Woof! Here's a fun project, the adorable bone-shaped mini album from Gina's store! As a major pet lover, I fell in love with it and with the Graphic 45 paper line "Raining Cats and Dogs", which was perfect for this project. Featured here are my Shih-tzu Chazz and my pug/Boston mix Toby, with cameo appearances by my daughter Elizabeth and cat Marley!

 The bone-shaped tag comes with the album, as well as a round tag.

As you can see I had fun playing with this little album; check out the great minis in Gina's store!

Gina's Products Used

Dog Bone Mini Album

Other Products Used

Graphic 45 Raining Cats and Dogs,
8x8 and 12x12 sheets
black ink, foam tape
Martha Stewart punches

Gina’s Designs 3rd Birthday Blog Hop!

Welcome to Gina’s Designs 3^rd Birthday Blog Hop!

The Birthday Blog Hop will run from today, May 22, until May 29 at 8pm CST.  You should have just come from  Kim C - Kreations by Kimber . If you didn't, don't worry! Just pop over to Gina's Designs Birthday Blog Hop post and follow all the blogs in order.

We are having two great giveaways associated with this blog hop.

The first one is the Birthday Prize Giveaway!

The Birthday Prize package includes:

Filigree Frames Shape Set , Dressforms 1 Shape Set, Butterflies & Dragonflies, Grape Vines, Feathers Shape Set, Dressforms & Wings Shape Set, Steampunk 2 Shape Set, Clockwork Penny Farthing, Garden Fairies Medium, Garden Fairies Large, Damask Singles, Button Shape Set, Skylines, Landmarks, Collage Border Splash, Mermaids Shape Set, Stackable Labels Shape Set, Steampunk Shape Set, Vintage Ladies Silhouette, Dressforms 2 Miniature Shape Set, Candelabra Set, Dressforms 1 Miniature Shape Set, Barbed Wire Deco Frame Square, Barbed Wire Deco Frame Rectangle, Alarm Clock, Layered Border Victoria Small, Flourish Frame Sienna, Flourish Set Amanda, Wishing Well, Butterfly of Gears, Longstem Rose, Grape Vine Frame, Barbed Wire Frame Circle, and a Brush Caddy !!!!!

To be entered into the Birthday Prize giveaway, you need to:

1. Stop at all 15 designers’ blogs for a secret word.

2. After you collect all of the 15 words, create a sentence.   

3. Email your answer Contest@ginasdesigns.net for a chance to win the

 Birthday Prize!

 This is why you will want to make sure you stop at each blog. That prize package is fantastic! 

Now the second giveaway will be done on EACH of the designers blogs. The shape set I am giving away is the Gears Shape Set 

It's a large set of gears, and I enjoy using them on so many different projects! I have heat embossed them , used Rusting Powder, dry embossed them, painted, inked....pretty much done everything I could think of to them and ended up loving all the different effects. Here are a couple recent projects I've added gears to:

To be entered into my blog's giveaway,

1.  Subscribe to my blog. 

2.  Leave a comment on this blog post.

THAT’S IT! So easy!

So many great ways to win some fabulous chipboard pieces! My word for the Birthday Prize giveaway is (USE).

The next blog you will want to visit is Dianna - Diana's Crafts Blog .

If you get lost along the way, here is a list of all the blogs you need to visit to collect your word.

Kim - AngelDream Crafts

Angela - A Crafty Blether

Barb - In the Studio With Barb

Melissa - Ribbons, Lace, and Good Intentions

Mary B - The Damsel of Distress

Shanna - Shanna's Designs

Kathi - Kathi's Creations

Amy - Amylove Crafty Kingdom

Kim C - Kreations by Kimber

Lynne - Scrappy Squirrel's Nest

Dianna - Diana's Crafts Blog

Nichola - Pixie Hill

Carla - Carla's Creations

Deann - CraftDee1

Mary - The Craft Hoarder

 

As Good as it Gets for Gina's Designs

hi! Every so often I enjoy creating a layout about a movie or actor that I like; "As Good As it Gets" is a favourite of mine, and the quote I included is my favourite line from the movie.

The film reel is from the Say Cheese shape set and I liked the way its round shape added contrast to the other elements on my page, which tend to be more square or angular.

I painted all the chipboard items with silver acrylic paint then sponged them lightly with soft blue ink.

The main character in the movie was a writer, so the stenciled alphabet and the white notepaper are symbolic of that, and he also had OCD and could not stand to walk on the lines of brick or stone walkways, so I thought the bits of brick were an appropriate touch...not to mention that I LOVE the brick wall piece and have been dying to come up with the perfect page to use some of it on!!

When you're in the mood to scrap but want a change from the usual family photos, why not try scrapping about a movie or actor you love; it's a fun way to capture something about yourself and your interests. Have a great week!

Brush Caddy for Gina's Designs Lasercuts

hi! Lynne here with a much-needed addition to my scraproom; we all know a crafter can NEVER have enough storage, and I just love this cute brush caddy from Gina's store! I finished it with Hope Chest papers by Pink Paislee to coordinate with the desk organizer I finished a while back.

 The project was easy to put together; I simply applied the paper, sanded and inked the edges, then added some fussy cut images, chipboard flourishes and stenciling with texture paste.

The flourishes were heat-embossed with Stampendous Aged Copper, which gave them a vintage look.

Check out the great selection of organizers available in Gina's store; I have a feeling I'm not done collecting them!  Just think how organized I'll be when I have them all....

Love this....a shabby chic layout

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm an animal lover, and that I enjoy scrapping photos of my sweet furbabies. I caught Lily and Zoey napping together in front of my scraproom window and love the soft look of the resulting photo.

The beautiful chipboard flourishes and the title piece were first painted with tan acrylic paint, then with Ranger Crackle Paint in clear Rock Candy. I then rubbed Ranger Gathered Twigs ink over them to enhance the look of the cracks. It's a simple way to get a natural earthy look.

Thanks for visiting, and have yourself a wonderfully creative week!

                                                           Gina's Items Used
                                                          Tulip Scroll Corners
                                                            Word Elements 1

Celebrating Spring-cards and tag for Gina's Designs

hi there!Lynne here-it's finally really starting to look like spring here in Southwestern Ontario, and I'm celebrating with some spring-themed creations.

\The chipboard was dry-embossed, then heat embossed with a mixture of pearlized embossing powders. I then rubbed them with gold and bronze gelatos for warmer colours that coordinated with my papers.I love the texture and dimension the pieces get from the different embossing methods! I used some homemade texture paste to stencil for some added dimension on the background papers

Thanks so much for stopping by, and be sure to check out the great chipboard pieces in the Spring Shape Set-these are just a few of the many items included!

          Gina's Items Used          

Spring Shape Set

Other Items Used
Blue Fern Studios Ombre Dreams paper
Lindy's embossing powders
Gelatos
Prima stencils

Beachy Tissue box cover for Gina's Designs

hi there! Here today with a much-needed seasonal replacement for the winter-themed tissue box cover I made using some of Gina's chipboard a few months back; the other decor in my bathroom is beach-themed, so I figured this would be a great opportunity to use some of my favourite chipboard shapes.

 I painted everything cream to match the lace cover, then misted with teal and tan spray mists to echo the colours in my decor.

The sand dollar was covered with texture paste and the starfish with a gesso/salt paste before they were painted; I added some real shells, pearl strands and of course flowers. I love the way the finished cover looks with my beach-themed decor! Just think, beach weather isn't too far away :)

Gina's Items Used

Beach Shape Set