Tami Mayberry's Blast from the Past blog hop

Hi everyone!  Welcome to a special blog hop.  Today we are helping Tami Mayberry end her month long Blast from the Past with a customer blog hop! Tami is an illustrator for Gina K Designs, and all month long she has showcased fabulous cards using her fabulous stamp sets!  If you missed any of it you may want to stop by today. You could win FIVE of her stamp sets simply by leaving comments on her blast from the past posts. You can click here to find more details.

If you came here from Sue VanDeVusse's blog you're on the right track, otherwise you may want to start back at the beginning on Tami's blog because each comment left on the blog participants' blogs will also count as an entry into the random drawing for the 5 stamp sets being given away!!

My card uses the totally cool set, Live Life Loud!! I. love. this. set.  Such perfect elements in every way.  My card is CAS and I chose colors for a boy card.  Everything is green and black with just a touch of red.  LOVE.

Now, hop on over and visit the FABULOUS Jeanne Streiff and see what she made using Tami's designs AND another chance to win. Also, if you have any of Tami's stamps and missed the deadline to sign up for the hop you can STILL play along by leaving a link on her blog.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!  I'll leave you with a close up shot.

Card Deets: 
Stamps -Live Life Loud (Gina K Designs)

Ink - Basic black, Wild Wasabi (SU!)
Paper - Pure Luxury white cardstock (GKD), For the Record "Fabric Store" 12x12 paper (Echo Park)
Accessories - Standard Circles Nestabilities LG and SM (Spellbinders), black/white baker's twine (Divine Twine); 2mm and 4mm red rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), corner rounder (SU!), copic markers

And the winners are...

Hi everyone!  Sorry I didn't have a chance to post the winners yesterday, but I had to get an emergency tooth crown replacement!  EEK!

But, on to more pleasant stuff.  I want to thank EVERYONE who posted such wonderful comments!  Random.org helped me with the numbers and the winner of the Spellbinders New Arrival set is:

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: 133 Result: 52 

DebraM said...

I LOVE following your blog and am excited each time I open my emails to see what you have posted next. Happy Easter and thank you for your generous heart!

April 24, 2011 5:37 AM

The winner of the Scor-Bug and Memory Box papers is:  
True Random Number Generator Min: Max: 133 Result: 88

Joan V said...

Aren't those Spellbinders shapeabilities so...cute. Nothing wrong with sharing papers.. it's kind of nice to see what someone else has purchased and wanted to use on a project. Just think of it as you are "Going Green" with your supplies. Have a happy day.

April 25, 2011 11:49 AM

Congratulations ladies!  Please send me an email (info on my sidebar) with your address by Saturday, noon and I will send your goodies to you ASAP!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Gina K Designs Inspiration Blog Hop: Day 3

Hi everyone!  Welcome to Day 3 of the Gina K Designs Inspiration Blog Hop!  Today is the final day and we are sharing projects from the cutie set, What's the Dirt?.

My card today is a bit on the simple side.  I kind of ran out of steam, so I flipped through some of my older cards and found these and decided to case them.  Yeah, this is a little trick I do when I am short on time or mojo.  Hey, you don't have to reinvent the wheel with every card, right?

For even more samples of these new sets, you can visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below, and make sure you leave a comment on each of the blogs because we're giving away some stamps!  One lucky reader will win a stamp set valued up to $23.95.

Gina will choose the winners from all of the blogs combined so the more blogs you comment on, the better your chances! The winners will be announced on Gina's blog tomorrow morning.  Good luck!

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Colleen Schaan
• Deb Felts
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jennie Harper
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy

Thank you for stopping by!  I will leave you with a close up picture.  Be sure to check out my blog candy post, it is open to all!

Card Deets:

Stamps - What's the Dirt?
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Paper - White and Grass Green
Accessories - Green gingham ribbon, Cuttlebug embossing folder Decorative Squares #2, copic markers

Some Blog Candy to share

Hi everyone!  I am happy to have some blog candy to share today.  When I was at the Spellbinders retreat, I was given a couple items that I already had.  Sooooo, I checked with Spellbinders and was given the go ahead to give them away as blog candy!  So here they are -woohoo!

My first giveaway is the CUTEST baby Shapeabilities set called, New Arrival!  A-DOR-ABLE, don't ya think?  This set has 5 dies and is perfect for all your baby themed projects.  Cute cute cute!

The next giveaway is the Scor-Bug.  I love this little tool!  You use it with your Scor-Pal to make little embossing dots (instead of an embossed line with the scor-tool).  I also added some Memory Box paper pads I have in my stash -Jubilee, Fernbrae, and Gossamer.  I love these papers, but alas, I have TOOOO much right now.  These pads are missing some papers, but there's plenty left and they need a loving home.  (I hope it's not weird to give away partially used paper packs?)

So leave me a comment on this post and I will randomly pick TWO winners on Wednesday the 27th.  You don't have to be a follower or anything, just say HI!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Gina K Designs April release party invitation

Hi everyone!  I am very excited to extend an invitation to Gina K. Designs April Release Party. We have a fun evening planned for you - chatting, prizes, challenges, stamp sets reveal, design team shares, and most importantly, at the end of the party you will be able to go shopping!  You are going to LOVE the sets releasing this month, trust me!

