Stop and Stamp the roses

BellaRiffic Friday challenges

2012-02-15T08:20:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I have a couple Stamping Bella cards to share with you today. As you may know, Stamping Bella is now a SCS member company and they have challenges posted every week.

This card is for Week 5 challenge, Anything Goes meaning you can use any Stamping Bella image. I used the Daisybella image, doesn't she look great in her jeans and tee shirt? I used the little flower dies from the Home Sweet Home set like I did with this card. The pattern paper is Vanity Fair by MME.

This card is for the Week 4 challenge, to make a Valentine's card. This card uses the retired Balloonbella and a computer generated sentiment. I added some crystal effects on the balloons and the pattern paper is Love Story from Fancy Pants. OK, I don't proclaim to be a great colorer, so PLEASE don't study the coloring on her dress too carefully. Especially if you look at some of the great colorers out there like the Stamping Bella DT or my BFF, Michele Boyer! Now, they have skillz!

That's it for today. Got lots on my plate as my oldest Daniel turns 8 tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Daisybella and sentiment (Stamping Bella Co)
Paper - White and Aqua Mist cardstock and Six by Six pad "Vanity Fair" collection (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories - Spellbinders Home Sweet Home (for flowers), Nested Lacey Pennants, 4mm clear rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), Copic Sketch markers, ribbon scraps, Scor-pal

Stamps - Retired Balloonbella (Stamping Bella Co)
Paper - White and kraft cardstock and "Love Story" 6x6 pad (Fancy Pants)
Accessories - Spellbinders Labels Seventeen, buttons , 2mm blue rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), Copic Sketch markers, grosgrain ribbon, stickles

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style - Cool Blue

2012-02-11T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style. This week we are using shades of blue! Anything goes, we just had to use blue ribbon.

My card uses the fabulous background stamp by JustRite Stampers, Chevron Stipe Background and the sentiment set, Spring Words. The cool thing about background stamps is how versatile they are. You can make quick and cute cards with them and few other supplies. Here is a simple birthday card.

Here is another...

I was so inspired I made a few more in different colors.

Some of you may not have a background stamp block and wonder if you can use the stamps anyway? Well, here is how I stamp with them. I lay the stamp on my desk, ink it up and lay the paper on top. You can use your hand to evenly wipe your paper across the ink, or you could use a brayer. You will notice I have another stamp turned face up below my inked stamp? I put it there to give my paper an even place to lay. Since this is a 1 layer card and I needed stamping was PERFECTLY even, I found my paper was tipping awkwardly without the support.

Each week we will have fabulous Blog Candy (this week's is pictured below) made up of the ribbons that we feature. The winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 17th and posted on Sharon's Blog on Wednesday.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

Here is a list of today's participants:

Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Deb Saaranen

Michelle Woerner

Barb Schram

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Chevron Stripes Background and Spring Words (JustRite Stampers)
Paper - White cardstock
Accessories - Spellbinders Standard and Classic Circles, Standard and Scalloped Squares, Classic Hearts and Lacey Circles Nestabilities, Wrinkled ribbon in pink, blue, orchid and yellow, pink/white baker's twine and burlap string, Prima Fairytale Roses in Buttercup and white

Happy Birthday Gina blog hop

2012-02-08T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to a very special blog hop. Today, some of GKD gals are hopping around to wish Gina Krupsky, the owner extraordinaire of Gina K Designs a fabulous birthday!! It's been so amazing to be on Gina's design team. Not only is Gina the sweetest EVER, but the entire team as a whole takes their cue from her example and we mesh so well together! One big happy family, I tell ya.

Gina, I wish you a very happy birthday and hope you get spoiled and pampered! My card uses the new and fabulous Pure Luxury Red Carpet 6x6 paper and the butterfly is from Springtime Silhouettes.

Below is the list of gals joining me in the hop today. Be sure to stop by and see what birthday goodness they created for Gina.

Michelle - you are here!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Springtime Silhouettes
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - Pure Luxury White, Black and Red Carpet 6x6 pad (Gina K Designs)
Accessories - Spellbinders Classic Squares LG, copic markers, red rhinestones, stickles, black trim and ribbon, red cherry blossom

Stamp Simply Ribbon winner

2012-02-07T17:19:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I am happy to announce the winner from the Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style blog posts came from my blog. Woohoo! Here was the amazing blog candy! And a big thank you to everyone who left comments and visited us. We appreciate them very much!

Random.org helped me chose commenter #17:

Becky said...
Fabulous card, love the sentiment and design paper.

Congrats Becky! Head on to Sharon's blog to get the info on how to claim your lovely blog candy!

I also have a card to share. I used the same stamp set, Just Keep Calm and Lily Bee Designs, Head Over Heels papers that I did with my ric rac card. I love pairing the "drink tea" option with the new Nested Tea Cups dies from Spellbinders! Do you see that embossed background? Yep, those are the new M-Bossabilities from Spellbinders. This is from the Valor folder that you can see on my Blog Frenzy post.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!

Most supplies can be found at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Just Keep Calm (JustRite Stampers)
Paper - White and Kraft cardstock, Head Over Heels 6x6 paper (Lily Bee Designs)
Accessories - Spellbinders Nested Tea Cups, Pink ric rac ribbon, orange/white baker's twine ($1.50 for 10yrds), Prima Fairytale roses in Poppyfield, Stickles in Stardust, rhinestones in orange

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style - Ric Rac

2012-02-04T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style. This week we are focusing on Ric Rac ribbon! I really like ric rac ribbons, but don't use them that often. Not sure why because they add just that right amount of pizzazz!!

Here is a link to the entire Ric Rac/Zig Zag ribbon category.

My card uses a piece of the wide ric rac ribbon. The image is from the totally fun new JustRite Stampers set, Just Keep Calm which has coordinating Spellbinders die sets (LOVE)! I love the feel of the Lily Bee Designs, Head Over Heels paper -perfect whimsical designs for this sentiment.

OK, you HAVE to check out this stamp set! Look at all the fun possibilities...

Each week we will have fabulous Blog Candy (this week's is pictured below) made up of the ribbons that we feature. This week, the winner will receive 1/2 yard of EVERY ric rac ribbon Sharon carries in the store. The winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 7th and posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday.

You must check back to claim your prize if you are the lucky winner!

Here is a list of today's participants:

Sharon Johnson - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Barb Schram

Holly McMillen

Deb Saaranen

Michelle Woerner

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop! I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Just Keep Calm (JustRite Stampers)
Paper - White cardstock, Head Over Heels 6x6 paper (Lily Bee Designs)
Accessories - Spellbinders Nested Oval Medallion Labels, Wide ric rac ribbon in white, pink/white baker's twine ($1.50 for 10yrds), buttons

Gina K January release inspiration blog hop: Day 3

2012-02-03T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to the Final Day of the Gina K Designs January Release Inspiration Blog hop! Today we are spotlighting the set Fresh Start, the 1 Free with Three set. This means you will get this set for free when you order any 3 sets from the store!

I made a couple cards using the stamp set and the fabulous paper pack Wisteria Lane. I used the same basic sketch for both. It maybe hard to see in the first picture, but I die cut the shape out of the front of the card. Then stamped the image on the shape and glued it to the inside. I am fighting a horrible cold, so I am keeping this post short.

For even more samples of this new set, you can visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below. Make sure you leave a comment here and on each of their blogs because Gina is going to draw two randomly chosen winners from all of the blog comments, and each will receive a fabulous grab bag of stamps! You can check out the Big News thread on StampTV Monday of next week to find all the winners.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop! I'll leave you with a close up pictures.

Card Deets:
Stamps - Fresh Start
Ink - various ColorBox pigment inks
Cardstock -Pure Luxury White cardstock
Pattern Paper - Wisteria Lane 6x6 pack (GKD)
Accessories - Spellbinders Ovals and Labels Twenty-Two Nestabilities, 2 and 3mm purple rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), button, purple and white ribbons

Gina K January release inspiration blog hop: Day 1

2012-02-01T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to Day 1 of the Gina K Designs December Release Inspiration Blog hop! Today we are spotlighting the sets, Stately Flowers 3 and Mehndi Wishes, illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger and Rupa Shevde respectively.

First up is a card using Stately Flowers 3 illustrated by Melanie. This is the third in a series of stamp sets profiling all the states and their official flowers. This set includes Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana and Alaska. My card uses the Mississippi State Magnolia flower lightly colored with copics. I made 2 cards, both CAS and using the same paper and coloring scheme.

Next, is my card using Mehndi Wishes illustrated by Rupa. I must confess. I didn't know what mehndi was when I received this set, and I had to Google it. Mehndi is the Indian art form of henna temporary tattoos. I was amazed and truly inspired at designs of mehndi. My card was inspired by this lovely picture. Most of the tattoos are not colored in, so I left my image blank and used some simple strips of cardstock and gold pearls as accents.

For even more samples of these new sets, you can visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below. Make sure you leave a comment here and on each of their blogs because Gina is going to draw two randomly chosen winners from all of the blog comments, and each will receive a fabulous grab bag of stamps! You can check out the Big News thread on StampTV next Monday to find all the winners.

Gina K
Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator Stately Flowers 3
AJ Otto
Carolina Buchting
Cathy Tidwell
Donna Baker
Emily Giovanni
Giovana Smith
Jennie Harper
Jimmi Mayo
Lori McAree
Michelle Woerner
Sharon Harnist
Suzanne Dean
Theresa Momber
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher

Thanks for stopping by! I will leave you with some close up pictures. Be sure to come back Friday when I showcase the 1 Free with Three set!!

