Haunted Mixed Media Tutorial

Hi everyone, Amylove here! Things have begun to cool off here in Georgia and it is really getting me in the Halloween spirit! One of my favorite things is to cover everything in gesso and then watch it come to life by adding colors. I had a wonderful time finger painting on this piece! 

Now that it is finished....the hard part is not letting one of my kids steal it from me! Click on the link below to see the video tutorial for this project:
Haunted Mixed Media Tutorial

Items used:

Gina's Designs:

Cobblestone

Skeleton Shape Set

Spooky Shape Set

Keys and Plates Shape Set

Hinges Shape Set

Gear Shape Set

Clock Hands Shape Set

Art Deco Border and Corners

Gothic Cross Set

Dressform and Wings Shape Set

Haunted (coming soon)

My stash:

black gesso

tissue paper

mod podge

fabritac

embossing powder

metallic markers

Silk Acrylic Glazes

Steampunk Project with Guest Designer Jackie Neal

Hello and welcome everyone!  Jackie Neal here today and I am over the moon excited to be the September Guest Designer here at Gina's Designs!!

The first time I saw Gina's laser cuts used were on a friend's blog. Straight away I had to go check out the store and you know what? I sent my first order in that day!  Thank you Nichola Battilana for turning me on to Gina's Designs!

For my first project, I went all out with Steampunk!

When I received my pieces I knew I had to use the steampunk parts first. I love the chipboard assortment that Gina's has​ to offer; so much to choose from​!

"Fantastic Journey"

The substrate here is an upcycled jewelry box. Perfect to showcase Gina's steampunk elements!
For my gears, I coated the​m with embossing powder and then layer and layers of paint for a grungy, rusty look.​

With the Steampunk card stock doily set, I used embossing paste through a gears stencil over areas on the doilies. When dry, first I added more color to the embossed areas, ​then​ I cut and molded the doilies onto areas of the box​ using gel paste.

Next for my Steampunk lady, I used two different sizes of the dressforms cut and fitted to make her cage dress. She also has on a corset from the Dressforms set as well as Gina's Steampunk Wings.
Behind her in the box there is more of the Steampunk doily as well as FANTASTIC from the Word Ribbon 3 Set.

 Gina's Products used:

Clock Hands Shape Set
Gears Shape Set
Dressforms & Wings Shape Set
Dressforms 2 Miniature Shape Set
Steampunk Shape Set
Cardstock Doily Set Steampunk
Word Ribbons 3

Other products used:
Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder-
Vintage Photo
Wendy Vecchi Clear Embossing Paste
Finn​abair Mica Powder-Copper
​​​Finnabair 3D Gloss Gel​​

DecoArt Media Line Paints


 I absolutely had a blast making this piece and can't wait to show you more of my creations over the next few Wednesdays so be sure to stop back!!
 Make sure to visit back to see the design teams projects daily as well as have a look over on FB for ​​
inspiration​.​
others!

Thanks so much for visiting!
Jackie
http://www.creatingwithoutcrayons-jackiepneal.com/

Once Upon A Time

Hi everyone! Amylove here with a fun project. I love these new crosses in Gina's store, and I am very excited about using them. So here is my take on it:

I like to take many pictures to try and convey the colors and textures. Click on the link below for the  tutorial on how I created this piece!

Once Upon a Time Mixed Media Tutorial

Here are the products I used:

Gina's Designs:

Gothic Cross Set

Wings Assortment

Clock Hands Shape Set

Flourish Set Amanda

Parisian Shape Set

Words & Phrases 2

Other Products:

Gesso

Paint and Ink Sprays

Flat Canvas

eye hooks

chains

charms

rhinestones

E6000

Glossy accent

acrylic paint

Lion Head Knocker

Time Flies Steampunk Plaque Featuring The Robin's Nest Papers

Hi everyone! Amylove here stepping out of my comfort zone with a steampunk theme. I was inspired by picturing these amazing wings behind this little plaque I had laying around, and they worked well together!

This month Gina's Designs is cross promoting with The Robin's Nest and I have used some of there awesome papers on my hot air balloon, hat and the little bow at the base of the balloon.

 

I embossed the wings with some Stampendous Shabby White embossing powder.

 



I enjoyed the process of this piece and will soon be making more Steampunk themed creations!! If you would like to see a video on how I created this, please follow this link to my tutorial:

Time Flies

Products used:

Gina's Designs

Clock Hands Shape Set

Gears Shape Set

Hot Air Balloon Shape Set

Wing Assortment

Other products

Robin's Nest Paper

Robin's Nest Rub On's

black gesso

copper paint

embossing powder

eye hooks

chain

Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays

Distress ink

Stickles

Alarm Clock by Heather

Hello, everyone! Heather Ideas2come here!!  Today I have altered Gina’s alarm clock.

 

First I embossed the sides with Embossing tinsel, I then painted the rest of the clock with copper metallic paint.  I painted some of Gina’s Flourishes with  a light and dark green.  I placed tiny flowers on the Flourishes.  I also used clock hands that I glittered with black.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Gears Shape Set

Alarm Clock

Clock Hands Shape Set

Mini Flourishes Bella

Steampunk 2 Shape Set

Streampunk Chest

Happy Friday! I hope you are all well and have some great plans for this weekend. What I have for you today is what I call my yearly steampunk project! On the top, I used the medium dressform from the Dressform and Wings Shape Set. The set come with three different sizes!  By the bottom of the dressform is one of the clock hands from the Clock Hands Shapes Set. The Heart with Gears is coming soon to the store. You can substitute with one of the hearts from the Steampunk Hearts set.

