Fall Card Set by Debbie

Hi friends!  Today I'm sharing a fun Fall card set that I created using Gina's Fall Shape Set.  This set of chipboard pieces has so many fun pieces in it that I have gotten several projects out of this set.  

To alter the chipboard pieces I simply inked them with VersaMark and then added two different colors of embossing powder.  Next I rubbed them with Deco Art Metallic Rub and then simply inked the edges. 

Gina's Products Used :

Fall Shape Set

Thank you for stopping by Gina's Blog today! - Debbie

Fall Home Decor with Guest Gloria Stengel

Good morning! I am so happy to be guest designing for the next two months for Gina's Designs! I created a home decor piece as my first project. 

This piece is 12" x 12" and fits into a standard glass-less frame or shadow box. I love to decorate for fall and Thanksgiving, and this piece is going directly onto my front entry table! I love the contrast of colors with the "grungy" white of this piece. 

Here is a little tutorial on how I made the canvas.

I chose items from the Fall Shape Set and painted them with a few layers of white gesso. Gesso acts like a primer for the chipboard. I do NOT recommend using gesso if you plan to spray your pieces with mists or inks because gesso can act like a resist! Also, make sure to allow each layer to dry before adding the next layer.

I pained the shapes with various acrylic paints, allowing each layer to dry. I used a foam brush and was able to achieve some texture on each shape. For the white banners, I simply added ink to the edges. To add some shimmer to a few of the pieces, I mixed a bit of glimmer mist or metallic paint with the acrylic paints.

I added a few coats of gesso to the Birds and Ivy Collage Frame. This frame is approximately 8" x 8". I decided I did not want the birds, so I used a craft knife to cut them off. {I know, poor birds!}

I rotated the frame and distressed it with brown ink.

To crate the "canvas" I covered a thick piece of 12" x 12" chipboard with paper and sponged the edges with ink. I glued Thanksgiving and fall-themed images and paper to the openings of the frame. (You could change this up by adding photos instead.) Once I was happy with the placement of the images and the orientation of the frame, I glued it to the base piece.

The next step is the fun part! I chose the painted chipboard elements that I wanted to use and searched for other items in my craft stash to go with my theme.

I mounted the November border onto a piece of scrap chipboard before gluing it to the top of the canvas. I then added the flowers and leaves cluster to the left side of the border. The postage images were perfect for my theme!

The painted leaves give extra dimension to the frame, plus they make great holders for bits of decorative paper!

My favorite part of this frame is the decorated rake! It has been over a decade since we had any leaves to rake! Living in southern California sure puts a cramp on your fall leaf piles, that's for sure!

To give interest to the FALL banner, I added decorative paper behind each letter before adhering the letters to the scalloped banners. When I work with other chipboard, it can tend to get "soggy" when too much paint or ink is added. The Gina's Designs chipboard does not! Instead, each element took on the consistency of a thin, wood veneer!

The little pumpkins turned out adorable, if I say so myself! I love the vignette that I created.

It is hard to see in the photo, but the yellow wheat shape has a lot of shimmer to it from the metallic paint that I added. 

I hope that you enjoyed my project today! 

Gloria Stengel

Gina's Designs Product Used:

Fall Shape Set (Layout Size)

Collage Frame - Birds and Ivy

Other Products:

acrylic paint, glimmer mist, brown ink, white gesso, decorative paper, floral elements, twine

Fall Home Decor

Hello chippie fans, and welcome back.  Barbara here, and while I enjoyed my month of October Halloween projects, I am on to Fall, so I decided to do another home decor wall hanging that can be inserted into the frame I've been using for the past several postings.  If you put your project on a sturdy piece of chipboard or mat board that fits snugly in the frame, you can simply remove one and insert another, whatever the season.  How's that for being frugal!  Check out my previous posts and you will see what I mean.

I first adhered the scrapbook paper to a piece of 12"x12" mat board.

