"Always Remember" Canvas

Hello! Today I would like to share a very special piece I created in honor of my husband's grandmother. I found this picture of her holding my baby daughter and knew that a canvas was going to be made. I found the perfect accents from Gina's Designs to enhance the layout. I love the effect and hope you do to!

 I coated all of the chipboard in gesso and once dried, I spray them with various shades of gray and blue. With an old credit card I layered some thick gesso in the background and sprayed it. Next I arranged the chipboard borders around the photo and adhered it down to the canvas. 

 These words were done the same way, but I also added embossing powder. The shadows were added with a paint bush.

These words are perfect to honor someone in your next creation. I hope you give it a try! Thanks for stopping by! I also have a video of this project Gina's Designs Lasercuts' YouTube channel and on my YouTube channel.

Gina's Designs Items Used:

Border Sticks Lace

Butterfly Corner Top 

Curly Word Always

Curly Word Remember

Other items used:

Gesso

Lindys Stamp Gang Sprays

& Embossing Powder

"Remember" Mixed Media Piece

Hi everyone!! This is Amy Love and I am very excited to bring you my first tutorial for Gina's Designs! My Mother-in-law just celebrated her 70th birthday and this was among the wonderful pictures on display. She is about 16 or 17 here and in one of her brother's weddings. She had seven brothers, so we are not sure which wedding this was. I was honored to use this photo on my first piece.

Please follow this link to the video tutorial on how I created this beautiful piece. "Remember" Mixed Media Tutorial

Items used from Gina's Designs

Flourish Frame-Sienna

Flourish Set-Amanda  

Curly Word- Remember

Cardstock Doily Set Intricate

Items used from my personal stash

12"X12" Gesso Board

Gesso
Mod Podge
E6000

Spackle

Stencil

Lace

Home made sprays

Shimmer Mists
Embossing Powders

Flowers

flat back pearls

beautiful picture of my Mother-in-law

Remember the Journey

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a layout for Gina's Designs. My mother-in-law took this photo at Land's End, in Cornwall.

I had a lot of fun decorating chipboard, as usual! For the background I applied texture paste on a texture sheet, then sponged on gesso. I then painted with Viva Modeling Cream, then a little Lindy's, watercolors, and Twinkling H20s. I prepped all the chipboard with gesso. I drew some detail on the seahorse with a pencil, then painted it with brown watercolor. I added some gold perfect pearls. I took off some of the brown later with a wet brush, to give it a little more dimension, and put some more paint on different areas. On the gears on the upper right,and the flourish at the right of the photo I poured gold embossing powder on wet gesso, then heated it. The gesso made it bubble up for some extra texture.I dry brushed some Vintaj patina paint on top. I painted the gears at the bottom right and center of the photo with brown watercolor, I applied a layer of glossy accents and put the items on a pile of crushed up mica flakes. I topped them with some patina paint. For the title work I painted with twinkling H20s, then put on some Versamark embossing ink. I poured on chunky clear embossing powder and heated it. 

Thanks for looking, and I hope you find some scrappy time for yourself today!

Gina's Designs products used:

Texture Sheet Diamonds

Gears Borders and Corners Miniatures

Steampunk Frame
Curly Word: Remember
Sea Horse Shapes
Layered Flourish Renata Small

Other Products:
Paper by My Mind's Eye
Prima flowers
 Twinkling H20's
Viva Colour Modeling Cream
Lindys Stamp Gang
Perfect Pearls
Windsor and Newton Watercolors
Tsukineko Chalk Ink
Sizzix Tattered Florals
Liquitex Texture Paste
Sizzlits Spring Greenery
Vintaj Patina Paint
Stampendous Mica Flakes
Martha Stewart Silicone Mold
Melta Art Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel