Follow your Dreams/Fudan - Layout by Lynne

Greetings from Shanghai! No, I'm not there, I'm still here in Ontario Canada, but my son is there at Fudan University and this layout features one of the photos he sent me. It was taken in one of the gorgeous garden areas on the grounds there and I couldn't wait to play with the Oriental Shape Set I ordered from Gina's knowing that Graham would be sending me photos!

I painted the pagoda with acrylic paint then heat-embossed it with UTEE to create an enameled look, then added the Asian coins. The two at the back are actual coins which I found in a Chinese shop in Toronto a few years ago and the top one is a brad that I removed the back from.

I covered the Asian lady piece with some embossed paper I found at a stationery shop ages ago and have been hoarding...uh I mean SAVING... for the right project.

 

The red of the paper actually matches the paint and the hand-stitching a lot more closely than it appears to here in the photo.

Some lovely Prima flowers tiny crocheted doilies and die-cut foliage complete the effect; since the papers are quite busy I tried to keep the added details down to allow the photo and the red elements to really stand out-thanks so much for stopping by; I'm sure there will be more projects coming up using some of my son's great photos and I hope you enjoy sharing his year-long adventure with me!

Gina's Items Used

Oriental Shape Set

Other Items Used

FabScraps Cherished papers

Prima Royal Menagerie flowers

UTEE

embroidery floss

Northport Summer Vacation

 Hi everyone! Melissa here with a layout for Gina's Designs.     

 This photo was taken at my in-laws house. It's great going there to see family, and to enjoy the cooler temperatures.Where I live in Houston, Texas, it's very hot and muggy in the summer. 

I painted these fun Japanese lanterns first with gesso, then oilpaints.

 I decorated the rest of the page to fit around them.

I stitched a border on the edges of the bg. paper, and on the paper for under the photo.

I sponged gesso on Nature Garden paper by Prima. I did that so the design on the paper didn't compete with the items I put on it. I wanted the pattern to show through a little but wound up putting too much gesso on.

 I painted on some pale yellow and green watercolors. It was too dark,and I didn't really like all the green, so I covered it up with more gesso. 

I used a stencil and put on some modeling paste.

 My husband likes gnomes and frogs, so I stamped and painted some. My father-in-law liked moose, so I put one next to the frog.

 I fussy cut images from several lines of paper.

 I punched a border, and put beads,liquid pearls, and watercolors on.

 There is a piece of watercolor paper under the top piece. I painted a yellow border on it,so it would show through the punched areas.

 I brushed on some grey pearlex powder under the lanterns to make more of a contrast. I brushed and rubbed on  white pearlex all over the page, because I like the way it softens the look of the matte white color of the gesso.

I painted the sunburst with gold paint.

I painted crackle accent on in a thick layer on the sun, and thinner layers on the outside edges of the page. I brushed on blue chalk to emphasize the crackle, and then painted with Viva Decor Inka Gold.

I applied glossy accents on some areas of the sunburst and sprinkled on gold embossing powder.

Thanks for looking! Have a great weekend, and I hope you can find a little time to make something for yourself.

Gina's Products Used:

Oriental Shape Set

Other:

Prima paper for background 

Prima green rose

Small images fussy cut from Prima, Bo bunny, and Graphic 45 papers

Tiny yellow flowers made with Sizzix Tattered Flower Garland

Twinkling H20s

Winsor and Newton Watercolors and Oil Paints

Perfect Pearls

Ranger Crackle Paint

Viva Decor Inka Gold

Martha Stewart punch

The stamps include some from Hampton Arts, Tim Holtz, and Prima

Swarovski Crystals

Stampendous Embossing Powder in Jeweled Gold

A Mixed Media Layout by Melissa and a Wall Art Project by Marfa

Hi everyone!  Today we have two amazing and very different projects to share.  Both projects today are part of our month long cross promotional with CraftSupplies1.  The ladies on both teams have done an amazing job combining the products.  First up is Melissa with layout in soft pink vintage tones.

Hi, it's Melissa here with a layout using Gina's Designs Lasercuts, and items from Craftsupplies 1

In this project I wanted my layout to reflect the detail of the photo. I began by painting watercolor paper with watercolors to get a soft and delicate look.  I added texture paste, and used the same paint.  I also  applied Twinkling H20s , and art deco pen ink. 

I like how well the chipboard complements the era.   I especially like the fan, and how it gives a very feminine touch to the page.

Chipboard used:

Oriental Shape Set

Steampunk 2 Shape Set

Cardstock Doily Set Intricates

Dressforms 1 Miniature Shape Set

Craftsupplies 1 items used:

Flower Filigrees

Silver Fairy Sprites

White Flowers

White Roses

Other products used:

Vintaj Patina Paint

Winton and Lewis Watercolors

The Crafters Workshop stencil

Stickles

Tim Holtz rub ons

Lumiere Paint

Next up is Marfa with a project she is calling "Spring Sweet Spring".  I love the colors she used and the techniques for coloring the chipboard. 

Good morning chickadees!  This is Crafting Marfa with you today.  This month Gina's Designs and Craftsupplies1 are having a cross-promotion.  Both teams have received products from each store.  Today I'm sharing my Spring Sweet Spring canvas.  Its not really a "canvas" because I used a 12 x 12 slab of wood.  I've been in the mood to do something related to Spring because it is cheerful and I love cheerful things.  I created the background by first covering the wood with white gesso.  Then I sprayed ink and rubbed it around with a piece of paper towel.  I used lots of chippies from Gina's Designs.  I also used lots of roses and butterflies from Craftsupplies1.  I coated the chipboard shapes with white gesso and then I colored them with Copic markers.  If I didn't use gesso first the chipboard would not have shown the ink from the Copic markers.  I hot glued everything down (burned my fingers a couple of times too...lol), then  I finished the canvas with a little doodling and a little lettering.  I had already attached a sawtooth hanger and now my art piece is hanging on a wall in my dining room.  Scroll past the photo for a list of supplies :-)

Supplies from Gina's Designs

Daisies

Birds Shape Set

Chainlink 8 x 8" Panel

Hot Air Balloons Net Style

Leafy Branches With Birds

Roses and Butterflies from Craftsupplies1

Other Supplies

Hot Glue

Copic Markers

Sharpie Marker

Gesso

Delysions Ink Sprays

Wood Slab

Chinese New Year Box by Shanna

Hey everyone. Shanna here to share a box I recently created based off of these wonderful easel box creations I have been seeing in blogland. I created mine based off of this tutorial here.

I had so much fun with this project, I even got to order the papers just to create this easel card box. I am really happy with how it turned out!

Here you can see the draw is opened. 

Here are some close ups of the chipboard pieces. 

I used some gold and black detail embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle. Gave everything a good heat set and then added some glossy accents in the center to make the dream shiny. 

Items Used:

Mini Bookplates Shape Set

Stackable Labels Shape Set

Oriental Shape Set