Card Deets:
Stamps - Stately Flowers 3
Ink - True Black Memento ink
Cardstock -Pure Luxury White cardstock
Pattern Paper - True 6x6 pad (Echo Park)
Accessories - Spellbinders Labels One Nestabilities, 2 and 3mm pink pearls (Pizzazz Aplenty), copic markers, grey ribbon, stardust stickles

Stamps - Mendi Wishes
Ink - Rich Cocoa Memento Ink
Cardstock - Pure Luxury White cardstock , more mustard and cranberry crisp cardstock
Accessories - Spellbinders Labels Ten Nestabilities, 2mm red rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), gold pearls, Stardust Stickles

Washi Tape goodness

2012-01-27T11:50:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I just love happy mail! Lookie what I ordered from Etsy?

Look at all this fabulous Washi Tape goodness!! I love how some Etsy stores sell smaller rolls on these cute little spools. This is a much cheaper way to get lots of designs. Full rolls are sold for about $10 for 2 or 3 full rolls. But this way, you get 5 yards of 3 designs for about $4! These are from the store Chickydoddle and she sends the spools in these cute little tins. L.O.V.E.!!

So, of course I HAD to make something with the tape this morning!! I used this week's Fall To Layout sketch. The sketch wasn't really tape friendly, so I had to work with it a little to get some in there. The hearts are die cut felt (also from an Etsy store) using the Classic Heart Nestabilities dies and the banner from the Nested Lacey Pennants dies. I didn't really plan on using the tiny rhinestones like that, but my baggie spilled all over the bottom and I kinda went with it. The little rhinestones are from Pizzazz Aplenty.

Well, that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Bella is BACK!

2012-01-23T08:41:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I have a fun challenge card to share. Stamping Bella is now a member company on SCS and I am very excited!! Way back when, when I first started stamping, my first "LOVE" was Stamping Bella. Yep, I even referred to myself on SCS as "Michell-a-bella" (remember when we did that?). Oh the excitement of each month to rush over to the store and see what amazing new Bella was being released. Those were good times :)

Then I started being invited to Design Teams and over the years slowly my spare time to use Bellas disappeared. Well, Bella is back on SCS and I am determined to ink up these cuties! I played along in last week's BellaRiffic Friday challenge which was to ink up your favorite Bella image. For me it is the oldie but goodie, Cosmobella! Oh and small confession, I sold most of my Bella stamps years ago -yeah, kicking myself right about now! DOH!

This card has a couple pieces of washi tape (most recently from this Etsy store) and some die cut flowers from the soon to be released Spellbinders Home Sweet Home die set! Aren't these little flowers sweet? This die set was designed by Nina Bracket!

So, I thought it would be fun to share some of my older Bella cards. This card was made in early 2009 using Teddybella:

This one I made in June 2008 as one of my Dirty Dozen cards for the theme Fashion Follies using Fashionistabella:

And this one I made for the Feature Stamper challenge #95 November 2008 using Cosmobella.

So you can see, I was a fan from WAY back! Fun to see how my style has changed over the years.

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

Card Deets:

Stamps -Cosmobella (Stamping Bella)
Paper - White and Chocolate brown cardstock (Gina K Designs)
Accessories - Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped Long Rectangles LG, Home Sweet Home, Nested Lacey Pennants and Standard Circles SM, Washi Tape, Copic markers, 2 and 4mm iridescent rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), tiny circles from the Crop-a-dile

Whimsical cakes make me happy

2012-01-19T19:06:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! I have another sketch challenge card to share. This one uses the January Sketch For You to Try. Jen always has such great sketches, I hope to play along more this year!

My card uses the new Topsy Turvy Cakes set. I LOVE the whimsical cakes and extra doodads in this set -they're just my style! It is a departure from JustRite's normal stamp sets and I am lovin' it!! The fun paper is from MME "Everyday Flair" Six by Six collection. See how I stamped the matching little flower at the bottom of the long panel? Cute!!

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

Card Deets:

Stamps - Topsy Turvy Cakes (JustRite Stampers)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock - Terracotta Tile, Pure Luxury White
Pattern Paper - Six by Six Collection, "Everyday Flair" (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories - Spellbinders Standard Circles LG and SM and Standard Rectangles LG Nestabilities, White wrinkled ribbon, button, Pink rhinestones (Kaisercraft), copic markers

Go confidently

2012-01-17T09:20:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! I took some time this weekend to play along with a couple sketch challenges that I haven't had time to barely look at lately. I really love playing along with these challenges, they really are my favorites. If anyone figures out how to add a couple hours to each day, please let me know!

Today's card uses Card Pattern's #148 sketch. I love sketches with multiple strips on them, perfect way to use up those paper scraps! The stamps are from Unity's, All About the Journey set and the soft and gorgeous paper is from MME "Blink of an Eye" Six by Six collection.

Also, one of the winners of the GlitterFast kits didn't get back to me, so I am picking a replacement. Random.org helped me chose #17:

Giovanasaid...: This is super cool Michelle!! I love glitter, but I don't love to wear it, LOL. Thanks for the chance to win. I will check out the website :)

Congrats Giovana!!!! Please send me an email with your address info and I will have Zoom Creative send you your kit.

That's it for today, I will post my next sketch card soon! I'll leave you with a close up picture and the sketch picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - All about the Journey (Unity)
Ink - (AMuse)
Cardstock - Aqua Mist, Pure Luxury Ivory
Pattern Paper - Six by Six Collection, "Blink of an Eye" (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories - Spellbinders Classic Bracket Edgeabilities and Standard Circles LG Nestabilities, Ivory wrinkled ribbon, buttons, Stickles, sewing machine

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style - Thank you, Thank you!

2012-01-14T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style. This week we were challenged to make 2 thank you cards. Both being essentially the same, only 1 being a CAS version of the other. Fun, right?!?

Well, I took this opportunity to continue making my Christmas thank you cards for the boys. They have lots of relatives to thank this year. My cards focus on the Christmas paper, Snowfall by Bo Bunny. LOVE this paper pad. It has non traditional colors which are perfect for both Christmas and general winter themed cards. I used the stamp set, O Christmas Tree by JustRite Stampers. I love that this set coordinates with the Nested Lacey Pennant dies by Spellbinders -which is one of my favies.

My CAS version is perfect for mailing. For this design, I omitted the ribbon, flower and brown cardstock layers. In lieu of ribbon, I used a piece of brown pattern paper. I also used a corner rounder at the top to add a bit of interest.

Each week we will have fabulous Blog Candy (this week's is pictured below) inspired by our theme. This week Sharon is offering the Vintage Brown Ribbon Sampler! The winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, January 17th and posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday.

Here is the list of today's participants:

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Deb Saaranen
Holly McMillen

Michelle Woerner

Barb Schram

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

Card Deets:
Stamps - O Christmas Tree (JustRite Stampers)

Cardstock - White and brown
Pattern Paper - Snowfall Collection 6x6 (Bo Bunny)
Accessories - brown wrinkled ribbon, Clear rhinestones colored with copic marker (Kaisercraft), Copic markers, Stickles, Prima Avon Rose in Alla Prima
Spellbinder dies - Labels Three, Nested Lacey Pennants and Nested Pennants

3 Glitter winners

2012-01-13T16:09:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! WOW! Thanks for all the wonderful comments on my GlitterFast giveaway post. From the sound of it, you all are as excited about the prospect of NO MESS glitter as I am!

Well, on to the winners shall we? Random.org has helped me chose the following 3 winners:

Here are your random numbers:

48 24 14

Timestamp: 2012-01-14 00:03:08 UTC

Winner 1: Alison Hsaid...

No mess glitter? SIGN ME UP! That is a gorgeous card and the heart really just makes it! Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!

Winner 2: Vickie Zsaid...

Wow....that glitter paper looks fabulous!!! Thanks to you and company for chance to win some!! PS love your card!!!

Winner 3: Queen Marysaid...

I love your whole project with the glitter paper! And I friended Zoom! Good to know about new companies!

A BIG congrats to the winners!

Please contact me with your address at my email address you can find on my sidebar. Winners have until Monday morning to contact me, or I will chose another winner. GlitterFast Design kits will be send directly from Zoom Creative.

Here is another card I made using some more of the Red sheet from GlitterFast Primary Design Kit as my last card. I had the ivory cardstock piece already die cut and embossed in my "leftovers folder" and thought it would make a perfect backdrop for this card. I just love the JustRite stamp set, Botanical Butterflies and haven't had a chance to ink it up yet. I thought the beautiful butterflies would look great against all the red and kraft.

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

Card Deets:

Stamps - Botanical Butterflies and Musical Notes (for sentiment) (JustRite Stampers)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - Ivory and Kraft CS (Gina K Designs), Lost and Found 2 "Rosy" (MME)
Accessories - Spellbinders Standard Circles and Classic Scalloped Circles LG, Nested Lacey Pennants, Classic Triple Scallop Edgeabilities with insert; 2, 3 and 4mm red rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), red grosgrain ribbon, Red GlitterFast sheet (Zoom Creative)

Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy Day 1

2012-01-11T19:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! Welcome to the first day of the Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond BlogFrenzy!

The entry window for the
Spellbinders Paper Arts contest on this blog has ended.
Don't forget that you still have time to enter
at the blogs listed on the Spellbinders blog. Thank you!

Spellbinders™ Paper Arts isabsolutely thrilled to bring you our largest product releases ever! These newcollections are some of the most innovative and beautiful die cutting andembossing templates in the world! The SpellbindersAbilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy allows you a sneak peek of ourintroductions for the 2012 Winter Craft and Hobby Associationtrade show later this month.

Win today’s new Spellbindersproducts!

Be eligible to win the Grand Prize by entering each day, see the schedulebelow!

