"Cherish" Trinket Box by Kim C.

Hello Everyone!

On this fine Saturday, I am sharing my project created with one of Gina's boxes.

This is the "Trinket Box".  I love to alter all sorts of boxes and when I saw this one I knew I had to have it and make it beautiful!!

I papered the top and sides of the box and then used gesso along the edges.  I didn't paint this box at all, I left it its natural color, which I absolutely love!  The color of the pieces is just so very rich and dark!

 I added lace and some black trim all away around the box and used gesso to soften the black trim.  A key plate was added to the front of the box.  I painted the key plate with brown paint mixed with snowtex to give it some dimension.  I then inked it with distress ink and added some gesso to soften it just a little bit. Flat back pearls were added to resemble bolts.  I adhered some wooden pieces to the bottom for feet.

On the box lid I added a word piece that I painted with white gesso and then added some snowtex for dimension. It was sprayed with homemade glimmer mist to give it some color.  I then used distress inks and gesso to soften it up.  I did the same technique to the butterfly.  I also added a piece from the Delicate Frames & Ornament set.  I painted it green and inked it with black distress ink and to finish it off I used my finger to add gesso to soften it.  I then added flowers, stamens and a pearl spray to finish off the corner.

At the opposite corner I used one of the Grape Vine pieces as a base for the flower cluster.  I painted the vine with green paint, inked it with black distress ink and softened it up with gesso.

This box was so easy and fun to do.  It came together very quick and easy.  I hope you like this project and if you haven't already you need to visit Gina's store!  She has amazing products!!

Gina's Designs Used:

Trinket Box

Grape Vine

Delicate Frames & Ornaments Set

10 Word Set

Keys & Plates Set

Other items used:

Graphic 45 Paper

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Black Soot Distress Ink

Glimmer Mist

Snowtex

Gesso

Trim/Lace

Thanks for looking, Kim :)

Trinket Box Trio

Hi everyone! Marla here with my final project. It's been so much fun to be a part of the team for the month of December! For this project I decided to make a few trinket/jewelry boxes in a summer/beach theme.

 I altered a trinket box and 2 ATC shrines that Gina carries in the store. I wanted to go with a beach/summer theme so I painted them black and covered them with G45 Tropical Travelogue paper

 On the top of the trinket box I used one of the flourished open circle frames from the store as well as the Art Deco corners. I used textured paint on the frame to give it a sandy feel and painted it with black and teal and a hint of white.

 I covered the inside with the beautiful paper and also put some soft felt to line the bottom of the box.

I altered the ATC shrines into little earring display boxes. I simply screwed two eye hooks inside each of the boxes. You are then able to hang your favorite earrings. Check out Gina's Designs to pick up all the items I used and more!

I hope you enjoyed my creations as much as I did making them! 

Happy Holidays!

Marla Rizzo

My YouTube channel:
http://youtu.be/wuEkYx9ogEU

 

Gina's Designs Products Used

Trinket Box

ATC Shrine Swirl

ATC Shrine - Window 2

Flourished Open Circle Frames Medium

Art Deco Corner Set

Gina's Designs Projects by Craftsupplies1 Team (Cross Promo )

Hello and Happy Saturday! Today we would like to share with you some of the design team work from Craftsupplies1. This month we are doing a cross promotion with them and some of their very talented designers have posted some of their work so far this month. Below we have featured four of their very creative designers. Codi, Ashley, Bridget and Marla. We are very impressed with their talents and are sure you will be too!

First up is Codi, she has used our trinket box and done it up in a mixed media style. We just love this look with it's layers and textures.  It really shows off the box nicely!

 Here is the link to Codi's Video

Codi's Video on You Tube

 Here is a fun and shabby sewing Tilda heart created by Ashley. She has featured our Vintage Seamstress Set. Love this shabby style!

Here is the link to Ashley's Video

Ashley's Video on Youtube

 Lastly, we have two projects featuring our Paint Brush Caddy, first up is Bridget.

with a fun and spooky Halloween project.  Bridget was super creative in using the caddy for something completely different than brushes! We just love it!

Here is the link to Bridget's video

Bridget's Video on YouTube

.....And now for Marla's take on the Brush Caddy.  She also has used some of our Intricate Doilies as well and we just love her take on it and the Parisian feel of it!

Stay tuned for more posts featuring these talented designers!

