Hi there and happy summer to you from Lynne! This weekend marked the official beginning of summer in this part of the world. I hope you're enjoying sunny skies and warm temperatures, beaches, barbecues...well, you get the picture!
When my kids were younger, we often had pool parties. They'd invite friends from school, church, or groups they belonged to, and this photo of my daughter and some girlfriends is from one of those. I used the Sweet Summer Shape set to enhance the theme, dry-embossing the pieces, then painting them with acrylic paints. I then heat-embossed them with UTEE, adding random amounts of the powder to create a water-splashed effect.
I added a few droplets on other parts of the layout created with Faber-Castell Texture Gems to continue the theme:
Thanks a bunch for stopping by, and whether you spend your summer days in a pool, on a beach, or wherever, I wish you a terrific one!
Summer is here and everything is in full bloom (and the grass pollen is trying to kill me!).
I was out and about the other day and admiring all the pretty planting people have done.
So, that's where I drew my inspiration for this week.
I began with a 5 x 7 canvas panel onto which I swiped light blue and white paint. While it was still wet, I positioned the cutout of an old seed packet print on top of it.
For the trellis, I used Gina's Designs Deco Lattice Panel 2 that I treated with Versamark and then sprinkled with Frantà ge Shabby Blue embossing enamel, which I then heat set.
For the charm, I used two different sets from Gina's: Wooden Charm - Circle Large and Wooden Decorative Keys. Both of these I coated with StazOn Metallics in silver. I also stamped them with Delicata gold ink, using a splatter stamp (origin unknown). Once they were completely dry, I sanded them lightly in a few places to give a distressed appearance.
For the charm face, I used a RubberMoon stamp and embossed silver on black paper. I simply inserted that in the charm before gluing everything together.
The rest of the project was just a matter of placing everything and gluing it.
Now I have a charming little bit of garden right here in my studio!
Today I want to share a layout that I had so much fun creating. With summer coming on, I thought I'd share these beautiful blooms with you. The Cottage Windows Large are the perfect accent for this layout. You can see the blooms peeking out of the window and it gives you the feeling of looking through the windows are your favorite summer flowers.
Hello everyone. Shanna here with an altered creation to share. Have you seen those cheap awesome wood frames in the crafty stores? They are just sitting there waiting to be picked up and altered.
I thought the Sweet Summer Shape Set would be perfect for altering this frame. Great for summer memories.
Everything first got a coat of gesso. Then everything got some color using gelatos. The word SWEET was covered with Glossy Accents and glitter.
While that was drying, I used a stencil and some modeling paste to cover parts of the frame.
Then I adhered my chipboard pieces on to the frame.
Happy Friday everyone! Today we have two fun items up for your perusal. First up is Deann who has been working hard on our live classes on UStream and YouTube. Yesterday, Deann did one of her classes on our YouTube Channel, making a mini desk organizer. We have posted it below for you to see. Feel free to check out our YouTube and don't forget to subscribe!
Next up is Dianna, with a very fun project to share.
Hi everyone! Dianna here with a new Gina's Designs product, a Door Owl!
The owl is 14-1/2 by 11-1/2 not counting the branch, so she is on the large size. She comes dark brown wood which I spray painted white. Note: do not let the guys who work with you stack the damp pieces of wood together (they were trying to be helpful :) that is what caused the dark splotches).
I then painted the Emma the Owl (yes I named her) with a teal glitter spray and papered the wings with a checked pattern paper from Joann's. I used a coordinating a striped paper on the "B". The B is for our last name. Not liking the lack of depth from the glitter paint, I then added low lights and highlights with Stickles. I also used a white paint pen to cover the dark marks from the earlier mentioned stacking of damp pieces
Then I punched out 60 - 3/4 inch circle and 60 - 1 inch circles from 4 coordinating papers. I did this while watching TV. It does not seem that much from the photo but believe me when I say that it took a while.
I glued the wings on first with Beacons 3-in-1 because I am hanging this on my door and want it to hold up to the slamming of the door that my 16-year-old son does when he leaves. He simply does not understand how to close a door without slamming. I distressed each circle with ink, then proceeded to glue all of the circles using the wings as a marker.
And I glued.
Finally I finished gluing those circles!.
I used burlap for the nose and branch and distressed the edges. The eyes are 1-1/4 inch circle punch with a 3/4 inch circle punch out of brown. The leaves are coordinating green paper. Burlap twine was used to hang Emma the Owl.
Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by the blog! Today I am sharing a fun whimsical project. I love to see the joy on the faces of children when they go to the fair or carnival. They all just seem to love to ride the carousels. This is the image that serves as my inspiration for the project.
I started this project by painting all of the laser chipboard with white gesso. Some of the chipboard was then painted with black gesso. The large spool was painted then with an ivory chalk paint. After the chipboard dried, I papered the large spool with the stripped paper and the diamond shape paper.
The diamond shaped paper was cut into a 12 X 12 circle for the carousel top. I cut a two strips 2 ½” each and joined them together. After the strip was joined, I then used two of Martha Stewart's punches to put the finishing touches to the strip. A vanilla strip was added between the two punched edges. After the strip was attached to the spool top, red-pink bling as well as silver bling was added. Red abd silver bling was added at the base of the center column.
The animals where prepped then painted with distress paint: brown, yellow, ivory and black. The saddles were added to each of the carrousel animals by using distress stickles, glitter & glass beads.
With Fathers Day fast approaching, I decided this week to make some Fathers Day Cards. I by no means am a card maker, but I do at least try and attempt them.
My first card is very simple, but masculine! I used black cardstock and pattern paper from my stash for the base. Black cardstock was layered with cream cardstock. I used the Compass Shape Set along with a piece from the Miniatures Guy Thing set. The edges of the telescope were inked with Walnut stain distress ink. I left the chipboard pieces their natural color. They just didn't need anything to make them stand out at all. I then added some metal letters to spell out the word "Dad" along the edge of the cardstock.
On my second card I used the Gears Borders & Corners set and a gear from Miniatures Guy Thing set. I inked the gear corner piece with walnut stain distress ink and vintage photo ink. I then added clear embossing powder and it gave it a rusted look. I then used walnut stain ink to the smaller gear at the top as well as the chipboard letters. Glossy Accents was used on the letters. Metal gears were added to give more dimension.
