By Emily, on January 18th, 2012
Today I am sharing some cards made with Theresa Momber’s newest stamp set, Mountain Wilderness. As usual, Theresa has drawn a beautiful nature set! I actually made one card with this set and then saw the extra paper sitting there and it was just pefect for a manly get well card – and I needed one of those!
I was in the Christmas gift thank you mode when I made this one….kind of a Christmas color scheme. It will work great for that!
Then I found this sheet from the same paper pack. Since I needed a masculine Get Well card, this will work perfect. The sentiment from Theresa’s set fit right in the little opening!
By Emily, on January 17th, 2012
So I missed the last release part because we were out of town. I’ll be sharing my cards this week instead! First up, I have Special Occasion Tags by Tami Mayberry. And just for fun, you can actually win this card over at StampTV! You can find it in the Fan Mail thread {HERE}!
I chose something simple to show off the cute tag stamp. I knew I had some paper somewhere that matched the background design on the tag – and sure enough, I dug some up! And the striped paper just screamed graduation to me, with the alphabet and numbers in the background. I think this could be a cute graduation card for a little kid – or just a fun one for someone older!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on December 2nd, 2011
I have 3 more sets to share with you today. Before I do that though, I get asked a lot about patterned papers. How I use them, choose them, match the images to paper, etc. So I thought I would address that here instead of answering all the comments about it.
Let me start off by saying that I used to really struggle with using patterned paper. I mean REALLY struggle. I had to force myself to start using a little every day to be able to work it in on a card. Now I almost can’t make one without it! I don’t know how anyone else goes through the process of choosing paper but here’s how I do it! I usually start with the image. Not colored or stamped or anything, just choose the image/set I want to work with. (Sometimes I might really want to use a particular paper and I’ll start with that.) Then I’ll look for paper to go with that image. After I have an image and a paper selected, then I go about stamping, coloring, etc.
Now this does cause me to kind of have a main style of layout. I try to change it up sometimes, but usually for me the focus is on showing off the main image and then the rest of the card is just an accent to it. I admire those stampers that have all kinds of cool layouts, fantastic embellishments, etc. I just like having a main image and pretty paper to back it up. Anyway, that’s how my process starts. Yes, I have embarrassing amounts of patterned paper. Mostly in 6×6 pads. Unless I really really like something, I usually just buy the 6×6 pad because I like how the patterns are scaled down for a card.
Ok, now on to the cards for today! The first cards I have are with the newest Buy 3 Get 1 FREE set. I love sets with block images like this for one main reason – they make excellent small notecards that are quick! I like these little cards for dropping a note in something. I made these for my step-mom, Cindy – because ‘believe’ is her word and it was in the set! I stamped the blocks on some patterned paper in cream ink and that’s about it! These are 3×3 cards.
Inspirational Blocks
Next up I have another of the Duos from this month. I know some of the other Design Team members have gorgeous colored butterflies, so I wanted to show a different view of this duo. I used Pink Paislee’s butterfly paper and just sponged a bunch of Tim Holtz distress inks on everything! I love how it turned out – very simple, but kind of vintage looking too!
Master Butterfly
And lastly, I have another of the Duos. I used some papers from My Mind’s Eye for this one. I love pink and gray so these papers were perfect for that. The words look hard to read in the photograph, but they are fine IRL. Sometimes things just photograph funny!
Just Calling to Say
Don’t forget to stop by all the other Design Team blogs for more Inspiration!!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on December 1st, 2011
Hello! Today I have a few more fabulous new sets to share with you. First up is another of the new Duos. I love this flower - it can easily be stamped this way or colored in! I happened to find this paper that I thought matched the style perfectly. A little distressing on the edges and that was it!
Friends are Flowers
Next I have something using Theresa Momber’s newest set. And it is full of FLOWERS! Just lovely ones too! I found some sweet paper from Pink Paislee and decided to use that. I colored this with my Copics. Not sure what my deal is with the double bows, but it just works here!
Dogwood and Butterfly
Lastly, I have Tami Mayberry‘s newest set. I chose a super simple card for this one. I inked the border with an ink pad, then used a brown marker to go over the edging. I cut it out (carefully!) and that’s it! I thought the colors may even go for a masculine birthday card….I never have enough of those!