Enter my Blog Frenzy from 12:00am Eastern Standard Time (EST) January 12, 2012 until 11:59 pm January 13, 2012.

Today’s participating BlogFrenzy includes my blog and Debbie Olsen and Latisha Yoast's blog.

See the Spellbinders Blog forthe complete schedule of designers and contest rules.

Thank you Spellbinders PaperArts for sponsoring this contest!

For my first project, I altered legal sized clipboard to make a large refrigerator magnet!! This measures 9" x 15" and I decided to divide this into 3 functional parts. The top part serves as a clipboard for important papers, the middle portion is a chalkboard and the bottom has 3 corkboard pieces.

Here are the new diesI introduced:

S4-341 Wavy Rectangles
MSRP: $24.99
DIE SIZES:
1. 3/8" x 1/2"

2. 1 1/8" x 1 1/4"

3. 1 7/8" x 2 1/8"

4. 2 3/4" x 3 1/8"

5. 3 5/8" x 4 1/4"

ES-003 Valor
MSRP: $7.99
PRODUCT SIZE:

4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

I am so excited to feature the new and innovative Spellbinders M-Bossabilities™ folders! These are unique reversible folders, with 2 separate yet coordinated embossing patterns for twice the designs and double the value! The folders simply flip over, so easy to use! There are 20 new folders, each with 2 designs, and they come in 2 sizes, 5 x 7” and 4 ¼ x 5 ½” for all your paper crafting needs.

Watch this introductory video!

See how to use the new Spellbinders M-Bossabilities in this video!

Here is a close up of the top part of the project. You can see that the cardstock is embossed with one continual pattern. This was done by embossing the paper, then flipping it around, lining up the pattern and continuing to emboss it.

Here are step shots showing how I did this. First, I inked the folder, then emboss the first 1/2 of my paper.

Next, reink the folder, but make sure to wipe the ink off the bottom row, as you will be overlapping that bottom row, and you don't want double the ink.

Here is the final result as you can see, when you are done you have one continual embossed piece. This measures 11" long. I then trimmed this piece to the dimensions of the clipboard.

Here is a close up of the middle. The black cardstock is actually Chalkstock! Yes, you can write and erase on this portion.

Here is a close up of the bottom part. Here I die cut thin sheets of cork board I bought at an office supply store. To get the cork to cut, I layered it with a shim and ran it through 2 or 3 times. It won't be completely cut through like with cardstock, so just slightly pull at the die and it comes apart very easily.

Here is my second project. On this card, I used both Side A and Side B of the Valor M-Bossabilities folder. On Side B I embossed with ink (like I did with the clipboard) and on Side A, I lightly sanded the embossed paper for more dimension.

Here is a close up picture showing both embossedpieces.

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Supplies (Clip Board):
Spellbinders - ES-003 Valor M-Bossabilities folder Side B, S4-341 Wavy Rectangles, #4, LF-003 Donna's Alphabet, LF-005 Grand Peony Creations #1,2,3, E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities

Ink - Clear Snap (Citrine Pigment Ink)

Paper - Gina K Designs (ivory cardstock), Fancy Pants (It's the Little Things 12x12 collection), Canvas Corp (Chalkstalk cardstock)

Accessories - Kaisercraft (rhinestones), Buttons Galore (button), Scor-Pal (1/4" Scor-Tape), Cosmic Shimmers (Twinkles in Aqua), Beacon Adhesives (Fabri-Tac to adhere cork), Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (3D foam squares), Details (grosgrain ribbon in coral)

Supplies (card):
Spellbinders - ES-003 Valor M-Bossabilities folder Side A and B, S4-341 Wavy Rectangles #4, S5-049 Carnation Creations #1,2, S4-130 Classic Rectangles SM #2

Gina K Designs Stamps - Framed Greetings

Paper - Gina K Designs (Ivory cardstock), My Mind's Eye (Six by Six collection "Vanity Fair" 6x6 pad)

Ink - Clear Snap (Citrine and Black Pigment Ink)

Accessories - Kaisercraft (rhinestones), Cosmic Shimmers (Twinkles in Aqua), Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (3D foam squares)

A couple Spellbinders Projects

2012-01-11T10:07:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I have a couple Spellbinders projects to share. These can be found in the fabulous Spellbinders Idea Gallery found on their blog. You should check it out! There are tons of inspiration from the Design Team and you can sort the projects by Cards, Mixed Media or Scrapbook pages.

First is a card I made using the Presto Punch™ and templates. Have you heard of the Presto Punch? It is a machine that does the punching automatically with one button. All the templates are similar to the regular dies in that they are thin and easy to store. Imagine, NO MORE bulky punches to store? Also this machine is perfect for stampers who have weakness in the hands.

Next up is a little tin I altered for Christmas. I found this at Michael's Dollar Spot (when it was still a dollar, did you know they raised the prices to $1.50 now?). Anyway, I just love this how this tin turned out.

Thanks for stopping by and check back soon. The Spellbinders Blog Frenzy -Abilities and Beyond, is about to begin and I am on DAY ONE! woohoo!

SpellbindersSupplies -CARD:

PreferredPartner Products:

Gina K. Designs, Pure Luxury White, Chocolate Brown Cardstock

CrossPromotional Partner Products:

Echo Park Paper Co, Victoria Gardens 6 x 6" Pad Patterned Paper
Clearsnap, ColorBox Dark Brown Fluid Chalk Ink
KaiserCraft, Libby Red Rhinestones, Birthday Clear Mini Stamps
SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, 3D Foam Squares

SpellbindersSupplies -TIN:

PreferredPartner Products:

Gina K. Designs, Pure Luxury White, Red Hot Cardstock, The Magic of Christmas Stamp Set

CrossPromotional Partner Products:

Clearsnap, ColorBox Black, Red Pigment Ink
Craftwork Cards, Candi Regal Ruby Shiny Dots
KaiserCraft, Red Rhinestones
Creative Impressions, ⅝" Red Organdy Ribbon
SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, 3D Foam Squares, Adhesive Sheets

A super fun giveaway!

2012-01-09T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I have a fun giveaway for you today!! Remember back on this post when I told you about a brand new company Zoom Creative Products and their no mess glitter sheets? Well the nice people at Zoom contacted me and asked if I would give away some kits to my blog readers. Fun, right?!?

First, I thought I would show you how the glitter sheets work. The kits come with adhesive sheets and glitter sheets. What I do is adhere a piece of the adhesive to some cardstock -I cut a piece just large enough for my die. Then, using my Spellbinder dies, I die cut it into whatever shape I need. Here I have chosen a heart.

Then, you peel back the protective sheet exposing the adhesive.

Next, you peel back the glitter sheet exposing the silver side. This is the side you stick to the adhesive. I just slipped my heart right in the middle. Then, rub the glitter on just like a rub-on. In fact, I use my old rub on stick to make sure all the bits and ends are stuck down.

Here is the heart all glittered up! You can see I stuck the heart in the top corner of my glitter sheet, I like to keep as much of my glitter sheet as possible.

Seriously, NO MESS! You can whip your hand across it and nothing comes off, nothing on your craft space, or if you are like me and glitter on your pants and face! LOVE this :)

And here's my final card.

Pretty cool, huh?!? So, here are the 3 kits that I will be giving away:

GlitterFast Design Kit - Primary Color Glitter

GlitterFast Design Kit - Bright Color Glitter

GlitterFast Deluxe Design Kit

Be sure to check out and LIKE Zoom's FaceBook page. I have it on good authority there will be more chances to win some glittery goodness in the near future!

To be entered in this giveaway just leave me a comment here on this post through Friday, 1/13 at 4pm (Pacific time). I will announce the 3 random winners Friday evening. Winners will have until Monday evening to contact me.
Thanks for stopping by and good luck!! I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card deets:

Stamps - Topsy Turvy Cakes for sentiment (JustRite)
Paper - Lost & Found 2 collection, "Rosy" (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories - Spellbinders Standard Circles LG and SM and Classic Hearts, Red glitter sheet (GlitterFast Primary Color Kit), buttons, 3/4" brown velvet ribbon, Stardust Stickles, 2 tone cherry blossom, 2mm and 3mm topaz rhinestones.

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style - Valentines

2012-01-07T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style. This week we are making Valentines! Yep, time to move on from Christmas and venture into Valentines!

I went kinda cutsie with my card. I used the JustRite cling set, Adorable Dragon. He is just so fun and cute! I colored him to match the Bo Bunny paper, Smoochable pad. Love the fun bright colors in this pad! This card is pretty simple in design, but I did indulge and add 3 pieces of 1/8" velvet ribbon across the bottom. How could I not, it comes in all 3 colors on the card? lol!

OK, try not to look too closely at my copic coloring (really not my strong point), but I did take my blender pen and add the little dots on him. I copied the idea from the picture on the stamp set. That's what I like about JR, they show their images colored in on the packaging!

Here is another card I made using the same sentiment, pattern paper and velvet ribbons. This card uses the Fall To Layout sketch #172. Love these sketches for quick and easy cards!

Each week we will have fabulous Blog Candy (this week's is pictured below) inspired by out theme. The winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, January 10th and posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday.

Here is the list of today's participants:

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Barb Schram

Deb Saaranen

Michelle Woerner

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

Card Deets:
Stamps - Adorable Dragon (JustRite Stampers)

Cardstock - Ivory and purple
Pattern Paper - Smoochable Collection 6x6 (Bo Bunny)
Accessories - Pink, Parott Green and Violet 1/8" velvet ribbon, Lilac rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Copic markers, Stickles
Spellbinder dies for 2nd card - Labels Twenty-Three, Circles LG and Rectangles LG Nestabilities, Classic Heart

Gina K December release inspiration blog hop: Day 3

2012-01-03T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! Welcome to the last Day of the Gina K Designs December Release Inspiration Blog hop! Today we are spotlighting the fabulous Stamp TV set, True Love. This stamp set is great and the papers that come in it are super cute!

