Haunted Mixed Media Tutorial

Hi everyone, Amylove here! Things have begun to cool off here in Georgia and it is really getting me in the Halloween spirit! One of my favorite things is to cover everything in gesso and then watch it come to life by adding colors. I had a wonderful time finger painting on this piece! 

Now that it is finished....the hard part is not letting one of my kids steal it from me! Click on the link below to see the video tutorial for this project:
Haunted Mixed Media Tutorial

Items used:

Gina's Designs:

Cobblestone

Skeleton Shape Set

Spooky Shape Set

Keys and Plates Shape Set

Hinges Shape Set

Gear Shape Set

Clock Hands Shape Set

Art Deco Border and Corners

Gothic Cross Set

Dressform and Wings Shape Set

Haunted (coming soon)

My stash:

black gesso

tissue paper

mod podge

fabritac

embossing powder

metallic markers

Silk Acrylic Glazes

Boo! Canvas

Hello to you all. Today Shanna here and I have a home decor project to share with you. I wanted to create something fun for right when you walk in my house as the weather is cooler and the kids are playing indoors more. I had fun playing with several different mediums for the background but the chipboard part was so fun. 

I painted the Boo with some ivory and white paint for a textured look. 

The 31 Wall Art is new and will be in the store soon! There are so many cool things you can do with this! For the date I wanted a  crackle effect. I painted the base color with grey, then this cool crackle paint (Martha Stewart brand) and then I went over that after it dried with black. 

I used a very dry brush over this so that way there was still splotchy grey areas. 

I loved how the background looks like oozing blood for the scary effect. Okay maybe not really scary.  

I had to soften it up with some flowers I have including some black roses. 

My favorite thing to do is to add some cardboard behind things to give them dimension. So this popped off the canvas. 

With Halloween around the corner check out the store for some spooky fun!

Items Used:

Spooky Shape Set

31 Wall Art - Coming Soon

Burlap Canvas and Card by Dianna and a Layout by Lynne

Hello Crafty Friends!  Today we have two designers on the blog.  First up is Dianna with two projects representing Halloween as well as our October cross promotional with Craftsupplies1.

Hi Everyone, Dianna here with a cross-promotion project with Gina's Designs and Craftsupplies1.

I have two pieces in burlap,  the first is a small canvas from Hobby Lobby. I began by distressing the burlap with brown and black ink.  The Gina's Designs witches hat, feet and cauldron (coming sonn)were primed with white gesso and acrylic black paint on the witches hat.  Copic Markers, 100-black, N4-Neutral Gray, N6-Neutral Gray, N4-Neutral Gray was used on the cauldron. I started with the dark color first and then layered on the lighter grays to create the rounded look on the cauldron.  Copic Markers were used on the feet of the cauldron to create the monster feet and the hat band, YG23-New Leaf, YG13- Chartreuse, YG63-Pea Green. Black Copic was used on the witches boots and V09-Violet and YG13-Chartreuse was used on the witches tights. The Spiderweb was painted with black gesso. Stickels were dobbed on the cauldron feet, witches boots,  hat band and spiderweb. 

Sizzix leaves were cut out of extra neon green paper.  Craftsupplies1 acrylic orange and brown flowers stems were inked with a light green.  The stems were curled around a small dowel to create a vine effect.  The flowers were placed around the green leaves.  Boo and orange dotted ribbon (from Michaels) was used on the side.  Three pumpkins from Kitty's Scrap Post O'Halloween paper collection was used next to the witches hat.  The pumpkins were spritzed with Tattered Angels, Shimmer Gold.  Lastly, a Craftsupplies1 Antique gold owl was glued on the spiderweb.

The Halloween Card

Burlap Paper was used on a Hobby Lobby card stock.  Brown Ink was used to distress the card.  The large pumpkin and moon was from Kitty's Scrap Post O'Halloween and was spritzed with Tattered Angels Gold.  Leaves were cut from Tim Holtz Autumn Gathering and spritzed with gold.  EK pumkin border punch was used on orange card stock.  Gina's Designs witch and cat was "painted" with black glitter fingernail polish.  EK punch was used to create the Spooktacular embellishment. 


Gina's Designs
Spiderweb Shape Set
Spooky Shape Set

Craftsupplies1
Zibbet Shop
Etsy Shop

Kitty's Scrap Post
O'Halloween

Hobby Lobby
Burlap Canvas
Burlap Paper

Michaels
Ribbon

Next up today is Lynne with a gorgeous 12 x 12 scrapbook layout to share.


I created this layout as a tribute to our beloved tabby cat, Chester,
who went missing in the middle of August when a door was accidentally left open in the night. We still hope he'll show up one day,(we once had a calico cat come home after two months)
but we know there's a good chance we won't see our sweet boy again.