The drawers have one of the plates from the keys and plates set, several gears, and gears that were part of the Steampunk Frame.  Below you can see the smallest size dressform and wings!

This air balloon was part of the Steampunk Frame with the gear on the left added from the Gears Shape Set.

On this side,  you can see I attached part of the Texture Plate - Gears to it.

This is a close-up. I applied different colors of inks to the raw chipboard. In the picture below, you can see that I used the same texture sheet with texture paste. Once the texture paste was dry, I applied different purple inks over the top of it.

There are several different texture sheets in Gina's Store. Stop by and check them out!

Don't forget Gina's Designs is celebrating three years of being in business so you will get a
Free Birthday Shape Set with all orders over $20.00 during the month of May! 

If you are not already a member of Gina's Designs Craft Group on Facebook, get over there and join! We will be announcing other fun birthday activities there!

Have a great day!
Mary

Gina's Designs Products

Clock Hands Shape Set

Dressforms & Wings Shape Set

Steampunk Frame

Texture Sheet Gears

Gears Shape Set

Keys & Plates Shape Set

Heart of Gears (Coming Soon!!) - you could substitute with Steampunk Hearts

Mixed Media Canvas by Kim F

Good morning friends! Today I am sharing a fun mixed media canvas.  

This is a 4 x 6 canvas I had in my stash and I love the white, blue and black theme.

I started of with a coat of white gesso on the canvas and then used my sprays in coordinating colours.  I then cut several squares with my 2 inch punch and layered them on top of the paint and sprays.

 Next, I got out some stamps and did some stamping in the background. Once that was complete it was time to put on my chipboard pieces.  I layered on some fun pieces from other sets in Gina's store, that is what I love about her shape sets, they have pieces in them that you can use on various projects.

Below here you can see the stackable labels I painted and used my alpha stamp on and then used Gloss Accents over it. I love the high gloss on it.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Stackable Label Set

Postage Stamp Frame

Steampunk Hearts

Clock Hands Shape Set

Pocket Watch Shape Set

X0 X0 Wall Hanging

Other Items Used

Recollections Embossing Powder

Tim Holtz Stamps

Darkroom Door Alpha Stamps

Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays

Ranger Fine Black Embossing Powder

Paper Artsy Beach Hut Paint 

Prima Metal

Blue Roses & Lace from Kraftsupplies4U

Paper Blooms, Chain, Pearl Bling From My Stash

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

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

Santa's Balloon Ride by Dianna

Hi everyone, I hope that your holidays were wonderful!  Here is my take on 

Santa's Christmas delivery from a balloon with a steampunk twist.

I took a 12 x 12 canvas and painted the sides and border a light brown.  I used Mod Podge to seal the paint and adhere the Bo-Bunny: Silver and Gold - Festivities paper.  The compass is from Gina's Designs and painted gold. It looked like it was printed on the paper so I raised it for dimension. 

I used Sparkling H20's Crystal Green on the  raw chipboard and got an iridescent effect on the trees.  I stamped a jingle bells music stamp on the trees and finished the edges with Stickles - Pantina. I placed chipboard under the trees at different thicknesses to create a 3D look.  I hand drew Santa, colored him with Copic markers and used a snow writer on his coat and hat. The chipboard basket was colored with Sparkling H20's and Bo-Bunny paper.  The list was an old stamp on tan paper and distressed with brown ink.

Gina's Designs Mini Display Tray -Hot Air Balloon tops the canvas on a cardboard "hinge".  I used the Sparkling H20's on the outside of the balloon.  Bo-Bunny - Silver and Gold paper line was used on the whole balloon.  I used Tim Holtz rosette die by Sizzix under the clock face and hands, and a super small one was used as a gear.  A fence from Gina's Beach Shape Set was cut down to make a ladder for the elf.  Gina's gears were painted with silver, gold and bronze.  The peppermint was painted white, red and distressed with brown ink to give it a gear look.  I used a Gina's Design Type Writer Key "25" as gear. The snowflake was daubed with Stickles - Icicle, Gold and Pantina. The Bo-Bunny - Elf Magic paper elves were fussy cut out and the magic ticket was punched out using an EK Success Punch.  Gina's flourishes miniatures were painted black and gold.  The dream in a circle is new for Gina's Design and will be available in the store in 2015!

Gina's Designs Products Used
Pine Trees Shape Set
Mini Display Tray
Compass
Gears Shape Set
Skeleton clocks
Clock Hands Shape Set
Christmas Shape Set
Mini Flourishes Bella
Winter Shape Set
Beach Shape Set
Type Writer Keys

Other Products Used
BO-Bunny: Elf Magic & Silver and Gold
12 x 12 canvas
Mod Podge
Paint: light brown, gold, silver, bronze, white, red, black
Sparkling H2O's: Crystal Green
stamps
Stickles: Pantina, Gold, Icicle
Copic Markers
snow writer
brown ink
Tim Holtz: Rosette Die
EK Success Ticket Punch

Steampunk Marie Antoinette by GDT Amador

This steampunk Marie Antoinette monochromatic cage was created by guest designer Amador!

Here is a great view of the back of her showing many of Gina's Designs products.

Gina's Designs Products Used

Steampunk Cage - Dressform

Steampunk Hearts

Steampunk Fan

Feathers Shape Set

Layered Flourish Chloe Small

Paris Shadowbox - the Fleur-de-lis

Clock Hands Shape Set

Art Doll - Small