go and make another one. 

Now, which colours should I choose???

Thanks for joining me today. Hope you get creative too!

Cheers, xxx

Julianne. 

A Spooky Tag

Good Morning,

A spooky tag using creative inspiration paints. This is an extra post day. So I used the deliquesce metallic copper for the accents and the spider is in platinum  Gold shimmering paint gives it the sparkle on the edges and the squiggle marks on the tag. Stop by all the design team members blogs for more inspiration

 I hope this inspires you to enter the challenge which is anything goes. How easy is that.

This is the same tag I just used different backgrounds to give it a different look. For more info on my tag check out my blog at  click here

Have a blessed day, Diana

Inspired by: Autumn colors...

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! and our August monthly winner
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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Autumn colors

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

Here's some inspiration:

I used raw sienna, burnt sienna, and burgundy creative inspirations shimmering paints.  I also used white, metallic copper and platinum Deliquesce. This was stamped and painted on white card stock then  mounted on kraft card stock.

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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I Love You to the Stars and Back

Hello everyone! Hopefully you were able to check out all of the wonderful projects in the recent blog hop between Creative Inspirations Paint and Genuinely Jane Studios! If you didn't you can go back here and see all of the links to the projects on the hop. 

For my project today, I used a page from a GJS Bracket Album to make this star covered hanging using some CI Paints and Deliquesce embossing powders. 

Black gesso was used to cover the front and back of the wood bracket before adding modeling paste using a CW star stencil. After the modeling paste dried, I painted the stars with Antique Silver CI Paint and embossed around the edges of them with Deliquesce Platinum embossing powder. 

The sentiment was made by painting cardstock with more black gesso and using a stencil and some yellow paint for the sentiment. After it dried, I embossed around each letter using Fine Black Deliquesce embossing powder and then used some Buttercup CI Paint over them for some shimmer. I wanted hearts on this since it was a love theme, so I painted some Studio Calico wooden hearts with Tickled Pink paint and added them in various placed. The sign was tied off with black ric-rac ribbon. 

As you can see there is a lot of shimmer to this project! My daughter fell in love with it when she saw it, so I have it hanging in her room. 

Below are the CI products used on my project. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Inspired By: Father's Day Challenge going on and have a wonderful day!!! 

You're a Star!!!

Hello friends! I'm so happy to be back on the blog today to share a card I made using a stencil, chipboard, distress ink and some Creative Inspirations Paint and Embossing Powder. 

Using a Crafters Workshop stencil and a mixture of Denium and Onyx CI Paints, I stippled the design on my white cardstock. After the paints dried I went over them using a Distress Ink pad. This is very similar to the marbling technique using the CI Paints. 

I painted some UmWow star chipboard with Antique Silver and then embossed a gear design on it using Deliquesce Platinum embossing powder with my Versamark embossing ink pad and a gear stamp.  The Platinum embossing powder looks great in contrast to the Antique Silver Paint. 

Here are some other views of the card... you can see the shimmer of the embossing powder and the paints.

And a recap of the paints/powder used on my card:

These colors look so great together... I'm thinking about making a canvas using these. I'd say a night sky theme would be good! ;)

I'll see you soon! Have a great day! 

Metallic Tag

Hi CIP fans! Dana here today sharing a tag featuring some of my favorite colors of Creative Inspirations Paint and Deliquesce Fine Platinum Embossing Powder.

I used Kassi's fabulous Embossed Paste technique to add the platinum squares to my tag.

I poured paint directly onto my tag for a splash of color.  I tilted the tag and let gravity move the wet paint for a natural look.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Inspired By: March Facebook Challenge

Hi CIP fans!  Dana here today sharing a card inspired by the current facebook challenge. I used the card sketch and beautiful color palette to make a Spring-themed thank you card.

I embossed the flowers with Platinum Deliquesce. I added some extra shine to several of the flower centers with Clear Jeweled Inspirations.

We'd love to see what you create for this challenge!  Link up your projects to the Creative Inspirations facebook page by the end of the month for your chance to win. If you do not have a facebook page and would like to enter this challenge, please share the project here on our blog.

Tea Party anyone? & Video Tutorial

Hello everyone, Cheryl here with an 

Accordion Front Faced card for today.

 On my card I used Creative Inspiration Paints Deliquesce Platinum to create a metal spoon look. I have a video tutorial at the end of my post showing how to create the paper spoon to look like metal. 

Card Measures 6 x 6 

Next I used the same CIP's Platinum embossing powder to change the look of my brad on my bow. It was black, and I wanted it to match the spoon and my card. I did the same technique on this as well.

Deliquesce Platinum

I love making different types of cards, and decided to make my card an ACCORDION Front Faced Card. You could put photo's to send to family and friends in this type of card. LOVE making this!!

Here is a picture showing, I used 2 bags to create this.

For the Tea Party Sticker, I wanted a different look other than a sticker, so I used the Creative Inspiration Paint Deliquesce Clear to created the glossy glass look, and love the outcome of this. Beautiful! LOVE working with CIP's they are AWESOME!!!!

Here is my video Tutorial on the Platinum Spoon!

Thank you for looking and have a wonderful week!!!

Hugs to all,

Cheryl