My card uses the darling flower image. I paired it with some pattern paper from Echo Park, Victoria Gardens. I kept this yellow, black and white with silver pearl accents.

For even more samples of these new sets, you can visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below. Make sure you leave a comment here and on each of their blogs because Gina is going to draw two randomly chosen winners from all of the blog comments, and each will receive a fabulous grab bag of stamps! Gina will announce the winners on her blog tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by! I'll leave you with a close up picture. Enjoy the hop!

Card Deets:

Stamps - True Love STV Kit
Cardstock -Pure Luxury White and Black cardstock
Pattern Paper - Victoria Gardens 6x6 pad (Echo Park)
Accessories - Spellbinders Standard Circles and Classic Scalloped Circles Nestabilities, Copics, Stardust Stickles, Silver pearls, border punch, embossing folder

Gina K December release inspiration blog hop: Day 2

2012-01-02T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! Welcome to Day 2 of the Gina K Designs December Release Inspiration Blog hop! Today we are spotlighting the sets, Special Occasion Tags illustrated by Tami Mayberry and You've Got Style which is the One Free with 3 set!

First up is my card using Special Occasion Tags. This set has 5 cute labels and tons of sentiments/words to go along with just about any occasion. I also love how you can change the appearance of the label stamp by die cutting them into different shapes. I added a strip of 1/8" scor-tape across the bottom and added glitter to it for some extra sparkle.

Next, is my card using You've Got Style. This stamp set is free when you buy 3 or more stamp sets at the store. It's totally cute and very girlie. I paper pieced the dress form and added rhinestones to the waist. Don't we all wish our waists were that thin?

For even more samples of these new sets, you can visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below. Make sure you leave a comment here and on each of their blogs because Gina is going to draw two randomly chosen winners from all of the blog comments, and each will receive a fabulous grab bag of stamps! Gina will announce the winners on her blog tomorrow.

Gina K
Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Special Occasion Tags
Carolina Buchting
Cathy Tidwell
Deb Felts
Donna Baker
Giovana Smith
Jennie Harper
Jimmi Mayo
Lee Murphy
Melanie Muenchinger
Michelle Woerner
Sharon Harnist
Theresa Momber
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher

Thanks for stopping by! I'll leave you with some close up pictures. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the last day of inspiration.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Special Occasion Tags
Ink - Lime (AMuse)
Cardstock -Pure Luxury White and Chocolate Brown cardstock
Pattern Paper - Love Struck 6x6 pad (We R Memory Keepers)
Accessories - Spellbinders Stars Five and Labels Seventeen Nestabilities, 1/8" scor-tape, glitter, clear embossing powder, aqua rhinestones, burlap string, aqua sweet blossom

Stamps - You've Got Style

Cardstock - Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock, aqua mist
Pattern Paper - Picadilly 6x6 pad (Basic Grey)
Accessories - Spellbinders Labels Fourteen Nestabilities, Want2Scrap Nestabling, red and clear rhinestones, sweet and cherry blossom flowers, copic marker, Sakura red and silver star glitter pen, organdy ribbon (AMuse)

Gina K December release inspiration blog hop: Day 1

2011-12-30T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Hi everyone!! Welcome to Day 1 of the Gina K Designs December Release Inspiration Blog hop! Today we are spotlighting the sets, Stately Flowers 2 and Mountain Wilderness, both illustrated by Theresa Momber and Melanie Muenchinger respectively.

First up is a card using Mountain Wilderness illustrated by Theresa. This set is perfect for making cards for the men in your life. My dad is an outdoors man big time and I can see using this set for his cards all year round. This card is also for the SCS CAS150 challenge, to make a card with a "window" element on it.

And here is the inside. I really love the vertical greetings in this set. They are unusual and give different options.

Next, is my card using Stately Flowers 2 illustrated by Melanie. This is the second in a series of stamp sets profiling all the states and their official flowers. This set includes Missouri, Nebraska, Kentucky and Alabama. My card uses the Missouri State Hawthorn lightly colored with copics. I haven't had a chance to use the Spellbinders Blossom Four Nestabilities, and I think the shape compliments this image nicely, don't you? The strip of pattern paper is from Basic Grey, Picadilly 6x6 pad, it matches the Soft Sand cardstock I used for the base.

You know it's funny, I made these 2 cards days apart and didn't realize until typing this that they would be posted on the same day. They turned out very similar. Weird huh? (well, to me anyway, lol!!)

Anyway, for even more samples of these new sets, you can visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below. Make sure you leave a comment here and on each of their blogs because Gina is going to draw two randomly chosen winners from all of the blog comments, and each will receive a fabulous grab bag of stamps! Gina will announce the winners on her blog tomorrow.

Gina K
Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator Stately Flowers 2
Theresa Momber – Illustrator Mountain Wilderness
Michelle Woerner
Sharon Harnist
Suzanne Dean
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher
Carolina Buchting
Cathy Tidwell
Deb Felts
Donna Baker
Giovana Smith
Jennie Harper
Jimmi Mayo
Lee Murphy

Thanks for stopping by! I will leave you with a close up picture. Be sure to come back Monday when we showcase 2 more sets!!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Mountain Wilderness
Ink - Rich Cocoa and Vintage Photo distress ink
Cardstock -Pure Luxury White and Kraft cardstock
Pattern Paper - Dots and Stripes "Candy Shoppe" and "Christmas Collection" 6x6 pad (Echo Park)
Accessories - Spellbinders Labels Twenty Two and Circles LG and SM Nestabilities, string, button, copic marker

Stamps - Stately Flowers 2
Ink - Tattered Rose distress ink for sponging and Tuxedo Black
Cardstock - Pure Luxury Soft Sand and White cardstock
Pattern Paper - Picadilly 6x6 pad (Basic Grey)
Accessories - Spellbinders Blossom Four Nestabilities, 2mm Olive rhinestones, burlap string, copic markers, Stardust Stickles

Gina K December Release Party invitation

2011-12-29T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I am very excited to extend an invitation to Gina K. Designs December Release Party. We have a fun evening planned for you - chatting, prizes, challenges, stamp sets reveal, design team shares, and most importantly, you can now start shopping at 7pm (CST)!

If you've come from Sharon'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's a photo of one of the projects I will be sharing at the party. I used the new Stamp TV kit, True Love to make this tag. The images are so cute, I know you are going to love this kit. I also used some of the papers that come with it!

So I hope to see you at the party, here are all the details:

When: Today Thursday, December29th
Where: StampTV Release Party Forum
Time: 7pm to 9pm (CST)

Head on over to Melanie's blog to see what fabulous card she's sharing with you today. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back tomorrow for Day 1 of our three day Inspiration Blog Hop series for December!

Card Deets:

Stamps - True Love, STV Kit (GKD)
Ink - Tuxedo Black and White
Paper - White and Kraft Pure Luxury cardstock, True Love Paper Pack (GKD)
Accessories - Spellbinders E8-002 Classic Bracket Edgeabilities, pink rhinestone, white grosgrain ribbon

FTL171 A set of quick Christmas cards

2011-12-17T13:56:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I have a quick post for today. Isn't this time of year CRAZY BUSY?!? Anyhoo, I am dreadfully behind with my Christmas cards. So I took the Fall To Layout sketch 171 and made several flat, easy to mail cards.

I will admit that I send out the more elaborate and embellished cards to my close friends and family, but there are always that list of about 10 people who you send cards to and get the flatter ones? Kwim? Distant relatives? Anyway, these cards will be for them.

To make things go faster, all the cards use the same pattern paper pad from My Mind's Eye, the 12 Days of Christmas. 1/2 of the cards use the JustRite Stamp set, O Christmas Tree (which is on sale for $11.21). This set coordinates with Spellbinders Nested Pennants die sets! I added ribbons to most of them, except the 2 masculine cards, where I used strips of brown cardstock instead (I think my Uncles will appreciate the lack of ribbon, lol). So here is a pic of the 6 cards I made last night.

Here is a close up of the 2 masculine cards I made. The little snowflakes on the top panel is also a stamp from the O Christmas Tree set, I added a drop of Stickles to the center.

Hey, see the glittery reindeer? It was made with something new and fun! Zoom Creative Glitterfast sheets. Yep, this is a new product that has a MESS FREE glitter sheets. They are really cool and easy to work with. What you do is stick the glitter sheet to the adhesive shapes, rub it on and peel it off. I got these shapes from the Greeting Card kit. You can also get plain sheets and die cut them in any shape you want! Sa-weet!

Here are the other cards from the set.

This last one on the left used all the paper scraps from making the other cards. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Most supplies used on these can be found at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Card Deets:
Stamps - O Christmas Tree
Paper - MME pattern paper, 12 Days of Christmas; ivory, red, aqua, green and brown cardstock
Accessories - Spellbinders S5-028 Nested Pennants and S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants, 1/2" Red Wrinkled ribbon, white/silver metallic solid edge ribbon, red metallic velvet ribbon, Zoom Creative Greeting Card Embellishment Kit, rhinestones, copic markers

Gina K Nature's Greetings blog hop

2011-12-15T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to another Gina K. Design Team blog hop. Today we are sharing cards and projects using the gorgeous Nature's Greetings set. If you came from the fabulous Lee Murphy's blog, you're at the right place. If not make sure to head over to StampTV where you will find a list of everyone participating in today's hop.

