Haunted Mansion Shadowbox for Gina's Designs

Hi Everyone,  today I am sharing another Halloween project.  This time I have created a peek at the inside of a haunted mansion.  I didn't want to use the standard Gothic and Halloween colors, and I was inspired by collage sheets of colorful furniture from Alpha Stamps.  I had been wanting to use the chipboard spiral staircase, one of the newer shapes from Gina's Designs, so I thought it would be fun to create an upstairs loft inside the mansion that is separated from the downstairs by a 5 inch length of 1 x 1 wood that I found in my garage.

This piece was created inside of a 12 x 12 wooden shadowbox I purchased at Michaels.  The shadowbox is about 2 inches deep and the images inside are raised on pop dots at different levels to create lots of dimension.  I painted the frame with gesso then applied texture paste and used various inks paints and sprays to color it.  The red streaks of "blood" were created with distress re-inker.  I had a lot of fun creating my Gothic world.  I hope you like it, thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Spiral Staircase

Grape Vines

Spiderweb Shapes Set

Chandeliers

Hanging Clock

Digital Design Paper (background) by Kitty's Scrap Post - Nevermore Kit

Collage Sheet Images by:

Alpha Stamps

The Sum of All Crafts

Moonlight Journey

Halloween Graveyard - Design Team for Gina's Designs

This Standing Dome from the Home Decor section of Gina's Designs, comes in two styles.  This one has a solid back and the other style has a framed opening at the back.  I love both of them, but this one in particular, because it does remind me of a tombstone.  The piece wasn't designed for Halloween necessarily, but I couldn't help myself.  The 4-inch depth seemed like such a likely spot for these skeletons to hang out.  

I painted the assembled piece black, then dry brushed some orange in places.  I also adhered some packaged spider webbing from the Halloween section of the dollar store with gel medium for extra texture, and melted it into the paints with my heat gun.  I also spread on a bit of glass bead gel and brass colored distress paint.  For the mossy look I added green acrylic paint with a dry brush.   I don't usually start with a plan, I just keep adding color and texture until I achieve the look I want.

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Standing Dome

Tree 3

Spider Web Shape Set

Chain Borders

Collage Sheet Images by:

Seneca Pond Crafts

Alpha Stamps

Halloween Fun with Kitty's Scrap Post + $$$ COUPON $$$

Hello my Crafty Friends!  I'm back today with more Halloween fun, and a DISCOUNT CODE!  If you're a follower then you know how much I love Halloween.  When I saw the Nevermore digital kit by Kitty's Scrap Post, I knew it had to be mine!  All of the background paper and printed images are from the kit.  For this project I have altered a Memory Tray by Recollections.  I had so much fun cutting out the images from the collage sheets that come with the kit.   I'm such a fan of digital kits these days, I love printing the paper as often as I want for multiple projects.  If you haven't tried digital paper kits yet, or you want to add to an existing digital paper stash, then please visit the shop and remember to use this discount coupon for 15% off of your entire purchase.  ****Enter code NancyGDT15 to receive your discount!*****

Products Used:

Digital Design papers by Kitty's Scrap Post

Nevermore Digital Paper Kit

(Note:  The kit also comes with optional matching bottecaps and domino art)

Other:

Memory Tray by Recollections

Flowers by Petaloo

Spooky cat, fence and raven by Tim Holtz

Chipboard spider webs and flourish topper by Gina's Designs

Halloween Stage - Design Team Project for Gina's Designs

Hello Everyone, Today I'm sharing one of my favorite pieces from the Altered Art section of our store.  This is my second time working with the Stage.  This time around  I chose to create a Halloween project since it's my favorite theme to scrap this time of year.  

I began by painting my assembled stage in black, then I papered it with The Enchanted Collection by Authentique.  To decorate my stage I used various collage sheet images, and Gina's Designs chipboard shapes. 

Thanks for looking!

Gina's Designs Products Used:

Stage

Tree 3

Chandeliers

Spider Web Shape Set

Beach Shape Set (I used a portion of the fence)

Collage Sheet images from:

Retro Cafe Art

Seneca Pond Crafts

Alpha Stamps

Creative Team Project for Ephemera's Vintage Garden and Tim Holtz Folio Folder

Hi Friends!  Today I'm sharing my first project using the latest digital paper kit I received called Paris in my Heart from  Ephemera's Vintage Garden.  I know that each time I receive a new kit I say it's my favorite one yet, but I can't help myself, I get so excited!  I mean, what's not to love about images of Paris combined with beautiful shabby roses?  One of my favorite things about this particular kit is the combination of vintage washed out colors combined with the bright vivid ones.   It's such a feast for the eyes.

