Gina's Designs DT Project: Art Storage Cabinet

Happy July! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. What I have for you  is the Art Storage Cabinet. This unit will give you plenty of storage space! (Sorry, I am moving this weekend and am down to the bare minimums in my craft room! I promise, I will have this unit stuffed before the month is over!)

 

 

 Two of the sides house a long cubbie. As you can see by the picture, it will hold larger items, such as can of hair spray and mod podge!

To get this marble effect I swirled the embossing powder while it was hot and it blends with the gesso.

 

 You will find two large drawers on each of the other sides of the unit. The drawers are big enough to house ink pads from Stampin' up and still have room left in the drawer!

 The top has two cubbies as well. Next week I will be showing you a new design that will fit into one of the top cubbies!

 

  For those of you that have the Ultimate Storage Tower, the Art Storage Cabinet sits on top of the Tower. What a great pair!

Gina's Designs Products Used

Art Storage Unit

Dressforms 2 Miniature Shape Set

Vintage Seamstress Shape Set

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Other Items Used

Knobs: local hardware store

Metal Filigree: ButterBeeScraps

Ink: Distressed Ink: Walnut Stain

Embossing Powder: Zing-Chestnut, Stampendous-Aged Ivory,Ranger Black

Paper:KellerKurtz and Company (Hobby Lobby)

Lace: Suhafuha and my stash

Gina's Designs DT Project: Two-Story House

Happy Thursday!!  Today I have a "bird house" to show you using the 2 Story House from Gina's Designs. . After the house was assembled, I applied a coat of gesso to it. My next step was to extend the roof line. Since Gina designed it as a shadow box, the "back" side is made to be flat against a wall. I wanted to use it as storage and be able to turn it around to hide the inside. I took a piece of heavy card stock to make the overhang match the other side.

For the roof, I used the wider craft sticks and  several colors of ink to give it some dimension. The paper is from Prima's Lyric stack. The bird holes are wooden frames with black paper behind it. The metal filigree is from ButterBeeScraps. I took one large metal square and cut it into quarters. The perches are lolli-pop sticks and a metal flowers from CraftSupplies1.
The chipboard bird nest on the front roof peak has embossed eggs and an inked nest end

For the house light I took two of the lampposts and embossed them in black. While the black was still hot I sprinkled gold embossing powder into in. I also dulled the lamp down in spots to give it a more weathered look. The lit part of the lamp is velum inked in different shades of yellow. The velum was than sandwiched between the two lampposts. I attached it going off toward the side so I could see it no matter which way the house was positioned.

 On this side of the house I have decorated three chipboard birdhouses. The house on the left is embossed with distressed embossing powder. The other two are stenciled. The roof, base and pole are painted. The bird hole is a black card stock.The grass line is three different colors of flower soft.

The tree is actually a branch. The truck and branches are painted and the leaves and grass are flower soft. The butterfly is fussy cut form my stash of paper.

The birdhouse on the roof peak is painted with a card stock circle.The bird is embossed in yellow. The inside is lined with the Lyric paper and paper from my stash. The attic back wall is painted. I then trimmed it out in flat back pearl strand from Suhafuha.

I plan on storing my flat back pearls and gems in my house. I wanted to also give you a few ideas of what else you could store in it. The bottom and middle shelves could house your paints. The middle shelf will hold up to nine of your Lindy's sprays. The attic has room to hold things as large as your distressed crackle paint.

Thanks for visiting my blog! I hope you have a great day.

Gina's Designs Products

2 Story House

For the Birds

Leafy Branches With Birds

Spring Shape Set

Lamppost 2

Wooden Frames

Other Products Used

Paper: Lyric (Prima) & Stash
Ink: Browns, Reds and Yellows
Paint: Brown
Metal Flowers: Craftsupplys1
Wide Craft Sticks: Dollar Tree
Embossing Powder: Stampendous, Ranger
Flower Fresh



Gina's Designs DT Project: Steampunk Key - Hope

Happy Thursday my crafty friends! That's right! Two more days and it's the weekend! I have a steampunk key to show you today.  Gina has several different keys to choose from! This is a layered key - the dressform lays on top of the key base

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 The wings, hope, dressform cage and the bottom of the key have been embossed.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a great day!

