Journey

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a layout for Gina's Designs. This photo was taken near Sequoia National Park in California.

 I love all the curls and swirls on the chipboard. I used that as a theme for the way I decorated it.  After I prepped it with gesso, I put on texture paste in a small area,and twisted pieces of it with a straight pin. I repeated this until the whole thing was covered. I painted with layers of Lindy's Stamp Gang, and topped it with a mixture of  gold perfect pearls and a tiny amount of water. I put crackle paint on one area,which came out a lot darker than the rest of the frame.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you have some scrap time today!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Page Frame Victorian

Other Products:

Papers by Prima,and My Mind's Eye

Black flower by Prima

Handmade turquoise ribbon flower, and paper flower

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Tsukineko Chalk Ink

Perfect Pearls

Twinkling H20s

Liquitex Modeling Paste

Prima pearls

Crafter's Workshop Template

Distress Crackle Paint- Clear Rock Candy

Sizzix Tattered Florals, and Tattered Flower Garland

Chinese Lantern from Graphic 45

Yellow Butterflies from Pink Paislee

Birds from Bo Bunny

Two Vintage Cards

Hi everyone! Melissa here for Gina's Designs.  I think the beautiful chipboard I used here complemented the the vintage theme, and I love the way it looks. The shape of the daisy is so intricate! I prepped all the chipboard with gesso. I painted the leaves on the left side card with watered down green acrylic paint. I dabbed off a little with a paper towel.  I put texture paste on the daisy, and made lines in it with a straight pin. I painted on a combination of Twinkling H20s and Lindy's Stamp Gang. While wet I put on some on some pink, then white Perfect Pearls. I mixed yellow and green watercolors to make the center of the daisy. 

I painted the flourish on the right side card with a mix of red and white acrylic paint.  When dry I put on a layer of glitter glue, and sprinkled on glitter glass.

Thanks for looking, and I hope you have time to create something today!

Gina's Products Used:

Scribble Frame Fairy

Daisies

Layered Border Victoria

Other Products:

Prima and My Mind's Eye Papers

Kaisercraft flowers

Sizzix Tattered Floral Garland

Tsukineko Chalk Ink

Americana Acrylic Paint

Twinkling H20s

Windsor and Newton Watercolors

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Perfect Pearls

Stickles Glitter Glue

Swarovski peridot bicone crystals

A small piece of Vintaj metal

Family

Hi everyone! Melissa here for Gina's Designs. This is a photo of family in New York meeting my son for the first time.

I think the beautiful chipboard I used worked well with the page. I first prepped the pieces with gesso. The butterfly and flowers that are blue-green are painted with Lindy's Stamp Gang. I  brushed some gold Pearlex powder on the butterfly wings.

 The silver flowers are a few layers of Twinkling H20s and  pearlex powders over texture paste. I had made the lines in the wet texture paste with a straight pin. The top coat is silver leaf paint, with a little gold pearlex brushed on. The little fern frond is first green chalk ink with some Utee sprinkled on and heated. I brushed silver Pearlex on, then a little gold leaf paint.

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Products Used:

Scribble Frame Butterfly

Daisies

Fern Fronds

Other Products:

Prima and Graphic 45 papers

Prima, Kaisercraft, and Petaloo flowers

Lindy's Stamp Gang paints

Windsor and Newton Watercolors

Tsukineko Chalk Ink

Prima Pearls

Pearlex Powders

Crafters Workshop Stencil

A few Swarovski crystals

Plaid Liquid Leaf Paint, in gold and silver

Picket Fence Clock

Hi everyone! Melissa here for Gina's Designs.  This is an adorable desk clock I've decorated with paper, paint, and pearls.  I first painted it with gesso, then painted the whole thing a pale pink, using a mix of white, pink, and yellow acrylic paints. I inked the edges with green chalk ink and green distress ink. I glued on some images and put pearls around the edges. I then dry brushed on some silver leaf paint. I painted over that with white acrylic and gesso. I dabbed on pink chalk ink in different areas. I painted the edges and clock with Lindy's Stamp Gang,watercolors, and Distress Ink.  I painted on silver leaf paint on the clock hands,and dry brushed some on the clock. I brushed white Pearlex powder over all the painted areas. 

I plan on using this in my scraproom, and hopefully I can keep better track of time!

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Products Used:
Picket Fence Clock(coming soon)

Other Products:
Prima and Bo Bunny Paper
Prima Pearls
Americana Acrylic Paints
Windsor and Newton Watercolors
Pearlex Powders
Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Tsukineko Chalk Ink
Lindy's Stamp Gang

Frog and Kitty Cards

Hi everyone! Melissa here with two cards using Rubbermoon Art Stamps. I kept it simple when it came to decorating the images themselves. I used a little colored pencil on the frog, and left the other plain. I surrounded both with lots of different things.

Thanks for looking!

Rubbermoon Stamps

Gina's Products Used:
Hearts Background
Honey Comb & Queen Bees ATC Sized
Border Sticks

Other Products:
Prima and Kaisercraft flowers
Prima,Marion Smith, and DCWV papers
Tsukineko chalk ink
Viva Modeling Cream
Swarovski Crystals
Pearlex powders
Jolees stickers
Kimberly Water Color pencils
Stickles Glitter Glue