Sunflowers & Dragonflies

It’s Time to Bloom

Hi stampers. Did you enjoy your Easter weekend?

Today I have a card that uses Creative Inspirations Paint. As you know, I love these buttery paints that leave behind a shimmer just like Twinkling H2O’s. These paints are so easy to use too. The orange in the bow and along the bottom of the skirt was painted with a CI paint stick, and the orange on the collar and dress were painted with my chisel-end paint brush. Creative Inspirations paints leave shimmer which I will show you in my close up

This cute Raggedy Anne is called You’re a Doll and is a digital image from Sweet and Sassy Stamps. Sentiment is from Stampin’ Up! Nope, that’s not a blemish in my photo: it’s a skin blemish from using too much glue.

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Card Details:

Sponge a sky onto the background
Use the Martha Stewart winter icicle punch and turn it upside down to create grass
Adhere image to background, leaving the glue off of the face
Add a butterfly to the smaller image area
Use the Dry Embossed Wash technique in the background
Add ribbon (SU here) to card

A note about Creative Inspirations Paint

It comes as a thick melted butter in small pots, a little larger than Twinkling H2O’s
CI paints are easier to use than Twinkling H2O’s because CI paints come in a liquid form
There are over 50 colours to choose from
CI paints can be painted on with their paint stick or with a regular paint brush
Paint adheres to vellum and non porous surfaces