Gina's Designs DT Project: Cat Mask

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! For the month of February, all the designers on Gina's team needed to create a mask using one of the four great designs from her Masks Shapes Set. Mine morphed into a steampunk kitty! I know! I don't do steampunk! This was my first attempt at it.

The mask I decided to use is the one in the top right corner.

As always, I start with a coat of gesso. Next, I cut different size squares of the 3M foil tape. I then place the squares over the surface of the mask. Using a stylus, I simply made an impression in the foil to give a rivet look. I then took one of the steampunk hearts, bent it a bit, covered with the foil tape and attached to the mask.

I covered the mask with black acrylic paint, let it dry for a bit then gently wiped off. I did this several times until I was happy with the results. The clock hands were gessoed and the sprayed with Lindy's. When they were dried,  I brushed a thin layer of red metallic paint over them.

The gear boarder and corners were gessoed, sprayed with Lindy's, then embossed with silver and black soot. I then took an emery board over the top of some of the gears to give it more of a distressed look. I then sprayed them again with Lindy's. The swirl patter is simply colored by a bic marker in black.

After attaching all the gears and boarders to the mask, I finished it off with metal gears, a clock face, feathers and flat back pearls.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! I have a list of all the products below. For Gina's products, just click on the name below and it will take you directly to that product in her store.

Have a great week!

Gina's Designs
Masks Shape Set
Steampunk Hearts
Clock Hands Shape Set
Gears Borders & Corners Shape Set
Gears Shape Set

Other Products
Gesso
Paint: Black and Red Metallic
Lindy's Stamp Gang:: Whale Watch Blue & Black Orchid Silver
Metal Gears: Tim Holtz & ButterBeeScraps
Metal Clock: Tim Holtz
Flat Back Pearls: Joann Fabrics
Black Bic Marker
3M Foil Tape
Feathers - Stash (they were my dad's, he made his own fishing lures)
Embossing Power: Silver - Stampin' up! Black Soot Distressed- Tim Holtz

Gina's Designs DT Project: Five-Drawer Storage Cabinet

Where the heck has January gone? I cannot believe it is February already! Today I have this amazing five-drawer storage unit!

 I love this unit! The drawers are nice and deep and you can hold a lot in each one!
This unit goes together quickly! I papered the front of the drawers, top and sides with Kellerkurtz & Company (I think right now it is my favorite paper stack!) Before gluing the paper down, I did distress the edges with Walnut Stain. I adhered the metal filigrees with E-6000 and then applied the handles over the top.

In the top left corner I have one of the doilies which I distressed with the Walnut Stain.
This is a great storage unit that you will have able to have completed in a few short hours.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today! See you next week!

Gina's Designs

5 Drawer Storage Cabinet

Cardstock Doily Set 1

Other Products

Paper: KellerKurtz & Company (thePaperStudio carried at Hobby Lobby)
Metal Handles: ButterBeeScraps
Metal Filigree: Craft Supplies 1
Ink: Tim Holtz - Walnut Stain
Glue: E-6000, Aleene's Tacky Glue

Gina's Designs DT Project - New Marker Holder

Happy Saturday!!! What I have created for you today is this marker holder using Gina's

desk organizer 1!

Yes, I did alter a letter holder not too long ago for this purpose but the slots were not big enough to hold all my markers in one box. This worked out great. I have approximately 85 markers in the holder and as you can see, I have room for plenty more! Gina also has an incredible marker cabinet that stores 165 markers. Click HERE to check that out.

After the box was assembled, I applied gesso and then a custom paint. The majority of the box is covered with DCWV: Linen and Lace. The front panel is The Paper Studio:Kellerkurtz & Company. Each piece of paper was distressed and then inked with Walnut Stain

On the front panel, I used one of Gina's Stackable Labels Shape Set. The perfect fit for that spot! I inked both of the pieces and applied clear embossing powder over the top of them. The metal band is one of Tim Holtz's word bands which I attached to the stackable with white organza ribbon.

The unit comes with these two great drawers! A perfect place to store extra marker nibs or crayons for you or your kids to use! The front of the drawers have metal drawer pull brads from ButterBeeScraps.

 

This unit would also be great for colored pencils, paintbrushes, gel pens and of course you could use it to organize your bills (but where is the fun in that!?).

I have the links to Gina's store for the products I used down below. There is also a list of the other products used on this unit as well.

Thanks for stopping by today! Stay warm - it is a cold one today!

