All Boy Layout by Shanna

Howdy there space cowboys/girls....Okay, well HELLO!!! I must admit even though I have a boy, I had no clue whatsoever on what to do with the All Boy Shape Set. I was determined to use them and a long time ago I remembered I got this paper pad and I had an AAA HA moment. You know how excited you get when you have that LIGHT BULB moment. So I found picture of my kiddo and got to work on this layout. 

I painted all the chipboard pieces with Distress Paints! It gives this marble effect to the planet. 

I painted the spaceship with a flat gray then a silver metallic paint for a shiny spaceship. 

This title truly rocks and is just above beyond exactly what my son is.

I added a bit of gesso splatter and silver shimmer splatter across the layout for just a little more splash.

Items Used:

All Boy Shape Set

Once Upon A Time Canvas Layout

Hello everyone.  Barbara here, and I have a fanciful, mythical page to share today.  I love these dragon chippies from Gina's, and I still had this beautiful paper from Die Cuts With a View (DCWV) called Once Upon a Time.  Yep, I am a hoarder after all. And a good thing, too, since this was a perfect match for my page today.

If you are a scrapbooker, I figure you could use this page layout with your pictures, just simply by moving some of the embellishments around.  If you are a mixed media artist, bookmaker, or general paper crafter, I thought this would be a nice layout for a canvas, book cover, or even a card, simply using the smaller shapes in the set, or doing a bit of rearranging.  No matter what I choose to make, I really enjoy playing with the different chipboard shapes and experimenting with different ways to embellish them.  So let me tell you what I did.

Lay out your chipboard and paper pieces that you plan to use.  Take a picture (optional) to use as a reference.

Adhere print paper to a 12x12 piece of mat board, distress edges and add brown ink to darken.  Make a very watery color combination using Twinkling H20s Mystic Blue and Douglas Fir, pick up with a watercolor brush and splatter over background .  Pick up those same two colors with a makeup sponge and apply to background through the stars stencil, as shown.

Begin embellishing your chipboard pieces.

Wrought iron border: Cover with black pigment ink and heat emboss with the Antiqued Iron embossing powder.  Adhere along top edge of page, as shown.

Once Upon a Time title:  Heat emboss with Versamark ink and Tarnished Gold embossing powder; edge with Branch Bark ink for depth.

Large standing dragon: Draw details in with pencil (Picture 1).  Mist lightly with water and begin embossing those lines with an embossing tool.  Color dragon as shown with Blue, Lime Green, Teal, Yellow, and Orange Inktense blocks (Picture 2), then go over those with similar colors of Twinkling H20s Mystic Blue, Golden Jade, Douglas Fir, Key Lime, Yellow Rose.  Add details back in by going over embossed lines with a black permanent marker.  Add Crackle Accents to body and Glossy Accents to wings (Picture 3). Adhere to page with foam dots.

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3

Medium and small flying dragons:  Paint one coat of Oyster, then one coat of Warm Gray Silks acrylic glaze.  Combine the Mystic Blue with the Garden Jade Silks Acrylic Glazes and brush over both dragons, letting the colors run, heat with heat tool  Add Waterfall glitter glue to both.  Adhere to page with foam dots.

Flourish (flame): Color with Red and Orange Inktense blocks, then paint over that with Yellow Rose Twinkling H20.  Heat emboss with Versamark ink and clear embossing powder.  Adhere to page with glue, as shown.

Supplies used:

Gina's Designs Lasercuts:
Wrought Iron Set
Words and Phrases 2
Dragons Shape Set
Flourishes 2

12x12 Once Upon a Time Collection - Camelot (DCWV)
12x12 mat board (or chipboard)
ColourArte Twinkling H20s: Mystic Blue, Garden Jade, Douglas Fir, Key Lime, Yellow Rose
ColourArte Silks Acrylic Glazes: Oyster, Warm Gray
Tim Holtz Stars stencil
Ink Pads: Black pigment ink (Colorbox); Branch Bark (Prima); Versamark (Tsukineko); Black pigment ink (Colorbox)
Embossing Powders: Rustique Antiqued Iron (Judi-Kins); Tarnished Gold (Ranger); Detail clear
Stickles Waterfall glitter glue (Ranger)

I sure hope you have enjoyed my project today and that I have given you some good ideas and inspiration.  Stop by Gina's Designs Lasercuts to see all of the various laser cut chipboard available.  You never know what will strike your fancy!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful, crafty weekend!

