Snow Angel Layout Featuring The Robin's Nest Product

Hello friends! Today I am sharing my layout with you which features the lovely papers and cut outs from The Robin's Nest.  This is our third year working with the Robin's Nest team and we were super happy to be able to create with this fun set of paper designs.
I chose to do a layout this time as I just loved this Snow Angel Paper!  Gina's garden fairies, snowflakes, and pine tree shape set went really well and kept with in the theme I was going for.

I layered on lots of lovely venise trim and flowers from Kraftsupplies4U, and then tucked in some of the snowflake cut outs we got with our Robin's Nest Papers.

I heat embossed the Fairies with some white and gold powder and then touched up their wings with some silver and gold Silk Acrylic Glazes.  The snowflakes were also heat embossed and then I added some fun Prima Bling to the center of each.

 The pine trees were a lot of fun to make. I used more of the Silks Acrylic Glazes on them in some blue and green tones and then topped them off with some Snow Tex to give a wintery feel.  The lovely lady in the photo above I thought went perfectly with the snow angel theme and I surrounded her with some rosette trim and snowflakes.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my layout!  I had lots of fun creating with The Robin's Nest Papers, you can check out their site HERE for more information.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Pine Trees Shape Set

Cardstock Doilies Intricates

Garden Fairies Large

Other Items Used

Robin's Nest Paper and Cut Outs

Silks Acrylic Glazes

Laces and Flowers from Kraftsupplies4U

Petaloo Flowers

Tim Holtz Rosette Trim & Found Relatives

Snow Tex

Prima Flower Centers

Kaisercraft Acrylic Overlay

Altered Bottle by Guest DT Heather

 
Hello friends, Heather here today with my altered fairy bottle.

 

 

I  altered this bottle first with silver foil tape that I embossed with an embossing folder and then applied it to the bottle and added all of Gina's wonderful products to accent the bottle.

 

 

Here is a close up of one of the dressforms from the dressform mini set. 

 

I also used the same metal foil technique on the leaves you see in the photos above.

 

...And finally, here is my lovely fairy resting at the top of the bottle with a glittery gold tones to add to the metallic look of the bottle.

I hope you enjoyed visiting my fairy resting place!

Heather :)

 

Gina's Designs Items Used

Garden Fairies Large

Chain Border

Dressform Mini

Feather Shape Set

Steampunk Doily

Gear Shape Set

 

Other Items Used

Metal Foil Tape

Craftsupplies1 Flowers

 

 

Magical Fairy Layout

Hello Friends!  Today I am sharing a 12 x 12 layout that I adhered to a flat unfinished particle board frame from Michael's.  The Paisley Frame from Gina's Designs surrounds the 5 x 7 opening in the frame and adds dimension.  I decoupaged the design papers directly onto the wood, some of which I tore and layered.  The paper is applied to the wood with matte Mod Podge, and I have tucked some of our intricate doilies in between the layers for added texture and interest.  One of our Garden Fairies watches over the scene in the upper left corner.  I painted the chipboard frame that surrounds the opening with a light coat of gesso followed by Lumiere paints in gold and lavender shades.  The fairy is embossed with shabby beige embossing powder over some glass beads in the wings area.  I also rubbed on some Inka Gold.  Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Paisley Frame

Cardstock Doily Set - Intricates

Garden Fairies Large

Other:

Design paper by BoBunny - C'est La Vie Collection

Lumiere paints by Jacquard

Flowers by Recollections and Petaloo

Bird Nest, Resin Topiary and Deer by Prima

Butterflies and Dragonfly by Renea Bouquets

Layout by Guest Designer Lynne

Hi! I'm Lynne from Ontario, Canada and I'm so happy to have the chance to share my creations here and to use some of Gina's fabulous chipboard! My first project is a layout, with a photo of my daughter Elizabeth and Lily, the latest stray kitten she brought home to live with us (she has added several beloved furry members to our family this way!)

