Once Upon A Time

Hi everyone! Amylove here with a fun project. I love these new crosses in Gina's store, and I am very excited about using them. So here is my take on it:

I like to take many pictures to try and convey the colors and textures. Click on the link below for the  tutorial on how I created this piece!

Once Upon a Time Mixed Media Tutorial

Here are the products I used:

Gina's Designs:

Gothic Cross Set

Wings Assortment

Clock Hands Shape Set

Flourish Set Amanda

Parisian Shape Set

Words & Phrases 2

Other Products:

Gesso

Paint and Ink Sprays

Flat Canvas

eye hooks

chains

charms

rhinestones

E6000

Glossy accent

acrylic paint

Lion Head Knocker

Time Flies Steampunk Plaque Featuring The Robin's Nest Papers

Hi everyone! Amylove here stepping out of my comfort zone with a steampunk theme. I was inspired by picturing these amazing wings behind this little plaque I had laying around, and they worked well together!

This month Gina's Designs is cross promoting with The Robin's Nest and I have used some of there awesome papers on my hot air balloon, hat and the little bow at the base of the balloon.

 

I embossed the wings with some Stampendous Shabby White embossing powder.

 



I enjoyed the process of this piece and will soon be making more Steampunk themed creations!! If you would like to see a video on how I created this, please follow this link to my tutorial:

Time Flies

Products used:

Gina's Designs

Clock Hands Shape Set

Gears Shape Set

Hot Air Balloon Shape Set

Wing Assortment

Other products

Robin's Nest Paper

Robin's Nest Rub On's

black gesso

copper paint

embossing powder

eye hooks

chain

Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays

Distress ink

Stickles

Art Journal Page with Guest Designer Tamiko McCurry

Hello EVERYONE!!  Tamiko here and it is my last week as a Guest Designer for Gina's Designs Laser cuts.  It has has been super swell to be here each Wednesday!  If you haven't noticed my style by now, I love color and I loooove sparkle.  You can never have too much of either when you are playing with fairies!  Check out my latest journal page..

I love anything and everything about fairies, then again I am biased because of the color and sparkle/glitter/shimmer factor.  I am not colorful person in clothing, nor am I adorned with sparkley accessories, but my heart is.  My friend Sandee Setliff, an awesome artist, and she reminded me to..  DREAM BIG, Little fairies grant BIG WISHES!  I believe there is a little bit of fairy sprinkling kindness/fairy dust everywhere daily in many of us.

Any who, back to my project.  I covered all my fabulous chippies from Gina's Store with gesso.  You don't have to, but I do, especially when I know I am going to use Design Memory Craft's gelatos.  It allows me to literally apply color and rub with my finger.

Here I took the Dressform Hang Ups  and attached it to one of the Ornamental Birdcages Shape Set and a set wings from the Wings Assortment pack.  I colored with gelatos and let sit and dry a bit. I  then added my Design Memory Craft Glass Bead Glitter Gel, becaue it dries clear on the project and allows the intended color from chippies to shine through.  Gina's chipboard/hard board pieces are such an amazing quality and I have tried various mediums on all of them and they had stood up to EVERYTHING I have thrown at it.  Not once did the buckle/pucker/warp during the process, which is very important to me.

    Then I added fairies from the small and medium packs.  Believe me.. YOU will want several of these assortments and there is a LARGE TOO!!  Making a new wish list!!!

I love Gina's Store, I am very excited over the projects I have been able to produce over the last few weeks.  Her chippies have allowed me to create things I would not normally even attempt on my own.  With an awesome selection of chipboard pieces and her MORE than affordable prices I will always come back and refer her to friends and fellow crafters alike.  If you get a chance to check out her site! I am more than sure you will find something that tickles your fancy, personally or for a spectacular gift.  Again, it has been uberly awesome to be a guest designer for her and her company.  Please subscribe to her design team's YouTube Channel , they are a talented bunch and don't forget to LIKE her Facbook page by clicking here and join her Facebook group for even more inspiration by clicking here.

Thanks for all of your warm support!

Love Birds Heart Wall Hanging by Kim

Hello friends! Today I would like to share with you this beautiful heart wall hanging. This is a fairly new product in Gina's store, and it's perfect for Valentine's Day!  I wanted to do it up in a shabby vintage style. This fun project is hanging in my craft room.

