Steampunk Masks by Barb

The first thing that came to mind when I saw Gina's Designs various gear cut-outs was,

"I want to do a mask with those!" 

See, I had stumbled upon these papier-mâché masks about a month before 

and was just waiting for something to really inspire me. Gears did the trick.

I began by applying a very thin base coat of silver acrylic paint to the mask. 

Then I went to work on the gears with some copper acrylic paint and a bit of sponge. 

While the paint was still a little wet, I gave it a good spritzing of bronze irRESISTible.

I love the effect of the bronze irRESISTible. 

Because it dries shiny and raised, it makes it look like the gears have oil on them.

I went back to work on the mask and layered various shades and colors of metallic acrylic paints

using different gear stencils and rubber stamps that I have on hand. 

I guess I kind of have a thing for gears!

Then I glued on the gear cut outs and gave it a little bling 

by adding rhinestones to the middle of some of the gears.

I was so happy with how it turned out that I made another one!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Gears Texture Sheets

Gears Shape Set

Other Products Used

Imagine Crafts irRESISTibles in bronze

Jacquard Lumiere Acrylic paint

Sponges

Rhinestones

Stickles glitter glue

Liquid Pearls in copper

If you'd like to see more of what I did to make the gears metallic and distressed,

stop by my blog post from last week at: In the Studio with Barb - Gearing Up!

Thanks, and Happy Crafting!

Memory Box by Kim and a Canvas by Shanna

Hello Crafty Friends!  Today we have two awesome projects to share.  First up is Kim with one of our Memory Boxes.  These 5 x 7 Boxes come in several styles and can be found in the Altered Art section of the store.

Hello and happy Friday friends! Today I would like to share with you my graffiti inspired memory box. I had a lot of fun with this and I hope the friend it is going to will be just as happy with it as I am. Gina has a great selection of these 5 x 7 boxes. This one was a custom order for me, but you can get any of the ATC Shrines in a 5 x 7 size. Just email Gina and ask!

I used a simple paint technique on the box itself then covered it with some Kaisercraft basecoat paper. I love this paper as it looks like brick walls.  This was the beginning of my graffiti look.

Above here you can see the top of the box. I have used one of the stackable labels from Gina's and some sticker words on top of it. I painted the label a soft blue and then distressed it with some Prima chalk ink.

On the back, sides and inside of the box I did a lot of mixed media work. I used various stencils and stamps to make it have a very urban feel. You can also see at the top right corner I have added one of Gina's Steampunk doilies and a metal hinge on the side as well.

 The new chain and gear frames are so much fun to work with. I embossed them with some platinum embossing powder. In the background you can see more of my texture paste in script and boxed letters.

I hope you will stop over to the store today and pick up one of these memory boxes, they are super fun to alter!

Thanks!

Gina's Designs Items Used

5 x 7 Memory Box

Chain and Gears Frame

Stackable Labels

Steampunk Doilies

Hanging Clock

Other Items used

Kaisercraft Basecoat Paper

Metal from Butterbeescraps

Petaloo Flowers

Crafters Workshop Stencil

Artist Cellar Stencil

Dina Wakley Stencil

Lindy's Stamp Gang Spray

Ranger Embossing Powder

Gilder's Paste Rust

Next up is Shanna with an amazing and colorful canvas to share.

Good morning to everyone, it's Shanna here. I am so excited today to share a new canvas I created. 

I love love love anything Native American themed and I thought the Feathers Shape Set was perfect to go with this Prima stencil I used!

First I used the stencil with some modeling paste, then I used a water color pencil to color in the hair. I painted my feathers with Distress Paint and added patina to the canvas. I am lucky to have some alpha stickers I could use too. After all that and the feathers were glued I still needed something else to make it pop. I went through several flowers but then I found that the perfect touch was something metallic.

Item Used:

Feathers Shape Set

ATC Shrine and ATC by Melissa

Hi, Melissa here for Gina's Chipboard Laser Designs

I think Gina's ATC shrines are adorable. 

I painted the shrine with the following:

1.Two coats of gesso.

2. Silver ink on the door and in various areas on the rest of the shrine.

3. Two coats of Viva Decor Modeling Cream,then Viva Decor Metallic paint on all areas except for the door.

3. A thick layer of Crackle Accents on the door.

4. A layer of watercolors,on the door. I wiped off the excess while wet. What was left, stayed in the cracks. 

I rubbed on some silver Perfect Pearls with my finger.

The chipboard on the ATC on the right was painted with gesso, then watercolors.

Thanks for looking!

