A Very Vintage Christmas Ornament

Hi everyone!  Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you all are enjoying your holiday and time with family and friends. Barbara here with a pretty quick and easy Christmas ornament using a recycled tuna can and some Gina's Designs Lasercuts chippies to make it extra special. Dont forget, we will be changing our name to Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts December 1!

Cut away Santa's sleigh and one reindeer from the border. Save remaining border for another project.

Use Intense blocks and water brush to color Santa, his sleigh, and reindeer.

Add glitter glue to the sleigh and reindeer antlers and nose. Use silver pearl pen to add a metallic look to the bottom of the sleigh.  Set aside to dry.

Cut two circles, one larger than the printed circle, to fit inside the tuna can.

Adhere the two circles together and glue to the inside bottom of the can.

Add a bit of snowflake paste to the bottom of the can, just beneath the printed scene.

Coat bottom and part of sides with white gesso to prepare it to accept paint.  Use an awl to punch a hole in the top of the can to insert a dyed to match piece of ribbon for hanging.  (See photo of finished ornament above).

Mix the Radiant Gels together with some clear glaze medium, paint bottom and sides of can.  Paint smallest circle from the Fanciful Elements set with the same color mixture. as well as two small snowflakes.  Splatter white paint over the back of the can and the circular frame.

Distress the edges of the circular frame and snowflakes with the brown ink pad.  Stack the two snowflakes and add a small metal embellishment and diamond gem to the center of the snowflake.

 

Paint the lace border with white gesso and while wet, sprinkle stardust glitter over it.  

Cut a coordinating strip of paper from the Christmas paper collection and glue around side of can.   Adhere the lace border around the sides, aligning it with the upper lip of the can.

Run of line of glue around top lip of can and adhere the circular frame.  Then adhere Santa's sleigh and reindeer, above the scene inside the can.

 A few closeups.

Supplies used:

Gina's Designs:  Snowflake Shape Set

 Santa's Sleigh Border

 Lace Border Sticks

 Fanciful Elements

Water Color blocks

Waterbrush

ColourArte Radiant Gels: Twilight, Guatemalan Green

ColourArte Primary Elements Clear Glaze Medium

white gesso

Circle dies

Brown ink pad

Stardust glitter

Snowflake Paste

I hope you enjoyed this sweet Christmas ornament and that inspiration strikes you to try making one, or two, or three, for your own tree, or gift giving.  You could also attach it to a gift package for an extra gift.  Be sure to visit Gina's Designs for more laser cut chipboard to inspire you.

Thanks for stopping by, and once again, have a very happy and blessed Thanksgiving!

Barbara

Gingerbread Memories-mini album by Lynne

Hi! Yeah, yeah- I know it's only October and Halloween isn't even over with, but I am a Christmas girl through and through and as soon as I saw this adorable little chipboard album from Gina's I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it!

Ever year when my kids were little I'd bake gingerbread houses for them to decorate, and once they started school I made a bunch and had a "gingerbread party" for them and their friends the second Saturday of every December.

The cute little windows, fence, candy canes and swirly candies were all included in the album package as well as the icicle trim along the roof. I used texture paste on that piece and simply painted all the others, except for one snowflake which was heat-embossed. I covered the album itself with patterned paper then sanded and inked the edges. The door I attached in a way that it would open (made holes and tied them with embroidery floss) and then put photos of my son and daughter decorating their houses inside.

Dies, punches ribbon and a whole bunch of fussy cutting completed the project, which will be a special keepsake for my family now that both kids are grown up and out on their own.

The rest of the album pages can be seen on my personal blog.


Thanks so much for stopping by and remember that it's never too early for Christmas crafting; in fact I think the world would be a much happier place if we could hang onto our Christmas spirits all year long! Have a great day!
Gina's Products Used

Gingerbread house mini album 
Snowflake shape set

Snow Fairy and Mitten Cards by Dianna

Hi everyone Dianna here with two snowflake cards, just in time for the Holiday Season!

 The Snow Fairy card is my inspirational take from a card I saw on Pinterest, which I loved!
The Fairy is from Gina's Designs Garden Fairies.  When I saw this particular fairy I thought she looked like a ice fairy, so  I used Sparkling H2O's on the fairy and snowflakes. 

 I painted one of Gina's trees with white acrylic, then used Copic Markers and white pearl chalk ink to give it a wintery affect.  I punched with a Fiskar 1/2 inch and 1 inch punches on clear velum and a white metallic paper. 

 I then distressed all of the circles with a silver chalk ink and then  I distressed the teal paper with light brown ink and cut the branches off the tree. 

