Christmas Card

Good morning ladies!

I bring you a quick christmas card created with the BoBunny Noel papers.

For the chipboard pieces, I accented them with my gold CI paint to bring a little pop to it.

Hope you all have a great day!

((HUGS))

Karen

2011 Calendar

Hi friends!  Jan here with a 2011 Calendar to keep track of important Design Team dates.  My personal calendar was getting a little crowded this year so I decided to have one just for Design Team stuff!  What's cool about this calendar is between each of the calendar pages, it's open on both ends so you could easily slip in your order forms, magazine calls and any other important goodies!  I won't post all the pages of the calendar but here's a few.  The font on the calendar is Tfu Tfu and was done in Word Publisher. 
I used Creative Inspirations Turquoise, Tutu Pink, Evergreen, Blush and Antique Copper.  I used a base coat of light blue acrylic paint to paint the entire calendar.  I then stamped some background with Versamark and applied UTEE, then heat embossed.

I used Creative Imaginations paper for the front cover.

The little diecut snowflake at the top left is Spellbinder's and the pink jewel crown is Recollections.  The chipboard calendar is K&Company.  The flower below is made with the Beaded Scalloped Oval Die.

Christmas Ornaments

'Tis the Christmas season, and time to decorate.  My daughter and grandson decorated our tree last night. I decided that I wanted to add some new ornaments this year. I had made the little houses as a Club Stamp project. As they are made from cardstock, they needed that little holiday something. Of course, I immediately thought of my Creative Inspirations paints to give that wonderful shimmer to the paper. The porcelain ornaments were inspired by my friend Lisa. I had seen a similar type of ornament that she had made and loved the look of it. I found these ornaments at Michaels and knew that I wanted to try and use my paints on them. I stamped each of them with a stamp from Heartfelt Creations with black Staz-on ink. Then I brought out my paints and just had fun. I couldn't believe how fantastic the ornaments looked once they were painted. They just came to life. The finishing touch was to paint the sides with antique gold. Creative Inspirations paints have the Christmas spirit of sparkle built in to them. I'm off to hang my ornaments on the tree.

Barbara Washington

Monday Morning Inspiration

Good morning!  Kendra here with some inspiration for you.

First a holiday card that I really enjoyed making:

I used CI Paints Tutu Pink, Mint, Blue Ice, Buttercup, Fairy Dust and Citrus to add some shimmer to these fun ornaments!

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I also created a layout for this week's challenge, which is...

Inspired by: Stars

 I used a combination of Cricut cuts, stamps and stickers for this layout! Plus my favorite...CI PAINTS!!



I used "FAIRY DUST" to add shimmer to the letters "I wished".  Then I used "AMETHYST", "IVORY" and "LIGHT PURPLE" to cover a few of the stars.
 

I used "BUTTERCUP" to alter a few of the stickers I used on the layout.

Have a great week and Happy Holidays!

Kendra

Creative Inspirations Paint: Inspired By...

 Thank you so much for all who participated in last week's challenge!

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!

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.

This week's challenge is:

Inspired by: Stars...

People have been finding inspiration in the stars for ages. Everything from religious meanings, heroic stories, and predicting the future to granting wishes, and inspiring dreams.

Here is a project to get you started:

Now it's YOUR turn! I can't wait to see what you create!

~Kassi

blue eggs and glam (part 1)...

 Hello all my fabulous blogger friends!  I'm glad you stopped by. Heck, I'm glad I could get this post up for you.... Blogger is not liking me very much right now. LOL!

Ok, so last week I promised you a home decor tutorial, and I'm here to deliver. =)

This is part 1 of 2.

You will need:

An egg (raw)

pin/needle

paperclip

earring backs (optional)

Creative Inspirations Paint

Paint brush

Spray Sealant

 Step 1: Poke a small hole in one end of your raw egg with your needle, and a slightly larger hole in the other end.

Step 2: Using the needle, stir the inside of the egg. (this helps break up the yoke and membranes)

Step 3: Blow through the smaller hole to get the innards out of the larger hole. (no, I didn't take pictures of anyone turning red in the face blowing on eggs... my family would have killed me.) This is similar to blowing up a tough balloon... be careful, and don't pass out. LOL!

