Facebook Challenge for October - Altered Puzzle

Good morning! I wanted to share this month's challenge for Gina's Designs Craft Group on Facebook.

We will be making altered puzzle pieces.

You only need to alter one puzzle piece to enter the challenge, but feel free to make as many as you would like! There are no limits to the entries.

All you need to do is join the Facebook group to participate; it's free to join.

The winner of the monthly challenge will receive a $10.00 Gift card for Gina's Designs Laser Cuts.
Please keep in mind you DO NOT  need to use Gina's chipboard on the challenges!

 This is a puzzle that I created for a swap with some of my crafty friends.

 This one belongs to Diana. She loves green!

 This puzzle belongs to Kim. She loves feathers and wings :)

 The lovely Amy belongs to this one. She's all about the pink!

This awesome puzzle belongs to Mary. So many little cool pieces of art!

and...last but not least, this puzzle belongs to Gina!

If you are interested in the puzzle that we all used, here is the link

20 Piece Puzzle

Other Gina's Designs products used-

Spooky Shape Set

Honeycomb & Bees small

Garden Fairies Small

Butterflies and Dragonflies 
Dressform 2 Miniature shape set
Coffee & Tea Shape Set
Parisian Shape Set

Happy Crafting!!! 

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!

Card Making with Garden Fairies

Hello all you chipboard fans out there!  Barbara here with more fun projects to share, and since the weekend is almost here, I hope you are ready for some card making with Gina's Designs Lasercuts!  I have a couple of cards I made with the Garden Fairies Small Shape Set, and they are so perfect for card making.  Sized just right, they will make the perfect card for the fairy lovers out there.  So, let's get started.

For my first card, Fairy Whispers...

 I made a 5"x7" card base, trimmed the "Fairy Whispers" paper slightly smaller, edged with white paint for a shabby look, then layered onto card front.  These are the pieces I used.

I inked the large rectangular filigree frame with white acrylic paint and added a glitter embossing powder while the paint was still wet.  Then I heat embossed it and gave it a second coat to make it more white and glittery.  The center part of the frame was simply covered with another piece of the paper (see photo above).

I cut one of the fern fronds apart and used those four bottom leaves to add to my bouquet.  I cut those four apart and colored with green crayons, blending with a bit of water.

I colored the tiny fairy with pink crayons, and her wings with ochre and green color crayons to match the colors in the paper.  I used foam dots to lift her off the page, and Eucalyptus Stickles was applied to her wings, also.

The lace border was colored with a gray and ochre crayon, blended together with water, and Platinum Stickles applied over it.

After adding all these parts, I made a small bouquet with paper flowers, the leaves, a butterfly and some swirly gemstones to finish it off.

Supplies Used for Fairy Rhymes Card:

Garden Fairies Small Shape Set

Border Sticks Lace

Fern Fronds Shape Set

Filigree Frames Shape Set

Prima Fairy Rhymes paper

Prima gem swirls and butterfly

Caran d'Ache Neocolor II watersoluble crayons

Burnt Orange card stock

Stickles: Eucalyptus, Platinum

Mini paper roses

White acrylic paint

Glitter embossing powder

Foam dots

Now for my second card, Garden Fairy ...

 I made a 6"x6" card base from peach card stock.  I trimmed another piece of paper slightly smaller, edged it with Seedless Preserves distress ink, and adhered to the card front.  I also added the ruler print along the top edge.  These are the pieces used for this card.

The square filigree frame was first covered with Orchid pigment ink and heat embossed with Blushing Pink Pastel embossing powder.  A second coat was applied to give it that enameled look.  Again, I covered these square frame insert with a piece of the paper.

The fairy was inked with Antique Gold pigment ink and heat embossed with Champagne Pearlustre embossing powder.  I used foam dots to lift her off the page.

In a similar fashion, I covered two fern fronds with Fresh Green pigment ink and heat embossed with Emerald Green embossing powder.

Each piece was adhered to the card, as shown, adding a butterfly and paper flowers to make a small bouquet.  Platinum Stickles was added to the butterfly, the fairy, and the flower tips.

Gina's Designs Supplies used for Garden Fairy Card:

Garden Fairies Small Shape Set

Fern Fronds Shape Set

Filigree Frames Shape Set

Prima Fairy Rhymes paper

Prima butterfly

Peach card stock

Distress ink: Seedless Preserves

Caran d'Ache Neocolor II watersoluble crayons

Colorbox pigment ink: Orchid, Fresh Green, Antique Gold

Embossing powder: Blushing Pink Pastel, Emerald Green, Champagne Pearlustre

Stickles:  Platinum

Mini paper roses

Foam dots

I love how these cards turned out, and I could not have done it without these wonderful chipboard shapes from Gina's Designs Lasercuts!  So hop on over to the shop and check out all the gorgeous chippies Gina's has to offer.  You won't be disappointed.

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

Barbara

Mini Fairy Canvas

Hi all! Amylove here with a confession. I am having way too much fun with this project! Who would have thought that this mini canvas would be so much fun to work with. I love it!!

