Sparkly Christmas cards by Lynne

Hi there! The grass here is still green (although the weather people are saying we might see some of the "white stuff" over the next couple days), but I had a glimpse of a white winter wonderland the last day I was in BC last week and was inspired to create snowy-looking elements on my cards...

Since the fussy-cut ornaments on the blue card had silver details on them, I decided to heat-emboss the open heart pieces in silver. The plain heart I primed with gesso then coated with white glue before covering with clear glass glitter top create a snowy heart.

On the grey card I chose a softer look by priming the pieces with gesso then heat-embossing them with white glitter embossing powder (it took two coats to get an evenly sparkly effect).

Both cards look much more snowy and sparkly in real life of course-have some fun playing with glittery products on your chipboard goodies when you create Christmas projects this year-even if you live somewhere tropical you can have a white Christmas! Thanks a bunch for stopping by and have a wonderfully crafty and creative week!

Gina's Items Used

Build a Layout-lovebirds (small solid heart)

mini flourishes Bella

winter shape set (snowflakes)

cupid's shape set (open heart circle-cut in half)

Other Items Used

Kaisercraft Silver Bells paper pad

Stampendous Aged Silver embossing powder

ColorBox chunky glitter

Ranger embossing powder-Bridal Tinsel

I've Got Sunshine - Shadow Box

Hi! Ever get a line from a song stuck in your head and you can't get rid of no matter what? Lynne here with a shadowbox project inspired by one of those lines (some people call it an "earworm" when that happens, but that expression kind of creeps me out. I'm not a huge fan of slithery things!)

I love the sun pieces from the Sweet Summer Shape set and used one of those here. I covered it with coordinating paper and inked the edges. The bird piece was from the Lovebirds Set. I dry-embossed it, then painted and inked it to add dimensional colour.

I loved the sunny colours in the papers I chose, and the fussy-cut butterflies and bright florals added to the theme. The adorable glass squirrels are just a personal touch by "Scrappy Squirrel"!! The cheesecloth made me think of floating clouds and the song lyrics just plain make me happy! Have yourself a happy, sunshiny day, and thanks heaps for stopping by!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Memory Tray Shadowbox

Build a Layout Lovebirds

Sweet Summer Shape Set

Mini Flourishes Bella

Other Products Used

Blue Fern and Craft and You Design papers

Prima flowers

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Doodlebug Designs alphas

My Friendship Bus Layout

Hi there-Lynne here with a layout that's dear to my heart. I found this picture on Facebook and it is so very ME that I just had to use it for a page:

I'm pretty introverted and have a very small circle of friends who mean the world to me, so this layout sums it all up.

I used Stampendous Aged Copper embossing powder on the chain and the gears, dry-embossed the little car, then painted it and rubbed it with black ink, and I painted the hearts and title letters, then embossed them with UTEE.

Thanks so much for stopping by; whether your circle of friends would fit on a "short bus" like this one or you'd need a Greyhound bus, cherish every one of them for they're one of the greatest blessings in life! Hugs!

Gina's Items Used
Texture Sheet gears

Chain Borders
Miniatures Shape Set-Guy Thing
Steampunk Hearts
Build a Layout-Love Birds

Other Items Used
Stampendous Embossing powder-Aged Copper
BoBunny Somewhere In Time papers
Memory Box stencil-harlequins
Prima Stencil-static
UTEE

Love You Valentine Layout by Kim

Hello friends and Happy Valentines Day tomorrow! I wanted to show a rather non traditional Valentine project today, and the X0X0 Wall Hanging was the perfect base for it! I used some of the Enchanted Garden paper from Bo Bunny as my base, then used some sprays in matching colors, and some texture paste and script stamp. This completed the background and I was ready to embellish.

 

 The heart above is from the Build A Layout Love Birds Set which I embossed in a teal color and added some glitter for sparkle. The X and 0 from the wall hanging I also did the same treatment to just using a different color.

Below is the Love You Script, also from the Love Birds set. I used just some fine white embossing powder, as there was enough color going on, and I wanted the sentiment to stand out.

 The fairies are fussy-cut from the paperline and for their wings I used some butterfly stickers I was sent from a friend. They worked out perfectly.

 Finally, in the top corner of the layout, I used the Butterfly Corner, which is a new piece from Gina. I painted it with some Silks Acrylic Glazes in different colors to pick up on the color theme I was going for. I added some flowers to the corner and also used some Prima Resin Butterflies throughout the piece to finish it off.

