CI Paint Inspired By: Spring 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 the March winner
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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Spring Colors

Here's some inspiration:

Ready or not here I am DIANA L. from DL.ART,  gently being handed the reins from Jessica of
Chick-n-scrap.  As you may or may not know I like doing 3 D projects. I am always amazed that paper can  be something other than flat.  Without any more suspense here are my projects.

This is a spring time cup cake box

  I have used jeweled inspirations to decorate the closure portion of the box.
Also, if you look closely you will see glitter. I used
resplendence angel dust and gold, deliquesce gold sparkle, pink, silver, and gold.

Now onto the butterfly wrapped gift box

I have also used the clear  30 ss jeweled inspiration on the flower center and 

on the tops of each butterfly

I am also giving you

a sneak peek of a new product that we will be carrying  here at Creative inspiration  paints. I haven't told you what it is, maybe you can guess, but if not continue to watch the designers throughout the week some of us will  be giving you a peek of the product until it is announced.
For more information on my projects please check my blog
at DL.ART


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!

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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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Early Happy Halloween

I wanted to make this post a fun one since it is my last post as a CI design team member. I decided to get a head start on October and do a Halloween piece. I created a shadowbox scene with lots of CI paint on it and a bit of  Resplendence Gold glitter.
I started with an old corrugated box which I cut down to size. I covered it with newsprint paper and sprayed it with Halloween colors. Then I covered the inside with black cardstock. The rickety house, tree, raven, cat, pumpkin, fence and zigzag are all made with grungeboard and diecut from one of Tim Holtz's dies. That's where the CI paints came in. All of these items were painted with CI paints. I also cut a cardstock backing for the house which was painted with canary yellow to show through the windows. Those of you who read my posts on a regular basis know that I always like to try experimenting with the paint. this time I thought I would try putting a coat of picket fence distress ink on the grungeboard to act as a base coat. I wanted the CI paints to show brightly and I thought that they might soak into the grungeboard. Well, the effect was a little different than I planned. I forgot that the distress inks react to water and since CI paints are waterbased there was a reaction on the part of the distress ink. However, this oops did work out well. To keep the distress ink from moving around, I pounced the CI ink on the distress inked grungeboard house and tree instead of brushing it on. The result was a cool texture, perfect for brick or bark. On the other pieces of distress inked grungeboard, I sprayed Workable Fixative over the distress ink and then painted with CI paints. It worked great. I used Resplendence Gold Glitter on the moon. The adorable little witch leaning against the pumpkin is a digital image from Digital Delights. Although you can't see it in the above photo, she is attached to the pumpkin with a Wobble spring so she wobbles if you touch her.
Here are the colors I used on my art piece: onyx, coal, pumpkin, rustic red, canary chocolate, winter frost, royal purple, sage, turquoise.
As I sign off for now, I want to thank the many of you who left those wonderful comments on my post over the past many months. Hopefully, you'll also visit me on my blog in the future. I may be leaving the design team, but I'll continue using my CI paints in my work. See you around in blogland.
Barbara Washington -- designer

Happy Birthday

Today I'm sharing a masculine birthday card with quite a bit of glam. My image is a stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms. I stamped the image on a piece of white cardstock. I wanted to add a light bit of color. I took a CI paint jar of sky blue paint which was almost empty and filled the jar with water. I mixed the remaining paint and water until I had a nice, thin wash of color. It was perfect to add over the image. I still got lots of shimmer, a pretty wash of color, and the image came through clear and sharp. If there is a film of paint along the sides or bottom of the jar, don't throw it away. Add  water, mix thoroughly, and you'll have a beautiful, shimmery color wash.
After finishing the image, I cut a window into the front panel of my card base using a Cheery Lynn die. I then cut the top, filigree part of the window again from double-sided adhesive. I carefuly applied the adhesive cut over the top of the window. I poured CI Resplendence gold glitter over the adhesive. Wow, what an elegant window!
The image panel was then adhered behind the window. To finish the card I added four gold outline sticker corners and the birthday greeting.
Barbara Washington - designer

CI Paints Inspired By~ Christmas in July

Thanks to all those who joined in our "Shaped Card" 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: Christmas in July

Here's some inspiration:

For my card I used

~ Creative Inspirations Paint in Green Olive for the tree

~Creative Inspiration Paint Resplendence Gold Glitter for the star

and

~Creative Inspirations Paint Deliquesce Clear Embossing Powder for the sentiment.

 We really hope you'll share your creations with us!
Thanks so much for stopping by
and
Have a GREAT week!!!
~Jessica~

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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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Stars 'n Stripes

Tomorrow is the 4th of July holiday (Independence Day) in the USA. So  I thought that a 4th of July card would be appropriate to feature today. Besides this week's CI blog challenge is Independence Day.
My card layout is based on the challenge this week at Mojo Monday. The flag background panel is an Our Daily Bread Designs background stamp. In order to color it the way I wanted, I stamped it in Memento London Fog. Then I brought out my denim, garnet, and winter frost CI paints and painted the flag. I dry embossed the dark blue core'dinations panel with a Cuttlebug folder, sanded the stars, and then went over the stars with fairy dust paint. The center oval was a bit of an experiment. I spread gel medium on my nonstick mat and placed the stamp in the glue. Then I stamped the fireworks (Northwoods) on a piece of white cardstock. I quickly added Resplendence (CI glitter) emerald, regal red, and gold. This made some very sparkly fireworks. (It's important to wash the stamp off immediately before the gel dries.) The 4 is from Tim Holtz's Idea-ology line. I painted it with garnet paint and quickly sprinkled it with Resplendence regal red. The glitter stuck to the paint like it was glued. I think this card celebrates the 4th quite effectively with all of its sparkle and shimmer.
Barbara Washington - Designer