Gina's Design Products

Key Wall Art Dressform

10 Words

Other Products

Embossing Powder: Stampendous (Aged Ivory and Shabby Green) Utee - Black

Paint: White and Metallic Gold

Ink: Dew Drop (Metallic Gold)

Lace

Dodad Flowers: Shabbylishious on Zibbet

script stamp

Paper: Graphic 45 (Couture)

Pearl Strand: CraftSupply1

Gina's Designs DT Project - Cards

Happy Thursday!! Today I have for you two cards I made for a double celebration this past Sunday; my mom's birthday and my niece's graduation from college!
For the first card, I took a piece of scrap paper, inked it with Walnut Stain and attached to the card base. I embossed the "happy birthday" and used my watercolor crayons on the balloons.I glued the "happy birthday" to the card and the balloons where attached with pop dots.

The second card is my graduation card. I first stenciled purple and yellow chalk to the card base.

The chipboard pieces were embossed before placing them on double mat. Both pieces of the mat were edged with ink. I attached all three chipboard pieces with pop dots.

I also took a small stamp that said "congratulations" and randomly stamped all over the front of the card. I used VersaMark - Dazzle for that. I know the pictures do not show it, but I did like the way it turned out.

Here is a look at them side by side!

 Thanks for stopping by my blog! Please take a peak at Gina's Designs! You never know what you will be inspired to create!

Gina's Designs Products

Birthday Shape Set

Graduation Shape Set

Other Products Used

Paper: K&Company

Watercolor Crayons: Stampin' Up!

Embossing Powder: Stampendous Aged Ivory and Ranger Black

Ink: Walnut Stain & Dusty Concord by Tim Holtz, White Chalk Ink (Studio G)

Chalk

Stencil

Gesso

pop dots

Gina's Designs DT Project: Photo Collage

I'm back!! Sorry about the pause in posts, but I was finishing up my last semester of college. Thank you to Gina for letting me take some time off and to the talented team members for your support.

I was asked to make a display for my niece's senior recital at college (did I just type that, college?). She had a joint recital with her boyfriend ( is she old enough to have one of those?).

All chipboard pieces first had a coat of gesso applied and then different purples in different thicknesses.

Here is a close up of one of the treble clefs and the different embossing colors used.

While the embossing was still hot, I used a music stamp and stamped onto each of the letters.

I altered three binder clips for food markers.

Gina Design Products

Memo Board

Music Symbols Shape Set

Music Title Shape Set

Say Cheese Shape Set

Filmstrips 1 Shape Set

Faux Typewriter Keys White

Gina's Designs is Having a DT Call!!!

Gina's Designs lasercut chipboard company is looking for talented, motivated, responsible designers who have time to commit to creating projects each month with our products and promoting our products online and at their local stores. We haven't set a specific number of designers for our team; we will determine the membership total based on the number of applicants.

 To apply, please do the following:
1. E-mail Gina at dtcall@ginasdesigns.net with the subject line: Gina's Designs DT Call
2. Attach 3 projects showcasing your work. These can be projects you have already done or new ones. We would like to see a variety whether it be cards, layouts, altered items, etc. These projects do NOT need to include Gina's Designs products.
3. Include links to your blog (required) and any online galleries where you upload your projects.
4. Tell us why you think you would be a perfect fit for Gina's Designs design team and what your favorite technique is when using die-cuts. Please provide a little information about yourself, where you are located, what inspires you when creating, your personal crafty style, and your arts and crafts background
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** This design team call is open to everyone and will close on June 15, 2014. New DT members will be notified via email no later than June 17, 2014 and the DT term will begin on July 1, 2014.

