Creative Imaginations Blog

Birds of a Feather!

Hey there, Tanisha here to share a couple of projects that I created with Debbie Mumm's gorgeous Song Birds Collection. This is one of those lines that I fall more and more in love with every time I look at it. It's filled with adorable little treasures like the tiny peach flowers in the die cut pack to the clever little phrases that inspired the title for my layout.

I started my layout by layering patterned papers, cardstock, and a border punched strip of wood to create the background. I lightly spritzed the lightest part of the background with Luminarte Butternut Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist.

Since this line has a lot of nature elements, I added flowers, a spray, and jute to add to textural interest.

I used a paint brush and Luminarte Butternut Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist to paint the chipboard photo corners.

I used the design of the layout and some of the same elelements to create a frame.

Here are some close-ups of the details.

Products used:

Debbie Mumm Song Birds

• 29228 Sweet Tweet DS Paper
• 29229 Song Birds DS Paper
• 29230 Fancy Flight DS Paper
• 29231 Nature's Song DS Paper
• 29233 Song Birds 12x12 Cardstock
• 29235 Song Birds DC Shapes
• 26397 Butternut Luminarte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist
• 26041 Real Wood 6x12 Thin Cherry

Introducing Samantha Walker Nautical collection

I grew up near the ocean...not right on it...but about a 45 minute drive over the Santa Cruz mountains from San Jose. I loved that drive...making my way over the top of those ridges and then around a few bends...my heart would thump as I would see a glimpse of the ocean in the distance and know that I'd be on the beach with sand in my toes in just a short while. We spent many a happy occasion with friends or family at beaches along the Northern California coast.We built many a sand castle with our beach pails and shovels. We collected sand crabs by chasing their bubbles in the sand. We also enjoyed going to "the Boardwalk" in Santa Cruz...a beach side amusement park with retro carnavel flair. I loved the rickety wooden roller coaster "the giant dipper", and the smell of cotton candy and kettle pop corn.  All those memories always invoke a smile on my face. 

Those are the kinds of memories that inspired me to create the Nautical collection. The red white and blue colors remind me of the colors at the Boardwalk amusment park which was infused with these colors.  The Dipper was a white roller coaster with red accents. The deep navy blue ocean along the northern coast with the bright blue skies was also inspiration for the coloring in this line. I took artistic license and added lighthouse icons to this collection to give it a "dual coastal" feeling...I know that lighthouses and lobster are indicative of the East coast. 

Here are a few fabulous projects created by the Creative Imaginations Design Team with the new Samantha Walker Nautical collection for Creative Imaginations.

Above layout created by DT member, Lynn Kopas

Above layout created by DT member, Tanisha Long

Above card created by DT member, Jenn Shurkus

 

To read more about the Nautical collection, pop on over to Samantha Walker's blog.

ATC Challenge - Marah Johnson!

Hello - Marah Johnson here to share some of my ATC {Artist Trading Cards} with you!  I love working on a tiny canvas....the small area takes away the intimidation of figuring out what to do with so much space. ATC's are the perfect size to experiment with techniques textures and new products. There is something rather freeing about knowing that  you are working in a 2 1/2x3 1/2" space.
Who doesn't love using their leftover scraps? I know all of you out there have a stash of all kinds of goodies that are too small for the average paper crafting project but would be perfect for these little tiny masterpieces.  So go ahead and give it a try - you will find these little treasures are addictive!

Here are a few of my favorite ATC's

 

 

And why not send us one of your finished ATC to show off at the CHA Winter show? 

Interested? Below is all the information to get  you started!

 

We Want Your ATC!

 

What is an ATC you ask?

Artist’s Trading Cards (ATC’s) are pocket-sized works of art.  Measured at 2.5”x3.5” Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc.), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc.), paper media (in the form of collage, papercuts, found objects, etc.) or even metals or cloth. The cards are usually traded or exchanged rather than sold.

CREATE AND WIN {that is where you have a chance to win our raffle}

Create an ATC using Luminarte™ Paints as one of your materials and mail it to the Creative Imaginations Headquarters. Your ATC becomes your raffle ticket to win awesome Luminarte Paints and other Luminarte Friendly product. The more you create, the better chances to win. We will pull 3 winners each in October, November and December 2011. Send your art in early for more chances to win.  All entries will be considered at the time of the raffle.

 

BECOME PART OF OUR TRAVELING GALLERY

All submissions will be featured in the Creative Imaginations booth at The Craft and Hobby Association Show CHA. They also will be on loan to various retailers across the country. Submissions may also be featured on our Luminarte Blog or in Luminarte ads and promotions.

 

RULES {of course we have to have rules}

• Create a 2.5”x3.5” art card using Luminarte Paint.