The chipboard phrase was perfect for my title, and all I did was paint it with acrylic paint to match the paper. I love how easy it is to make pieces like this coordinate with any project!

The bridge signifies the possibility the Chester has crossed the Rainbow Bridge on his way to Heaven...I wanted to give it a  pearly, dreamy feel so I painted it with pearlized acrylic paint then added a touch of white mist. I layered the pieces with dimensional tape and glue dots.

Gina's Designs Products Used:
 Pawprints on my Heart word piece
Bridge 

Other Products Used:
Kaisercraft Ristic Harmony Collection
Acrylic Paint
Prima Roses
Sizzix Foliage Die
                                                 

Two Halloween Cards by Dianna & Create Canvas by GDT Rashida

Happy Sunday Friends! Today we have two very fun projects by our designer Dianna and Guest Designer Rashida! First up is Dianna.

 

Hi everyone, Dianna here with two Halloween Cards.

 Gina's Designs and Kitty's Scrap Post was used on both cards.

On the first card, I fussy cut this adorable little witch on the large pumpkin from the digital paper and placed her on top of two graduating squares of orange paper that has been distressed with brown ink and spritzed with Tattered Angels. 

 

 The white card is then covered with orange polka dot paper.  I found some orange buttons and tied black and white bakers twine into bows and placed them on the spiderweb paper that had been spritzed heavily with Tattered Angels Gold.  

 

The two bats are from Gina's Designs Spooky Shape Set and are "painted" with black glittery nail polish (this really really works great with the chipboard).

The second card I covered with a scrap of orange and distressed with black ink.  The post card of the little girl is from Kitty's Scrap Post, O' Halloween collection.

 

I placed on scrap polka dot and dark orange paper which was distressed with black ink.  The post card was a little off size so I staggered the layers, then spritzed with Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist - Gold.

 

  What looks like four pieces of paper is actually just one piece of paper that was cut out from DCWV- Bewitched Stack.

 

The Boo, Bat and Scary Cat are from Gina's Designs Spooky Shape Set and "painted" with black glittery nail polish.

Items Used

Gina's Designs

Spooky Shape Set

Kitty's Scrap Post

O' Halloween

Other

DCWV - Bewitched Stack

Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist - Gold

Hobby Lobby - Paper Studio Card Stock with Envelopes

Tim Holtz - Distressed Ink

Black Soot

Vintage Photo

 

Now over to Guest Designer Rashida who has a fun and colorful project to share.

 

 

 Hello Everyone! Today I am going to share my CREATE wall canvas that I made for Gina’s Designs. I have always been interested in abstract art so I used this opportunity to try my hand at my very first abstract painting. For this canvas I used Gina’s Designs palette and brushes and Ginas Designs Create dovetail banner and Gina’s Designs chicken wire.

 

 The first thing you will need to do is apply a background color to your canvas. I chose orange. Once the paint was applied I wiped the excess off. I then added various drips and drops of colors. I chose lime green, yellow, while and turquoise. I also used drips of India Ink to add vibrancy to my paint.  Once you let that dry it’s time for your next layer. I used modeling paste and Gina’s Chicken wire to add texture, while the paste was still wet I sprayed it with lime green ranger spray and topped it off with a sprinkle of recollections glitter glass. Let that dry overnight. Don’t forget the edges!

Once my canvas was completely dry I used a black ink pad and ran it along the edges. Next for the chipboard. First I painted all the pieces white. Next I used my Gelatos to color the pallet and brush and the letters. I used my finger to blend it all together, then I used a paint brush with a small amount of water to smooth everything out.

Once dry I began using the same dip and drizzle technique that I used for the canvas. Finally, after everything was dry I glued everything down using E6000.  This was yet another easy project to complete and I absolutely love the results. The nice thing about this type of project is you can’t mess up.  If you can layer, you can do this!

Items used:

Gina’s Designs Palette and Brushes

Gina’s designs Create Dovetail Banners

Gina’s Designs Chicken Wire

Other items used

Black ink pad

Recollections glass glitter

Gelatos

Modeling paste

Ranger Dylusions sprays

Acrylic paint

Canvas

India Ink (optional)

drywall tape

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Fall Banner by Melissa and Halloween Stage by Nancy

Hello Crafty Friends!  Today we two designers on the blog, both celebrating the upcoming Fall season.  First up is Melissa with our Fall Banner kit.  Several of our Team Members have been creating with this kit, and I'm amazed at how each one has been so different and unique.

Hi Melissa here for Gina's Chipboard Laser Designs.

I prepped all the chipboard with gesso.  On the banner I applied texture paste with a stencil. I put on mica powder over black acrylic paint, followed by a layer of Mod Podge Dimensional Glaze.  I painted on Twinkling H2Os in the blue purple color you see here.  To define the edges more I brushed on small amounts of liquid pearls in orange and green.

