A Christmas Wish

Hi everyone!  Leigh Ann here on the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts blog with my latest creation.  This is the clipboard from Gypsy Soul decorated with several other chipboard pieces, which I have titled "A Christmas Wish."

My first step was to cover the base of the clipboard with wood print paper from Simple Stories and then ink the edges with Distress Ink in Gathered Twigs.  I dry brushed the "clip" portion with white acrylic paint and then distressed it with the Gathered Twigs Ink as well.

Next I colored the smallest tree from the Pine Tree Shape Set with Distress Inks in Evergreen Bough and Iced Spruce.  I then used some craft glue and flocking powder to add a snowy effect.

Next, I took the smallest window from the 4 Panel Window set and dry brushed it with acrylic paint and then distressed it with Gathered Twigs ink as well.  I cut a piece of paper from the Simple Stories Simple Vintage Christmas collection to look as if Santa is peaking through the window.  I adhered it to the back of the window with glossy accents and then added flocking to look like there is snow in the window sill. 

I started to place these finished items on the clip board and decided I needed to add something to the left side for decoration.  I colored the street lamp from the Christmas Shapes set with Black Soot Distress Ink.  I colored the light bulb with a gold pen.  I also took the wreath from that set and cut small pieces of evergreen garland and glued them to the wreath to make it look like a real wreath.  I colored the bow with red paint and distressed it before attaching it to the wreath.  Then I attached the wreath to the street lamp. 

For finishing touches, I crinkled a piece of ribbon and tied it and a button with bakers twine.  I adhered this to the clip of the clipboard.  At the bottom I used the WISH letters from the Tim Holtz Typography Christmas pack, more evergreen garland, a Tim Holtz bell brad, and a pinecone that I bought from The Doodlebug, Inc. last year.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial!

I used the following Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts products in my project:

Christmas Shape Set
Windows 4 Panel
Pine Tree Shape Set
Miniature Clipboards

Have a great crafty week.

Leigh Ann

Collector of Curiosities

Hi Everyone,

Jess here today with a little Halloween decor piece.

 

Here's how you can make your own. 

Cover the Miniature Clipboard with a vintage style paper.  Cover the entire piece of paper with a collage medium.  I like the finish it gives and how it takes the various inks and crayons.  Ink the edges and add some splats to look like coffee and possibly slime.  The slimy green is actually embossed so it's raised up a bit off the paper.  I did emboss the clip part of the clipboard, but decided not to use it in my final design. 

Emboss the edge of your Small Canning Jar.  I made a jar similar to this back in February.  If you'd like to check out the tutorial I have linked it here for you.  With this jar, I wanted it to look a bit grungy and murky.  Pounce mushroom alcohol ink onto the acetate and it will muddy up the "liquid" inside the jar.  A piece of cheesecloth stained with blood(kidding, it's alcohol ink) gets tied to the lid. 

Cut a piece of background paper to go behind your canning jar and add your images.  These guys were stamped and fussy cut.  Make sure you play with your placement before gluing anything down.  

You can see here at this point I was still playing with the idea of leaving it as a clipboard.  I also hadn't added the eyeballs.  It's always good to play with your composition before you glue!

 I decided that the jar on the clipboard wasn't enough and I wanted to beef up my project.  A small Tim Holtz framed panel was the answer.  Cover the panel with a piece of worn wallpaper and add Distress Oxides so the paper looks water damaged.   

On the frame, randomly paint on Distress Rock Candy Crackle Medium. Once it starts to crackle you can heat it up to speed up the drying process.  Paint the frame using Art Alchemy paint in Metallique Blackberry.  Once the metallic paint is dry use a thin layer of Distress Paint in Black Soot on the entire frame and wipe most of it away. You just want it to sink into the recesses.  In random areas add metallic waxes in opal colors.  This adds another layer of dimension, but doesn't add a ton of color.  The final step on the frame is to use a fine brush and Dina Wakley Gilt paint to go around the edges.  Perfection is not the goal here.  The frame is supposed to look funky and old.  

Glue the frame to the back. 

Add your clipboard to the frame and add a small quote to the top.

A little metal tag, sticker, and eyeball brad round out the finishing touches. 

I hope you enjoyed this little project.  It was fun to make! I can't wait to pull out all of Halloween decor now.

Jess

Chipboard Embellishments

Hi everyone! Amylove here! I enjoy making embellishments and Gina's chipboard pieces are perfect for making little embellishments!! I created these for a swap I am in and I am sure my swap partner will be pleased.

All of the details worked out so well! If you would like to see the process I used to create these embellishments, please follow this link to my tutorial:

Embellishment Tutorial

Products used:

Gina's Designs

Miniature Clipboards

For the Birds Set

Keys & Plates Shape Set

My Stash

black gesso

distress ink

crackle glaze

precious metals liquid

trims

acrylic paint