Cherish Layout

Hello and welcome to a new weekend inspirational piece. I created this layout because I needed to "Cherish" the fun moments. My daughter is an amazingly cute and ridiculously silly girl.

So I am cherishing the moments and created this to share with everyone.

My chipboard got a coat of gesso and some gelatos blended with my finger and water.

After that dried, I gave it a coat of crackle paint to give the hearts some amazing texture. 

I embellished the rest and had fun with my mists and paints to give the background some finishing fun. So I do hope this brought you some inspiration. Now go forth and have fun creating!

Gina's Designs Items Used:

Hearts Background

10 Words

Frog and Kitty Cards

Hi everyone! Melissa here with two cards using Rubbermoon Art Stamps. I kept it simple when it came to decorating the images themselves. I used a little colored pencil on the frog, and left the other plain. I surrounded both with lots of different things.

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:
Hearts Background
Honey Comb & Queen Bees ATC Sized

 Rubbermoon Stamps

Other Products:
Prima and Kaisercraft flowers
Prima,Marion Smith, and DCWV papers
Tsukineko chalk ink
Viva Modeling Cream
Swarovski Crystals
Pearlex powders
Jolees stickers
Kimberly Water Color pencils

Two Valentine Cards

Hi everyone! Melissa here for Gina's Designs.  I think these chipboard pieces fit so well with the Valentine theme.  On the hearts, swirls type, and the small piece of frame on the right side card I did the following:

1.Paint with white acrylic.

2. Paint hearts with pink Twinkling H20s and watercolors,mixed with Pearlex. 

3.Paint swirls with a mix of brown watercolor, and green acrylic paint.

4. Dry brush liquid gold leaf paint.

On the white hearts I put stickles over white acrylic paint.

Here are the steps to make the green leaves on the right: 

1. Prep with gesso.

2.Paint with green chalk ink.

3. While wet put on some green and brown watercolor.

4.Ink the edges with a green distress ink pad.

5. Apply a thick coat of crackle accent.

6. Brush on some purple Pearlex.

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Build a LAyout Lovebirds

Flourish Frame Sienna Mini

Hearts Background

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Other Products:

White acryic paint, gesso

Prima and Graphic 45 papers

Luminarte Twinkling H20s

Windsor and Newton Watercolors

Lindys Stamp Gang

Perfect Pearls

Crafters Workshop Template

Plaid Liquid Leaf Gold Paint

Tsukineko Chalk Ink

Stickles

Viva Modeling Cream

Distress Crackle Paint

Prima and Petaloo Flowers

Last Light

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a layout for Gina's Designs and the Robin's Nest. I think the chipboard  highlights and gives the page some movement.  I like how you can dress up the chipboard with different colors, textures, and bling, or keep it simple, like I did.  I just put on gesso, and topped it with glossy accents.  I did sprinkle a little glitter glass on.  I sponge on the gesso with a wedge of cosmetic sponge. It's easier and faster than painting it on.

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Flourishes 2

Hearts Background

Mini Flourishes Bella

Other Products Used:

Gesso

Watercolor Paper

Windsor and Newton Watercolors

Glossy Accents

Plaid Liquid Leaf Silver Paint

The Crafters Workshop Template

Utee

Viva Modeling Cream

Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy

Gold Perfect Pearls

Jaquard Pearlex Powder

Luminarte Twinkling H20s

Swarovski bicone, flatback, and pointed back crystals

Martha Stewart Punch

The Robin's Nest

Winter collection papers

Home Decor by Kathi and Cards by Melissa for August Cross Promotional

Hi Friends!  Today we have two designers sharing their amazing creations.  First up with Kathi with home decor projects to share.

Hello Fellow Crafters, and thanks for joining me.  Today I am sharing two of Gina's Designs, the Victorian Wall Shelf & the Deco Front Shadowbox, both decorated in a shabby chic style. I am sharing both of these items with you today since I will be displaying them on the same wall of my craft room and I designed them to coordinate.

 Victorian Wall Shelf

Deco Front Shadowbox

My plans are to add my children s photo to the wall shelf, & our wedding photo to the frame in the shadow box.

Video of Shabby Chic projects

Products Used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts:

Deco Front Shadowbox

Victorian Wall Shelf. 

Michaels Mini Photo Frame 

WOC flowers

Lace from craftsupplies1 & from my stash

Flat back beads 

Tim Holtz paper 

White Gesso 

Ceramic figurine Bride. 

Thank you so much for stopping in today and sharing a few moments of your time.

Have a great day & have fun crafting.


Next up today is Melissa sharing some amazing cards created as part of our August Cross Promotional with Kitty's Scrap Post digital printable papers.

Hi everyone! Melissa here with two cards to share.

It was wonderful working with these papers.  The details, images, and colors are crisp, and beautiful.  Vintage and romance, a perfect combination!  I can always find just the chipboard I need to complement a theme at Gina's Designs.

The skeleton clock on the left I first painted with gesso, and then liquid pearls.  I put on a  little gold leaf,  and then silver ink.   On the right hand card I painted all three with gesso. On the corset I added detail with pencil, glossy accents, liquid pearls,silver stickles, and silver ink.  I laced it with black thread.

 The white heart at the bottom right has perfect pearls and glossy accents on it.  It's wrapped with metal thread I'm pretty sure is from the 1920's. It could be part of a rhinestone and metal cap.  My Mom found  a strand of rhinestones from it at a barn sale in Pennsylvania, and I've used all the rhinestones on other projects.

I also put some perfect pearls on the gears.