My card uses the butterfly image. I embossed it in black and colored it in with copic markers. The detailing in this butterfly is stunning. AND I love the sentiments that come in this set. You will get lots of mileage with this set. See the embossing in the background? That is the new Spellbinders Grand Impressabilities Sea Star template and it's super pretty.

Head on over to Suzanne's Blog to see what she's sharing with you today! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Nature's Greetings (GKD)
Ink - VersaMark, Vintage Photo distress ink (for sponging)
Paper - Pure Luxury Ivory and Just Peachy cardstock, striped pattern paper
Accessories - Spellbinders E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities and GI-003 Grand Impressabilities Sea Flowers, black embossing powder, blue square brads, light blue flower, copic markers, Stardust stickles, corner rounder

Botanical Butterflies

2011-12-06T16:16:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone! I have card using the new JustRite Stamps set, Botanical Butterflies to share with you today. I love the beautiful images in this set and isn't it great the JR is now making clear stamps too? You can find this and all the JustRite stamps at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

This card uses some of my favy Six By Six "Everyday Flair" 6x6 pad. Sigh, My Mind's Eye makes me super happy. The flower is from the Prima Flower Market Alla-Prima package and is a perfect match to this paper.

To make it easier to stamp and die cut the circle frame, I cut the stamp apart. Yes, I have shown you all that it is easy to cut apart rubber stamps, but it is also easy to do with the acrylic stamps. Just start the initial cut with your exacto knife and then get in there with some sharp slender snips (I use Tim Holtz scissors). It is easy to put back together on your stamping block if you want to stamp them together.

If you are like me, and follow this blog with Google Reader, you probably haven't noticed that my blog posts are few and far between lately. I am battling with some dental issues and what little spare time I have left goes to my family and some behind the scenes Spellbinders projects. So, for the next month or so, I won't likely post more than once a week. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Botanical Butterflies (JustRite Stampers)
Ink - Memento Black Tuxedo
Paper - white and yellow cardstock, My Mind's Eye Six by Six pad
Accessories - Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two, Standard Circles LG and Small and Classi Scalloped Circles LG, Burlap string and satin edged grosgrain ribbon, stickles, small rhinestones, Prima Flower Market Alla-Prima, copic markers

Gina K November release inspiration blog hop: Day 2

2011-12-01T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! Welcome to Day 2 of the Gina K Designs November Release Inspiration Blog hop! Today we are spotlighting the sets, Dogwood and Butterfly illustrated by Theresa Momber and Label Borders illustrated by Tami Mayberry. Several of the DT are also showing samples for the Friends are Flowers Duo.

First up is my card using Dogwood and Butterfly. I just love the flowers and butterflies in this set! I did something different with this one. I stamped the flowers on the paper directly and colored them in. No Spellbinder dies (gasp), no cutting them out -just some simple stamping and I love how it turned out!

Next, is my card using Label Borders. This set has 4 decorated label images with lots of great sentiments to go in them. They also coordinate with the set, All Occasion Tags. I couldn't decide if I was making a birthday or a wedding card, so I made something that could be either! I love the starkness of the red, white and black elements. I made the flower from the Spellbinders Spiral Blossoms One die out of pattern paper. Super pretty IRL. Once again I used Christmas paper for a non-Christmas card. This paper is Echo Park, Dots and Stripes the "Christmas" Collection. My layout was based on an older Mojo Monday sketch.

And lastly here is my card using the Friends are flowers Duo. I was a bit confused on what kind of flower this was, but I took a shot at coloring it pink. Can't go wrong with a pink flower, right? LOL!

For even more samples of these new sets, you can visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below. Make sure you leave a comment here and on each of their blogs because Gina is going to draw two randomly chosen winners from all of the blog comments, and each will receive a fabulous grab bag of stamps! Gina will announce the winners on her blog tomorrow.

Gina K
Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Label Borders
Theresa Momber – Illustrator Dogwood and Butterfly
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher
Carolina Buchting
Cathy Tidwell
Deb Felts
Donna Baker
Emily Giovanni
Giovana Smith
Jimmi Mayo
Lee Murphy
Melanie Muenchinger
Michelle Woerner
Sharon Harnist
Suzanne Dean

Thanks for stopping by! I'll leave you with some close up pictures.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Make a Statement
Cardstock -Pure Luxury White, Kraft, Innocent Pink and Chocolate Brown cardstock
Accessories - Spellbinders Standard Circles Nestabilities, Pink grosgrain ribbon, copic markers, green/white baker's twine, clear rhinestones, Scalloped edge border punch

Stamps - Label Borders
Cardstock - Pure Luxury white, Fresh Asparagus and Black cardstock
Pattern Paper - Dots and Stripes "Christmas" Collection 6x6 pad (Echo Park)
Accessories - Spellbinders Grand Big Scalloped Circles, Standard Circles LG Nestabilities, Foliage and Spiral Blossoms One, black rhinestones, Stardust Stickles

Stamps - Friends are Flowers Duo
Cardstock - Pure Luxury white cardstock
Pattern Paper - Victoria Garden 6x6 pad (Echo Park)
Accessories - Spellbinders Labels Four, hand dyed seambinding ribbon, copic markers, button, twine, light blue rhinestones

Gina K November release inspiration blog hop: Day 1

2011-11-30T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! Welcome to Day 1 of the Gina K Designs November Release Inspiration Blog hop! Today we are spotlighting the sets, Stately Flowers 1 and Make a Statement, both illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger. Several of the DT are also showing samples for the Duos, Close Knit Friends and Because of You.

First up is a card using Make a Statement. This set is soooo versatile! I love all the clever sentiments that are in this set and that map is awesome. We will be sending this card to Bill's mom when we send her a goody basket!

Next, is my card using Stately Flowers 1. This will be the first in a series of stamp sets all profiling states and their official flowers. This first set includes Colorado, California, Texas and Wisconsin. My card uses the Rocky Mountain Columbine colored with copics. I Googled it to see how to color it, and discovered it is such a beautiful flower. For the sentiment, I inked only the "thanks" part of the stamp. I can't wait for the set which will have Oregon's flower, the Oregon Grape.

For even more samples of these new sets, you can visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below. Make sure you leave a comment here and on each of their blogs because Gina is going to draw two randomly chosen winners from all of the blog comments, and each will receive a fabulous grab bag of stamps! Gina will announce the winners on her blog tomorrow.

Gina K
Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator Stately Flowers and Make a Statement
Carolina Buchting
Cathy Tidwell
Deb Felts
Donna Baker
Emily Giovanni
Giovana Smith
Jennie Harper
Jimmi Mayo
Lee Murphy
Michelle Woerner -this is me!
Sharon Harnist
Suzanne Dean
Theresa Momber
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher

Thanks for stopping by! I will leave you with a couple close up pictures. Be sure to come back tomorrow when we showcase 2 more sets and another Duo!!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Make a Statement
Cardstock -Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock
Pattern Paper - Homemade 6 Bean Soup 6x6 pad (JilliBean Soup)
Accessories - Spellbinders Labels Seventeen, rhinestones, twill ribbon, copic marker

Stamps - Stately Flowers 1
Cardstock - Pure Luxury white cardstock
Pattern Paper - Happy Go Lucky 6x6 pad (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories - Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two, white satin ribbon, copic markers, Stardust Stickles

Gina K November Release Party invitation

2011-11-29T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! I am very excited to extend an invitation to Gina K. Designs November Release Party. We have a fun evening planned for you - chatting, prizes, challenges, stamp sets reveal and design team shares. So check this out, Gina is doing things differently this time -all the stamp sets will be revealed and you can start shopping at 7pm (CST)!

If you've come from Sharon'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. I used the flower image from the set, Nature's Greetings. I went pretty simple with this one, just coloring these happy flowers in with Copics. See the pattern paper at the bottom? It's from the Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas pad - the colors are so bright and fun, you use them for more than just Christmas. Cool, huh?

So I hope to see you at the party, here are all the details:

When: Today, Tuesday, November 29th
Where: StampTV Release Party Forum
Time: 7pm to 9pm (CST)

Card Deets:

Stamps - Nature's Greetings (GKD)
Paper - White and Passionate Pink cardstock, Holly Jolly Christmas 6x6 pad (Echo Park)
Accessories - green, pink and yellow rhinestones, green grosgrain ribbon,scalloped border punch, copic markers

Gina K Designs Black Friday Sale

2011-11-24T22:01:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a very happy Thanksgiving! I had a great time and my mom has my boys through the weekend, so I have some time to myself! Gonna see Breaking Dawn this afternoon -woohoo!

Feel like a little shopping?

There is a Black Friday Sale going on over at Gina K Designs. This is a great deal, these little stamp sets have not been released yet and are super cute. Have fun!!

Stamp Simply sale and a Featured Stamper card

2011-11-22T15:58:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone! Just a quick post to let you all know of a 3 Day Sale going on over at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store through the end of tomorrow (Wednesday). In lieu of a Black Friday sale, Sharon is putting some of her favorite products on sale:

All Prima product in stock (paper, flowers and all trims and embellishments)
All Webster’s Pages product in stock (paper, trim cards, cameos and all embellishments)

All May Art’s Silk SPOOLS in stock

As always you can see ALL marked down items listed under SPECIALS.

And don’t forget to check out the Sale Bins.

I also have a SCS Featured Stamper card to share today. This week's stamper is Tenia Sanders-Nelson. I had fun looking through her gallery and chose this card to CASE.

My card uses some of the fabulous Silver Mirror cardstock. P.S. I love this cardstock. It is very shiny (like a mirror) and is very sturdy (like Gina K Designs or PTIs). Perfect to die cut and emboss! The snowflake die is from 2011 Snowflake Pendant set. So pretty! Once again, I used the "negative" pieces as accents. The paper is from KaiserCraft's Silly Season Christmas pad and I love that it has silver throughout the designs.

