Random Top Three and December monthly winner

Good Morning,

Creative Inspirations Paint will be on break for a while, we are not sure how long, but please check back.

Thanks to those who joined us last week for our
 Inspired By: Anything goes! 

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#116 Sandra Carey

#102 Vinita

#76 Erin S.

  Beautiful work ladies!

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

You can grab this badge for your blog:

It is also our first challenge of the month so we have our monthly winner to announce 

CI paints Decemberwinner is:

#196 Gloria Shirr

  

 If you could send us an E-mail with your mailing address and the 5 colors you would like we will get your prize out to you

ci.shimmer. paint at g mail dot com

Inspired by: Anything goes Week #2

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This is week #2  of the  challenge:

Inspired By: Anything Goes

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

Here's some inspiration:

I just love how this embossing powder sparkles

Here is a better view for you

Creative inspiration  Products used:

Deliquesce Super sparkle green 

Deliquesce super sparkle gold

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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May your Holidays be Filled with Laughter, Love & Joy!

Hello, creative friends! Julie here today. I love it when I have an excuse to play with my artsy supplies!  This time, I did some die cutting, stamping, and of course, painting.

I started out cutting out a bunch of poinsettia-like looking flowers with my Big Shot, using watercolor paper.  Here's what they looked like:

Some of them had a stamp set to match, so I stamped them before I die cut them.  It's easier to line everything up that way. Then, I started painting them, using colors that would make them look like a poinsettia.  Here's what they looked like painted:

I used Garnet (one of December's sale colors!), Evergreen (also on sale at 33% off!), and Green Olive.

Then, it was time to put it all together.  Here's what I created with these flowers:

This 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch card was made for the friend who gave me those two beautiful stick pins.  She made me a whole bunch of beautiful beaded stick pins just like these two.  I thought the least I could do was return the favor with a card.

When assembling this card, I used the rule of threes, using 3 poinsettias clusters, 3 leaves, and even 3 red rhinestones.

Here's a close up of the poinsettias and beaded stick pins...

For more details about the supplies used on this card, please visit my blog.

Thanks for visiting today! May your holidays truly be filled with laughter, love & joy!



Inspired by: Anything goes

Thanks to all those who joined in our " Merry Christmas" 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: Anything Goes

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

Here's some inspiration:

I just love how this embossing powder sparkles

Here is a  close up for you.

Creative inspiration  Products used:

Deliquesce Super sparkle green 

Deliquesce super sparkle gold

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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Random Top 3 Merry Christmas

Thanks to those who joined us last week for our
 Inspired By: Merry Christmas  challenge! 

Here are the Random.org Top 3:

#33 Karen P

 #61 Gail Scott

 #196 Gloria Shirr

  Beautiful work ladies!

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

You can grab this badge for your blog:

have a great weekend

Hello my fabulous friends!

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

I know I usually have a tutorial for you on the 2nd Saturday of the month, but I'm unfortunately today, it just isn't happening. I hurt my arm, and crafting has been rather difficult this week... 

Sorry!!!

So, instead...

Let me wish you a fabulous weekend full of color, sparkle, inspiration, and joy!

Also..

Don't forget to SHOP this month's special SALE colors!

Enjoy!

~Kassi

Pretty Poinsettia

Only 14 days left until Christmas, and the hustle and bustle of the season is upon us! As we rush about, please try and remember what the Holiday means to you, the special moments, the love and the reason for the season! Enjoy!

~ Darsie

I created the background for my card using Garnet, Evergreen and Winter Frost paints! I first die cut my poinsettia in various sizes with copy paper and laid them onto my white cardstock. I used low-tack tape to secure them so that they wouldn't move as I painted the background. With a paintbrush, I added Winter Frost first, then dabbed lightly with Garnet and Evergreen until I was pleased with the results. Once the paint was dry, I removed the copy paper poinsettias, and stamped with a poinsettia stamp using red ink in the stenciled areas.

Each 1st Monday we will be sharing 4 Creative Inspiration Paint Colors of the Month and those colors will be on sale for the entire month at 33% off of the original price! For this month the colors for December are Garnet, Evergreen, Emerald and Winter Frost.

Christmas Advent - CIP Style!

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Tina here today.

I realize that the Christmas Countdown has already started, but if you haven't started your Countdown to the big day, or if you are looking for ideas for next year, today I'd like to show you my version of a Christmas Advent, CIP Style.

I wanted to create an easy (and quick) way to celebrate that yearly Christmas Countdown.

To start, you will need 25 white coin envelopes (available at your local office supply store), your favorite stamp, CIP Embossing Powder (in green and red), Embossing Ink, CIP Paint (in green and red), countdown numbers (I used number circle stickers from Pretty Little Studio), festive holiday paper and your favorite scalloped punch, several Christmas die-cuts (I used several from Pretty Little Studio), and an advent frame.  (mine is a Silhouette frame from several years ago).

Step One:   Heat Emboss coin envelopes with stamp and CIP Embossing Powder.

 

Step Two: Using water downed CIP paint, apply a 'wash of color' to each envelope.

 

Step Three:  Cut envelope in 1/2 and punch open edge with fancy scallop punch.
Staple Countdown number to outside of envelope.

Step Four:  Add Countdown 'present' to each envelope.  I typed up small sentiments and added to each envelope.

 

Step Five:  Hang daily envelopes and Christmas die-cuts on Advent Calendar.  Enjoy!

The great thing about creating this Advent Calender, is that the envelopes can be re-used next year, or if you are a scrapper, you can use them in your December Daily projects.  :)

I hope you enjoyed my project today!  Thanks for stopping by!