"CREATE"-Altered Paint Palette

Hello my crafty and creative friends! Lynne here with an altered wooden paint palette. I've seen seen some beautiful projects made using these and decided it would be fun to try using some of the unique and interesting chipboard pieces from Gina's.

I primed the palette with gesso, then arranged  and attached the chipboard, corrugate, flowers, metal, paintbrush and stenciling with texture paste before adding a second coat of gesso.  I then painted the entire surface with metallic silver acrylic paint before using Twinkling H20s to create a rainbow of colour on my project.

Afterwards I added a few clusters of mica flakes for sheen and a bit of different texture. This was such a fun project to create, giving me a chance to mix and match all sorts of goodies, and I love the effect of the paints over the silver background! Thanks so much for stopping by, and hope you have a wonderfully creative week!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Steampunk Lightbulb set

Gear Borders and Corners Miniature

Gears Shape Set

Butterflies and Dragonflies

Other Items Used

ColourArte Twinkling H20s

Metallic silver acrylic paint

Prima and Crafter's Workshop stencils

Metal gears and shapes

misc. flowers and embellishments

You Make Me Smile Mini Album

Hello friends and welcome to Gina's Designs Blog today!  This is Debbie with you today sharing a mini album I made from scratch.  The cover, spine and back cover are made with some pieces of chipboard I had in my stash.  

I started this album out by covering it with patterned paper.  I have several of these older K and Company paper pads with matching embellishments so I decided to start making mini albums with them.  So far I've made 4 or 5, but love the colors on this one the most. I covered the spine with some lacy flower trim.

 The technique I used on the chipboard pieces is a several step process but love how it all turned out.  I started out by coating all the pieces with gesso.  

Step 2 is to paint with acrylic paint.

Step 3 emboss with a Hologram embossing powder- Hologram embossing powder has a glittery texture to it.

Step 4 is to spray with glimmer mist or your favorite spray and reheat the chipboard while the misting is still wet.  This should complete all your chipboard pieces.  

The next step is to decorate the front of your album!

 In this photo you can see that I added a little texture with modeling paste and a stencil.

Add flower on top of your Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Add your butterflies from the Butterflies & Dragonflies set.

 A few pages on the inside of the mini.  There are several pockets for tags and photos or keepsakes.

Gina's Designs Products used:

 Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Butterflies & Dragonflies 

Words and phrases 2

Flourish Set Amanda

Thanks for stopping by Gina's blog today! 

Debbie

Dream Butterfly Canvas with Colour Arte

Hi everyone!! Amylove here sharing my excitement of teaming up with ColourArte for this project! Once I got these products in my hands, I couldn't wait to play! I woke up at 4am one morning with this project in my head and I went straight to work.

I had never worked with ColourArte products before and I learned a lot through this process. If you would like to see how I created this, please follow this link to my video tutorial:

Butterfly Dream Canvas Tutorial

Products I used:

Gina's Designs

Flight of Fancy Butterfly Girl

Butterflies and Dragonflies

Spring Shape Set

10 Words Set
Cardstock Doily Set intricates

ColourArte

Twinkling H2O's

Silks Acrylic Glazes

My Stash

8" X 10" Canvas

Gesso

Gel Medium

Paper Flowers

Paper Butterflies

"Dream" Mixed Media Canvas by Kim C.

Well this week I tackled something that I have been wanting to try for awhile; a mixed media canvas. This is my very first one! I am very happy with the way it came out.

I used an 8x10 canvas to create this project.

I used several of Gina's Designs Lasercuts on this canvas.

 To create some texture, I used modeling paste and a stencil on the canvas.  I then added several lasercuts to the canvas: butterflies, a vine with a leaf, mixed media fragment, the word dream and a key with a keyhole.  I then painted everything with gesso so that I had a base to add my pastel paints.  To finish off the canvas I added some walnut stain spray to give some shading under the elements I used on the canvas.

Under the vine I added some lace and cheesecloth to give more texture.  I also added some beads to the vine from my stash. Metal corner pieces were added to two of the corners which I also gessoed.  A metal butterfly was added to the largest butterfly.  I then finished it off with adding white roses, which I used pastel pink paint on.  I also added red rosebuds that I gessoed to soften them up, along with some beaded sprays that I cut up and tucked in.  Under the white rose to the left is a metal flower from my stash.

