"walls"-an art journal page by Lynne

Hello there, crafters!  Ever since I first received the new stamps in the mail, I have had an art journal page idea in mind, and it has taken me this long to finally bring it to life!! I think most people build walls in their lives at some point, and I found a sentiment that put a positive spin on that concept:

 I started out with brick-background patterned paper, and then added tears with yet another brick paper peeking through them (sometimes we have multiple walls!) I then stamped with the brick stamp using leather brown ink. (Misting I added afterward also shows in this photo) I added the ink to the stamp unevenly to give a varied depth of colour.

I decided I wanted the stamped stones to have a little more texture, so I did the stamping with Versamark ink, then heat, embossed the stones with Distress Embossing Powder, aptly named Pumice Stone. I love the texture it created, and the stamps worked beautifully with the Versamark.

The Brick Wall texture sheet is a huge favourite of mine, and I managed to use not only pieces from the sheet but also the brick-shaped pieces punched out from it. Those pieces were painted grey, then I hand-printed the words of the sentiment onto them, and added a little in in Leather and Honey here and there for interest. The mist adds a little more colour and interest as well.

The texture sheet pieces were cut to go around the window in the center and painted brick-red, then heat embossed with Pebbled Copper embossing powder. I love the variegation in the embossed colour!

As for the window in the center, I don't have a closeup (oops!) but I ran it through my Cuttlebug in a woodgrain embossing folder, then painted it Antique White before rubbing a little Honey ink  over the raised surface. I decided to stick a photo of myself inside the window to make the page more personal. A few spritzes of Tattered Angels mist in Old Penny finished the page.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you enjoyed seeing my page; I don't often use stamps but I really do like these! Have a terrific week xx
Lynne

GYPSY SOUL ITEMS USED

Brick Wall
Windows 4-panel, square
Foam Stamps-coming soon

OTHER ITEMS USED

Colorbox inks-Leather, Honey
Tattered Angels mist-Old Penny
Ranger Distress embossing powder-Pumice Stone
Pebbled Copper embossing powder (brand unknown)
Versamark Ink

Rear Window - Silver Screen Layout by Lynne

I've always been a bit of an old-movie buff, so I started an album with layout of classic stars and favourite movies a while back. It's been quite a while since I've added anything to this album so I decided it was time.

Rear Window is an Alfred Hitchcock film made in 1954 starring James Stewart (my favourite classic actor) and the lovely Grace Kelly, who later became Princess Grace of Monaco. Since the main character is laid up and passing time by watching the neighbours through the windows, I decided to use a variety of chipboard pieces to emphasize this theme; the windows, for obvious reasons; the cameras since he was taking photographs of what he saw; the glasses to repeat the looking theme; and the bricks to continue the image of the brick apartment building as shown in the promotion photo I used.

I painted the windows with black acrylic paint, then stamped here and there with Versamark before heat embossing with Ranger Antiquities embossing powder in California Stucco to give them a worn look.

The cameras were painted silver then inked in black. I then coated them with 2 layers of UTEE for a glossy finish. I used foil tape to create the lens.

The glasses were painted in a light rust colour, then inked with a slightly deeper tone. I stuck Rain Dots in the corners to give the idea of the gems that were often on glasses back then.

The bricks were painted white then rubbed with rust/brick coloured inks.

The two photos I used came from Google Images. I used them as a basis to decide my colour scheme. This page is an example of combining a lot of different types of Gypsy Soul pieces into one cohesive theme. You may have fun thinking "outside of the box" (or the window!) for unique and interesting ways to combine your chipboard pieces...can't wait to see what you come up with!

GYPSY SOUL ITEMS USED
Brick Wall
Windows 4 panel
Windows 4 panel square
Windows 6 panel
Eyeglasses Shape Set

OTHER ITEMS USED
Tim Holtz paper
Ranger Antiquities embossing powder-California Stucco
Versamark Ink
UTEE embossing enamel

Facebook Challenge for September by Dianna

Hi everyone, Dianna here with a new Project for Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Monthly Challenge.  The first of each month there is a new challenge. This month's challenge is a dimensional challenge! You can submit a new project that has anything that is dimensional - 2d or 3d.

All you have to do is become a member of the Facebook Craft Group and submit your entry on the Facebook Craft Group page.  The winning entry will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts.

