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

Steampunk altered tea box for Gina's Designs

I've had these awesome papers for ages and until I started browsing through the my great collection of Gina's chipboard, really had no idea how I wanted to use it, but the papers and chipboard pieces ended up being a match made in heaven (or in my scraproom!) for this tea box I had saved.

I used Dusty Attic Rusting Powder on the barbed wire frame, then rubbed it with Smooch ink for a worn, vintage look.

 The gears were finished the same way as the frame; the dress form was painted, then stamped with Versamark and heat-embossed, and the bee was covered with black flocking. I had a blast picking out pieces that worked with the papers and giving them different looks and textures!

Here's my bow/topper; just paper strips and black tulle, with a couple butterflies added here and there. Thanks heaps for checking out my project, and remember to hang on to interesting boxes and other containers; you never know when you'll be inspired to create something interesting with them :)

Gina's Items Used

Dressforms 1 Miniature Shape Set

Gears Shape Set

Barbed Wire Frames Rectangle

Honeycomb & Bees, medium

Other Items Used

Kaisercraft Miss Empire and Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe papers

Scraps of Elegance March Kit-"Anna's Daydream"

hi! I've so enjoyed creating with this beautiful kit, and as always was so impressed with the versatility of the products included. They suit any creative style and allow you to create so many different projects....I still have tons of goodies left after making these, and have already got a set of cards started for my other design team using some of the papers from this kit!

 This heritage page features my grandmother's cousin in 1918; I so enjoyed making flowers with the paper so that they'd coordinate perfectly, and the subtle diamond pattern in the background paper just begged to be echoed throughout the design.












These colours lent themselves to a nature-themed photo; my daughter is crouched above the falls in the photo but can't really be seen here. I used the ornate frame that was also included in the kit, and the flowers are from a previous Scraps of Elegance kit.

A much more high-contrast page-as soon as I saw this photo of my daughter on her boyfriend's Facebook page, I knew it would be perfect with these papers, and I had a great time adding colours to echo the fabulous hues in the photo. The stencilled butterflies were created with a stencil included in the kit, and the feathers were included as well.








                                                                                                                                                                This is an art journal page; the beautiful butterflies are a part of the kit, and so is the blue ink I used for some of the stencilling.I love how you can make so many projects with each kit and have them all look totally different! Thanks so much for stopping by....and I can't wait to receive next month's kit, which just happens to be named after ME!!

CREATE spring banner for Gina's Designs

 Hello there and happy spring!Seems like it's been a long time coming for some of us,so I created this banner with papers and colours that felt like spring to me! I love the layers of the banner pieces and had a great time putting this together.

I covered the banner layers with Graphic 45 Botanical Tea papers, then lightly sanded and inked the edges. The letters were dry-embossed, then painted, stamped and heat-embossed. I added a bunch of fussy-cut images for dimension and fun.

 I especially loved the way the way the embossing added so much texture to the letters! Thanks so much for visiting, and hope you decide to CREATE something this week to make you smile!

Gina's Items Used

C-R-E-A-T-E Dovetail Banner

Other Items Used

Graphic 45 Botanical Tea papers

Recollections pearls and lace

Darice Embossing Folder

my gorgeous daughter-for Scraps of Elegance

hi! After an online preview, I absolutely couldn't wait to get my March DT kit in the mail from Scraps of Elegance! This kit, "Anna's Daydream" has the most fabulous collection of papers and other goodies, and the colours are perfect for my style. I scooped the photo of my daughter from Facebook when I saw how beautifully it was going to coordinate with the papers, and I love the way they look together!

In addition to the kit items, I used cheesecloth, ink and chipboard from past kits-Melinda is so generous with the items she packs!

 I painted the resin feathers black and dry-brushed them with the same pink that I used to tint the texture paste, and painted the chipboard lattice pieces black as well. The foliage is a Memory Box die and the punches are Martha Stewart-flowers by Recollections from Michael's crafts. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Vintage Wedding layout for Gina's Designs

hello there, crafty friends! Lynne here with a heritage page featuring some beautiful doilies and chipboard from Gina's as well as a wonderful old wedding photo from 1915 of my grandmother's cousin.

I inked the doilies to make them stand out a  little more, and I heat-embossed the flourishes with Stampendous Aged Ivory, then gently rubbed on a little of the same maroon ink with my finger. The papers used were from the February Scraps of Elegance kit, as were the gilded flakes, and the beautiful butterflies are made by Reneabouqets.

      

Gina's Items Used

Cardstock Doily Set-Intricates

Feathery Flourishes set

Other Items Used

Prima Cigar Box Secrets papers

Stampendous Aged ivory embossing powder

Prima stencil

Reneabouquets butterflies