A very special thanks to Julie at Craftsupplies1 for all her hard work in helping us put this cross promotion together!!! Please check out their two stores on Etsy and Zibbet below.

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Craftsupplies1

Zibbet: http://www.zibbet.com/Craftsupplies1

Winter Layout by Melissa and Trinket Box by Guest Designer Rashida

Today we have our DT member Melissa with a beautiful Layout, and our Guest DT Member for this Month, Rashida. Rashida has created a beautiful trinket box to share.  First up is Melissa!

Hi everyone! Melissa here with  a 12x12 layout using Gina's Lasercut Chipboard.

I took one of Gina's chipboard oval frames, and used part of it. I thought the swirls and curves suited the quiet mood of the photo.  This is a cousin of mine in Sweden, with his girlfriend.

 I painted  it with gesso, then  Viva Colour Precious Metal Effect Paint. I blended the edges of turquoise and mother of pearl colors together. When that dried,  I put a layer of green watercolor on top. I coated that with Diamond Glaze.  I went over the edges with black acrylic paint. 

Who doesn't like butterflies?  I painted this beautiful chipboard with gesso, then texture paste.  I then painted it with turquoise metal color, followed by a layer of green watercolor. I rubbed on some bronze lumiere paint to pick up the texture. I put a little perfect pearls on top. 

The little silver corset on the right is Marvy Decocolor silver ink over gesso.  I used a needle and black thread to lace it.

Gina's Designs chipboard used:

Page Frame Oval Flourishes

Butterfly of Gears

Miniature Shape Set - Ladies Choice

Other products used:

7 Dots paper

Fairy Belle paper and grey flower by Prima

Turquoise flower  by Petaloo

Viva Colour Precious Metal Effect Paint in turquoise, and mother of pearl

Winton and Lewis Watercolors

Vintaj patina paint

Tim Holtz metal, and rub-ons

Marvy Decocolor paint marker in silver

Stampendous silver glass glitter

Stickles

Viva modeling cream, in pearl

Tsuineko chalk ink

Ranger Perfect Pearls 

Judy Kins Diamond Glaze

Vintage clear glass glitter

Distress Stickles

 

Now over to our Guest Designer Rashida...

 

Hello everyone, today I am sharing a beautiful altered trinket box from Gina’s Designs.  This box is the perfect addition to any room to add to your home décor. This versatile box can be used to hold anything from trinkets and keepsakes to recipe cards and keys. Pick up your trinket box and make your very own.

 

 

This versatile box can be used to hold anything from trinkets and keepsakes to recipe cards and keys. Pick up your trinket box and make your very own.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

 

 

Gina's Designs Items Used

Gina’s Designs Trinket Box

Gina’s Designs Birdcages

 

Other Supplies Used

Black paint

Stash paper

Prima gems

Stash Flowers

Beads for the legs

 

Altered Canvas by Veronica and Trinket Box by Donna

We have two designers on the blog today with some truly inspiring projects to share.  First up is Veronica.


Hi Everyone! Veronica here to share an Altered Canvas that I made for a friend of mine. I'm calling it "She Stood in the Storm", as she just recently beat breast cancer.  I wanted to show her my support through a mixed media canvas.

Gina's Designs  has so many wonderful choices in laser cuts, that I was easily inspired!

I love having all my medias at reach any time I work on a project.
  I just go at the canvas with how I'm feeling at that moment, and with so many chipboard shapes to choose from, I find myself immersed into a Mixed Media Heaven!

Thank you so much for stopping by,
and have a Blessed Day!


Products used:
Gina's Designs
Dress Forms 1 Miniature Shape Set
Doily Set Intricates
Steampunk Lady
Vintage Ladies Silhouettes Set
Art Deco Borders & Corners


Next up is Donna to share one of our trinket boxes.  These boxes are actually quite large at 7x7x3.

Hi scrappy friends, it's Donna again with a trinket box from Gina's Designs. This is a great item to make as a gift or just to keep all your special trinkets and scrapbook goodies in. It is a great size, sturdy and very easy to assemble. The dark color hardwood is a beautiful, smooth, semi gloss brown color. I almost hated to cover it up with paper!

