Showing posts with label Marfa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marfa. Show all posts

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Owl ATC Shrine by Marfa

Good morning to all of you creative people in blogland!  This is Crafting Marfa.  Today's blog post is bitter sweet for me.  This is my last project as a designer for Gina's Designs.  I have had the time of my life creating with Gina's chippies and hardboard items.  Honest to goodness, I would not trade my time in this team for anything in the world!  

So, on to today's project.  I want to share with you all my Owl ATC Shrine.  This shrine is made of hardboard and it makes for an awesome little photo frame.  I painted it with several shades of brown.  Then I glued brown beads to bring out the tree.  I used a few rhinestone hearts that I've had in my stash for years to accentuate the body of the owl and to decorate the fence.  Then I glued square rhinestones to outline the box.  They also act as two little legs to lift up the front of the box.  I covered the tree with ICE resin and the rest of the box is covered with acrylic gloss.  Just a little, not too much.  Finally I put a photo of a flower from my garden that I really love.  Even though I don't make Artist Trading Cards, I still really love to use Gina's ATC Shrines as little photo frames. 




Gina's Designs Supplies:  

Other Supplies:
  Acrylic paint
Acrylic gloss
 ICE resin
beads, rhinestones, and glue.

Sunday, June 22, 2014

A Sparkly Layout by Marfa

Happy Friday everybody, it's Marfa here with a sparkly layout to share.   This is a vintage photo of me on my 15th birthday.  I  am using the Parisian Shape Set and the Banner Border Strip from Gina's Designs.  I especially love the Parisian Shape Set.  It has a lot of lovely chipboard shapes and it was perfect for this layout.  I also used a reflective material to give the mirror a more realistic look.  That was a lot of fun.  I covered the chippies with glitter acrylic paint and with another acrylic paint that has a satin finish.  The awesome, glittery paper is by Robin's Nest.  This layout is me through and through.  Scroll down for a short video and have a great weekend!






Gina's Designs Supplies:

Other Supplies:
Robin's Nest Paper
Flowers from Craftsupplies1
Prima Say It In Pearls
Tim Holtz Mirrored Adhesive-Back Sheets of Reflective Material
Recollections Glitter Shapes


Sunday, June 15, 2014

Live, Love, Laugh, Wall Decor by Marfa

Happy Sunday, my lovelies!  Today I want to show you one of my favorite projects so far.  This mirror hangs high up on the wall over my headboard, more for decoration because you'd have to climb a ladder to see yourself in it...lol   When I saw these wall art words it occurred to me that the mirror would be a great place to display them.  I was right :-D

The wall art is made from hardboard and the color matches very well with the mirror and with my bedroom furniture.  I simply hot glued some beautiful, shabby chic flowers, a rhinestone and a butterfly.  I wanted a simple, romantic look and I believe that I got it.  I didn't want to put any hot glue on the mirror so I covered the back of the letters with little pop dots.  I took the photo a little bit from the side as I tried to avoid reflections as much as possible, so if you look closely you can see the pop dots slightly in the shadows.  In person you can't see them unless you get really REALLY close to the mirror. 










Supplies from Gina's Designs:  Wood Wall Art - Live Love Laugh

Other Supplies:
Flowers from Craftsupplies1
Butterfly by Prima
Hot Glue
Pop Dots

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Layout by Marfa


Hi everyone, it's Marfa here!   The day that I met pop artist Romero Britto was such a thrill.  I had visited his gallery in Miami Beach and was very familiar with this happy, colorful work.  Meeting him in person was awesome.  He was very kind and allowed  us to take a photo with him.  I am still a very enthusiastic fan of his work. 

For this layout I decided to use a lot of color, in honor of Britto's colorful work.  I used acrylic paint to cover the chipboard pieces and then I added a coat of acrylic gloss.  I love, love, love how it turned out!



If you would like to see a video of my layout with more info on how I created it, please visit my Blog.

Gina's Designs Supplies:

Other Supplies:

Webster's Pages paper-Candy Hearts
Prima Say It In Crystals
Project Life Free Printables
Darice Rhinestones Stickers







Saturday, May 24, 2014

China Cabinet by Shanna and House Shrine Box by Marfa


First up today is Shanna with a beautiful and practical storage solution.

