Layout by Melissa and Graduation Card Box by Heidi

First up today we have a gorgeous textural mixed media layout by Melissa.

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a layout using Gina's Designs Lasercuts.

I have scrapped a photo of a cousin visiting from Sweden, his girlfriend, and my Father-in-Law.

On this layout, I used texture paste on one of our texture sheets, using it as a stencil.  I painted the raised areas with silk acrylics, and outlined them with a gel pen.  On the gears chipboard I painted with gesso, followed by copper pigment ink, gold lumieres, a bit of Vintaj patina, and more lumieres in blue.  I put a layer of  Utee over everything, and rubbed a little gold perfect pearls on the raised areas.

There are a few pieces of bamboo leaves that I painted with gesso, chalk ink, and silk acrylic. I coated the surface with magic medium, and I brushed a little deco paint pen on.  For the crow at the bottom left, I used gesso, texture paste for feathers, and black acrylic paint.  I coated it with glossy accents, and I rubbed on a few colors of jaquard mica powders.  For the honeycomb at the upper left, I used gesso, and glossy accents.  While the glue was wet I poured on embossing powder. I didn't follow with a heat gun, preferring the way it looked dry.  Thanks for looking!

Chipboard used:

Texture Sheet Gears

Steampunk Fan

Bamboo Shape Set

Steampunk Borders

Honeycomb and Queen Bees ATC Sized

Other products used:

Pink Paislee paper

Prima flowers, brads, and script stamp

A small piece of Winter is Coming paper by UHK Gallery

Tim Holtz gear, rub-ons, and crackle accents

Twinkle H20s

lumieres

Silk Acrylics

Tsuineko chalk inks

Crayola glitter glue

Stickles

glass glitter

Dry stickles

Magic Medium by Mod Podge

Next up is Heidi with a fun and unusual graduation themed project.

 Hello all my friends.  Today is kind of a sad day for me as this will be my last post for Gina's Designs.  I have really enjoyed this team as the product is something different than what I was used to using, very nice quality and very versatile as well.  And most of all, Gina is such a generous owner and is eager to work with the design team to let them give ideas and design things with her.  So I will miss this team.....  but will surely check back and see how everyone is doing!  

  So on to the project which is a graduation  card box.  I had been seeing these with flowers and my first thought was to use the graduation set which is a set that I had asked Gina to design for us and then Heidi's stars, which I designed and Gina put into work for me (and I adore them!).  I did this one in Red and Black for my son's graduation as these are his school colors.  The graduation items I spray painted and the stars I used some Adirondack paint.  

Here is a closer picture of the box using the graduation hat and a little stickles on the tassle!  I also added a few little twirlies that are just cardstock rolled around a pencil- I thought it was cute to add the little extra fillers.  

Gina's Designs Products: 

Graduation Shape Set

Heidi's Stars Shape Set

Whimsical Fairy Watering Can from Jennifer and A Little China Cabinet from Heidi

Hello Friends today we have some amazing projects by two of our designers. First up is our Guest Designer Jennifer who has created this whimsical Spring Fairy Watering Can!

Here you can see one of our Fairies perched upon the spout of the can, ready to help out watering the flowers.

We love how the butterflies seem to be flying all around this magical piece!

 Can you spot the Fairy hiding in the flowers?

Thank you so much Jennifer for your beautiful project!

Gina's Designs Items Used

  Butterflies & Dragonflies Set

Garden Fairies

Keys & Plates Shape Set

Ornamental Birdcages Shape Set

Welcome Sign Special Order from Gina's Designs

(For more info on special orders, please contact Gina's Designs)

Other Items Used

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Paper

Silk Flowers from Jennifer's Stash

Heart Lace from Craftsupplies1

Other Laces from Jennifer's Stash

Now over to Heidi who has this wonderful China Cabinet to share!

 Good Day my friends!!

Today's project from Gina's Designs is a new little china cabinet and it is A-dorable!  It is made with a hard board and so it was easy for me to use my American Chalk paint on it.  I have been wanting to do a project with it and this worked perfect- the small version of my ideal little cabinet.  The doors open and there are 2 shelves in there to store little items on it.    