Chipboard used:

ATC Shrine - Steampunk

Art Deco Border and Corners

Other:

Winton and Lewis Watercolors

Twinkling H20s

Viva Modeling Cream

Ranger Crackle Accents

Swarovski crystals

Butterfly by Reneabouquet
Viva Colour Precious Metal Effect Paint
Perfect Pearls in silver
Watercolor paper

An Altered Spool in a Steampunk theme by Kathi

Hi there, it's Kathi here sharing another of our cross promotional projects with CraftSupplies1.  I created my spool using many of the available steampunk shapes from Gina's store.  I covered the spool with Graphic45 Steampunk design paper.  I really love this paper, and I stayed with the color scheme of black, teal, and ivory.  For the base of the clock, I re purposed the face of a large broken clock, and also used the hands of the clock on the side of the spool.

Products used:

Gina’s Designs:

Large Spool

Steampunk Hearts

Steampunk Lightbulb Set

Hot Air Balloons Net Style

Steampunk Lady

Steampunk Gentleman

Steampunk Fan

Parisian Shape Set

Steampunk Borders

Gears Shape Set

Dressform & Wings Shape Set (Wings only custom sized)

Steampunk Shape Set

Card Stock Doilies Set Steampunk

Crafts Supplies 1:

Crafts Supplies 1- black crochet lace

Crafts Supplies 1 – multi colored flat bling trim

Art Journal cover by Angela and an organizer by Heidi

Today we have two unique and different projects to share.  First up is Angela with a peek at her new art journal.

Hi everyone, its Angela here and today I have the front of my Art Journal to show you. I have been taking part in a group on Facebook called Journal 52. Each week we get a prompt and make an art journal page using that prompt as inspiration. I have been thinking about art journaling for a wee while now and this kind of gave me a shove in the right direction.

 Gina's Designs oroducts used : 

Steampunk Lady
 Gears shape set
 String alongs -Steampunk

Oher Products:

Martha Stewart Paper clay
Prima Flowers
Vintage Taupe and Shabby Blue Frantage embossing enamel
Verdigris WOW embossing powder

For more details on how I created this please check out my blog


Next up is Heidi with a great way to organize your Project Life supplies, or perhaps a way to organize other types of embellishments.  I know I'm more apt to use my supplies if they are organized and stored in something pretty!

Hello Everyone!  Heidi here with a little different project for today. 

 

I have been working on some project life pages for my son and I needed to find some type of organization for my cards that I had started to collect.  So of course my first thought was to reach out to Gina for some assistance- and this is what she came up with!  Isn't it beautiful!  

 It was very easy to put together just like all of Gina's organizers and home decor, I have included some photos at the end of the post with directions.  Remember that items like this come with detailed instructions on assembling them.   But quite honestly, my favorite part of these projects is decorating.  For this one I just covered the entire organizer in newsprint to give it a vintage feeling.  Then I added some of the little photo frames with some memory words.  

As you can see- the divided sections are perfect for the different size of cards.  And then there are the dividers that come with the box and you can purchase additional dividers as needed.  

Gina's Designs Product

Memory Keeping Organizer

Memory Keeping Organizers Dividers
Postage Frames

Putting your Organizer Together
Did I tell you that it was easy to put together ?
Did I tell you that you will get detailed instructions?
Well here is a little tutorial on putting it together:
1.  Lay your parts out on the table and always start with the center piece.
2. Start sliding all the part together and once they are together add a little glue to the slots.
3. Once all the center pieces are together set them onto the bottom and slide together and glue.
4. Finally- add the 4 outside pieces, glue and then you are ready to alter!

Now go and have a good time decorating your organizer! 

Shabby Chic Vintage Create Banner by Kim

Hello Everyone, Kim here today to share my latest project with you! Now that the Holiday Season is upon us, its time to get thinking of some unique gift giving ideas, and this Create Banner by Gina's Designs is definitely one of them!

It was so much fun to make this, and for someone who is creative and crafty this would make a great banner to hang in a craft room or office.

The banner itself comes with 3 parts to each piece, the back piece, the top piece and the individual letters. I have kept the banner in a lovely shabby chic style and used some antique lace, and vintage material to create the flowers you see at each end of the banner.

Below here you can see some of Gina's other pieces I have added here the Steampunk Dressform, which I painted and embossed, keeping in the same vintage colour tones.

Here you can see the letter R, which has the Fashion Cameo in the corner there, which I have altered with some homemade texture paste, paint and the background is stamped and embossed with a script stamp. You also can see a close up of the vintage doily and the antique laces at the top and sides, which are from my stash.

I have used another Fashion Cameo and perfume bottle from Gina's on the letter E, the Perfume bottle is from the Parisian Shape Set.

 The last letter in create, is this E, and again, I have used a few more pieces of the great chipboard pieces from Gina's. The Eiffel Tower you can see done in the same style as the Dressforms. With paint and embossing powder, you can really change the look of these pieces. The Fleur De Lis at the top centre here is painted white and embossed with white glitter. I have also added one of my handmade flowers, the rolled rose on the right hand side, with a little paper flower in the middle.

 Here is another of my handmade flowers, I have used some vintage muslin to create this and then added a flower to the centre and some seam binding in a beige tone. There is one of these flowers at each end of the banner

Here is a close up of one of the Fashion Cameos I altered, I really love these, they really add a vintage flair to a project.

