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Same Product 3 Ways: Shelley Hamilton

Hi guys, Shelley, here!  I made this fun little hanging with the Song Birds line. 

 


I covered the chipboard bird with paper from the 6"x6" Song Bird pad.  I used leaf and vine diecuts from the Song Birds line.  I made the flowers by diecutting banana leaf paper, stamping them, then finishing them off with glass beads.

The banana leaf paper gives such an interesting texture for the flower petals.  This beautiful green color really brightens up the project!

 

On this page, I used the Debbie Mumm Songbirds diecuts with Sunburst Luminarte H20's on the yellow butterflies and Mediterrannean Luminarte H20's on the blue one.  The Luminarte makes them sparkle!  I also used Silks paints in Solar Gold on the small flower, and Sky Blue Silks on the little dots on the blue butterfly.  To finish out this "Peaceful" project, I used Swarovski eye candy crystals in several different colors. Thanks for letting me share this project with you!  

 

Same Product 3 Ways!

Hi Everyone...Nicole here back with the next installment of our "3-ways" series!  This month, I want to focus on one of my favorite new C.I. products...the 6"x6" paper pads!  Now of course everyone knows they the perfect sized sheets of paper for making wonderful cards, but I got to thinking...what else does the size inspire?

So I rounded up a couple of your favorite DT members, Shelly Hamilton and Alicia Geiss and asked them to show you what the pads inspired them to create, along with a handfull of other C.I. goodies including the new Silks paints:

And so it finally happened...I've been bitten pretty hard by the mixed media bug! So with the addition of all kinds of new mixed media goodies to it's catalog, Creative Imaginations makes it so easy to indulge in my latest obsession with canvas...and these little 6"X6" paper pads are no exception!  They're just the right size for cutting and tearing into all kinds of strips and shapes, making collage art a breeze.

So in that spirit, I tore strips from the Christine Adolph BOHO collection pad and collaged them into flower petals, then arranged them around a circle to for the flower in the lower left corner.

I used a stencil and some modeling paste to create the butterfly, then stuck a few of the eye candy crystals into the paste while it was still wet, so it acts like a glue.  The rest is messy fun with paints, rub ons, stamps, and of course, word stickers:

So much fun!  Stay check back in a day or two to see what the other DT members did with their stash...you're sure to be inspired!

Products Used:

• BOHO 6"x6" Paper Pad
• Luminarte Silks
• Banana Leaf Paper
• Oilvine Eye Candy (small)
• Life as Art Word Stickers

Remember ... "Same Product - 3 Ways" ?!?

Well we're back with way number three! Last month Nicole and Alice shared projects using a new blog feature called "Same Products 3 Ways". Now it's my turn to share my project. I created a canvas - my new obsession - using the products below ... papers form the adorable Ragamuffins collection by IOD ...

plus these other FUN products ...

Here's how I created my 6 x 12 studio canvas ...

I covered the canvas with papers from the Ragamuffins collection and lightly dry brushed the background with white paint. I stamped randomly on the background with a script stamp and black permanent ink. I mixed green paint with modeling paste and pressed the mixture into a butterfly stencil to "create" multiple textured flower backgrounds. I sprinkled glitter on the flowers while they were wet. I then painted several canvas flowers with twinkling h20's, dried with a heat gun to get a curled look, layered them together and placed them on the stenciled areas once they were dry. The stems were created by rolling paper and gluing to the canvas. I added some canvas leaves and a title. Here's the end result ...

A close-up of one of the flowers ...

another close-up of the dimension ...

Supplies Used:

• Ragamuffins Collection
• Spooks and Spirits ABC's
• Twinkling h20's - Poppy
• Twinkling h20's - Olive Vine
• Twinkling h20's - Mediterranean Blue
• Twinkling h20's - Raspberry Wine
• Monarch Stencil Kit
• Monarch Canvas Flowers
• Monarch Allegro DS Paper
• Eye Candy

Hope you've enjoyed all the different ways we used the same products and stay tuned for our next feature of "Same Product - 3 Ways". Thanks for stopping by!!

Lynn

Easy As 123

Hey there blog readers!! Tanisha here with a super easy and cute toddler project.  My godson is learning to count, so I decided to create this little mini album to help him along.

I started with a bare elements mini album, chipboard alpha, and papers from Creative Cafe and Signature Collection.  This mini is durable and brightly colored--just perfect for a toddler.

I used chipboard numbers and punched circles on each of the 10 pages.

Creative Cafe Calendar Week Paper

Creative Cafe Calendar Day Paper

Creative Cafe Calendar Year Paper

 

Bazzil + Unity + Think Pink

Hi there, it 's Eva sharing a new card with the beautiful Bazzill Cancer Awareness Glazed Cardstock, Marah Johnson's Embracing Hope Unity Stamps and our new Think Pink Luminarte.

I always love playing with resist papers and our Luminarte products, so I was looking forward to paint these very special papers by Bazzill.  I paired the pretty products up with some Spellbinders.  Here is what I came up with.

The Think Pink Petite set is all you need to paint these beautiful papers.  After I die cut my flower and leaf, I just painted them  to coordinate with my card as well.

Supplies used:

Bazzill Cancer Awareness Glazed Cardstock

Unity Stamps - Embracing Hope by Marah Johnson

Luminarte Think Pink Petite set Twinkling H2O's

Spellbinders Ornate Artisan Tags and Accents by Samantha Walker

Spellbinders Sprial Blossoms One

Spellbinders Foliage

Christine Adolph--Sakura

Have you ever come across one of those collections that is just so pretty that you don't even want to cut into it?  That's exactly how I felt about Christine Adolph's Sakura collection.  The beautiful colors and patterns are suitable for framing!