Step 4: Once all the insides of your egg are out (you can save them to make cookies or something) rinse your egg out with warm water and soap.

Allow to dry completely.

 Step 5: Straighten out a paperclip, and thread through the holes in the egg.

 Step 6: Gently bend the ends of the paper clip to  form a "U" shape. This will let you hold the egg without touching the egg.  You can put earring backs (the acrylic kind) on the ends of you paper clip if you want to avoid the egg slipping off. *then again, if you aren't the klutz I am, than you may not need to do that....*

Step 6: Begin painting your egg with CI paint.  It will look very streaky at first, but that's fine.

Allow your first layer of paint to dry completely.

Step 7: Apply a second coat of paint.  You can continue building up layers as desired. Allow paint to dry  between each layer.

Step 8: Spray with a sealant. 

*I have found that sticking the eggs on wooden skewers and sticking them into something like a piece of foam is an easy way to get good even coverage with the spray sealant without getting it all over yourself.

 Here is where we will stop for now. Why you may ask? Well, for one thing, I don't want this post to get so long no one can find the end of it... and for another, this is a good stopping point. You can just leave it here if you want. (wouldn't it make beautiful Easter decorations?).  I'll show you what I do with them next week.... (and yes, it will make more sense for the time of year than Easter eggs. LOL!)

This is my  egg with 2 layers of Sapphire CI paint. Yes, it still has brush strokes, but I don't mind it. Especially once I am done with what I'll show you next week. 

This egg was base coated in a black acrylic paint then painted with 1 layer of Emerald CI paint. Because of the spray sealant (mine is a glossy finish), it is hard to really photograph the shimmer. IRL, these eggs are gorgeous!

So, want a sneak peak of next week's project?

See you then!

~Kassi

Some December Daily

Hello, Jenn here with you today to share a project I have been working on.  As many crafters are, I am working on a Dec. daily this year.  This is the first year I have done this and so far it has been amazing.  I am sharing my day 7 page with you today.  Here are a few details to get started.

As you can see I used some of the Creative Inspirations paints on my title and on this lovely flower.  The color I chose to work with is Autumn Wheat.  I just am in LOVE with this color. It adds warmth and shimmer wherever you apply it.  

Here are the completed pages.  (remember you can click on the images to enlarge them). I have loved using these paints not only to paint with, but to highlight areas of my art.  I hope you have enjoyed my project today.  And remember you still have time to enter this weeks challenge.  

Thanks for stopping by!

JennK

Inspired by a Snowglobe

 For my Creative Inspirations Paint post today, I had some fun with merging digital images.  I found a tutorial HERE on Bird's Blog.  I used her Snowglobe and merged a darling snowman by Clear Dollar Stamps into it.  (The snowman and the sentiment are free and the snowman comes as a line drawing and pre-colored).

 This card is so shimmer IRL!  I took a mini-mister and Sapphire Creative Inspirations Paint and made a shimmer spray.  I filled up the mini mister ~ 2/3 full with water, then added CI paint in with a paintbrush- swirled it around- when it looked like I wanted it too, I sprayed with the mini-mister over an Impressability snowflake die. 
 I colored the image with Copic markers, then painted over that with CI paint- you can even see Copic blending under the Ci paint!  I used Antique Silver and Onyx for the base of the snowglobe, then colored in the snow and snowman with Fairy Dust CI paint.  (I did not color the hat, carrot or the vest).  I took my aquapainter and dotted on the CI paint Fairy Dust)  to mimic snowflakes.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Shelly

PS- Did you know Creative Inspirations Paint has a weekly challenge- you do not have to use CI paint, and there is a monthly drawing to WIN paints.  Look in the upper Rt hand corner of the blog for the link.
  Also, the DT posts daily- please stop by if you have a little time and check it out!  Tutorials are posted each Saturday.
  DO you have Inspirations Paint?  Please link your creations in the upper Rt corner of the blog- we'd love to be inspired by you!

blue card and a vintage box - Kianel

Hello!
Kianel here with you today to present you some of my work with the Creative Inspirations amazing paints. I decided to show you the versatility of the Creative Inspirations paint that you can use to colour your stamped image just as they are, or mixed with water, or blended with ink (here i tried with waterbased inks), or sprayed...the possibilities are just endless and the shimmer always remains!
So here come a blue card for christmas and a little box in a vintage style. I hope you will like it!
I just wanted to remind you that you have until the end of december to get the terrific limited edition colors!!