Barbara

Play Hard

Hello everyone!!  Debbie with you today to share a layout of one of America's favorite past times.  I come from a long line of baseball players in my family.  My dad coached my brother who was a wild left handed pitcher.  When I met my husband he informed me that he played with my brother. Although my brother was younger, they were able to play on the same team for a bit.  So not only did I grow up watching baseball, I married a man who also loves baseball.  The photo is of my brother's son who also plays baseball. The thing I remember most is that they all played hard...they gave it everything they had, 110%  which made them all great players.

I used the All Boy Shape set for this project.

To alter the words I  simply painted them black and highlighted them with Viva Inka Rub in
gold and silver. 

Gina's Designs products used 

All Boy Shape Set

Thanks for stopping by Gina's blog today, and remember to check out the All Boy Shape Set...It comes with words and shapes that are perfect for your boy layouts and projects.

Debbie

As Good As It Gets

Hi from Lynne! Every so often I enjoy creating a layout about a movie or actor that I like. "As Good As it Gets" is a favourite of mine, and the quote I included is my favourite line from the movie.

The film reel is from the Say Cheese shape set and I liked the way its round shape added contrast to the other elements on my page, which tend to be more square or angular.

I painted all the chipboard items with silver acrylic paint then sponged them lightly with soft blue ink.

The main character in the movie was a writer, so the stenciled alphabet and the white notepaper are symbolic of that. He also had OCD and could not stand to walk on the lines of brick or stone walkways, so I thought the bits of brick were an appropriate touch...not to mention that I LOVE the brick wall piece and have been dying to come up with the perfect page to use some of it on!!

When you're in the mood to scrap, but want a change from the usual family photos, why not try scrapping about a movie or actor you love. It's a fun way to capture something about yourself and your interests, and a great way to incorporate some of the many great pieces of chipboard you can find in Gina's store!

Gina's Designs Items Used
Brick Wall
Say Cheese shape set

Other Items Used
papers and clock hands from Scraps of Elegance April kit
colorbox ink
Prima and Tim Holtz stencils
Prima resin feathers

Pawprints On My Heart Layout

Hey everyone. Shanna here with a new layout I created. I realized I haven't scrapped my fur baby yet and thought to print out a photo and go for it.

I pulled out the title Pawprints On My Heart and gave it a coat of gesso. I wanted it to pop off the page so I left it white. 

I did one stencil and sprayed with with some mist. I also misted with a few other colors and gave the page some splatter. 

I added this cute little Heart Word and left that white with gesso just to give the page more pop. 

I love the gold behind the white. I hope you got some furry inspiration. Don't forget we also want to see you creations so don't forget to share them with us on the Facebook Group Page!

Gina's Designs Items Used:

Heart Words

Pawprints On My Heart

Sweet Summer

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a 12 x 12 mixed media layout for Gina's Designs.

 I love how the chipboard fits the summer season so well. There are some for the beach, backyard, a picnic, or camping. I also used one of my favorite items of Gina's, a beautifully cut daisy. I have used them on several projects. 

I prepped the all the chipboard with gesso. I used oil paint on all of them except the daisy, which is watercolor over modeling paste. I put some paste on and made lines in it with a straight pin.

I used pictures from the internet as references to paint the rest of the chipboard.

I added crackle paint on the lemon. I put some blue chalk on with a brush to show the cracks.

On the pitcher I added some glitter glass. To show lemonade pouring, I used texture from the stencil, yellow flowers, glitter, and rhinestones in a stream of glossy accents.

Thank you so much for looking, and I hope you can find a little time to create something today!

Gina's Products Used:

Sweet Summer Shape Set

Daisies

Other Products:

Papers by Graphic 45, Prima, Bo Bunny, UHK Gallery,and Tim Holtz

Flowers by Prima and Petaloo

Sizzix Tattered Flower Garland

Twinkling H20s

Winsor and Newton Oil Paints and Watercolors

Crafter's Workshop 6 x 6 Doodling Template, Cherry Blossoms

Liquitex Modeling Paste

Ranger Crackle Accent

Crayola Glitter

Stickles

Perfect Pearls

Basket Full of Joy

Kathi here to share with you a layout using "Build a layout- Easter." This 

was so much fun to play with all the distress glitter colors. 

All the chip board was painted with gesso then glitter was added to each piece with glue then glitter

Flowers layered over the doilies then the basket was added to the top of the flowers 

Gina's Designs - Supplies Used:

Build a Layout - Easter

Other supplies used:

Distress Glitter

Small rosette trim

Prima coin doily trim

Peach two tone roses by KS4U

Distress paint

Graphic 45 paper line

Journey

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a layout for Gina's Designs. This photo was taken near Sequoia National Park in California.

