My Boy canvas art with Alicia Barry

Today I thought I would try something for my son. I love playing with pretty papers and flowers for my daughter, but I also have two sons who like to be featured occasionally. I took this right after his 13th birthday, so this is a milestone piece for him. (Can you believe I got such a good photo on just my iphone!)

I started by applying white gesso to my canvas, then added crumpled layers of tissue paper under where my photo will go, and secured with more gesso. I used my heat tool not only to speed up the drying process, but it creates some very cool effects on the gesso.

By applying heat fairly closely, the gesso will bubble up  leaving a really interesting texture. This will show up more as I add colour.

I applied four different shades of blue paint spray first, and heat set, then added some green tones over the top. Notice how the texture of the tissue paper is showing up now.

To visually anchor the piece I wanted to create a vignette effect. Since this is a masculine piece, I chose shades of brown.

I then went over the brown with some metallic copper to create a grungy rusty effect.

For more texture, I wrapped some jute twine around the top of my canvas where the main focus of the piece will be.

I took some Flourished Open Circle Frame pieces and Feathery Flourishes and painted in metallic silk paints, in Spicy Tomato and Ginger Peach.

Next, I started to arrange my chipboard pieces onto my canvas. Because of all the texture, it was necessary to use my hot glue gun for this part. Notice also that although the pieces are from two different sets, I overlapped them to create the illusion of one piece, and then mirrored it at the bottom.

Time to add the photo. For the title, I used Words and Phrases 2, and the same metallic paints as the other pieces so that it would co-ordinate, but then also swiped black ink over the top so it would stand out.

Now, it was time to add embellishments.  I used some cogs from the Steampunk Shape Set and  inked in black along with some metal pieces.

I added a few small flowers, which I dry brushed with metallic ink for a cohesive look. Being a male project, I didn't want the flowers to stand out too much.

I also added some dimensional paint dots randomly across the project.

 I also added some random little pockets of black glass glitter.

Supplies used:

Flourished Open Circle Frames 

Feathery Flourishes

Steampunk Shape Set

Words and Phrases 2

Canvas

Gesso

Silks metallic paints

Lindy's Stamp Gang paint sprays

Metallic charms

Twine

Ultimate Crafts dimensional paint

Finnabair glass glitter.

Love Mail

Middle of Winter and I am dreaming of chocolates, vivid shades of red, and all things lovey dovey.  If I can't have them....I can at least create them, right?

I started out with the mini display tray heart .  I painted the top piece red.

From here I cut a piece of paper to fit behind the top piece and adhered the two together.

I then wound ribbon through the top to hang it from.

and tied my big chunky bows on both sides of the heart.

 Start adding your embellishments...in my case I added the filigree frames that I covered in red glitter. I added my sweet main retro image of the little boy and dog.

From here I started adding cute embellishments and my sentiment faux typewriter keys that spell out love.

Here they are all spelled out.  Did you know you can ask Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts to create any word you would like?  How fun is that???

 I also glittered up some gorgeous feathery flourish set pieces. I added two layered at bottom of love.

Thanks for visiting the Gypsy Soul Laser blog!  Cherry

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts supplies -

Life is a Wonderful Fairytale Card

Hey there Peeps! It's Ginny here and I'm very excited that it's Thursday. My dear friend Barbara and I take over the GSL blog and show off our creations using the Fabulous Gypsy Soul chippies. I created a card with medieval flair with Enchanted Forest from Graphic 45.

 There's lots of layers of patterned papers here with spacers for a lot of dimension.

Using a distressing tool on the edges of the paper adds so much texture.

The focal image is framed with Flourished Frame Evie. A layer of crackle paint and some distress stain finishes it off to look like old metal.

Adding painted Feathery Flourishes to the flowers helps anchor the arrangement and extend it to the corners of the card.

More flourishes are a great place to add a sentiment banner.

With so much patterns going on I needed only a simple graphic striped ribbon and coordinating pearly accents.

Okay that's so much for visiting today. Make sure you check out Barbara's post too..her projects are always so fabby! Wishing you all a happy and productive day with lots of time to be productive : )G

Elegant Chic Trim Organizer

Even though I'm not exactly the most organized person in the world in a lot of ways, I LOVE organizers!! Lynne here with my version of the trim organizer from Gina's store. My scraproom is painted pale grey, so these FabScraps papers were perfect for this project.

After assembling the box (which is delightfully easy!) and papering it all, I sanded the edges, then inked them with Ranger distress ink in Weathered Wood. After adding a strip of lace and the word tag, I painted the Feathery Flourishes and the wooden beads (which were used for feet) with acrylic paint and attached them, then finished the project with strands of clear iridescent pearls.

The cards were papered and inked with the same products, then I had fun filling them with some gorgeous laces and trims from my stash (which incidentally freed up a drawer for more chippies! yay me!)

I kept the decoration of my organizer fairly simple, but the sky's the limit! You could use any papers or mediums to cover it, and you could add all sorts of different embellishments to create any look you want. I hope you stop by Gina's store to have a look at this and other great organizers! Have a terrific week!

