Spring Canvas by Barb

Hi Everyone! Barb (aachyoo!) here.

I have made peace with Spring. I have decided that sneezing and squinting through watery eyes is the price I must pay for all of nature leaping back to life. I love the colors and the little winged things flitting about.

So, this week I decided to make a grand homage to Spring.

"...in dreams we catch glimpses of life larger than our own..."

I began with a 9 x 12" canvas panel that I painted a light sky blue. I then stamped on it
using medium blue and light green inks.

I set the canvas aside to dry and began my work on Gina's Designs Flight of Fancy Butterfly Girl. I used blue and white acrylic paints for the base, simply sponging them on to give a clouded sky effect. I smeared Picket Fence Stickles on the hair to give it a little shimmer. The butterflies were done using a combination of StazOn Studio Glaze. irRESISTible Pico Embellishers, and Stickles.

The saying was rubber stamped using StazOn Gothic Purple ink.

After that, I went to work on the flowers, choosing different blooms and sizes from Gina's Designs Flower Stackers. I wanted each on to look different from the other, but mirror color and texture. I used a few different techniques and products for these.

I wanted to bring the element of sunshine to my Spring homage, so I colored and added the sunshine face (something I've had in my pile of crafty fun for years) to the largest, uppermost flower.

I hope you've enjoyed this piece! Thanks and happy crafting!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Flight of Fancy Butterfly Girl

Flower Stackers

Other Products Used

Canvas panel

Acrylic paint

Sponges

StazOn Studio Glaze

StazOn ink

Brilliance ink

Stickles

irRESISTible pico embellishers

irRESISTible spray

Ranger liquid pearl

Rhinestones

Rubber Stamps Used

Einstein Equation by Deep Red

Flower Vine by Blockheads

Butterfly, Curiosity, and Saying by Tim Holtz

Two Cards For Spring

Hi everyone! Melissa here with two cards for Gina's Designs. I prepped the chipboard from the sweet Spring Shape Set with gesso. I painted them with oil paint, except the green dragonfly on the right sided card.  I topped it and also the butterfly next to it with crackle paint. 

I painted the background with gesso, put on some texture paste, and painted with Twinkling H20s. I then used little pieces from different lines of scrapbook papers.

Gina's Designs has a wide variety of chipboard to suit your every need!

Thanks for looking, and I hope you find time to create something today.

Gina's Products Used:

Spring Shape Set

Also used:
Papers by Bo Bunny, Prima, Graphic 45

Prima and Petaloo flowers
Twinkling H20s
Windsor and Newton oil paints and watercolors
Perfect Pearls
Liquitex Texture Paste
Lindy's Stamp Gang
Sizzlits Spring Greenery

Sizzix Tattered Floral Garland
The Crafter's Workshop - 6x6 Doodling Template - Cherry Blossoms

Spring Frame by Barb

Hi Everyone! After spending last month as a guest blogger here, I am absolutely thrilled to be a more permanent Design Team member! I have so many ideas for things to make and share that my head is a-whirl with them.

It is springtime and I have been delighting in all the vivid colors that Mother Nature has been flinging about. For some reason Spring and Easter take me back to my childhood even more than Christmas does. Oh, those days of finally getting to play outside without having to wear boots and five layers of clothing!

I remember the Easter gatherings... going to church and then coming home to the scent of ham already slow-baking in the oven, and "You kids change out of your good clothes and go play!" So, this picture of my younger brother and me captures those days perfectly. It's long been one of my favorite pictures and I'm so happy to finally have it framed.

I began with an inexpensive wood frame that I purchased at the local dollar store, and I selected various elements from Gina's Designs Spring Shape Set.

I coated the frame with bright green acrylic paint, spritzed it with water and wiped it down to give it a transparent look. I then used a little bit of white acrylic paint on a sponge and swiped some of it on the frame.

I recently discovered Radiant Neon Amplify and it is so much fun to play with! I thought it would make a nice contrast to do some of the flowers with it. How it works is: first the piece is coated and allowed to dry thoroughly; then heat is applied resulting in the ink puffing up. It gives things cool texture!

For the umbrella, I sponged some white acrylic paint on the domed part. Then I stamped little yellow suns all over it. I used my gold Pico Embelisher for the handle and lines. 

For the "Spring" banner, I first sponged on white acrylic paint. Then I sprayed on various colors of irRESISTibles. Once all that dried, I outlined it with my white Pico Embellisher.

I love the joyful colors in this piece. It's so nice to have this sitting on my desk as a reminder of the beauty of Spring and the love of family.

Happy Crafting!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Spring Shape Set

Other Products Used

Acrylic Paints

Beacon's 3-in-1 Glue

Wood frame

StazOn Studio Glaze

Radiant Neons Amplify

IrRESISTible sprays and pico embellishers

Rhinestones

Sun Stamp by Rosie's Roadshow

"Create" Banner

This is Lynne stopping by to say hello there and happy spring! Seems like it's been a long time coming for some of us,so I created this banner with papers and colors that felt like spring to me! I love the layers of the banner pieces and had a great time putting this together.

I covered the banner layers with Graphic 45 Botanical Tea papers, then lightly sanded and inked the edges. The letters were dry-embossed, then painted, stamped and heat-embossed.

 I especially loved the way the way the embossing added so much dimension to the letters! Thanks so much for visiting, and hope you decide to CREATE something this week to make you smile!

Gina's Items Used

C-R-E-A-T-E Dovetail Banner

Other Items Used

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea papers

Recollections pearls and lace

Darice Embossing Folder