Hi everyone, it's Shanna here today to share a fun project.  I love storage and this China Cabinet is amazing!


I covered everything using some Tim Holtz papers for a vintage look.


I numbered the boxes and colored them to match the papers.


I filled it with a few knick knacks from my goodie containers to showcase the inside.


Here you can see the inside of the bins. Big enough for lots of goodies. 


Thanks so much for looking!


 Next up is Marfa with an adorable home decor project.


Good morning chickadees!  Happy Saturday :-)  Today I want to show you a House Shrine Box from Gina's Designs.  I am using it to display some of my 3D quilling.  I began by covering it with modeling paste and I drew some designs on it for visual effect and texture.  I used a very thin layer so it dried fairly quickly.  Then I painted it with Adirondack ink.  Inside I covered everything with scrapbook paper.  I also created a shelf out of cardboard so I could display more quilled items.  The finishing touch was some pretty flowers.



This project was very easy to put together.  You do not need to be an expert crafter to do it and its going to look great on a shelf, or on your desk.

Supplies:


Other Supplies:

Modeling paste
Adirondack ink
Prima flowers
scrapbook paper
Gorilla wood glue

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Scrapbook layouts by Shanna and by Marfa

Today we are sharing two scrapbook layouts by two of our Design Team members with very different styles!   First up today is Shanna with her layout titled "Hide n Seek".

Good morning everyone!  Shanna here to share a layout. I have had this photo of my daughter for a while and I absolutely love it. I was waiting for the right papers to create it and here it is. I love these papers and then I got the idea to use some of the Texture Sheet - Checkerboard style.  


First I gave it coat of gesso, then used some spray to give it color. I really wanted it to pop so I used a palette knife to spread texture paste across,  not to fully cover but just to make it pop.


I also used a key from the Keys and Plates Set. I gave it a coat of some Inka Gold and then some chalk to dull down the shine. 


I had to finish the layout with some flowers and some splatters and I thought the title Hide n Seek was perfect for this layout. It was her favorite game once she got her feet. 

Next up is Marfa with her layout titled "Birds of a Feather".


This is one of my favorite layouts in quite a while.  It is simple, elegant and the photo is fun.  My mom's cousin was visiting from Georgia.  We hadn't spent much time together in months.  I used chipboard shapes from Gina's Designs as focal points.  I painted them with black acrylic paint and then I outlined them with Sharpie markers in metallic colors.  If you're one of those crafters who thinks that you don't have a lot of time for scrapbooking, let me tell you that I created this page, from scratch, in a couple of hours.  You can do it too.  I have a list of supplies at the bottom of this post.  Go get your own and give it a try.  You will find that you DO have enough time and creativity to make your own scrapbook pages :-)


Gina's Designs Supplies:

Other Supplies
Webster's Pages paper:  Your Life. Beautiful "Let's Celebrate"
Prima flowers: Jardine Pixie Glen
Elle's Studio The Sweet Life Large Journaling Tag


Saturday, May 10, 2014

Cards by Shanna and a home decor project by Marfa

Hi everyone, today we have two really gorgeous cards to share, and a bright and cheery wreath that's sure to brighten your day.  First up is Shanna.


Shanna here with two cards to share. I thought the Arched Window would be a great piece for this card. I colored the chipboard using some Prima Chalks and then gave it a coat of glossy accents. 


Here you can see the Fern Fronds with a pastel Prima Chalk.


For my second card I couldn't resist using the Cartographer collection with this fabulous Net Style Hot Air Balloon


I first coated it gesso, then more Prima chalks, followed by Gold Foil Prima Bloom Spray.  I heat set that,  then I used Lindy's Sandra Dee Flat Fabio spray to darken it up.



Thanks so much for stopping by. I  hope you were inspired to create your own creations with some of Gina's Lasercuts. 


