Colorblocked Flowers and Blog Candy :)

Hello hello! Happy Friday!  Posting a little later than usual because I don't have my act together today:) 

Sigh.  My head was wrapped around Spring weather--and BAM! 3 inches of snow---->  Back to hiding under the blankets by the fire.

Well, today I have a few fun things to share that will cheer one lucky someone up:)  But first, here is a fun card I made using the new Bold and Blooming Stamp TV kit from Gina K Designs.  I am guest designing for Gina this month and will be part of the team blog hop on Monday and Tuesday.  You don't want to miss it--there will be lots of inspiration using this fantastic new kit.

Here is my card:

 

I stamped the flowers on pure luxury white cardstock and then colored them with Copic markers.  Then I die cut them using the dies in the kit.  I also die cut some adhesive foam (found at my local Michael's store in the felt aisle) with the dies to give the flowers some lift.  The background was sponged using Ranger distress inks (seedless preserves, mustard seed, peacock feathers). This panel was popped onto some wild lilac cardstock and distressed around the edges. I tied some Twinery twine around the main panel before adhering it to the cardbase using Scor-Tape.

Now onto the fun-  One lucky subscriber will get this little assortment.  It's always fun to get new goodies to play with.  Included is ...Grey Skies Happy stamps set (Unity Stamps Co.), Little Branches stamp set (Gina K Designs) and Party On stamp set (Gina K Designs).  I am also including a full size Ranger Distress Oxide Fired Brick stamp pad:)  Fun!  Ok. Since this is a subscriber only contest, Please only enter if you subscribe to my blog feed.  (Any subscription service is acceptable.)

Just leave a comment on this post by Wednesday, March 15 at 6 am. EST.  Random.Cara will pick a winner and it will be posted so be sure to check back to see if it's you! Good luck!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Cammie

Gina K Inspiration Hop Day 2

Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop.  We hope to inspire you with many ways to use the new stamp sets that were released on Thursday.  Today, we are showcasing Poster Board Christmas and Lots of Lines!

 

As you hop through the blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random commenters who will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hops.

 

Here are my cards for today:

My first two cards use Poster Board Christmas---

I love the little sleigh and wanted to capture the magic of Christmas night on my first card.  I stamped the sentiment using Red Hot ink on a punched circle for the moon.  I embossed the sleigh in white below it.  I finished off the scene with a die cut of city buildings, a few rhinestone stars and a tiny dot of red stickles for Rudolph's nose :)

Next, I wanted to use this set for something other than Christmas---so I used one of the frames and created a monogram card:

Next is a card using Lots of Lines:

This is clean and simple.  I stamped the heart using Red Hot ink on white cardstock and then stamped the sentiment over it using black ink.  Easy.  LOVE the sentiments in this set!!

Next, I have two non-holiday cards using these two sets together---

I stamped the frame in black ink on ivory cardstock and then stamped the sentiment in Red Hot ink.  I punched a heart and added it above the sentiment using foam tape.  I used my Scor-Pal to score a few lines along the bottom and then added a strip of red cardstock (using the lines for perfect placement).

Here is another one:

I stamped the frame using Fresh Asparagus ink and then stamped the sentiment using black ink.  I colored the chipboard bird with a red Copic marker.

Please visit these blogs for more ideas using these sets:

Gina K

Beth Silaika- Illustrator of Lots Of Lines

Becky Oehlers - Illustrator of Poster Board Christmas

AJ Otto

Carolina Buchting

Carolyn King

Cathy Tidwell

Debbie Corbari

Latisha Yoast

Laurie Schmidlin

Lee Murphy

Melanie Muenchinger

Michelle Woerner

Sean Fetterman

Sharon Harnist

Valerie Stangle

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina K Designs Inspiration Blog Hop Day 2

Hello! Welcome to another day of inspiration from the Gina K Design team.  Today, the design team is showing their projects using the new releases-- Deck the Halls, Simple Snowflakes and Mistletoe Memories.

Be prepared to be inspired as you check out all the stops on this hop.  Make sure to leave a comment at each stop along the way 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 couple of days after the hops.

Here are my projects for today: 
My first card features Simple Snowflakes.  I love this set. Classic and timeless.  My first card uses the sentiment (which I adore) and the fun circle snowflake.  I went more vintage with this one because I think this set is so graphic it is good to see it used another way. (PS...graphic card coming up!):

Next, is a card using Mistletoe Memories.  I love this set because the elements in it allow you to make a zillion different designs.  I used the large MERRY stamp on the label and the mistletoe and the fun text border (which I foresee using a ton!): 

The next  card uses Deck the Halls.  The fun ornaments in this set are so wonderfully designed.  I LOVE Gina's card that she did with this set for her Stamp TV video and I had to put that out of my head before I could think of another idea! (If you didn't see it, you should check it out on Stamp TV!)