I first painted the hearts in the colors to go in my craft room. The first and last ones are a light pink. I then tore up some lovely rose themed paper and mod podged it in different spots on the hearts. For the center of each one, I dangled the smaller heart by punching a hole and using jump rings to attach them.  I then layered on more of the paper and the corrugated cardboard that comes with the wall hanging. I added some texture paste for dimension.  The birds from the Build A Layout Love Birds set were heat embossed.

I attached some crocheted lace to each piece to create the wall hanging.

For the two middle hearts I painted them in a teal color, then layered on some paper to match and cut up a vintage pink doily to lay over the top. I used some of Gina's gorgeous wings, which I heat embossed. I then added an angel and flowers to each to finish them off.

 

Lastly, the final heart got the same treatment as the first pink one. I added a metal number 14 to represent Valentine's Day, a pretty cameo, and flowers as well.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Pick up one of these for yourself or give it to a friend for a great Valentine's Gift.

Thanks for stopping by!

 Gina's Designs Items Used

Hearts Wall Hanging

 Build A Layout Love Birds
Wings Shape Set

Other Items Used

Paper Artsy Paints

Bo Bunny Madeline Paper

Prima Angels

Tim Holtz Metal

Lace and Metal Hearts from Kraftsupplies4U 

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Doilies and Cameos From My Stash

A Day in Paris by Kathi

Welcome crafting friends! Kathi here today to share with you my latest project,  A day in Paris!

I used lots of Gina's items on my project this time. I have used some printed burlap fabric as my base and then layered on the chipboard pieces and embellishments.
 

 

Here you can see the Words from the Word Stackers 2 Set and a lovely Fleur De Lis to add to the Parisian Feel of my project.

I also used the one of the Steampunk Hearts and the Gears from the Border and Corner Set here and one of the Botanical Tags, which is a great place for journaling.

Above here you can see the new Flourish Frame - Bella where a photo can go to complete the project.

Gina's Designs Supplies Used:

Wings assortment'

Flourish Fames - Bella

Gears shape set

Butterfly of Gears

Steampunk Hearts
 Botanical Journaling Blocks
Word Stackers 2

Steampunk Hearts

Other Supplies Used:
 Metal butterflies from Craftsupplies1
Printed burlap fabric
Lace trim
Black beaded trim
distress Paint
Glossy Accents
Distress Glitter
Metal cameo broach
Metal Fleur De Lis


Thanks for stopping by the blog today, be sure to stop by Gina's store & check out all the new items in the store. Enjoy your day!

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Alarm Clock Shadowbox by Kim

Hi Crafty Friends! Today I would like to share my altered alarm clock shadowbox, one of the newer items in our store.   You get 6 layers to the clock which you can stack up to create depth, it's a super fun design!

I used some Distress Crackle paint on the clock and after it was dry I used some of the new Shimmerz Inklingz watercolors. I used the Inklings to dry brush over the cracks and it picked them up perfectly and really accented them.

Once I was done with that, I used some laces around the outside layers and the inside edges. I then used more Inklingz and Blingz on the chipboard wing and also on the wooden "dream" charm.

I added some embellishments, flowers and a cute little nest to finish off the clock.

 I really loved making this project.  It was quick and lots of fun to do. Check them out in Gina's Store!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Alarm Clock

Tulip Scroll Corners

Wings Assortment

Dream Wood Charm

Other Items Used

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Lace from Craftsupplies1

Prima Clock, Nest & Hands

Tim Holtz Number Plate

Tim Holtz Wallflower Paper

Ranger Distress Crackle Paint

Shimmerz Inklings & Blingz



Artist Trading Blocks by Dianna and a Layout by Donna

Hello Crafters!  Today we have two projects to share, first up are more of our Artist Trading Blocks.  We hope you've been enjoying all the different ways these blocks can be decorated.

 Hi all, it's Dianna here, and these are Gina's Designs Artist Trading Blocks. I went for a Steampunk Style. The bottom block is distressed corrugated paper torn to expose Gina's Designs gears painted in gold and bronze then inked with Tim Holtz's distress inks.

I fell in love with The Butterfly of Gears and had to use it on the front.  The second block is distressed paper with gears that turn on brads.




The top block is a permanent clock but the other sides are held with magnets so that the top block can change with the seasons, literally.



I used Gina's Designs Spooky Shape Set and Spiderweb Shape Set.






Items Used
Gina's Designs

Butterfly of Gears
Cardstock Doily Set Steampunk
Clock Hands Shape Set
Steampunk 2 Shape Set
Steampunk Shape Set
 Sketelon Clocks
Spooky Shape Set
Spiderweb Shape Set



Tim Holtz
Distress Ink
Stormy Sky
Black Soot
Vintage Photo
Tea Dye


Next up is Donna with a 12 x 12 Layout called "Believe".