• Optional: Include Paint It! Papers, BE Foil Kits or other Creative Imaginations product. (this will not increase your chances to win, but may increase exposure of your card in other marketing promotions)

• Label the back of the card with 

         Name

         Email address

         City

         State

         Country (if outside the US)

         Luminarte product used including colors

• All cards submitted become the property of Creative Imaginations, LLC.

• Mail Cards to:

Creative Imaginations

c/o Luminarte ATCs

17832 Gothard St

Huntington Beach, CA 92647

 

Last raffle drawing will be December 15, 2011.



Welcome our newest DT member, Alicia Geiss!

We are sooo happy to introduce our newest design team member, Alicia Giess!  Please join us in welcoming her our team!  

It is such an honor joining the Creative Imaginations team and working with the fabulous CI products.  I had so much fun playing with the IOD Loolah collection.   The soft colors and gorgeous floral patterns made this page come together so quickly.  I also used the Real Wood Birch 12x12 Paper as my background and sprayed some of the Luminarte Egyptian Gold Mist Sprayer to add some color to the woodgrain.  Here's my finished project: 

 

With some closeups:

 

I just adore this collection!

 

I also pulled out some of my summer photos for the last hurrah of summer and played with the  adorable, fun, colorful Studio Basics Splish Splash collection.  I literally took the fabulous embellishments in this collection and just designed away.  Look how fun this page came out:

And here are some closeups:

 

 

 

This collection is perfect for all your summer and vacation photos! 

Guest Designer Vicky Alberto

Hi, my name is Vicky Alberto (aka Simply Paper on in the online world) and I live in Alberta, Canada. Three years ago after having my daughter, I decided not to return to a corporate marketing job so I could raise my three young children. After 10 years in the marketing industry, scrapbooking was a natural extension of my work world to fill a creative void and I was instantly hooked. My style is best described as "a little shabby and a lot of chic". I adore adding layers, texture and flowers to my projects - handmade paper flowers are my passion (doilies and lace are my other weaknesses). I have "met" the most amazing ladies from all over the world through various online scrapbook communities and I now embrace (the thing I used to avoid) the internet to share and gain creative inspiration. My blog address Simply Paper and Creativity  is  where I chat about my work, the companies I design for, and share my tutorials. I also have an Etsy shop where I am proud to be one of the few to retail gorgeous chipboard from The Dusty Attic . I am so very thrilled to guest design for Creative Imaginations and was so excited when I was asked what paper lines that I would like to work with. It was tough to only choose a few since there has NEVER been an IOD line that I didn't like and I really adore Marah Johnson's stunning collections too.

Today I am sharing a brand new layout I created with the IOD Wild Spirit line. These gorgeous papers are featured in the Scrap That! August kit  - just a few kits left so grab one soon before it sells out! I will also be teaching this layout,  in Calgary, Alberta at Scrapbooker's Paradise on September 17th. The title is a Dusty Attic chipboard piece from my Etsy shop.

The picture is of my very supportive hubby who actually "gets" why I scrapbook since he is in a creative field himself. I was inspired by a Dusty Attic sketch for this layout. The warm and cool color combination of this paper collection is sunning don't you think?

Here is a fun and quick little kirigami gift box I made with once single sheet of IOD Beach Cottage paper, including the handmade flower. For box and flower tutorials, please see quick link on the right side of my blog Simply Paper and Creativity.

Lastly, instead of including a bio picture for this feature, I leave you today with 2 of my past Scrap That! projects from 2010, featuring myself in the pictures (using the Beloved and Night Divine collections). LOVED these gorgeous papers!

That's it for today but I will be back on Wednesday and Friday to share more new designs I made with CI papers. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my work today!

Vicky

Sneak Peek - NEW Modern 6x6 paper pad, Simply Sentiments and Die Cut Cards

Hello again, it's Eva here sharing another sneak peek with you.  Today I am excited to show another 6x6 pad and matching sentiments.  My projects are made with the Modern 6x6 paper pad, the coordinating Simply Sentiments and the also coordinating Modern Die Cut Cards.

Let me start with my card, actually I made two of them.  I love the fact that all these products coordinate, so they almost make themselves.

 

My second project is an 8x8 layout.  I love the little label frames that come with the Simply Sentiments, so I stamped my own sentiments from My Favorite Things and I also used their Die-namics.

My last project is a Bare Elements projects.  On this project I used Donnor Ornament Circle Frame and added some My Favorite Things Stamps and Die-namics.  I also used some pretty Eye Candy to finish off my project.

Supplies used:

28650 NEW - Modern 6x6 paper pad

28666 NEW - Simple Sentiments Pre-pack

28651 NEW - Modern Die Cut Cards

16371 Donnor Ornament Circle Frame

21071 Light Rose Small Eye Candy

21073 Fuschia Small Eye Candy

21076 Olivine Small Eye Candy

Sneak Peek - New Samantha Walker A to Z!