If you would like to see a video tutorial of this project, please follow this link to my Youtube Channel
Tiny Fairy Canvas

Products used:

Gina's Designs:

Garden Fairy Small

Flourish Set Amanda

Spring Shape Set

Colour Arte:

Twinkling H2O's

Silk Acrylic Glazes

My Stash:

Mini Canvas

Mini Easel

Embossing Powder

Gesso

Trims

Flowers

Seam Binding

Believe in Magic: an Art Journal Page With Gina's Designs and ColourArte

Lynne here with an art journal page. As soon as I saw the new Dragon Shapes Set, I knew I HAD to play with one right away. I figured if I believe in dragon magic, why shouldn't I believe in fairy magic too, right?! Makes perfect sense to moi....

 I had originally planned on saving the ColourArte goodies to use on a canvas for next week, but after I ran the dragon through an embossing folder and got a look at the awesome texture, I had a brainstorm and decided I wanted to see what the colours and shimmer of the paints would look like on these pieces.

I layered the Ginger Peach Silkswith splotches of twinkling H20s in Orange Peel and Deep Coral,and I love the effect it created.

The brick panel and loose bricks were coated in a light layer of texture paste before I added the paints, which created a little more dimension.

I didn't get a chance to try out all of the yummy colours in my ColourArte goodie bag, so look for another project from me next week incorporating them as well-most likely something featuring a whole rainbow of colours! Thanks so much for stopping by and have yourself a magical week!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Dragons Shape Set

Garden Fairies Small

Brick wall

ColourArte Products 

Silks-Ginger Peach

Twinkling H20s-Deep Coral, Orange Peel

Other Items Used

BoBunny Juliet papers and embellishments

Donna Salazar Inks

Fairy On A Book Box

Hi everyone, Melissa here with book box for Gina's Designs. I have two other book boxes I've made, and they're very convenient for stashing ATCs, and other small things.

 

I assembled the box and glued it with glossy accents, and then put a few coats of gesso on both the inner and outer surfaces. I followed this with a thin wash of Lindys Stamp Gang. The binding area has a coat of gold liquid leaf paint.

 The top is oil on canvas, it was inspired by Deanne's "Anything Under the Rainbow". I started out with bright colors, added a lot of white, then rubbed and brushed on mica powders in different colors. 

I prepped the fairy with gesso,and painted her with watercolors. I put on a thin coat of glossy accents, then sprinkled on glitter. I repeated this, but made the glue layer thicker. I applied some silver stickles, and gold leaf paint.

Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend!

Gina's Products Used:

Book Box Medium

Garden Fairies Small

Other:

Canvas

Oil paints and watercolors by Winsor and Newton

Perfect Pearls

Some flowers,bling, and feathers by Kaisercraft and Prima

 Tim Holtz bird

 Graphic 45 fairy

Some Swarovski crystals

Microbeads

Glossy Accents

Twinkling H20s

Plaid Liquid Leaf Gold Paint

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Magicals Set - Powdered Paint - Victorian Bouquet, Ramblin' Rose Pink

Prisma Glitter, Ultrafine Multi

Distress Crackle Accent

Captured Fairy

 Hello! Today I would like to share my latest project with you all. It is a captured fairy that I absolutely love! 

Please watch my YouTube video to see a step by step tutorial on how to construct this. Thank you for stopping by! :-)

The fairy was painted light pink and using dimensional magic modge podge I adhered a thick layer of diamond dust to both sides of the fairy. The fairy was perched amidst a small mound of flowers.

Gina's Designs Products Used:

fairies small

Other products used:

dimensional magic

wild orchid crafts flowers,

waterless globe

diamond dust

paint

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

Breanna's Birthday Banner

Kathi here to share with you my first project for March. I had fun creating this banner playing with garden fairies, flowers, & doilies, not to mention all the bling, ribbon & trims.

It spells Breanna

Each one of the pennant's has a different white trim.

Ribbon, trim & bling hanging from the pennant 

Intricate doilies were sprayed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Spay. 

Garden Fairies were painted with white gesso, then I added glossy accents then while wet I dipped them in chunky white glitter. Each letter was covered with glossy accents.

Gina's Designs Supplies Used:

Garden Fairies

Cardstock Dollie Set - Intricate 

Other Supplies Used: 

Quick Quotes Paper

White Gesso

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Wild Orchid Crafts - Roses

Ribbons

Trim

Bling

Altered clipboard

Hi folks and Happy New Year! In the spirit of new beginnings, I decided to alter this basic clipboard to hang on my scraproom door to hold messages, reminders, quotes, or whatever...my memory is NOT my best         feature so I need all the help I can get!!

I painted the chipboard Flourish Miniatures with acrylic paint then sponged them with a lighter shade to soften the look; they're so pretty they didn't need much embellishing. The fairies were painted pale blue then heat embossed with Lindy's Silver Moon Turquoise embossing powder; love the glow it gives them! I also added one of the Cardstock Doilies, which I cut in two and added to both sides.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you  a wonderful, creative, colorful New Year!!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Cardstock Doily Set 1

Flourish Miniatures
Garden Fairies small

Other Products Used
Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder-Silver Moon Turquoise
Blue Fern Studios Montage papers