STV's Center Stage Spotlight Group Hop - Inspiration Challenge

Hi there,

 Welcome to our June STV Center Stage Spotlight Group Hop...if you are hopping you should have come from the awesome blog of sweet team mate Karen Knegten ......

This month we were challenged to use this gorgeous inspiration from Vicki Dutcher ...

I absolutely fell in love with this! 

Many times I receive emails and comments on how much they like what I create but don't have "the time"..trust me...I don't have the time either LOL...so when I saw this from Vicki...whooo hoooo!

I printed it and let it be the main focus on my project below....I had already started this $1.00 notebook some time ago by painting it using acrylic blue paint and stamped a vine with gesso! But it has sat in my "to finish" pile for quite some time... But when I saw this photo, it was perfect for my notebook.

   I added the printed photo, stash lace, GKD organdy ribbon with Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive. Then stamped the bird and sentiment from GKD's Birds and Blossoms by Theresa Momber using Memento Black.  There is also a leaf stamp added from the GKD Stamp Kit "Signs of Autumn" using Memento Danube Blue. Colored the bird...DONE!

so no time! well, this took 20 minutes!!! Let this gorgeous photo inspiration do the work for you (-:

Bird colored with Copics: B23, 29, E04, Y17, YG95 and G09...outlined edges by very lightly sponging with Memento Grape.

Hope you were inspired - this one is an easy one to recreate!

Next stop is our talented teammate (and a grandma again!) Miesje Flach...

hugs,

Two Design Team Challenges

hi there,

 Not having power for 4 days really set me back...so to catch up I'm going to post

 two Design Team challenges in this post...

First Challenge was to have gone live on Friday for the  Copic/Promarker Design Team at the Outlawz challenging you to create with theme...

FASHION

I'm using an adorable Phindy image from Phindy's Place...she's all dressed up and ready to celebrate (-:

Second Challenge was to have gone live on Saturday for the Sugar Creek Hollow vintage or shabby chic project ...using this beautiful photo inspiration.

 I created my card using stamp set from GKD

Both cards were colored with Copics...

well that was quicker and saved everyone from going into two separate posts....
Hope you get to play in both challenges (-:

looking forward to seeing what you create
hugs,

PS after this snowstorm, DH and I see a BIGGGGG generator in our future...
soon as they go on sale (-:

Design DIVAs Oldie but Goodie Blog Hop

Hi there,

 it's the third Wednesday of the month so time for the Design DIVA's Oldie but Goodie Hop...

the only rule....

Create something using an item that you have not used for 6 months or more.

I chose two of the first stamp sets I purchased from GKD over at STV
"Tropical Flowers" with sentiment from the set "Many Wishes"

quick n easy! pearls are done with the Viva Pearl Pen (love 'em)

now off to enjoy the other Design DIVA's in this month's hop

Mary Anne
Cindy
Maria
Mary G
Mary H

enjoy the hop...it's just for fun and inspiration!
pull out your "old" ....something
(husbands don't count LOL)

hugs

STV's "Get Well" Blog Hop for Karen

Welcome to a special blog hop we are calling, Karing for Karen!! 

 A hop for a very special friend of ours, Karen Knegten. If you have been around the stamping community for any length of time at all, you might have run into Karen. She is always participating in challenges, offering us wonderful inspiration with her awesome talent! About a month ago, Karen had to have surgery for two brain aneurysms. She is still in the hospital and we are having this blog to inspire more of you out there to send in some cards to Karen AND to her family that is caring for her too!

 So hope you feel inspired with our little hop for you today. Below you will find all of the links to all of the girls participating...these are from the CSS Alumni group and the Design Team from Gina K Designs. 

Enjoy and hope you're  inspired to send a card or two! 

Here is the address for sending your cards:

Karen Knegten c/o R.S.V.P. Rental Services 

350 W. Northwest Highway 

Barrington IL 60010

Carolyn King
Tina Gilliland
Giovana Smith
Lee Murphy
Theresa Momber
Deb Felts
Vicki Dutcher
Cathy Tidwell
Melissa Shultz
Tera Fujan
Cheri Weston
Joy Hadden
Linda Payne   (you are here)
Sue VanDeVusse
Jennie Harper
Betty Neville
Geri Utterback
Brenda Turner
Miesje Flach

Hey Karen! THIS IS FOR YOU! We sure do miss you and are praying for you daily (-:

used GKD's Hope is Faith

faithfully keeping you in prayer,

Mix It Up Monday - STV12MON11 - "Get Well"

hi there,

This week I was so glad to be asked to host Stamp TV's Mix It Up Monday Challenge.

For those of you who know Karen Knegten, you know that she just recently underwent brain surgery and is thankfully recovering - Praise the Lord! 

This week the challenge is dedicated to Karen and the theme is "Get Well"...

 I cased this gorgeous card of Karen's

and here is mine....

