Gina K Inspiration Hop Day 2

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.  Off we go... 

First up... Theresa Momber's, "Elegant Florals"... 

Today I was getting crazy with my Scor Buddy and Theresa's set was perfect for the gate fold design!  I started with some Pure Luxury Sweet Corn.  I used my Scor Buddy to create the gate fold layout... LOVE that it has the markings already on it for that.  I added some Fresh Asparagus card stock to each side and on the right I added a piece of DP from the GK Patterned Paper Pack, "Casual Friday".  I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the flower shape then stamped it and used my Copics to color it in.  I used my Spellbinders tags to add my sentiment.  I added a couple copper nail heads to the ends to cover the openings on the ends.  

Next up... Beth Silaika's "Sentimental Holiday"...

For Beth's set, I decided again to wander into a different card layout rather than the normal A2 fold.  I used the twisted easel and I LOVE using this layout.  So much fun to work with.

I started with Pure Luxury Cranberry Tart and added some DP I found in my stash along with more Cranberry Tart and DP before adding my Lacy Square Nestabilitie with Pop Dots and then my sentiment on White using my Labels 4 Nestie.  I sponged on some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen before removing the nestie from the cut.  I also added a few flourishes that I cut using my Silhouette Cameo... fun fun!!

For the inside I covered it in Kraft and again using a smaller Labels 4 size cut out some Cranberry Tart and added my star which I heat embossed in gold.  I used the Pop Dots on it so that when I opened my easel, it would rest agains the Labels tag.  Here's a picture of it closed.

Now check out even more inspiration from the rest of the Design Team:

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika – Illustrator Sentimental Holidays
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator Elegant Florals
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Tina Gilliland (You're Here!)
• Vicki Dutcher

Remember to leave your comments on each DT's blog for a chance at a grab bag from Gina K Designs.  FAB time to get a FREE "gift" for yourself, right???!!! :-)

Have a great day and I'll be back tomorrow with more Gina K stamps and inspiration!!! *HUGS*

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Gina K November Release Inspiration Hop

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.  Let's get started... 

First up... Melanie Muenchinger's, "Lots of Letters"...

Oh yes... the set you've will need again and again!! Melanie certainly knew what was missing in our trunk of chests when she created this awesome set of lettes, boxes, circles and numbers!!  Perfect!  I fully intended to simply do one card using this set so I could get all my samples done in time... but alas... nawwww it's FUN!!!! So you can keep your eyes peeled cause there are certainly more cards created with this set coming from me.  :-)

Today I'm sharing one I thought was created in my mind while sleeping! LOL  I couldn't get the hearts out of my mind!!  My card base is Pure Luxury Bubblegum Pink layered with white.  I added the Passionate Pink which I ran through my Cuttlebug using the Heart Block embossing folder.  I fully intended to use my heart punch for this but uhhhh no... it doesn't reach in THAT far on the paper. Ha!  So I used my Xacto knife to cut out the hearts.  I mounted the Passionate Pink with Pop Dots onto the white then stamped my letters inside the hearts.  I punched one white heart to add my 24/7 to the mix beside my flowers with a little bit of Diamond Stickles around the edges.  :-) 

Next up... Becky Oehlers, "Warm Woolen Mittens"...

Becky's set allows for so many options to these adorable mittens.  It was hard to decide what I wanted to use!!  ;-)  I love all the texture options as well so I decided to do a triple row of texture to give me mittens a full knitted look.  

My card began with Pure Luxury Fresh Asparagus layered with Cranberry Tart.  I then used a piece of Kraft which I ran though my Cuttlebug using the Argyle embossing folder.  I used my Spellbinder Oval Nestabilities to cut a piece of Cranberry Tart and White.  I sponged some Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Antique Linen before removing the die on the White card stock.  

I stamped my mittens on Grass Green card stock and cut them out before hanging them to a clip I placed on top of the ovals and adding the twine.  NOW I'm feeling "wooly" good!  ;-)

Now check out even more inspiration from the rest of the Design Team:

• Gina K
• Becky Oehlers – Illustrator Warm Woolen Mittens
• Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator Lots of Letters
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Remember to leave a comment on each DT members blog for a chance to win a fabulous grab bag full of Gina K Design products!!!  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the hop!!! *HUGS*

Deerly Loved....