The ribbon is the white tinsel edged sheer ribbon and I accented it with some silver cord. Can I just say how happy this silvery matchy matchy stuff makes me??? Yep, pretty darn happy!

Thanks for stopping by, I'll leave you with a close up picture:

Card Deets:
Stamps - Deck the Halls -for sentiment (JustRite Stampers)

Paper -Silver and white cardstock, Silly Season 6x6 pad (Kaisercraft)
Accessories -Spellbinders™S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants, S5-054 2011 Snowflake Pendant, white tinsel edged sheer ribbon and silver cord (MayArts), Lippy Red rhinestones (KaiserCraft), corner rounder
Tools -Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur® die cutting machine

It's all about My Mind's Eye

2011-11-14T14:48:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone! I have to say, I am enjoying my love affair with My Mind's Eye. When they came out with 6x6 pads last year, I was OVER the moon! Their designs are soft, feminine, never over the top and always have some simple stripes or dots for simple card designs. AND perfect color palettes. My first love of 6x6 pads was Basic Grey, remember way back when they were the only paper in 6x6? Gosh, I loved their designs then. Sadly, either they changed, or I have, because I haven't liked their papers in a long time. Thank goodness MME stepped in to save the day.

But I digress... today's card uses some of the pale pink papers from the Lost and Found "Blush" pad. This has to be my current favorite packs right now (I used it on my wedding tag below)!! I also used my Spellbinders Edgeablities, Rectangles Nestabilities and Pennant dies on this simple card. The stamps are Waltzingmouse Stamps (I really love their stamps and don't have nearly enough in my collection -LOL) the Say It Loud set.

This card was for the MME blog sketch challenge #27, but it turns out it is TWO months old! They are already on Challenge #29, and here I thought I was ORGANIZED! lol!

Here are a couple of my current favorite MME pads. You can find them all at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store!

GORGEOUS stuff, right?????

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

Card Deets:

Stamps -Say it Loud (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

Ink -ChocolateChip (SU!)

Paper -Ivorycardstock (Gina K Designs), Lost & Found 2 collection,"Blush" 6x6 pad (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories -Spellbinders™S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants, S4-130 Classic Rectangles SM Nestabilities® andE8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities, 1/2" pink wrinkled ribbon (MayArts), 2 toned pink 15mm open rose flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), 3 and 4mmlight pink rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty)

Tools -Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur® die cutting machine

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style – White on White

2011-11-12T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style. This week we are doing something different. Instead of focusing on 1 kind of ribbon, we were challenged to make white on white projects. We could also use ivory, or other light pastel colors. Sounds fun right?

I made a wedding tag for the challenge. I started out with Ivory cardstock, die cut the bottom with Spellbinders Edgeabilities die and the heart decorative insert. I then took the little "negative" heart pieces and used them as accents at the top. I used 3 ribbons on the tag, the bottom piece is the Organic Cotton in Natural, then I have a piece of Kaisercraft lace in Ivory and finally some of the Wrinkled ribbon in ivory and white at the top. The flowers I used are the Prima white fairytale rose and an Audrey Rose.

Each week we will have fabulous Blog Candy (this week's is pictured below) made up of the ribbons that we feature. The winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, November 15th and posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday.

Here is the list of today's participants:

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

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

Card Deets:

Cardstock - Ivory and Pear Pizzazz
Pattern Paper - Lost and Found "Blush" 6x6 (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories - Spellbinders Foliage, Circles Nestabilities and Classic Bracket Edgeabilities, White and Ivory wrinkled and Organic Cotton ribbons, White Fairytale and Audry Rose flowers (Prima), Snow pearls, Burlap string

Veterans Day Sale at Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

2011-11-11T09:00:00.001-08:00

Hi everyone! Today is Veterans Day and I would like to say God Bless our Veterans -and a special shout out to my cousin Kyle. Thank you all for your service to our country, you are loved and appreciated!!

So, Sharon over at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, felt like having some fun. So she selected 11 items for an 11% OFF sale to run on 11-11-11 — one day only.

All 11 items are product from this year’s Christmas lines. Here’s the list:

1) Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium 8×8 Pad

2) Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium Die Cut Tags #1

3) Graphic 45 Christmas Emporium Die Cut Tags #2

Check out an altered project that Barb did with this paper here.

Check out some super CAS Christmas cards Sharon made with these papers here.

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4) Basic Grey Nordic Holiday 6×6 Pad

5) Basic Grey Nordic Holiday Brads and Buttons

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6) K & Company Visions of Christmas 12×12 Specialty Pad

7) K & Company Visions of Christmas Designer Mat Pad

8) K & Company Visions of Christmas Grand Adhesions – Angel

9) K & Company Visions of Christmas Grand Adhesions – Tree

10) K & Company Visions of Christmas Grand Adhesions – Word

11) K & Company Visions of Christmas Tag Pad

Check out this beautiful CAS card Deb did with this paper and some of the Grand Adhesions.

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All items available at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, as linked above.

All items on special can be seen here.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Ribbon Inspiration/Stamp Simply Style – Twill

2011-11-05T05:00:00.000-07:00

He everyone! Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style. This week we are showcasing TWILL RIBBON. Twill is one of my favorite ribbons! It adds a lot of texture to any card.

My card uses the Antique Gold Twill ribbon accented with a Poinsettia from the Holiday Celebration flower pack. The pattern paper is from Dear Mr. Clause from Cosmo Cricket and I added a few rhinestones as accents. My card is also for the CAS-ual Friday's challenge, Over the Edge -which has an element going over the edge of your card.

All twill ribbons can be found here

Here is another card I posted several months ago using twill ribbon and Gluber glue dots (original post here) along with some pictures showing how I used the Gluber Dots to make the ribbon blossom.

You start by putting a small knot in the end of your ribbon. Place that in the middle of your Gluber (I used the 2" size), it becomes the center. Start rolling the ribbon and wrapping it around the center. When you finish "rolling and sticking" your ribbon down, tuck the end under the gluber to glue it down (see the second pic). However, that part will not be sticky to your card, so add a dab of glue to it before you stick the Gluber down.

Each week we will have fabulous Blog Candy (this week's is pictured below) made up of the ribbons that we feature. The winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, November 8th and posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday.

Here is the list of today's participants:

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Deb Saaranen

Michelle Woerner -this is me!

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

Card Deets:

Stamps - Merry and Bright (JustRite)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock - Ivory
Pattern Paper - Dear Mr. Clause 6x6 (Cosmo Cricket)
Accessories - Antique Gold Twill ribbon, Poinsettia flower (Prima), Spellbinders Classic Circles and Rectangles Nestabilities, Red Rhinestones (KaiserCraft)

JustRite Christmas Linky -part 2

2011-11-03T21:24:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I have another JustRite Stampers Christmas Linky Party card to share! Have you checked out the Mr. Linky on the JustRite blog? There are a lot of fabulous Christmas cards, you should check it out.

My card uses the brand new clear set O Christmas Tree (it's even on sale for $11.21 right now!). I LOVE that this set is compatible with Spellbinders™ S5-028 Nested Pennants and S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants dies!! Those banners make perfect trees right? For the background, I stamped one of the tiny snowflake images in pebble ink and accented each with a tiny rhinestone.

I've always thought the paper torn shaped to look like snow drifts was so clever, and I wanted to give it a try. It didn't turn out like I thought, but I do like how I was able to use the sentiment from the pattern paper (Lost and Found Christmas from MME).

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by and I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Most supplies on this card can be found at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Card Deets:

Stamps - O' Christmas Tree

Ink - Fern, Pebble (AMuse)

Paper - Pure Luxury White and Cranberry Tart cardstock (Gina K Designs), Lost and Found Christmas 6x6 pad (MME)

Accessories - Spellbinders™ S5-028 Nested Pennants and S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants Shapeabilities, Avon Rose in Alla Prima (Prima), Burgundy wrinkled ribbon, copic markers (for tree trunk), 2 and 3mm cranberry and clear rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), Stickles in Stardust

JustRite Christmas Linky Party

2011-11-01T21:14:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I have a card to share with you for the JustRite Stampers Christmas Linky Party! JustRite has invited designers to get a jump on Christmas cards and link their blog posts to the JustRite blog's Mr. Linky. The Linky Party is a week long party - so you have an entire week to create your JustRite Christmas Projects.

My card uses the wreath image from Christmas Trimmings and the sentiment is from Deck the Halls. I colored the wreath with Copic markers and added a dab of red stickles to each berry. The Christmas paper is from the My Mind's Eye, 12 Days of Christmas pad. I went pretty CAS on this one and yep, I used more circles on this one. I can't help it, I am addicted to my Spellbinders™ Circles Nestabilities!

This card is nice and flat -perfect for mailing! Thanks for stopping by and I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Most supplies on this card can be found at the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Christmas Trimmings and Deck the Halls (JustRite)
Paper - Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock (Gina K Designs), 12 Days of Christmas 6x6 (MME
Accessories - Spellbinders S4-114 Circles LG and S4-116 Circles SM Nestabilities, 1/4" red silk ribbon, red rhinestones (Kaisercraft), stickles in stardust

Birthday Wishes box

2011-10-31T08:40:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I have a Spellbinders project to share with you today. I was thrilled when Spellbinders released 4 box templates over the summer. These boxes are quick and easy to make and you can decorate them for any occasion! You can see all of them on the New Releases page on the website.

I made my box using the LF-012 Square Petal Top Box. The box measures 2.75" wide and 1.5" tall. I went pretty CAS with this one, using white cardstock for my box and a single piece of pattern paper for the side accents. The flower at the top was made with S5-061 Daisy Flower Topper and I used 2 different colors to make it. I just love the layers of this flower and the way you can curl up the borders on the petals, giving it a nice "fluffy" look!