 

  I wanted a whimsical feel to my page, and the sweet fairies were perfect for that. I used one of my favourite techniques to finish them: painting with acrylic paint followed by stamping and heat embossing. I used a delicate paisley stamp and soft colours, then added micro beads to the wings.

 

 

The flourishes are actually a frame that I divided to better showcase them and the photo; they also set off the pink stencilling. On these I used the same technique but embossed with clear embossing powder so I was just adding texture.

 

    Gina's Designs items used

       Fantasy Frame and Flourishes
       Garden fairies, medium  

 

Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden papers
  Versa Mark Ink
  Martha Stewart Ironwork punch
  Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder, Golden Angel Wings
  Prima stencil, static
  homemade texture paste
  Recollections lace trim

 

          

 

 

                  

Butterflies by Kim and Deann

Hi Everyone! Today we have a dual take on the same inspirational item. We were both on Pinterest and discovered this great inspirational piece which you can find Here.  Deann and I have similar tastes and we both were inspired by similar things, and decided to do our own take on something that inspired us. This is what we came up with! It not only shows the versatility of Gina's chipboard items, it also shows how two people can be inspired by the same thing and come up with a completely different take on it.

I have done a 5 x 7 inch canvas for my project and used lots of fun summery colors.

 I have used lots of layers on this canvas, including ripping up paper, melting crayon wax on the butterfly, lots of bright colors of sprays and some pretty flowers as well.

Here in the center I have taken the scissors from the Vintage Seamstress Set and used them as the body of the butterfly, which was another inspirational point for Deann and I. I added some gears which I painted white, then sprayed with Shimmerz orange and a Lindys blue colored spray.



I hope you have enjoyed my take on our inspiration. Now over to Deann who will share her project with you.

Gina's Designs Items Used

Butterfly of Gears

Vintage Seamstress Shape Set

Gear Shape Set

Cardstock Steampunk Doily Set

Other Items used

Lindys' Stamp Gang Sprays

Shimmerz Sprays

Faber Castell Crayons for Adults

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Paper, Bead and Stamps from My Stash

DEANN'S PROJECT

Hi Everyone! This is my take on our inspiration piece.  I started my project with a 10x10 canvas and used texture paste with Punchinella in different shapes for the background effect.

I used water soluble wax pastels in blues, pinks and yellows. Once that was dry I went

over the whole thing with some gesso. I used an old credit card to apply the gesso, and that allowed me to scrape some off and make thicker in other spots for more texture.

Then it was time to add stuff! I used the scissors from the Vintage Seamstress Shape Set and wings

from the Garden Fairies Set ( well...their wings :). They were painted with gesso and inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I hope you like my take on this project, it was a lot of fun to make! Thanks for taking a look. :)

Gina's Designs Items Used
Word Stackers 1
Garden Fairies, Wings Only
Vintage Seamstress Set, Scissors Only

Other Items Used

Flowers and Bling from Craftsupplies1

Flowers from Prima

Gesso

Water Soluble Wax Pastels
Punchinella
Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Book Paper from My Stash



Whimsical Fairy Watering Can from Jennifer and A Little China Cabinet from Heidi

Hello Friends today we have some amazing projects by two of our designers. First up is our Guest Designer Jennifer who has created this whimsical Spring Fairy Watering Can!

Here you can see one of our Fairies perched upon the spout of the can, ready to help out watering the flowers.

We love how the butterflies seem to be flying all around this magical piece!

 Can you spot the Fairy hiding in the flowers?

Thank you so much Jennifer for your beautiful project!

Gina's Designs Items Used

  Butterflies & Dragonflies Set

Garden Fairies

Keys & Plates Shape Set

Ornamental Birdcages Shape Set

Welcome Sign Special Order from Gina's Designs

(For more info on special orders, please contact Gina's Designs)

Other Items Used

Graphic 45 Secret Garden Paper

Silk Flowers from Jennifer's Stash

Heart Lace from Craftsupplies1

Other Laces from Jennifer's Stash

Now over to Heidi who has this wonderful China Cabinet to share!