 I laid out the branches and circles to look like snow globes. Then placed the snowflakes around the card like the fairy was creating them.  To finish off the card I used rhinestones on the snowflakes and through out the card.

I picked up an small envelope maker from Taylored Expressions and decided that it would be a great on the front of a card.  I decided to use some of the pink paper from Crate Paper called Bundled Up.  

I papered mittens from Gina's Designs Winter Shape Set.  I layered Stickles on the plain chipboard snowflakes to create the vintage look on the snowflakes.  I then printed out the "in the meadow" saying from the computer but a giftcard would be great in that slot as well. Rhinestones and a teal bow complete the look.

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today!

Items Used 

Gina's Designs

Garden Fairies Small

Winter Shape Set

Snowflake Shape Set

Tree 3

Taylored Expressions - Tag Pocket #TE238

Crate Paper - Bundled Up

Stickles - Platinum, Milled Lavender, Icicle, Brushed Pewter

BoBunny - Teal Paper

Copic Markers

Sparkling H2o's

A cup of Cocoa

Good morning, Deann here with a cute Christmas ornament for the holidays!

I used the Cocoa Mug Micro Mini Album.  I painted (well my Mum painted) them, then I embossed with a snowflake embossing folder in my Cuttlebug. Its so great that you can emboss the blank chipboard in any of the Cuttlebug or Big Shot machines!  I then inked the edges with Distress ink and some of the snowflakes with the same ink. I added snowflakes to the mugs from the Snowflake Shape Set.

 I used a rubber stamp to make the center piece, colored it with markers and then punched it out with a scallop circle punch.

 I popped up the snowman and a snowflake for dimension using pop dots.

To finish it off, I added glitter and some seam binding and bakers twine.  I am happy with the results and they are now ready to use on my tree!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a Great Day!

(((HUGS)))

Deann

Gina's Designs Products used

Snowflake Shape Set

Cocoa Mug Micro Mini

Winter tissue box by Lynne and Winter Layout by Donna

Good Morning Crafters! Today we have two fun projects up by our Design Team members Lynne and Donna.   First up is Lynne, with a fun take on a home decor item!

 Hi there and happy December! Lynne here, with a home decor piece.  I used a plain wooden tissue box cover to create this project and lots of wintery chipboard pieces from Gina's, as well as papers from the Authentique "Cozy" collection. I decided to use a winter theme rather than a Christmas one so I can leave it out for a few months rather than just for the Christmas season!

I painted the mug, then heat embossed a swirly pattern onto it for texture and a bit of shimmer...I can just smell that hot cocoa....mmmm!

The snowflakes were heat embossed with Aged Ivory, then rubbed with a bit of gold gelato to warm the tone a bit.

I covered the beautiful bird piece with texture paste, then painted it before spraying with opaque white mist.

I love these mittens!! I want more of them to use on Christmas cards now after seeing how cute they look! I painted them with acrylic paint, then dabbed on a little taupe ink to give them a vintage look, added a strip from the patterned paper and popped them up a bit for dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and hope you're having a great time creating seasonal projects too!

Gina's Products used

Winter Shapes Set

Snowflake Shapes Set 

Bird on Branch Assortment

Other Products Used

Authentique Cozy papers

Stampendous Aged Ivory Embossing enamel

Mr. Huey's Opaque White mist

Now over to Donna, with her gorgeous layout!

It's here...the holiday season, and for some of us, winter! There are so many things to love about winter, especially in December! Gina's Designs has beautiful, cute, chipboard embellishments for your winter and/or Christmas projects!

I love to start a layout with a page frame. This circle page frame reminds me of swirling, blowing wind and snow in the winter. I primed the frame with white gesso, and randomly sprinkled green and gold glitter embossing powder, and heat embossed those areas.

I used Inka Gold on two of Gina's chipboard snowflakes. I added it directly to the chipboard, without priming with gesso, and love the vintage looking color.

I used the word "winter"  from the title piece Winter Wonderland. I think it's so clever that there is a snowflake on top of the letter "i". I primed the word with white gesso, then used white distress paint, and again used the Inka Gold directly on the chipboard snowflakes.

Gina's Designs

Page Frame Circle 2

Snowflake shape set

Winter shape set

Title Winter Wonderland

Other products

Prima flowers
Butterflies - Reneabouquets
Lightweight spackling
Gold micro beads - Reneabouquets
Green and gold glitter embossing powder
Anna Griffin papers

Have fun with your holiday shopping! Maybe pick up some of Gina's chipboard shapes for your scrappy friends! And don't forget about the fabulous 3D items in the store. I'm working on a really cute curio cabinet; the assembly is so easy and really fun to decorate!

