Sunflower

For the June Inspiration Board Challenge at the Scraps of Darkness,Scraps of Elegance Mixed Media Community.

 I was inspired by cool yellow bicycle and flowers! 
I used some things from the June Scraps of Elegance kit: the key,the chipboard,and the rub ons .The black butterflies and tiny bicycle at the upper right are fussy cut from the pprs. 

I took this photo a long time ago in Northport, NY.

Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers, they are just so beautiful and bright.

Thanks for looking!

Some more materials I used:

Papers from Bo Bunny,Tim Holtz, and small pieces of Prima, Pink Paislee, and Graphic 45.

Cherry Blossoms Stencil by Crafter's Workshop

Ranger Crackle Paint

Petaloo Flowers

Green Stickles

Martha Stewart and Mod Podge Silicone Molds for flowers

Green chalk to highlight crackle paint

Yellow and orange acrylic paint
Canvas
A few Swarovski crystals

Love True

For the May Inspiration Board Challenge at Scraps of Darkness,Scraps of Elegance Mixed Media Community.     

I was inspired by the blue and green butterflies, and the words of the inspiration board. The image is oil on canvas,an anniversary card I made for my husband. I've used the June Scraps of Elegance kit here to make a layout around it.

                                                 

Materials used:

 June kit from Scraps of Elegance

Cherry Blossoms stencil from Crafter's Workshop

Prima pearl flourish

Lindy's Stamp Gang  Hydrangea Blue, Tibetan Poppy Teal

Ranger Crackle Paint

Sizzix Decorative Strip Die, Butterfly Frenzy

Fairy on a Book Box

Hi everyone, Melissa here with a book box for Gina's Designs. I have two other book boxes I've made, and they're very convenient for stashing ATCs, and other small things.

I assembled the box and glued it with glossy accents, then put a few coats of gesso on both the inner and outer surfaces. I followed this with a thin wash of Lindys Stamp Gang. The binding area has a coat of gold liquid leaf paint.

 The top is oil on canvas, it was inspired by Deanne's "Anything Under the Rainbow". I started out with bright colors, added a lot of white,then rubbed and brushed on mica powders in different colors. 

I prepped the fairy with gesso,and painted her with watercolors. I put on a thin coat of glossy accents, then sprinkled on glitter. I repeated this, but made the glue layer thicker. I applied some silver stickles, and gold leaf paint.

Thanks for looking, and have a great weekend!

Gina's Products Used:
Book Box Medium
Garden Fairies Small

Other:
Canvas
Oil paints and watercolors by Winsor and Newton
Perfect Pearls
Some flowers,bling, and feathers by Kaisercraft and Prima
 Tim Holtz bird
 Graphic 45 fairy
Some Swarovski crystals
Microbeads
Glossy Accents
Twinkling H20s
Plaid Liquid Leaf Gold Paint
Lindy's Stamp Gang - Magicals Set - Powdered Paint - Victorian Bouquet, Ramblin' Rose Pink
Prisma Glitter, Ultrafine Multi
Distress Crackle Accent

Pink Vintage Tags

Hi everyone! Melissa here with two tags for Gina's Designs. I found this size project fun to do. The tags made a great base for the layers of things I put under it, and top too. I added some pieces to hang off the bottom. I'll be putting this on a wall in my scraproom.     

I painted all the chipboard with gesso. I mixed perfect pearls with a tiny amount of water, and brushed it on the tags.

I applied glossy accents to the other chipboard that's white.

The wood medallions have a coat of gold lumieres on them.

I put fresh flowers from my yard,and from a bouquet of pink roses and baby's breath,under memory glass.   

                                                                                                                                  

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Products Used:

Chipboard Decorative Tags Large
Wood Medallions 1
Feathers Shape Set
Bird Shape Set
Daisies
Scribble Frame Fairy
Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Other:

Graphic 45 Papers
Watercolor Paper
Canvas
Twinkling H20s
Winsor and Newton Watercolors
Perfect Pearls
Sizzix Decorative Strip Die, Butterfly Frenzy
Vintaj medallion
Crafters Workshop Stencil, Cherry Blossoms

Winner of the Gina's Designs Birthday blog hop

Congratulations to the Winner of the Gina's Designs Birthday blog hop! Robin May won the Peacock Feathers Shape Set that I am giving away here on my blog. Congratulations!!! Please follow the steps below to claim your prize!
The Grand Prize winner has been announced over on the Gina's Designs Blog which you can find here,
 Gina's Designs   
1) Please email Gina at Contest@ginasdesigns.net
2) Place "Birthday Blog Hop Winner" in your email Subject line
3) Please state what blog you won on and the shape set you won
4) Please provide your mailing address

View From Tintagel

Hi everyone! Melissa here with a 12 x 12 layout for Gina's Designs.  I remember when I took this photo I was thinking how beautiful the view was.  This is where,according to legend, King Arthur built his castle. 

There are a lot of stories about mermaids in the ocean around Cornwall,both here on the north shore, and on the southern coast.

Gina's Designs has a variety of pieces you can use in your beachy creations. I thought the shells and mermaid fit the theme of the page.

All the chipboard is coated with gesso. I put on a layer of modeling paste on the mermaid with a palette knife. I smoothed it out with my finger until the paste looked streaky. I wanted it to look as if streams of water were going by. I painted her with a mix of Lindys Stamp Gang,Twinkling H20's, and regular watercolors. I dry brushed on layers of silver, gold, and blue Lumiere acrylic paint to pick up the texture. I patted on perfect pearls.  

The sand dollar on the upper right has on gold mica powder mixed with a drop of water.

The rest of the items have modeling paste on them.

The sand dollar to the left of the photo is painted the same way as the other one. 

The scallop has a mix of  a Lindy's pink and a little yellow color, some blue on top, silver mica powder, and gold embossing powder. The starfish is the same, but I didn't put the gold on.

The background is watercolor over gesso and modeling paste. I tried to show water moving with the curves of the stencils, and  the pearl flourishes. I put on crackle paint, micro beads, dry embossing powders, and distress glitter to add more texture.

Thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Gina's Products Used:

Mermaids Shape Set

Beach Shape Set

Other:

Papers by My Mind's Eye, Prima,and Graphic 45

Luminarte Twinkling H20s

Perfect Pearls

Lindy's Stamp Gang

Winsor and Newton Watercolors

Prima Pearl Flourishes

Distress Crackle Paint

Swarovski crystals

Stampendous Embossing Powder in Jeweled Gold

Distress Glitter

Ranger Distress Embossing Powder in Linen

Blog Hop Post

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 Barb - In the Studio With Barb 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!

Barb - In the Studio With Barb 

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 Peacock Feathers Shape Set      

 I love the delicacy of the feathers.  

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 LAYOUTS.

The next blog you will want to visit is Mary B - The Damsel of Distress

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'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