In this corner I have the mixed media fragment along with a paper doily and cheesecloth - more texture!!  I then added the word "Dream".  I then added a resin frame and I have a small butterfly inside and then added more lace above the frame.  Again more texture!  To finish off the corner I added some flowers and a beaded spray.  I used gesso on the red rosebuds to soften them up. Pastel pink paint was added to the white rose.

Here I have the lasercut key and keyhole, to which I added a metal key on top.  I then gessoed and used my pastel paints.  I finished it off with 2 small open roses.

The more I look at my canvas the more I am very happy with it.  I hope you like what I have done!

Gina's Designs Items Used:

Mixed Media Fragments 1

Keys & Plates

10 Words Shape Set

Butterflies & Dragonflies

Grape Vines

Other Items Used:

Gesso

Pastel Paints: Pink, Blue, Green

Flowers

Beaded Spray

Laces

Beads

Metal Key and Flower

Paper Doily

Cheesecloth

Resin Frame

Wooden Clock

Stencil

Modeling Paste

Have a scrapping good day!

Kim C. :)

Altered ATC Shrine

Hi everyone, Shanna here with some spring to share!!!

I really wanted to have something bright and uplifting on my desk!

Something to remind me spring is here (even though it may not feel like it).

So I created a spring-like ATC Shrine. I love these little containers and it has been a while since I have played with one.

I added a label to the front titling this shrine "Happiness."  Each piece got a cover with gesso than with some Distress Paints. The purple I toned down with gesso.

I painted the shrine first with gesso than with Broken China Distress Paint. I then dry brushed gesso all over the container again.

I decorated the inside with Graphic 45 papers, moss, and a cute little butterfly, which was painted with Distress Paint and given a coat of Crackle Accents. 

Gina's Designs Items Used:

ATC Shrine - Window 1

Butterflies and Dragonflies Shape Set

Stackable Label Shape Set

I do hope you are enjoying your current weather or that better weather is on the way! 

Mixed Media Altered Clock by Kim

Hello friends, today I would like to share a new item in Gina's Store. This is the Picket Fence Clock. I chose to do a black and blue theme, as this will be the clock I use in my crafty studio, and I love these color tones. 

I started off by painting the base in a flat black and using some turquoise paint along the fence rails.  I papered the fence with the lovely Fly Away paper from 13 Arts.  I dry brushed more of the turquoise on top of the paper to give a worn look to the fence.

I added some Tim Holtz rub-ons with butterflies, words and numbers to give it a grunge feel.

I added some of the dragonflies from the butterflies and dragonflies set. I painted them in matching colors and then used gold embossing powder as an accent. I dotted the wings with glossy accents and dipped them in some glitter glass to give them sparkle. I added some flowers to the base to finish it off and I love how it came out!

I papered the clock in matching paper from the paper collection and painted the clock in a matte black.  I am very pleased with this clock it will be a great addition to my crafty space!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Butterflies and Dragonflies Set

Desk Clock Picket Fence

Other Items Used

 13 Arts Paper Fly Away

13 Arts Turquoise Paint

Tim Holtz Rub Ons

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Kraftsupplies4U Flowers

Stampendous Glitter Glass

Recollections Embossing Powder

Americana Black Paint

Projects by Kim and by Shanna for our October Cross Promotional

Happy Friday Friends!  We have two more fun projects to share today as our month long cross promotional with Gina's Designs and Craftsupplies1 continues.  First up today is Kim to share her latest project. 

Today I would like to share with you my mixed media canvas. I have titled this canvas "Birds of a Feather", as it features the Feathers Shape Set from Gina's Designs and also some amazing items from Craftsupplies1.

I started the canvas with some tissue paper in blue, and some stamps with a feather image in the background. I then mod podged it onto the canvas and added some sprays in matching colors to give more texture to the background.

I used some of the black and silver trim from Craftsupplies1 to mimic a branch shape to have the birds sit on.

