Cigar Box Purse

Hello fellow crafters. Today I am sharing a project that was loads of fun to create. I took a cigar box and added a purse handle to turn it into a purse.

Front

Back

 Front close up

Close up of lower left side

 Inside full view

Close up of top of lid (inside)

Gina's Designs Supplies Used:

Eiffel Tower 6 inch
Scribble Frame Hearts & Flowers (I used the flower one!)
Butterfly Corner Top
Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Other Supplies Used:
Graphic 45 paper "Times Nouveau"
Chipboard cutouts from the paper line
Doily - Prima"s Trim
Flowers
WOC - Pearl Spray
Feathers
Cameo
Metal Butterfly from KS4U
Wood accent
Trims from stash
Heart Doily
Figurine by Tim Holtz

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Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
 Kathi

Mini Album by Dianna

Hi everyone, I hope the weather is treating you well and not dumping snow where you live.  Below are the first six pages of my first ever mini album.  This mini album was created for January's color challenge on Gina's Designs Craft Group located on Facebook.  A designer for Gina's Designs and co-host of the Craft Group Page, Deann McNulty, challenged members to create an item using the below colors. 

 I decided to challenge myself even more and create a mini album.  There was a lot of stress and yes, I will say it, cursing on my part, but it turned out to be a labor of love and something I really enjoyed creating.   Please enjoy the first six pages of this mini album (yes it is completed and you will have to visit the Craft Group page or my blog page to see the finished product in a couple of days). 

The first page is one of the last pages that I created. It has two folds that are interactive and fold upward.  The key, flourish and double hearts are from Gina's Designs.  I sprayed them with a favorite of mine, Maya Mist -  Blue Agave and then used Stickles, a lime color, on them. All pages in this mini album were distressed with Vintage Photo ink.  The owl is from Rubber Moon.

The second page is a sideways interactive fold that was punched and attached to the folder.  The owl stamp was colored with Copic markers and placed on a Gina's Designs flourish and love ticket.  Both chipboard pieces were sprayed with Maya Mist.

The third page has Gina's Designs scribble frame hearts and flowers. I left the top open so that a picture can be placed inside. The butterfly is from Gina's delicate frames and ornaments.  I used Blue Agave on both, but with the butterfly, I sprayed it three times not waiting for it to dry. This gave it a tie dye effect. The owl is a punch from Hobby Lobby.

The fourth page is actually my first page. You can see the manilla folders used to create the 4 x 6 pouches that are used on each page.  Inside each pouch is a pull out for two pictures (one on each side).  The double hearts and dream butterfly frame are from Gina's Designs and sprayed with Maya Mist.  The pocket was made with Taylored Expressions, Tag Pocket.  I made the tags with my new Fiskers tag punch (very cool, it punches the tag, creates the hole and puts the eyelet). 

The fifth page is an interactive downward fold. The flag with the word stamp was made with a Fiskers punch and the dragonfly was a punch. The inside flower was made with punches.

The sixth page was a downward interactive fold.  The Love is from Gina's Designs 10 words and top was painted white and distressed.  I punched out a small tag and cut out one of the flowers, poped it up and added a rhinestone.

Gina's Designs Products Used

Delicate Frames and Ornaments Shape Set

Flourish Miniatures

Flourish Set Amanda

Valentine Shape Set

Wooden Shape Set Keys and Plates

Build a Layout - Love Birds

Scribble Frames Hearts and Flowers

10 Words



Tea With Alice Mixed Media Canvas by Kim

Hello friends, happy Friday!  Today I am sharing a fun mixed media canvas I have created for a very special little lady named Alice.  Alice is the grand daughter of a dear friend of mine and I created this canvas for her room.  

I started off with some pink floral paper I had in my stash then layered on some sprays in pastel pinks and blues.  I took a Crafter's Workshop alphabet stencil for more layering and then it was time to embellish with the amazing custom Alice in Wonderland chipboard pieces that Gina custom created for me.

I gave Alice an all over embossing with a light blue embossing powder and used a white Sharpie paint pen to draw on her white apron. I gave the little teapot some silver embossing powder and positioned the piece on the canvas to make it appear that it was pouring out the letters to Alice's name.

Above here you can see the lovely White Rabbit who was embossed with some chunky white embossing powder. I added some hot pink stickers to him to make him stand out and used the Heart Scribble Frame around him along with the "Curiouser and Curiouser" sentiment which came with the Alice Set.

Finally, I added the tea pot from the Tea Time shape set, and used some white paint and a clock stencil to give it dimension.  Some flowers, laces and resin pieces finished off the canvas.

I hope you have enjoyed this fun trip "down the rabbit hole" with me!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Alice In Wonderland Custom Chipboard

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Scribble Frame Hearts and Flowers

Tea Time Shape and Border Set

Other Items Used

Blue Fern Paper

Vintage Book Paper

Crafter's Workshop Stencil Alphas

Prima Resin and Metal

Tim Holtz Grunge Board

Recollections & Stampendous Embossing Powders

Firework's Sprays

Lace And Flowers From My Stash

White Sharpie Paint Pen

Lost in Thought

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

I think these chipboard pieces fit beautifully with the vintage theme of the page.

To decorate the chipboard, I first prepped all the pieces with gesso. On the leaf pieces I put green and brown watercolors over green chalk ink. I then topped them off with Distress Crackle Paint.

For the pink pieces, I put crackle paint over pink chalk ink.  I rubbed in some brown chalk to define the cracks. The pink didn't show up much as much as I would have liked it to against the background, so I used pink Twinkling H20s to make the pieces darker. After that, I applied yellow, then purple H20s, letting each layer dry. I ended with another layer of crackle paint.

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Design's Products Used:

Scribble Frames Hearts and Flowers

Scribble Frame Birds

Mini Flourishes Bella

Other Products Used:

Prima paper,flowers

Paper by My Mind's Eye, Tim Holtz,and Core'dinations

Winton and Lewis Watercolors

Tsuineko Chalk Ink

Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy

Twinkling H20s Watercolors

Pointed back Swarovski crystals

Jaquard Pearlex Powder