Valentine's Day XL LOVE Tag by Guest Designer Heather Hudson

Hello Friends!! Heather here today and I am sooooo excited to be Guest Designing here at Gina's Designs!!

I just love her chipboard pieces!! My first project of the month is my

Valentine's Day XL LOVE Tag!!

Here are a couple close ups of my piece.

You can see below one of the hinges I used.  I simply painted it with white gesso and then added some green to look like leaves. I also gave it a touch of blue for some depth.  My whole piece was covered with Clear Gel Tar from Golden Acrylics (you could use a gloss medium, in the same way).

I covered the Scribble Bird Frame in white gesso and then multiple colors of paint. I applied the gel tar and then doodled.  I decided to doodle on pretty much all of my tag pieces using a Pigma Black Micron Pen.

 As soon as I saw the brick sheet of Gina's, I knew I would be using some of the bricks for sentiment blocks...yummy!!  You can get a pretty good look at my doodling below.

I just love the typewriter letters in GOLD!!  The best part is that you can order the letters that you WANT...wooo hooo...so no more letters you don't use...that go...hmmm...what can do with this??  LOL

Here are the links to all the fabulous pieces of chipboard I used:

Chipboard Decorative Tags X Large

LOVE - Faux Typewriter Keys Gold 

 Brick Wall 

Scribble Frame Birds 

Hinge Straps Shape Set

I have also used 

Really Reasonable Ribbon Red Micro Gingham, Red Seam Binding and Juliet Lace.

All images and papers are ones that I designed.

Tiny Hearts Digital Papers Bitty Set

Tiny Conversation Hearts "words"

Medium Conversation Hearts

Romantic Heart Focal and Text Boxes

Scallop Romantic Valentines Day Focals

Chocolate Valentine's Day Tickets

I hope you have enjoyed my post today!!

If you would like to see this tag in the making with more detailed directions of what I did to Gina's Chipboard Pieces, hop on over to my blog and check out the steps.

Thank you for visiting us at Gina's Designs today!!

See you Next Wednesday!!

Hugs!!

Heather

The Couture Shop by Mary

Hi everyone, it's Mary here. I can't believe that Christmas is only seven days away! Today I have a configuration style design made from the Bagatelle Boxes: Starter Kit. These boxes are great! You get 12 in the kit (two of six different sizes) and once you have the boxes assembled, you can attach them in any arrangement you like.

I had so much fun with this project! I used the new "Couture" papers from Graphic 45 to line the inside and the outside of the boxes. I also used the paper on the wooden dress forms that will be available in the store in 2014!

 I used several items from the Doily Box: SEW collection. The needle was embossed with silver embossing powder.

Here you can see the doily and sewing machine from the Doily Box: SEW collection. The sewing machine, hinge (Hinge Shape Set) and filigree frame (Filigree Frames Shape Set) are all make from chipboard. These pieces were all embossed with embossing powders. Just a tip when embossing, if you are using a light color or want the true color of the embossing powder, gesso first. I cut the filigree frame in half and attached one of the images from the paper line to it before attaching it to the side of the box. 

Here are two more of the chipboard pieces from the Doily Box: SEW collection. The "sew" was given a serious workout. I had some embossing issues, but after four times under the heat gun, I got it right. The chipboard did not fall apart or warp on me. I then attached it the the blue embossed chipboard frame. You can also see a mirror in the corner. This came from the Parisian Shape Set. It comes in two pieces so it was easy to emboss the "glass". The base of the mirror was inked and then coated with glossy accents to give it that high polished look.

I love how this chipboard scissor turned out! The handle is black and the blades are silver embossed. I added a brad to the center.  They tuned out darling!

Here you can see the chipboard zipper, dress form and button (the dress form is sitting on it). The zipper and the dress form were all embossed. The button has a piece of the paper attached to it. The dress form is on a stand, but I cut it off and attached her to the button. I love that I can alter the pieces to fit my designing needs!


Thanks for stopping by the blog today!  I hope you all have a great holiday season!

Items Used From Gina's Designs
Bagatelle Boxes Starter Kit

Doily Box SEW

Filigree Frames Shape Set

Hinges Shape Set

Parisian Shape Set

Wooden Dress Forms (Available January 2014!)

Other Items Used

Graphic 45 - Couture - 8x8 and 6x6

Glossy Accents

Metal Key, Shoe and Filigree - ButterBeeScraps on Zibbet

Bling - Martha Stewart

Embossing Powders: Lindy's Stamp Gang, Tim Holtz, Stampin' Up!

Wooden Ruler - Prima

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts, Craft Supplies 1,

Thimbles - Metal and Wooden

Fabric and Laces

Bobbin

Pins

Mixed Media Journal

Hello! Dawn Rene here to share a mixed media journal that I created with Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements fabric and Gina's Designs chipboard shapes - Hinge Straps Shape Set, Parisian Shape Set, Skeleton Clocks, Small Fence and Gate Set, 10 Words.

The fabric, chipboard shapes, and paper flowers were colored with Dylusions Ink Spray and Gelatos. The bookmark is ribbon with antique gold heart charms on both ends. I love the texture that chipboard shapes bring to a project.....

Thanks for stopping by!
Dawn Rene

Supplies
Chipboard Shapes: Gina's Designs - Hinge Straps Shape Set, Parisian Shape Set, Skeleton Clocks, Small Fence and Gate Set, 10 Words
Ribbon: Lovebug Creations - Beary Brown
Fabric: Tim Holtz abric - Eclectic Elements
Inks and Markers: Ranger Dylusions Ink Spray, Faber-Castell Gelatos
Embellishments: Paper Flowers, Thread, Buttons, Fibers, Mesh, Heart Charms