Each chipboard piece was painted with acrylic paints in Fall colors. 

The bottom layer of the  FALL banner was painted with Rusty paint, while the top layer was first painted with black, then I spread gold crackle paint over that.  To really age the letters and bring out the cracks even more, I added a wash of black paint and dabbed the excess off with a paper towel.  These were adhered along the top right with foam tape, and berry garland added.

The black bird was painted with black, of course, and details were added to the beak and eye.

The oak leaves and acorns were painted with yellow and brown paint mixtures to give each piece shading and depth.  I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of manila card stock with black archival ink.  I punched the corners with a ticket punch.  I wanted to match the colors in the paper, so I blended yellow and orange distress inks and edged with a brown ink.

The cider jugs were painted similarly, then given a coat of clear crackle paint.  One jug was lifted with foam tape for dimension.

I cheated a bit and googled apple barrel images and found this one, which I printed off and adhered to my apple barrel chipboard shape.  I cut a slit along the top edge so I could insert my apples, which were painted with yellow and red paint mixture.  The leaves were a mix of light and dark greens, and the stems were painted with brown.

Gina's Designs Supplies Used:

Fall Shape Set

Other Supplies Used:
12x12 Memory Box Blackbird paper
12x12 mat board
Rusty Paper Paint
Gold Crackle Paste
Acrylic Paints
Distress ink pads
Rubber Stamp
Black archival ink pad
Ticket corner punch

I hope you enjoyed my Fall project today.  It was quick and easy, and at this time of year, we really need that. 

Gina's Designs Lasercuts has a fabulous selection of Fall-themed chipboard shapes, so be sure to stop by the online shop for all of your chipboard needs!

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful week, and Happy Fall ya'll!!!

Barbara

Autumn Pocket Letter

Hello friends and welcome to Gina's Designs!  Debbie with you today sharing a trendy new project called Pocket Letters.  This one was especially fun because it's my first one and it was exciting to create!  I used the Fall Shape Set to create this fun project.

To decorate my Fall Shape pieces I started out covering them with Gesso.  When they dried I painted them with H2O's in fall colors.  I added 2 or 3 coats to give them intense color and to finish them rubbed them with Metallic rub.

When everything was dry I embellished them with flowers and small embellishments.

Hope you give this fun project a try!  I will be doing MORE of them! Thanks for stopping by Gina's today!

Debbie

The Not-So-Scary Scarecrow by Barb

I've had this project waiting in the wings for a few weeks. In fact, as soon as I received my Fall Shape Set from Gina's Designs, I ignored everything else I had to do and did this project instead. So many fun pieces and possibilities!

I began the project with a 7 x 9" canvas panel. I sponged on blue paint for the sky, and brown for the dirt. I used rubber stamps and dark green craft ink for the grass. I set that aside to dry and worked on all the pieces I wanted to use. 

For the "Fall" banner, I used a dark amber ink pad on the background pieces and copper irRESISTibles spray for the letters.

I wanted the corn stalks to look not much different than how they came, so all I did was stamp on them with olive colored ink. I painted the scarecrow's face and the crow with felt tip markers and ink pens - I used a white gel pen to mimic burlap and make the crosshatch on his face.

I turned to my scrap pile of fabric to clothe him, cutting pants from an old pair of jeans and the shirt from an old t-shirt. To give the shirt a bit more interest, I stamped on the fabric with a dark orange ink and gave it buttons by dabbing on Liquid Pearls.

And what's a scarecrow without stuffing?! We've all seen that movie! So, I took a few small pieces of twine, frayed them, and tucked them under the sleeves and pants to look like straw.

This project also gave me the chance to use some Creative Paper Clay and my new Sandits. I had never used either before, but now I'm kind of addicted to both! 

The pumpkins were pretty easy to do. I simply rolled little dough balls and flattened them out a little. I used the dull edge of my X-acto knife to make the pumpkin ridges. I let them dry for a while and then dribbled orange alcohol ink all over them. I made the stems by pinching little bits of the clay and doused them with alcohol ink too.

