A Laugh is a Smile - A Mixed Media Canvas

Hello CI Paint friends! Today I have a canvas I made using lots of CI Paints and some Jeweled Inspirations. 

I've had a recent obsession with making canvases that have flowers on them. I had these hexagon mistable pieces from a kit which I colored using Fuchsia, Lavender and Rose Quartz paints. The centers were painted with Autumn Wheat and Buttercup. 

I made the stems from book tape which I painted on with Evergreen and Green Olive, and then tore into strips. The leaves are made from joint tape cut into leaf shapes. 

Fine Black Deliquesce, a Versamark ink pad and a cutout with the sentiment on it was used for the words. And of course I had to add the butterflies since I love them so much. They are painted in Garnet and have Clear Jeweled Inspirations in the centers. 

Other textures such as stamps, acrylic paints, more joint tape, modeling paste, a stencil  and a sketch pen were used around the canvas as well. With mixed media pieces you can't go wrong with texture. The more the better. I've found you can use various items found in your house for texture, such as tape, bubble wrap, tin foil, fabric, cups, the bottom of shoes, and more. The key is to have fun and get messy! 

Below are the CI Paint products used on my canvas... 

Don't forget about the Inspired By Challenge that Diana is hosting. We are on week 2 of the Ribbon and Bling week! Check it out HERE! 

Have a great day! 

Card using Gelli Plate and CI Paints

Hi and Happy Friday everyone! It's Emily here, and today I have a colorful card I made using some wonderful Creative Inspirations Paints and embossing powders along with my Gelli Plate. 

I was curious if the CI Paints would work differently on the Gelli Plate than typical acrylics, but guess what? They don't! They work just as well as basic acrylic paints! And with the CI Paints you get the added shimmer bonus! 

Here is how my card turned out... 

The sentiment was stenciled on with modeling paste and then I sealed it with Deliquesce Clear embossing powder. Deliquesce Fine Black embossing powder was used around the letters to make them pop. The whole card has this shimmer... in person it is awesome!  

You can see some of the shimmer below....

This was definitely one of my favorite cards to make. I used Fuchsia and Denium CI Paints for the dots and chevron patterns. The yellow is a heavy body acrylic. I was originally afraid I would get a greenish color with the Denium over the yellow acrylic, but it didn't happen. That is one of the great things about the Creative Inspirations Paint. Since they are transparent, they will still retain their color when painted over another lighter color of paper or acrylic. And you can see the Denium dots through the Fuchsia in their original color as well. It's best to make sure that each layer is dry before adding another with the CI Paints in this kind of process. This is what I found was best. :) 

Colors used in "High Five!" Card:

Thanks for joining me today! I will see you tomorrow with another card I made using a technique shared on an older tutorial post..... it's definitely a post you can't miss! 

CI Paint Inspired By ~ Go Green!

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 February Winner!
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This week's challenge is:

Inspired By: Go Green

we want to see all your "green" projects~ whether they are St. Patty's day inspired or a fun recycled project

Be creative!!

Here's some inspiration:

I made this fun treat to give to my boys~
I took a clay pot and painted a base coat using some black acrylic paint. Once that was dried I went over the black with some CI Paint in Onyx...I wanted that shimmer that the CI paint gives!

For my sentiment I used my FAVORITE embossing powder~ Deliquesce Black. I just LOVE the look!
To finish off my project I wanted to add some gold brads~ only problem was~ I didn't own any so instead of buying them, I made them! A little recycling here too :)
I took some silver brads and embossed them with Deliquesce Gold Glitter
The picture does not do a good job of showing the sparkle~ but trust me they look AWESOME!!

Here is a close-up of the shamrock I used...couldn't leave him unpainted so I added some Green Olive and another glittered brad

I hope you have enjoyed my project and will play along with this weeks 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!
~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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Fly Free!

Good morning and Happy Friday my paint loving friends! Emily here to share another mixed media piece I made using some Creative Inspirations Paints. 

I often will get an idea in my head for a project out of the blue, and have to go to my studio to get some of it down on canvas, paper, or whatever I am working on. If anything, I try to get out the papers, paints and embellishments I want to use for the project. This normally happens, which is nice. Other times, I will start the project, in particular, a background, without having any idea of what I will put over the background. My piece today was one of these... I completely finished the background part, with stamps and all, but didn't have a clue as to what I would put on it for the finishing touch. 

It sat for almost a week... until today. I happened to look at a bird stamp I had, and the idea hit me. A large dimensional bird covered in acrylic and Creative Inspirations Paint with some grungeboard letters spelling out my words. 

This is what I ended up with. . . 

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Not only does the bird have CI Paints, but its legs, the canvas background and the letters have CI Paints products on them.  The letters were first painted with Coal paint and then I decided to add Delequesce in Black over it and heat it with my heat gun for a shiny textured look. 

See the heart in my bird's wing? If you have me figured out, then you know I almost always have a heart in my project. I normally have them out in the open, but this one needed to be a little hidden... somewhat! 

Below is a collage of close ups ... look at the shimmer and sparkle! 

And as always, here is the palette of colors I used from Creative Inspirations Paint: 

Thank you for stopping by today! Enjoy your weekend and get creative!!! 

Merry Christmas- Everyone

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!

This is DIANA L. from DL.ART , and seeing as how it is Christmas day.
I am sharing the original meaning of Christmas and How I used these amazing products.
for the whole piece I used the Deliquesce gold crystal embossing powder and the deliquesce black embossing powder. The black came out very shining raised and thick

Here is a close up.

I used the GOLD CRYSTAL around the edges of  the design also.

here is a close up of the GOLD SPARKLE-- and it really does sparkle.

As you turn it it is almost like a hologram- you can see all the different colors in it.

Creative inspiration paints is having a 10% off sale on their paints through January 1, 2013

Products used:

Ribbon from my stash

PTI Kraft card stock

stamp: come to Bethlehem SU

Big boss: emboossing pad

Creative inspiration Paints:

Delequesce black

Delequesce Gold Sparkle

Thank you for stopping by, and have a very blessed Christmas, Hugs, Diana