How to Use Chipboard as Stencils

Hi everyone! Amylove here sharing my latest passion, art journaling!!! What I love most about it is there are no rules, you do what makes you happy! I used some of Gina's chipboard as stencils on this one. I love to do that because then I still have the awesome pieces to use again!!

I had a blast finger painting on this one! Click the link below to watch my video tutorial:

Art Journaling with Chipboard

Products used:

Gina's Designs:

Mixed Media Fragments 1

Mixed Media Fragments 2

Heart Words

My Stash:

Mixed Media Paper

Gesso

Acrylic Paint

Texture Paste

Silk Acrylic Glazes

Lindy's Sprays

Chalk Edger

Art Journal Page with Guest Designer Tamiko McCurry

Hello EVERYONE!!  Tamiko here and it is my last week as a Guest Designer for Gina's Designs Laser cuts.  It has has been super swell to be here each Wednesday!  If you haven't noticed my style by now, I love color and I loooove sparkle.  You can never have too much of either when you are playing with fairies!  Check out my latest journal page..

I love anything and everything about fairies, then again I am biased because of the color and sparkle/glitter/shimmer factor.  I am not colorful person in clothing, nor am I adorned with sparkley accessories, but my heart is.  My friend Sandee Setliff, an awesome artist, and she reminded me to..  DREAM BIG, Little fairies grant BIG WISHES!  I believe there is a little bit of fairy sprinkling kindness/fairy dust everywhere daily in many of us.

Any who, back to my project.  I covered all my fabulous chippies from Gina's Store with gesso.  You don't have to, but I do, especially when I know I am going to use Design Memory Craft's gelatos.  It allows me to literally apply color and rub with my finger.

Here I took the Dressform Hang Ups  and attached it to one of the Ornamental Birdcages Shape Set and a set wings from the Wings Assortment pack.  I colored with gelatos and let sit and dry a bit. I  then added my Design Memory Craft Glass Bead Glitter Gel, becaue it dries clear on the project and allows the intended color from chippies to shine through.  Gina's chipboard/hard board pieces are such an amazing quality and I have tried various mediums on all of them and they had stood up to EVERYTHING I have thrown at it.  Not once did the buckle/pucker/warp during the process, which is very important to me.

    Then I added fairies from the small and medium packs.  Believe me.. YOU will want several of these assortments and there is a LARGE TOO!!  Making a new wish list!!!

I love Gina's Store, I am very excited over the projects I have been able to produce over the last few weeks.  Her chippies have allowed me to create things I would not normally even attempt on my own.  With an awesome selection of chipboard pieces and her MORE than affordable prices I will always come back and refer her to friends and fellow crafters alike.  If you get a chance to check out her site! I am more than sure you will find something that tickles your fancy, personally or for a spectacular gift.  Again, it has been uberly awesome to be a guest designer for her and her company.  Please subscribe to her design team's YouTube Channel , they are a talented bunch and don't forget to LIKE her Facbook page by clicking here and join her Facebook group for even more inspiration by clicking here.

Thanks for all of your warm support!

Believe in Magic: an Art Journal Page With Gina's Designs and ColourArte

Lynne here with an art journal page. As soon as I saw the new Dragon Shapes Set, I knew I HAD to play with one right away. I figured if I believe in dragon magic, why shouldn't I believe in fairy magic too, right?! Makes perfect sense to moi....

 I had originally planned on saving the ColourArte goodies to use on a canvas for next week, but after I ran the dragon through an embossing folder and got a look at the awesome texture, I had a brainstorm and decided I wanted to see what the colours and shimmer of the paints would look like on these pieces.

I layered the Ginger Peach Silkswith splotches of twinkling H20s in Orange Peel and Deep Coral,and I love the effect it created.

The brick panel and loose bricks were coated in a light layer of texture paste before I added the paints, which created a little more dimension.

I didn't get a chance to try out all of the yummy colours in my ColourArte goodie bag, so look for another project from me next week incorporating them as well-most likely something featuring a whole rainbow of colours! Thanks so much for stopping by and have yourself a magical week!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Dragons Shape Set

Garden Fairies Small

Brick wall

ColourArte Products 

Silks-Ginger Peach

Twinkling H20s-Deep Coral, Orange Peel

Other Items Used

BoBunny Juliet papers and embellishments

Donna Salazar Inks

Art Journal Page with Guest Designer Tamiko McCurry

Hey Hey, Happy Wednesday!!  So glad you're taking a moment to check out Gina's blog!  My name is Tamiko and I am the guest host for the month of July!  Ya know, I am totally in awe of the plethora of talent that fills Gina's site!  Her Design Team is awesome and knowledgeable! Well on to my project!  I will be the first to tell you I am guilty of shopping with my eyes and wanting everything new and trendy!  Gina's store is a real call for an #enableralert.  Today's project is art journal page and I hope it makes you smile.

