Hang on to Hope - Layout by Lynne

Hello fellow crafters! Here in Southwestern Ontario we're deep into fall and heading toward (ugh) winter. When I saw this image, it made me think of how springtime is hope fulfilled after a long cold winter.

The tree branches were perfect for extending the image. I ran them through my Cuttlebug in a wood grain embossing folder then painted them brown to match the photo. The leaves were painted green then dabbed lightly with other colours like the ones in the photo. I brushed the pieces with Glossy Accents to give them a bit of a sheen.

The word piece was painted with acrylic paint then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder. I then mounted it on coordinating patterned paper.

Punchwork along with some stencilling and stamping completed the background then I added a few paper strips to mimic the design on the bottom of the photo.I had a great time creating this cheery project and love the way the branches fit onto the design so perfectly-thanks for stopping by and hang onto hope today and every day!

Gina's Items Used

Leafy Branches with Birds

Word Elements 1

Other Items Used

Marion Smith Posh papers

embossing powder and Versamark ink

acrylic paints

Glossy Accents

How to Art Journal with Chipboard

Hi everyone! Amylove here!! To say that I am enjoying art journaling would be an understatement! I absolutely love it. For this piece I used a scrap piece of paper and some chipboard pieces that I used as stencils before. I was really feeling the bright colors!!

Click below and follow along as I show you how I made this art journal page:

How to Art Journal with Chipboard

Gina's Designs:

Mixed Media Fragments 1

Mixed Media Fragments 2

Word Elements 1

Delicate Frames and Ornaments

My Stash:

Gesso

Napkin

Acrylic Sprays

Lindy's Sprays

Watered Down Mod Podge

Glossy Accents

Hot Glue

Altered Tin Featuring Robin's Nest Papers

Hi everyone! Amylove here sharing one of my favorite items to alter. I have been altering Altoid size tins for the last year and I truly enjoy them. I was excited to use these beautiful Robin's Nest papers and thought what an amazing contrast the black would be against these yellows.

 

              

                                      

If you would like to see the step by step process of this project, please follow this link to my video tutorial:    Altered Tin Process Video

Products used:

Gina's Designs:

Parisian Shape Set

Dress Form Shape Set 2

Miniature Ladies Choice Shape Set

Delicate Frames and Ornaments

Word Elements 1

Robin's Nest:

Saffron Sunrise Collection

items from my stash:

Destress Ink

Glossy Accent

Fabritac

Embossing Powder

Black Chalk Paint

Stamps

Archival Ink

Lace Trim

Double Sided Tape

Tape Runner

Twine

Tin

Flowers

Dream in Colour Layout by Kim F.

 Good morning friends! Today I would like to share with you a layout I created with Gina's Designs circus set. I really love the feeling and colours of a circus, and I was very inspired by this Ferris Wheel piece in the set.

I started off by creating some texture in the background of the layout and used my sprays and paints to achieve this. I then layered on some more paper from the Dream in Colour collection from Webster's Pages. This set has lots in it, including the balloon I used on the corner of the merry go round picture on the top right of the layout.

  I used some Ranger paint daubers on the Ferris wheel in copper and silver to give an aged effect and used a brighter blue for the seats. I used more paper from the paper line to add the sentiment "Dream in colour" which frames the number 5 from the number plates set from Gina's Designs.

 

 Lastly I added one of the word elements which says dream, and some flowers and metals to finish off my project. I really love this circus set, it is so much fun to play with!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Circus Shape Set

Word Elements 1

Number Plates

Other Items Used
Webster's Pages Dream in Color Paper
Petaloo Flowers
Shimmerz Sprays
Ranger Paints
Prima Metal Zipper



'Love This' - a Layout by Lynne

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm an animal lover, and that I enjoy scrapping photos of my sweet fur-babies. I caught Lily and Zoey napping together in front of my scraproom window and love the soft look of the resulting photo.

The beautiful chipboard flourishes and the title piece were first painted with tan acrylic paint, then with Ranger Crackle Paint in clear Rock Candy. I then rubbed Ranger Gathered Twigs ink over them to enhance the look of the cracks. It's a simple way to get a natural earthy look.

Thanks for visiting, and have yourself a wonderfully creative week!

Gina's Items Used

Tulip Scroll Corners

Word Elements 1

Memory Keeping Organizer with Dividers

I had so much fun putting together this great organization station for my Project Life goodies! I used lots of items from Gina's Designs so I will list them now:

Memory Keeping Organizer

Memory Keeping Organizer Large Dividers

Memory Keeping Organizer Small Dividers

Word Elements

Word Elements 2

Arrows Shape Set

Talk Bubbles

Camera Clips

Word Frames- Hello

Word Frames- Live

Word Frames- Moment

This storage piece is a great size: 13x11.5 and 4 inches high. The final picture is listed first so that you can see the finished product:

As you can see, the back slot perfectly holds Pocket Letter Pages,

The middle slots hold 4x6 dividers and papers, and

The smaller slots hold 3x4 dividers, papers and embellishments

Here are the contents of the kit:

 Align everything without glue first to make sure the placement is right.

HINT: If it doesn't easily slide in place, flip it around or try the other identical piece.

Gina's Designs are made to fit together perfectly:-)

 Once you've figured out where the pieces are supposed to go,

glue the inner structure together first.

 Next, glue the side and back pieces, pressing firmly in place.

You're final result will look like this:

Now all you have to do is spray paint it and add some dividers:

Add fun embellishments:

 

And you're done!!!

Enjoy making this fun organizer

and personalize it with your favorite Gina's Designs Embellishments:-)

Carla

Layout by Donna - Gina's Designs Craft Group January challenge

For this layout I used the monthly mood board at Gina's Designs Craft Group for my inspiration.

I used red and black chalk inks directly on the chipboard to tone down the colors.

You have until January 31st to enter this month's challenge!

Thank you for your visit and good luck to all that enter the challenge!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Alarm Clock Frame Ups

10 Words

Hanging Clock set

Word Elements 1

Other Products
Red, black, and turquoise chalk ink
Turquoise and black burlap

Bo Bunny Starcrossed papers

White texture paste