Happy Birthday, Gina's Designs!

In my life, April and May are huge birthday months. It seems like most of my friends and family were born in the spring, so it wasn't a big shock to me that Gina's Designs celebrates a birthday this month too.

I knew I wanted bright primary colors for this project, so I began by putting a layer of gesso on all my pieces to really make the colors pop. I then sponged light blue for the sky and white for clouds onto the big tag.

I painted the airplane bright red. 

Once it was dry, I embellished it with Liquid Pearls and Pico Embellishers.

I painted the sun bright yellow and gave it a few spritzes of irRESISTible spray in neon yellow.

For the Happy Birthday piece, I began by painting it a medium blue. Once the paint had dried, I went over it again with StazOn Studio Glaze in a matching blue to give it some shine.

All that was left to do was assemble my project, and I was done!

'Til next week, I wish you all happy crafting!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Chipboard Decorative Tags X Large

Sweet Summer Shape Set

High Flyers Shape Set

Birthday Shape Set

Other Products Used

Acrylic paint

Gesso

StazOn Studio Glaze

irRESISTibles Pico Embellisher and Spray

Ranger Liquid Pearls

Silver cording

A Layout by Shanna and Wall Art by Marfa

Hi everyone!  Today we have two projects to share.  First up is Shanna with a super cute layout featuring several of our chipboard shapes.

Good morning everyone, Shanna here. I have a special layout that I made for Gina's Designs. More importantly I made it for my mom. 

Of course having two grandbabies she had to share the love equally. I made a layout of my daughter for my mom for Mother's Day so it is only fair to equal it out and make her one of Avery. 

I so love the Pink Paislee papers I used and the amazing chipboard pieces that really helped make this layout pop!

Items Used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts 

Faux Typewriter Keys - White

High Fliers Shape Set

Words Frames - Travel

Chip Clip Assortment 

Next up is Marfa with one of our new wall art keys.  These keys come in several styles ready for you to alter, or as some of the team members have done, attach to another project.  Either way, these large sized keys are impressive.

Hello chickadees!  Today I want to show you a very unique project that I created for Gina's Designs.  It is a key!  This key opens the door to your imagination!  Only metaphorically speaking, of course...lol  I don't have a ruler right now, but this key seems to be about 10 inches in length, which is a great size for wall art.  I have the Hot Air Balloon Key, but Gina offers more designs that are really pretty.  I also used a few other pieces from Gina's Designs, but you can find all the links at the bottom of this post.  

I used hot glue to put everything together.  There are layers and layers of Lumiere paint and a gold paint pen as well.   I added Liquid Pearls to the balloon for an extra shot of color.  Ever though this is wall art, I'm not going to put it on the wall.  This key is going next to a lamp in my living room.  My living room furniture, although not Steampunk, seems to go very well with this key.  It was easy to put together.  I got to play around with paint and get my finger dirty (always a plus!).  Now I have a very cool, unique ornament for my living room.  So I suggest that you check out the shop, get your own key and open the door to your imagination!

Supplies:

Key Wall Art Balloon

Butterfly of Gears

Wings Assortment

Gears Shape Set

Other Supplies:

Liquid Pearls, Lumiere Paint, Gold Paint Pen, Hot Glue

Cards by Marfa for the man in your life

Hello gorgeous!  This is Crafting Marfa today.  I want to show a couple of cards that I made for my honey.  His birthday is only a week after Valentine's Day, so I wanted to be ready for both!  Most people love receiving handmade cards, and these are cards that can be made by beginners, or by crafters that don't have a lot of spare time, or even by children.  So don't wait, grab your supplies and make some pretty cards! I am using gorgeous Valentine themed paper by The Robin's Nest.

The guys in my life are definitely not into frilly stuff...lol, but fortunately, Gina's Designs has a lot of manly designs to work with.  For the birthday card I used the Miniature Shapes Set-Guy Things and the High Fliers Shapes Set.  For the Valentine's Day card I used the ADORABLE Intricate Doilies Set, the Doily Set 8 Inch, and the String Alongs-Hearts set.    

The Happy Birthday sign is a border punch by Martha Stewart.  I just cut the letters out, most of them were attached to each other, so that made it easier to glue to the card.  I colored all the chipboard shapes with a silver paint pen, then added Crackle Accents to the shapes on the Valentine's Card.  The finishing touch was to spray Glimmer Mist for extra sparkle.

Gina's Designs Supplies:

Miniature Shapes Set-Guy Things

High Fliers Shapes Set

Cardstock Doily Set-Intricate

Paper by The Robin's Nest

Silver Paint Pen

Crackle Accents

Glimmer Mist