On the box, i used the "GOLD" "BEIGE" and "AUTUMN WHEAT"colors of Creative Inspirations paints to colour my central image from Katzelkraft made out of 2 different stamps. Those paints are just amazing for that kind of stamp!!!Just be sure to use a waterproof ink for stamping your image before you paint it.


Okay, now for the card, i made another blue one (guess my christmas color this year is going to be blue...ah ah!) because i just can't stop mixing those paints together!!! The colors are outstanding for painting Magnolia images and you can just mix them with the waterbased inks too (like distress, adirondack, etc... So the possibilities are just endless!!!
For this card, i used the following colors of CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS paints:
- FAIRY DUST for all the Cheery Lynn Designs dies and i then inked them with distress ink( snowflakes, branches, lattice and circle frame)
- FAIRY DUST on top of handmade distress background for the label
- TANZANITE mixed with water on the blue flowers and on the ink made background ( i started with covering my paper with light blue distress ink and then i mixed the paint with water and sponged it on my background) (for the flowers i watered my pinsel and dropped it in the paint and applied directly to the flowers).
- DENIUM + SKY BLUE + FAIRY DUST on the little girl blended with a light blue distress ink.
- DENIUM +SKY BLUE + BUTTERCUP on the stamped light

I hope you've enjoyed, lots of love from France, Kianel.

Joy cards

Creative Inspirations Paints are just perfect for adding that extra touch of shimmer that make Christmas cards so special. I have worked the paints into several of my cards this year, but I really do think these are my favorites...



I used Mint, Gold, and Garnet paints on the chipboard ornaments.

SHIMMERY SNOWFLAKES

Hello! This is Chris today!  I added a few dots to the FAIRY MIST paints to a mister bottle and mixed them together equally and misted the entire background with the bottle.

Here are a few more details...Stamp Sets: Holiday Squares and O Little Town Background from I Brake For Stamps Cardstock: Pale Plum, Navy, White Accessories: Martha Stewart Punches, Creative Inspiration Paints, Scallop punch from SU, Pink Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals, Aquapainter, Dew Drops, Paper Trimmer


Creative Inspiration Paints: I used Aqua marine, Amethyst, Light Purple and Denim

Creative Inspirations Paint: Inspired By...

First:

Thank you so much for all who participated in last week's challenge!

Second: I have a winner!

November's winner is

 CW Card Creations!

So, if you can just send me an email with your mailing address, and the 5 colors you want, we'll get that prize out to you. Congrats!

ci.shimmer.paint@gmail.com

And third:

This week's challenge!

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!

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.

This week's challenge is:

Inspired by Snow Globes...

Here is a project to get you started

Now it's YOUR turn. I can't wait to see what you create!

~Kassi

the last drop...

Hello everyone! I'm glad you stopped by!

I thought that I would take a slight break from the usual to talk a bit about paint maintenance.

Now I'm not talking anything terribly complex, just a handy hint to help keep your paint good to the last drop. 

Always remember to store the paints with the lid screwed tightly. However, as you near the end of your jar, you may find that no matter how tightly you keep that lid, you paint is getting thick and starting to dry out.

Luckily, this is something that can be fixed.  Remember, these are water-based paints.  So, when the paint gets too thick, add a little water.

Stir it in.

A little water goes a long way, so start out slow. You can always add more water.

When you are happy with the consistency, then you are ready to get back to painting!

This is also a good tip to remember when you want a thinner paint for certain techniques.

Well, that's all for me today, but don't worry, I'll be back soon with a fun home decor tutorial.  See you then. =)

~Kassi

Pickles & Carrots

I'm still taking photos of my scrapbook pages, ironically due to this rabbit who chewed through my scanner power cable. :) Orange isn't generally a color I am drawn to, but what can you do when you have photos of a white bunny and an orange carrot? I painted several of the buttons on the page in Chocolate, and the chipboard scalloped circle in chocolate as well, and hen gave it a layer of winter frost for some extra shine!

Thanks for stopping by!
Samantha