CI Paints: Inspired By....Textures

Another fun challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints this week:

Inspired By: Textures

Here's my card I made for the challenge:

I love the Create A Critter cart and wanted to make some Valentine's card with it.  So I thought I'd make a card for the challenge using this cart.

A close-up of the bumblebee.

First off...look at all the SHIMMER!!  I just love these paints!!  For texture, I used some of my cuttlebug embossing folders.  I used "Tiny Bubbles" for the wings and "Candy Stripes" for the yellow stripe on his body.

I used CI Paints "Ivory" to cover his wings, "Coal" for his body and "Fairy Dust" to fill in a few of his stripes.

It is kind of hard to tell, but I used chalks to add some "blush" to its cheeks.

I used a polka dot background, but then did a little embossing by hand, the old way - before I had a cuttlebug.

I used my embossing style to randomly add a few circles on the sheet of paper.  I used the "Tiny Bubbles" folder.  I then used a paint brush to cover these circles with "Fairy Dust" CI Paint so they would stand out more.

I also embossed a little heart next to the sentiment with a brass plate I had of different shapes.  I then covered the heart with "Tutu Pink".

I hope you've enjoyed my card and hope you'll share a creation with us on the CI Paints Blog.  At the end of the month we draw a name from everyone that joins in our challenges for the month and the lucky winner gets to picked 5 jars of whichever colors they'd like! 

If you'd like to see all the different CI Paint colors or would like to place an order you can find them here.  These paints are really amazing!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Catch the Bug: Emboss
Craft Your Days Away: Anything Goes
CES Challenges: All Creatures Great and Small
Mark's Finest Papers: Embossing
One Stop Craft Challenge: Card for Kids