After they dried, the stems weren't flat enough to stick to the top of the pumpkins, so I used my Sandits tool to sand them and the pumpkins down just enough so I could glue on an even surface. I did the same thing with the back of the pumpkins so they would sit flat against my canvas panel.

It was a lot of work and a lot of steps, but it was so much fun to do. Bonus! I got to learn some new crafting skills and play with new products.

Gina's Designs Products Used

Fall Shape Set

Other Products Used

Sandits

Creative Paper Clay 

Acrylic Paint

StazOn Ink

irRESISTibles

Alcohol ink

Felt markers

Gel pens

Twine

Rubber stamps by:
RubberMoon, Artistic Outpost and Stampscapes

Fall Door Hanger by Barb

My house might not be clean (who's got time for that?!), but it is decorated for the season!

I had fun making this autumnal door hanger. I love that Gina's Designs not only carries bits and pieces to put on crafty items, but the bases that are so often needed to begin a project. Such is the case with these sturdy Door Hangers.

I began my project by using a putty knife to spread orange, brown, and white acrylic paint on the door hanger. I spritzed it with both copper and gold irRESISTibles to give it some shimmer. Then I set it aside to dry thoroughly. While it was drying, I chose some leaves from the Fall Shape Set. I dabbed various colors of acrylic paint on these as well. Then I sprinkled them with matching glitters. 

Using those leaves as well as some silk leaves and a paper flower that I have in my "craft stash", I then assembled the piece with glue. 

I felt like the piece still needed something - a little more color and texture. So, I dabbed on Distress Stickles to both the background and the leaves. I also stamped on the branches using Chocolate Brilliance ink.

Now the inside of my home is as colorful as the outside is! I definitely need to get more of the door hangers so I can make one for every holiday and season. I'm already plotting out a Christmas design in my mind!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Door Hangers

Fall Shape Set

Other Products Used

Acrylic paints

Stickles

irRESISTibles spray

Brilliance Ink

Glitter

Rubber stamp by RubberMoon: Tall Tree

BOO! Halloween Wall Decor

Hi there and happy October! Lynne here with a Halloween-themed project. I'm not especially big on Halloween, but as soon as I saw this piece with the awesomely scary kitty I knew I had to play with it! Gina always manages to come up with something so unique and creative for every occasion, season and crafting style!

I covered the "31" portion of the piece with patterned paper sanded the edges using the wonderful and handy Sandits tools; they're like a big Q-tip and are so much easier to use than trying to get into small areas with a hunk of sandpaper! You can find out more about them here:  http://www.sandits.com

I then used crackle finish over the paper and inked it lightly to make the cracks show up more and inked the edges a little more heavily.

The raven was painted black with acrylic paint  then embossed with clear embossing powder; he looks much shinier in person than he does here.
                                    

I used flocking to add furry texture to the cat and here's a word of advice from me which is tried and true many times over....always ALWAYS (as in every single time!) paint your item in the colour of your flocking before you add it-no matter how careful you are there are sometimes thin spots where the colour of your chipboard might show through a little, but if it's painted no one will be any the wiser-trust me on this one!!

I also painted the pumpkin and the cornstalk with a acrylic paints then drew on a few details for added realism. The letters at the bottom were simply attached to a piece of jute which I tied onto the project.

Thanks a bunch for stopping by-this project has me thinking about pumpkins now so I just may have to pop down to the nearby roadside stand to grab a few-some for decorating and at least one to make yummy pumpkin pies out of! Have a super day!

Gina's Designs Items Used
31 Wall Art (coming soon!)
Fall Shape Set

Other Items Used
Ranger Crackle paint-Rock Candy
Black ink
acrylic paints
 black flocking
clear embossing powder

Happiness is FALL and Gina's Designs

Hi friends!  Debbie with you today sharing a layout I created using the fun Fall Shape set by Gina's Designs Laser Cuts.  The shape set comes with so many great pieces that you can get several projects out of this set. For this layout I used the Fall Banner.  