Anyway, I decided to make the ornament on this card dimensional.  I stamped three of the same ornament design and then cut them out.  Then, I used my Scor-Pal to fold them in half so I could adhere them together before adding them to the card.  I stamped the sentiment and matted it on a label:

Finally, I have one more quick card using Simple Snowflakes and the border text from Mistletoe Memories:

That's it for me today....
But you can head on over to these amazing blogs for more Gina K inspiration:

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Simple Snowflakes
• Becky Oehlers - Illustrator Mistletoe Memories (not hopping today because she lost power!)
• Beth Silaika - Illustrator Deck The Halls
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Thanks for stopping by!

Really Reasonable Ribbon/Cardmaker Blog Hop

Welcome to the Really Reasonable Ribbon/Cardmaker Blog hop.  Bonnie (Really Reasonable Ribbon) asked the Cardmaker girls to join in on their blog hop this month!  Hope you are inspired by all the ways to use ribbon!

You should have come here from Bonnie's blog.  If you did not, you can head on over to the Cardmaker Blog and start at the beginning of the hop!

I was sent the July Really Reasonable Ribbon Assortment from the Monthly Ribbon Club.  When I saw the beautiful vibrant yellows in the assortment, I immediately thought of lemonade.  So my summer inspired card is based on that:

I used two of the yellow ribbons from the pack and layered them to create the lemonade in the lemonade pitcher (Silhouette) using some 1/4" Scor Tape.  I also used one of the yellow to tie on the pitcher's handle.  To create the background, I used my Scor-Pal to add some vertical embossed lines.  I added a SRM sticker to a piece of vellum to tie onto the handle with some twine.

No summer party is complete without some ice cold lemonade!

Thanks, Bonnie, for asking us to be a part of this hop!  It was great fun and I cannot wait to see what everyone else came up with!

Blog Candy*  The Blog Hop will be open from 7/13 to 7/20 and there will be a prize offered on the RRR blog for a randomly selected comment there.  RRR will also be giving away two additional July Ribbon Club Assortments, one from comments on a random RRR designer's blog and one from comments on a random Cardmaker designer's blog.

 

The next stop on the hop is the talented Heidi!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Cardmaker Tutorial

Hello! Today I have a post up on the CardMaker blog which features a picture tutorial on how to create an accordion fold card.  I would love if you would go check it out :)

To save space, I did not post all the detail photos of the project on the Cardmaker blog---so I added them on here in case you wanted to see more detail.

Inside front:

Close up of  Inside front pages:

Inside back:

Close up of inside back pages:

Don't forget to check out the tutorial on the Cardmaker blog-----> HERE!

Supplies:

Cardstock-black (Gina K Designs)
Scor-Pal
Patterned paper and element stickers- Yours Truly (Echo Park Paper)
Sentiment sticker- Fancy Sticker Sentiments, Love (SRM stickers)
Baker’s twine- Pink Sorbet (The Twinery)
Ribbon- Seam Binding
Adhesive pearls and rhinestones- Recollections (Michael’s)

Apple Box Tutorial

Hello! As promised, I am back with a quick picture tutorial on how to create the little apple treat box. It's easy! Let's go--

What you will need (what I used in parenthesis):
Patterned paper of your choice (Little Yellow Bicycle "Head of the Class")
Scoring device (Scor-Pal)
Double sided tape (Scor-Tape)
foam tape (Scotch)
scissors (Tim Holtz)
Optional--
Accessories to decorate it. (SRM stickers, Cricut cartridge-Plantin Schoolbook, Twinery ribbon-Cappuccino)
Step 1: Start with a piece of patterned paper that is 6" by 6" and score at the 2" and 4" marks. Turn paper once and score again at same measurements:

Your paper should look like this:

Step 2: Cut the flaps on opposite sides like shown. Note- You should be making four cuts, that's it!

Step 3: Apply double sided tape to the flaps as shown:

Step 4: Remove adhesive liner and fold up one side to adhere over the middle section and press:

Step 5: Do the same with the other side:

Step 6: Repeat on the other side so that you end up with this:

Step 7: Cut a strip for the handle whatever thickness you would like. I made mine .5":

Step 8: Apply double stick tape to the ends of the handle and adhere to the inside of box:

The box is finished. Decorate as you wish! I am including the directions to decorate it with the same design I posted on Monday for those who asked for it.

Using the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge (Cricut), I cut two apple designs (3") and one shadow for the apple. I used the red for the top part on this example, stitching it over the blue base. I used a chipboard pencil (Little Yellow Bicycle) and added an SRM sticker "thanks" over it.

I tied the pencil to the apple using some Twinery ribbon (Cappuccino).

I used some foam mounting tape to attach the apple to the front of the box and then I used some dimensional stickers (Little Yellow Bicycle) to place over the handle edges:

Here is the finished product:

Hope this explained it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Teacher Kisses

Happy Monday! We had a fabulous weekend...hanging out and enjoying the outdoors. Yesterday we spent the day at a farm---picking apples and pumpkins. It was so much fun. The kids had a great time and so did I!