Thank you for stopping by today!!!!!

A Winter Ride

Hi everyone, it's Donna here today to share a layout about winter and snow! I've been away a few weeks and it feels great to get back to scrapping! I was really excited when I saw Gina's new piece, the "horse and carriage"! And I love the chipboard snowflake shapes!

There are several different snowflake shapes in the snowflake set, but I chose to use just one of the designs, in two sizes. I painted the snowflakes with white gesso and then added some Snow Tech glittering snow! There is a beautiful shimmer in person, but not too much for a "shabby" layout.

After I chose the paper with the snow covered trees, I knew the horse and carraige would be perfect for this layout! I painted it with white gesso, walnut stain distress paint, and heat embossed Pirates gold embossing powder.

Ginas Designs

Horse and Carraige

Snowflake shape set

Other Products

Snow Tech glittering snow

Petaloo flowers
Walnut stain distress paint
Pirates gold embossing powder
White gesso

Thank you for stopping by Ginas Designs blog today!

Just a reminder...22 shopping days til Christmas!

xoxoxo

Red and Blue Christmas Cards by Melissa & A Wintery Layout by Nancy

Today we have double the fun on our blog, with two designers up to share their projects. First up is Melissa with some fun Christmas Cards.

Hi everyone! Melissa here with two cards for Gina's Chipboard Laser Designs.

I thought the chipboard here added so much to the design; that makes it fun to work with.

To decorate the chipboard I first prepped them with gesso.  The leaves are Utee sprinkled on wet chalk ink that I then melted with a heat tool. The scroll at the top is is just gold leaf paint brushed on.  

The snowflake on the right is silver leaf paint. I added a couple pieces of bling.

Thanks for looking!

Chipboard used:

Snowflake Shape Set

Flourished Frame Bella

Papers from Reminisce and Kay & Company

Prima and Petaloo flowers

Prima bling

Vintaj metal

Jaquard Pearlex Powder

Plaid Liquid Gold Leaf paint, also silver

Distress Crackle Paint-Clear Rock Candy

Tsuineko chalk ink

Viva Modeling Cream

A few pointed back Swarovski crystals

Silver Stickles

Now over to Nancy with her gorgeous layout!

It is with great regret that we announce that today is our last project from Nancy.  Nancy has been with Gina's Designs from the beginning and had shared freely of her talent and time.  Nancy, we appreciate you so much and look forward to having you return as a guest with us in the future.

Hi Everyone, it's Nancy here!  Today I'm sharing a Vintage styled layout with a Winter theme.  I decided to frame my layout in a 12 x 12 wooden shadow box from Michael's, giving me more space to play with my chipboard shapes, embellishments, and mixed media techniques.  

I began by painting the unfinished wood frame with gesso.  When it was dry I used Mod Podge to adhere some of the design papers that I had printed onto tissue paper.  I then used some of my stencils to add texture.  I added even more texture with pieces of the Diamond Texture Sheet from Gina's Designs and some of our Intricate Doilies.  I embossed the pieces of chipboard texture sheet with Stampendous shabby blue and then I rubbed on gold Gilder's Paste.  The doily pieces were adhered to the frame with Mod Podge and when dry, I applied gold Gilder's Paste.  A closeup of the frame's textures is shown below:

I added texture to the chipboard tree from our Winter Shape Set with my goal being to give it the look of being glazed over with ice.  I first painted the tree with gesso.  I followed that with a coat of white pearlescent paint by Folk Art.  When dry I added Tim Holtz Distress Crackle Paint in Clear Rock Candy.  I then added Vintage Photo Distress Ink and wiped it off so it stayed mainly in the cracks.  I followed that by applying a white puffy dimensional paint and drew it on in a tree pattern.  While wet I sprinkled on clear glass beads and Tim Holtz Distress Glitter.  On the snowflakes I simply applied Stampendous shabby embossing powders in white and in ivory.

For the sled, also from our Winter Shape set, my goal was to try to make it look old and worn.  I began with a light coat of gesso applied using a fan brush so some of the natural chipboard showed through.  I added just a touch of light blue Prima Chalk Ink to the slats.  I then drew wood pattern on the slats with a Tim Holtz Distress Pen in Vintage Photo which I then blurred and blended with a water pen.  For the sleds framework, I first painted it with a brass paint dabber, then "rusted" it with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder.

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Winter Shape Set

Snowflake Shape Set

Cardstock Doilies - Intricates

Texture Sheet - Diamonds

Other:

Printable Digital Paper by Crafty Secrets (Vintage Christmas Kit)

Flowers by Tresors DeLuxe and Prima

Dragonflies by Renea Bouquets