Fairy in a Jar Tutorial

Hi! Amylove here expressing my love for fairies with my "Fairy in a Jar" tutorial. I made this as a gift for someone special and I thoroughly enjoyed the process! I began by covering my chip board pieces with Twinkling H2O's; I love the shimmer they give! I painted both sides of the chip board so that no matter where you're looking, the jar is pretty. 

Follow this link to see my step by step tutorial: Fairy in a Jar Tutorial.

Products used:

Gina's Designs

Butterflies & Dragonflies

Garden Fairy Medium

Mushroom Shape Set

my stash

glass jar

moss

Twinkling H2Os

flowers

Fabritac

Art Journal Page with Guest Designer Tamiko McCurry

Hello EVERYONE!!  Tamiko here and it is my last week as a Guest Designer for Gina's Designs Laser cuts.  It has has been super swell to be here each Wednesday!  If you haven't noticed my style by now, I love color and I loooove sparkle.  You can never have too much of either when you are playing with fairies!  Check out my latest journal page..

I love anything and everything about fairies, then again I am biased because of the color and sparkle/glitter/shimmer factor.  I am not colorful person in clothing, nor am I adorned with sparkley accessories, but my heart is.  My friend Sandee Setliff, an awesome artist, and she reminded me to..  DREAM BIG, Little fairies grant BIG WISHES!  I believe there is a little bit of fairy sprinkling kindness/fairy dust everywhere daily in many of us.

Any who, back to my project.  I covered all my fabulous chippies from Gina's Store with gesso.  You don't have to, but I do, especially when I know I am going to use Design Memory Craft's gelatos.  It allows me to literally apply color and rub with my finger.

Here I took the Dressform Hang Ups  and attached it to one of the Ornamental Birdcages Shape Set and a set wings from the Wings Assortment pack.  I colored with gelatos and let sit and dry a bit. I  then added my Design Memory Craft Glass Bead Glitter Gel, becaue it dries clear on the project and allows the intended color from chippies to shine through.  Gina's chipboard/hard board pieces are such an amazing quality and I have tried various mediums on all of them and they had stood up to EVERYTHING I have thrown at it.  Not once did the buckle/pucker/warp during the process, which is very important to me.

    Then I added fairies from the small and medium packs.  Believe me.. YOU will want several of these assortments and there is a LARGE TOO!!  Making a new wish list!!!

I love Gina's Store, I am very excited over the projects I have been able to produce over the last few weeks.  Her chippies have allowed me to create things I would not normally even attempt on my own.  With an awesome selection of chipboard pieces and her MORE than affordable prices I will always come back and refer her to friends and fellow crafters alike.  If you get a chance to check out her site! I am more than sure you will find something that tickles your fancy, personally or for a spectacular gift.  Again, it has been uberly awesome to be a guest designer for her and her company.  Please subscribe to her design team's YouTube Channel , they are a talented bunch and don't forget to LIKE her Facbook page by clicking here and join her Facebook group for even more inspiration by clicking here.

Thanks for all of your warm support!

Gina's Designs and ColourArte Collaboration

Hi friends, hope you had a safe and happy 4th of July. Today I'm sharing a project I created with various Gina's Designs Laser Cuts and the beautiful color products by ColourArte.  I was so excited to receive these products for this fun collaboration.  The technique I used for this project was a water color wash that gave my project a was of color but not too much.

I started out with this plain birdhouse that I purchased at a local craft store.

  I added all my Gina's Designs chipboard pieces Fairy Door Amy love, and Fairies Large and Fairies Medium and Cottage Windows Small.

For the next step I gessoed everything and added texture with stencils and modeling paste. This is optional but I wanted a wood texture on the door and I also added Wisteria to the house.  Once you start adding your color wash you will see the texture.

I painted the Fairies with Iridescent Blue  and the wings with different colors of Twinkling H2O's and Silks Acrylics Glaze.

Here is the colors I used.

Kiwi, Lemondrop, Carribean Blue Mist, and Plum Blossom.

The colors I used on the door is Autumn Butternut.

I painted the Wisteria using more the Silks Acrylics Glaze in Plum Blossom

To get the paint to drip I sprayed it with water.

I toned down the color with  in Silks Acrylics Glaze Periwinkle.

I then added Silks Acrylics Glaze in Olive Vine to the leaves of the wisteria..

The main part of the bird house was painted with Twinkling H2O's Rainforest.  When you're done painting you fairy house...embellish it with flowers, fairy dust and whatever you choose.

To give it a finishing touch I added Inka Gold rub in Gold.

Gina's Designs Laser Cuts Products

Fairy Door Amy Love, and Fairies Large and Fairies Medium and Cottage Windows Small.

