Creative Imaginations Blog

Cards by Alice

Hello, it's Alice and I'm here to share 3 cards with you today!

For my first card I used Debbie Mumm's, Song Bird collection.  I really enjoyed making this card!  This collection has beautiful neutral colors and has a nautre theme.  Perfect for anything, right?

Supplies

Debbie Mumm Diecuts

Debbie Mumm 6x6 Pad

Have you seen or used the NEW IOD Ragamuffin?  It's the perfect blend of vintage and soft colors.

I didn't put a sentiment on this card because it was so pretty without it so you can use this for any occasstion.

Supplies

IOD Ragamuffine collection

This is Terri Martin's Graducation line, but I ended up using it as a congratulaitons card for just about anything.

This looks like it could work for a wedding card, right?  It's perfect for any congradulating moment.

Supplies

Graduation Foil Paper

Graduation Paper

 

Thanks for visiting, have a great day!

 

 

Cards by Alice

Do you love paints and inky fingers?  Today on Cards by Alice I am going to feature the NEW Silks Luminarte acrylic glaze paints by Dreaming In Color.  These little pots have the same beautiful mica color as our Luminarte H20's but work with our paints to cover more surfaces!  I am also going to show you a few techinques on how to use them.  I really had fun using these paints and I know you will too.

Brillant shimmering semi-gloss arylic glaze can be used on wood, paper, fabric, clay and so much more.

I started out by dry embossing white cardstock, (used an embossing folder).  Next I painted the whole card using Sky Blue Silks acrylic glaze. Then I used Emperor's Gold Silks acrylic glaze paint to highlight the raised image by painting over it.  It only looks like it was a lot of work! And i just love how it turned out!

Can you see how shimmery the Silks paints are?  Isn't this cool?

I also used Ice Silks on the stamped butterflies so you can see how shimmery the Silks are.  The Ice color Silks is a clear coat that can be used on any color surface to add that extra shine.

Suppplies I used

Silks: Emperor Gold, Ice, Sky Blue and Ginger Peach

Alpha Basics CS Sticker 2.2x10 

Real Wood 6x12 Thin Birch

 

On this card I blended a lot of color to get the right effect.  You can blend these paints by dry brushing the paints on to your project.  I used Creative Imagination's Nature Stencil Kit

Nature Stencil Kit 

 

Drybrush is a painting technique in which a paint brush that is relatively dry can still holds paint. The resulting brush strokes have a characteristic scratchy look that lacks the smooth appearance that washes or blended paint commonly have.

 

Supplies I used:

Silks:Ginger Peach, Coarl Berry, Sky Blue, Guatemalan Green, Sunburst and Carmen

Nature Stencil Kit 

Here's my last card for today!

On this card I used both dry brushing and blending.  I also embossed and stamped on wood paper.

Supplies I used:

Silks: Guatemalan Green, Sky Blue and Fern

Real Wood 6x12 Thin Birch

 

I had a great time putting this post together for you all and I hope you learned something and don't forget to check your stores for this awesome paint.

May Arts and Creative Imaginations Blog hop week!

Welcome to another May Arts and Creative Imaginations blog week.  We are so excited to team up with May Arts again!  Our Design Team has been hard at work crating some of the most beautiful designs using May Arts ribbons and Creative Imaginations products.

To start, here's a card designed by Alice Carman

Have you ever tried to paint on ribbon?  You can using our NEW Silks paints and using May Arts burlap ribbon.

Here's a detail photo of how you can paint and blend using Creative Imagintions Silks paints and May Arts burlap ribbon, sheer flower and faux suede leaves.

Here's another ribbon from May Arts you can paint using Creative Imaginations Silks paints.  

May Arts sheer frayed white flowers click here

May Arts faux suede leaves click here

May Arts Burlap ribbon click here

Dreamin in Color "New" Silks in Sunburst, Olive Vine and Sky Blue

Creative Imaginations Raident Rain Shimmering Mist in Teal Zircon click here

 

Hope you enjoyed today's inspriational piece and come back everyday for a chance to win our blog hop giveaways! 

Today we are giving away some ribbons from May Arts - just post a comment and we will pick a winner and post it tomorrow!  Good luck!

NEW Ragamuffin

Here's a quick look at the NEW Ragamuffins collection from IOD.

 

 

"Love" card, by Alice Carman

What do you think of  the Ragamuffins collection from IOD?  Isn't this cute?  I love the muted colors in this collection and the embellishments are uber cute!

I also used Monarch Canvas Flowers to add texture to my card.  You can stamp it, ink it, glitter and paint. 

I stamped on my flowers then I used a heat gun to set it.  Next I used my Twinkling H2O's to color and I added a little glitter for the center.

Supplies

Monarch Canvas Flowers Self Adhesive 5x12

Petite Twinkling H20 Sunburst

Petite Twinkling H20 Chestnut Brown

Petite Twinkling H20 Poppy Red

 

Thanks for visiting!  Have a great day!

 

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Nostalgia...Paint IT!

Have you seen the NEW Paint It papers from Creative Imaginations?  Do you love to color?  This year Creative Imagination's CHA winter release has the paper collection you've been waiting for. {Look for our new Paint It! Papers in stores March 2012}

The NEW Paint IT Nostalgia collection.

