First Friday of February..

Hello friends!  I am happy to be back with another card I created using these lovely paints.  Today I am inspired by great friends.  I was thinking the other day how nice it is to have a good friend..or two.  So I decided to make a "Just because" type of card for a friend.  

I wanted a "spot" of color so I painted a little Light purple Creative Inspirations paint onto my embossing folder.  Then embossed my white cardstock.  I love the effect!

I created the flower with a heart punch.  The stem is cut using a die from sizzix.  I also added a little bit of the Light purple paint to the edges of the card.

And the inside...a few hearts.

I hope you enjoyed my card today.  Glad you could stop by.

JennK

Christmas Eve wishes!

Hello, First I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!  Today I am so pleased to share a card I created using a technique behind my stamped image that Samantha recently shared on the blog.  See her tutorial HERE.

I also used the squish technique that I shared a little while back on the card base,  I LOVE all the shimmer on this card.  All created with Creative Inspirations Paints!  I painted the flower with Winter Frost.

The colors I used are Garnet, Green Olive, Turquoise & Winter Frost.

I really love all of these colors together..So pretty!

Hope you have enjoyed my card inspiration today.  Remember you still have time to join in on this weeks challenge that is inspired by holiday cooking.  I will be back next year to share some more projects.  Till then..Happy Craftin'!

JennK

  

Paint and Squish!!

Hello!!  JennK here with you today.  I am still stuffed from the feast yesterday...time for leftovers and a few crafts today.  I am so happy to be here to share the latest project I have been working on using these Yummy paints!  I was inspired by this weeks challenge of spreading your wings.  Well, I absolutely ADORE butterflies and so this is the first thing that jumped into my head.  I also have been working on a Dec. Daily...So I incorporated the 2 together.  Who says butterflies can't be part of Christmas??

First a Close up...

I used the paint and squish technique.  The What and Wha??  You say...  Let me explain.

First I cut out my butterfly.  Next I picked out the embossing folder and paint color I wanted to use.

Next I painted the paint onto my embossing folder.  Put a lot and you get a more of the paper covered.  A little less and less paper gets covered.  You get the idea..

Lastly place your paper into the folder and emboss...

This is a picture of the paper in the folder still.

Here you can see when I pulled the butterfly out...OHHH How lovely!

  So super easy and quick to achieve.  You could add more than one color too if you like.  Just be sure to wash your embossing folder and paint brush out immediately when done....otherwise you may not get all the paint off.

The paint that I used is Winter Frost..So fitting right?  Yeah!  I thought so too.  

Here you can see the butterfly on the project.....Don't these paints SHINE??!!

And now the complete Cover of my album for the Dec. daily.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope you try out this technique with your Creative Inspirations paints, it really is an awesome effect.  Happy Craftin'! 

JennK

Falling leaves

I just love how my yards green grass has been replaced by a sea of beautiful fall leaves.  My kids and I enjoy raking them into big fluffy piles to jump and romp in.  We also love to just look at all the different leaves and the colors.  So today I decided to bring you a project inspired by this weeks challenge of leaves.  I made mine fall leaves of course.

These yummy leaves were all painted up using Evergreen, Burnt clay and Burnt Sienna.

I LOVE!  The yummy shimmer on these leaves.  Makes me finally happy it is Fall.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today and that you join us in this weeks inspiration challenge.  You still have time to link up and show us your wonderful project.

JennK

Starting to look like Fall

Hello again,  JennK here with you today.  I have noticed lately around my house that it is finally beginning to feel and look like fall. I really have been enjoying the nice cooler weather and the colors around are amazing!  So this  recent change has inspired my project today and my color choice.  It really reminds me of what I am seeing around me right now.  The colors I used are Beige, Green Olive and Buttercup.

 I decided to stamp with the paints for this project. I painted them right onto my stamp,  then while the paint was still wet I applied clear embossing powder and heated for a raised effect.  It really brings out the already wonderfully sparkling color of the paint. I also applied the beige paint to the embossed card base.

A close up.

I hope you have enjoyed my project and are inspired to try out the paints on your next project.  

JennK

Little things inspired layout

Hello friends!  JennK here with you today to share a layout I created inspired by this weeks theme of "Little Things".  The theme got me thinking about all sorts of fun things, but what I decided on, was to focus on the LITTLE things in life that make me happy.  So, a layout war born....

The pictures are from a recent trip my kids and I took to visit my sister over the summer.  I just love to get these little 2X2 pictures printed.  I decided that I wanted to incorporate a few butterflies into the mix so I created a few squares of the same size and then mounted my butterflies to them. 

Here are the paint colors I used in my layout.

Turquoise, Canary and Rose quartz

I painted the edges of the squares with the Rose Quartz paint...look at the yummy shimmer!!  I also painted the embossed areas of the butterflies.  The easiest way to do this is to leave your butterfly in the die.  Then gently pounce the paint on the open areas, try not to get too much paint otherwise it will bleed under the die.

Here are a few close up of the finished project..

I hope my project inspired some ideas on how to use these yummy paints as well as this week challenge.  

Have a great day and Happy Craftin'!  JennK