Next up is Marfa

Happy Saturday pretty and creative people!  This is Crafting Marfa.  This morning I want to show you my new summer wreath!  I used an old Styrofoam wreath that used to be a Spring wreath but was sort of falling apart.  I covered the wreath with Creative Twist ribbon in beige. Then I sprayed it with ink in green, brown and yellow.  The finishing touch was to cover it with two different fabric ribbons and flowers.  The focal piece is a birdhouse wall hanging from Gina's Designs.  I covered the birdhouse pieces with scrapbook paper and added more of Gina's Designs Flourishes and a butterfly.  

It is a very cheerful, summery wreath and I love it! 





Gina's Designs Supply List

Other Supplies:
Flowers and Butterfly from Craftsupplies1
Ribbon
Styrofoam wreath
Hot glue
Paper glue

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Decorative Frame Shadow Box by Marfa

Happy Saturday, rainbow drops!  Can you believe that it is May already?  I feel like the year is breezing by way too fast.  For those of you who live in places where winter was harsh, I hope that you are enjoying the weather.  You will soon be enjoying summer, the pool, lemonade and all that good stuff :-)  For me, I pretty much enjoy that weather year round, so I'm looking forward to the day when I see snow again. 

Today I want to share with you a special project that I made for Gina's Designs.  This is a Decorative Frame Shadow Box.  It is one of the new products in the store and I really enjoyed working with it.  It is currently hanging on a wall in my bathroom.  I like looking at it because it feels very cheerful.  I hot glued a sawtooth frame hanger to the back so I could hang it on the wall easily.  

First I painted the frame with green acrylic paint, then I glued two different papers to the back of the frame.  I hot glued some pretty lace trim and large, flat back pearls to the top and a flower ribbon to the bottom.  I finished it by adding some flowers, a metal bicycle, a craft bird, a butterfly and some little wood embellishments.  It really was that simple!  Trust me, you don't have to be a very experienced crafter to decorate a frame like this.  It just takes some embellishments, glue and a little bit of time.  I had so much fun putting it all together.  I hope that you will give it a try.  Scroll down for a list of supplies.  But remember, as long as you have the decorative frame, you can use whatever supplies you have on hand.




Supplies from Gina's Designs:

Other supplies:
Paper from Webster's Pages and Prima
Flowers, wood embellishments and metal bicycle from Prima
Butterfly and yellow roses from Craftsupplies1
Ribbon trim by Webster's Pages
Craft bird
Acrylic Paint
Hot Glue
Sawtooth Hanger

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Memory Tray by Shanna and Cards by Marfa

First up today is Shanna to share a very cool and beachy project!

Welcome!!! Welcome!!! Welcome!!!

Shanna here sharing a super fun and amazing project I recently created. 
I used to be a beach bum and was at the beach daily, but where I live now the beach is 3 hours away!!! 

I have sworn to bring the beach to my home, and so far my fireplace mantle and one bathroom has been beached out!  Now for the powder room. I decided to create this specifically to decorate my powder room so people have something to gaze at besides a sink. 

The memory tray got a couple coats of a cream colored acrylic paint and the chipboard pieces got a coat of gesso. 


After the gesso on the chipboard dried I added some glass bead gel and color by spray or chalk ink.


Yes there must always be rules even if they are just for having fun!


Items Used:


Next up is Marfa, with simple to create, but beautiful cards for Mother's Day.  

Good morning, sweet face!  I am so happy to finally be able to show you the two Mother's Day cards that I made this year!  I usually make only two Mother's Day cards each year, so I try to make them very special.  Let me tell you a little secret.  Come here...closer...cccllloooosssseeerrrr... for the longest time this year I just couldn't get my card making mojo going.  BUT I knew one thing for sure.  I wanted to use the chippie roses that I got in my design team package from Gina's Designs.  I really fell I love with these roses at first sight.

After a while of frustrating trial and error I realized that I was actually fighting the changes within my style.  I just couldn't get excited about making something really complicated and busy because I have been changing towards clean and simple for a quite a while already.  So I did something really simple.  I painted the chipboard pieces with a gold paint pen, except for the butterflies.  I used a red paint pen for those.  Then I covered them with a glitter pen for a big, in your face glitterfying! I also covered the butterflies and the little heart with Crackle Accent.  Why?  I don't know, just because.   One rub on sticker and one clear sticker finished everything.  I used matte photo paper and a glittery mulberry paper to make the card itself.   Its hard to glue things to mulberry paper, so I used hot glue and that worked very well.  Scroll down for a short video and a list of supplies.






