Just Be Yourself - Cross Promotion With ColourArte

This is Lynne and I had so much fun creating this colourful canvas! I love quotes and I love mixed media, and both Gina's and ColourArte's products worked together perfectly to create this.

I prepped the chipboard pieces with gesso, then painted each section of the canvas in splotches with either Silks or Twinkling H2Os  to emulate the splotches in the printed quote, then black paint drips finished it off.

I love that the paints covered all the different textures so well-the lace, chipboard and texture paste as well as the florals and the metal embellishments.I'm crazy about the new Lace Border Sticks and have a feeling I'm going to want to use them on everything!

Thanks so much for stopping by-just be yourself and have a wonderfully colourful week!

Gina's Products Used

Lace Border Sticks

Butterflies and Dragonflies

Spring Shape Set

Miniatures Shape Set-Guy Thing

Other Products Used

Twinkling H20s

Silks

Prima Flowers and Metals

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

Dream Butterfly Canvas with Colour Arte

Hi everyone!! Amylove here sharing my excitement of teaming up with ColourArte for this project! Once I got these products in my hands, I couldn't wait to play! I woke up at 4am one morning with this project in my head and I went straight to work.

I had never worked with ColourArte products before and I learned a lot through this process. If you would like to see how I created this, please follow this link to my video tutorial:

Butterfly Dream Canvas Tutorial

Products I used:

Gina's Designs

Flight of Fancy Butterfly Girl

Butterflies and Dragonflies

Spring Shape Set

10 Words Set
Cardstock Doily Set intricates

ColourArte

Twinkling H2O's

Silks Acrylic Glazes

My Stash

8" X 10" Canvas

Gesso

Gel Medium

Paper Flowers

Paper Butterflies

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

True Colours layout

Hi-Lynne here! I absolutely love the song "True Colours" by Cyndi Lauper; I know I'm dating myself here-yes, I'm THAT old!! So I decided to create a page inspired by the lyrics:

The border piece echoed the damask pattern in the background paper and the butterflies added a nice variation to the fussy-cut clip art butterflies I used that a lovely fellow scrapper sent me a while back.

 I dry-embossed the border pieces, then painted them with gesso then with pearlized acrylic paint. I dabbed them lightly with a yellow spray mist, then gently rubbed them with light pink ink to create a subtle rainbow effect.

The butterflies were dry-embossed as well, then primed with gesso.  I brushed them with Lindy's Magical powder, then heat-embossed the raised areas with a pearlized embossing powder.





I love the effects you can create on these chipboard pieces with both dry and heat embossing and with different mediums; they're so versatile!

Have a terrific week and be sure to show YOUR true colours! hugs!

Gina's Products Used
Banner Border Strips
                Spring Shape Set (butterflies)
Butterflies and Dragonflies

Other Products Used
Ombre Dreams papers
Darice embossing folder
Balzer Designs stencil
Martha Stewart and Fiskars punches

Spring Canvas

Hi, thanks for joining me today I am sharing a project I created for Spring, this is a re-purposed canvas. It started out as one creation, of which I was not happy with, but  this is the final creation.

 

Full view

Spring, the blue bird, & the water can where all colored then covered with colored glitter.

 

 Close up of lower right,

Close up of upper right

 

Close up of upper left

I had a great time creating this canvas, this canvas started out as a different project, first I used white gesso over the entire canvas, then using a heavy gel medium & the mixed media fragments 2, using the chipboard fragments as masks as both the positive & negative to create different elements on the canvas. After the elements dried I used different colors of color wash, from butterscotch, moss, blue, & red.  

Gina's Design Supplies Used:

Spring Shape Set

Wishing Well

Wood Wall Art - Winged Things
Mixed Media Fragments 2

Kraft Supplies 4 U Supplies Used:

Parchment Flowers
Large Birds
Lace appliques
Crochet Doily
Lavender butterflies


Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check out all of the wonderful chipboard in Gina's Store at www.ginasdesigns.net/store




 

Spring Cards and Tag

Hi there! Lynne here and it's finally really starting to look like spring in Southwestern Ontario. I'm celebrating the change in seasons with some spring-themed creations. 

The chipboard was dry-embossed, then heat embossed with a mixture of pearlized embossing powders. I then rubbed them with gold and bronze gelatos for warmer colours that coordinated with my papers.I love the texture and dimension the pieces get from the different embossing methods!

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to check out the great chipboard pieces in the Spring Shape Set. The pieces I used are just a few of the many items included!

