Cocktails Out Back

Happy Saturday, everyone! One of our favorite things to do on the weekend during warm weather is have friends over for cocktails on our back deck and that's what inspired me to make this little display. I used a brand new piece that's coming soon – the GSL Simple Scene Box 4x8. The Mosaic Table I made a few weeks ago needs a place to live and this is it. Here's how it came together...

I decided to make the wall a textured brick. Using painter's tape, I covered the wall's tabs as well as the location where the window would be placed. I used a GSL Brick Wall Texture Sheet to make the bricks.

Using a spatula, I applied texture paste to the stencil. While it was still wet, I removed the stencil as well as the painter's tape and set it aside to dry overnight.

I chose an off white acrylic paint for the grout color then layered terra cotta, brown, cream and gray paint for the brick colors until I was satisfied with the look.

I assembled the box using tacky glue then settled on craft sticks for a wood decking.

Once cut to size, I stained the sticks with a wash of brown acrylic mixed with water. To keep them from warping, I clamped them together with alligator clips and left them to dry overnight.

 

Here they are glued in place.

The Simple Scene Box comes with two shelves to play with. I decided to use just one for this project and painted it the same dark brown as the GSL Narrow Windows – Set of 2. I used gold flat back pearls for the window knobs. A lovely scrap of green fabric became curtains.

Here are those pieces installed. I envision the window to be a passthru opening into the kitchen.

I assembled one of the GSL Set of Stools 1:12 for the setting. It was painted cream and brown with the addition of a 7 Gypsies Architext detail on top.

The faux taxidermy is made from a plastic goat cut in half and finished with copper Rub 'n Buff. I chose a painted wood checker to mount it on.

To serve along with the cocktails, I made a cheese board. Everything on the board is made from polymer clay with the exception of paper leaves. The pepperoni and fruit slices are poly clay cane slices.

I added a little cup of black olives and love how it came out!

It looks fabulous on the Mosaic Table.

Finishing touches include a paper flower wreath and lemon drop cocktails made from resin. The glasses are rimmed with extra fine glitter.

Thanks for stopping by!

GSL Products Used

Simple Scene Box 4x8 – coming soon

Brick Wall Texture Sheet

Narrow Windows – Set of 2

Set of Stools 1:12

Other Supplies Used

Tacky glue

Acrylic paint

Texture paste

Craft sticks

Gold flatback pearls

7 Gypsies Architext

Unfinished wood checker

Plastic animal

Rub 'n Buff

Polymer clay

Poly clay cane slices

Paper flowers

Resin

Extra fine glitter

 

 

 

 

Rare Oddities 31 Wall Hanging by Pam Bray

Happy Saturday Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Fans!!! Pam here today on the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Blog sharing my Rare Oddities 31 Wall Art using some amazing GSLaser Cuts Chippies!!!

Begin by first paint the 31 Wall Art with black paint; dry.

Apply Weathered Wood to top of 31 Wall Art; dry and then paint with gesso.

Paint the 31 Wall Art bats from the Creepy Critters Set and Creepy Sign Post with a wash of paint; dry. Shade with paint. Add detail lines with pen.

Adhere pattern paper to top of 9" x 12" chipboard. Adhere pattern paper behind the Brick Wall Medium Sheet; adhere to top of prepared chipboard.

Adhere paint 31 Wall Art to top of prepared chipboard along with plastic spider.

Adhere Creepy Sign Post to top of prepared 31 Wall Art.

Fussy cut image from pattern paper; adhere to top of 31 Wall Art. Die cut flowers, form and add to 31 Wall Art. Adhere bats from the Creepy Critters Set.

Add wire and ribbon to top of 31 Wall Art  for hanger.

I hope you are getting ready to start creating your Halloween decorations...so grab yourself some of Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts chippies and make some fabulous decorations for you home or to give as gifts.  Hugs Pam

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts

31 Wall Art

Creepy Critters Set

Brick Wall Medium Sheet

Creepy Sign Post (Contact Store)

10" x 12" Chipboard Sheet (Contact Store)

Other Supplies:

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities Collection

DecoArt Media Paint: Hanna Yellow, Medium Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Teal Hue, Dark Grey Value 3, Pyrrole Orange, Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna, Weathered Wood, Crackle Past, Carbon Black

Sizzix Heart and Soul Flower Die

MayArts Ribbon

Paintbrush

Xyron Tape Runner

Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

Wire

Brads

Plastic Spider

Christmas in July Traditional Santa Greeting Card

Hey there Peeps! Ginny here to share a card I created to get a jump on the  Christmas projects I need to prepare for the holiday.   There's never enough time when you're cooking and shopping and decking the halls.

The background for this card is an embossed and inked crème colored cardstock with layers of altered chipboard pieces, vintage Santa image, flowers, ribbon and berry picks.

I created some sweet little windows with the 4 Panel Square Window Set.  Just a quick base coat of flat white acrylic paint and a little inking on the edge then adhered to velum and given a faux icicle effect.  Victorian Corners 2 were given a quick heat embossing with white embossing powder then attached to the corner of the window frame.

The Brick Wall texture helps to fill the corner and creates a nice base for the Medallions Stars.
A pair of coordinating flowers added under and over the corner of this vintage digital image are a nice finishing touch.

I added a nice collection of flowers and glittery branches and berries along with polka dotty ribbon, burlap twine, and a stamped sentiment.

~Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Supplies~

Victorian Corners 2

Medallions Star~available soon

Brick Wall 2

4 Square Window Set

Okay that's all for me....off to find my flip flops and tank to and Christmas music and create a few more holiday projects. Wishing you all a happy and productive day with lots of time to be creative : ) G



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

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

"And the Stockings Were Hung..." Tag by Mary

Happy Monday! I have a fun Christmas
tag for you today. The tag is one of the three tags form the Chipboard
Decorative Tags X Large set.  To give the wall a bricked look, I stenciled the tag with the Texture Sheet - Brick Wall  using several of distressed inks. I cut a small
section from the bottom of tag and made a back box with it to simulate a
fireplace. The next time I come across a small branch, I will have to gather it for logs!

For the stockings, I painted them red, used ink on the edges and a cotton ball for the "fur" look. The middle stocking is stamped with a snowflake stamp.

Gina's Designs Products Used 

Chipboard Decorative Tags X Large

Texture Sheet - Brick Wall

Christmas Shape Set

Other Products Used

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Merry Christmas!