September Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to September. Gina here to share a Halloween project for the monthly challenge on our Facebook group. The challenge this month is a Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving inspired project. I decided to play with some of the new Coffin Boxes. These boxes are perfect for creating a centerpiece, gift box or treat box.

I papered my box using the Halloween line from Momenta. I applied the paper as I assembled the box, making sure to allow for the folds. Once complete, I decorated the box with bits and pieces from my stash. I printed the label for my bottle and applied using glossy accents. I covered my cat with felt for a furry look. I papered one of the mini coffins. To decorate it, I painted the small skeleton from the Skeleton Set and added a little Stickles. The other mini coffin I left bare.

Be sure to go over and check out the Facebook group and join the challenge.

Gina's Designs Products Used

Coffin Box

Mini Coffin Boxes

Cats Shape Set

Skeletons Shape Set

"Lily" - a Layout With Gina's Designs and The Robin's Nest

When I saw the warm orange tones in these lovely papers from The Robin's Nest, my very first thought was autumn, but I'm really not quite ready to think about that yet, as I'm still really really enjoying summer. My second thought, though, was my beautiful calico kitty, Lily (short for Princess Tiger Lily) who has a wonderful mix of orange tones in her markings.

I loved that the two sheets of paper were identical except for the shade, so I layered them where the patterns would line up closely, after tearing, distressing and inking the edges (with layers of Ranger ink in Spiced Marmalade and Gathered Twigs)

I wanted to use the Deco Lattice Panel as a frame, but since I didn't want to cover up the gorgeous lattice, I cut it out and used pieces of it as embellishments peeking out from the layers of paper. The frame was painted with acrylics then a design stamped with Versamark ink was added with clear embossing powder. The lattice pieces were painted, then entirely embossed in a clear finish

The cats were painted with acrylics, then rubbed with 3 shades of metallic Gelatos for a "calico" sort of effect-I love these cute kitty shapes!

Stenciling with homemade texture paste , some random strips of punchwork and a few cute flowers just about finished the page...then I added a few Dew Drops from The Robin's Nest and-voila-all done! They're so much fun and come in an amazing variety of colours, along with Dew Dew Glue, which are tiny little adhesive dots made especially for these itty-bitty embellishments.

Thanks heaps for stopping by today; have a wonderful week and I hope you find some time to create!

Gina's Products Used

Deco Lattice Panel 1

Cats shape set

Robin's Nest Products Used

Honeycomb Fleur cardstock

Dew Drops

Dew Dew Glue

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Fall Scarecrow by Deann and an Altered Tea Tin by Lynne

Hello Friends!  We have two designers on the blog today .  First up is Deann with an amazing project to decorate your home for Fall.

Happy October!

This is the Fall Banner Kit  and the Scarecrow Wall Decor .

I loved combining the two.  

 For the banner I ran the top pieces through an embossing folder. Then inked with Distress Ink. The back pieces were painted orange and paper added behind the letter cut outs. I made paper loops to hang the banner from the rakes.

 I painted the rake rust and brown. For the leaves I ran them through an embossing folder first then I colored with distress inks.

 I used buttons for the eyes and down the front of the shirt.

I inked the face with distress ink linen and inked the edge with Gathered twig. Added scrap paper for the nose and drew on the mouth.  

(((HUGS)))

Deann

Products from Gina's Designs

Fall Banner Kit

Scarecrow Wall Decor


Next up is Lynne to share her first project as the newest member of our Design Team Family!

I'm thrilled to announce that this is my first post on the Design Team for Gina's Designs.  I guest designed here for the month of September and was invited to join the team on a regular basis! I love working with Gina's chipboard products and I'm so looking forward to having the chance to create with more of them and to be part of the DT family !

I altered an empty tea tin that I found in the cupboard after my son went back to school; I couldn't wait to use the new Graphic 45 line "Raining Cats and Dogs" and the adorable chipboard cats from Gina's, and thought this would be a perfect spot to store kitty treats.            

I used black flocking on the cats-which would make them ideal for your Halloween-themed projects!! The flocking creates a great "fur coat" for these adorable pieces.

I couldn't resist adding the crown to this pretty fussy-cut kitty; any cat-owner knows who is REALLY the king or queen of their home-meow! The crown came from the small Honeycomb and Bees set and is a perfect fit!

Gina's Designs Products Used:    

                       Cats Shape Set                               

Honeycomb and Bees, small    

    Other Items Used:

 Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs  8x8 pad

  Stampendous flocking & embossing powder

                                                       

Thanks so much for stopping by-have a great day!