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

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

 

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

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!

Artist Trading Cards - easy as 1-2-3!

Hey there!!  Tanisha here with a post that's dedicated to Creative Imaginations new Artist Trading Cards line of products. 
 
I absolutely love this line, especially those darling frames!! They highlight your card and still allow enough surface area to create within.  It is super easy to create your own Artist Trading Cards!
 
Adding texture is just as easy!  Creative Imaginations offers packages of pre-cut corrugated and real wood papers in the ATC size.
 

 
Supplies Used:

• Life As Art ATC diecut shapes
• Loolah ATC Pack
• Loolah ATC Diecut shapes
• Kraft Corrugated ATC cards
• Birch Wood ATC cards
• Life's Journey Journaling Words Cardstock stickers
• Devotion ATC Diecut Shapes
• Life's Art ATC Pack
• Luminarte Apple Blossom Shimmering Mist
• Luminarte Key Lime Shimmering Mist
• Luminarte Pewter Shimmering Mist

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!

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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.

 

Peeps Peace Collection

Those adorable little bunnies and chickies are back!! That's right, Creative Imaginations has added a few new products to the Peeps Collection and they are ready to don your projects.  This adorable collection can be used for everything from Easter to Girl's Night Out.  Take a look at what our Design Team has created:

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Altered project designed by Tanisha Long

Card designed by Eva Dobilas

Layout designed by Nicole Capote

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!

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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.

Day Six of our Twelve Days of Christmas

Hey there, Tanisha here with a special "Five in Five" post to help you get those last minute Christmas cards completed and in the mail!  Here's the deal, each of the following five cards were created using 5 products or less, not including tools. 

Tools used for the 5 in 5: Border/shaped punches, scorer, embossing folders, decorative edge scissors, stamp

5 or less supplies: Cardstock, stickers, twine, ink 

5 or less supplies: Cardstock, stickers, twine, ink

5 or less supplies: Cardstock, stickers, ink, brads, stickles

5 or less supplies: Cardstock, stickers, ribbon, stickles

5 or less supplies: Cardstock, stickers, pearl strip, ink

 

CI Supplies Used:

Studio Basics 101

27097 Be Jolly. By Golly. Sticker Sheet

Signature Collection Cardstock