As you can see, I eventually decided to cut into those pretty papers to create this layout.  I used the die cut paper as my background and cut the lanterns from patterned paper to use as a decorative element across the top of the layout.

I brought out the purple in the papers by painting a strip of Paint It papers with sugar plum Luminarte Twinking H2Os.  I further embellished with die cuts, layered stickers, and a border punched strip of real wood paper.

I create this card for a friend.  I embossed a piece of wood paper and then inked the raised design and then embellished with twine and a die cut. 

 

Luminarte

Twinkling H2Os in Sugar Plum

Christine Adolph Sakura

 Sakura DC Shapes

 Sakura Layered Sticker

Sakura Serenity DS Paper

 Sakura Lovely DC Paper

Sakura Blooming DS Paper

Sakura Spring DS paper

Real Wood

Real Wood 12x12 Thin Cherry

Marah Johnson Paint It Papers

Monarch Define DS Paper

 

Tanisha

 

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

Hello, Lynn here to share a card I created using the fabulous May Arts Ribbons.  Today is our last day to feature our work and post a winner!  Congratulations to Karen McAlpine “I really like this flower idea. I love adding handmade embellishments to my cards. Love that shelf of ribbon rolls---heavenly for a ribbon-a-holic like me! LO” Karen email me your ribbon selection and address to:ceeangels@aol.com. 

May Arts Ribbons are such a pleasure to work with and the possibilities are endless. The Creative Imaginations Team really loved the Sheered/Frayed flower ribbon and I used the white flower ribbon to create my spring card. I used the green leaves ribbon to ceate the stem. I cut the center of one flower and layered it onto another flower to create more dimension. I painted the flower with Twinkling H20 Ice and then sprayed the card with Luminarte Radiant Rain Ice Mist for a shimmery effect. Here's my card ...

 Supplies Used:

• Sheered Frayed Flower Ribbon
• Leaves Ribbon
• Raggamuffin Paper Pad
• Twinkling H20 - Ice
• Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist - Ice
• Paint It Alpha
• Gem Pack

Thank you so much for joining in the fun this week!  Stop by again next week to see what our design team has whipped up for you! 

May Arts & Creative Imaginations tutorial!

Hi everyone, it's Nicole here excited to share my project for our week long blog hop with May Arts!  But first another winner ~   Sharon S “Both the package and card are beautiful.  I forget that ribbon adds such a special touch to a package -- I really like the Silky Crush ribbon on that package -- gonna have to get me some of that.  :-)  Thanks for sharing your wonderful inspiration too” Sharon please email me your address to ceeangels@aol.com

Earlier in the week I was perusing facebook and stumbled on a really cute flower tutorial using fabric strips.  I played around a bit with the technique, but kept ending up disappointed with the end result because the torn fabric strips made the flower petals look frayed & messy when I really wanted a crisper, cleaner look.

Enter May Arts Ribbon!  Its finished edges were just the tweak I needed to get the crisp petals I was yearning for!  I grabbed my Debbie Mumm Songbird 6x6 pad and some of my favorite May Arts ribbon and got to work.

I started by spraying both sides of a 2 foot length of 1 1/2" wide white satin ribbon with Sunburst Spray until it was completely saturated, then dryed it with a heat tool. When it was completely dry, I folded it in half widthwise and secured it with some super tacky double stick tape.

Then I folded the ribbon in half lengthwise, once...twice...three...maybe four times.  Using my super sharp tonic scissors, I randomly cut notches into the top of the ribbon through all the layers...maybe to the halfway point, like this:

When it's done and unfolded, it looks like this:

Then onto a 2" gluber I pleated the ribbon (with the notched edge along the top) all around the gluber in a spiral toward the center. 

I was done when I ran out of gluber, then I just trimmed off the excess.

After adding a button or two and some cute twine, it makes a beautiful embellishment for the front of a card for a special friend!

 

 

Creative Imaginations Products Used:

• Radiant Rain in Sunburst
• #29228 Nature's Song DS paper
• #29230 Fancy Flight DS Paper

Today we are giving away some ribbons from May Arts - you get to pick your favorite roll! All you have to do is post a comment and we will pick a winner and post it tomorrow!  And remember to hop on over to the May Arts blog for a chance to win some Creative Imaginations goodies!  Good luck!

May Arts and Creative Imaginations

Hey there, Tanisha here to share with you another project for our week long blog hop with May Arts. But first we have another winner! Vera W. Yates "These are awesome projects. But that shadow box took my breath away. LOVE it!" Vera please email me your address to ceeangels@aol.com. 

One of my favorite ways to use ribbon is on gift packaging.  I love that I can add that extra special touch without having to take a trip to the store.  I used May Arts Silky/Crush ribbon in white and blue/white baker's twine and the gorgeous Sakura line by Christine Adolph for this birthday gift and card.  To make my gift set sparkle, I spritzed the card and the front of the gift box with red pearl Luminarte Radiant Rain mist. 

Here's a close up of the gift box detail.

Here's a close up of the card --you can see just how shimmery the luminarte is.

Those special touches make this a perfect gift for your mom, sister or good friend.

Products Used:

Sakura Foil Paper

Sakura Spring Paper

Sakura Layered Sticker

Sakura Die Cuts

Today we are giving away some ribbons from May Arts - you get to pick your favorite roll! All you have to do is post a comment and we will pick a winner and post it tomorrow!  And remember to hop on over to the May Arts blog for a chance to win some Creative Imaginations goodies!  Good luck!