Catch your Dreams Canvas

Hi crafty people! This week I decided to create a mixed media canvas with a quote from a sheet of Kaisercraft "Be-YOU-tiful" paper and lots of awesome Gina's goodies.

 After figuring out where I wanted everything, I added the stenciling, primed the canvas and all the pieces were covered with gesso, and then glued them on. I then painted the entire project with gold acrylic paint before adding several different colours of mist. Some I dried between colours and others I didn't. This created a marbled effect in some spots. I also dabbed at some areas with a wad of paper towel to create a mottled effect and remove larger spots of mist. To define the edges a bit more, I dry brushed the pieces with black acrylic paint.

After everything was dry, I slid the quote into place (I had glued only the top of the arrow one side of the flowers, and only part of the key so this would be possible). I had a great time putting this together and getting messy with the mist and paint was so much fun! Have yourself a terrific weekend and be sure to find time to get messy!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Balloons-Birthday Shape Set

Cardstock Doily Set 1

Wooden Decorative Keys

Texture Sheet Flourished

Other Items Used

Kaisercraft Be-YOU-tiful paper

gold and black acrylic paints

misc spray mists

Tim Holtz metal arrow

Prima metal shape

Prima and Crafter's Workshop stencils

Botanical Tea-Birthday card and tag

Hi, Lynne here with a card and tag made with the lovely Graphic 45 Botanical Tea collection and Gina's Birthday Shape Set and Spring Shape Set. Two of my good friends have July birthdays and this card was made for one of them and included a "voucher" for girls' lunch out one day soon.

I covered the lower part of the chipboard cupcake with pleated paper top create the look of a baking cup, then used texture paste for the "icing", on which I sprinkled glass glitter. The candle was painted with acrylic paints and the flame was created with cheesecloth and Gelatos. The sentiment was painted with pearlized acrylic paint then rubbed lightly with pink paint along the top.

Here's the inside of the card; I used a fun pop-up design.

Continuing the theme of the Botanical Tea papers, I used a bird and a dragonfly from the Spring Shape Set. The bird was covered with patterned paper and then I added a wing with foam tape and inked the edges. The dragonfly was painted with pearlized paint then lightly rubbed with wedgewood blue paint.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a terrific week!

Gina's Items Used

Birthday Shape Set

Spring Shape Set

Other Items Used

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea paper pack

acrylic paints

spanish moss

cheesecloth

glass glitter 

texture paste

Happy Birthday, Gina's Designs!

In my life, April and May are huge birthday months. It seems like most of my friends and family were born in the spring, so it wasn't a big shock to me that Gina's Designs celebrates a birthday this month too.

I knew I wanted bright primary colors for this project, so I began by putting a layer of gesso on all my pieces to really make the colors pop. I then sponged light blue for the sky and white for clouds onto the big tag.

I painted the airplane bright red. 

Once it was dry, I embellished it with Liquid Pearls and Pico Embellishers.

I painted the sun bright yellow and gave it a few spritzes of irRESISTible spray in neon yellow.

For the Happy Birthday piece, I began by painting it a medium blue. Once the paint had dried, I went over it again with StazOn Studio Glaze in a matching blue to give it some shine.

All that was left to do was assemble my project, and I was done!

'Til next week, I wish you all happy crafting!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Chipboard Decorative Tags X Large

Sweet Summer Shape Set

High Flyers Shape Set

Birthday Shape Set

Other Products Used

Acrylic paint

Gesso

StazOn Studio Glaze

irRESISTibles Pico Embellisher and Spray

Ranger Liquid Pearls

Silver cording

Happy Birthday Gina's Designs! May Facebook Challenge

Good morning and Happy 3rd-Birthday to Gina's Designs!!

The challenge for the month of May is Happy Birthday, anything that is birthday themed will work.

This is a cupcake mini display tray that Gina designed for her birthday month! The cutie pie in the photo is me and my Aunt Trish!  

This is what the cupcake looked like before I added the overlay and goodies!

The "Happy Birthday", balloon and candle are from the Birthday Shape Set.

This is a Challenge for Gina's Designs Craft Group

Hope to see you in Facebook!

Deann

Gina's Designs Products used-

Birthday Shape Set

Cupcake Mini Display Tray-coming soon!

Celebration with Cards by Mary

Happy Thursday!! Today I have two cards to share that I made for a double celebration this past Sunday; my mom's birthday and my niece's graduation from college!
 I embossed the "Happy Birthday" and used my watercolor crayons on the balloons.I glued the "Happy Birthday" to the card and the balloons were attached with pop dots.

The second card is my graduation card.

The chipboard pieces were embossed before placing them on a double mat.  I attached all three chipboard pieces with pop dots.

Here is a look at them side by side!

 Thanks for stopping by the blog! For more information, please visit my blog HERE.

Gina's Designs Products

Birthday Shape Set

Graduation Shape Set

Other Products Used

Paper: K&Company

Watercolor Crayons: Stampin' Up!

Embossing Powder: Stampendous - Aged Ivory and Ranger - Black

Ink: Walnut Stain & Dusty Concord by Tim Holtz, White Chalk Ink (Studio G)

Chalk

Stencil

Gesso

pop dots