Santa's Balloon Ride by Dianna

Hi everyone, I hope that your holidays were wonderful!  Here is my take on 

Santa's Christmas delivery from a balloon with a steampunk twist.

I took a 12 x 12 canvas and painted the sides and border a light brown.  I used Mod Podge to seal the paint and adhere the Bo-Bunny: Silver and Gold - Festivities paper.  The compass is from Gina's Designs and painted gold. It looked like it was printed on the paper so I raised it for dimension. 

I used Sparkling H20's Crystal Green on the  raw chipboard and got an iridescent effect on the trees.  I stamped a jingle bells music stamp on the trees and finished the edges with Stickles - Pantina. I placed chipboard under the trees at different thicknesses to create a 3D look.  I hand drew Santa, colored him with Copic markers and used a snow writer on his coat and hat. The chipboard basket was colored with Sparkling H20's and Bo-Bunny paper.  The list was an old stamp on tan paper and distressed with brown ink.

Gina's Designs Mini Display Tray -Hot Air Balloon tops the canvas on a cardboard "hinge".  I used the Sparkling H20's on the outside of the balloon.  Bo-Bunny - Silver and Gold paper line was used on the whole balloon.  I used Tim Holtz rosette die by Sizzix under the clock face and hands, and a super small one was used as a gear.  A fence from Gina's Beach Shape Set was cut down to make a ladder for the elf.  Gina's gears were painted with silver, gold and bronze.  The peppermint was painted white, red and distressed with brown ink to give it a gear look.  I used a Gina's Design Type Writer Key "25" as gear. The snowflake was daubed with Stickles - Icicle, Gold and Pantina. The Bo-Bunny - Elf Magic paper elves were fussy cut out and the magic ticket was punched out using an EK Success Punch.  Gina's flourishes miniatures were painted black and gold.  The dream in a circle is new for Gina's Design and will be available in the store in 2015!

Gina's Designs Products Used
Pine Trees Shape Set
Mini Display Tray
Compass
Gears Shape Set
Skeleton clocks
Clock Hands Shape Set
Christmas Shape Set
Mini Flourishes Bella
Winter Shape Set
Beach Shape Set
Type Writer Keys

Other Products Used
BO-Bunny: Elf Magic & Silver and Gold
12 x 12 canvas
Mod Podge
Paint: light brown, gold, silver, bronze, white, red, black
Sparkling H2O's: Crystal Green
stamps
Stickles: Pantina, Gold, Icicle
Copic Markers
snow writer
brown ink
Tim Holtz: Rosette Die
EK Success Ticket Punch

Parisian Book Box

Good morning peeps!  Crafting Marfa here to bring you another DT for Gina's Designs project.  This is one of my favorites so far!  I know, I know..where is the usual tutorial?  Well, this week I am switching it with Thursday.  Instead, today I want to share with my Parisian Book Box.

I heart this box!  It is big, it is roomy and it actually looks like a book!  This is a hardboard book by Gina's Designs.  I wanted to do a very Parisian theme.  Something that I could put out on display as well as making it functional.  I store my dies in there now.  Everything that you see here, except for the flowers and the trim, are all chipboard shapes from Gina's Designs.  I used an awesome gold paint pen to outline everything.  The paint is inexpensive acrylic.  I added Crackle Accents to almost everything.  I am obsessed with Crackle Accents :-)  Oh, and do NOT forget the tiny bird!  Do you see it?  Its on the the I of Paris. 

Check out the video for a closer look.  And keep scrolling for a list of supplies!

Supplies:



Gina's Designs Chipboard Shapes:  Book Box, Parisian Shapes, Skeleton Clocks

Prima flowers

Fabric Trim

Crackle Accents

Acrylic Paint

Gold Paint Pen



     

My Mom's Manicure Scrapbook Layout

Just another happy Sunday...I'm singing this with the music for Manic Monday...lol  Today I want to show a layout that almost went into a Project Life type of page.  But I feel kinda sentimental about it.  This was my mom's first professional manicure in many, many years.  I had decided a month earlier to get acrylic nails and she has been going with me to my nail appointments.  So I had an epiphany.  Why not make her have her nails done too?  So now our nail appointments are our mother/daughter time :-D  I painted all the embellishments to match her nail polish.  I also used Crackle Accents and washi tape.  Everything but the flowers and the tape is chipboard shapes by Gina's Designs.  Scroll down for a short video and for a list of links to each item :-D

Supplies:



Gina's Designs chipboard shapes:  Miniature bottle, Filmstrip, Dress form, Hanging Clock

Webster's Pages Trim and washi tape

Prima Flower

Crackle Accents

Glitter

Make it Manly: Steampunk Collage Layout by Nancy

Hi everyone, Nancy here with a collage styled layout.  In keeping with the manly or masculine theme for this week I chose to create a Heritage/Steampunk style.  This theme was a little bit out of my comfort zone.  Yikes!....no flowers!,  but I really enjoyed the challenge.  Once I began looking through my gorgeous chippies, the project came together easily.  I'm really happy with the end result.  I think this would make a great gift for the man in your life when mounted inside of a 12 x 12 shadowbox frame under glass.

I used a variety of techniques on this layout.  The vintage photo came from a free collage sheet I'd downloaded.  I printed it out then cut it into four strips and mounted the strips on a mat.  I think it gave the photo a little more interest.  The chipboard pieces were colored using different techniques.  The hot air balloon was colored with gelatos, I punched holes in the bottom section of the balloon with my cropodile and connected it to the top section with jump rings.  The antique car was embossed with stampendous shabby black embossing powder. The clock faces were inked with Prima chalk inks in various shades.  The hinges were given a rusty look with Tim Holtz distress embossing powders in vintage photo and antique linen.  The clock hands were embossed in copper.  The antique bike was inked in black and trimmed with a little gold rub n buff.  I really enjoyed incorporating all the collage elements with the chipboard pieces.  I hope you like it and that I've inspired you to try something different.. 

Supplies used:

Hot Air Balloon from Steampunk Shape Set

Faux Typewriter Keys (in gold color)

Antique Car from Guy Thing Shape Set

Clock Faces (coming soon in sets of different sizes)

Hinges (coming soon)

Gears from Gears Shape Set

Antique Bicycle from Guy Thing Shape Set