Label Borders
Don’t forget to stop by all the other Design Team blogs for more Inspiration!!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on November 30th, 2011
So I hope you all enjoyed the new format for the Release Party last night. I thought it was wonderful – especially having the Gina there chatting along with us! If you were not able to attend, you can see all the samples and contests {HERE}.
I have lots of things to share with you today! I thought I would start off with the full view of the itty bitty sneak peek I shared yesterday. This was made with one of the new Duos that Gina has released. These are great little sets, so easy to use the image and sentiment together for a quick card! I stamped this image on some patterned paper and that was about it! Just some layering and distressing – that’s all!
Because of You
Next up, I have another of the Duos. I like this one because it’s fun to color!
Close Knit Friends
Melanie Muenchinger has two great sets available this month. The first is full of great sentiments and images for cards or scrapbooking! I made a card for my nieces with this one. I went with just a hint of red on an otherwise simple card….
Make a State-ment
And last I have another set from Melanie Muenchinger. This is the first of several sets using the state flowers. I am excited to see more of these – you can NEVER have enough flower stamps! I used Copics to color this and then went with simple layering for the rest.
Stately Flowers 1
Don’t forget to stop by all the other Design Team blogs for more Inspiration!!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on November 29th, 2011
We are 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, design team shares, and most importantly, you can start shopping at 7 PM (CST)!
If you came from Giovana Smith, 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 sneak peek of one of the cards I will be sharing at the party!
Hope to see you at the party, here are all the details:
Head on over to Deb Felts to see what she’s sharing with you today and see you back here on tomorrow for the beginning of our three day Inspiration Blog Hop series for November!
ENJOY!
By Emily, on October 25th, 2011
Today I have two more great stamp sets to share. You Go Girl, by Tami Mayberry, and Pleasant Plurals, By Gina K Designs. Pleasant Plurals is the newest Buy 3 Get 1 FREE!
I started off with another version of my card for Wishing You Joy, the newest StampTV kit….only this one has a bit of glitter and a sentiment from Pleasant Plurals. I think this set is a very useful one! I ended up cutting the stamp in half to use it the way I wanted, but it can also go back to a single sentiment as well.
Next up, I have the cute and fun set, You Go Girl! So many great uses for this one, but what I really liked is the sentiments Tami included. I chose simple again for this card and just used some Echo Park paper and Copic markers…
Enjoy!
By Emily, on October 24th, 2011
Hello! Today I have two great sets to share with you. This is really the Inspiration Hop for the newest StampTV kit, Wishing you Joy – but I didn’t get to share my card for Melanie Muenchinger’s set, Basket Additions.
First up is my card with Wishing you Joy. Now when I was getting the stamps out of this set, I realized that you kinda get an extra one. The center of the frame stamp is a circle stamp all on its own. So after I stamped this little penguin, I masked him, inked up that circle, stamped it off once and then gave him a little background color. Useful little stamp, if you ask me!
And here is what I made with Basket Additions…
Be sure to stop by the other Design Team blogs to see their fabulous creations!
ENJOY!
By Emily, on October 21st, 2011
I am so very happy to be able to share this set with you today. It is one that really means a lot to me. Most of you know that my Mom was diagnosed with Breast Cancer late this last summer. She is doing very well, although we found out today that she will have to chemo after all. Mostly for precautionary measures, because we want her around for a long time, not to have it resurface in 10 years. Still, either of those “c” words are just plain scary!
Anyway, Theresa Momber designed this gorgeous stamp set that can be used for any type of cancer. You can color the ribbon however you like for whatever suits your purposes. And for the first month, she will be donating the proceeds to cancer research! Of course I had to make a card for my mom, if you are reading Mom – don’t look further!
Here is my card with Strength and Hope, it was also used for one of the Release Party Challenges that you can find {HERE}:
Be sure to stop by the other Design Team blogs to see their fabulous creations!
Enjoy!
By Emily, on October 20th, 2011
We are very excited to extend an invitation to Gina K. Designs October 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!
If you came from Donna Baker, 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 cards I will be sharing at the party. I am sneak peeking a heart of the card I have made for the challenge I will be hosting. It’s a heart because this set is very dear to my heart…
Hope to see you at the party, here are all the details:
Head on over to Giovana Smith to see what she’s sharing with you today and see you back here on tomorrow for the beginning of our three day Inspiration Blog Hop series for October!
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