Hi Everyone, Lynn here with a sneak peek of Samantha Walker's new collection A to Z - perfect for scrapping all your school pictures! For my layout I started with the yellow dotted paper as my background. I pre-planned my page and decided where my title would go. I used chipboard letters I had in my stash and placed them on the page and and sprayed it with Ginger Peach Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist. I then created my layout using papers, stickers and diecuts from the collection. The banner was creathing using a MFT banner die.

 

 

 
Supplies For "School Days Layout":

A to Z Collection:

• 28574 - Paper
• 28577 - Paper
• 28576 - Paper
• 28575 - Paper
• 28583 - Sticker Sheet
• 28585 - Sticker Sheet
• 28582 - Sticker Sheet
• 26395 LuminArte Ginger Peach Radiant Rain Sprayer

For my card I used the same yellow dotted background. I used the ruler sticker and backed it with black cardstock. I punched out a scalloped circle and placed a smaller circle punch over that and placed the teacher sticker on the circle punches. The banner was again created with a MFT banner die and I used ginger Peach Twinkling H20's in Ginger Peach to color the chipboard letters for the title.

Supplies Used for "U Rule Card"

Samantha Walker A to Z Collection:

• 28575 - Paper
• 28580 - Paper
• 28577 - Paper
• 28574 - Paper
• 28585 - Sticker Sheet
• 26375 LuminArte Basic Rainbow H20 Petite Kit

Thanks for stopping by and keep checking out the sneak peeks throughout the week!

Fun with Wood Paper

Tomorrow is our BIG Day! We are going to be showing some sneak peeks of our newest collections and we are super excited!!

In the meantime DT member, Alice Carman shares an adorable project using our Kid's camp papers and Real Wood!

Wanted to make something special for the Design Team Girls today and I couldn't think of any other special way than to make this little mini book.  Not many of you know, but I'm a hug fan of owls and so here is what I came up with using our Wood lines, Creative Cafe and Signature collections.  Of course I had to name the camp OWLICE.  Owl plus Alice equeals OWLICE...giggle!

These are the insert pages:

Did you notice some of the wood paper is a bit darker?  In order to give it a darker color, I used a brown ink pad and a make up sponge.  Depending on how dark you want your wood paper, use a dark brown.  For a lighter brown, use a lighter brown.  Just rub the make up sponge into the ink pad and then rub it onto your wood paper.  That's it!  How cool, right?

I used the following supplies:

Creative Cafe Collection

22503 Spirit Notes {in stores}

25029 Things to Do {in stores}

25019 Calendar Year DS Paper

25021 Calendar Day DS paper

25020 Calendar Month DS paper

 

Signature Collection

26682 Summer DS Paper

26685 Peace DS Paper

26683 Owl DS Paper

 

Wood Collection

26039 Real Wood 6X12 Thin Birch

26041 Real Wood 6x12 Thin Cherry

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great day!

 

 

 

Sweet Summertime....

There is nothing better than the smell of the ocean breeze, picking up seashells, and riding the waves....Just the thought of it brings me to my favorite place...Watch Hill, Rhode Island....So peaceful, makes you forget all the stresses of daily life....No place I would rather be!

The OCEANA collection is just perfect for this little pocketbook album that I put together with my favorite pictures of the times we have spent at Watch Hill.  Of course, I had to add some sand dollars, seashells and some special trinkets I have collected from the many of visits we have had there. I think thats the best part of Scrapbooking...you can always add your own embellishments that have special meaning to your project.  Here are a couple photos of this new treasure that I created:   

 
 
 
 
 
 

I really enjoyed working with this collection, it is super perfect for all those beach pictures we all take on our vacations!  

I am looking forward to sharing with you all the next mini album I made with the BE LOVED collection.  I hope you all stop back over to take a peek at it on Friday or you can visit me at my blog right here:For the Love of Art.....Until then...Happy Scrapping! 

Hugs,  

Meg  

Products used:

BE 17073 Valerie Purse book

Oceana -25409 Epoxy stickers

Oceana-25411 Coral DS Paper

Oceana-25412 Mermaid Noveau DS paper

Oceana- 25421 Ocean Blue Pearl paper

Oceana-25414 Lagoon Frolic DS paper

Oceana-25434 Oceana sticker

New IOD Beach Cottage

When IOD set out to create an Ocean collection we really wanted to keep it versatile, yet saturated in Warm color with touches of breezy ocean blue.  The result was an inviting shabby chic cottage look with whimsical elements including mermaids, starfish and other touches reminiscent of life by the Sea. There are plenty of neutrals in this collection and the color scheme is soft to allow your photos and journaling to take center stage! ~ Artists Sally Griswold & Josie Cerio

Look for this collection in stores March 2011!

Layout created by DT Member, Cheryl Mezzetti