Lots of Fun Projects to Share From Gina's Designs and the Team at Craft Supplies1

Hello Again everyone! Today we wanted to share more of the amazing projects that have been created by the Craftsupplies1 Design Team. They have really made our products shine and below here you will find some beautiful samples of their work.

First up is Kim who has created these unique vintage looking luggage pieces from our book boxes.

Here is the link to Kim's Video with more details about her project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvjruiHCv7k

Next up we have Marla H. She has created some lovely little Chipboard Clipboards from our shop.

Here is the link to Marla's video explain how she created them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMgk7_C2_AI

This is a beautiful Fairy Box created by Kristina. She has featured our Fairy Shapes in her shadowbox and done a wonderful job!

Here is the link to Kristina's Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-vWdTBEizY&list=UUQTdDSesvhnejmvu526xO1Q

Next up we have Becky up with a gorgeous card she has created featuring several of our pieces

Here is the link to Becky's Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYZ9LNpURdg

Last up we have here a very fun project by Ashley who created a beautiful Shabby Frame

Here is the link to Ashley's video explaining her design:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7sVTaxQhQ

Next up is Shanna with her take on our March Layout Challenge.

Hey everyone. Shanna here. Have you stopped by to check out the challenge? You can do whatever you would like with the challenge. You can create a home decor piece, make some altered art, and you can do a layout too.

I chose to play along with a layout. I am not going to lie I told the girl what the heck am I suppose to do.... I had some ideas and lots of stuff all over the floor trying to see it in my head. Finally this is what I came up with!

Items Used:

Small Fence and Gate Set

Words & Phrases 1

For more photos and info check it out on my blog here!

Next up "Take A Balloon Ride" with Heidi!

Hello everyone, Heidi here.  I just adore these large size chipboard tags so much, giving you lots of space to decorate and make a statement.

I started this tag by taking a piece of kraft cardstock, crimping it and then tore a couple of spots in the top paper so that the "corrugated" paper shows through. I like doing this because then you can tear your paper and either stamp on that back piece or in this case, I put in a gear and then layered another layer of gears/buttons on top of it.

Then at the top of the tag I added a few more gears and tied them together.  My thought in my head is that the gears are turning and the balloon is rising.  

Products used:

Gears Borders and Corners Miniatures

Gear Shape Set

Clock Hands Shape Set

Hot Air Balloons Net Style

Window Shadow Box by Kim and an Altered Canvas by Heidi

We have two amazing projects to share today.  First up is Kim, with an amazing home decor project!

Hi Everyone!  It's Kim here to share my newest creation, a Window Shadow Box done in a vintage shabby style.  It was tons of fun to create, and I love how it turned out.

I covered the inside of the box with a gorgeous black and white photo frame paper from Teresa Collins, and used aqua and turquoise as my accent colors. I painted the frame of the window with some distress paint in white, then sanded it back to the raw wood of the box to really make it look aged and distressed.

Here you can see inside the top of the box, and on the left side I have added one of the Gates from the small fence and gate set, which I embossed in an aged Silver tone. I placed some white, aqua and turquoise flowers in the box behind the gate and added a metal sign sentiment on top. In the middle of the window I placed some resin frames and added my initial.  To the right are some white resin cameras backed by some white doilies. In the far right corner, I placed a small clock button.

 Below, you can see a frame I have altered and added a vintage photo of myself on my 5th Birthday! I have also added the word "Dream" from the Words & Phrases 1 Set. I added some flowers and a camera charm to the top and placed 2 of the intricate doilies on the side and top of the frame. To the right of the frame is a metal camera which I altered using some Patina Guilders Paste, and added a flower to the center. I added a fun metal tap and pipe to the bottom on top of some vintage lace.

 Below, you can see the bottom right of the shadow box.  I have added a steam punk doily and a large wing from the Wings Assortment Set, which I have embossed with shabby blue and aged silver embossing powder.   I added a wooden sentiment and flowers to finish it off.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my Window Shadow Box, and thanks so much for stopping by today!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Window Shadowbox

Cardstock Doily Set Steampunk

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Wings Assortment

Words & Phrases 1

Small Fence & Gate Set

Other Items Used

Tim Holtz Distress Paint Picket Fence

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Petaloo Flowers

Prima Resin Cameras

Melissa Francis Resin Frames

Teresa Collins Memorabilia Paper

Prima Junkyard Findings Metal Tap

Photo Frame 

Metal Camera

Patina Color Gilders Paste

Stampendous Embossing Powder in Shabby Blue and Aged Silver

Wooden Memories Sentiment from WhichCraftDoYouDo? on Zibbet

Lace from my Stash

Next up is Heidi with a gorgeous altered canvas featuring our Queen Anne's Lace chipboard shapes.