Selected Designers will receive:
  *A Design Team Package Quarterly (every 3 months)
*Your name and picture linked to your blog from Gina's Designs Blog
*Gina's Designs badge to feature on your blog
*40% discount on all Gina's Designs Products
*Bonus given to those who are published in a printed crafting publication (Gina's Designs must be listed in the supply list for your project)
What we expect:
*Create a minimum of 4 projects per month
A project consists of:
1 Mini Album
1 layout
1 altered item
2+ cards
Set of 3+ ATCs
Set of 6+ twinchies
Off the Page Project
Or any other item preapproved by Gina's Designs

  *Must have a personal active blog (posting at least once a week)
*Must display Gina's Designs badge with link to Gina's Designs website on your blog
*Upload all projects to:
A. at least 1 online gallery such as Splitcoaststampers, Spotted Canary, Scrapbook.com or another gallery approved by Gina's Designs
B. at least 1 social networking site (ning site, Pinterest, etc)
C. your blog
*Must use Skype and be available for one meeting per month
*Must participate in blog hops and challenges sponsored by Gina's Designs
*Must participate in cross promotional activities between Gina's Designs and other companies
*Specially assigned projects become the property of Gina's Designs and finished project must be mailed back to Gina's Designs.
*Full usage rights of all photos and videos of projects are assigned to Gina's Designs.
*All team members will be asked to watermark their project photos with the Gina's Designs logo and your name/URL. This will help us better market our products and your projects on Pinterest as well as other galleries.
*Create at least one tutorial using Gina's Designs products during your term of membership. Tutorial may be in video or written format. These tutorials become the property of Gina's Designs and will be available for free download at http://www.ginasdesigns.net/ Tutorials may be a technique or a project.
*You may be a member of up to three (3) other design teams, but you may not be on a design team for another laser/chipboard company.
*Design Team membership term is 6 months. You may reapply for another term if you are interested.
*Gina's Designs reserves the right to dismiss any design team member who is late on two project release dates (unless prior arrangement or emergency circumstances exist), fails to attend meetings or communicate with coordinator, or for any other situation that places Gina's Designs in a problematic situation.

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Gina's Designs DT Project: Lace Banner

Hi everyone. Today I have designed a "lace" sign from Gina's Designs LOVE wall art kit! I plan on using it in my craft room to mark my lace area. When I have decided were that area will be, I will then make the decision on how I will attach it. For now I will just stand it up according style!

I lined the back chipboard with paper from Prima's Delight after edging it with Walnut Stain.  The corrugated squares were light touched with gesso. For the letters, I took the "O" and cut a small section from it to make a "C".  After a coat of gesso and embossing with Madonna Robe Blue Gold, I turned the "V" upside down and attached the little piece left over to form the "A."

The cutouts are from the paper line. I use a croched doily from my stash under the "A" and one of Gina's Designs under the "E". 

 The panels were attached together with a lovely piece of lace from CraftSupply1. I took out the ribbon that was woven through it. I then used one of my Tim Holtz Blending Tools and used it to drag the lace over the Antique Linen ink pad.

 Below are the before and after pictures of the blue and the flatter-brown flowers from CraftSupplies1.

For the blue flowers above, I simply applied a light coat of gesso to them.

The top flowers (as well as the flowers on the "C" and "A") all started out looking like the flower on the bottom. I first used gesso on them and then Placed around. the one on the left has Lindy's Stamp Gang embossing powder on it . The flower on the right has a little Lindy's scattered on it and then the stampin up! clear embossing powder over the entire flower. The one in the middle was inked and then embossed with clear. This gives another way to color them besides using alcohol inks.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!!

Gina's Designs Products
LOVE Wall Art Kit
Cardstock Doily Set Intricate

CraftSupplies1
SHOP HERE

Other Products
Paper: Prima - Delight
Embossing Powder: Lindy's Stamp Gang - Madonna Robe Blue Gold
Stampin' up! - Clear
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Walnut Stain, Sage Green, Antique Linen and Pine Needles
Gesso: Studio 71 - white
Flower Buds and Leaves: Wild Orchid Crafts
Doily: Stash
Flat back Pearls and Bling: Stash
Butterflies with Bling: nail art.

