Snowmen & Birds by Guest Designer Heather Hudson

Hello Friends!!

Heather here and today I would like to share with you another

Guest Design Piece I have done using  

Gina's Chipboard

and some fabby Ribbons and trims from Really Reasonable Ribbon.
First up, I have a couple snowmen that I have done in a shabby chic style using Gina's Snowman Banner and My Floral Digital Papers.

I covered all the pieces with my papers then inked the edges with Ranger's Frayed Burlap.

I used Fauna, Storm, Just Peachy and Arbor Glitters on all of my snowmen.  I also added 1/4 natural crochet lace on each of the hats and then topped them with snowflake chippies that I covered in Fauna glitter.  Then I placed a Deep Ivory Mulberry Rose or

Baby Pink Mulberry Roses on top of that.  I added vintage buttons tied with  Cotton Candy Baker's Twine or Aqua Baker's Twine.  The buttons and snowflakes were elevated using

Candi Fix it Foam Tabs. 

 

I also played with one of Gina's Birds on Key Set

I painted the piece first with Gesso, then water colors in blue, pink, and dark yellow.

After I painted it I put a layer of matte gel medium over it.  This way I could add another layer of water colors.  Below you will see I used some Golden Brown on the Key.

Next I added some darker blue to the blue birds and red to their chests and golden brown to the beaks.  I also stamped on the key with Tree Branch Archival Ink.  

For my Final step I added another layer of matte gel medium and then doodled with a black pigma pen.  I just love how it turned out!

I used Gina's 

Birds on Key Set

Winter Snowmen Banner

Snowflakes from the Winter Shape Set

Thank you for visiting Gina's Designs today!!

Hugs!!

Heather

Reliquary by Heather Hudson

Hello Friends!!

Heather here and today I am sharing my second Guest Designer Project using 

Gina's Fabulous Chipboard Pieces!!

I have used Gina's Reliquary Tower Top,  Stackable Labels Shape Set, Dangles, and Scribble Frame Bird Piece.

I used my Tiny Hearts in Pink Digital Paper to cover the back piece of the Reliquary frame.  I used one of my Valentine Cherubs as my focal.  

I used White Gesso on all the other chipboard pieces.  I glued the top piece of the Reliquary to the bottom piece.  I painted this turquoise, golden yellow and green (please refer to photo).

After I painted this piece I stamped it with Forget-Me-Not Archival Ink.  The bird piece was painted brown, blue and pink.  I did add some Pink Mulberry flowers and green dot glitter leaves.

 The dangle was painted green, golden yellow, and pink. I used a number stamp and Carnation Red Archival Ink.

Coordinated glitters were added to the piece.

For the stackable label, I painted the base green and the top gesso with blue accents.   Of course I doodled on the whole piece with a black pen.

I just added a couple magnets to the back, so it can hang on our back door.

I hope you find some time to break out your chipboard pieces and get creative!!

Thanks for visiting us at Gina's Designs!

Hugs!!

Heather

Valentine's Day XL LOVE Tag by Guest Designer Heather Hudson

Hello Friends!! Heather here today and I am sooooo excited to be Guest Designing here at Gina's Designs!! I just love her chipboard pieces!! My first project of the month is my Valentine's Day XL LOVE Tag!!

Here are a couple close ups of my piece. You can see below one of the hinges I used.  I simply painted it with white gesso and then added some green to look like leaves. I also gave it a touch of blue for some depth.  My whole piece was covered with Clear Gel Tar from Golden Acrylics (you could use a gloss medium, in the same way).

I covered the Scribble Bird Frame in white gesso and then multiple colors of paint. I applied the gel tar and then doodled.  I decided to doodle on pretty much all of my tag pieces using a Pigma Black Micron Pen.

 As soon as I saw the brick sheet of Gina's, I knew I would be using some of the bricks for sentiment blocks...yummy!!  You can get a pretty good look at my doodling below.

I just love the typewriter letters in GOLD!!  The best part is that you can order the letters that you WANT...wooo hooo...so no more letters you don't use...that go...hmmm...what can do with this??  LOL

Here are the links to all the fabulous pieces of chipboard I used:

Chipboard Decorative Tags X Large

LOVE - Faux Typewriter Keys Gold (special order)

 Brick Wall

Scribble Frame Birds

Hinge Straps Shape Set

I have also used

Really Reasonable Ribbon Red Micro Gingham, Red Seam Binding and Juliet Lace.

All images and papers are ones that I designed.

Tiny Hearts Digital Papers Bitty Set

Tiny Conversation Hearts "words"

Medium Conversation Hearts

Romantic Heart Focal and Text Boxes

Scallop Romantic Valentines Day Focals

Chocolate Valentine's Day Tickets

I hope you have enjoyed my post today!! If you would like to see this tag in the making with more detailed directions of what I did to Gina's Chipboard Pieces, hop on over to my blog and check out the steps. Thank you for visiting us at Gina's Designs today!!

See you Next Wednesday!! - Heather