 Hello everyone, Heidi here!  Today's project is a canvas I made for Gina's Designs using the gorgeous Lace Flowers.  To start the project I used a honeycomb grid to put some texture randomly on the canvas.

I then painted the entire canvas with a light gray paint, going back to add a little mustard to the medium spots (these areas were dry within an hour or two).  I painted the lace flowers with paint and then I used some medium to give it a little depth along with some glitter.

Here is a little closer picture of the flowers.  I have them lifted off the page to give the entire canvas some depth.  The glitter is actually very fine and all over the entire canvas.  The effect is so pretty but it was hard for me to get a good photograph.

Gina's Designs

Queen Ann's Lace

Victorian Frame with Easel by Kim and Wall Art by Heidi

We have two projects to share today beginning with a gorgeous Victorian Frame and Easel set by Kim.

Hello Friends and Happy Valentines Day! Today I'm sharing my altered Victorian Frame & Easel.  I just love this frame set, it really hearkens back to the time when photography was just starting to come into its own. The photo I chose for the center is a copy of a vintage one taken back in 1887, the name on the back of the photo was "Aunt Emma" so that is what I call this lovely lady.

I embossed all around the frame, and used Gilders Paste to give the effect of aged copper. I added some metal copper corners to add to the metallic look.

The bottom left corner of the frame has some of Gina's Feathery Flourish Pieces, which I embossed and then layered on some two toned burgundy and tan roses to complete the look.

Above is the front of the easel. I have gone over it with gesso, then used Gilders Paste in 2 different colors to give a worn metal look. I layered on some vintage laces, a metal Love embellishment in bronze, velvet ribbon, flowers and  a crochet button. I have also added a gorgeous metal peacock to the side of the Love frame.

You can see more of the Feathery Flourish there, which I embossed with the same colour as the other pieces on the frame.

Above is a close up of some of the Steampunk Angel Wings from the  Dressform and Wing Set on the top right, and an applique and flower from my stash.  

Below is a photo of the Easel you receive in the set. You can see how I distressed it to give it a worn look. The frame just sits nicely on top of it..

I hope you like my project today and thanks so much for stopping by!

Gina's Designs Items Used

Victorian Frame & Easel

Feathery Flourishes Set

Dressform & Wings Shape Set

Other items used

Stampendous Embossing powders in Aged Copper, Aged Silver and Shabby White

Making Memories Love Frame

Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers

Lace and Applique from my stash

Metal corners from ButterBeeScraps

Next up is Heidi with a beautiful home decor wall art piece, one of several new products that were designed with Valentine's Day in mind, but can used anytime of year.

Hello, it's Heidi again with a little wall art from Gina's Designs.  The actual kit comes with the chipboard square that I covered with Valentine papers, the corrugated board  and then the letters L O V E. I used the swans from the Valentine set as the hanger at the top!

I painted the letters with a deep red paint and then left everything else natural!   Adding a few bits and pieces from the Valentine Sets that Gina has along with the ever so lovely doilies! 

Gina's Designs Products:

Love Wall Art Kit

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Border Sticks

Valentines Shape Set

A Mini Album From Mary, and More Valentine's Day Fun With Heidi

We have two projects to share today.  First up is Mary with a sweet dog-themed mini album.

Hello everyone! Mary here with one of Gina's Dog Bone Mini Albums featuring my dog, Molly. The album contains six bone shapes to use for the covers and pages.

The first thing I did was gesso the bones.  After that I covered each of the bones with paper from The Pets Stack by DCWV and inked all the edges. On the cover I have an embossed frame with two metal pieces, and metal letters spelling out "Molly".

Here are the first two pages of the book. The "sweet" is a cutout from the paper collection and is attached to one of the dog bone tags that comes with the album.

 Above is page three and four of the album.

 On page three I used the three-frame film strip that comes in the "Say Cheese Shapes Set".

 This is page five and six showing the two things she loves best; her tennis balls and napping on the couch!