On the bottom are 3 little drawers that are sturdy and open and can actually be used for storage (imagine that!).  I got these little drawer pulls that are actually brads- aren't they perfect for the distressed cabinet?  I adore it. 

Products Used: 

China Cabinet

Tulip Scroll Corners 

Guest Designer Jennifer and an Extra Special "bee"signer Autumn along with Heidi's Moments Like This

 

Hello Everyone! Today we have some fun items up on our blog, first up is our Guest Designer Jennifer. She has upcycled a lantern from a Thrift Store and created this amazing Fairy Garden! Jennifer has passed on some to us below, about how she created this amazing piece. 

 

"...I found this lantern at a second hand store and it screamed fairy garden! I used the chipboard  garden fairies and some dragonflies and painted them black to create a silhouette effects. I then used the wrought iron border set and the miniature arch set painted black and added a chipboard key from the keys and plates set. All of the flowers I used are from craftsupplies1."

 

 

Here you can see how Jennifer lit up this lantern with a battery operated tea light to give it a very magical effect!

 

Gina's Designs Items Used

Garden Fairies Large

Miniature Arch

Key and Plates Set

Wrought Iron Set

Butterflies & Dragonflies Set

 

Other items Used

Flowers from Craftsupplies1

Battery Operated Tea Light

 

Next up is one of our Junior Designers, Autumn who happens to be Jennifer's 5 year old Granddaughter! She has created something special this month for us. Jennifer said that when ever she mentioned to Autumn that she was going to be a Junior Guest "Designer", Autumn disagreed and said no I am not, I am a "Beesigner". Well we kinda think that's a cool name so we are going to keep it...so here is our Beesigner Autumn who created some gorgeous Ballerinas!

 

Here is Autumn hard at work painting her ballerinas!

 

Here is a shot of Autumn decorating the dresses for her lovely ballerinas. She used some wonderful colors!

 

 And finally, here is the finished projects! Don't you just love how she decorated them! Look at the bling she used!

 

Autumn these are just amazing!! Thanks so much for working with us this month, and we hope to see more work from our favorite little Beesigner!

 

Items used by Miss Autumn our "Beesigner"

Ballerina Shape Set

 

 And now over to Heidi, who has some great ideas for Project Life!

 

 

 

Hello  everyone!  Today's project is a little Project Life double page.  Some of you may have seen that Gina's Designs has come out with some great chipboard embellishments, project life cards as well as organization tools!  

The page on the left lower card is a MOMENT card.  In this page I used another sentiment card behind it but it could easily be used in front of a picture that was highlighting a specific moment.  I am trying to get some of my graduation pages ready for pictures to be added for my son.   

This is another of the little project life die cut cards- again I took one of my graduation cards with the diploma on it and used the chipboard card to highlight it.  I just love that little scroll there in the top corner!  

GDT product:

Word Frames Moment

Wall Art Key Heart by Heidi

Hi everyone, Heidi here with a key to the journey of our lives.  When I got this from Gina I knew right away what I would do with it.  I wanted to make something that I would be able to use in my home, a little addition of "steampunk" and vintage together. 

I started with the chipboard key and painted the entire key with gray paint.  I then took the steampunked/gear heart (the top piece) and painted it yellow.  Once all the pieces were dry, I took individual gears and painted them gold and attached them randomly over the heart.  I then used the wings and a couple of gears to accentuate the middle point  

The vintage lace was threaded with a gold ribbon and the word journey along with the key were added. 

Now it is something I can hang in the house with a little extra flair!  

GDT products: 

Key Wall Art Heart 

Gear Shape Set  

Wing Assortment

Word Charm Journey

A little bit of Spring, some fun with Heidi

Hi everyone, Heidi here!   This week I thought I would make a little Spring project that will also fit for this weekend's Easter celebration.   I had these candy tubes and of course some jelly beans and they fit so well with the dangling spring sentiments and embellishments in the spring shape set over at Gina's Designs.  