 

 Below here is one of Gina's Words and Phrases 1 Set, the word Dream is covered in some texture paste and I used some distress ink around the edges and added a bit of glitter to it to make it shine.

 And finally here is another of my favorite pieces, it is the Penny Farthing, Antique Bike set, I really love these bikes they are so much fun to alter, and I have continued the same look on this with the paint and embossing powder.

I really hope you like my project today, it was a lot of fun to "create" and I am sending this off as a gift to a friend, so I am excited for her to receive it.  Thanks for stopping by!

Items used from Gina's Designs

Create Banner

Antique Bike - Penny Farthing

Parisian Shape Set

Words and Phrases 1 Set

 Dressform & Wings Shape Set 

Fashion Cameos

Other items used in this Project

Martha Stewart Paint "Putty"

Ranger Embossing Powders

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Wood Sentiments from my Stash

Vintage and Antique laces and trims from my stash

Butterbeescraps Metal Filigree Pieces

Tim Holtz Distress Inks Frayed Burlap & Vintage Photo

Mixed Media Wall Clock

Good morning buttercups!  This is Crafting Marfa today.  I am dying to show you one of my favorite projects so far.  This is a Mixed Media Wall Clock.  It is my first time making a clock and let me tell you, it won't be my last.  I used lots of products by Gina's Designs.  You can find a list at the bottom of this post.  I used modeling paste and a stencil to create a brick effect all over the clock.  Lumiere paint in several colors give it a beautiful shimmery color.   I created a female shape using glass beads, wire, flowers and a metal purse charm.  The box is made of the hardest chipboard that I've ever seen.  This thing feels like wood!  The dry modeling paste gives it a very protective coat all over as well.  This clock is up for sale in my Etsy shop.  Scroll down for a short video and a list of supplies.

Supplies List:

Chipboard Shapes by Gina's Designs:

Shadow Box
Cardstock Doily Set Steampunk
Keys and Plates Set
Say Cheese Shape Set
Skeleton Clocks 


Other Products Used:

Crackle Accents
Lumiere Metallic Paint
Glass Beads
Metal Charms
Modeling Paste
Clock Kit
Prima Flowers

    

Flying Heart Wall Hanging with Marjolaine

Hello, Marjolaine  here today with the really cool wall hanging from Gina's Designs. I'm pretty sure this is my all time favorite Gina project!

The kit comes with plenty of pieces to make it beautiful but I wanted to pile on the chippies so I added some steampunk pieces as well as these amazing doilies. Aren't those fabulous?! The intricate details of Gina's pieces are what continues to amaze me. I used a variety of mediums of this project. Everything from gesso to Gelatos, to crackle paint and Big Brush Markers.

I hope this inspires you to dream and create!

The products I used from Gina's Designs are:

Flying Heart Wall Hanging

Cardstock Doily Set Steampunk 

Steampunk Shape Set

Steampunk Idea Box with Marjolaine

Hello everyone, Marjolaine here with another tutorial using Gina's Designs chipboard.

Embossing is one of the easiest and most versatile ways to enhance metal and
using an embossing folder makes it even more effortless. In this
tutorial, I'll show you how to emboss a chipboard piece that is
covered in metal foil tape. The added dimension of embossing combined
with the luster of the foil creates a fabulous finish that will add
vivacity to any artwork.

Step One:Place a piece of chipboard on the sticky side of the metal foil tape.

Step Two: Cut around your chipboard shape with a pair of scissors. You'll need to
leave enough tape to be folded over the edge.

Step Three: Rub he surface of your chipboard to make sure it's adhered and fold the
edges of tape over the chipboard.

Step Four: Place your chipboard piece in an embossing folder and run it through an
embossing machine.

Step Five: Coat your piece with acrylic paint and a paint brush. Set it aside to dry
completely or dry it with a heat tool.

Step Six: Sand some of the paint off with a sanding chip. 

Step Seven: Coat your piece with a different color of paint and allow it to dry
completely.

Step Eight: Sand some of the paint off with a sanding chip.

Step Nine: Squeeze a few drops of alcohol ink and blending solution on the felt of your
blending tool and rub it on a few areas of your chipboard piece. 

Your chipboard pieces are now ready to use on your project.With
a few different embossing folders you can create a quilt like effect
on your projects and really change things up. The metal foil tape can
also be applied in strips to a larger piece and a rectangular sheet
would make a wonderful book cover or canvas background. 
For my other chipboard pieces I painted them black and added a clear
 layer of distress crackle paint. 

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will try this technique soon! 

Supplies 

Chipboard pieces from Gina's Designs
 (Steampunk 2 Shape Set)

Alcohol ink

Blending tool with felt applicator

Blending solution

Embossing Folders

Embossing machine

Acrylic paint

Metal foil tape

Sanding chip

Scissors