I was so excited to assemble Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts - Dice Tower (Coming Soon).  The Tower is the ultimate for gamers Just drop the dice in the top of the tower and they drop down to the bottom.  No chasing dice that dropped off the table - see below video.

First I go through a dry assembly, then I paint and glued. The base color is a Deco Art Light Grey.

        

I cut up Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts - Cobblestone and Brick Wall and used them as a stencil. I used Deco Art Dimensional Effects to create the Cobblestone and Bricks on the tower.  I used the drop off from the cobblestone around the base of the "tray".  I painted the brick and cobblestone with Deco Art's Grey Acrylic Paints.  I used scrap moss from another project.  

Please check out the video below:

Items Used

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts

Dice Tower - Coming Soon

Cobblestone 

   Brick Wall   

Other Items

Deco Art  

Mixed Media Dragonfly Frame Wall Art by Ginny

Hey there Paper Peeps! Ginny here to share a sweet little frame project I created with lots of great GSL chippies and loads of mixed media supplies.

I found this frame with itty bitty windows and thought it would be a fun way to incorporate lots of small elements. First I took it apart and removed the glass. Then I traced where with window openings would be so I'd know where to place all the bits and pieces.  I created the background first with inks and stamps in the color scheme I wanted to use on the focal elements.

For added texture I layered in the Brick Wall chippie painted in flat white. Next came the Scribble Frame in black for contrast. Then the gears were painted gold and given a light coat of stain for an aged patina.

The Filigree Frame was finished with the same steps as the gears then a couldn't resist topping it off with some coordinating bling.  A few small and simple stamped sentiments are really just perfect for this size frame.

A generous amount of flowers to fill in this corner along with a fancy stick pin,  some altered clock hands and twine bows.  There's also a bit of gold mesh tucked in behind.

I may have gotten a little carried away with this Dragonfly.....but once I was on a roll it was hard to stop. I started with a base coat of white then colored and shaded with watercolor pencils. Using archival ink I stamped on the itty bitty typography. I added a nice finished edge with a black Big Brush marker and colored in the body portion. Next I layered on additional clock hands with the same gold and stain finish as the rest of the elements and secured them with a touch of glue to hold them in place while I wrapped the wire around and added beads.  The wire did add a bit of bulk in the back...but it fits down nicely between the frame openings so it does not cause the dragonfly to stick out yay!

~Gypsy Soul Laser Cut Supplies~

Brick Wall 2

Filigree Frames

Steampunk Lightbulb Set

Scribble Frames and Lines

Dragonflies Fancy

Okay that's all for me. I had so much fun with this altered art project....now where to hang it???  Wishing all of you a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G 

Urban Chic Live Card by Ginny

Hey there Peeps! Today I'm dropping in with a card with some Urban Chic style. I used darker patterned papers, graphic colors, modern shapes and textures for the urban part and flowers and ribbon and a painted doily for the chic part. There is loads of extra texture added with well distressed edges and depth from spacers between the layers.

 

Gypsy Soul Chippies~Stars & Flourishes Borders and Corners Set,  Brick Wall, Word Frames-Live.

Okay that's all for me. Wishing all of you a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G

Merry Christmas from Gloria!

Merry Christmas Readers! I hope that you are blessed today with peace and joy, and friends and family. I am featuring a Christmas Card today, on this most special of days!

I love using chipboard layers with other embellishments. I find you can really load up a card this way! I love the beautiful, vintage vibe of this card. I makes me smile! I am digging into the NEW Graphic 45 Children's Hour paper, and my, it's beautiful! 

I used the Brick Wall 2 background for my card. I inked the brick wall sheet with red ink and then sponged on a bit of white. I wanted the card to convey the feeling of stockings hung by the chimney with care!

I also used one of the shapes from the Delicate Frames and Ornaments Shape Set (inked with gold ink), two large snowflakes from the Snowflake Shape Set (sprayed with white paint mist), and a bookplate from the Miniature Bookplates Shape Set (inked with gold ink) for embellishment. I tucked a doily from the Cardstock Doily Set - Intricates around the edges. I cut the doily in half and used both parts on the card.

As always, I decorated the inside of the card!

I had an extra snowflake, so I added it to the inside and then embellished it with part of a calendar image. I cut the image with a circle punch to make a "button" for the snowflake!

I hope you enjoyed this last Christmas card of the year! 