Gina's Designs DT Project: Trim Organizer/Cross Promotions with CraftSupplies1

Welcome to my blog today everyone. I have my first cross promotion project for the month for you featuring CraftSupplies1! After putting this one organizer together, I realized I was going to need MANY more! You get a great box with 12 cards to wrap your choice of trim around. The box is very easy to put together. I used Aleene's Tacky Glue to assemble it. Once the glue was dry, I used gesso on the entire box and on the cards. The box (inside and out) and the cards are trimmed with the KellerKurtz & Company paper stack. Have I mentioned that I am in love with this stack? :) I used Mod Podge to adhere the paper to the box. This paper is a bit on the thin side so I did have some wrinkles that did not come out of the paper.  I used that to my advantage and went with a vintage look. I took my Walnut Stain ink pad directly to the paper on the box and buffed off the excess.

 

 The wide piece of lace from my stash was attached first followed by a gorgeous Venice heart lace from CraftSupplies1.

 The heart trim comes in a bright white and as you can tell, it can be colored! I use a combination of the Tea Dye Refill Ink watered down and coffee.

The filigree heart is part of the Filigree Frames Shape Set available at Gina's Designs. I used Magic Moon Pearls on the outside heart first followed by Orbit Olive Gold on the filigree. The inside of the heart was first inked with Sage Green followed by embossing with Clear from Stampin' Up. I used my script stamp over the top while the embossing was still hot.  All the fabulous flowers are from Craftsupplies1. I did spray some of them with my Tea Dye water mixture.The road metal filigree circles are also available from CraftSupplies1.

The upper edges of the box were lined with pearl trim - another fun product available from CraftSupplies1.

As you can see, I have decided to use this box for my laces (okay some of my laces).

After I cut out paper to line both sides of each card, I mod-podged (yes I am using a proper noun as a verb!) them down. Once dried, I distressed the cards with a file (not an easy task to try and rough up the heavy chip!) and Walnut Stain. As you can see in the picture above, I tore off some of the paper in various spots and on various cards. I buffed the cards to remove any remaining ink so it would not come off on the laces. 

 Each of the cards was stamped with a vintage sewing object. I then wrapped my lace around the cards and used a pin to keep them in place.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.

Don't forget that Gina's Designs is having a sale until March 15, 2014!  Please use the code WINTERBLUES15!

Gina's Designs Products

Trim Organizer

Filigrees Frames Shape Set

CraftSupplies1

Shop HERE

Heart Venice Lace

All Flowers

Metal Circles

Other Products

Gesso: Studio 71 - white

Paper: KellerKurtz & Company (thePaperStudio carried at Hobby Lobby)

Stamp Set: TPC Studio - Vintage Crafting

Inkadinkado - Script

Embossing Powder: Lindy's Stamp Gang - Orbit Olive Gold & Magic Moon Pearls

Stampin' Up! - Clear

Embossing Ink: Ranger - Tinted Embossing Ink (refill)

Ink: Tim Holtz - Walnut Stain, Sage Green

Memories - Black

Ink Refill: Tim Holtz - Tea Dye

Coffee: Foldgers

Lace - from my stash

Leaves - from my stash

Mod Podge

Gina's Designs DT Project: March Sketch Challenge - Believe

Happy March! This has to mean spring is right around the corner, right?  This layout is using the March Sketch Challenge.

As always, the chipboard pieces are first given a coat of gesso. The "believe" was inked with black soot distressed ink and then embossed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Midnight Brown. For the candles, I colored the flames with yellow and orange markers, embossed the the two end flames with Iridescent Sparkle and the middle flame with Stampin' Up! - Clear. The candle is painted white and the holders are embossed with Pirate Gold and I sprinkled a bit of Gold Tinsel while the embossing was still hot.

For the ornate side pieces, I took the square-like frame and cut it apart. I used Cocoa, Walnut Stain, Jumbo Java,  & Cosmic Copper inks before covering it with Hampton Art embossing powder - Clear. The same technique was used on the leaf pieces except I used Tea Leaves, Jumbo Java, & Hint of Pesto.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to upload your March Sketch Challenge to the gallery for a chance to with $10.00 from Gina's Designs!