I really enjoyed making this piece. It was a lot of fun to think outside the box and use some very non traditional colors and themes for Valentines Day. 

I hope you will pop over to Gina's Store and check out all the new pieces she has in stock!

Happy Valentines to everyone!

Gina's Designs Pieces Used

Build A Layout Love Birds

Butterfly Corner Top

X0X0 Wall Hanging

Other Items Used

Silks Acrylic Glazes

Prima Resin, Damask Stencil, Script Stamp and Metals

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Flowers from Kraftsupplies4U

Bo Bunny Enchanted Garden Paper

Bo Bunny Ephemera

Wow Embossing Powders and Glitter Tinsel

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

Mini Album by Dianna

Hi everyone, I hope the weather is treating you well and not dumping snow where you live.  Below are the first six pages of my first ever mini album.  This mini album was created for January's color challenge on Gina's Designs Craft Group located on Facebook.  A designer for Gina's Designs and co-host of the Craft Group Page, Deann McNulty, challenged members to create an item using the below colors. 

 I decided to challenge myself even more and create a mini album.  There was a lot of stress and yes, I will say it, cursing on my part, but it turned out to be a labor of love and something I really enjoyed creating.   Please enjoy the first six pages of this mini album (yes it is completed and you will have to visit the Craft Group page or my blog page to see the finished product in a couple of days). 

The first page is one of the last pages that I created. It has two folds that are interactive and fold upward.  The key, flourish and double hearts are from Gina's Designs.  I sprayed them with a favorite of mine, Maya Mist -  Blue Agave and then used Stickles, a lime color, on them. All pages in this mini album were distressed with Vintage Photo ink.  The owl is from Rubber Moon.

The second page is a sideways interactive fold that was punched and attached to the folder.  The owl stamp was colored with Copic markers and placed on a Gina's Designs flourish and love ticket.  Both chipboard pieces were sprayed with Maya Mist.

The third page has Gina's Designs scribble frame hearts and flowers. I left the top open so that a picture can be placed inside. The butterfly is from Gina's delicate frames and ornaments.  I used Blue Agave on both, but with the butterfly, I sprayed it three times not waiting for it to dry. This gave it a tie dye effect. The owl is a punch from Hobby Lobby.

The fourth page is actually my first page. You can see the manilla folders used to create the 4 x 6 pouches that are used on each page.  Inside each pouch is a pull out for two pictures (one on each side).  The double hearts and dream butterfly frame are from Gina's Designs and sprayed with Maya Mist.  The pocket was made with Taylored Expressions, Tag Pocket.  I made the tags with my new Fiskers tag punch (very cool, it punches the tag, creates the hole and puts the eyelet). 

The fifth page is an interactive downward fold. The flag with the word stamp was made with a Fiskers punch and the dragonfly was a punch. The inside flower was made with punches.

The sixth page was a downward interactive fold.  The Love is from Gina's Designs 10 words and top was painted white and distressed.  I punched out a small tag and cut out one of the flowers, poped it up and added a rhinestone.

Gina's Designs Products Used

Delicate Frames and Ornaments Shape Set

Flourish Miniatures

Flourish Set Amanda

Valentine Shape Set

Wooden Shape Set Keys and Plates

Build a Layout - Love Birds

Scribble Frames Hearts and Flowers

10 Words



Bee Happy Canvas

Greetings from chilly and snowy Ontario! Lynne here with a summery canvas to chase away the winter blues. I had a great time creating this with the fun bees and gorgeous new word art from Gina's (although I didn't have such a great time cleaning up the half bottle of yellow spray mist that I spilled all over my work table at one point-ugh!)

I used chipboard from several different packages. Most of them were simply painted with acrylic paint and then they picked up a bit of mist which integrated them to the colors of the canvas. The honeycombs were painted then rubbed with ink.The bees were painted black and yellow, then the wings were stamped with Versamark and heat-embossed. I added black stripes of flocking to the bodies. I also bent the wings a bit for dimension and realism.

Thanks a bunch for stopping by, and remember to bee happy, and bee creative!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

pointing hand from Steampunk Lightbulb Set

Gears Shape Set

heart from Build a Layout-lovebirds 

Curly Word-happy

Honeycomb and Bees-medium

Other Items Used

grunge board alphabet

black flocking

Mister Hueys, Tattered Angels, Perfect Pearls mists

gesso

Valentine Storage Box by Donna

Hi scrappy friends!
Today I'm sharing a 14 x 14 lid of a cardboard box I use to store all of my Valentine papers and embellishments. I wanted a decorated box using the colors of my scrap area; black, white, and red.  I also wanted something fun and used Gina's chipboard shapes to embellish the box.