If you came from Melanie's blog, you're at the right place. If not make sure to head over to StampTV where you will find a list of all those participating in today's hop.

Here is one of the cards I will be sharing at the party tonight:

Here are all the fun party details:

• When: TONIGHT- Thursday, April 21
• Where: StampTV Release Party Forum
• Time: 7 PM to 9 PM (CST)

Head on over to Sharon's blog to see what sneak peek she's sharing with you today and see you back here tomorrow for the beginning of our three day Inspiration Blog Hop series for April!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Long time no post

Hi everyone!  Long time no post, right?  Well, after I returned from the Spellbinders DT retreat, I promptly got a nasty cold which thru a monkey wrench in things -lol!  Anyway, the retreat was AMAZING!  Seriously words can't describe AMAZING!  I loved getting to meet all the fabulous ladies on the design team (you can find all their links in the page on my tab bar) and especially ALL the amazing ladies that are Spellbinders™ Paper Arts -Stacey, Kim, Beth and Cathy!

Several of you have left me comments and emails about how excited you are all about seeing my Spellbinders projects.  Well...I found out that I won't actually GET to share my projects on my blog.  Yep, turns out that when the DT makes projects they are to be sent in to be used in ads, trade shows, HSN or other TV spots and the like.  How cool is that?  But, never fear, you know I use Spellbinders die templates on almost every card I make, so you will get to see PLENTY of Spellbinders goodness! 

So in honor of the amazing time I had at the retreat, I though it would be kinda fun to share a couple Spellbinders fun facts I discovered with you:
1.  Stacey came up with the name Spellbinders from her scrapbooking experience "SPELL your story; BIND it together"
2.  Spellbinders holds 4 US patents
3.  Spellbinders was started in 2003, yep, they have been around longer than you thought
4.  Spellbinders has the only die template on the market that does 3 things: cut, emboss and stencil!  The embossing is patent protected.
5. The Grand Calibur™ die cutting maching currently the largest die cutting plates in the market at 8 1/2" x 11"

Here are a couple pictures I took from the retreat.  You can see more pics and details on the Spellbinders blog post here.

Here is me and my table partner, Tina

 Here is me and my roommate, Gloria.  In the background, you can see Windy and Tonya on the left and Michelle Emerson-Roberts on the right.

 This pic was taken of me and Lesley just before we left

Before I go, I have a couple "just for fun" cards to share.  I got this super cute set, Forest Friends from The Greeting Farm almost a year ago and NEVER used it!  TRAGEDY!  So, just before I left for Phoenix, I made these using the adorable owl.  I cased both of these cards from cards I made in the past -a favie trick of mine when I am in a hurry.  I colored the owls with copic markers and used the Standard Circles LG and SM Nestabilities on these.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Beautiful birthday card

Hi everyone!  I have a quick card to share then I resume packing for my trip to Phoenix for my Spellbinders Retreat!  I leave tomorrow morning and am super excited!!  My youngest SOOO wants to come with me -he has never been on a plane and it didn't help that he saw me pack Red Vines, lol!

This card uses the new StampTV kit, Springtime Silhouettes.  LOVE this set!  I used a marker for the flower portion and inked the stems with Old Olive.  Then I "stamped off" the image a second time and used it as a soft background for the sentiment.  The paper is from the Webster's Pages Garden Gala triple pack.  I just love using the delicate 1/4" silk ribbon this color is champagne and it is my FAVIE!!   The rhinestones and tiny flower are from Pizzazz Aplenty. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  See you when I get back next week.  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:
Stamps - Springtime Silhouettes (GKD)
Ink - Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Brocade blue marker
Paper - PL Cream cardstock (GKD), Webster's Pages PP
Accessories - 1/4" silk ribbon, 2mm and 3mm clear rhinestones, 10mm open rose in 2-Tone Copper/cream, scallop trim edge punch

Hellooooo Spellbinders!

Hi everyone!  I am so excited -my term with Spellbinders officially starts today!  Woohoo!  If you are coming to my blog for the first time -welcome, welcome, welcome!  I am super excited to have you here and I encourage you to take a look around (yeah, I have a little thing for Edward Cullen).

For those of you who have been here before, did you notice my new blog redesign?  I had to celebrate today with a new banner and look from my friend Heather Rolin.  How amazing is this?  She completely nailed what I wanted.  Thanks Heather, you did a fabulous job and put up with all my tweekings with such patience and grace!

So, I thought I would share with you a couple of my favie cards using Spellbinder CIRCLE DIES.  Why chose cards with circles?  Well, on our Bio questions, the DT were asked what our favorite Spellbinders product was.  I quickly answered CIRCLE dies -cause I loves me some circles!  They are so classic, clean and versatile.  Check out some fun stuff you can do with circle dies.

 And now for something different.  Here is a scrap page I did.  For Round One of the Spellbinders DT search, I was asked to make a scrap page.  After a minor panic attack, I picked out some cutie picture of my boys and went to work.  Here is what I came up with.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I look forward to sharing my Spellbinders projects throughout the year.  I leave Wednesday morning for my Spellbinders Retreat and Orientation in Phoenix (helloooo sunshine).  I'll be taking lots of pictures and I'll be sure to post some when I return!  Have a great day.