Celestial Tag

Hello all you lovely chipboard lovers. Shanna here today I wanted to do some simple mixed media. 

I created the background playing with one of the new Tim Holtz color Hickory Smoke Distress Paint. I then went over some of that with Weathered Wood Distress Stain. 

I then splatter some white gesso on top of the tag. I used a favorite stamp from Viva Las Vegastamps and thought the plain chipboard really makes this tag pop. I finished the tag with the Tim Holtz small talk. 

I do hope you love the tag. I would love to see the what you create over on the Gina's Designs Facebook Group. 

Items Used:

Celestial Shape Set

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

Christmas in July Tags

I everyone! Amylove here! Christmas is one of my favorite times of year so I couldn't resist putting together some Christmas in July tags!! I decided to go vintage with this batch and I learned some new techniques along the way.

The tags turned out lovely and I am sure their new owners will be pleased also. If you would like more information on the techniques I used on these tags, please follow this link to my video tutorial:

Christmas in July Tags Tutorial

Here is the list of supplies I used:

From Gina's Designs:

Celestial Shape Set

Pine Tree Shape Set

10 Words

Words & Phrases 1

Words & Phrases 2

From my stash:

Gesso

Paper flower

Stickles

Glitter

Mod Podge

Distress Ink

Christmas Paper

Glossy Accent

Seam Binding

Eyelash Trim

Spackle

Prima Stencil

Lace

Thank you for checking them out!!

"I Love You to the Moon and Back" Mixed Media Canvas

Hi all!! Amylove here again with another mixed media canvas. As soon as I saw the Celestial Shape Set, I knew I wanted to make this canvas for a dear friend of mine. She says "I love you to the moon and back" to me and it warms my heart! This canvas will very shortly be on it's way to Norway!

I had a lot of fun trying out some new techniques on this project. If you would like to see how I put this together, please follow this link to my tutorial:

Mixed Media Tutorial

Here is the list of supplies I used:

From Gina's Store:

Celestial Shape Set

From my stash:

8X10 canvas

gesso

paint sprays

destress ink

flowers

mod podge

gold leafing liquid

marabou feathers

pearl sprays

An Utterly Nonsensical Wishing-Go-Round

Being utterly nonsensical once in a while is good for the soul. 

So, I am pleased to present a completely ridiculous project this month.

I offer you a glittery 'Wishing-Go-Round'. This 15" slice of whimsy is created with Gina's Moon & Stars String Alongs, Celestial Shape Set, Spool, a bit of scrapbook paper and a whole lot of glitter.

I know some people aren't keen on glitter... but the stuff makes me positively giddy. It really adds a dash of magic to this piece.

If you'd like to create your own twinkling thing-a-ma-bob I have a video tutorial for you HERE. 

Questions? Feel free to ask and I'll try to help.

I 100% encourage nonsense and whimsy after all :)

Gina's Designs Supply List:

String Alongs - Moon & Stars 

Celestial Shape Set

 Spool Large 

Other Supply List

Scrapbook Paper

 Glitter 

White glue

 Hot glue 

Thin Fleur Dresden Borders - Gold

Star Wired Garland 

Celestial themed charms such as: Man in the Moon - Raw Brass 

The Moon Sees Me Tag by Mary

Happy Sunday, folks! I have a cute tag for my Gina's Designs DT project featuring stamps by RubberMoon! When I saw the "See the Moon Words" stamp, I thought of the Celestial Shape Set from Gina's!

I started by using one of Gina's x large chipboard tag and applied gesso to it. After the gesso was dried, I used various sprays, drying between different colors. Once I achieved a color, I used the inksplat stamp

All the chipboard pieces had a layer of gesso applied to them. After that I painted the shapes with appropriate colors. On the cloud I used RubberMoon's "See the Moon Words" stamp.

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Chipboard Decorative Tags X Large

Celestial Shape Set

RubberMoon

mixed media inksplat -art stamp

see the moon words

Other Products Used:

Paint: Medium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Deep Yellow, Brilliant Blue, Lamp Blue, Butter Milk

Gesso

Lindy's Stamp Gang: Danny Zuko's Denim, Whale Water Blue, Ocean Blue, Tiffany Lou Blue, Bachelor Button Blue

Ribbon from my stash

glitter

Layout

Good day everyone. Shanna here to share a new layout I created.

I left my chipboard pretty basic although my stars really had to shine.

I added glass glitter with some gloss gel medium to keep up the shine in any gaps.

I left the chain-link blank because I think it popped off all of the colors. I love adding the rest of the embellishments but I think my favorite was the stars.

Items Used:

Chainlink 8x8 Panel

Celestial Shape Set