 

The first thing I did, before I assembled the trinket box, was to take each piece and trace an outline on the paper I chose to cover the box. You have control of which parts of the paper you will use for each section.  It was very easy to cut out the shapes and glue them to the hardwood pieces. I did not paint the sections of the box that would not be covered with paper. As I previously mentioned, the hardwood is a very beautiful color. Then being very careful to attach the paper to the correct side of the hardwood sections, I glued the paper in place.  If needed, take a small file of some type and gently sand/file down the areas your paper may not fit exactly over the shape of the base and lid of the box. I had a lucky day, mine fit perfectly!

And then the real fun begins when it's time to add the embellishments: a few fussy cut flowers, paper flowers, gold lace, cameos, pearl sprays, pearls, crystals, and I added a couple of birds on branches from Gina's Birdwatching Shape Set.  I covered the chipboard shapes, with gesso, let them dry, and then painted the two birds with antiqued bronze crackle paint. The branches were painted with artichoke shimmer texture paint. I wanted to keep the chipboard simple because there are a lot of embellishments on the box. And I added a brass handle to the lid. There is a pre-drilled hole in the lid if you need it. There are so many beautiful knobs and handles out there to choose from for this fabulous box!

It was very hard to capture, in photos, how beautiful the muted colors of the paper and flowers work together, and how pretty the brass stamped cameos and handle are. The flowers and tips of some of the leaves are misted with gold shimmer mist. They really have a beautiful sheen in person. I also added paper to the inside of the box. 

Gina's Designs products

Trinket Box

Birdwatching Shape Set

Other products

Fabscraps Heritage paper

Gold sparkle lace from Tresors de Luxe

Brass stamped cameos and frame from Etsy

Gold pearl sprays

Gold shimmer mist

Misc jewelry pearls and crystals

Flowers and leaves from Prima

Misc flowers from stash

Antiqued bronze crackle paint

Shimmer texture paint-artichoke

Crafters Pick - glue

Thank you for stopping by Gina's today! I hope I have inspired you to make something beautiful!

Trinket Box by Gina's Designs with Craft Supplies 1

Hi everyone, Nancy Here!  Today I'm sharing this trinket box you can purchase at Gina's Designs.  At a generous 7 inches square, this is a good sized box with lots of room for decorating and embellishing.  I decorated the box as a pet memorial for my beloved Willie.  It contains a cast of his paw print, a disk of photos, and a little kitty angel book signed by all of the doctors and staff at the veterinary cancer care center after his passing.  I treasure this box, and every memory it holds.  The embellishments are mainly flowers and some pearl sprigs from CraftSupplies1.

I crackle painted the box and added Tim Holtz feet.  The corners and the frame around the photo are from Gina's Designs.  The resin bridge is by Prima.

Gina's Design's Products used:

Trinket Box

Fantasy Frames and Flourishes

Decorative Corners (available soon)

Other Products:

Flowers and pearl sprigs from CraftSupplies1

Tim Holtz Feet

Resin Bridge by Prima

Folk Art paints

White School Glue (used as a crackle medium)

Trinket Box

Good morning lollipops!  I hope that you are having a great weekend.  This is Crafting Marfa today.  I have a super awesome project to share with you.  It is a hardboard trinket box that you can purchase at Gina's Designs.  Decorating this box was very easy and lots of fun.  I'm going to use it to keep my jewelry.  The box is of a pretty good size, yet it fits in a nightstand drawer, which is where I plan to keep mine.  I used one of Gina's fairies, which I find so cute!  I painted the box with two colors of acrylic paint and lots of flowers, which are one of my favorite decorations.  I also used the sketch that we are are using over at Gina's Designs Blog.  We have a new Sketch Challenge happening.  But its not just for layouts or cards.  You can use it to make other things.  As you can see, it worked pretty well for my box.  Scroll down for a short video and a list of supplies.

Gina's Designs Supplies:

Trinket Box

Fairies

Wooden Charm-Love

Other Supplies:

Flowers Prima

Tags by Webster's Pages

Handle by Miriam's Crafting Supplies

Off the Page projects

Gina's designs are now selling many different off the page items which you will find in our store.

Our design team have had some fun putting them together and here is what they have made

 1st up is Dawn with a small shadow box and trinket box

More details regarding the papers etc can be found on Dawns Blog - details of the trinket box, details of the shadow box

Next up is Lisa's ATC shrine

Details on Lisa's blog here

and another ATC shrine made by Shanna

last but not least here is the 15 drawer Storage cabinet made by Kathi

More details on Kathi's blog