~ Gloria Stengel: Scraps of Life

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Products:

Brick Wall 2

Delicate Frames and Ornaments Shape Set 

Snowflake Shape Set 

Miniature Bookplates Shape Set 

Cardstock Doily Set - Intricates

Other Products:

Paper: Graphic 45 Children's Hour (December Montage, December Collective, February Montage, November Collective)

Cardstock: WorldWin Black, Natural

Ink: Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Colorbox Sweet Tooth, Delicata Golden Glitz

Spray mist: Lindy's Stamp Gang Frozen Jack Frost, Deco Art Media Shimmer Mister White

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts, Prima

Bells: Art Minds

Brads: Creative Impressions

Trims: Really Reasonable Ribbon Cindy White Crochet Lace, Moss Green gingham ribbon 

Punch: Stampin' Up 1 1/4" circle

Adhesive: Scotch 3M ATG tape, Ranger Glossy Accents, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D foam squares, hot glue

Christmas Candle by Barb

What I love most about this time of year are the sparkly, twinkly lights and flickering candles all over the place. Back when I lived in my mountain cabin, I had a brick chimney that ran all the way up the wall to the ceiling. I packed as many candles as possible on the mantle! I don't have a fire place or chimney where I am now, but I can make do with a little imagination.

I began this project with a 5 x 7" canvas panel on which I sponged shades of red and brown acrylic paint. While it was still wet, I sprinkled it with "gingerbread" glitter (some glitter I've had forever that has a brown cast to it - it always reminds me of gingerbread!).

While I waited for the background to dry, I used white craft ink (directly from the ink pad onto the chip board) to color the bricks - or, what actually ends up being the grout between the bricks. Once everything was dry, I adhered the bricks to the background using clear Creative Medium. Using a palette knife, I spread blobs of white acrylic paint here and there to look like snow.

For the candle, I colored in everything using Pico Embellishers and added glitter to the wax part for some sparkle. When it was dry, I glued the candle, ribbon and flowers onto the background. A few splatters of irRESISTibles later, and I was done!

Supply List -

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts
Candlesticks
Brick Wall 2

Other 5 x 7" canvas panel
Acrylic Paint
Glitter
Paper flowers
Ribbon
Imagine Crafts: Creative Medium, irRESISTibles spray, irRESISTibles Pico Embellisher
Glue
Palette knife

Amazing - Mixed Media Layout by Lynne

Hi there and greetings from beautiful (but cold) British Columbia! I'm here visiting my dad who hasn't been all that well and just before I left home, I created this tribute page with a photo of Dad taken by his best friend last year and lots of Gina's chipboard goodies!

I started with a corrugated background and added some sand paste for texture. The chipboard and metal pieces were painted grey like the background and then attached to it. I added layers of mist and a bit of spattered acrylic paint as well as a little random stamping.



Don't toss the punch-out negative pieces that come with texture sheets like the Brick wall: they make awesome embellishments as well! The brick pieces were covered with silver texture paste then lightly rubbed with black ink.

 

I love this chain piece and added some extra tan mist to make it stand out; I wasn't especially careful about getting mist on the edges of the photo because I thought it would add to the grungy and masculine feel (although I did mask the center of the photo)

I used several of Gina's gears as well as a couple metal ones and clustered them along with a Tim Holtz compass piece which was left unpainted for contrast.

Thanks for visiting-stay warm and have yourself a wonderful week!

Gina's Items Used

Gears shape Set

Brick Wall

Mixed Media Fragments 1

Chain Borders

Miniatures shape set-guy thing

Chevron Words

Other Items Used

Tim Holtz metal arrow, gears and compass

Prima clock

Mister Hueys, Heidi Swapp, Perfect Pearls and Tattered Angels Mists

Believe in Magic: an Art Journal Page With Gina's Designs and ColourArte

Lynne here with an art journal page. As soon as I saw the new Dragon Shapes Set, I knew I HAD to play with one right away. I figured if I believe in dragon magic, why shouldn't I believe in fairy magic too, right?! Makes perfect sense to moi....

 I had originally planned on saving the ColourArte goodies to use on a canvas for next week, but after I ran the dragon through an embossing folder and got a look at the awesome texture, I had a brainstorm and decided I wanted to see what the colours and shimmer of the paints would look like on these pieces.

I layered the Ginger Peach Silkswith splotches of twinkling H20s in Orange Peel and Deep Coral,and I love the effect it created.

The brick panel and loose bricks were coated in a light layer of texture paste before I added the paints, which created a little more dimension.

