Halloween Shadow Box

It's finally here! Halloween!!! I love working on Halloween projects and I had the best time creating this one. I used an old wooden shelf my daughter used to use to display her perfume on. I broke out a ton of chipboard for this one!

Once it was finished and I sat it down on the table, Jake laid right in front of it and spent some time checking it out. I think he likes it! The process video link is below! Click on over and see how I made this!

Halloween Shadow Box

Gina's Designs:

Be Witched Shape Set

Spiderweb Shape Set

String Alongs Gothic

Cobblestone

Coffin Box

Witches

Hinges Shape Set

Tree 3

Other products:

black gesso

ink sprays

chain

eye screws

flowers

seed beads

Glossy Accent

Fabritac 

Twinkling H2O's

Layout by Donna - Gina's Designs Craft Group January challenge

For this layout I used the monthly mood board at Gina's Designs Craft Group for my inspiration.

I used red and black chalk inks directly on the chipboard to tone down the colors.

You have until January 31st to enter this month's challenge!

Thank you for your visit and good luck to all that enter the challenge!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Alarm Clock Frame Ups

10 Words

Hanging Clock set

Word Elements 1

Other Products
Red, black, and turquoise chalk ink
Turquoise and black burlap

Bo Bunny Starcrossed papers

White texture paste

Layout by Donna and Cross Promotion Projects by the Craftsupplies1 Team

Hello Friends!  Today we have lots of inspiration to share.  First up we have our team member Donna sharing a gorgeous layout, and following that we are sharing more of the amazing October cross promotional projects created by the team at Craftsupplies1.  

It's Donna here today to share a fall layout using one of Gina's beautiful flourished frames.

I wanted to keep this layout very simple because I wanted the gorgeous Flourished Frame - Bella to be the star of the show! It's a really beautiful design! 

I prepared the chipboard frame with a coat of white gesso. I then painted it with Tattered Angels, Palm leaf, glitter paint. While still wet, I added pine needles and orange embossing powder.

I only glued the middle frame part down so that I could pull up and lightly twist up the leaves.

Thank you so, so much for stopping by Gina's and taking a look at my Fall layout!

Gina's Designs

Flourished Frame - Bella

Other items

Maja Design - Walking in the Forest paper

Tattered Angels - Pine needles glimmer paint

Ranger - embossing powders: pine needle and orange

Gesso

Hello friends! Today we would like to share more of the truly amazing projects by the Craftsupplies1 team for our Cross Promotional this month. We have been so inspired by Julie's team and are so grateful for all their hard work and creativity!

Here we have a dual take on our large alarm clock. The left hand side is created by Becky C, and on the right by Corene P. These ladies have done an outstanding job and really have shown the versatility of this piece. Great work Ladies!



Here is the link to their videos

Becky's Video

Corene's Video

Design team member Becky has also created this truly inspired box using one of our book boxes and some fun items from our store, including one of our dress forms and also one of the gears borders and corners. We love the earthy tones and gorgeous flowers from Craftsupplies1.

Here is the link to Becky's Book Box Video

 Next up we have two of our standing dress forms decorated by Codi and Heather.  They are truly inspired work! On the left is Codi's take with a lovely shabby and chic look and on the right is Heather's vintage steampunk look. They are truly amazing creations!

Below are the links to their videos

Codi's Video

Heather's Video

Next up we have a wonderful creative take on our large spool.  This was created by DT Member Codi as well. She has incorporated our trees and given them some sparkle and shine! We love the fantasy look of the spool and the Craftsupplies1 parchment flowers add a gorgeous finishing touch.



Here is the link to Codi's Video

And last but not least we have some fun and different projects from Ashley B. and Kristina O.

Ashley has stepped outside of the box creating these very cool canvas'. She has done them up in a shabby tea theme, with some of the tea string alongs, and alarm clock frame ups.  They would look amazing hanging in any kitchen or tea room!

On the right Kristina has altered one of our ATC shrines. We love the pretty in pink tones, which mix with some of the new fabric flowers that Craftsupplies1 has in stock.

Ashley's Video

Kristina's Video

Thank you so much to all the talented Designers from Craftsupplies1 and also to owner Julie as well. We are truly inspired by all of your work!  For more information on these projects please check out the videos linked above.

Check out both Craftsupplies1 Stores on Etsy and Zibbet

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Craftsupplies1



Zibbet: http://www.zibbet.com/Craftsupplies1

12 x 12 Layouts by Kim and by Shanna

Hello Crafty Friends!  Today we have two gorgeous layouts to share!  First up is Kim to share her vintage heritage styled layout called "Somewhere in Time"

Happy Friday friends! Today I would like to share with you my "Somewhere in Time" layout.

I started off this layout being inspired by one of my vintage photos from my collection. I love the kind of "Mona Lisa" smile on this lady and wanted to use her as my starting off point.

I used some lovely paper for the background which has a crackled effect on it, and it went perfectly with the vintage feel of the photo. I used a lot of sprays, paints and textures on the background to build up some layers and color. Then I got out my Bo Bunny Somewhere in Time paper and ephemera I also layered on some corrugated cardstock and gauze paper which picked up the blue tones in the other paper.

I have then layered on some of the new Renata Flourishes from Gina's Shop, and some lovely laces and trims from Craftsupplies1. The photo on the right has an element I received in a swap from Gina herself, (she's kind of a master at those!) and I thought it topped the flourish off nicely.

The upper left photo is one of the alarm clock frame ups with one of the hot air balloon charms from Craftsupplies1. I layered it on top of more of the Bo Bunny ephemera.

