Be Elegant or Die-altered album for storing dies

Hey crafty folks-Lynne here with a little project I created to help myself out with storing my thin dies....let's just say I seriously outgrew my Art Bin, and even if I could jam them all in there it would weigh about 9000 lbs-lol!

I grabbed a mini photo album from a thrift store for 50 cents (I forgot to take a "before" photo, but it was just one of those generic ones and had an illustration of a topiary tree on it) and then started going through my papers; I wanted to use a play on words for the "die" theme and of course had thought of many, but at the time was leaning toward spelling out "live and let die"-until I happened upon the Graphic 45 Gilded Lily collection with this quote on it!

That settled it-Gilded Lily would be my paper of choice! I covered the album and added a fussy-cut strip along the top before starting to play with placement of chipboard and paper.

I dry-embossed the frame with my Cuttlebug using a damask patterned embossing folder, then painted it with the pearl acrylic paint shown below. When that was dry, I rubbed some Art Alchemy Rose Gold wax  here and there, focusing on the raised areas.

The dress forms were heat-embossed with Stampendous Champagne embossing powder, then rubbed along the edges with a little of the Rose Gold wax as well. I added tulle, pearls and other bits to "dress" them up.

I fussy-cut flowers and heat-embossed them in clear to make them more sturdy, and layered them with foam adhesive around the cover. The sentiment was cut and mounted to a tag to showcase it a little more, and I added some patterned chipboard buttons from the collection to the frame to pull the colours and patterns together even more. I found magnetic sheets at the Dollar Tree which I cut to size and slipped into the pockets with my dies attached.

As the dies say (albeit backwards), THANK YOU for stopping by and giving my little album a look; I love how easy it is to alter and embellish these great chipboard pieces to personalize my projects. Have a terrifically creative, colourful and elegant week....to DIE for! xoxo

GYPSY SOUL ITEMS USED

Flourish Frame Sienna Mini
Steampunk Shape Set

OTHER ITEMS USED

Graphic 45 Gilded Lily collection
Art Alchemy metallique wax-Rose Gold
acrylic paint-baroque pearl
Champagne and clear embossing powders

Enchanted Pin Cushion by Amylove

Hi everyone! Amylove here sharing another project inspired by my love of fairies! These large spools are one of my favorite products to work with. The possibilities are endless!

Follow this link for the tutorial on how I created this project:  Fairy Pin Cushion Tutorial

Products used:

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts:

Spool Large

Garden Fairies Medium

Reliquary Tower Top

Flourish Frame Sienna Mini

Color Arte:

Radiant Rain Dauber

Radiant Rain Shimmer Mist

Love and Cherish Printer Tray

Hey there Paper Peeps! It's Ginny here and I'm so very excited to be sharing my very first post here at Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts. What a fun adventure it's going to be for me to create with these fabulous chippies. For my first project I made a very Valentiney printer tray with lots of bits and bobs and finished it  with well altered chipboard embellishments.

  I just love a classic color scheme for holiday decor and I think this fits the bill. There's just something about black and creme with red. Soooo romantic.

This gorgeous set of  Ivy Corners has been finished with red acrylic paint then inked and embossed then sprayed with a shimmery mist.  I wanted it to have a well worn and aged look so I dabbed a bit of gold paint in the edges.

I scavenged some seasonal embellies like the keys and heart and butterflies and gave them each a section of the tray being careful to balance the red with the chipboard and metal.

The chipboard was trimmed so it wouldn't hang off the bottom ....easy enough with a small pair of sharp scissors.

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Supplies

Ivy Corners

 Words & Phrases 1

Flourish Frame Sienna Mini

To finish the chipboard I used~Americana Cherry Red Acrylic Paint, Tattered Angels Suede Glimmer Mist, Ranger Black Soot Distress Ink, Wow Clear Gloss Embossing Powder.

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

Steampunk Mini Album

Hi everyone! Carla here with a fun tutorial using the Cutout Cover Mini Album- Steampunk from Gina's Designs!

The first thing I did was to take one of the pages and turn it into my cover, I used gesso all over it and with a foam brush, did pouncing movements to create this cool texture.

