Creative Imaginations Blog

Chunky ATC's

This is my third and final Guest Design team post.......and I chose to create two VERY different Chunky ATC's. I have ALWAYS wanted to make one, so a friend of mine was sooo kind as to cut up a 2 x 4 for me.....hehehe now I have LOTS of blanks!

For my first ATC, I used papers and embellies from the IOD~ Preposterous line......ps LOVE IT!
I began by covering the white painted Chunky with the back side of the paper...
Preposterous

I created the entire Chunky ATC around the
Preposterous ~ Chipboard Sticker
isn't the little girl....just ADORABLE!!

I chose several other
Preposterous ~ Diecut shapes
to embelish my creation.

I adhered the
Preposterous ~ Tranparent Diecut Shape
to a piece of
Preposterous ~ Naivete
the perfect banner for my ATC

For an accent I colored a paper flower with
Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist ~ Butternut and
Twinkling H2O's

For my second CHUNKY ATC I put my Mixed Media hat on!

I adhered Tissuestock with gel medium,
added a layer of gesso
and let the spritzing begin with
LOTS of Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist!

I spritz various puddles of Radaint Rain ~ Shimmering Mists on my craft mat,
pulled out a paint brush
and created my striped ballon!
And finished it off the word BLISS from the
Antique Words!

I would like to thank the folks at Creative Imaginations
and Cheryl Mezzetti
for allowing my create with
their FABULOUS PRODUCTS!!!

I truly hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have!
again......if you have any questions
PLEASE ask!!

 

Love them.....ATC'S!!

Lynne Forsythe here with another Guest Design Team post using more Creative Imaginations and LuminArte gooodness!!

It's been quite a while since I have put my hands to creating ATC's.
OMW....can I just say I am having WAY TOO MUCH fun creating these little ditties!!



Such a small canvas to pack loads of creative goodness on!!

My first ATC was created using a
Wood ATC

I spritzed it with Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists
I stamped on it.
I painted on some Twinking H2O's

I created a flower using
Paint It! ~ Jardin

For my second ATC...

I used the
Antique ATC Pack
along with
Paint It! ~ Nostalgia Shapes
Paint It! ~ Antique Words
and lots of
Radiant Rain ~ Shimmering Mists

My last ATC...

I used
Black Corrugated ATC
Antique ATC Pack
Paint It! ~ Nostaligic Parts
Paint It! ~ Jardin
Paint It! ~ Antique Words
and
LOTS of Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists!!

Have you made any ATC'S lately??
I encourage you to do so....they can become
VERY ADDICTING!!

THANK YOU for stopping by.....
if you have any questions....feel free to ask!!

REMEMBER.......LIFE IS GOOD!!

Guest Designer ~ Lynne Forsythe

Hi Everybody.....My name is Lynne Forsythe and I hail from the small but BEAUTIFUL state of NH! I have been creative all my life but was introduced to the paper crafting industry about 5 years ago. I began making scrapbook pages then progressed to card making and now have emersed myself in the Mixed Media genre. I work for my LSS along with teaching classes at various stores and events. It's an honor and a priveledge to get to share my creations with you this week!!

When creating, I love to alter what ever medium I am working with, paper, fabric, ribbon/lace.....with COLOR. I think that is why I absolutely fell in love the LuminArte line of products which sooo compliment the rest of the Creative Imaginations offerings!

For my first project I chose to make a card.

I began by spritzing the canvas card with a mixture of Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists.
Butternut
Spanish Moss
Persimmon

I then pulled out a couple papers from the IOD ~ Preposterous line
Whimsical
Playful

I diecut a flower from the papers, when finished I misted it with
Butternut ~ Radiant Rain

I created the leaves for my flower from one of the
Black ATC's

Do you see the YUMMMIE shimmery green on the leaves???
I acheived that look by mixing up a batch of Primary Elements
Costa Rica ~ Olive Green

I finished off the card with
Antique Words



Once I began playing with the Primary Elements....I wanted to try more things!!
So I pulled out a
Black ATC
and let the creative process flow!