ColourArte Products 

 Twinkling H2O's and Silks Acrylics Glaze

Here is the colors I used.Rainforest Kiwi, Lemondrop, Carribean Blue Mist, and Plum Blossom, Autumn Butternut

Silks Acrylics Glaze in Olive Vine

Silks Acrylics Glaze in Plum Blossom

Thanks for stopping by Gina's Blog today!

Debbie

Garden Fairy Crown

I love crowns. I do. I adore them and make them often. I guess I haven't had my fill of fancy head wear because I've made another. This one was created with chipboard shapes from GinasDesigns.net and it's this month's video tutorial.

The crown is made by layering Garden Fairies, Feathery Flourishes Set, Dragon Shape Set, and Tudor Rose Singles over a simple base. For some added interest I added texture using gel medium and the Texture Sheets - Fiesta from Gina's.

Washes of ColourArt Silks Acrylic Iridescent Glazes and Twinkling H2Os Shimmering Watercolors are applied and then a smidge of glitter is added.

Some pretty paper flowers, butterflies and ribbons and voila! I'm pretty sure that wearing this will automatically make you a fairy princess.

Here's the video tutorial. The sound is a bit awful in spots and I'm sorry about that (honestly, I have no idea what I'm doing and it's a miracle I muddle through at all!). If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Here is the full supply list:

Gina Designs:

Texture Sheets Fiesta

Garden Fairies Medium

Feathery Flourishes Set

Tudor Rose Singles
Dragon Shape Set

ColourArte

Silks Acrylic Iridescent Glazes 

 Twinkling H2Os Shimmering Watercolors

Other

Petaloo Botanica Flowers

Glue
White paint

Glitter (this is what I used)
Ribbon

Golden Heavy Gel

Heavy card

Mothers Day Cards by Kim C.

Welcome everyone!  This week I have decided to make some cards for Mother's Day.  I wanted to keep them simple but elegant.

I used some white textured cardstock for the bases of these cards.  I used paper from my stash.

The first card I used one of the intricate cardstock doilies, along with a medium garden fairy.  I inked the edges of the doily with Victorian Velvet distress ink to make it stand out on the paper.  I then sprayed the fairy with my homemade glimmer mist and then used clear embossing powder to give it a nice shine.  I then added some lace and pearl trim from my stash.  I also added a rose and some leaves and I then made a banner with the saying "Happy Mothers Day", which I also inked the edges of it.

My second card I used the Damask Singles, the medium size one for this.  I also used some of the negative pieces of the damask at the bottom.  I inked all the pieces with Victorian Velvet ink and then I added crackle accents to all the pieces.  I then added flowers and pearl sprays.  I also added pearls to all the corners and then to the banner on the front.

I hope you have enjoyed the cards I made.  I enjoyed making them and love how elegant they look.

Gina's Designs Items Used:

Damask Singles

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Garden Fairies Medium

Other items used:

White Cardstock

Pattern Paper: Kitty's Scrap Post

Distress Ink: Victorian Velvet

Lace/Pearl Trims

Flat Back Pearls

Flowers/Pearl Sprays

Crackle Accents 

Thanks for stopping and happy crafting!

Kim :)

Garden Fairy Pocket Letter

Hi everyone!! Amylove here to share a pocket letter with you! I am addicted to making pocket letters and Gina's laser cut pieces are perfect for them! I went with a fairy theme with this one and I love how it turned out!!

If you would like to see the techniques used to create this pocket letter please follow this link to the video tutorial:   Fairy Pocket Letter Tutorial

Here are the items used from Gina's Designs:

Leafy Corners

Garden Fairies Medium

Garden Fairies Small

Other items used:

9 page pocket protector

Sprays

embossing powders

Glossy Accent

rhinestones

flowers

water color paper

Picket Fence Clock

  Hi! This wintery weather seems to be inspiring me to create projects with spring and summer feels to them. This fun clock is no exception with the addition of butterflies and dragonflies (and the little fairy who's  sitting there, braving the elements with no coat, boots, gloves, or hat on!)

The clock face was coloured with Antique Gold Rub and Buff, then I added bits of Perfect Pearls powder here and there for a bit of shimmer.

After painting the bird piece and adding texture paste, I added small amounts of  Rub and Buff as well as some Perfect Pearls, which I brushed on after stamping the area with Versamark.


I heat embossed the fairy and then stamped over with Versamark and added Perfect pearls so all the pieces had some of the same shimmery gold, pink and pearly white. I also added perfect pearls to the stenciling on the paper behind the clock face


This was a fun project to create and will be a useful addition to my scraproom! Have a wonderful week, stay warm, and create something beautiful!!

Gina's Designs Items Used
Picket Fence Clock
Garden Fairies, medium

Bird on Branch Assortment

Other Items Used
Blue Fern and Prima papers from Scraps of Elegance Feb kit
Antique Gold Rub and Buff
Perfect Pearls powders
Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder
spanish moss