Paper Crafts Special Issues

I am so delighted to have projects in the two recent Paper Crafts Special issues--

First-- Card Creations is one of my favorite Paper Crafts issues every year and Card Creations, Vol. 11 did not disappoint. Here is one of the cards that I am fortunate to have in this issue:

 You can find the issue HERE.

Next, the Handmade Home Decor issue is fantastic--the projects in it are so inspiring! 

There are so many super creative ideas in this issue and I am still pouring over them all.  Here is my Tree Ornament (page 82):

You can find this issue HERE.
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Where you been??

Hello!  Yep--I have been away. My husband and I spent 6 lovely days in Cabo and it was such a great reprieve from the cold winter weather.  We enjoyed every minute.  

Thank you so much for the lovely comments from the Gina K hop.  I know a few people have sent me emails or asked questions and I will get to them asap. 

In the meantime, here are a few pictures from our trip.  The first is our view from our hotel:

This picture is from our night "whale watching cruise" (no whales sighted):

From same cruise--(just before the rocking of the boat made me ill :(

As soon as we got back, my son had his final games of his basketball season and I made the coaches' gifts from the team.  I used some SRM stickers to create the card that houses the gift card for each coach.  In addition, I used some SRM stickers (basketball, 4, [2013]) to jazz up the team photo that we presented with the gift. 

I hope you all had a great week!  I will be back soon with some projects to share!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Gina K Inspiration Hop Day 3!

Welcome to the Gina K Designs fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! We hope to inspire you to create with the new Gina K Releases! And, as you hop through the blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose  a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.
Today we are sharing projects using Lots of Dots, Darling Divas, and Petite Borders!  All of these sets can now be purchased in the What's New section of the Gina K Designs store!

Here are my cards using these sets:
My first card pairs the Mommy To Be Diva with All Occasion Tags 2:

I stamped the girl (masking off her legs) and then paper pieced her dress.  After that, I stamped the frame around her and colored it with a light blue Copic.  I embossed the sentiment on the bottom.

Next, I have a sample using the Lots of Dots set.  I also used the Posterboard Sentiments on this as well.  (If you saw Tuesday's post..I have another sample using these sets together--love how they look!

 

Wanna see more?   Head on over to these blogs for more projects using these sets:

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika – Illustrator Lots of Dots
• Debbie Corbari - Illustrator Darling Divas
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Carolyn King
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Valerie Stangle

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina K Inspiration Hop Day 2!

 Welcome to the Gina K Designs fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! We hope to inspire you to create with the new Gina K Releases! And, as you hop through the blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose  a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.
Today we are sharing projects using The Northwoods and Posterboard Sentiments.  All of these sets can now be purchased in the What's New section of the Gina K Designs store!

Here are my cards for today:
My first card pairs PosterBoard Sentiments with Lots of Dots.  I have another card using these two sets together that I will share tomorrow: 

I used some Color Companion buttons and inks on this card.

Next, a card using The Northwoods:

I chose to do a simple card with this set stamping the tree twice to get the shadow effect.  I used the bird from Theresa's set from last release (Birds and Blossoms) in the corner by the sentiment.  The ribbon is from the Gina K Color Companions line.

Wanna see more?   Head on over to these blogs for more projects using these sets:

• Gina K
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator The Northwoods
• Becky Oehlers - Illustrator Poster Board Sentiments
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika
• Carolyn King
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Tami Mayberry
• Valerie Stangle

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina K Inspiration Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the Gina K Designs fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! We hope to inspire you to create with the new Gina K Releases! And, as you hop through the blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose  a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.
Today we are sharing projects using All Occasion Tags 2 and A Year of Flowers 2!  All of these sets can now be purchased in the What's New section of the Gina K Designs store!


 First, I have two cards featuring A Year of Flowers 2:

 For this card I used Gina K Color companion inks and buttons to compliment the flowers.

And another card:

Next, I have a card that features a sentiment from All Occasion Tags 2 (I have a card on Wednesday that uses the frames in this set!) and the owl from the Birthday Hoot Stamp set duo (which is FREE with every order through March 15!)

Wanna see some more projects with these sets?  Head on over to these blogs:

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator A Year of Flowers 2
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator All Occasion Tags 2
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Beth Silaika
• Carolyn King
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber
• Valerie Stangle

Thanks for stopping by!