Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Memory Tray by Guest Designer Pat


This
week I had the pleasure of working with the Memory Tray Shadow Box. 
 








I
started off by spraying the entire piece with Lindy's Stamp Gang
Starburst sprays (in pink and red). I added some K & Co. paper to
the inside edges of each box, as well as the top and sides of the shadow
box. I painted some of the hearts from the Valentine's Shape Set with
white and pink paint. I painted a heart and locket from the same set in
metallic copper. Once everything was painted and papered, I began
assembling each section.








 For
the very top, I added a piece of lace cut to the shape of a fan. I
layered the phrase "A Little Romance", in its raw form, from the Words
& Phrases 1 set. I heat embossed the lips with Ladybug Red from
Martha Stewart, then added it next to the phrase at the top. I added an
"XOXO" ticket from my stash.










For
the largest compartment in the shadow box, I added a doily from the
Cardstock Doilies Gina sent me. I stamped the Victorian couple on
vanilla card stock and loosely cut it out to add on top of the doily
using dimensional adhesive. I added a ticket that says "love" from my
stash. I placed one of the hearts from the Valentine's Shape set in the
left upper corner and layered a raindrop sticker on top. A couple of
gorgeous roses finished off this compartment.




  The rest of the small compartments are pretty self explanatory, I think, by looking at the photos. I added a few more roses here and there from my stash, along some bows and a clock charm from my stash. The dress form embellishment is one that I made last week, but it does use Gina's dress form and doily.



Gina's Designs Products Used:

Memory Tray Shadow Box

Valentines Shape Set

Words & Phrases 1

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Word Art Romance 

Dressforms 2 Shape Set










Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Winter Memories

Good Morning, Kathi here with another fun cross promotional project with The Robins Nest. I used the snow flake paper & the rub-ons on some glittery paper from Robin's Nest and placed it inside the postage stamp shadow box from Gina's Store.
I added some flowers and trim to the corner, along with one of Gina's Cardstock Doilies.


Thanks for stopping by today!


 Winter Deer Paper
Winter Snowflake
Snow Rub-Ons
Alphabet Sticker Sheet

Other supplies used:
Wild Orchid Crafts Roses
 Pearl Sprays
1/8" White Crochet Lace
White Gesso
White Bridal Lace

Monday, January 19, 2015

Cards to Make People Smile!


Hi! Lynne here with some happy cards inspired by the Valentine-themed pieces in my latest goody box from Gina, as well as some of the other great items.






I love painting my chipboard, then stamping and heat-embossing it for  an ornate effect, like I did on the clock and large heart here:






For this one, I trimmed a birdhouse piece to become the jail cell (my friend and I call each other our partner in crime!) and added the lovely heart flourish piece as well:






This card is for a bird-lover's birthday, so the cage and the bird on the branch were perfect accents! I first dry-embossed the birdcage. I then covered it with crackle finish before heat embossing it. Texture paste was applied to the branch before I heat embossed that piece:






I placed the inside sentiments next to the cards to give you a better idea of the finished items (and the first two really wouldn't have made much sense without them!)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a wonderfully creative week!



Gina's Designs Products Used



Build a Layout-lovebirds

Ornamental Birdcages Shape Set

Bird on Branch Assortment

Skeleton Clocks

Clock Hands Shape Set



Other Items Used

BoBunny Avenues papers

Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs papers

Marion Smith Posh papers



Sunday, January 18, 2015

Valentine Card and Gift Bag


Good morning, Deann here with a Valentine card and gift bag.


Instead of decorative paper, I used laces to cover the card base and Glassine bag.




On the card I used the "Love You" from Build a Layout Lovebirds and the Hearts Border Sticks.


I thought the aluminum roses look great in the center of the hearts.




   






The gift bag was made with a Glassine bag that I covered with lace and trim.






The center of the bag started with a doily. I added a leaf, a flower, and then a button on top. I painted an arrow from the Say Cheese Shape Set. 


(((HUGS)))





Gina's Designs Products Used








Other Products Used













Saturday, January 17, 2015

On the Beach Layout by Shanna



Good morning and a happy weekend to you all.


Today I have a fun layout to warm you up! I know some may not be in really cold weather, but it is brrrr biscuits here. The layout that I created was from a trip to Florida in the middle of winter. My daughter was one-year-old then and we went to play on the beach.




 I gave the title and the string along a coat of gesso. Then I went to town with two different blue gelatos and blended them with my finger.  Using a baby wipe, I removed spots of color on it to give it texture.








For my sting along, I applied liquid pearls by smearing it with my finger. I added some glass bead gel to the clam shell. 








Thank you so much for stopping by.





Gina's Designs Products Used:













Friday, January 16, 2015

Love Always


Kathi here to share with you today a cross promotional project between the Robins Nest, & Gina's Designs! I have a 12 X 12 winter layout and a  large tag.





12 X 12 Layout




The chipboard pine trees and deer go perfectly with the paper from The Robin's Nest.











Large tag 














The Robins Nest:

Winter Deer

Winter Snowflakes

Snowflake Glitter Cutouts



Other Supplies: 

Wild OrchidCrafts Roses

 Pearl sprays WOC

Chiffon Ribbon

1/8" white crocet lace

White Gesso

Texture Paste








Thursday, January 15, 2015

Winter Cabin Shadowbox Using The Robins Nest Papers


Hi everyone! It's Donna!
Today I am sharing Gina's Cabin in the Woods Shadowbox. This month we are promoting The Robins Nest, and we received these beautiful "winter collection" papers. Once I saw the blue and white papers, I knew I wanted to make a shabby cabin shadowbox.


 

The Shadowbox is very easy to assemble, the pieces fit together nicely!

I cut the papers to fit along the top of the back piece, and each section of the shadow box and glued them down. I painted the rest of the pieces with white crackle paint.




After assembling the shadow box, I used Aleene's snow in the cubbies, on the cabin, trees, and on the top of the shadowbox.  I added feet to the box so there would be additional height for the lace on the bottom.






 I added Gina's chipboard snowflakes, painted with white gesso,  layered with punched snowflakes using The Robins Nest papers. The coffee mug in the bottom left corner  is one of Gina's chipboard shapes. I painted it with white gesso, white paint, and then glossy accents. The fireplace comes with the shadowbox. I simply painted with white crackle paint.





I used white gesso on the two deer, and the word "Dream", and covered them with chunky glitter glass while still wet.








And then the fun part; finding additional items for the cubbies that fit your theme!

This was a really fun project!






Thank you for stopping by today! 



Gina's Designs Products Used:
Winter collection papers


Other Products
Prima flowers
Prima resin frames
Prima resin angels
Aleene's Snow
White crackle paint
White gesso
Petaloo Berries
Chunky Glitter glass - Reneabouquets