 Gina's Designs Items Used

Spring Shape Set

Other Items Used

Blue Fern Studios Ombre Dreams paper

Lindy's embossing powders

Gelatos

Prima stencils

Quick Tags with Mary B

Hello!  Mary here with a quick way to jazz up your chip.  These tags are perfect for tying onto packages, labeling storage bins or creating jewelry!

How cute would they be to label your veggies in a Spring garden??

The first couple tags I created are covered in a paper clay, stamped into and covered with a coat of white paint.  This is one of my favorite ways to use my chip pieces.  Stamp a name or a background stamp for a textured embellishment!

The second set is rockin' a chalkboard look!  A quick coat of black paint and a handwritten name with a white gel pen and they were set.

With some of the tags, I just tied my trim around a handle but with others I chose to punch a hole.

Ok guys, that's it for me.  I can't wait to tie these cuties on gift packages and give them to a few scrappy sisters at our National Scrapbooking Day festivities!

Thanks so much for joining me and I'll see you next time!!

Gina's Designs supplies used:

Spring Shape Set

Other supplies used:

paper clay

white paint

black paint

stamps

white pigment ink

white gel pen

May Arts twine/cord

Spring Composition Box

Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend.  I (Shanna) am excited to help give you a little more Spring inspiration. I created a Spring Composition Box.
I decided to go with some Graphic 45 papers that screamed SPRING to me.

Then I painted the my little boxes with a dark gray acrylic paint. Then I covered it with a crackle medium and went over the top of that with an ivory acrylic.

Then decided to go full force with yellow embossing powder to cover the word Spring. I also used silver glitter on the box behind Spring. I think the sparkle in the back really helps the world pop even more.

The key I gave several layers of Distress Paints to make it look it patina style.

This box got a coat of Drab Art Anthology on the back wall. I popped out these adorable girls and laid some moss and flowers down.

This box is just plain with moss and a birdhouse. I even gave it a title of birdhouse.

I love the waterman too this was a bit fun to play with. I coated the can and then scraped some of the paint off to give it lines. I then added some extra ink and some crackle accents for some extra oomph.

The last piece I added was the flower planter. I added layers of Rusty Hinge and Walnut Stain to the planter part. Then I added Shamrock Art Anthology paint to the stems and leaves. Lastly I used more Distress Paints on the flowers and then a coat of crackle accents.

I added more flowers from Prima and Petaloo to the bottom on top of the moss. I thought it finished off the look. Thank you so much for stopping by. Remember keep coming by for more inspiration from the rest of the team. 

Items Used:

Composition Box

Spring Shape Set

Spring Garden Wall Hangings by Kim C.

Hello Everyone! Today's project is 2 small wall hangings that I call "Spring Garden".

I have done alot of different techniques for this project.

So lets get started!

I started with a sizzix die, the Fence.  I cut out 6 of them and glued 3 together to get one fence.  I made 2 of them.  I then painted them with brown paint, added crackle medium and then painted them with ivory acrylic paint.  I then inked them with Vintage Photo distress ink.  I added twine for the hangers.  The chipboard pieces I used came from the Spring Shape Set.

Here is a closer look at the wall hangings in the pictures above.  I used several of the shapes for the Spring Shape Set.  I used the word Spring, the 2 buckets(small and large), a shovel and hand rake, a boot, the watering jug, several butterflies, birdhouse w/bird and 2 of the flowers on stems.  I painted the buckets with gesso, then added crackle medium and then painted them brown.  I added twine to the buckets.  I painted the flower stems with ivory paint for the flowers and sage green for the stems.  I inked them with Victorian Velvet and Forest Moss distress inks.  I then added glossy accents to the flower heads.  I did the same to the butterflies that I did to the tulips.  I used some letter blocks from my stash to spell out "Garden".

Here is a close up of the word "Spring".  What I did is painted the word with ivory acrylic paint, then I used my homemade glimmer mist to color it.  I used Aged Mahogany distress ink to create the glimmer mist.  I then inked it with Victorian Velvet distress ink and then used glossy accents.

Here is a close up of the watering can and the shovel.  I painted them both with grey paint adding crackle medium to the can.  I also created dirt, by using snow-tex and brown paint.  I added that to the bottom of the can, on the shovel, on the buckets and on a few of the slates of the fences.

Here is a close up of one of the buckets, with the flower stem and butterfly.

Gina's Designs Items used:

Spring Shape Set

Other items used:

Acrylic Paint: Ivory, Sage Green, Brown, Grey

Glossy Accents

Crackle Medium

Letter Blocks

Distress Inks: Victorian Velvet, Vintage Photo, Forest Moss

Snow-Tex

Twine

I hope you have enjoyed this weeks project.  If you would like to see more pictures and a video please go to my blog, Kreations by Kimber.

Thanks so much and have a great day!!

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