The red heart charm is red watercolors over red metallic pen.  I put a dried flower from my yard on a layer of Dimensional Magic, then another layer of the glue on top. I added definition with a black sharpie. 

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Hanging Clock Set

Miniatures Shape Set - Ladies Choice

Hearts Background

Steampunk Lady

Wooden Charm - Heart (coming soon, other shapes already available)

Papers by Kitty's Scrap Post - Heart Break collection, and "Love struck" Bottle Cap Collage Sheet

Other products used:

Tim Holtz metal and stickers

Liquid Pearls

Swarovski crystals

Glossy accents

Dimensional Magic by Mod Podge

Swarovski flat back crystals

Bird and Butterfly Cards by Melissa and a Layout by Guest Designer Rashida

We have two designers up on the blog today.  First up is Melissa with two beautiful botanical styled cards to share.  Also on the blog today, we are happy to welcome back Rashida as a guest designer!

Hi everyone!  Melissa here with two cards using Gina's Lasercut Chipboard.  

I love these very elegant flourishes.  I used them as tree branches in my design.

I began by painting the flourishes with a coat of gesso.  I then mixed green and brown watercolors, and dabbed on a little green chalk ink to paint them.  I used a small paintbrush and water to  take off  a little paint from the centers.  I put a bit of white paint on and them and  blended it with the edges of the green.

On the chipboard birds, I also began with a coat of gesso.   I used birds from the Graphic 45 Botanical Tea papers as my color inspiration for the chipboard birds. I penciled in some lines to separate top from bottom, then I put a little of pink and  brown on the the top. On the bottom  I used a little blue, and a little green.

On the heart I used gesso followed by pearl Viva Decor paste. 

Gina's Designs chipboard used:

Fantasy Frames and Flourishes

Birdwatching Shape Set

Hearts Background

Other products used:

Prima Fairy Belle paper

Tiny pieces of Prima Nature Girl and Botanical Tea papers

Dried moss, and lichens from my yard

Vintaj butterfly and bead caps

Prima flowers

Tim Holtz Big Shot
Sizzix-Tim Holtz-Alterations Collection-Sizzlets Decorative Strip Die-Tattered Flower Garland

Sparkling H20s

Winton and Lewis watercolors

Tsuineko chalk ink
Jolee's bling

Next up is Rashida with a layout featuring our Masquerade Masks in two different styles.

Hi Rashida here today! It's carnival time again in Washington, DC., and as a reminder of my Trinidadian heritage I made this wall hanging layout that I call "The Mask".

All of the Caribbean islanders in the area come together and unite as one. Participants and visitors can enjoy dancing, celebrations, good food and fun. One thing that always captivates me is the bright display of  colors  that are seen so frequently in the islands.

For this wall hanging I decided to use black for my mask base, because black represents unity and strength. Once I colored my mask with a black Sharpie paint marker, I highlighted the black mask with lime green and        silver stickles to give it a little pop and sparkle.

 Finally, for the background, I added memento ink in lime green and gray to white textured cardstock. Once everything was dry I layered the mask on the page with pop dots and added a few flowers from my stash. For a finishing touch I added Dazzles silver strips and a few Jolees.

Supplies from Gina's Designs:

Mask Shape Set

Peacock Feathers Shape Set

Dreamcatcher

Other supplies

Jolees

Dazzles silver strips

Sharpie Paint Marker

Stash Flowers

Lime green Stickles

Silver Stickles

Momento Ink 

Card Stock

Pop Dots

Vintage styled layout by Melissa

Hi there, Melissa here with a 12 x 12 page using Gina's Designs Lasercut chipboard shapes. The frame and background were painted with gesso, metallic acrylic paints, and topped with crackle accents.  I also added stitching to the page, giving it an old fashioned look.   It reminds me of how my Mom and I used to sew and do cross stitch.  The frame's design is beautiful, composed  of  flowing lines, leaves, and curves.  I thought it complemented the vintage photo really well.

 I added flowers, bling and metals that looked as if they might have come from that period of time. Pearls with their soft luster give an added dimension of  color and texture. I think the colors of the paper and the metallic paint, give the page a ghostly look. I also added some Tim Holtz rub-ons and tissue tape to fit the theme.  Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs chipboard used:

Page Frame Flourish

Hearts Background

Other supplies used;

Maja paper

Prima flower

Tim Holtz rub ons ,tissue tape, and metal flower

Vintaj bead caps

Crackle Accents

Liquid Pearls

12 x 12 Layout by Melissa

Hi Melissa here with a 12 x 12 page using Gina's Designs Lasercuts. I'm calling this design "Aqua Wedding".  I always enjoy working with these peaceful colors, and the chipboard seemed to blend nicely with the theme. I used gesso followed by liquid pearls on some of the chipboard shapes, and lumieres on others. 

To the right of the photo is a fussy cut shape that I painted first, then added lots of microbeads.  I wasn't really sure about that piece at first, but as I continued working on the project, it all came together, and I was happy with the end result.  The lavender lace I had dyed awhile ago with Dylusions ink spray and it worked perfectly for this project.  Thanks for looking!

Gina's Chipboard used:

Birds Shape Set

Butterflies and Dragonflies

Hearts Background

Wings Assortment

Dressforms and Wings Shape Set

Other supplies used:

Papers from K and Company, and UHK Gallery
Martha Stewart Lace
Embellishments from Tim Holtz, Prima, Vintaj
Flower from Petaloo
Pressed flowers from my yard,and one fresh one too

A lot of the things here were from my friends at Sb.com
Paint from Lumieres, and Folk Art Metallics
Dylusions Ink Spray