I basically made a layout on the top of the lid, and then covered the sides with black gesso and paper.

I used many different techniques to alter the chipboard. Most of the pieces were primed with gesso.
I used red and black ink on several of the pieces. The lovebirds were heat embossed with clear embossing powder before adding some red ink. The page frame was painted with crackle paint and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Please stop by Gina's Designs store and see the all of the new shapes that have just been added!
Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Build a Layout Lovebirds

Clock Hands Shape Set

Hasps

Page Frame swirled

All Boy Shape Set

Scribbled Frames Hearts and Flowers
Hearts Wall Hanging

Other Products Used

Carte Bella - Yesterday collection papers

Roses-I am Roses

White gesso

Crackle paint

White embossing powder

Love Birds Heart Wall Hanging by Kim

Hello friends! Today I would like to share with you this beautiful heart wall hanging. This is a fairly new product in Gina's store, and it's perfect for Valentine's Day!  I wanted to do it up in a shabby vintage style. This fun project is hanging in my craft room.

I first painted the hearts in the colors to go in my craft room. The first and last ones are a light pink. I then tore up some lovely rose themed paper and mod podged it in different spots on the hearts. For the center of each one, I dangled the smaller heart by punching a hole and using jump rings to attach them.  I then layered on more of the paper and the corrugated cardboard that comes with the wall hanging. I added some texture paste for dimension.  The birds from the Build A Layout Love Birds set were heat embossed.

I attached some crocheted lace to each piece to create the wall hanging.

For the two middle hearts I painted them in a teal color, then layered on some paper to match and cut up a vintage pink doily to lay over the top. I used some of Gina's gorgeous wings, which I heat embossed. I then added an angel and flowers to each to finish them off.

 

Lastly, the final heart got the same treatment as the first pink one. I added a metal number 14 to represent Valentine's Day, a pretty cameo, and flowers as well.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Pick up one of these for yourself or give it to a friend for a great Valentine's Gift.

Thanks for stopping by!

 Gina's Designs Items Used

Hearts Wall Hanging

 Build A Layout Love Birds
Wings Shape Set

Other Items Used

Paper Artsy Paints

Bo Bunny Madeline Paper

Prima Angels

Tim Holtz Metal

Lace and Metal Hearts from Kraftsupplies4U 

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Doilies and Cameos From My Stash

Cards to Make People Smile!

Hi! Lynne here with some happy cards inspired by the Valentine-themed pieces in my latest goody box from Gina, as well as some of the other great items.

I love painting my chipboard, then stamping and heat-embossing it for  an ornate effect, like I did on the clock and large heart here:

For this one, I trimmed a birdhouse piece to become the jail cell (my friend and I call each other our partner in crime!) and added the lovely heart flourish piece as well:

This card is for a bird-lover's birthday, so the cage and the bird on the branch were perfect accents! I first dry-embossed the birdcage. I then covered it with crackle finish before heat embossing it. Texture paste was applied to the branch before I heat embossed that piece:

I placed the inside sentiments next to the cards to give you a better idea of the finished items (and the first two really wouldn't have made much sense without them!)
Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a wonderfully creative week!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Build a Layout-lovebirds
Ornamental Birdcages Shape Set
Bird on Branch Assortment
Skeleton Clocks
Clock Hands Shape Set

Other Items Used
BoBunny Avenues papers
Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs papers
Marion Smith Posh papers

Valentine Card and Gift Bag

Good morning, Deann here with a Valentine card and gift bag.

Instead of decorative paper, I used laces to cover the card base and Glassine bag.

On the card I used the "Love You" from Build a Layout Lovebirds and the Hearts Border Sticks.

I thought the aluminum roses look great in the center of the hearts.

   

The gift bag was made with a Glassine bag that I covered with lace and trim.

The center of the bag started with a doily. I added a leaf, a flower, and then a button on top. I painted an arrow from the Say Cheese Shape Set. 

(((HUGS)))

Gina's Designs Products Used

Say Cheese Shape Set 

Border Sticks-Hearts

Build A Layout Lovebirds

Other Products Used

 KraftSupplies4u