Now, before I go any further....
The concoction that I used was
Primary Element Colors and
Glaze Medium.



This time I added Primary Elements
Majestic
to the mix!

I painted it on a paper flower,
Mixed it with Olive Green,
I dipped a canvas flower into a watered down version,
Painted with the watered down version on the
Paint It! ~ Umbrella
Dipped paper in it
Tried stamping with it
(would have work had it not been a fluted surface)
still loved the result.

Finished up with leaves cut from a piece of
Kraft ATC
and painted with the Primary Elements ~ Olive Green.

I hope you have enjoyed my creative adventure!
If you have any questions.....feel free to ask!!

 

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!  

 

LuminArte Heaven......

Good Morning ~ Lynne Forsythe with you today!  I am so priveledged to be sharing with you today.
A bit ago...I had the opportunity to get my hot little hands on some
LuminArte Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist.
I know.....shame on me for having never tried it before!!
After having worked with it....I have just one thing to say....I'M IN LOVE.

I love to color all kinds of things...
Fabrics, Papers, Fibers....let's just leave it at...ANYTHING THAT WILL TAKE COLOR!!
So, my quest began to see just how well this product would stand up!!!
Let me tell ya.....IT MORE THAN STOOD UP!!

I began by spritzing a piece of torn apart cardboard...
Love it!

Next....I spritzed some LuminArte Radiant Rain onto a craft sheet and dipped a kraft tag into it....
Still Lovin' it

I then diecut my mannequin, creating a skirt out of seam binding
as you can see........Love it!

I sprtized paper and grungeboard...
Lovin' it even more!!

With my creation finished....I began to think!!
Everything I had used so far was a pourous surface....
hmmmmm!

I created the heart using tissue wrap which has a bit of a waxy surface
once again....LOVE IT!

Here is my last creation using tons of natural fabrics....

Canvas, jute, mulberry flowers, linen paper......
once again.....TOTALLY LOVE IT!!

Here are a few close~ups!

I hope I have inspired you to pull out some natural goodies
and to begin to MIST AWAY!!!

I promise you.......YOU WILL LOVE THE RESULTS!!!

Thanks for stoppin' by........
Lynne Forsythe

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

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

 

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 and Creative Imaginations Blog Hop

Hello, this is Shelley Hamilton.  I wanted to share with you a mini album I made using Creative Imaginations' Peeps line of paper and May Arts' beautiful trims.  But first we have another winner!

Connie smith " I really love the Monarch Collection and like what Donna has put together. Paper and ribbon is like peanut butter and jelly. Match made in heaven :-) The Grain/Ivory Wide Striped Ribbon is awesome on this card. Thanks for the chance to win."  Congratulations Connie! Please email me your address to Ceeangels@aol.com and your favorite ribbon and we will get your prize out to you!

To adorn the cover, I used green satin stitches ribbon at the bottom of the page, and aqua wired ribbon on the rings.

On this page, I used blue and green striped ribbon to make the little bow.

This colorful little wooden bird is by Maya Road.

On this page, I used white rosettes sprayed with Apple Blossom and Key Lime Radiant Rain Shimmering Mist Luminarte.  They made for pretty eggs!

Here, I used orange burlap trim and yellow burlap trim for cute arrows covered with green leaf trim.  At the bottom of the page, I used white crochet ribbon.  Isn't it pretty?

To create my Peeps Album, I used the following Creative Imaginations products:

28128 Peeps Peepsters Glitter Paper

28130 Peeps My Peeps DS Paper

28131 Peeps Hanging Out DS Paper

28132 Peeps With My Peeps DS Paper

28133 Peeps Chicks Glitter CS Sicker 2.5x10

28134 Peeps Bunnies Glitter CS Sticker 2.5x10

28135 Peeps Glitter CS Sticker 5x12

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!

 Hope you enjoyed today's inspirational projects by Donna ~ Be sure to come back later today for some more inspiration!