Art Caddy With Guest Designer Betsy Skagen

Greetings and welcome everyone! Here in the U.S., November is the month of giving thanks, and my platter is overflowing with gratitude this month. I'm Betsy Skagen of Paper Calliope and I am so thankful that Gina asked me to serve as the 2015 November Guest Designer of what will soon be know as Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts.

Today I'm going to show you my Art Cabinet Organizer. If you are anything like me, you can never have too many places to store art materials. Made from one of Gina's Designs fabulous kits, it could be used for many purposes. In fact, I may have to make another for my mail area!

Tutorial--How to make Gina's Art Cabinet Organizer

Since I have been (painfully) slowly giving my studio a teal and rust industrial chic makeover, I altered the cabinet to fit in with the rest of my decor. Here's how I did it:

Step 1: Cover all of the wood with brown cocoa bean paint. If you prefer, you can just paint the surfaces you will leave exposed. Since I was not sure what I was going to leave uncovered, I went ahead and painted everything. 

Step 2: After it is dry, apply teal paint with a dry brush technique.

Step 3: Completely cover the ledger paper from the 7gypsies Trousseau Collection with Tea Dye Distress Ink using a blender tool.

Step 4: Measure each of the panels you wish to cover and cut papers from 7gypsies Maritime and 7gypsies Trousseau collections. Ink edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Adhere papers to panels with matte Mod Podge. Add another coat of matte Mod Podge over top of paper to act as a sealant and let dry.

Step 5: Add a decorative rope ribbon between the two papers on the large side panel and secure on the inside of the panel. Repeat for the other side.

Step 6: Assemble the pieces with a strong adhesive such as Beacon Fabri-Tac. (Don't be fooled by the fabric reference.)

Step 7: Add decorative tape to the exterior corner edges and seal with Mod Podge.

The Drawers

Step 8: To make the drawers, first assemble the drawers using a strong adhesive. Use Mod Podge to adhere 7gypsies Conservatory paper to the side and Maritime paper to the front. Ink edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. 

Step 9: Add decorative tape to the exterior corner edges of the drawers. Seal with a coat of Mod Podge. 

Step 10: Assemble knobs with your choices of label designs that come with the package. Attach knobs to the drawers. 

Your cabinet is now complete--that's all there is to it since Gina's Designs makes it easy. Thanks for stopping by. I look forward to being back with you next week! -Betsy

Great stuff you will need 

Art Storage Cabinet Kit

 7gypsies Paper Pad, 6 by 6-Inch, Maritime,
7gypsies Trousseau Paper Pad
7gypsies Conservatory Paper Pad
Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Vintage Photo
Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Tea Dye
Metal Custom Knobs with Stickers by Idea-ology
Mod Podge Original Matte Finish
Beacon Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive,
Americana Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paint 2oz-Cocoa Bean
Deco Art Media Fluid Acrylic Paint Cobalt Teal
Decorative tape
Decorative rope ribbon
Blending tool 

Art Storage Cabinet by Kathi and Composition Box by Debbie

Hi Crafters!  Today we have two talented Design Team members on the blog.  Both team members are sharing their cross-promotional projects, part of our August cross promotional with Kitty's Scrap Post.  First up is Kathi.

Hi Everyone, it's Kathi here!  This is my project for the Kitty's Scrap Post cross promotional with Gina's Designs. I chose to work with the Time Traveler Kit.

This is the first time I have used digital design paper.  The really great part about printing it yourself is that I only had to print just what I needed for this project, and I could choose the size of the paper.

Video of Art Storage Cabinet

Products Used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts:

Art Storage Cabinet

Skeleton Clocks

Gears Shape Set

Sreampunk Heart

Butterfly of Gears

Dressform & Wings Shape Set

Antique Bike Set

Alarm Clock Frame Ups

Design Paper by Kitty's Scrap Post
Time Traveler

embellishments from my stash

Tim Holtz

Kaiser crafts

Thanks tor stopping by!

Next up is Debbie sharing our Composition Box in a fun and different way.  You will be seeing all sorts of fun ways to decorate these boxes by the team throughout the month of August.

Hello everyone!  Debbie with you today to share my August cross promotion project with Gina's Designs and Kitty's Scrap Post.  I'll tell you a little about  my composition box..I did something different with it.  I love jewelry and when I get home from work I tend to just leave it on my bathroom vanity so I decided my composition box would make a great place to keep the jewelry on my counter contained. To begin this project I painted everything in a pale pink I also added a little embossing powder to some of the chipboard. and then added the gorgeous Kitty Scrap Post French Seamstress digital papers.

I wanted to make this more like a tray so I added some metal handles to the sides and also added some metal pedestal corners so that it sits up off the counter.

Gina's Designs Laser Cuts Used:

 Composition Box - 25

 Butterflies & Dragonflies

Wrought Iron Set

Design paper by Kitty's Scrap Post

French Seamstress Kit

Thanks for stopping by the Gina's Designs blog today!!

Be sure to check back in for more inspiration from our amazing design team!!

Debbie

Art Storage Cabinet by Mary

Happy July! Thanks for stopping by the blog today. What I have for you today is the Art Storage Cabinet. This unit will give you plenty of storage space! (Sorry, I am moving this weekend and am down to the bare minimums in my craft room!  I promise, I will have this unit stuffed before the month is over!)

