"Lovely" LO

Hi everyone!

Myry again! A few days ago I shared a LO in the Facebook group that I'd made with some Gypsy chipboards and I thought make another one and show you how to make a LO like that!

Choose two 20x20cm (7 7⁄8") scrap papers and decide which one goes on the top. In my case I'm going to use this flowered paper with an oval opening. Next we're going to age its inner edges

Glue the paper on top of the other but without putting glue on the aged edges. Then glue it to the cardboard to give more strength to our LO.

This step is optional: give a touch to the edges of the LO with acrylic paint (silver or the one that goes best with the colors of your papers). 

Use some small pieces of scrap paper, age their edges and glue them to the edges of our main paper.

Choose 3 pieces of scrap paper somewhat larger than yout photo (I'm going to use a 6x8cm/2 23⁄64"x3 5⁄32" photo). You can age the edges of the papers now or after gluing them to the photo.

Now I'm going to show you how to give volume to a photo and create small "spaces" to decorate later.

Glue a piece of chipboard behind the photo, then glue one of the papers behind the photo like this:

Glue another piece of chipboard behind the paper and glue the next paper so that there is this little "space" between both.

Do the same with the last piece of paper but this time glue a piece of chipboard in front and another behind.

Easy peasy!

Now we are going to work with Gypsy chipboards: Frame Lavinia and Leafy Swirls and Buds (I'd chosen another one but in the end I only used these two sets).

Paint them with the acrylic paint after cleaning the edges.

Place some elements among the small spaces that we made in a harmonious way with the papers.

Flip the frame until you're satisfied with its position on top of the photo.

Put the leaf-shaped chipboards between the die cuts and the flowers and use more chipboard if necessary to add volume to the diecuts.

Place all the decorative elements (die cuts, flowers, thread...) until you like the result. 

Once ready it's time to glue everything in place! I recommend using a good hot silicone or sturdy glue.

To finish, distribute the glitter and other small elements, and give the last touches with white acrylic paint.

And that's it! What do you think?

I hope you like it!

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts items used:

Frame Lavinia

Leafy Swirls and Buds

Other items used:

20x20cm (77⁄8") cardboard and scrap papers

Bruch/sponge and silver and white acrylic paint

Scissors, glue/hot silicone and chipboard pieces

Die cuts, flowers, lace, wool threads and glitter

You can do a lot with a little

Please welcome our newest Design Team member Myry. Myry is from Spain and loves crafting. We hope you like her work as much as we do.

Hello everyone! 

Myry here and I'm pleased to partner with Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts!

Sometimes we think that to embellished our works we need a lot of different elements. But that's not true! 

So Today I want to teach you how to take advantage of few elements to create a cover for an album.

The first thing we're going to need are chipboards. I'm going to use "Family" from Fall word set and some pieces from Leafy Swirls and Buds.

Let me give you a tip: sometimes chipboards have traces of something like charcoal. You need pay attention to the edges. If they're dirty clean them with a rag. This way you'll avoid dirtying your work.

Now we're going to use embossing powders to color the chipboards. Use a color that you're already using in your work. In my case, I'm using a pink and violet palette so I'm going to use this light pink powder.

Another tip: use just a little bit powder for a cracked and aged effect. 

This was after two attempts.

Next we'll position the title over between the edges of the heart using a piece of acetate a little longer than the title.

The important thing is to know if our glue fix the acetate or dry as a layer of glass (therefore the acetate will slip).

Try to glue only the parts of the chipboard that will make contact with the acetate.

And now we're going to start putting the rest of the elements in place: the other chipboards, some diecuts and small elements like beads and dots.

One tip more: use the excess of the chipboards to give volume and make layers.

And that was it! So simple and easy :)

I hope this short tutorial help you in your future works. 

Have a good week!

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts items used:

Fall Word Set

Leafy Swirls and Buds

Other items used:

Zing "Pink" embossing powder

Distress embossing ink

Heat embossing tool

Cutter, glue and rag

Acetate

Diecuts, beads and dots

Vintage Confidential

Hello this is Yolie with today's project. I used Stained Glass Fergus frame and Leafy Swirls and Buds, both will be coming to the shop soon.

Do you ever purchase a paper collection in duplicates? I sure do! Especially Graphic 45. So in love with G45's Communique designs. I used it on the card I am sharing today.

At the moment I don't have access to all my fun paints so I used an airbrush to "paint" the Stained Glass Fergus frame. I used a Sharpie adapter and airbrushed the frame with black for full coverage. I used a brown Sharpie on the Leafy Swirls with light airbrushing in black.

The flowers were a bit creamy so I took the brown Sharpie and airbrushed them for a more antique look.
Before adhering the paper, I also airbrushed the edges in brown for a vintage vibe.

Everything on the card got airbrushed. Excluding the typist. I wanted her to pop so I masked her off before airbrushing the edges.

I added a bit of jute on the tag and used pop dots to adhere to the frame and finished it off with bronze matte sequins.

I hope you enjoyed my vintage card and thank you for visiting.

Supply List:
Leafy Swirls and Buds D83L Coming soon
Stained Glass Frame Fergus D83G Coming soon
Graphic 45 Communique
Glue gun
Tape runner
Airbrush
Markers
Flowers
Pop dots
Twine
Sequins

A Walk on the Beach

Hi everyone!  Leigh Ann here for Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts with a tag I made using several pieces of chipboard and shells we found on vacation to the beach in 2014.  We're going back this year so I was inspired to dig out the shells and create something fun with them.

I started by roughly coating a tag with white gesso.  Then I used Crackle Texture Paste in Platinum with a stencil to give it more texture. 

After that I sprayed it with Distress Oxide Spray in Mermaid Lagoon, sprayed with water, and dried.  I repeated this step a few times until I got the result I wanted.  Next I glued on some cheesecloth that I pulled apart a bit.  Then I added some more texture paste through the stencil and sprinkled it with pink mica flakes.  I cut 2 pieces of chicken wire chipboard, painted them black, and then used opal wax to give it a shine.

I got excited and forgot to take pictures of some of my steps so I will explain as best as I can.  I mixed Dina Wakley paint in Lapis with water and splattered it onto the tag.  I then added more small bits of cheesecloth.   I heat embossed the two flourishes with gold embossing powder then attached them to the tag.  

I covered a starfish and sand dollar from the beach shape set with pumice stone paste to give them a realistic look.  I also used patina pastes on a metal flower that I will add in the next step.  I coated the sides of a Tim Holtz glass vial with a mixture of concrete and pumice stone pastes to give it a weathered look.  I used diluted Distress Oxide Spray to give color to a couple of paper flowers. 

I assembled all of these pieces on the tag, then filled in around them with art stones and gel medium.  I added a bit of the diluted oxide spray to color them.  Then I finished by embellishing the tag with pieces from a pack of Sparklez.  I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and it inspires you try some of these techniques yourself!  Here are a couple of close up views as well.

I used the following Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts pieces on this project:
Beach Shape Set
Large Chicken Wire
Leafy Swirls and Buds