Gina's Designs Leafy Corner Set

Hi friends!  Debbie with you today sharing a fun envelope mini album with a sleeve to store it in. For years I've kept a day planner to keep my life organized and this is one of the storage covers and sleeves that comes with my planner sheets every year.  I was wondering what to do with all of them and finally decided to cover them with patterned paper and embellish them with some beautiful Leafy Corner I had from Gina's store.

To decorate the outside sleeve I covered it with patterned paper and stenciled it with a beautiful stencil created by one of my good friends.  I painted my pieces of chipboard with a deep burgundy color and then highlighted it all with Inka Gold.

To finish off my pieces I added gold embossing powder and adhesive gemstones and flowers.

Here are a few additional photos, the inside of the mini album is made with envelopes.

I hope you give this technique a try, it's fairly fast and easy and it looks beautiful when you're finished!

Thanks for stopping by Gina's Blog today!!

Gina's Designs Products used:

 Leafy Corner Flourishes

Garden Fairy Pocket Letter

Hi everyone!! Amylove here to share a pocket letter with you! I am addicted to making pocket letters and Gina's laser cut pieces are perfect for them! I went with a fairy theme with this one and I love how it turned out!!

If you would like to see the techniques used to create this pocket letter please follow this link to the video tutorial:   Fairy Pocket Letter Tutorial

Here are the items used from Gina's Designs:

Leafy Corners

Garden Fairies Medium

Garden Fairies Small

Other items used:

9 page pocket protector

Sprays

embossing powders

Glossy Accent

rhinestones

flowers

water color paper

"I'm Thinking" Layout

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a layout for Gina's Designs. The chipboard here is so beautiful, I tried to do it justice. Here are the steps I used!

For the flourishes:

1. Prep with gesso.

2. Dry brush with lavender acrylic paint.

3. Dry brush with teal acrylic paint.

4. Apply a thin layer of purple Twinkling H20s, so that the colors below still show.

5. Apply a thick layer of crackle accents.

6. Brush on purple-blue mica powder to help the cracks show.

7. Apply some Inka Gold.

8. Brush on a little gold leaf paint.

 For the leaves:

1. Prep with gesso.

2. Paint with green chalk ink.  

3. While wet put on some green and brown watercolor.

4. Ink the edges with a green distress ink pad.

5. Apply a thick coat of crackle accents.

5. Brush on some purple mica powder. 

For the butterfly:

Prep with gesso.

2. Put on lavender chalk ink.

3. While the chalk ink is wet add some purple-blue Twinking H2Os.

4. Brush on some silver mica powder

5. Put on a thick coat of crackle accents.

6. Brush on some purple-blue mica powder

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Layered Border Victoria Small
 Leaf Vine coming soon (Leafy Corners could be substituted!)

Butterfly chipboard will be listed soon.

Other Products Used:

Gesso

Bo Bunny,Prima, and Core'dinations  papers

Prima and Petaloo flowers

Dried, pressed flowers from my yard

Prima pearl flourish

Swarovski bicone crystals

Prima stencil

Winton and Lewis Watercolors

Viva Inka Gold

Jaquard Pearlex Powder

Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy

Plaid Liquid Leaf Gold Paint

Vintaj metal medallion

Luminarte Twinkling H20s

Tsukineko Chalk Ink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Peeled Paint

Perpetual Calendar by Guest Designer Lynne

Hi there! Lynne here with a home decor project; as soon as I saw this perpetual calendar kit in Gina's store I knew I wanted one for the little wooden table in my dining room! I used the Heirloom collection 6 1/2" paper pad, as the colours were perfect for my decor. The pieces fit together so easily and the project was a pleasure to create. I'm thinking of making some for Christmas gifts, actually!

 

 After attaching the papers, I lightly sanded the edges, then inked them. The chipboard accents were painted with acrylic paint, then treated with some Rusting Powder, which creates a gritty rusted effect. In addition to the body of the calendar, the kit includes all the words and numbers and the cards they are to go on. I simply painted the words and numbers, then sealed them with clear embossing powder for a shiny, finished look.

 

        I love that this project can be finished in any colour scheme and/or theme to suit the decor it will be displayed in. Thanks a bunch for stopping by!

 

Gina's Designs Items Used

Perpetual Calendar

Leafy Corners

 

Other Items Used

   Heirloom Paper 6 1/2" pad
   Rusting Powder
               Ranger Distress Ink, Frayed Burlap

Clear Embossing Powder

Brown Acrylic Paint