Vintage Camera Box by Shanna and an altered Memo Board by Marfa

Hi everyone!  Today we have two projects to share with you.  First up is Shanna with her take on our vintage camera box.  Several of the team members have turned these amazing boxes into gorgeous creations, and each one is very different.  I think you'll love what Shanna did with hers.

Shanna here today to share a cool new project I created. This is a Vintage Camera Box and a great home decor piece to alter for anyone and any theme.

I altered it using some Prima papers and flowers. Everything was also inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  

This was such a quick and easy project to put together.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Next up is Marfa with her take on our memo board.  It feels like Spring is in the air with this bright and colorful project.

Hello buttercups! This is Crafting Marfa.   I hope that you're planning to enjoy yourself this weekend.  I have been working on this memo board and it now sits on a shelf in my bedroom so I can look at it every day!  It definitely reminds me to be cheerful!  I painted it with gesso and then I rubbed ink spray and more gesso until I got the colors that I wanted.  I also cut off a few parts of the board because I wanted to use the little metal legs.  I love them!  I made the canvas flower myself.  The Scripture Card is one that I made a long time ago and you can find a printable version in the Scripture Cards section of my blog.  I printed it on matte photo paper and I tucked it into the chipboard flowers at the bottom and the butterflies in the corner.  This way I can change it whenever I'm in the mood.  I also love having a little space for a notepad and some pens. This memo board practically screams Spring, doesn't it?  :-)

Supply List

Gina's Designs' Supplies:  

Memo Board

 Spring Shape Set

Other Supplies:

Metal Legs by Miriam's Crafting Supplies

Butterflies and yellow flowers by Craftsupplies1

Gesso

Ink sprays in pink and green

Glimmer Mist

Hot glue

Handmade canvas flowers

Vintage Camera Box by Heidi

Hi everyone!  Today I'm sharing  a sweet little vintage camera box. I took the first picture of it in sepia which I thought was quite fitting! 

Doesn't it look old, distressed and vintage?  

Now we can give you a different perspective of it in color so you can see the beautiful sparkle and the delicate flowers from CraftSupplies1.

 I began this project by putting it all together, using E6000 as my adhesive of choice.  I really wanted it to be vintage looking and distressed so I spray painted it with white paint.  Part of the distressed and vintage look is due to the way this product "takes" the paint if you do not prime it first.  I then used some clear liquid glue all over it and covered it with glitter flakes.  I mean what doesn't look romantic with glitter flakes? 

 I also wanted the lens to look vintage and cracked so I used about 5 layers of UTEE, put it in the freezer for about 10 minutes and pulled it out and bent it a little to crack it.  Looks old right?  Now in this photo you can get a great look of those beautiful flowers,  starting with the sheer white ones with pearls in the middle. Can you say delicate?   Also from CraftSupplies1 I used the clear beads with wire and in the back of this photo you can see little pearl flowers with rhinestone centers.  These are so sweet and special. 

Here is another photo of the flowers and beads.... look at those sparkly blue beads!  And you can peak at those little pearl flowers with the rhinestones in the center.  So sweet!  

Products:

Gina's Designs Vintage Camera Box 

CraftsSupplies1

2014 News & Romantic Vintage Camera Box

 

Happy New Year to all!

Gina's Designs would like to thank everyone for a great year in 2013, and welcome you to some changes in 2014.

As of today our site has grown. We now have a gallery, where we encourage you to post your projects using Gina's Designs products. We love to see what you have done with the products.

New for 2014, and beginning on January 6 we will be starting our monthly sketch challenge. Each month on the first Monday, Nancy Smith will post a new sketch. Use the sketch for a layout, card, or other project and post your project in the gallery set up for that purpose. Each month one qualifying entry will win a $10.00 gift certificate to Gina's Designs store. The challenge will run from the first Monday of the month through the first Monday of the following month, and winners will be announced the second Tuesday of each month. For this section of our gallery you do not have to include Gina's Designs products to be eligible to upload your project or to win the prize.

Gina's Designs is featuring a new release today in the store. There are over 100 new items, including chipboard pieces as well as home décor and storage items. Be sure to check out the What's New section to see the latest releases.

We hope you like our new look and plan to spend some time with us this year. Now here is Marfa to share our first DT project of 2014.

Good morning pretty people!  Happy New Year!!!!!!  Woohooo!!!!  This is Crafting Marfa, wishing you an awesome 2014 from all of us at Gina's Designs.

Today I have a fantastically fabulous vintage camera box for your viewing delight.  I am an amateur photographer looking to break into the world of professionals, so this box IMMEDIATELY caught my eye when I saw it at the Gina's Designs shop.  My goal was to use it to store the photos that are waiting to be scrapped.  I have to look at this box everyday, so I chose to decorate it in a very pretty, romantic style.  It has lots of layers of paint that helped me come up with a color that I love.  I also couldn't help myself and I used some of my favorite eyelet lace around the lid.  The gold touches were done with a gold paint pen that is absolutely awesome.  This box fits photos that are 5 x 7 and with a little room left over.  This isn't one of those tiny boxes, this baby is really good for storage.  It can also be used for a jewelry box, or to hold some photography supplies, like cleaning stuff or your filters and other small items.  Its a great gift for any photographer in your life ;-)

Scroll down for short video and a list of supplies!

Supplies:

Gina's Designs Vintage Camera Box

Other Supplies:

Paper, flowers and rhinestones by Webster's Pages

Pentouch Gold Paint Pen

Eyelet lace ribbon