Framing Photos and Gina's

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing a special layout of a vintage photo that is very special to me.  I chose to use a couple of different pieces of Gina's chipboard frames that seemed to fit the photo perfectly.

 

To achieve the rusty patina look of the chipboard pieces, paint the chipboard two coats of gesso.

 Paint each piece with a metallic paint in an aqua color.  

Ink all pieces with Versa Mark.

Cover with Utee embossing powder and heat set.

Spray your pieces with a brown shade of glimmer mist or mist of your choice.

Rub with Inka Gold in Copper.

Gina's Designs products used:
 Page Frame Flourished. 

10 Words: Cherish

Skeleton Clocks

Thanks for stopping by Gina's Blog today!

The Witching Hour - A Layout by Donna

I cannot believe it is October! Time for spooky, creepy, decorations and the unique, fun combination of colors, orange, black, and purple! I might have gone a little overboard with the colors, but it was fun! Gina's Designs has some great Halloween shapes!

This is a photo of me when I was in my 20s, obviously dressed up like a witch. I used to love to dress up with my kids!

 

The spiderweb shape set is one of my favorites! Yes, I know there should be a spider somewhere on the page...but I hate spiders...just like the webs!

Another of my favorite shapes are "frames". I have used the large Page Frame Flourished and also a smaller flourish oval frame for the photo. I like the way the page frames pull everything together.

I covered all of the chipboard pieces with gesso and used heat embossing powder on everything except for the photo frame. I painted the photo frame with black gesso and used chalk ink, Blood Mary, over it which gave it a hint of the purplish color and some shimmer.

Thank you for stopping by Gina's today and have a safe and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Gina's Designs 

Spiderweb Shape Set

Be Witched shape set (coming soon)

Page Frame Flourished

Flourished Frames: Evie Set (coming soon)

Other Products

Butterflies -  Reneabouquets.com

Black chalk ink

Embossing powders
Black gesso
White gesso

Paper collections:

Echo Park - Arsenic and Lace 

Anna Griffin 

Bo Bunny

Authentique - Spirited 

Flowers:

Prima

Petaloo

I Am Roses

Layout by Melissa and Halloween Home Decor by Nancy

First up is Melissa, with a bright and beautiful layout, that is reminiscent of The Roaring Twenties.

Hi Melissa here for Gina's Chipboard Laser Designs

I thought this beautiful chipboard frame was just right for this photo of Louise Brooks, a famous film star of the 1920's.  

 I painted the frame with the following:

1. Gesso

2.  A mix of green and brown watercolor on the whole frame.

3.  A mix of red and green watercolors on the circle part of the frame. 

4.  A coat of Glossy Accents

5. Twinkling H20s in green on the leaves and vines.

Thanks for looking!

Chipboard used:

Page Frame Flourished

Other:

Pink Paislee Paper

Petaloo flowers

Glossy Accents

Winton and Lewis Watercolors

Watercolor paper

Sizzix with Tattered Florals

Red Swarovski crytals

Twinkling H20s

Prima Bling

Next up is Nancy to share some spooky Halloween Home Decor.

This Standing Dome from the Home Decor section of our store, comes in two styles.  This one has a solid back and the other style has a framed opening at the back.  I love both of them, but this one in particular, because it does remind me of a tombstone.  The piece wasn't designed for Halloween necessarily, but I couldn't help myself.  The 4-inch depth seemed like such a likely spot for these skeletons to hang out.  

I painted the assembled piece black, then dry brushed some orange in places.  I also adhered some packaged spider webbing from the Halloween section of the dollar store with gel medium for extra texture, and melted it into the paints with my heat gun.  I also spread on a bit of glass bead gel and brass colored distress paint.  For the mossy look I added green acrylic paint with a dry brush.   I don't usually start with a plan, I just keep adding color and texture until I achieve the look I want.

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Standing Dome

Tree 3

Spider Web Shape Set

Chain Borders

Collage Sheet Images by:

Seneca Pond Crafts

Alpha Stamps

Vintage styled layout by Melissa

Hi there, Melissa here with a 12 x 12 page using Gina's Designs Lasercut chipboard shapes. The frame and background were painted with gesso, metallic acrylic paints, and topped with crackle accents.  I also added stitching to the page, giving it an old fashioned look.   It reminds me of how my Mom and I used to sew and do cross stitch.  The frame's design is beautiful, composed  of  flowing lines, leaves, and curves.  I thought it complemented the vintage photo really well.

 I added flowers, bling and metals that looked as if they might have come from that period of time. Pearls with their soft luster give an added dimension of  color and texture. I think the colors of the paper and the metallic paint, give the page a ghostly look. I also added some Tim Holtz rub-ons and tissue tape to fit the theme.  Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs chipboard used:

Page Frame Flourish

Hearts Background

Other supplies used;

Maja paper

Prima flower

Tim Holtz rub ons ,tissue tape, and metal flower

Vintaj bead caps

Crackle Accents

Liquid Pearls