Halloween Cards by Donna

Hi Everyone, it's Donna, with two Halloween cards. Yes, it's that time of year again!

For this first card I used the "gate" from the Small Fence and Gate Set, and one of the Stackable Labels. I covered both with black gesso. While still wet, I sprinkled Stickles dry fine glitter in Black Diamond on the gate. I added a little bit of stenciling to the Stackable Label with purple acrylic paint dabber. 

For the second card, I used Gina's Grape Vine Leaves.  This is a new item in the store. They are great to use as pumpkin vines! The curly vines are so fun to use! I cut them into pieces to fit on the card. I covered them in black gesso and added just a pinch of dry fine black glitter in with the gesso. I didn't want a lot of sparkle, just enough to highlight the leaves and vines.

I'm going to leave all of my Halloween papers out because I just received some great chipboard Halloween embellishments from Gina's!!! Take a moment to check out the beautiful Fall and Halloween chipboard shapes and home decor in the store!

Gina's Designs

Small fence and gate set

Stackable labels set

Grape Vines (available soon)

Other products

Echo Park - Arsenic and Lace paper collection

Graphic 45 - An Eerie Tale paper collection

Anna Griffin - embellishments, silver paper

Reneabouquets.com - butterfly

Viva modeling cream - Pearl

Stickles - Dry fine glitter/Black Diamond

Ice Stickles - crystal Ice

Crafters Pick - glue

Once Upon a Time Layout by Donna

Hello scrappy friends, it's Donna here to share a layout with lavenders, purples, and gold!  I wanted to use the very regal chipboard iron fence (which comes with a gate).  I painted the gate with black gesso.

I accented the page with gold paper for matting, and Inka Gold metallic rub in the texture paint, on the fence, and on the shoe! I also used a piece of ivy from the "Bird in Ivy" chipboard piece. After applying gesso, I painted it with a mixture of Shimmerz texture paint, palm leaf glam glitter paint and mowed lawn distress paint. There is a lot of shimmer on the page, which was hard to capture in the photo!

I love using Gina's "words". I tried a few techniques and paints on these words! Started with milled lavender crackle paint, added lavender embossing, added a bit of the green paint mixture I used on 

the ivy....and then a quick spray of white ink spray and gold glimmer mist. It was really fun and looks so pretty in person!

Gina's Designs 

Small Fence and Gate set

Bird In Ivy

Words And Phrases 2

Other Products

Pion Designs -  My Precious Daughter papers

Petaloo flowers

Inka Gold - metallic rub

Lightweight spackling

Lavender embossing powder
Tattered Angels - glitter glam glitter paint
Ranger - mowed lawn distress paint
Tresors de Luxe - gold shimmer lace

Anna Griffin -gold cardstock

Now it's time to start the Halloween projects! Gina has so many cute Halloween items in the store!

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 

Window Shadow Box by Kim and an Altered Canvas by Heidi

We have two amazing projects to share today.  First up is Kim, with an amazing home decor project!

Hi Everyone!  It's Kim here to share my newest creation, a Window Shadow Box done in a vintage shabby style.  It was tons of fun to create, and I love how it turned out.

I covered the inside of the box with a gorgeous black and white photo frame paper from Teresa Collins, and used aqua and turquoise as my accent colors. I painted the frame of the window with some distress paint in white, then sanded it back to the raw wood of the box to really make it look aged and distressed.

Here you can see inside the top of the box, and on the left side I have added one of the Gates from the small fence and gate set, which I embossed in an aged Silver tone. I placed some white, aqua and turquoise flowers in the box behind the gate and added a metal sign sentiment on top. In the middle of the window I placed some resin frames and added my initial.  To the right are some white resin cameras backed by some white doilies. In the far right corner, I placed a small clock button.

 Below, you can see a frame I have altered and added a vintage photo of myself on my 5th Birthday! I have also added the word "Dream" from the Words and Phrases 1 Set. I added some flowers and a camera charm to the top and placed 2 of the intricate doilies on the side and top of the frame. To the right of the frame is a metal camera which I altered using some Patina Guilders Paste, and added a flower to the center. I added a fun metal tap and pipe to the bottom on top of some vintage lace.

 Below, you can see the bottom right of the shadow box.  I have added a steam punk doily and a large wing from the Wings Assortment Set, which I have embossed with shabby blue and aged silver embossing powder.   I added a wooden sentiment and flowers to finish it off.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my Window Shadow Box, and thanks so much for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Window Shadow Box

Steam Punk Doily

Intricate Doily Set

Wings Assortment

Words and Phrases 1 Set

Small Fence & Gate Set

Other Items Used

Tim Holtz Distress Paint Picket Fence

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Petaloo Flowers

Prima Resin Cameras

Melissa Francis Resin Frames

Teresa Collins Memorabilia Paper

Prima Junkyard Findings Metal Tap

Michaels Photo Frame and Metal Camera

Patina Color Gilders Paste

Stampendous Embossing Powder in Shabby Blue and Aged Silver

Wooden Memories Sentiment from WhichCraftDoYouDo? on Zibbet

Lace from my Stash

Next up is Heidi with a gorgeous altered canvas featuring our Queen Anne's Lace chipboard shapes.

 Hello everyone, Heidi here!  Today's project is a canvas I made for Gina's Designs using the gorgeous Lace Flowers.  To start the project I used the honeycomb grid to put some medium randomly on the canvas. 

 I then painted the entire canvas with a light gray paint, going back to add a little mustard to the medium spots (these areas were dry within an hour or two).  I painted the lace flowers with paint and then I used some medium to give it a little depth along with some glitter.
  

Here is a little closer picture of the flowers.  I have them lifted off the page to give the entire canvas some depth.  The glitter is actually very fine and all over the entire canvas.  The effect is so pretty but it was hard for me to get a good photograph.

Gina's Designs

Texture Sheets 

Queen Ann Lace 

Wood Hanging Mini Album

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday with their friends and family.

Dawn Rene here to share a mini album I made with a dimensional kit from Gina's Designs. It comes with a wooden stand and chipboard pages to make a hanging album. 

This is what the wood in the kit looks like when you get it.

I used tattered Angels Naturally Aged Fine Wood Paint Kit to stain the wood. I stained the pieces before I put the stand together.

I covered the chipboard pages with Authentique papers. The pages were decorated with chipboard shapes from Gina's Designs colored with Tim Holtz Distressed Paints or Mister Huey's spray mist. The binder rings in the kit were silver. I colored them with a gold Sharpie marker.

Here are some pictures of the finished product!

    

   

    

Thanks for stopping by! Have a safe and happy holiday weekend....

Gina's Designs Supplies
Dimensional Kit: Wood Hanging Stand with Pages
Chipboard Shapes: Small Fence and Gate Set, Flourishes 2, Words & Phrases 1,10 Words, Skeleton Clocks, Clock Hands Shape Set, Cottage Windows Medium, Cottage Windows Small, Filigree Frames Shape Set

Other Supplies
Paper: Authentique Natural Collection Kit
Dies: Tim Holtz Picture Wheel, Memory Box Fresh Foliage, Memory Box Honey Blossom, Cheery Lynn Designs Hummingbird, Cheery Lynn Designs Burlap Border
Ribbon: Lovebug Creations - Beary Brown
Inks: Tim Holtz Distressed Paints, Mister Huey's Spray Mist
Embellishments: Paper Flowers, Metal Corners, Eyelets, Brads, CTMH Wooden Buttons, CTMH Corrugated Shapes

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