 I love all the curls and swirls on the chipboard. I used that as a theme for the way I decorated it.  After I prepped it with gesso, I put on texture paste in a small area,and twisted pieces of it with a straight pin. I repeated this until the whole thing was covered. I painted with layers of Lindy's Stamp Gang, and topped it with a mixture of  gold perfect pearls and a tiny amount of water. I put crackle paint on one area,which came out a lot darker than the rest of the frame.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you have some scrap time today!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Page Frame Victorian

Other Products:

Papers by Prima,and 

Black flower by Prima

Handmade turquoise ribbon flower, and paper flower

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Tsukineko Chalk Ink

Perfect Pearls

Twinkling H20s

Liquitex Modeling Paste

Prima pearls

Crafter's Workshop Template

Distress Crackle Paint- Clear Rock Candy

Sizzix Tattered Florals, and Tattered Flower Garland

Chinese Lantern from Graphic 45

Yellow Butterflies from Pink Paislee

Birds from Bo Bunny

Vintage Wedding Layout

Hello there, crafty friends! Lynne here with a heritage page featuring some beautiful doilies and chipboard from Gina's as well as a wonderful old wedding photo from 1915 of my grandmother's cousin.

I inked the doilies to make them stand out a  little more; I just love the delicate look of them and the amazing amount of detail! For the flourishes, I just heat-embossed them with Stampendous Aged Ivory, then gently rubbed on a little of the same maroon ink with my finger.

      

Heritage layouts are some of my favorite pages to create, and there are so many beautiful pieces in Gina's store that complement and enhance my creations. Stop by and have a look! I'm sure you'll find some pieces you love! Have a terrific week and be sure to find time to play :)

Gina's Designs Items Used

Cardstock Doily Set-Intricates

Feathery Flourishes set

Other Items Used

Prima Cigar Box Secrets papers

Stampendous Aged ivory embossing powder

Prima stencil

Reneabouquets butterflies

'Lucky to Have You' Layout by Shanna

Hello all you lovely crafters. Today I have a fun layout to share and I love this layout.

It is finally starting to look like spring outside and it is warming up a little. Than I got to thinking about some photos I had hanging up and thought to create something using one of these photos.

I loved combining my Prima favorites with my Gina's Chipboard and I think it turned out awesome!

So here you can see a close up of the Leafy Cluster Base. I painted it with gesso and then once that dried I went over that with my Prima Watercolor Pencils. I used a couple shades of green. 

Then I added some glass beads with 3d gloss gel. 

The background was fun to create using modeling paste, a stencil, a blooming spray, and watercolor pencils. 

Gina's Designs Items Used:

Leafy Cluster Base

Vintage Skating Layout By Donna

Happy 2015!!!!
So glad to see you here at Gina's today.
There are some new things coming to the store I know you are going to love!

I used one of Gina's new frame designs for this layout.

I painted the frame with white gesso and let it dry. I used a brown distress paint dabber and covered the frame, leaving a bit of gesso showing through. While the brown paint was still wet, I sprinkled on some embossing powder around the edge of the frame, and heat embossed it. I like the vintage feel and it goes so well with the photo!

I used white gesso on the birds on the branch and then painted them. I had fun painting the birds! Gina has quite a few bird shape sets that are really cute.

I used the same steps as the frame on the title.

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Flourished Frame Sienna (coming soon)

Bird on Branch assortment

Words and Phrases 1

Thank you for stopping by Gina's Blog today! There are some very cool, beautiful, and fun new items arriving in the store very soon. I can't wait for you to see them.

A Merry Christmas Layout by Donna

Today I'm sharing a whimsical Christmas theme layout using three chipboard shape sets from

 Gina's Designs.

The chipboard feathers, which come in a set of seven different sizes, are covered in white gesso and fine glitter. They have a soft beautiful shimmer in person. Actually, I sprinkled the fine glitter all over the page! It's so difficult to capture the sparkle in a photo!

The chipboard snowflakes, which also come in a set of multiple designs and sizes, are painted with white gesso and glitter snow.

I love the "Evie" set of flourished frames! I used white gesso and then white crackle paint for a vintage shabby feel.

 I hope all of your wishes and dreams come true this holiday season!

 Gina's Designs Products Used

Feathers shape set

Snowflake shape set

Flourished frames "Evie" set

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