Gina's Designs Supplies List:


Other Supplies:
matte photo paper
 mulberry paper
 gold paint pen
red paint pen
 glitter pen
 Crackle Accents

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Scrapbook Layout by Marfa and another Wall Art Key by Shanna

First up today is Marfa with a meaningful layout she is calling "Funky Colors"

Good morning crafty friends!  I hope that you are all having a wonderful weekend.  Today I want to share with you a simple scrapbook layout, but it means a lot to me.  The hands that you see in the photos belong to my mother and me.  We get our nails done every couple of weeks.  It's one way in which I pamper my mother, who is totally selfless and never does anything for herself.  My mom is someone who always thinks of other people first.  If she knows you're in need she offers to help even before you ask, so every couple of weeks I take her with me and we get our nails done.  

When I received my design team package from Gina's Designs and I saw this  Pallette and Brushes Set I knew right away that I wanted to use it on this layout.  I simply colored them with acrylic paint and a sharpie marker.  I added Crackle Accents to the bristles of the brushes, just for fun.  I also liked the idea of using flowers for the "paint" on the palette. 




Gina's Designs Supplies:  Pallette & Brushes Set

Other Supplies:
Webster's Pages paper: Clean and Simple Sunday Picnic Pedal Pushers
Acrylic Paint
Prima Flowers: Perles Romance Novel
Crackle Accents
Free Printable Project Life embellishments


Next up is Shanna with another of the Wall Art Keys that the team has been decorating this month.

Hey everyone!  Shanna here today to share with you a wall art piece. I had so much fun playing with the key. My thought was to make it an inspirational piece. 

"The key is to treasure the voyage."

First I painted everything black. Then I decided to paint the balloon along the lines of teal and vintage metals. 

I then altered the gears by doing a layer of gesso, layers of Twinkling H20's and then adding some Glass Bead Gel, completing the gears some Tattered Angels Paints. 



The base of the key got a layer or Croco Paint giving it that old metal rusting off look. Then I finished off the key with metal flowers and some chit chat pieces.



Items Used:

Saturday, April 12, 2014

A Layout by Shanna and Wall Art by Marfa

Hi everyone!  Today we have two projects to share.  First up is Shanna with a super cute layout featuring several of our chipboard shapes.

Good morning everyone, Shanna here. I have a special layout that I made for Gina's Designs. More importantly I made it for my mom. 

Of course having two grandbabies she had to share the love equally. I made a layout of my daughter for my mom for Mother's Day so it is only fair to equal it out and make her one of Avery. 

I so love the Pink Paislee papers I used and the amazing chipboard pieces that really helped make this layout pop!





Items Used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts 

Next up is Marfa with one of our new wall art keys.  These keys come in several styles ready for you to alter, or as some of the team members have done, attach to another project.  Either way, these large sized keys are impressive.

Hello chickadees!  Today I want to show you a very unique project that I created for Gina's Designs.  It is a key!  This key opens the door to your imagination!  Only metaphorically speaking, of course...lol  I don't have a ruler right now, but this key seems to be about 10 inches in length, which is a great size for wall art.  I have the Hot Air Balloon Key, but Gina offers more designs that are really pretty.  I also used a few other pieces from Gina's Designs, but you can find all the links at the bottom of this post.  

I used hot glue to put everything together.  There are layers and layers of Lumiere paint and a gold paint pen as well.   I added Liquid Pearls to the balloon for an extra shot of color.  Ever though this is wall art, I'm not going to put it on the wall.  This key is going next to a lamp in my living room.  My living room furniture, although not Steampunk, seems to go very well with this key.  It was easy to put together.  I got to play around with paint and get my finger dirty (always a plus!).  Now I have a very cool, unique ornament for my living room.  So I suggest that you check out the shop, get your own key and open the door to your imagination!