 

 

 Along two of the sides you will find a long cubbie. As you can see by the picture, it will hold larger items, such as can of hair spray and mod podge!

 

 You will find two large drawers on each of the other sides of the unit. The drawers are big enough to house ink pads from Stampin' up and still have room left in the drawer!

 

 The top has two cubbies as well. Next week I will be showing you a new design that will fit into one of the top cubbies!

 

  For those of you that have the Ultimate Storage Tower, the Art Storage Cabinet sits on top of the Tower. What a great pair!

For more pictures please visit my blog HERE.

Gina's Designs Products Used

Art Storage Cabinet

Dressforms 2 Miniature Shape Set

Vintage Seamstress Shape Set

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Other Items Used

Knobs: local hardware store

Metal Filigree: ButterBeeScraps

Ink: Distressed Ink: Walnut Stain

Embossing Powder: Zing-Chestnut, Stampendous-Aged Ivory,Ranger Black

Paper:KellerKurtz and Company (Hobby Lobby)

Lace: Suhafuha and my stash

Art Storage Cabinet by Kim

Hello everyone and happy Friday! Today I have something special to share with you and also a tutorial of how to create this amazing piece from Gina's Designs

This is the Art Storage Cabinet, it is a fantastic piece, and holds so much of my crafting supplies!

So first off, lets get started with the tutorial and then I will share with you the finished product.

Getting Started:

It is recommended to use Beacon 3 & 1 Glue. I, however, used Glossy Accents and it gave a good firm hold to my cabinet.

Locate the following hardboard pieces before putting together your art cabinet:

 One (1) large base piece measuring a scant 13” wide by 10.5” tall.

 Two (2) center pieces, each measuring 10” wide x 8.75” tall. C. One (1) center piece measuring 6.25” wide x 9” tall.

D. Two (2) end pieces (one for the left side and one for the right side) measuring 10” wide x 4” tall.

E. Four (4) cubbie shelves, each measuring 6.5” wide x (almost) 5” deep.

F. Four (4) side pieces, each measuring 3” wide x 4” tall.

G. Two (2) end pieces, each measuring 4” tall x 10” wide

H. Two (2) pieces, each measure 3” tall x 6.5” wide

Building the cabinet:

 Lay the base (piece A)  13” wide x 10.5” tall down in front of you. 

 Place the 3 center pieces (pieces B & C)  in place: two pieces measuring 10” wide x 8.75” tall + the 6.25” wide x 9” tall piece. Each piece connects easily to the other by matching the notches. Note that the smooth side of each piece faces upward.

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 Add the 4 cubbie shelves (pieces E) to each side.

 Connect the 3 side pieces to each end (pieces D & G) 

 Add one side piece to each upper side (pieces H)

Add the top piece to this section to complete the cubbies on the top of the cabinet.

 The top of the cabinet:

You will now see that the top is open once you have built the sides. It will look like the photo below and give you two more spaces for storage.

 Your Cabinet should look like this

 Sides of the Cabinet:

Now that the center is assembled, we will move on to the long sides of the cabinet. You will find these pieces pictured below.

 Start by adding the short piece to the front of the cabinet, it will slot in easily and line up with the tabs.

 Next, add the long side piece, again it will fit in the tabs and slot easily, then add the other smaller piece to the opposite side.

 Your cabinet should now look like this.

The Drawers: 

Build four (4) drawers (if desired). Each drawer has 5 pieces:

 The large bottom rectangle measures 6” across x almost 5” deep.

 Two (2) pieces each measuring almost 5” wide x 2.5” tall (one for each side of the drawer)

 The back piece measuring 6” wide x 2.5” tall

 The front piece measures 6” wide x 2.5” tall and has a half circle cut out of the top as well as a small hole underneath the half circle in case you want to add a knob.

You may finish the drawers with paint, ink or paper.

Embellishing Your Cabinet

 Now for the fun part! Embellishing your Cabinet. I used Gesso all over the cabinet first, 2 coats, then decided on my paint color. I have used a Martha Stewart "Putty" color for my cabinet.

 I then chose my paper, to match in my craft room. I decided on the 75 cents collection by Kaisercraft. I measured the sides after the paint had dried and began to cut my paper to fit.

 I chose to paper the top of the cabinet, but you can decide to decorate yours anyway you like!

Here is the finished look! I added some laces, handles to the drawers, cameos and metal embellishments to decorate it.

 I added a few wood embellishments to the sides that matched with the paper.

 You can see below here, I have used one of Gina's new Number Plates and I added it to a metal butterfly that I embellished in some Shabby White Embossing Powder.

 And here you have the finished piece. This Art Cabinet holds tons of supplies, I couldn't believe how much I could put in here! This is another amazing storage solution Gina has created!

I hope you will get one of these Art Cabinets for yourself, you wont be sorry, they are super easy to put together and a great addition to any crafty space!

Gina's Designs Products used

Art Storage Cabinet

Number Plates

Other items used

Martha Stewart Putty Paint

White Gesso

Glossy Accents

Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Powder

Metal Handles, Butterflies, Cameos and Filigree Pieces from Butterbeescraps

Lace from Lavish Laces

Wood Dressform, Key and Letter Tiles from WhichCraft