Speaking of apples........Today I have a project that features one! I had this idea in my head for a bit and was glad to finally create it: I created this project with Little Yellow Bicycle: Head of the Class patterned paper and a chipboard shape (pencil) from Little Yellow Bicycle. I created the box using my Scor-pal (Easily done by scoring a 6" by 6" paper on 2", 4" measurements and then rotating the paper and scoring at the same increments again. Cut and tape. Might post a quick picture of the cut lines to make it more clear.)

I used Plantin SchoolBook (Cricut Cartridge) to cut the apple design. To give it a bit of dimension, I stitched the blue apple over the red one and then pulled the sides of the blue up. I added an SRM sticker "Thanks" (from Shine Your Light) on the pencil and a bit of Twinery ribbon to tie it to the apple.

I added a handle and some Hershey's kisses to finish off the treat. I am thinking this might be an fun way to present gift cards to the teachers at Christmas :)

Supplies: Patterned paper- Head of the Class: Back to School, Penmanship Blue, Principal Gray, Red Study Hall (Little Yellow Bicycle); chipboard shape (Little Yellow Bicycle); die cutting machine- Cricut Expression, Plantin SchoolBook cartridge; ribbon- the Twinery; sticker- "Thanks" Shine Your Light (SRM Stickers); Scor-Pal.

Thanks for stopping by!

It's JustRite Week at Stamper's Dream

Happy Monday! All this week the Stamper's Dream team is posting with the new JustRite releases! Be sure to check out what each team member created each day (schedule is below!)

Today, I used the Let's Celebrate 2" Square Border & Frames set to create this summer monkey greeting (designed especially for a monkey loving stamping friend of mine :) I know she will LOVE it. insert evil laugh!)
Isn't that little monkey cute? I stamped him and cut him out and separated the sentiment and attached that under him on the metal tag. Thought this guy would work perfectly with the summer journal card!
There is also a lion, elephant, greeting and square borders in the set. Definitely a funtastic set!!!

Materials used: Stamps- (JustRite); Memento tuxedo black ink; Tea Dye distress ink (Ranger); sponge; Scor-Pal; metal rimmed tag (SU!); twill (SU!); designer paper- Thrift shop 8 by 8 pad October Afternoon; Fly a Kite journal Card (October Afternoon); Mini market stickers-red & cream (October Afternoon); cardstock- white, ivory, kraft (Gina K Designs); raffia.

Here is the schedule for the week:

Monday: Leslie, Cammie and Michelle

Tuesday: Denise, Amy, Laurie, Cindy and Michelle

Wednesday: Dawn, Cindy, Denise and Michelle

Thursday: Leslie, Laurie, Tosh and Dawn

Friday: Amy, Tosh and Michelle

Thanks for stopping by!

Tutorial: Two Easy to Be True Treat Holder!

Hello ya'll! Hope you had a great "long" weekend.

Today, I am sharing a super easy way to package a few little treats for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, a birthday or just because! I posted THIS treat holder last week and someone at the Gina K release party asked if I could post a tutorial on it....so this is it.

I changed it a bit just to give another variation: What you will need:
6" by 6" square of cardstock (which will be the base of your treat holder)
ribbon (for handle and for embellishing if you wish)
Scor-Pal
Scissors
Stamps and scrap of cardstock to embellish front (my supplies are listed at the end of tutorial)
Cropadile


Step 1: Take 6" by 6" cardstock sheet and score it at 2" and 4". Turn cardstock one rotation and score again at 2" and 4". (See next step if you need a visual of scored squares.)

Step 2: Cut two slits on either side of cardstock as shown below. I folded up the center squares on each side to show you where it was cut. Fold at all score lines.

Step 3: (Optional) I decorated my first box with ribbons and this one with a ribbon band. This is an optional step if you would like to embellish your box this way. Before you have assembled the box, measure the spot you would like to punch holes with your Cropadile. In the first box I created, I measured five holes on the front and back center panels using my Stampin' Up Mat pack to create evenly spaced holes for ribbons. For this example, I measured two holes on either side of the front panel so I could thread ribbon through. After marking the spots where you want holes, punch with Cropadile. (You will see the punched holes in Step 6.)

Tip: The front and back panels are on the sides that you have not cut.

Step 4: Apply Scor-Tape or adhesive to cut center panels on both sides.

Step 5: Adhere back flaps over adhesive. Line that flap with adhesive and adhere front flap over it.

Step 6: Here is the assembled base. You can see here the two holes I punched with my Cropadile (from Step 3.) At this point, I took my Cropadile again and punched two holes on either side of the box to insert a ribbon handle.

Step 7: I added a ribbon tie through the front holes and inserted the ribbon handle through the holes on either side of the box.

Step 8: Stamp a design and mat before adhering to front of box.

Step 9: Here is my finished box. I added a little tag on the top and candies inside.

Materials used: Cardstock-white, lipstick red, innocent pink (Gina K Designs); Stamps- Dream Birds, Warm and Fuzzy (Gina K Designs); ribbon (Offray, Gina K Designs); Scor-Pal, Cropadile; Copic Markers.

Easy! I would love to see what you create if you use this tutorial! If you leave me a comment, I will be sure to check it out.

Thanks for stopping by!