Gina's Designs

Desk Organizer 1

Stackable Labels Shape Set

 

Other Products

Paper: DCWV and The Paper Studio

Metal: Tim Holtz and ButterBeeScraps

Ink: Tim Holtz - Walnut Stain, Dusty Concord and Color Box -Dune

Glue: Aleene's Tacky Glue

Organza Ribbon

Paint: Folk Art: Thicket and Craft Essentials: White

Gesso: Daler Rowney

Distress Tool: Tim Holtz

 

 

 

 

 

Gina's Designs DT Project - Valentine's Day Tags Featuring the Robin's Nest.

Happy New Year! I hope everyone's 2014 is going well! For my DT project for Gina's Designs, I have created two Valentine Tags featuring Robin's Nest paper!









For the "Be Mine" tag, I used one of Gina's X large tags and covered it with the Red Glitter Paisley paper from the Robin's Nest. I embossed the "be mine" from the Word Art Romance set with red and black. I backed the "be" with Classic Roses from the Robin's Nest. The hearts and cupid are from the Cupid Shape Set. The hearts are embossed with red and white. 

Mr. Cupid was embossed and then stamped with a script stamp. One of Gina's doilies was cut in half and adhered to the side of the tag along with a metal piece and a heart. I used several pieces of white seam binding on the top.


For this tag, I covered one of the X Large tags with the "B" side of the Classic Rose paper from the Robin's Nest. I used a piece of lace and pearl strand from my stash along the side. The hearts from the Valentine Shape Set and Word Art Romance set were embossed and then backed with the Red Glitter Paisley paper. A metal corner and flower cluster complete the look!

Gina's Design Products Used:

Cupid Shape Set

Word Art Romance

Cardstock Doily Set Intricate

Valentines Shape Set

Chipboard Decorative Tags X Large

Robin's Nest Products Used:

Wild About U Collection

Other Products Used

Embossing Powder - Lindy's Stamp Gang & Ranger

Lace

Metal - ButterBeeScraps

Flowers/Spray - Craft Supplies 1, Lavish Laces

Pearl Strand

Seam Binding

Gina's Designs DT Project: The Couture Shop

I can't believe that Christmas is only seven days away! I guess I should start my shopping!! Today I have a Gina's Design's design team project for you. I have a configuration style design made from the Bagatelle Boxes: Starter Kit. These boxes are great! You get 12 in the kit (two of six different sizes) and once you have the boxes assembled, you can attach them in any arrangement you like.

I had so much fun with this project! I used the new "Couture" papers from Graphic 45 to line the inside and the outside of the boxes. That's right ladies! I used my new paper right away! Well, okay. I haven't cut into the 12x12 yet! I also used the paper on the wooden dress forms that will be available in the store in 2014!

 I used several items from the Doily Box: SEW collection. The needle was embossed with silver embossing powder.

Here you can see the doily and sewing machine from the Doily Box: SEW collection. The sewing machine, hinge (Hinge Shape Set) and filigree frame (Filigree Frames Shape Set) are all make from chipboard. These pieces were all embossed with embossing powders. Just a tip when embossing, if you are using a light color or want the true color of the embossing powder, gesso first. I cut the filigree frame in half and attached one of the images from the paper line to it before attaching it to the side of the box. 

Here are two more of the chipboard pieces from the Doily Box: SEW collection. The "sew" was given a serious workout. I had some embossing issues, but after four times under the heat gun, I got it right. The chipboard did not fall apart or warp on me. I then attached it the the blue embossed chipboard frame. You can also see a mirror in the corner. This came from the Parisian Shape Set. It comes in two pieces so it was easy to emboss the "glass". The base of the mirror was inked and then coated with glossy accents to give it that high polished look.

I love how this chipboard scissor turned out! The handle is black and the blades are silver embossed. I added a brad to the center.  They tuned out darling!

Here you can see the chipboard zipper, dress form and button (the dress form is sitting on it). The zipper and the dress form were all embossed. The button has a piece of the paper attached to it. The dress form is on a stand, but I cut it off and attached her to the button. I love that I can alter the pieces to fit my designing needs!


Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Items Used From Gina's Designs
Bagatelle Boxes Starter Kit

Doily Box SEW

Filigree Frames Shape Set

Hinges Shape Set

Parisian Shape Set

Wooden Dress Forms (Available January 2014!)

Other Items Used

Graphic 45 - Couture - 8x8 and 6x6

Glossy Accents

Metal Key, Shoe and Filigree - ButterBeeScraps on Zibbet

Bling - Martha Stewart

Embossing Powders: Lindy's Stamp Gang, Tim Holtz, Stampin' Up!

Wooden Ruler - Prima

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts, Craft Supplies 1,

Thimbles - Metal and Wooden

Fabric and Laces

Bobbin

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