 Good Day my friends!!

Today's project from Gina's Designs is a new little china cabinet and it is A-dorable!  It is made with a hard board and so it was easy for me to use my American Chalk paint on it.  I have been wanting to do a project with it and this worked perfect- the small version of my ideal little cabinet.  The doors open and there are 2 shelves in there to store little items on it.    

On the bottom are 3 little drawers that are sturdy and open and can actually be used for storage (imagine that!).  I got these little drawer pulls that are actually brads- aren't they perfect for the distressed cabinet?  I adore it. 

Products Used: 

China Cabinet

Tulip Scroll Corners 

Fairy Bell Layout by Kathi

Hi, it's Kathi here to share with you a new layout using Fairies.

I started with the Prima paper “Fairy Belle”, and kept the layout simple since the paper was very busy.  I added two medium fairies from Gina’s Designs,  painted the wings gold using Tim Holtz Distress Paints, and painted one fairy light pink laying it on an intricate doily on the upper right of the photo mat.

 On the lower left corner of the photo mat I placed a second intricate doily. The second fairy I painted with gesso and dressed her in ivory lace trim. 

 On the left side I placed Queen Ann’s Lace as a border which I painted with white gesso.

Products used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts:

Queen Ann's Lace

Cardstock Doily Set - Intricates

Garden Fairies Medium

Prima Paper - Fairy Belle

Gesso - White

Distress Paint - gold

Lace Trim

Thanks for stopping by today & have fun crafting.

Guest Designer Jennifer and an Extra Special "bee"signer Autumn along with Heidi's Moments Like This

 

Hello Everyone! Today we have some fun items up on our blog, first up is our Guest Designer Jennifer. She has upcycled a lantern from a Thrift Store and created this amazing Fairy Garden! Jennifer has passed on some to us below, about how she created this amazing piece. 

 

"...I found this lantern at a second hand store and it screamed fairy garden! I used the chipboard  garden fairies and some dragonflies and painted them black to create a silhouette effects. I then used the wrought iron border set and the miniature arch set painted black and added a chipboard key from the keys and plates set. All of the flowers I used are from craftsupplies1."

 

 

Here you can see how Jennifer lit up this lantern with a battery operated tea light to give it a very magical effect!

 

Gina's Designs Items Used

Garden Fairies Large

Miniature Arch

Key and Plates Set

Wrought Iron Set

Butterflies & Dragonflies Set

 

Other items Used

Flowers from Craftsupplies1

Battery Operated Tea Light

 

Next up is one of our Junior Designers, Autumn who happens to be Jennifer's 5 year old Granddaughter! She has created something special this month for us. Jennifer said that when ever she mentioned to Autumn that she was going to be a Junior Guest "Designer", Autumn disagreed and said no I am not, I am a "Beesigner". Well we kinda think that's a cool name so we are going to keep it...so here is our Beesigner Autumn who created some gorgeous Ballerinas!

 

Here is Autumn hard at work painting her ballerinas!

 

Here is a shot of Autumn decorating the dresses for her lovely ballerinas. She used some wonderful colors!

 

 And finally, here is the finished projects! Don't you just love how she decorated them! Look at the bling she used!

 

Autumn these are just amazing!! Thanks so much for working with us this month, and we hope to see more work from our favorite little Beesigner!

 

Items used by Miss Autumn our "Beesigner"

Ballerina Shape Set

 

 And now over to Heidi, who has some great ideas for Project Life!

 

 

 

Hello  everyone!  Today's project is a little Project Life double page.  Some of you may have seen that Gina's Designs has come out with some great chipboard embellishments, project life cards as well as organization tools!  

The page on the left lower card is a MOMENT card.  In this page I used another sentiment card behind it but it could easily be used in front of a picture that was highlighting a specific moment.  I am trying to get some of my graduation pages ready for pictures to be added for my son.   

This is another of the little project life die cut cards- again I took one of my graduation cards with the diploma on it and used the chipboard card to highlight it.  I just love that little scroll there in the top corner!  