Anyway, I was trying to decide what I was going to create when I happened to find one of those Tim Holtz Folio's in my stash.  The small folio (which is not really that small I might add) just so happened to fit these papers perfectly!  I love how the folio cascades showing off the beautiful images so perfectly.  The first thing I did after printing the kit was to look through my files of Ephemera's Vintage Garden Freebies.  It's awesome when you find just the right images that match perfectly, so I printed some of those too, then I just got to work (or more like play).  I love the results, and I'm planning to gift this to a special friend who was practically drooling over it when I was half done. 

There are lots of tags and pockets for tucking, and I'm planning to also tuck an accordion style folder of just the journaling pages at the back of the folio so she will have even more places to write.  The folder leaves plenty of room without getting bulky.

Supplies:

Printable Design Paper by Ephemera's Vintage Garden

Paris In My Heart Kit

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Mini Album "Heart Break" Paris Style for August Cross Promo

Hello Everyone!  Today I'm sharing another cross promotional project pairing Gina's Design's chipboard with digital papers from Kitty's Scrap Post.  This is my third project this month using the awesome papers in the Heartbreak kit.

Above:  The cover using fussy cut images from the Heartbreak digital paper kit and Gina's Designs Texture Sheet - Diamond Pattern, deco corners, and the word "Love" from the 10 words set.

Above:  Background paper and images from the digital paper kit.  Photo book tucked inside pocket featuring a chipboard cameo by Gina's Designs embossed in shabby aged silver.

Above:  A flip-up page featuring sentiment,  corset and mirror by Gina's Designs.  Perfume bottle is fussy cut from the digital papers, and also background paper is from the collection.  All design elements are unattached in the photo mat area, so a photo can be slipped onto the mat.

Above:  Gina's Designs chair and dressform, the perfume bottle, image of lady and background paper are from the digital paper collection.   All design elements are unattached in the photo mat area, so a photo can be slipped onto the mat.

Above:  Another cameo from Gina's Designs placed on an image fussy cut from the collection

Above:  The image opens up to display more gorgeous images from the collection.

Above:  More images from the collection and a chipboard Fleur de lis and Paris elements from Gina's Designs.

Above:  A flip page featuring papers from the collection (you can see the inside of this page and more on my blog) and Eiffel Tower by Gina's Designs.  On the adjoining page I have a side pocket featuring doilies from Gina's Designs in black, and also a silhouette lady has been script stamped. 

More gorgeous images from the collection on this flip out page, and below is the final page, with tag removed to reveal a transparency with an image from the collection slipped inside which could be replaced with a photo.

This mini album was so much fun to create, thanks so much for looking!

Gina's Designs Products used:

Fashion Cameos

Vintage Ladies Silhouette Set

Art Deco Corner Set

10 Words

Parisian Shape Set

Words and Phrases 1

Feathery Flourishes Set

Digital Design Papers by Kitty's Scrap Post

Heart Break Full Kit

Other:

Dark Red Latex Roses and White Pearl Trim by Craftsupplies1

White Feather Flower on cover by Tresors deLuxe

Creative Team Project for Ephemera's Vintage Garden - Bee Book

Hi Everyone!  Today I'm sharing a project that I absolutely love!  This is my third project using the Vintage Queen Bee 5 x 7 Printable Journal Kit by Ephemera's Vintage Garden.  If you've never worked with digital papers before, I would urge you to try it.  Print it and use like any other design paper, with the advantage of printing your favorite patterns and images over and over again.

I have created this gorgeous book using the envelope mini album tutorial by Kathy Orta on YouTube.  You simply create the book with an envelope and blank card set from Michael's.  The idea is that the folded cards will slip into the envelope ends to create flaps.  I must say that I was very impressed at all the real estate it provides, as the flips and flaps went on for days. 

In some of my photos below you can will see tags and inserts, and in others I have pulled the tags out so you could see the pockets I created.  I didn't follow the tutorial exactly other than the basic construction and the hinge binding system she used.  Mostly I just started creating as I went along, and put flaps and pockets wherever I thought they should go.  I had a piece of distressed corrugated cardboard on my desk and I used that as the spine.

Just look at all the gorgeous bees!!

Also to note, I have used some of Debbie's freebies along with papers from the kits, and I have also used the journaling tags that are an add-on to the kit.  The kit comes with ready to cut out tags and pockets, plenty of everything for a complete journal or mini album, but let's just say I was bee obsessed.

I have also included a link from the designer of this gorgeous paper that demonstrates just how easy the kit can be put together as a journal, ready to embellish in any way you like.  That video is HERE.

Products used:

Digital Paper Kit by Ephemera's Vintage Garden the Vintage Queen Bee Printable Journal Kit

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