Hello friends! Today I am sharing a layout created for Gina's Designs, which is very close to my heart.

I used two of the stackable labels to make a cross, using gold tinsel embossing powder. I added one of the white cardstock doilies, under the round sentiment, and placed it on top of the cross with a few pop dots.  I then placed a crocheted doily underneath the cross. 

I have been saving the gorgeous chipboard wings for something special! I embossed the wings with a pearl like embossing power called Angels Dust Ruby. I tried to capture some of the beautiful colors and shimmer from the embossing powder in this photo.

I used dry fine star dust glitter for the word Believe.

Gina's Designs Products

Stackable Label Shapes

10 Words

Wings Assortment

Cardstock Doily Set 1

Other Products

Kaisercraft BeaYOUtiful cardstock collection

Prima resin angels

Prima photo frames

Prima Valentine red vine

Angel Wings Ruby embossing powder

Gold Tinsel embossing powder

Stardust dry fine glitter

White chalk ink

Pearls

White doily from Etsy

Thank you so much for stopping by Gina's today. Don't forget to make time to create something beautiful!

12 x 12 Mixed Media Layout by Melissa and custom Wall Decor by Deann

Hi! it's Melissa here with a layout I created with Gina's Designs Lasercuts.

For this layout, I used texture paste on one of our borders, using it as a stencil, then I painted it with gesso, followed by acrylic paint and lumieres.

I also put a layer of gesso followed by acrylic paint on the chipboard pieces.

I scrapped a photo of  Evelyn Nesbit, a famous model and actress from the early part of the 20th century, who has an interesting history.

Thanks for looking!

Chipboard used:

Wings Assortment

Art Deco Borders and Corners

Birds Shape Set

Wood Mini Frame 1
Fern Fronds

Hinges Shape Set

Wood Medallions 1

Other products used:

Prima Printery paper
Bo Bunny paper

Prima flowers

Tim Holtz metal corner

Good morning Crafty People, Deann here with a very cool project from Gina. Did you know that you can make special orders? Well you can! Here is a project that I made for my craft room using a very big Eiffel Tower. The measurements of the Tower are 25 inches tall and the bottom of the Tower is about 14 inches wide. It's very big and very awesome ! Any item in the store can be special ordered in different sizes.

I also used one of Gina's Doily Set 8 inch cut in half and two Paris labels. 

 Lots of flowers and leaves. Two ribbons were used on the bottom of the canvas and some brass studs.

 Wood letters that spell Paris were painted green and black.

I painted the Eiffel Tower tan. When that dried I added Crackle Medium and let it dry. I then painted over the crackle medium with a bronze brown paint

Thanks for stopping by!

(((HUGS))) Deann

Gina's Designs products used:

Eiffel Tower-Special order size

Doily Set 8 inch  color-Ivory

other products used:

Flowers from Craftsupplies1

Paris Labels from Kitty'sScrapPost

12 x 24 inch burlap stretched canvas

misalliances- ribbons and brass studs

Wood letters 

China Cabinet by Kathi

Hi everyone, and thanks for joining me today.  It's Kathi here to share my China Cabinet, one of our home decor projects.

 

Supplies Used:

Gina's Designs Laser cuts:

China Cabinet

Wings Assortment

Corset Cards

Cardstock Doily Set - Intricates

Border Sticks

Other supplies:

Graphic 45 - Botanical Tea

Craftsupplies1 - ivory trim & Crochet doily

Wild Orchid Crafts - Roses

Crochet trim 3/4"

Skeleton leaves

White Gesso

Distress Paints

Thanks for stopping by & have a blessed day.

Wall Art Key Heart by Heidi

Hi everyone, Heidi here with a key to the journey of our lives.  When I got this from Gina I knew right away what I would do with it.  I wanted to make something that I would be able to use in my home, a little addition of "steampunk" and vintage together. 

I started with the chipboard key and painted the entire key with gray paint.  I then took the steampunked/gear heart (the top piece) and painted it yellow.  Once all the pieces were dry, I took individual gears and painted them gold and attached them randomly over the heart.  I then used the wings and a couple of gears to accentuate the middle point  

The vintage lace was threaded with a gold ribbon and the word journey along with the key were added. 

Now it is something I can hang in the house with a little extra flair!  

GDT products: 

Key Wall Art Heart 

Gear Shape Set  

Wing Assortment

Word Charm Journey