The collection has brads, die shapes and six pattern papers you can color using our Luminarte products.  Here's what Design Team Memeber, Alice Carman created.

The die shapes can be colored using any of the Luminarte products from Creative Imaginations.  

There are tons of shapes to choose from the Nastalgia die shape pakcage.  I used the hot air balloons from the die shape package on my design to match the paper.

Supplies:

Nastalgia die shapes

Paint IT Alphabets: Typewriter

Nastalgia, Vintage Map pattern paper

Nastalgia, Jardin pattern paper

Nastalgia, Up pattern paper

Cards by Alice featuring New Paint it! papers and LuminArte!

Hello and thanks for visitng today!  It's Alice with another round of cards featuring the latest and greatest products from Creative Imaginations.

I'm starting with a NEW line from our, "Paint It" paper collection called, " Love Blooms." 

Did you get a chance to visit our booth at CHA?  if you did, you were the lucky few to see this line up close.  The line comes with brads, die shapes and six pattern papers.

I really like our Paint It line since I Love using our Twinkling H2O and Luminarte products.  This paper line has no wrong or right way to use it.  All you need is a little Creative Imaginations...tada!

You can use this line to add color or leave it blank and die cut from it.  The possibilities are endless.  You can mix the lines too, just like I did here.  I used Nastalgia and Love Blooms. Both collections ship to stores March 2012

 

Supplies:

Love Blooms Shapes

Love Blooms, Key to My Heart Pattern Paper

Nastalgia Shapes

 

Next up...Nastalgia...ooh la la!!!!

Here's another Paint It line called, "Nostalgia."  Isn't this line just beautiful?  Again you can color to your heart's content using this line. I mixed it up with the Love Blooms collection and it tottaly works for the look I was going for on my design.

This line comes with brads, die shapes and six pattern papers to play with...oh my!


For those of us who love the bling bling.  You can Luminarte or use the Twinks til the cows come home.  I loved playing with these two lines and I know you will too.

 

Supplies:

Nostalgia Shapes

Love Blooms Shapes

Love Blooms, Victorian Pattern Paper

Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist, Pearl Gold

Monarch Happening Chipboard 5x12

Love Blooms,Bridal March Pattern Paper

 

Thanks for visiting today and check back soon!  There's always something new and fun on the Creative Imaginations Blog.

New "Love Blooms" Paint-it collection!

Hi....this is Alicia, and I am thrilled to showcase the new Love Blooms Paint-it collection.  These papers are so versatile and so much fun to play with.  I created this beautiful page with my daughter's homecoming photos and I loved the hearts and florals on the papers I used.   I just chose different colors of Luminarte paints to paint the flowers and look how the floral pattern really popped when they were painted.

 

 

I also sprayed the background with some of the pretty Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist for extra color. 

Alice made this gorgeous card with the Love Blooms collection too.

 

Aren't these papers gorgeous? 

Product Used:

• NEW Love Blooms Paint-it collection ~ in stores March 2012
• Luminarte Radiant Rain Mists
• Martha Stewart punch
• May Arts Lace

NEW Studio Basics 101 Family Matters

One of the reasons that a lot of us started paper crafting was to preserve memories for our families.  Our Studio Basics Family Matters collections is just perfect for those projects!  The soft muted colors make scrapbooking for every member of your family easy.  The collection includes chipboard, stickers and diecut pieces - look for this collection in stores February 2012!

{click in each photo for a larger image}

Layout designed by Tanisha Long

card designed by Alice Carman

NEW Renae Lindgren's, Make A Wish

Wow....what a great blog week!  Have you been checking everyday?  This year's CHA is going to be another awesome event with all NEW product!

 

Today we are featuring Renae Lindgren's, Make a Wish collection.

What can you make with Renae Lindgren's Make a Wish?  Here's what Design Team Member, Nicole Capote created.  

Also created by Nicole Capote is a layout made with Renae Lindgren's Make a Wish.

Here's another layout using Renae Lindgren's Make a Wish designed by Design Team Member Tanisha Long.

Don't you just love the stickers in this line?  I really like how Tanisha used her stickers to create her header for the layout.

Love love the banner stickers in this set.  Isn't this adorable?

Here's a card designed by Alice Carman using Renae Lindgren's Make a Wish.  

The full release is coming to CHA so be on the look out for more details and inspiration here on the Creative Imaginations blog.

 

Christine Adolph Oceanside

Just one look at Christine Adolph's gorgeous Oceanside collection and you can almost hear the rhythmic, foamy waves crashing onto the soft sandy beach.  The variegated blues and browns will add a soft vintage flair to your beach themed projects.

The delicate butterflies and dragonflies add to the versatility of this line.  This collection is perfect for boy, girl, and adult scrapbook pages and will definitely allow your imagination run free!

{click on images for a close up view}

 

Above 12x12 layout designed by DT Member Tanisha Long

Card by DT Member Alice Carman

This collection also comes in a 6x6 pad!!

8x8 layout designed by DT Member Nicole Capote

Be sure to jump over to Artist Christine Adolph's blog or become a fan on her facebook page.