Happy Sunday everyone!!  It's been a busy few days with Thanksgiving!!  I'm up late again tonight finishing up a couple things before I can actually get BACK to creating tomorrow and Monday.  As usual... the Gilliland family had a fabulous Thanksgiving.  We even had my mother-in-law come by for dinner.  Normally, we eat alone... just our immediate family.  But this year, she was in town with her sister and brother-in-law.  Sadly, he was taken to hospice and she had been staying there around the clock.  So, my hubby asked her to come by for a break and let her know she could always spend the nights here and rest a bit and grab a hot shower.  And, she took him up on the offer and stayed for dinner.  

While she was here she was telling me her brother-in-law was using a folded up dollar bill for a book marker and that her sister had taken it from him because she needed it.  Ha!  And, thus, my bookmark was created for him.  She had told us they were taking him from hospice to live with his daughter and son-in-law and he was having a hard time with that since he would no longer be able to look out his window at home and watch the deer in the woods.  Well... I had just the stamp set to bring his deer back.  :-)  Theresa Momber's, "Life is Good" set was just the ticket.  I've always loved this set myself with my dad being a deer hunter and I am getting tons of use from it!  :-)

I began my bookmark with a craft tag I had in my stash.  I added some Dylusions Lime Ink to the bottom and topped it off with some Sunflower Glimmer Mist. Just enough sparkle on top.  Next I stamped the trees, deer and sentiment n Memento Ink.  I added a few Copper Nail Heads to the lower corner and some Tim Holtz Gears to the right.  Just for a bit more texture.  Then I found a yellow plastic "paper clip" which I added to the top and tied on some yellow and brown twine to add a little "poof" at the top.. not a flower mind you... that's not at all MANLY.  Hee

I hope Tom enjoys the bookmark and I am sure his wife won't be taking it any time soon.  Tom isn't doing so well and his doctors told him to go home and enjoy what life he has left instead of lying around in a hospice which I think is fabulous advice for anyone who is not bed-ridden.  I know it lifted his spirits to be able to leave but I also know he is not able to stay home with just his wife caring for him and maybe the little deer on the bookmark will bring just a bit more happiness to his day as he relaxes to read.  I certainly hope so.  

Tomorrow, I plan to create with some NEW Gina K Designs stamps!!! Woot!!  Oh stay tuned, I'll be sharing them all soon when we have the Design Team Blog Hop.  Keep your eyes open!  :-)  Until then... thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!! *HUGS*

Winter Warmth

Ok... NOW it's time to get warm and cozy!!!  Yep... I finished eating Thanksgiving dinner and I'm full of good food and tomorrow we'll put up the Christmas tree!!! Oh yayy!!  AND... one of my favorite stamp sets EVER reminds me of warm cozy sweaters... Tami Mayberry's "Simple Snowflake".  I LOVE this set and I have no idea what it is but this lovely horizontal patterned stamp just reminds me of sweaters and I LOVE it!!!  Ha! 

My card starts with Pure Luxury Fresh Asparagus.  I added a layer of the Paper Temptress', "Ruche" tan paper.  My DP is from Simple Stories. My snowflake/heart border was stamped on white and I used my Memento inks.  I used a snowflake punch and added Diamond Stickles to them.  I distressed the edges of the Ruched paper and added some Tim Holtz Distress Ink, "Vintage Photo" along the edges.  

My card today was for the Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge to use snow, frost or glitter on your card.  I hope you play along for a chance at a fabulous prize!!  You have until next Wednesday to enter your card.  

I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving and that you were able to enjoy some good food, good times and family.  Tomorrow I plan to create and hopefully get some new Gina K Design stamps in the mail.  Woot!!  *wink*  Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!!! *HUGS*

Rockin Birthday!!!