Here is what the die templates in the set look like:

See the 4 curved pieces at each end? When folded, these end up being the top pieces and they tuck into each other and stay closed. You can see that I used the negative diamond shaped pieces to accent the tag. I just love using those little pieces instead of throwing them away.

This picture shows how I added a strip of Scor-Pal 1/8" Scor-Tape around the top and bottom of each side and added glitter to them.

You can see all the amazing projects from the Design Team on the Spellbinders website in the Idea Gallery! The gallery has been updated and improved, sorted into the categories Cards, Scrapbook Pages and Mixed Media projects -be sure to check it out!

That's all for today! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Halloween everyone!

Spellbinders Supplies:

Preferred Partner Products:

Gina K. Designs, Pure Luxury White Cardstock, Framed Greetings Stamp Set
Sparkle N' Sprinkle, Semi-Transparent Glitter Crystal Ice Ultrafine Glitter

Cross Promotional Partner Products:

Jillibean Soup, Watermelon Gazpacho Soup 6 x 6" Mini Pad Patterned Paper, Bean Stalks Blue Twine
Bazzill Basics Paper, Prismatics Skylar and Frosted Yellow Cardstock
Clearsnap, ColorBox Black Pigment Ink
Cosmic Shimmer, Cosmic Twinkles Aqua Glitter Glue
Scor-Pal, ⅛" Scor-Tape
SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, 3D Foam Squares

Friends with Flair -Missing you

2011-10-28T10:05:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to Friends with Flair! It's been awhile since I had a chance to play along with FWF. Unity changed how they do FWF now, and all we have to do is post a card with Unity on Friday and link it up to the Unity Blog. EPLS!

My card today uses the totally cute Itty Bitty set, Love Runs Deep (all Itty Bitty stamps are on sale for only $4 right now). To add a bit of detail to the Spellbinders Heart Circles die cut, I outlined the heart part with a rose marker, the triangle with yellow and the border with a green marker. Then I took the NEGATIVE heart parts of the die cut, colored them with a rose marker and used them as accents. Using those little "extra" bits is a great way to coordinate accents!

That's it for today. I am knee deep in Ninja and Darth Vader costumes. Tonight is the Fall Carnival at my boys' Elementary school and they are allowed to wear costumes! Both my boys are small for their age, so all the costumes need to be altered. I don't like doing things at the last minute, but I have had a horrendous head cold for the last 3 weeks and this is the first day I have felt normal, so off I go to sew!

Thanks for stopping by, here is a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - (Unity) Love Runs Deep Itty Bitty

Paper -whitecardstock, (Jillibean Soup) Sweet and Sour Soup 6x6 pad

Accessories-Spellbinders S4-316 Heart Circles, button (Buttons Galore), (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store)1/4" yellow silk ribbon, (Pizzazz Aplenty) 2, 3 and 4mm gold rhinestones,copic markers

Gina K October release inspiration blog hop: Day 3

2011-10-25T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Hi everyone!! Welcome to the last day of the Gina K Designs October Release Inspiration Blog hop! Today we are spotlighting the fun and sassy set, You Go Girl illustrated by Tami Mayberry and the One Free with 3 (you order 3 or more stamp sets and get this for free!), Pleasant Plurals.

My first card is with the set You Go Girl. This set has some great quotations to go along with this sassy girl! I chose the Eleanor Roosevelt quotation as she was one inspirational woman! I also like how there is not much to color on this image (no complicated clothing, etc). For a change of pace, I busted out the layers and sewing machine on this card.

Next up is my sample with Pleasant Plurals. I L.O.V.E sentiment stamp sets, in my opinion, you can NEVER have enough. You need different font styles and sizes on hand for cards of all kinds! This card uses the paper from Echo Park's,Victoria Garden. I used the sketch from Chupa's Saturday Sketchbook for this card.

For even more samples of these sets, you can visit the GKD Design Team blogs listed below. Make sure you leave a comment here and on each of their blogs because Gina is going to draw two randomly chosen winners from all of the blog comments, and each will get a stamp set of their choice valued at up to $24.95! Gina will announce the winners on her blog tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by! I will leave you with a couple close up pictures.

Card Deets:
Stamps - You Go Girl
Cardstock -Pure Luxury White and kraft cardstock
Pattern Paper - Six by Six 6x6 pad (MME)
Accessories - Spellbinders Rectangle Nestabilities and Foliage Shapeabilities, blue ruffled ribbon, 1, 2 and 3mm clear rhinestones, Burlap String, mulberry flowers, lace trim, copic markers

Stamps - Pleasant Plurals
Cardstock - Pure Luxury white and soft sand cardstock
Pattern Paper - Victoria Gardens 6x6 pad (Echo Park)
Accessories - Coral satin ribbon, velvet trim, olive rhinestones

Gina K October release inspiration blog hop: Day 2

2011-10-24T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! Welcome to Day 2 of the Gina K Designs October Release Inspiration Blog hop! Today we are spotlighting the fabulous Stamp TV kit, Wishing You Joy! This is such a FUN kit, super cute images and sentiments. Cute, right?

My first card uses the cutie snowman image and snowflake images. How fun is this little guy's hat??? Both of my cards use the pattern paper from Echo Park's, Season's Greetings 6x6 pad (I told you it was my favie). This one only uses 2 small strips, I let the stamps do the talking on this card!! I used 1/4" Scor-Tape to adhere the ribbon ruffle, and scored the cardstock so my panel would adhere flat.

Next up is the cute penguin! OMGosh, I am in love this this little guy. I wasn't sure how to color him, so I just outlined him with the C1 copic marker and left it there. I used the sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches blog for this card.

For even more samples of this kit, you can visit the GKD Design Team blogs listed below. Make sure you leave a comment here and on each of their blogs because Gina is going to draw two randomly chosen winners from all of the blog comments, and each will get a stamp set of their choice valued at up to $24.95! Gina will announce the winners on her blog tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by! I will leave you with a couple close up pictures. Be sure to stop back tomorrow for the last day of the inspiration hop!

Card Deets:
Stamps - Wishing you Joy
Cardstock -Pure Luxury Ivory and kraft cardstock
Pattern Paper - Season's Greetings 6x6 pad (Echo Park)
Accessories - turquoise satin ribbon, 2mm clear and cranberry rhinestones, Scor-Tape

Stamps - Wishing you Joy
Cardstock - Pure Luxury Ivory and Cranberry Tart
Pattern Paper - Season's Greetings 6x6 pad (Echo Park)
Accessories - red/white baker's twine, copic markers, Spellbinders Classic Bracket Edgeabilities, Circles and Lacey Circles Nestabilities, mulberry poinsettia flower, Scor-Tape, glitter, 2mm turquoise rhinestones

Gina K October release inspiration blog hop: Day 1

2011-10-21T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! Welcome to Day 1 of the Gina K Designs October Release Inspiration Blog hop! Today we are spotlighting the sets, Basket Additions illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger and Strength and Hope illustrated by Theresa Momber.

First up is a card using the holiday basket fillers from Basket Additions. These basket "fillers" fit perfectly in the baskets from the older sets Holiday Basket and Spring Basket. There are images for baskets for all the winter occasions! I colored the image with copic markers and even remembered to add a bit of liquid applique to Santa's hat! The fun paper is from Echo Park, the Season's Greetings pad (P.S. my FAVORITE paper of the season).

Next, is my card using Strength and Hope. WHAT an amazing set. So inspirational, Theresa outdid herself on this one! I chose to use the amazing butterfly image and paired it with some papers from the JilliBean Soup, the Homemade 6 Bean Soup pad. This butterfly is just stunning and doesn't need any coloring at all if you are not inclined.

For even more samples of these new sets, you can visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below. Make sure you leave a comment here and on each of their blogs because Gina is going to draw two randomly chosen winners from all of the blog comments, and each will get a stamp set of their choice valued at up to $24.95! Gina will announce the winners on her blog tomorrow.

Gina K
Melanie Muenchinger illustrator Basket Additions
Theresa Momber illustrator Strength and Hope
AJ Otto
Michelle Woerner
Sharon Harnist
Suzanne Dean
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher
Carolina Buchting
Cathy Tidwell
Deb Felts
Donna Baker
Emily Giovanni
Giovana Smith
Janice Whiting
Jimmi Mayo
Lee Murphy

Thanks for stopping by! I will leave you with a couple close up pictures. Be sure to come back tomorrow when we profile the new Stamp TV Kit, Wishing You Joy!!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Basket Additions
Cardstock -Pure Luxury Ivory, Fresh Asparagus and Cranberry Tart cardstock
Pattern Paper - Season's Greetings 6x6 pad (Echo Park)
Accessories - Cranberry rhinestones, silver cord and silver sequin snowflake, red ribbon, liquid applique

Stamps - Strength and Hope
Cardstock - Pure Luxury white
Pattern Paper - Homemade 6 Bean Soup 6x6 pad (JilliBean Soup)
Accessories - Pearl Nestabling (Want2Scrap), copic markers, Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two

Spellbinders/Unity Stamp Co blog hop: Day 2

2011-10-18T05:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to our TWO-day event!

You should be joining me from Shemaine Smith’sblog, if not then head to the beginning on the Unity Stamp Co. Blog.

With all the blog-swaps that are happening out there lately, I can't think ofone more exciting than when the amazing women of SPELLBINDERS™ gettogether with the rock stars of UNITYSTAMP COMPANY!