Supplies:



Other Supplies:

Liquid Pearls, Lumiere Paint, Gold Paint Pen, Hot Glue





Saturday, April 5, 2014

Vintage Camera Box by Shanna and an altered Memo Board by Marfa

Hi everyone!  Today we have two projects to share with you.  First up is Shanna with her take on our vintage camera box.  Several of the team members have turned these amazing boxes into gorgeous creations, and each one is very different.  I think you'll love what Shanna did with hers.

Shanna here today to share a cool new project I created. This is a Vintage Camera Box and a great home decor piece to alter for anyone and any theme.





I altered it using some Prima papers and flowers. Everything was also inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  

This was such a quick and easy project to put together.

Thanks so much for stopping by.


Next up is Marfa with her take on our memo board.  It feels like Spring is in the air with this bright and colorful project.

Hello buttercups! This is Crafting Marfa.   I hope that you're planning to enjoy yourself this weekend.  I have been working on this memo board and it now sits on a shelf in my bedroom so I can look at it every day!  It definitely reminds me to be cheerful!  I painted it with gesso and then I rubbed ink spray and more gesso until I got the colors that I wanted.  I also cut off a few parts of the board because I wanted to use the little metal legs.  I love them!  I made the canvas flower myself.  The Scripture Card is one that I made a long time ago and you can find a printable version in the Scripture Cards section of my blog.  I printed it on matte photo paper and I tucked it into the chipboard flowers at the bottom and the butterflies in the corner.  This way I can change it whenever I'm in the mood.  I also love having a little space for a notepad and some pens. This memo board practically screams Spring, doesn't it?  :-)



Supply List

Gina's Designs' Supplies:  

Other Supplies:
Metal Legs by Miriam's Crafting Supplies
Butterflies and yellow flowers by Craftsupplies1
Gesso
Ink sprays in pink and green
Glimmer Mist
Hot glue
Handmade canvas flowers



Saturday, March 22, 2014

Spring Birdhouse

Happy Saturday my pretty butterflies!  This is Crafting Marfa today!  Spring is here and so are craft projects!  You all know by now my love affair with birdhouses, so it shouldn't surprise you to see that one of my first spring projects is, of course, a birdhouse!  During the entire month of March the Design Teams for both Gina's Designs and Craftsupplies1 are having a collaboration.  We each get to work with both companies' amazing products.  I am the luckiest girl ever to get to create with such beautiful products.  This time I am sorry for my mother but she is not keeping this birdhouse :-D  It is going to be somewhere where I can look at it often!

Scroll down for a video and then a list of supplies!





Supplies:

Gina's Designs: 


Other Supplies:

Adhesive Backed Pearls
Acrylic Paint
Vintage Lace
Unfinished Wood Birdhouse

Saturday, March 15, 2014

A Mixed Media Layout by Melissa and a Wall Art Project by Marfa

Hi everyone!  Today we have two amazing and very different projects to share.  Both projects today are part of our month long cross promotional with CraftSupplies1.  The ladies on both teams have done an amazing job combining the products.  First up is Melissa with layout in soft pink vintage tones.

Hi, it's Melissa here with a layout using Gina's Designs Lasercuts, and items from Craftsupplies 1


In this project I wanted my layout to reflect the detail of the photo. I began by painting watercolor paper with watercolors to get a soft and delicate look.  I added texture paste, and used the same paint.  I also  applied Twinkling H20s , and art deco pen ink. 

I like how well the chipboard complements the era.   I especially like the fan, and how it gives a very feminine touch to the page.

Chipboard used:

Flower Filigrees
Silver Fairy Sprites
White Flowers
White Roses

Other products used:
Vintaj Patina Paint
Winton and Lewis Watercolors
The Crafters Workshop stencil
Stickles
Tim Holtz rub ons


Lumiere Paint

Next up is Marfa with a project she is calling "Spring Sweet Spring".  I love the colors she used and the techniques for coloring the chipboard. 