Happy Tuesday everyone!!! I'm COUNTING on it!!  Yes, you heard me right... I'm counting on this being a VERY happy Tuesday!!  Today is my baby girl's 11th birthday!!!  She had such a bad weekend with her slumber party plans and I just NEED today to be a good day for her.  THAT is all I can ask.  We have fun turkey cookies she's taking to school for treats and juice boxes.  She's pretty excited to take them and I can't wait to share the "chocolate chip cookie" cake we got her... shhhh she doesn't know... hee hee... AND the "extra" gifts we got, with her tonight!  :-)

My image is a fun MayzyArt image and soooo reminds me of my daughter.  She's ALWAYS hooked to her iPod and if not that, she's got the earplugs in her computer.  :-)  She LOVES to dance and trying to be "in style" is truly her thing.  

My card base is Pure Luxury Turquoise Sea layered with some Black Onyx and then some Green from the Carnival Card Stock Collection.  I used my Cuttlebug Allegro embossing folder for half the Green card stock.  I colored my image with Copic markers and then added some punched stars and my circles are from Tami Mayberry's set, "Simple Snowflake".  I added a few SRM stickers to two of the cirlcles and a simple "celebrate" to the top.  I used Diamond Stickles on the stars, the shirt and on the sentiment "o"s in the arrow.  

And... just for added measure... let me show you Emily's new boots she got for her birthday... 

Now isn't this girlie card just perfect for her? LOL  She HAD to have some combat boots and was more than thrilled to open them!!  Happy Birthday, my baby girl... I love you more and more every day!! *HUGS*

Thanks for stopping by!!!  *HUGS*

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WIN WIN - for you AND Me!!!

Good morning everyone!!  Today I am soooo excited to share a FABULOUS tool with you that I found to help me get my scrapbooking done!!  AND, the best part... it's EASY, QUICK and... YOU can get it too!!!  But what's even better than that???? I can help you get the same thing I did for LESS!!!  Yep... I'm giving away some "bucks" today!!!  Now I don't know about you but when someone tells me we should do something, quick, easy, fun AND cheap... oh yeah, I'm ALL IN!!!  

My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Software is what helped me to create the awesome and fun page you see above AND the COORDINATING pages you see below!!!!  OMGosh, I got so excited just working with this software!!!  I mean honestly, I am not into reading instructions, messing with things until I CAN get them right or figuring out where to put what on my pages.  BUT... with My Memories software... I COULDN'T STOP making pages!!!!!!  Ha Ha  Seriously, it's THAT much fun!!!  

To create all of these pages, I simply opened the software, chose "Create New Album from Designer Template", picked out WHICH template album template I wanted to use and BAM... ALL the pages that coordinated loaded onto my window.  Then I clicked on insert photo and OH MY GOSH, it inserted each picture where it should be on each page!!! It was done!!  

Truly, I figured I'd do one, maybe two pages, but after I did the first one and saw how easy and adorable the first page was, I couldn't stop!!!  Not only did I do these pages for my daughter's book... I finished about 3 pages for my son's book.  Woot!!!  

But here's the really awesome news... if you, like me, are looking for a fast way to get your scrapbooking done, you can head over to My Memories and look at all their fabulous templates and designs.  THEN... come back here and tell me which is your favorite.  There are sooo many!!!  THEN, on Friday, November 23, 2012 and I will pick a winner who will receive a FREE copy of  My Memories!!!!  My Memories already offers tons of FREE templates, papers and design items as well and believe me, I loaded up!

- If you’d like to link to their Facebook, Twitter or blog, that would be great as well! You could even follow them for extra entries to the contest.

Blog- http://blog.mymemories.com/
Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/pages/MyMemories/140359372717593
Twitter- http://twitter.com/#!/mymemoriessuite

You will definitely love all the designs you can choose from and it seems they cover every possible event in a person's life.  So, what are you waiting for???? Head over to My Memories and find your fav then come back and leave a message!!!  Remember, you have until Friday, Nov. 23rd to enter.  Tell your friends!!  Oh... and I have a special prize in store for those who didn't win so remember to come back and check on Nov. 23rd!!!  Hee 

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous Tuesday!!! *HUGS*