We can't wait to show you a special line of coordinatingproducts featuring SPELLBINDERSdies and SAMANTHAWALKER for Unity Stamp Co. rubber stamps!
Not only are we thrilled to be collaborating on such a special 2-day event, butONE of you will win ALL of the coordinating stamps and dies from the SamanthaWalker collection! We will also chose 1winner each day from the comments who will receive 1 Samantha Walker stamp setand coordinating dies.
So be sure to enjoy our hop both days, leave comments on all of the blogs eachday and check back to see if you won! Winners will be posted on Wednesday, October 19^thon the Unity Blog and Spellbinders Blog.

I made a set of quick and easy birthday cards. I used the stamp set, Blossom Stackers that coordinate with the Spellbinder dies, Blossom Tags and Accents. The cards are almost identical, except I changed the colors and had a little fun with the Spellbinders Decorative Inserts I used at the bottom!

Head on over to the fabulous Angie Bloom and see what she has to share with you today!

Here are some pictures of the die cutting details.

Card Deets:
Stamps - Blossom Stackers (Unity Stamp Co)
Ink - Orange, Brown, Rose Red and Yellow
Paper - white and brown cardstock, Dots and Stripes PP (Echo Park)
Spellbinder dies - S5-072 Blossom Tags and Accents, E8-002 Classic Bracket, E8-004 Classic Ric Rac and E8-006 Classic Petal Edgeabilities
Other accessories - Yellow, red and orange rhinestones, Scor-Pal, various white ribbons

The 12 Days of a Clean and Simple Christmas - Stamp Simply Style

2011-10-17T05:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to Day 1 of The 12 Days of a Clean and Simple Christmas - Stamp Simply Style. This ongoing series will feature cards from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store DT that are CAS (clean and simple). These will be quick and easy to recreate or even mass produce for the Christmas season. Unfortunately, I won't be posting all of the 12 days, but Sharon will, so be sure to check out her blog over these next few weeks.

I have 2 cards to share today, both are nice and flat -easy to mail with no extra postage. My first card uses the JustRite stamp set, Merry and Bright and strips of pattern paper from the Kaisercraft, Silly Season 6x6 pad. The accessories are very simple, Spellbinders circles Nestabilities, some silver cord and a few rhinestones.

This card uses another ornament from Merry and Bright with a sentiment from Deck the Halls. The pattern paper is MME, Lost and Found Christmas. Again, not many accessories on this card, just some gold cord and a couple gold pearls.

Here are the girls who have CAS Christmas cards for you today:

Sharon Johnson, The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Deb Saaranen

Michelle Woerner - me

Here are a some close up shots. Thanks for stopping by!!

Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style -Silk

2011-10-15T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style. This week we are showcasing SILK RIBBON. I love, love, love silk ribbon. It's delicate, thin, pliable and makes beautiful bows. In addition, we are also playing along with the Hope You Can Cling To challenges over at Splitcoast stampers. This is a month long effort to increase breast cancer awareness and add cards to their card drive. There is a LOT going on -- daily challenges, prizes galore and a card drive.

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store is pleased to be a sponsor of the 2011 Hope You Can Cling To month long event.

Please check it out, play along, donate some cards and in the process have an opportunity to win some of the fabulous prizes being offered. I am playing in the Encircled with Love challenge which is to make a circle card.

My card uses the pink 1/4" silk ribbon accented with an Orchid Fairytale Rose. The fabulous image is from the amazing JustRite stamp set, Strength and Courage. I omitted the oval border and opted for a Spellbinders Labels Four shape as it fit better on my card. The pattern paper at the bottom is from one of the new 6x6 My Mind's Eye pads -yes, they came out with another collection called the 6x6 Collection! Gorgeous and amazing designs just as you would expect with MME.

All silk ribbons can be found here

Each week we will have fabulous Blog Candy (this week's is pictured below) made up of the ribbons that we feature. The winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, October 18th and posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday.

Here is the list of today's participants:

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Michelle Woerner -this is me

Deb Saaranen

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

P.S. Before I go, I want to mention that on Monday the 17th, Sharon is starting the Stamp Simply 12 days of CAS Christmas cards on her blog. These will be easy to make AND mail Christmas cards. Perfect for everyone!! I will be playing along several of the 12 days, so stay tuned!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Strength and Hope (JustRite)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock - White
Pattern Paper - Everyday Family 6x6 (MME)
Accessories - pink silk ribbon, Prima flower, stickles, Spellbinders Labels Four and Lacey Circles, Copic markers

Swimming For Katie

2011-10-11T21:01:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone!! Welcome to Day 3 of the Swimming for Katie blog hop. From October 10-12th some of the best stampers are joining together to support and encourage our friend and fellow stamper, Katie Renz, who is currently battling inoperable gastric cancer. If you're not familiar with her, Katie’s cancer story started just before Christmas last year. This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of 3 with her infectious smile was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight. A few tummy aches and then stage 4 gastric cancer. Her first post about it is HERE. The idea of “Swimming for Katie” came from her recent post HERE.

Here is my card. I colored the image with copics and added a bit of stickles here and there for sparkle!

This exclusive stamp used in my sample, designed by Becky Oehlers is available as a clear stamp, as well as a digis or a dig and SVG cut file. In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both also donated digis that are for sale.

Click HERE for all the items available for sale.

Direct donations are also being accepted.

100% of the profits go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family. Her husband Kevin and her three young children need our help and support.

IN ADDITION:

To help raise money for Katie, Creating for Causeshas generously donated a FREE ticket (value:$249.95) to one of their upcoming 3-day Scrap & Stamp Retreats.

The winner of the free ticket will enjoy 3 days of non-stopfun and creativity with fellow scrappers, stampers and paper crafters, and canchoose between the Charlotte, NC Scrap & Stamp Ritzy Retreat at TheRitz-Carlton on October 21-23 or the Orlando, FL Scrap & Stamp Retreat atthe Marriott World Center on November 4-6. Both retreats promise to spoil youand provide 48-straight hours of creating, camaraderie and fun!

To learn more about the events, please visit:http://www.creatingforcauses.org/our-events/scrapbook-events/.

Here's how it works:

Simply make a $33 donation (or more) for Katie and indicatethat you want to be entered in the Creating for Causes Retreat ticket drawing.Everyone who makes a qualifying donation will be entered into the drawing andone lucky person will be attending this 3-day retreat for FREE! That luckyperson could just be you! (If you have already donated and wish to beincluded, just email kate(at) iheartpapers (dot) com)

DEADLINE TO ENTER FOR THIS GIVEAWAY IS FRIDAY 9PM EST,although other donations will be accepted for weeks to come.

The following is a list of everyone who has projects posted today. I hope you will be inspired by them and moved to purchase or donate.

Amy Heller- Jackie Pedro- Julie Masse- Kecia Waters- Sandie Dunne- Susan Liles - Latisha Yoast- Laurie Schmidlin- Lisa Arana - Lisa Henke- Lisa Silver- Lydia Fiedler- Lyn Bernatovich- Lynette- Maria Gurnsey- Meg Craig- Melissa Bickford- Michelle Woerner- Mona Pendleton- Niki Estes- Robyn Weatherspoon- Sarah Jay- Sarah Martina Parker- Savannah O'Gwynn- Stephanie Washburn- Susanna Boyd- Tobi Crawford- Julie Lacey- Kim Kesti - Shemaine Smith- Danielle Lounds- Debbie Carriere- DoBea A.- Fran Gumprecht- Geny Cassady- Gina K.- Holly McMillen- Jak Heath- Javablustamper/Jacquie- Kimberly Crawford- Jeanne Streiff- Trudy Sjolander

If you would like to send Katie a card, her mailing address is:

Katie Renz

PO Box 5913

Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

We have a winner for the Pleated Ribbon!

2011-10-11T15:59:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I am happy to announce the winner from the Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style blog posts came from my blog this week. Woohoo! Here was the amazing blog candy from the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store! And a big thank you to everyone who left comments and visited us. We appreciate them very much!

Random.org helped me chose the winner!

Here are your random numbers:

Timestamp: 2011-10-11 22:55:18 UTC

irishgalkelly said...
Beautiful Michelle! Love your card and this beautiful pleated ribbon with the velvet on top. Gorgeous!! Your embellishment cluster almost looks like your blog signiture!

Congrats irishgalkelly! Head on to Sharon's blog to get the info on how to claim your lovely blog candy!

Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style -Pleats

2011-10-08T05:00:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Welcome to this week's Ribbon Inspiration Stamp Simply Style. This week we are showcasing PLEATED RIBBON. Pleats are all the rage right now. There are lots of ways to do pleats, so be prepared for some wonderful PLEATS inspiration today!

All Pleated ribbons can be found here

My card uses the silver 5/8" satin pleated ribbon with a layer of 1/8" velvet ribbon. The fabulous papers are from the Pink Paislee Phantom pad -this has very elegant Halloween patterns!! I also used some Prima flowers from the Alla Prima collection. My frame is made from a Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two and the cat image and sentiment are from the JustRite set, Happy Halloween.

Each week we will have fabulous Blog Candy (this week's is pictured below) made up of the ribbons that we feature. The winner will be drawn from comments on one of today’s participating blogs, so leaving a comment on each blog to increases your chance to win. Only one comment per blog, please. The winner will be selected at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday, October 11th and posted on Sharon's blog on Wednesday.

Here is the list of today's participants:

Sharon Johnson – The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Deb Saaranen

Holly McMillen

Michelle Woerner -this is me!

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

Card Deets:

Stamps - Happy Halloween (JustRite)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock - White and black
Pattern Paper - Phantom 6x6 (Pink Paislee)
Accessories - black/white baker's twine, black rhinestones, Prima flowers, stickles, Spellbinders Labels Twenty-two and Standard Circles LG and SM Nestabilities.