When I saw the Bamboo in Gina's store, I knew I had to have it before I even knew why! I was so glad it came in three nicely sized pieces.  I am using the large Dylusions journal, so that means my pages are 9x12 inches.  I only used one because I like to plan for the future. Yeah that's my story and I am sticking to it! Plus you never know when you need to make a card for a panda loving individual! (haha)  I took my bamboo piece and I covered it with gesso.  

Then I took my  page also covered in gesso and began to lay down some color with my Design Memory Craft Gelatos in various shades of blue.  I rubbed it in with my finger and pow.. I had a nicely colored sky!

Proceeded to add some brown and gold gelatos for a ground. To seal and blend my colors, I  activated them with matte medium.  Then I added my bamboo piece and adhered with my Helmar Premium Craft Glue.  After adding several browns and greens to my bamboo I decided I needed a moon and stars for my gorgeous sky.  As it all was coming together I went and drew my first panda on some card stock and adhered him to the page with glue.  While I usually put a quote or something on my pages, this time I chose not to.  What I felt was really missing was a little sparkle in the sky.  I quickly grabbed some Faber Castell Glass Beads Glitter Gel.  That was the sparkle I needed in the sky and on the ground to create the perfect little twinkle to my chipboard pieces!  Here are a few more photos.  

I hope you enjoyed  my project and thanks again for stopping by!  Don't forget to stop over at Gina's Designs Lasercuts YouTube Channel for additional inspiration and subscribe while you are there!!

Supplies From Gina's Store: 

Bamboo Shape Set 

Celestial Shape Set

A Creative Life - Art Journal Page

Hi, Lynne here! I had a blast putting this lively page together. Gina's Mixed Media Fragments were such a great help!

I belong to an art journaling group that meets once a month, and June's word prompt was "create" or any variation on the word. I love this quote and to me it sums up  paper crafting...there is no wrong because there are no rules and no mistakes! I painted the fragments with acrylic paint then stenciled onto them with my beloved homemade texture paste.

Journal pages ideally should remain fairly flat, but I always find room for a few goodies and a bit of dimension! (no rules, remember!) I did some misting, paint spattering and brushing, stamping, stenciling, printing, gluing, sticker-sticking (and the white strips are drywall tape) There was not much that I didn't try on here. Remember next time you create, there is no wrong in paper crafting - just have fun and make art!!

Gina's Designs Products Used: 
Mixed Media Fragments 2

Amazing Wonder Art Journal Pages

Hello chippie fans.  Barbara here again with my last post as guest designer for Gina's Lasercut Chipboard.  But never fear, I am not gone for good.  I will be back next month as a regular designer on their design team. Yay, I am so excited about this fabulous opportunity.

Anyway, it is no surprise to those who know me that I am super fond of birds.  It is no "wonder" that I am always "amazed" by their sweetness, as well as their ability to fly!  Hence came the name for my journal pages. 

After adding a background of printed tissue paper with matte medium, I blended Radiant Gels Twilight and Celedon on both pages, spritzing with water to keep the transparency.  Then I dabbed a  Radiant Rain Coral Berry dauber along the top edge of journal page, misting with water and allowing the color to run and spread.

Next, I spread Twilight Radiant Gel through a stencil with a spatula and let that dry.  Then I dabbed 

more Radiant Rain Coral Berry randomly over the background, spritzed with water and added Kiwi Radiant Gel, blending the two over the background.

Paint Flights of Fancy Music Girl with flesh tint acrylic paint.  Draw in a few facial details with a pencil. 

Add highlights to her face by mixing white gesso with the flesh tint paint.

Continue coloring face details with markers, and add more flesh tint to blend the features more.

Cover her face with a paper towel and mist with a mixture of Primary Elements China Black and water for hair.  I love the mottled look this gives the hair. 

Dab Radiant Rain Egyptian Gold over two Damask Singles.  Heat emboss the ornamental bird cage with Versamark ink and silver embossing powder.  While the powder is still hot, sprinkle black embossing powder over it to give it an antique silver look.

Spray bird flourish with Fern Radiant Rain mist.  Add Twilight Radiant Gel to the bird only.

Spray Fern Radiant Rain Mist over the leaves and ornament.  These were the punch outs from the large Damask Single.  Nothing goes to waste here.

Dab Egyptian Gold Radiant Rain dabber over words, then mist with Pewter Radiant Rain Mist.  When dry, add Delicata Silver Shimmer randomly over words.