The spider webs are glossy accents over black acrylic paint.  I put on a little Twinkle H20 paint to hightlight the webs.  The ghost on the far right is glossy accents over the gesso.

Chipboard used:

Fall Banner Kit

Spooky Shape Set

Spiderweb Shape Set

Other Products Used:

Mod Podge Dimensional Magic

Twinkling H20s

Tim Holtz plastic tags

Jolee's stickers

Liquid Pearls

Ranger Alcohol Inks in purple

Swarovski flatback crystal in clear

Vintaj metal

Small pieces of Graphic 45 paper

Next up is Nancy with our Altered Art Stage decorated in a Halloween theme.

Hello Everyone, it's Nancy here sharing one of my favorite pieces from the Altered Art section of our store.  This is my second time working with the Stage.  This time around  I chose to create a Halloween project since it's my favorite theme to scrap this time of year.  

I began by painting my assembled stage in black, then I papered it with The Enchanted Collection by Authentique.  To decorate my stage I used various collage sheet images, and Gina's Designs chipboard shapes. 

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Stage

Tree 3

Chandeliers

Spider Web Shape Set

Beach Shape Set (I used a portion of the fence)

Collage Sheet images from:

Retro Cafe Art

Seneca Pond Crafts

Alpha Stamps

Composition Boxes by Deann and Dianna with Kitty's Scrap Post

Hi Crafty Friends!   Lots of fun to share today.  We have two team members on the blog, both sharing our August Composition Boxes, both members chose a Halloween theme, and both members used the O' Halloween digital scrap papers from Kitty's Scrap Post.  Let's see how different they are!  First up is Deann.


Good morning, Deann here with an awesome Halloween project..

I used the Composition Box and Halloween paper from Kitty's Scrap Post. 

 This is the Composition Box, I chose the 31 to use with the O'Halloween Paper Set from KSP.

I used the Gothic Chandeliers, I decided to cut it in half and paint it black with white high lights 

For the box with the 31 in it, I decided to add a picket fence.I inked the edges with Black soot distress ink.

Bonus Project :)
More of the Halloween KSP Paper

I love all of the tags that come with the Halloween paper so I did another project to use them up.
Its a double pocket made out of orange cardstock.

Next up is Dianna with her version of our Composition Box.

Hello Dianna here, for my take on Gina's Designs Composition Box and cross-promotion with Kitty's Scrap Post.  I used mine to pay tribute to one of my favorite holidays Halloween. All the paper used is from Kitty's Scrap Post's O'Halloween.  I painted the composition box, interior boxes, witch, sign post and the thirty-one with black gesso.

The witch was from Gina's Designs Vintage Ladies Silhouettes Set.  I printed the O'Halloween from Kitty's Scrap Post and misted the back of the paper with water, this allowed the paper to be easily folded. To get an even blending of the skirt and bustle I used some scrap ribbon.  The witches hat was an old die cut. The moon is from Kitty's Scrap Post O'Halloween glued on a circle from Gina's Designs Spooky Shape Set to give it dimension and inked with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink Black Soot and spritzed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Gold.  The moon was glued onto Gina's Designs Cardstock Doily Set Steampunk.

The Standing Sign was cut from Kitty's Scrap Post O'Halloween and inked with Tim Holtz's Distress Ink Black Soot.  The sign post was spritzed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Pearl.  The Gina's Designs number 31 was glittered with Stickles - Star Dust. The large paper spider web was made with Kitty's Scrap Post O'Halloween and cut from QuicKutz WEB die and spritzed with Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist Pearl.

The top box picture was cut out from Kitty's Scrap Post O'Halloween and the bottom of the picture was cut out to give dimension.  The lady's dress was dotted with Stickles-Platinum and the pumpkin man was outlined with Glossy Accents.  Behind the top box I used three of the Cardstock Doily Set Intricates from Gina's Designs and spritzed two of them with Maya Mist in Lemon Metallic (which is actually an orange color) and one was inked with Tim Hotz Distressed Ink - Black Soot. Around the Cardstock Doily Set Intricates  I used two of the bats from Gina's Designs Spooky Shape Set. The middle box picture was cut out from Kitty's Scrap Post O'Halloween and spritzed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Gold. 

The last box has a key from Gina's Designs Wooden Decorative Keys protected by a Sleeping Dragon Baris stamp from Crackerbox Palace.  The fence was cut down from a larger fence from Gina's Designs Beach Shape Set and painted with black gesso. The spider webs from Gina's Designs Spiderweb Shape Set was inked with Tim Holtz Distressed Ink Black Soot and spritzed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Pearl. The Spiders are from Michaels.