 After that was dried, I used different sprays in gold, brown and coffee shades to make it look antique.

Next I took the Steampunk cutout overlay and painted it with this acrylic gesso and let it dry.

Then I sprayed it with dark copper and bronze shades, using a mixture of flat and shimmery finishes.

When the two pieces are adhered together, you can see the cool effect!

Here are some more pictures of the inside pages. I used the Dragonfly Frame, Flourish Frame Sienna, Flourish Frame Sienna Mini and Dragonfly.

I love all of the details in this steampunk mini album. Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and please check out the video on my YouTube channel. Please subscribe!!!

Gina's Designs products used:

Cutout Cover Mini Album- Steampunk

Scribble Frame Dragonfly

Flourish Frame Sienna

Flourish Frame Sienna Mini

Dragonflies Fancy

Other products used:

Gesso

Acrylic gesso

Lindy's sprays

Garden Cards

Hello to you all. Shanna here and I am feeling a little dark lately. 

Well not really dark. I used some darker colors on my cards to share with you all.

I love Prima and I have had some of the Nature Garden collections in my stash. I thought this was perfect and it turned out great with the chipboard I wanted to use.

Of course all my chipboard pieces got a coat of gesso. Then I proceeded to go to town :)

For my first card I used some Prima Chalk Ink but I didn't fully cover everything, just a little pat here and there.

The second card got a coat of chalk board paint. The Bird on a Swing Shape Set got a great crackle glaze but the cracked for some reason didn't make it all the way to the center of the bird.

I love crackle accents! It is so much fun to just add a bit more texture to projects! 

I finished the cards with some chit chat words. 

Gina's Designs Items Used:

Flourish Frame Sienna Mini

Bird on a Swing Shape Set

Punch Elements 1 inch Scalloped

Two Valentine Cards

Hi everyone! Melissa here for Gina's Designs.  I think these chipboard pieces fit so well with the Valentine theme.  On the hearts, swirls type, and the small piece of frame on the right side card I did the following:

1.Paint with white acrylic.

2. Paint hearts with pink Twinkling H20s and watercolors,mixed with Pearlex. 

3.Paint swirls with a mix of brown watercolor, and green acrylic paint.

4. Dry brush liquid gold leaf paint.

On the white hearts I put stickles over white acrylic paint.

Here are the steps to make the green leaves on the right: 

1. Prep with gesso.

2.Paint with green chalk ink.

3. While wet put on some green and brown watercolor.

4.Ink the edges with a green distress ink pad.

5. Apply a thick coat of crackle accent.

6. Brush on some purple Pearlex.

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Build a LAyout Lovebirds

Flourish Frame Sienna Mini

Hearts Background

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Other Products:

White acryic paint, gesso

Prima and Graphic 45 papers

Luminarte Twinkling H20s

Windsor and Newton Watercolors

Lindys Stamp Gang

Perfect Pearls

Crafters Workshop Template

Plaid Liquid Leaf Gold Paint

Tsukineko Chalk Ink

Stickles

Viva Modeling Cream

Distress Crackle Paint

Prima and Petaloo Flowers

Shabby Chic French Seamstress

Hello everyone, Kathi here to share an altered project with you, using a wooded suitcase, Gina's laser chipboard cutouts and paper by Kitty Scrap Post. This was a lot of fun to create.

 

Gina’s Designs Supplies Used:

Dressform & Wings Shape Set

Scissors Wall Décor

Butterfly of Gears

Gears Shape Set

Steampunk Hearts

Deco Lattice Panel 1

Flourish Frame Sienna Mini

Cardstock Doily Steampunk

 Other supplies used:

Distress Stain – Vintage Photo

Distress Paint – Black Soot

Broken
China

Spun
Sugar

  Antique
Linen

   Mod Podge

White Gesso

Tim Holtz – Tissue Paper music

 Lace

Tan /Ivory Lace Trim

Rosette Trim

3” cotton ivory lace

Recollection – Bling

Michael’s flowers

Wooden suitcase from Craft Warehouse

French Seamstress from Kitty Scrap Post

Thanks for stopping by be sure to stop by Gina's Designs

www.ginasdesigns.net