I used the new Scribbly Frame  - Birds behind my stamped image of the birds and embossed it in black and teal. I then tucked the feathers in and around the images of the birds and added some beautiful flowers and pearl strands from Craftsupplies1.

 I also used some of the acrylic hearts from Craftsupplies1 to accessorize the piece.  They were the perfect colors of black and teal.

I hope you enjoyed taking a peek at my project today. Don't forget to check out both stores, the links are below! Have a great weekend everyone!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Scribble Frame - Bird (coming soon)

Feathers Shape Set

Craftsupplies1 Items Used

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

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

Black & Silver Trim

Aqua Flowers

Blue Flowers

White Spray

Blue and Black Acrylic Hearts

Other Items Used

Dina Wakley Scribbly Birds Stamps

Tissue Paper

Hero Arts Feathers Stamps

Rubbermoon Wish Stamp

Lindys' Stamp Gang Embossing Powder

Delta Soy Paint

Stayzon Ink

Color Box Ink

Melissa Francis Washi Tape

Mod Podge

Next up is Shanna with an altered project to share.  I really love the unique and fun fantasy feel!

Hey everyone Shanna here with a new project to share. This month the team has been sharing creations from our cross promotion with Craftsupplies1.

 I had something that was just waiting to be altered and I had yet to play with the Mushroom Shape Set. So I dove in with some fun papers and got to work.

I gave each chipboard piece a coat of gesso. After that the mushrooms got some Lindy's spray and gold rub n buff. 

The butterflies also got a coat of rub n buff. 

I also added some fun flowers, lace, and metal pieces from Craftsupplies1.

Gina's Designs Lasercut Items:

Butterflies and Dragonflies Shape Set

Mushrooms Shape Set

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

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

Cards by Shanna

Hello Friends!  It's Shanna here,  and I'm back again with cards to share that I created for Gina's Designs Lasercuts. I am beyond excited to share these. I love making cards and these were so fun to make. 

First up is my Thank You card. I used some Prima papers and flowers, and painted my chipboard with gesso. For the Fern Fronds I gave those an extra coat of Prima Chalk Ink. 

For the second card I just love love love this one. I used the newest collection from Prima called Forest Green. I paired it with a Wood Element, Dragonfly, and Birdcage from Gina's Designs. 

I put a image in the heart and covered it with Glossy Accents!

The birdcage got a coat of gesso and the dragonfly got Distress Paint and Crackle Accents.

Items Used:

Butterflies and Dragonflies

Ornamental Birdcages Shape Set

Wooden Charm - Heart

Tulip Scroll Corners

Fern Fronds

Nautical Shrine by Shanna and Mixed Media Canvas by Brigitte

Hi Everyone!  We have two amazing designers on the blog today sharing very different types of projects.  First up is Shanna.

Hi everyone. Shanna here today to share an ATC Shrine I decorated.

I painted my shrine with red acrylic paint and distressed the surface a bit, then lined the inside with Graphic 45 papers.

I fussy cut some of the images from the papers and placed sand underneath them!

Items Used:

Gina's Designs - Nautical Shrine

Next up today is Brigitte with a mixed media canvas.

Hello crafty friends!  I have a burlap canvas to share with you today featuring my daughter's first grade class photo, beautifully highlighted with Gina's laser cuts.

I primed the canvas in spots with Gesso and sprayed the colors I chose as a base for the canvas and began applying all the pieces in my vision :)  I primed all of the laser cuts with Gesso and used sprays and embossing powders until I got the desired results for each piece.

Here I embossed the smallest Skeleton Clock in this set and layered the clock hands from the shapes set followed by a butterfly from the Butterflies and Dragonflies set.  The Leafy Cluster is the base layer and was sprayed with two different colors to coordinate perfectly :)

And finally on the right side of the canvas I showcase the banner border which I cut to fit and the "Beautiful" phrase from the Words and Phrases 1 set.  I am so happy with how this came out and would not have been able to make it happen without Gina's designs!

Thank you for taking a peek, I hope you like it!  xo, Brigitte

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Skeleton Clocks

Leafy Cluster Base

Butterflies and Dragonflies

Words and Phrases 1

Banner Border Strips

Clock Hands Shape Set