Items Used

Gina's Designs

Composition Box

Vintage Ladies Silhouettes Set

Spooky Shape Set

Cardstock Doily Set Steampunk

Standing Sign

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Wooden Decorative Keys

Beach Shape Set

Spiderweb Shape Set

Kitty's Scrap Post

OHalloween

Other Items Used

Crackerbox Palace Stamp

Sleeping Dragon Baris

Artist Trading Blocks by Dianna and a Layout by Donna

Hello Crafters!  Today we have two projects to share, first up are more of our Artist Trading Blocks.  We hope you've been enjoying all the different ways these blocks can be decorated.

 Hi all, it's Dianna here, and these are Gina's Designs Artist Trading Blocks. I went for a Steampunk Style. The bottom block is distressed corrugated paper torn to expose Gina's Designs gears painted in gold and bronze then inked with Tim Holtz's distress inks.

I fell in love with The Butterfly of Gears and had to use it on the front.  The second block is distressed paper with gears that turn on brads.




The top block is a permanent clock but the other sides are held with magnets so that the top block can change with the seasons, literally.



I used Gina's Designs Spooky Shape Set and Spiderweb Shape Set.






Items Used
Gina's Designs

Butterfly of Gears
Cardstock Doily Set Steampunk
Clock Hands Shape Set
Steampunk 2 Shape Set
Steampunk Shape Set
 Sketelon Clocks
Spooky Shape Set
Spiderweb Shape Set



Tim Holtz
Distress Ink
Stormy Sky
Black Soot
Vintage Photo
Tea Dye


Next up is Donna with a 12 x 12 Layout called "Believe".

Hello friends! Today I am sharing a layout created for Gina's Designs, which is very close to my heart.

I used two of the stackable labels to make a cross, using gold tinsel embossing powder. I added one of the white cardstock doilies, under the round sentiment, and placed it on top of the cross with a few pop dots.  I then placed a crocheted doily underneath the cross. 

I have been saving the gorgeous chipboard wings for something special! I embossed the wings with a pearl like embossing power called Angels Dust Ruby. I tried to capture some of the beautiful colors and shimmer from the embossing powder in this photo.

I used dry fine star dust glitter for the word Believe.

Gina's Designs Products

Stackable Label Shapes

10 Words

Wings Assortment

Cardstock Doily Set 1

Other Products

Kaisercraft BeaYOUtiful cardstock collection

Prima resin angels

Prima photo frames

Prima Valentine red vine

Angel Wings Ruby embossing powder

Gold Tinsel embossing powder

Stardust dry fine glitter

White chalk ink

Pearls

White doily from Etsy

Thank you so much for stopping by Gina's today. Don't forget to make time to create something beautiful!

Halloween House by Heidi

Hello there- today I am here on the first day of "BOO" month with a cute little halloween landscape from Gina's Designs.  The Silhouette was painted black along with the shutters (separate piece), the bat, and the tree.  The moon and the Boo were also painted with crackle paint and then a little distressing/stickles.  I attached the BOO with some wire that it kind of hangs there over the house.  The pumpkins are also separate pieces that I basically covered with orange stickles so that you get a nice little "bling".  The spider web is painted and then stickles, yes, I know that spider webs are suppose to be scary but come on........  I could not help myself!  Is that little ghost the cutest, he looks friendly enough that I might go in and visit.  (wink wink).  

I thought it would be cute lit up as well so here it is in the dark with a little candle. I need to find the final resting spot for this one and photo it there vs in my studio so it does not glare.  But I think that it will make a great addition to my Halloween Decorations!

Thanks for stopping in! 

Gina's Designs product

Haunted House Silhouette 2

Spider Web Set

Spooky Shape Set

Tree 3

House Mini Display Frame

Hi everyone Monica here with a newer piece from Gina's Designs.  This is a mini display frame and they come in: House, Balloon, Camera, Butterfly and Birdhouse.  I used some G45 papers to decorate it with and some chippies from GD's  Spooky Shape set, Lamp Post II set, and Grass & Foliage set.

 

 I left open spots so I could add some Halloween photos

 I backed it with corrugated cardboard and I used some Crackle Paste and glimmer mist

then I stamped it with a scroll type stamp all over the frame

I stamped the Boo chippie as well and I love - love how it came out.  Well I hope everyone enjoyed my post and thanks for stopping by....

Simply Monica

Mini Display Tray by Deann

Good morning all, Deann here with a Gina's Design Mini Display Tray

So...for the month of July ,I have been working on the December Daily Printable s .I need a little

break from Christmas (can't believe i'm saying that !)

I decided to make a Halloween Tray :)

The House Tray is perfect for a Haunted House
I also used the Halloween chipboard set.

I like how the seambinding looks like part of the ghost 

Thanks for taking a peak

Gina's Designs Supplies used :
Mini Display Tray
Spooky Shape Set 
Spider web Shape Set