Here we have pages seven and eight. The Polaroid frame is from the "Say Cheese Shapes Set". The "fun" is from the paper collection and placed inside one of the embossed miniature bookplates.

Pages nine and ten complete the book. I used another miniature bookplate and the word "joy" on page ten.Thanks for stopping by the blog today! For more pictures and details of the mini album, please visit my blog HERE.

Gina's Designs

Dog Bone Mini Album

Miniature Bookplates Shape Set

Say Cheese Shape Set

Other Products Used

Bling: Me & My Big Ideas

Metal Filigree: ButterBeeScraps

Embossing Powder: Lindy's: Madonna Rube Gold, Midnight Bronze
Ranger - Fine Detail Black

Metal Letters: from stash

Paper: DCWV - the Pets Stack

Stickers: Elevations: Doggy Elevations

Jolee's Boutique: Spoiled

Life's Little Occasions: Pet Firsts Dog

EK Sucess: Epoxy Dog Phrase

Glue: E-6000, Aleene's Tacky Glue, ATG

Ink: Tim Holtz-Walnut Stain, Color Box - Brown, Stazon - Black

Next up is Heidi with a project designed especially for Valentine's Day.  This fun wall hanging kit has been done by a few team members earlier this month with each one looking very different.  Below is what Heidi did with hers.

Hi, it's Heidi here!  Today I have a cute little project for Gina's Designs.  It is a wall hanging kit with everything you need to create a cute Valentine project.  I began by covering the back piece of chipboard with some cute little XOXO paper from SU.  I then painted the X's and O's with pink and white paints and then added a little texture to the tops of the pink ones.  I also used a few little gems on the whites to give it a little extra sparkle.  The pink heart border is also part of the kit.

Gina's Designs Products Used:

XO XO Wall Hanging Kit

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Thanks for stopping by today!

Precious by Heidi

Hello Everyone, Heidi here!  I hope you had a wonderful holiday! Today I'm sharing a layout using a few fun items from Gina's Designs.  When I got these cottage windows I knew I had to create a page using them.  Although it is far from wintry or Christmas"ish", I just had to share it today.

The paper is from my stash and is a ruled design, but done in pink (of course my favorite color, right?)  I thought it would be ideal for a little girl's picture or a baby picture, which I did not have either of.  I thought against putting my boys pictures in the window.  Ha ha! 

I just love the little sentiments now available at Gina's Designs!

Gina's Designs Products:

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Cottage Windows Medium

Cottage Windows Small

Words & Phrases 2

Border Sticks

Beautiful Bird Cage

Hello- Heidi here to hopefully give you a little vintage inspiration.

My project today is one of the birdcages from Gina's Designs (this one will be available soon!)- is this not the sweetest? It comes in 3 pieces, the cage portion is connected at the top very easily with some string and then there are slots on the bottom to tuck into.  I painted mine, inside and out, before I put it together and would recommend it..  Then go ahead and alter to your hearts content! The little hanger on the top is a 7gypsies metal piece.  I love the vintage feel to this and found I can add it to the entrance table or fire place. I didn't have one, but wouldn't a little bird be cute sitting inside? The size is about 8 inches so it can make quite a statement!!

Take care and have a fabulous day!

Heidi

Mini Album by Heidi

Hello: Heidi here with another beautiful Gina's Designs Project.  I got this album from Gina along with the beautiful gate. The album has scalloped pages and wire bound. I did not really have anyone specific in mind but it had to be delicate and allow for some room for some pictures.  

Here are some pictures of the inside of the album- all decked out using some of Gina's Designs.

Products used: 
Scallop Edge Album

Words & Phrases 1

Stackable Labels Shape Set

Birds & birdcage

Doilies

Sweet Chippies by Heidi

Hello- Heidi here to show you some sweet chipboard pieces today.   I make a lot of cards and I wanted to show you how to very quickly and easily incorporate Gina's chipboard piece onto your cards.  I love how simple they are and just a dab of paint makes it "pop"

The first card is, well just darned sweet.  These apothecary jars are adorable will come in a variety of designs and sizes.  I put pink crackle paint on the one and then used a green paint on the other and then crystal lacquer over it to make it shine.  I really just needed a simple card for someone and this was quick and easy with the chippies!  

This second card uses one of the new chipboard borders sticks(you can see a couple additional styles there as well).  Once again, easy to color to coordinate with your project- plus these come in I think 12 in. so you can use for scrapbooking.  I think that you will find these to be quite beautiful and detailed. 