Gina's Products Used

Trim Organizer

Feathery Flourishes set

Other Products Used

FabScraps papers

Ranger ink-weathered wood

Wooden beads

acrylic paint

pearl strands

Garden Fairy Crown

I love crowns. I do. I adore them and make them often. I guess I haven't had my fill of fancy head wear because I've made another. This one was created with chipboard shapes from GinasDesigns.net and it's this month's video tutorial.

The crown is made by layering Garden Fairies, Feathery Flourishes Set, Dragon Shape Set, and Tudor Rose Singles over a simple base. For some added interest I added texture using gel medium and the Texture Sheets - Fiesta from Gina's.

Washes of ColourArt Silks Acrylic Iridescent Glazes and Twinkling H2Os Shimmering Watercolors are applied and then a smidge of glitter is added.

Some pretty paper flowers, butterflies and ribbons and voila! I'm pretty sure that wearing this will automatically make you a fairy princess.

Here's the video tutorial. The sound is a bit awful in spots and I'm sorry about that (honestly, I have no idea what I'm doing and it's a miracle I muddle through at all!). If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

Here is the full supply list:

Gina Designs:

Texture Sheets Fiesta

Garden Fairies Medium

Feathery Flourishes Set

Tudor Rose Singles
Dragon Shape Set

ColourArte

Silks Acrylic Iridescent Glazes

 Twinkling H2Os Shimmering Watercolors

Other
Petaloo Botanica Flowers

Glue
White paint

Glitter
Ribbon

Golden Heavy Gel

Heavy card

A Merry Christmas Layout by Donna

Today I'm sharing a whimsical Christmas theme layout using three chipboard shape sets from

 Gina's Designs.

The chipboard feathers, which come in a set of seven different sizes, are covered in white gesso and fine glitter. They have a soft beautiful shimmer in person. Actually, I sprinkled the fine glitter all over the page! It's so difficult to capture the sparkle in a photo!

The chipboard snowflakes, which also come in a set of multiple designs and sizes, are painted with white gesso and glitter snow.

I love the "Evie" set of flourished frames! I used white gesso and then white crackle paint for a vintage shabby feel.

 I hope all of your wishes and dreams come true this holiday season!

 Gina's Designs Products Used

Feathers shape set

Snowflake shape set

Flourished frames "Evie" set

Paris Themed Mini Album by Nancy and a Fall Themed Banner by Donna

Hi Crafty Friends!  Today we have two projects to share.  First up is Nancy with another August cross-promotional project featuring Gina's Designs with printable paper kits by Kitty's Scrap Post.

Hello Everyone!  Nancy here with another cross promotional project pairing Gina's Design's chipboard with digital papers from Kitty's Scrap Post.  This is my third project this month using the awesome papers in the Heartbreak kit.  Today I'm sharing a Paris themed mini album.  There are several more photos of this mini posted on my blog, and the link will be provided at the end of the post.

Above:  The cover was created using fussy cut images from the Heart Break digital paper kit and a Gina's Designs Texture Sheet in Diamond Pattern, deco corners, and the word "Love" from the 10 words set.

Above:  Background papers and images are from the digital paper kit.  Photo book tucked inside pocket featuring a chipboard cameo by Gina's Designs embossed in shabby aged silver.  The page on the right is a split page, with the top half featuring a flip up.

Above:  A flip-up page featuring sentiment,  corset and mirror by Gina's Designs.  Perfume bottle is fussy cut from the digital papers, and also background paper is from the collection.  All design elements are unattached in the photo mat area, so a photo can be slipped onto the mat.

Above:  Gina's Designs chair and dressform, the perfume bottle, image of lady and background paper are from the digital paper collection.   All design elements are unattached in the photo mat area, so a photo can be slipped onto the mat.

Above:  Another cameo from Gina's Designs placed on an image fussy cut from the collection Feathery Flourishes surround the fabric flower.

Above:  The image opens up to display more gorgeous images from the collection.

Above:  More images from the collection and a chipboard Fleur de lis and Paris elements from Gina's Designs.

Above:  A flip page featuring papers from the collection (you can see the inside of this page and more on my blog) and Eiffel Tower by Gina's Designs.  On the adjoining page I have a side pocket featuring doilies from Gina's Designs in black, and also a silhouette lady has been script stamped.

More gorgeous images from the collection on this flip out page, and below is the final page, with tag removed to reveal a transparency with an image from the collection slipped inside which could be replaced with a photo.

This mini album was so much fun to create.  Lots more photos on my blog HERE.

Gina's Designs Products used:
Fashion Cameos
Vintage Ladies Silhouette Set
Art Deco Corner Set
10 Words
Parisian Shape Set
Words and Phrases 1
Feathery Flourishes Set

Digital Design Papers by Kitty's Scrap Post

Heart Break Full Kit

Next up is Donna with one of our new products for Fall.  This banner looks amazing paired with Graphic 45 papers!

Hi, it's Donna here today to share a Fall Banner I made with Gina's Designs Fall Banner Kit!

The chipboard kit comes with two types of leaves, and two cute rakes!

I have to confess...I am addicted to making the cute 1 inch chipboard charms (punch elements)! I was so excited to see the 1 inch round designs in the paper collection!

Gina's Designs

Fall Banner kit
Punch elements 1 inch scalloped

Thank you for stopping by Gina's today!