Halloween cards using Gina's Designs Freebie Friday printables

Hi everyone, it's Nancy here with some fun Halloween cards!  I really loved the Halloween themed free printables from Gina's Designs for the month of September, all themed for Halloween.  Gina offers up some amazing free printables that are available on the blog every freebie Friday.  Meanwhile, I had been clearing up my desk of the scraps I had left from the two Halloween themed projects I'd created during the month, and I got the idea to create a few cards using my scraps and Gina's printables.  I'm really not a card maker, but the printables made it so easy and fun.  I hope you like them.

Gina's Designs products used:

Freebie Friday free printables available for free download every Friday from Gina's Designs on our blog
chipboard spider webs

Other Products:

Scraps from various Recollections brand Halloween themed papers
Scraps from Graphic 45 Happy Haunting & Steampunk Spells collections
Martha Stewart punch all over the page (used on the bottom right card)

Getting Organized

Hi everyone, its Angela here with a project that has been on going for quite a while. I have finally finished the sets of drawers that I have procrastinated about for some time now.

I had to make the decision as to what colour I wanted them all before I started decorating any of them. I went with the paper from Fancy Pants Key Lime collection in the end as I really like the vibrant colours in it and they match in with the paint in my Porch area where I now do most of my crafting.

Here is the 15 drawer set:

 and the Desk Organiser 1

and the last one (for the moment anyway) the 5 drawer set:

the labels on this one are from the Stackable Labels Shape Set 

coloured with neo colour 2 crayons and gilding wax, with the top layer being covered with the Fancy Pants papers.

Boo Mini Album

Hi Everyone! It's Lisa here today and I am sharing a "Boo" mini album I created with Gina's Boo Banner Set. 

Gina's banner sets can be used as a banner that you embellish as you choose and hang. OR you can be like me and use it for another purpose. 

I love the corrugated cardboard not only for the banner design but as a mini. I alternated that and some regular cardboard cut in a triangle shape to fill in some pages.

I used the Spiderweb Shape Set on the cover. I painted mine in black acrylic then used Rock Candy Crackle over it. I spread it really thick and the Rock Candy gives it a shimmer look as well as crackle for a truly "spark- tacular" web! 

I love adding little tags and pull outs to my minis. I also leave lots of space for photos. I have found I like to use different Spellbinders dies to mark my spots for photos.

On the closure for my album I use a regular clasp ring. then I tore up cheese cloth and misted it in gray- alternating between cheesecloth and ribbon.

With my banner set I also received the letters "Boo" in chipboard. I opted to spread them out and place a letter on page here and there within the album.

Here is a close up so you can see the details. I stamped and inked on the letter "O" and filled it in with a piece of clock pattern paper.

I REALLY love the bottles! I coated them with gesso and stamped with a BoBunny Stamp then covered in crackle. One dried I inked them so you would see the crackle and then added the sticker labels.

Gina sent me that cute accordion style flower. I just had to pleat it and add it to my page! The scary cat was painted and crackled too!

Thanks so much for stopping in! Check out Gina's Designs Shop for lot's of inspiration!

Ginas Supplies

Clock Hands Shape Set

Spiderweb Shape Set - Available Soon

Spooky Shape Set - Available Soon

Boo Banner - Available Soon

Old Bottle Miniature Shape Set

Glassine Bags

Other Supplies

Gesso, Ranger Tags, Ribbon, Twine, Crackle Accents, 7 Gypsies

Cheescloth, BoBunny Stamps

Freebie Friday Spooky Banner

Use this printable to create a fun banner to use as home decor, a party decoration, or wherever you want to add a little Halloween fun.