Stop over to Gina's to see products used:

Border Sticks

Apothecary Jars

Star Cards by Heidi

Hello, Heidi here and I get to share a couple of cards I made using the Heidi's stars in Gina's store. What better time to get to use them than the 4th of July!  

This first card is a pocket card, the front piece is raised so you could put a little gift card in it or a little hershey bar.  I tucked a little freedom card and a pinwheel adorned with one of the stars/gems.  Please take note of the little embossing there in the middle, doesn't it look nice?  I never do anything like this and the card just needed a little something so I pulled out my paper crimper .  The little pinwheel is a 2x2 piece of double sided paper, cut into the middle from each corner and then bend every other one into the middle and adhere.  Easy!

The second card is made with 3 different chipboard stars from the set that you will receive.  I painted each of them with crackle paint. Here is a little closer picture of the 3 stars: 

I do hope that you are inspired by these cards, it was alot of fun to make them.  I think that you will find the stars to be quite versatile for holidays, birthday and very masculine as well!

Make it Manly: Photo Display by Heidi

Hello, Heidi here again with some inspiration using Gina's Designs products.  This is a frame and I chose to use it to make wall art but it would also be fabulous to put some photos in! Look at all those wonderful chipboard pieces too! 

I just needed to show you this photo, as you can see that most of the chipboard pieces I have painted. The watch is black but I did a very dry spray so it would look distressed/worn.  then the key hole has a shiny sheen on it but the key does not (it is also worn).

I wanted this piece to have some depth and texture and so I  put some layers on it and you can see that here with the gears.

Gina's Designs Products:

Photo Display Tray - Lace

Gear shape set

Words & Phrases 2

Key and Plate Set

Miniature Shape Set

Clock Hands

I do hope you will find some inspiration in this project

Heidi

Endless Possibilities with Glassine Bags by Heidi

Hello everyone. Heidi here today with a little project that I did using Gina's glassine bags.  I will be honest with you all, when I first got these I had no idea what I would do with them. I thought they are little bags, what is up with that?  BUT...  now I tell you, I am having so much fun with these. They make great gift card holders alone or if you put them on the front of a card - a little holder for money or a card.  Alter them and put them together for a little book, the possibilities are endless. 

So this is the first one I made, it is a graduation card for the daughter of one of our friends that is graduating this weekend.  That little tab at the top is attached to a glassine bag which we tucked money into.  Perfect use for it don't you think?   I did decorate the front and back and the lace meets in the back and I attached my logo- didn't think to take a photo for you.  I figured the back needs to be complete.  Then there will be a little card that I will tuck in it with a little message.  I love this little sentiment because she has been so anxious to graduate!

Now this glassine bag will need to go to someone that enjoys sewing I think.  I love this G45 paper and just had to add some lace, doilies and buttons of course to go with the little Gina's Designs dressform.  The lace is from a stash that my mother gave me (on both glassine bags).   The little rosette is one that I made with some ribbon: they are really easy and go so well with the doilies. :) 

I hope that this has inspired you to pull out those glassine bags and if you don't have any stop over to Gina's and get you some along with the following supplies I used on mine.

Gina's Designs Products
Glassine Bag Assortment (I used the 2 larger sizes)
Dressforms & Corsets Shape Set
Cardstock Doily Set 1
Cardstock Doily Set Intricates
Stackable Labels Shape Set

Have a wonderful day! 

Heidi 

Mini Album Display Case by Heidi

Hello everyone it is Heidi with my mini album display box! This is a cute, fun and easy project.  Honestly, it only took a couple hours to complete all of this so do not be intimidated.   It comes with supplies to make 4 albums (as you will see I have made 2 of them).

Is this little drawer not the cutest? I lined mine with one of the little doilies and filled it with vintage charms.  The little know is Tim Holtz of course, I love so many of his items with these Off the Page items.

One can never ever have enough of these fabulous doilies!!! 

 I decided to lightly decorate the sides of the display box with some distress ink and dressforms.

Here are the little albums that I put together and decorated.  The albums are little accordian style so you have the chipboard album and then you can add pages.


Supplies Used:

 Hinge straps

  Words & Phrases I

 Doilies

 Fashion Cameos

 Dress Forms

Labels 

I do hope you enjoy this project as much as I have- it really is a little treasure to keep or give away! 

Heidi