Gina's Designs 

 Candlesticks

10 Words

Fanciful Elements

Other Products Used

markers: Bic
gesso: Studio 71 - white
embossing power: Stampendous - Pirates Gold & Gold Tinsel
Lindy's Stamp Gang - Midnight Brown
Stampin' Up! - Clear
Craft Essentials - Iridescent Sparkle
Hampton Art - Clear
ink: Tim Holtz Distressed - Black Soot, Walnut Stain & Fire Brick
Color Box - Cocoa
Dew Drop - Tea Leaves, Jumbo Java, Hint of Pesto & Cosmic Copper
paper: The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) - Faith
velum paper
ribbon: The Crafters Haven - Velvet Ribbon

Gina's Designs DT Project: February Sketch Challenge

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I have created a 12x12 layout using the February Sketch Challenge and my beautiful niece as inspiration.

The paper is from a K&Company value pack. I first started with gesso on all the chipboard pieces. I then mixed some white acrylic paint with TiffanyLou Blue. After applying a coat of this paint, I blended in a light touch of some of the Brilliant Blue paint. Once the paint had dried, I sprayed all the flourishes first with TiffanyLou Blue and then Blue Hawaiian Blue. 

The chipboard mask was embossed with black embossing powder and then while it was still hot, I sprinkled glitter over the top of it. I attached one of the chipboard pieces, feathers, and a bling piece from Martha Stewart. I then put the mask on pop dots before attaching it to the paper.

Yes, this butterfly is one of Gina's chipboard pieces! Before the gesso was dry, I gentle bent the wings up. I then used several colors of fine glitter on it. The butterfly is attached to a metal butterfly.

This flourish is stamped with a script stamp from Inkadinkado.

Here is a different view of the print on the flourish. The little butterfly has glitter on it as well.

 Thanks again for stopping by. Don't forget about the sale going on at Gina's Designs - 15% off your entire order!

Gina's Designs Products

Masks Shape Set 

Delicate Frames & Ornaments Shape Set

Fantasy Frame & Flourishes Set

Other Products
Paper: K&Company Value Pack
Glitter: Martha Stewart: Lapis Lazuli, Aquamarine Crystal, Turquoise, Florentine Gold
Paint: Folk Art:Brilliant Blue & Craft Essentials:White
Feathers
Lindy's Stamp Gang: TiffanyLou Blue, Blue Hawaiian Blue
Metal Butterfly: ButterBeeScraps
Embossing Powder: Ranger:Black 

Gina's Designs DT Project: Dressform Cork Board

 Happy Tuesday!I am pleased to bring you my latest DT project for Gina's Designs. I have made a cork board  to keep track of my DT project due dates. I used the box portion of the Daily Box SEW since I used a lot of the elements that came with it on my Couture Shop project. After a good coat of gesso, I actually papered the inside and outside sides with Couture Shop by Graphic 45. 

 And then I changed directions! I covered the sides with lace and trim from my stash. On the inside, I covered it with a piece of cork board and then some rosette lace I got from Suhafuha on Zibbet.

I used gesso on all the dressform pieces and colored them with marker before applying clear embossing powder to the miniature ones. I attached five of the mini dressforms to thumb tacks I had.

 The larger dressform (which is designed to be free standing) is covered with a piece of paper from the Couture Shop. 

 On the larger dressform, I attached a mini cork board that I made from one of the frames that was in a "thank you for order" from Gina. I attached one of the miniature dressforms to it. 

 The bottom of the large dressform is a flower cluster I made. Not only is it darling, but the cluster also hides the slit where the cross piece slides in to make the dressform stand on its own.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! Don't forget about the sale going on at Gina's Designs right now - 15% off your entire purchase through March 15, 20014!
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Gina's Designs

Daily Box SEW

Dressforms 1 Miniature Shape Set

Dressform Stand Up

Frame - thank you gift for past order

Other Supplies

Lace: CraftSupplies1, Suhafuha, My Stash

Flowers: Lavish Laces, CraftSuplies1

Markers

Clear Embossing Powder

Cork Board

Loose Pearls

Pearl Trims: CraftSupplies1

Paper: Couture Shop by Graphic 45