GDT product:

Word Frames Moment

Fairy on a Wall Art Key Holder

Hi there,  it's Melissa here with a project using Gina's Designs Laser Chipboard. This is my version of the Key Wall Art that the Design Team are all creating this month.  I chose the heart shape design.  The key shape really got my imagination going.  I painted it with gesso, followed by lumieres. To give some texture I lightly embossed in white, then put more paint on. Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Chipboard:
Key Wall Art Heart

Wooden Shape Set Keys and Plates

Dressforms and Wings Shape Set

Art Deco Border and Corners

Garden Fairies Small

Other supplies used:  Prima butterflies

Tim Holtz metal gears and doorknob

Stickles

Lumiere paint

Craftsupplies1 Cross Promotional Projects and Wall Art by Mary M

This week we are featuring more amazing projects from the  Craftupplies1 Design Team!  The ladies on the team have really pulled out all the stops, and have come up with some creative ways to use our products. First up is Jennifer with a beautiful steampunk shadowbox along with a set of gorgeous cards as well.

Jennifer

Here is a link to Jennifer's video for her Shadowbox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpwcBs_10uY&list=UUdKMP4DvtvsnhUBdIz196uQ

Here are two gorgeous cards, also from Jennifer this week

 

 Here is the link to Jennifer's Card video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVfDZj-yE9U&list=UUdKMP4DvtvsnhUBdIz196uQ

Next up is Kristina, who has created some really wonderful mini TP Tussie Mussies, just look at all this beauty!

Here is the link to Kristina's Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nh7X96yrCw&list=UUQTdDSesvhnejmvu526xO1Q

This is another project by Kristina we wish to feature this week, it is her Paris Shadowbox, its just so shabby and beautiful!

Here is the link to Kristina's Shadowbox Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5RSeAp07Tg&list=UUQTdDSesvhnejmvu526xO1Q

Heather has made this very pretty and unique Altered Bottle, we just love it!

Here is the link to Heather's video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgazwdnWYCg

And last but not least we have Kim who has altered a Paper Mache Mailbox.

Here is the link to Kim's video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXu6qf_n1bA

Thanks to everyone on the Craftsupplies1 team and please check out Julie's two shops on Etsy and Zibbet.

Etsy Store

Zibbet Store

Next up is Mary with an inventive way to use our Love Wall Art Kit just by making a few simple adjustments.

Hi everyone. Mary here and today I have designed a "lace" sign from Gina's Designs LOVE wall art kit! I plan on using it in my craft room to mark my lace area. When I have decided were that area will be, I will then make the decision on how I will attach it. For now I will just stand it up accordian style!

I lined the back chipboard with paper from Prima's Delight after edging it with Walnut Stain.  The corrugated squares were lightly touched with gesso. For the letters, I took the "O" and cut a small section from it to make a "C".  After a coat of gesso and embossing with Madonna Robe Blue Gold, I turned the "V" upside down and attached the little piece left over to form the "A."

The cutouts are from the paper line. I use a croched doily from my stash under the "A" and one of Gina's Designs under the "E". 

 The panels were attached together with a lovely piece of lace from CraftSupplies1. I took out the ribbon that was woven through it. I then used one of my Tim Holtz Blending Tools and used it to drag the lace over the Antique Linen ink pad.

All the metal flowers are from CraftSupplies1.

For more information, please stop by my blog HERE!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!!!

Gina's Designs Products

LOVE Wall Art Kit

Cardstock Doily Set Intricate

CraftSupplies1

SHOP HERE

Other Products

Paper: Prima - Delight

Embossing Powder: Lindy's Stamp Gang - Madonna Robe Blue Gold

Stampin' up! - Clear

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Walnut Stain, Sage Green, Antique Linen and Pine Needles

Gesso: Studio 71 - white

Flower Buds and Leaves: Wild Orchid Crafts

Doily: Stash

Flat back Pearls and Bling: Stash

Butterflies with Bling: nail art.