I painted all the pieces first with adirondak paints and then used a speckled stamp for the umbrella and an eraser for the boot!  Aren't they cute?  I just attached them to the ribbon and they hang down like charms.  :) 

Gina's Designs Product:

Spring Shape Set

Seaside Escape by Heidi

Hello, Heidi here!  Today's project is a little different don't you think?  The base of the project is a Gina's Designs Spool.  At first I was not sure what to do with it and then I went through all the chipboard scenes I had  and the beach is where I wish I was now- so here it is. 

The spool was coated with modge podge and then I covered it with coarse sand.  Then I took all the little pieces and started painting them.  Lets see what there is here, first is the little adirondeck chair surrounded by shells and flowers.  Look at the little lobster!   In the background is the white weathered fence with the life saver hanging on it surrounded by some tall grass.  Atop the entire spool is a lighthouse ... beckoning you to come and join us on the beach!

Come join us for some sunshine and sand!

Gina's Designs Product

Large Spool

Beach Shape Set

Tea Time Wall Art by Heidi and a Coffee Sleeve Mini by Deann

Hi everyone!  Today we have two really cute and fun projects to share.  First up is Heidi.

 Hello!  Heidi here with a little piece of art for the home that I made this last weekend.  I had these wonderful little tea cups from Gina's Designs that I knew I wanted to create something with.   When I found this cute little sentiment, I knew exactly what I would make with them. 

Here is a little close up of the tea pot and the tea cup.... with a little sparkly liquid! 

Gina's Designs: 

Tea Time Shape & Border Set 


Next up is Deann with an adorable mini album!

Good morning, Deann here!  Today I want to show you what you can make with coffee sleeves.  We all enjoy our morning coffee, and here's a chance to recycle too!  

 I began by making the covers. I cut 2 pieces of  chip board a little bigger than the coffee sleeves  and cut one side with a TH on the edge die . Covered with paper and a Texture Sheet Swirled Hearts from Gina's Designs .Then I added a Cardstock Doily Set 1  and  the word dream from the Delicate Frames & Ornaments Shape Set . On top of that I added 3 layers of lace to the spine side of the cover and lots of flowers .

 For the inside of the mini I used one of the Freebie Friday printable s Another Vintage Freebie Friday  from Gina's Blog

 These are the tags from all of the pages.

I hope you give it a go ! They are so fun and easy to make . Not to mention you will be recycling !

(((HUGS)))

Deann

Gina's Designs Products used -

 Texture Sheet Swirled Hearts 

 Cardstock Doily Set 1 

 Delicate Frames & Ornaments Shape Set .

 Another Vintage Freebie Friday 

Lots of fun projects to share from Gina's Designs and the team at Craft Supplies1

Hello Again everyone! Today we wanted to share more of the amazing projects that have been created by the Craftsupplies1 Design Team. They have really made our products shine and below here you will find some beautiful samples of their work.

First up is Kim who has created these unique vintage looking luggage pieces from our book boxes.

Here is the link to Kim's Video with more details about her project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvjruiHCv7k

Next up we have Marla H. She has created some lovely little Chipboard Clipboards from our shop.

Here is the link to Marla's video explain how she created them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMgk7_C2_AI

This is a beautiful Fairy Box created by Kristina. She has featured our Fairy Shapes in her shadowbox and done a wonderful job!

Here is the link to Kristina's Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-vWdTBEizY&list=UUQTdDSesvhnejmvu526xO1Q

Next up we have Becky up with a gorgeous card she has created featuring several of our pieces

Here is the link to Becky's Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYZ9LNpURdg

And last but not least here is a very fun project by Ashley who created a beautiful Shabby Chic Frame

Here is the link to Ashley's video explaining her design.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7sVTaxQhQ

Next up is Shanna with her take on our March Layout Challenge.  Check in out in the Gallery, and play along with us for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate.

Hey everyone. Shanna here. Have you stopped by to check out the challenge? You can do whatever you would like with the challenge. You can create a home decor piece, make some altered art, and you can do a layout too. 

I chose to play along with a layout. I am not going to lie I told the girl what the heck am I suppose to do.... I had some ideas and lots of stuff all over the floor trying to see it in my head. Finally this is what I came up with!

Items Used:

Small Fence and Gate Set

Words and Phrases Set 1

For more photos and info check it out on my blog here!