If you prefer the pdf file you can download it here:  Spooky Banner

A Spooky Halloween Layout featuring Gina's Designs and my cat Majicou

Hi everyone!  Nancy here with a layout featuring my cat Majicou who looks ready to scare the trick or treaters this Halloween.  I've used several chipboard  Halloween themed shapes and some steampunk styled intricate doilies (one of the awesome new products in the shop).  Links to more products used and the techniques used to decorate them are listed below.  I hope you like it!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Spooky Shapes Set
Steampunk Doilies
Spiderwebs
Small fence and gate set
Gears shape set

Other products and techniques used
Stampendous embossing powder on the ghost and the "Boo"
Black Prima chalk ink on the spiderweb
Black Prima chalk ink on the gothic gate followed by Tim Holtz Distress crackle paint in tarnished brass
Black Prima chalk ink on the tiny gears which I have layered over the steampunk doilies for more dimension
Stencils by The Crafters Workshop including "mini splats" and "harlequin"
Dylusions black magic ink spray
Cheesecloth from my stash
Spiders from my stash
Flowers by Petaloo (black) and Recollections (orange)

Seymour Bones

Kathi here again to share an off the page project. In this project I used the standing dome & the haunted house mini album.

 

I created a grave yard using the standing dome, placed a large wooded tree behind the standing dome. I created a tomb stone out of the standing dome. I painted the dome black then layered the dome with paper from graphic 45 paper line "Steampunk Spells" I created another tomb sitting to the right & just be hind the standing dome.

The dome has beware Seymour Bone as the head stone. in front of the fence of the dome a wooded casket was placed after being painted. With Seymour Bones trying to escape from the grave.

Inside the coffin there are spiders, pumpkins, bones & moss.Barbed Wire chipboard is draped over the fence. Barbed wire is also listed in Gina's store.

I then created the mini album out of the haunted house mini available in Gina's store

Mini book pages

Supplies from Gina's 

(that I used in the mini album included:)

 chipboard from the Fall Shape Set,

 clock & hands Shape Set

 & Spooky Shape Set, 

other supplies:

 are from graphic 45, 

 Spellbinders, 

 Martha Stewart,

 laces & trims from my stash. 

Thanks for stopping by, 

be sure to check out Gina's store she just add about 100 new items.

Bird Cage with Marjolaine

Hello friends, Marjolaine here.

Today I'm scheduled for an off the page project and I thought this birdcage would be perfect. It was super easy to assemble and I'm thinking I would like to make many more for Christmas table center pieces. 

I kept if fairly simple. The cage is painted with two layers of gesso and I used a script stamp on top to add texture. For my roses I used a six petal flower punch and followed this tutorial. 

My supplies are as follows:

BirdCage  (coming soon)

Birdwatching Shape Set

Fabscraps paper

Tim Holtz stamp  

I love antique bird cages and will need to find a special place in my home for it. How about you, where would you display it?

Santa's Sleigh

Hello cupcakes.  This is Marfa and today I want to share with all of you this chipboard sleigh by Gina's Designs.  I love it.  Its a kit and comes in pieces.  You put decorate it and put it together.  I had a lot of fun working with it.

  

Dog Bone Mini Album

Hello! Dawn Rene with you today to share a fun mini album I made with Gina's Designs Dog Bone Mini Album. The mini album is chipboard and cut in a dog bone shape. It has 6 pages and is 4 3/4 inches tall by 7 1/2 inches wide. I decorated the album with chipboard shapes from Gina's Designs - Miniature Bookplates Shape Set and Words and Phrases 1.

Here is a quick run down of how I assembled the album!

1. Covered the chipboard mini album pages with patterned papers

2. Filed edges of the album with an nail file and distressed with ink

3. Punched holes for the binder rings and added eyelets for reinforcement

4. Added some color and texture with Dylusions ink spray and stencils

5. Painted the name tags with distressed paints

6. Colored the words and name plates with Dylusions ink spray and shimmer mist

7. Add pictures and embellished with ribbons, buttons, and stickers!

Here are some pictures of the finished product!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend....
Dawn Rene

SUPPLIES

Album: Gina's Designs - Dog Bone Mini Album
Embellishments: Gina's Designs - Miniature Bookplates Shape Set and
Words and Phrases 1, Eyelets, Buttons, Fibers

Patterned Papers and Stickers: Imaginisce (Good Dog Collection)
Ink / Paint: Dyllusional Spray Ink, CTMH Ink, Tim Holtz Distressed Paints, Luminarte Shimmering Mist
Ribbon: Lovebug Creations - Simply Red, Caddy Blue, Olive You, Sunset
Tools: Eyelet Punch, Stencils, Binder Rings