Directions for Chipboard pieces:

1. Paint the chipboard with Silks in Olive Vine and then the overlay was done with Silks Love struck. 

2. After drying completely adhere to back chipboard and adhere.

3. Fill in the letters with Glossy Accents and add seed beads.

4. Rub with Inka Gold in a coordinating color.  

5. Ink all the edges and adhere to your layout as shown.

Gina's Designs products used:

 Fall Shape set 

Thanks for stopping by Gina's Blog today!

Happy Fall Layout

Hi all you chippy fans! Barbara here with a fall page layout for you.  I love this new Fall Shape Set by Gina's Designs Lasercuts. There are so many shapes and variety in this pack!  And I love the Canning Jars Branch Border!  Isn't it adorable?  I still have enough shapes left over to make some cards, or an art journal page, or a canvas, hmmmmm.....

I started with a 12x12 piece of scrapbook paper from my stash, and adhered it to a slightly larger piece of blue mat board.  I chose the chipboard pieces I planned on using and arranged them on the paper to see how they would fit.

Each piece was first coated with either white or black gesso, then I used colored pencils to bring them to life.  I drew some details in pencil on the pumpkins, corn stalks, and squirrel, then I used a metal stylus to emboss those details. 

The rake and canning jar hangers were painted with a silver marker, then dry brushed with black gesso for an aged metal look.  The canning jar lids and "Happy" were colored with gold metallic; then red pencil was added to the jars before I heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

A few close-ups of the chipboard pieces are below.  I added some black alphabet stickers to spell "FALL" on each of the canning jars.

Here you can see the dimension added to the pumpkins, and details added to the squirrel. 

The scarecrow was painted with black gesso, and I gave him a scary face with a white gel pen.  I don't know about you, but clowns AND scarecrows scare me!

A tiny bit of the gold metallic was aded to the corn stalk leaves to coordinate with the gold metallic used on  the word "Happy".

Gina's Designs Lasercuts Supplies Used: 

Fall Shape Set

Canning Jars Branch Border (coming soon)

Other supplies:

12x12  Paper Pad

12x12 blue mat board

gold paste

Colored Pencils 

Black and white gesso

White gel and silver metallic pens

Thick letter stickers 

I hope you enjoyed my Fall page layout. There is a bit of room left for a picture or two, but you could also make this a Fall home decor piece to hang on your wall to bring in the Fall season.  Whatever you choose to make, be sure to stop by Gina's online store for a complete selection of fun and useful chippies!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful and creative weekend!!!

Barbara

Happy Harvest Fall Layout

Hi everyone! Debbie with you today sharing my Happy Harvest Fall layout using Gina's Designs Laser Cuts and a fun photo I took of the porch decorations in our neighborhood.  This sweet crow caught my eye and I knew there was a scrapbook page waiting to be created with her cute photo on it!

I started this layout by building the background and layering on the photo mats.  The torn mats give it a tattered look which fit the photo perfectly!  I simply inked them and popped them up with cardboard to give them some dimension.  I tucked in a little burlap between the layers  to give it some more depth.

The technique I used for the chipboard is a simple one, acrylic paint, ink, and metallic rubs in several colors.

I stamped a texture on each of the acorns and basket and and layered the acorns around the squirrel and the apples in the basket. When everything was dry I added the metallic rubs to make everything pop.  When this was complete, I embellished the layout with fall colored flowers and leaves.

The great part about all these chipboard pieces is the come in one set with many more pieces to use on several projects!!!  Love this set and you will see more of it in the weeks to come!

Gina's Designs Laser Cut products used:

Fall Shape Set

Thanks for stopping by Gina's Blog today!!

Debbie