Next up "Take A Balloon Ride" with Heidi

 Hello everyone, Heidi here.  I just adore these large size chipboard tags so much, giving you lots of space to decorate and make a statement.  

 I started this tag by taking a piece of kraft cardstock, crimping it and then tore a couple of spots in the top paper so that the "corrugated" paper shows through. I like doing this because then you can tear your paper and either stamp on that back piece or in this case, I put in a gear and then layered another layer of gears/buttons on top of it. 

Then at the top of the tag I added a few more gears and tied them together.  My thought in my head is that the gears are turning and the balloon is rising.  

Products used: 

Gears Borders and Corners Miniatures 

Gear Shape Set

Clock Hand Shape Set

Hot Air Balloon Net Style 

Vintage Camera Box by Heidi

Hi everyone!  Today I'm sharing  a sweet little vintage camera box. I took the first picture of it in sepia which I thought was quite fitting! 

Doesn't it look old, distressed and vintage?  

Now we can give you a different perspective of it in color so you can see the beautiful sparkle and the delicate flowers from CraftSupplies1.

 I began this project by putting it all together, using E6000 as my adhesive of choice.  I really wanted it to be vintage looking and distressed so I spray painted it with white paint.  Part of the distressed and vintage look is due to the way this product "takes" the paint if you do not prime it first.  I then used some clear liquid glue all over it and covered it with glitter flakes.  I mean what doesn't look romantic with glitter flakes? 

 I also wanted the lens to look vintage and cracked so I used about 5 layers of UTEE, put it in the freezer for about 10 minutes and pulled it out and bent it a little to crack it.  Looks old right?  Now in this photo you can get a great look of those beautiful flowers,  starting with the sheer white ones with pearls in the middle. Can you say delicate?   Also from CraftSupplies1 I used the clear beads with wire and in the back of this photo you can see little pearl flowers with rhinestone centers.  These are so sweet and special. 

Here is another photo of the flowers and beads.... look at those sparkly blue beads!  And you can peak at those little pearl flowers with the rhinestones in the center.  So sweet!  

Products:

Gina's Designs Vintage Camera Box 

CraftsSupplies1

A trifold card by Heidi and a themed shadow box by Deann

Hi everyone!  We have two posts today, and both are a part of our month long cross promotional with CraftSupplies1.  First up is Heidi.

Hi everyone, Heidi here!  I was as eager as the next gal to get these sweet little flowers and beads in my hands.  I had a special card to make for someone that is going out for surgery and we all wanted to let her know that we were thinking about her.   

  

This is the inside of the card. I wanted to have room for everyone to sign the card so I made a few little tags to go inside the pockets and then the middle piece is for signing.  All the people wanted to have their messages on the tags already so I might have to add some more inserts- and then I will have to write a long message in the middle so it is not empty.

Here is a close up of the products used on the one pocket.  The clear beads and flower are from CraftSupplies1.  I painted the chipboard swirl and then added a bit of stickles.  Below is a picture of the flowers on the front of the card (by CraftSupplies1) which are beautiful little bell flowers. 

 Products Used

Craft Supplies1
Gina's Designs Butterflies & Dragonflies
Gina's Designs Catweed


Next up is Deann with one of our themed shadowboxes decorated with lots of laces and embellishments from CraftSupplies1.

Good morning Crafty People !

Deann here to share the a  7x7 Themed Shadowbox by Gina's Designs.  The theme for this one is Paris, but several other themes are available in the store.  After assembling the box, I painted it white, then added Prima paper to the inside back of the box. I cut apart one of the Texture Sheets Diamonds and painted it gold as well as the Paris title . On the Eiffel Tower I created a crackle finish with white underneath and black on top.  Now it was time for all the fun stuff :)  I glued a strip of cream lace along the bottom, and on top of the lace I added tiny brown metal flowers. I used a Bronze Butterfly Filigree with an oval pearl glued in the center. LOTS of Flowers ! A little tulle and pink ribbon tucked in between the flowers completed the look. 

Thanks for stopping by :)

(((HUGS)))

Deann

Gina's Designs Products used -

 7x7 Themed Shadowbox Paris.

 Texture Sheet Diamonds

Flowers and laces from - Craftsupplies1