Good morning chickadees!  This is Crafting Marfa with you today.  This month Gina's Designs and Craftsupplies1 are having a cross-promotion.  Both teams have received products from each store.  Today I'm sharing my Spring Sweet Spring canvas.  Its not really a "canvas" because I used a 12 x 12 slab of wood.  I've been in the mood to do something related to Spring because it is cheerful and I love cheerful things.  I created the background by first covering the wood with white gesso.  Then I sprayed ink and rubbed it around with a piece of paper towel.  I used lots of chippies from Gina's Designs.  I also used lots of roses and butterflies from Craftsupplies1.  I coated the chipboard shapes with white gesso and then I colored them with Copic markers.  If I didn't use gesso first the chipboard would not have shown the ink from the Copic markers.  I hot glued everything down (burned my fingers a couple of times too...lol), then  I finished the canvas with a little doodling and a little lettering.  I had already attached a sawtooth hanger and now my art piece is hanging on a wall in my dining room.  Scroll past the photo for a list of supplies :-)





Supplies from Gina's Designs





Other Supplies

Hot Glue
Copic Markers
Sharpie Marker
Gesso
Delysions Ink Sprays
Wood Slab


Saturday, March 8, 2014

Altered Canvas in a garden theme by Nancy and Sketch Challenge Layout by Marfa

Hi everyone, we have two posts on the blog today.  First up is Nancy with an altered inverted canvas.  

Hi everybody, Nancy here!  Today I'm sharing one of my favorite themes again.  Nature!  Somehow for me, it's the theme that comes most easily, and gives me the most pleasure in creating.  I began with a simple application of gesso to the frame, then streaked it with some various colors of Folk Art acrylic paints.  When the paint was dry I added some Kroma Crackle.  This crackle product can take a couple of days to "cure" and finish crackling, so I just leave it and move on to other projects.  When it fully "cured", I rubbed on some Prima chalk inks in various colors to bring out the crackled finish.  I found a nature collage style of design paper in my stash that I'd picked up at Michael's, and I secured it to the back of the canvas with mod podge.  Now comes the fun part.  I began to gather my chippies and to ink, emboss and crackle them.  I looked through my "nature" stash and found nests, birds, eggs and mosses.  After that it only took an hour or so to decide on my final arrangement and to adhere the pieces to the canvas.




Gina's Designs Products Used:

Chipboard pieces have been colored with Prima Chalk Inks.  These are a great tool for coloring.  If you buy the big set you will have plenty of colors in the same family to use for shading.

Tree 3 ( a portion of the tree can be seen on the inside)
Topiary Trees (basic instructions are below the post on how I colored it)
Build-a-Layout Country Living (the wagon wheel) crackled with TH distress rock candy crackle paint
Ornate Corners (inner corner top right)
Fall Shape Set (the rake) colored with chalk ink then TH distrees embossing powder to look like rust

Coloring the Topiary:

I began with a light dry brushing of gesso followed by Prima Chalk Ink.  I "shaded" the pot by leaving the thinly coated white gesso uncolored in the center to give it a rounded look.  For the topiary, after I colored with shades of green chalk ink, I added some clear glass bead gel and left it to dry.  It will dry clear.  At that point you will have lots of texture from the beads that will be stuck to the chipboard.  I then rubbed on some Gilders Paste in Vertigris over the beads and along the edges.  Done!



Next up is Marfa,  who has followed our  March sketch challenge with a 12 x 12 layout titled "You'll Always Have My Heart".  Enter in our gallery for a chance at winning a $10 gift certificate for Gina's Designs online store.




Happy Saturday!!!  This is Crafting Marfa today.  I want to share a layout that I made recently.  I'm using a sketch by Gina's Designs.  The sketch is for this month's challenge,  So I invite you to check it out and participate!  These are vintage photos of my mom, my aunt and my uncle.  I matched the paper to my mom's shirt and my aunt's trousers.  I colored the chipboard with Gelly Roll pens and then with a glitter pen.  I followed the sketch and simply added a couple of tags, some die cuts and a few flowers.   This layout was very easy to put together.  The sketch is easy to follow.  I love the simplicity of this layout.  It is eye catching, but I didn't have to spend a whole day putting it together.  Scroll down for a list of supplies.













Gina's Designs Chipboard Supplies:





Other Supplies:

Paper by Lilybee Designs and Webster's Pages
Tags by Elle's Studio
Die Cuts by Lilybee Designs





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