I didn't get a chance to try out all of the yummy colours in my ColourArte goodie bag, so look for another project from me next week incorporating them as well-most likely something featuring a whole rainbow of colours! Thanks so much for stopping by and have yourself a magical week!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Dragons Shape Set

Garden Fairies Small

Brick wall



ColourArte Products 

Silks-Ginger Peach

Twinkling H20s-Deep Coral, Orange Peel

Other Items Used

BoBunny Juliet papers and embellishments

Donna Salazar Inks

Damsel in Distress

Kathi here today to share a new layout with you. 

I started this layout by prepping the canvas with white gesso. After the canvas dried I took the brick wall and used it has a mask. I placed it on the left side of the layout. Spreading spackling with a cake
spatula, I carefully removed the brick wall to allow it to dry. I then washed the brick wall in order to use it again on a second project.  Repeated the process on the right side of the layout using the chicken wire. On the right I only went up half way with the speckling then spaying the top half with Lindy Stamp Gang spray. Then carefully removing the stencil to wash it in order to use it again.

I then arranged the paper, distressing the edges, the paper was glued down using Mod Podge. I placed the doily under the photo mat.  I then cut a gear doily in half and tucked them into the side & the bottom of the paper. 

Of the laser chipboard, the boarder stick & some of the gears, were painted with black distress paint. The wrought iron fence & the rest of gears Black UTEE was used. On the Eiffel tower gold UTEE was used then distressed with metallic rub on. 

I placed a border stick in the middle of the Eiffel tower along with a metal Q at the top of the Eiffel tower. 

The flowers were prepped with white gesso and set aside to dry, then they were placed around the photo mat.

I placed the wrought iron fence on top of the chicken wire. Then I placed the Eiffel tower to the left side on top of the brick wall. 

The paper line has a butterfly in the pattern. I took an extra piece of the paper line & cut out the butterfly then placing the butterfly on top of the butterfly on the paper, making the illusion that the
butterfly is flying. 

A chandelier was painted with UTEE , a mixture of gold, platinum, black & bronze. I then placed the chandelier above the butterflies.

Supply List

Gina’s Designs:

8" Dollies
Boarder Sticks
Brick Wall

Chandeliers 
Chicken Wire Large
Eiffel Tower
Cardstock Doily Set Steampunk
Wrought Iron Decorative Fence

Other Products Used

 Canvas

Distress ink – Pumas Stone & Scattered Straw

Drawer Pull

Fabric Flowers

Graphic 45 large brads

Paper Flowers

Quick Quotes paper Damsel in Distress

Speckling

Flying Heart Wall Hanging Kit

This is one of the new wall hanging kits from Gina's Designs and it was a pleasure to assemble and decorate.

The kit comes with the following:

• 6 x 6 chipboard square with a small hole punched in each corner (I used my cropodile to insert eyelets into each hole).  This square piece is intended to be at the top
• 6 x 7.5 chipboard rectangle with two holes punched at the top and one hole punched in the center of the bottom.  This piece is intended to connect to the square at the top, and to hang the large key from the center of the bottom.
• A large heart and a smaller heart
• A pair of wings
• A crown
• Large key (to hang from the bottom of the chipboard rectangle) and also a smaller key
• Corrugated cardboard lazer cut shape (I used this on the top piece)
• Corrugated cardboard strip (fits the length of the bottom piece, and I chose to cut mine in half)
• Three words (Dream, Inspire, and Create)

Please see the bottom of this post for a list of the other items from Gina's Designs that I added to my hanging.  This piece looked gorgeous just as it was without the extras I added, but that's just me, I can't stop once I get my hands on my chippies :)

Gina's Products used:

Flying Heart Wall Hanging

Steampunk Shape Set

Steampunk 2 Shape Set

Hinge Straps Shape Set

Brick Wall

Other Products used:

Butterflies from Renea Bouquets on Etsy

Tim Holtz Design paper

Prima Chalk Inks

Crackle Accents

UTEE

Metal Effects Iron Paint by Modern Masters (used on the chipboard keys and hinge)

Metal Effects Rust Activator by Modern Masters (The activator is part two in the above process)

Rub n Buff in silver, in gold and in patina

Tim Holtz silver metallic distress dabber paint

Tim Holtz distress embossing powder (on the wings)

Metal roses from my stash

Recollections gold roses

Magic Mesh in pale green

Tim Holtz chain clasps