With all the chipboard embellishments completed, adhere to the pages, as shown.  

Left Page

Right Page

 I strung a metal chain from the jewelry section between the Damask Single and the Ornamental Bird Cage.  

Gina's Designs Supplies used:

  Flights of Fancy Music Girl, Damask Singles, Ornamental Bird Cages Shape Set, Words and Phrases 2, Birds and Flourishes

ColourArte: Radiant Gels: Twilight, Celedon

 Radiant Rain Daubers: Egyptian Gold, Coral Berry, Radiant Rain Shimmering Mists: Fern, Pewter

Primary Elements Arte Pigment: China Black

Print Tissue Paper

Embossing Powder: Silver, Black

Markers: Faber-Castell

Stencil: Dylusions

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to check out Gina's Designs for more fabulous chipboard shapes for all of your art work!  If you want even further details on how I made this background, you can visit my blog at Black Hole Art Studio.

See you next month, and have a creative week!

Barbara

Art Journal Page by Mary M

 WOW! March 31. Where did this month go? I hope this post finds you all well and ready for some wonderful spring (or fall for some of you) days! I know I am ready for windows to be open. Today I have another art journal page. Yes, I do believe these are my new addiction. I call this one "Bloom Where You R Planted."

For this one I took a couple of sheets out of a large dictionary that was going to hit the trash.  I cut the pages into strips of different sizes and adhered them to the page with a glue/water mix. Gesso was lightly brushed over the top and allowed to dry before I played around with watercolors. The Prima doll was stamped directly to the page and was colored in with watercolor crayons, paint and marker. Instead of legs, I gave her a stem.

The dragonflies were embossed with Orbit Olive Gold. I used a combination of paint, ink and marker on the flowers and planter. The letters were put on white card stock and I used ink and chalk to define them. 

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.

 Tomorrow Deann is up with the new monthly challenge for Gina's Designs Craft Group on Facebook! And don't forget, this is the month all of our new designers and educators will make their debut!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Spring Shape Set

Other Items Used:

Gesso

Page from a dictionary

Watered down Glue

Crayola watercolor paints

Stampin' Up watercolor crayons

Distress Inks: Bundled Sage, Broken China, Milled Lavender

Alpha stickers from stash

Prima doll stamp
Rubbermoon Art Stamp

Pretty Blooms Stamp Set by Scrappy Cat

Markers

Chalk

Acrylic Paint:Lemon Yellow, Deep Yellow, Medium Yellow, Violet, Portrait Pink, Leaf Green, Dark Green, Limonaide

Orbit Olive Gold by Lindy's Stamp Gang

Bling from stash

"Bee..." Art Journal Page by Mary

Hello fellow crafters. Today I want to share with you my very first art journal page! I had so much fun making this. I learned two things while doing this: there is no wrong way to create and I love making a mess!

I started with page with a coat of gesso. From there, I used all the paint colors listed below to create the background. I just kept adding layers. If I didn't like how the color turned out, I applied more gesso to that area and started again. Once dried, I sprayed Lindy's at the top of the page and let it run down. While the page was still wet I took a paper towel and pressed to absorb the excess. In some places, it lifted the color which added depth. After that I used stamps in select spots across the page.  The brown spots were created by watering down brown paint and using a fan brush to splatter it across the page. The edges of page were inked with Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain and Black Soot.

The honeycomb was first cut a part and then painted brown. Once it was attached to the page, I used my finger to apply gesso in random spots. The bees were first painted yellow and when that was dry, I used black gesso for the markings. The Prima stamp was used on the wings.

 

There were several hexagons pieces that I was able to pop from the honeycomb to use. After the yellow paint was dry, I used some rub-on alpha's and edged the tiles with Walnut Stain and Black Soot.
For the words, I rubbed the letters onto white card stock and then used Walnut Stain along the edges. Once they were adhered to the page, I used a charcoal pencil to create the dark frame around each of them. For a softer look, I used my finger to smudge the lines.

 Gina's Designs Products Used

Honeycomb & Bee Large

Other Products Used:

Paint: Daler Rowney: Medium Yellow, Cream, Yellow Ochre, Lemon Yellow, Brilliant Red, Orange

Folk Art: Daffodil Yellow

Liquitex: Burnt Umber

Gesso

Rub-on Alpha Stamps from my stash

Stamps: RubberMoon - Mixed media 

Prima - #96081

White cardstock

Ink: Tim Holtz Distressed: Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Black Soot

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Summer Lovin' Sun

Black Charcoal

Thank you to all the wonderful artists/crafters that shared their art journals on various social media forums. You have all inspired me to make the leap!