Finally, here you can see some of the chain border which I painted with some chalk inks and Shimmerz paints.

I hope you had fun taking a journey though time with me today!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Chain Border

Renata Flourish (Coming Soon to the Store)

Alarm Clock Frame Ups

Other Items Used

Lace and Hot Air Balloon by Craftsupplies1

Bo Bunny Somewhere In Time Paper & Ephemera

Shimmers Texturez, Paintz, Dimensionz, Vibez and Inklingz

Mirabelle Paper

Petaloo Flowers


Next up is Shanna to share her mixed media layout called "Explore Your path"

Hey everyone. Shanna here to help you get the weekend started. I hope you all get some crafty time this weekend. I know I am planning it.

I am beyond excited to share with you a new layout I created. 

I had a blast using my all time favorite Gears Shape Set and I got to use a frame from the Scribbled Frames and Lines Set. 

First I created my background by using a stencil, some Twinkling H2O's, stamps, and modeling paste.

Then on the frame, first I gave it some gesso, then I added a little bit of red gelato.  After that I went crazy with glass bead gel. Then I covered it all up with twinkling H2O's. After that dried, I added a little bit of Bloom Spray. 

For my gears I kept it simple and added some gold rub n buff. Then I went to town and embellished my page. 

Grab your chipboard and have a blast!

Items Used:

 Gears Shape Set 

 Scribbled Frames and Lines Set

Word Ribbon 3



A Wall Hanging by Kim (for our October cross-promotional) and Halloween fun by Shanna

Hi Crafters!  Today we have two designers sharing projects.  First up is Kim with a wall hanging that demonstrates her innovative use of one of our extra large-sized chipboard tags.

Hello Friends, Kim here today to share with you my wall hanging I have created. I used one of Gina's Extra Large Tags for this, and turned it on its side to use it.  I covered it with gesso then I added my basecoat paper, distressing it in some spots and then using my chalk inks along the edges.

I have used some of Gina's pine trees here, as my home is surrounded by them and I wanted to add them to this wall hanging. I used various paints to achieve the look. Layering different shades of green to make them look more dimensional.

I used some crackle medium on the chipboard borders and the little houses, they turned out just great, and really go well with the paper.

I have used lots of great goodies from Craftsupplies1 on here including the flowers you see above and the metal key and trim. They really added a lot to the project and the blue tones in the flowers  picked up on the tones in the paper and paint.

I love mixing Gina's chipboard with Craftsupplies1 goodies, they really go well together. Please go and check out Craftsupplies1 on ETSY and ZIBBET to see all the amazing things they have in stock!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Extra Large Tag

Houses Shape Set (coming soon)

Pine Tree Shape Set

Wooden Key

Layered Border - Victoria (coming soon)

Craftsupplies1 Items used

White Floral Trim

Sky Blue Roses

White Daisies

White Roses

Steampunk Key

Metal Filigree

Other Items Used

Kaisercraft Basecoat Paper

Mermaid Color Chalk Paint by Paper Artsy

Crack it! Crackle Medium

Epoxy Heart

Paints and Wooden Letters From My Stash

Next up today is Shanna with more Halloween fun to share!

Hi everyone. Shanna here with a new and exciting project to decorate my home for Halloween.

This was so fun and so easy to decorate. First I painted all the chipboard black. 

The gears and the clock I gave a coat of rub n buff. 

I did a lot of fussy cutting but was totally fun. 

Gina's Designs

Mini Tray - House

Gears Shape Set

Alarm Clock Frame Ups

Art Storage Cabinet by Kathi and Composition Box by Debbie

Hi Crafters!  Today we have two talented Design Team members on the blog.  Both team members are sharing their cross-promotional projects, part of our August cross promotional with Kitty's Scrap Post.  First up is Kathi.

Hi Everyone, it's Kathi here!  This is my project for the Kitty's Scrap Post cross promotional with Gina's Designs. I chose to work with the Time Traveler Kit.

This is the first time I have used digital design paper.  The really great part about printing it yourself is that I only had to print just what I needed for this project, and I could choose the size of the paper.

Video of Art Storage Cabinet

Products Used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts:

Art Storage Cabinet

Skeleton Clocks

Gears Shape Set

Sreampunk Heart

Butterfly of Gears

Dressform & Wings Shape Set

Antique Bike Set

Alarm Clock Frame Ups

Design Paper by Kitty's Scrap Post
Time Traveler

embellishments from my stash

Tim Holtz

Kaiser crafts

Thanks tor stopping by!

Next up is Debbie sharing our Composition Box in a fun and different way.  You will be seeing all sorts of fun ways to decorate these boxes by the team throughout the month of August.

Hello everyone!  Debbie with you today to share my August cross promotion project with Gina's Designs and Kitty's Scrap Post.  I'll tell you a little about  my composition box..I did something different with it.  I love jewelry and when I get home from work I tend to just leave it on my bathroom vanity so I decided my composition box would make a great place to keep the jewelry on my counter contained. To begin this project I painted everything in a pale pink I also added a little embossing powder to some of the chipboard. and then added the gorgeous Kitty Scrap Post French Seamstress digital papers.

I wanted to make this more like a tray so I added some metal handles to the sides and also added some metal pedestal corners so that it sits up off the counter.

Gina's Designs Laser Cuts Used:

 Composition Box - 25

 Butterflies & Dragonflies

Wrought Iron Set

Design paper by Kitty's Scrap Post

French Seamstress Kit

Thanks for stopping by the Gina's Designs blog today!!

Be sure to check back in for more inspiration from our amazing design team!!

Debbie