Hope you can join us at STV - details of this week's challenge are HERE  

I am sending this card on to Karen. If you would like to do the same, her address is:

Karen Knegten

c/o St.Lukes Medical Center

2900 West Oklahoma Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53215

We just never know what a day will bring....

hugs

celebrate GKD Day at STV

hi there,
this card is for the celebration of GKD and all the wonderful inspiration we've all received from Stamp TV.
the celebration wanted us to create using a fav technique that Gina has provided....for me..it's the shaving cream technique.  Love it and your card smells sooooo good!

have been trying to get this to post for two days! shouldn't complain since blogger is free...but sometimes...grrrrrr  LOL

hugs,

supplies:

GKD Showtime Stamp Kit - Picture It

cardstock - GKD black, white with retired SU designer paper

Shave Cream Technique

Butterfly stamped on same SU designer paper and matted

ink: Memento Bamboo, Black and Angel Pink

embellishments: GKD ribbon, yellow pencil

STV Challenge

hi there, dont get to play in the challenges over at STV much any more, but couldn't miss this one! The challenge is to case one of Jennie Harper's cards...well this gal doesn't make a card I wouldn't want to case..BUT since I'm into vintage this year....I LOVED this card she had on her blog

gorgeous isnt it!!!

so here's my case

have no idea why my pic is giving off that yellowish color...oh well - photographer I'm not...

anyway...hats off to Jennie's gorgeous gallery over on STV and check out her blog!

off to work! hope this posts on time, yesterday my autopost didnt post correctly and I didnt notice until later in the day - not at a computer for most of today so wont know if this posted until tonight!

hugs,

supplies
GKD Design Set "You've Got Style"
Sentiment is from 2007 SU set - dont know name
stash Graphic 45 designer paper and stash THoltz dp
Webster's trim and Prima pearl swirl with mini roses
Black cardstock from GKD
Copic RV02 and sponged Rangers Distress Spun Sugar
Spellbinder dies Beaded Ovals and Ovals Large
pop dots for corset

EEEKSSSS I WON! wooo hooooooooo

I cant believe it...I won the Cricut Mini !!!

NEW Provocraft CRICUT MINI machine

Winner is LINDA PAYNE

boy am I glad I got off early that day.....
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WOOOO HOOOO my company closed early today and I RUSHED home (no traffic - was like being in Twilight Zone!) threw down all my stuff and went straight to my craft room....two hours later...my card is done!
Have been wanting to color up this Wonderful freebie digital image from GKD  really love it! Have printed up a dozen to color throughout the year and use next year...

This one is for the challenge over at Suzanne Dean's CMC Challenge   "to use gold, cream, white" with your Copics...sparkle is hard to photo so here are a few (-:

on this last one, I have added a little more Y28 to bottom of ornament

this is one of those "its so much prettier in real life" cards...I am very tickled with it....
cardstock is from GKD and Copics used are W00,01...E30, 50, 81...Y00,26, 28...YR31
lightly painted on gold stickles and sponged edge with Ranger's Distress Antique Linen

now off to get ready for tomorrow night...oh bummer - we have to eat dinner tonight too! hmmmmm....pizza!

LOL hugs,

STV Free For All Friday Challenge

Hi there,
Managed to squeeze in a quick CAS card for Carolina's challenge over at STV - here's the challenge:

Carolina's challenge is called Lazy Summer Days. Here are the details:

1.Create a CAS (Clean and Simple) card.
2.The theme should be "Summer".
3.You can stamp your image but don't color it in. This means you can't use any coloring tools - no Copics, no markers, no color pencils, no crayons, no chalks, etc. This is where the "Lazy" comes in!

so here's mine - flowers are summer, right!! I used GKD's "Picture it" set

I love everyone else's CAS cards...hate my own...oh well!!!

thank goodness the winner for this challenge is picked at random (-:

it is fun to have a card done in under 20 minutes!!

have a beautiful day

supplies:

cs - GKD white and cranberry

ink - SU Purely Pomegranate and Ranger's Aged Mahogany

stash ribbon

Stamp TV's Friday Challenge

hi there,
well had a great weekend - broke now  LOL after the Chantilly show...but got some great deals!!! meant to take a pic of my stash but couldnt wait to "play" and ended up playing until 1 am and then put stuff away....was able to get a couple of those doily dies (and wow they are pricey!! so will wait to get any more until they've been around awhile)....some pearl pens (already made a whole sheet of pearls..need practice)....more paper (somebody shoot me!!!)

made a card last night for Cat's challenge over at STV - this week the challenge is to CASE a card made by DT member AJ! and change at least two things....

here is AJ's card

and my CASE'd card

AJ has a great, easy style to CASE

hope you get to join in the challenge over at STV - random winner drawn each week wins a free stamp set!  best of luck to those who get to play....

hugs

     LINDA

supplies:

GKD stamp set Seeds of Kindness

cs: GKD's Lemon Drop, Creme de menthe, All spruced up

Copics: Y06, C2, YG63, 67 and G0000

stash ribbon from GKD

sketch challenge from STV with "tree" theme

hi there,
this card is for Jennie's challenge over at STV. Used one of my all time fav stamp sets for trees...
GKD's Tree Silhouette set

kept it close to her sketch...love this sentiment

back to work today but basking in what was a wonderful weekend....wishing my life away already looking forward to THIS weekend...and its only Monday LOL

I've asked before and I'll ask again...can SOMEBODY send me a few million bucks??? no, how about a couple hundred thousand..... promise to use it well (-:

hey you know the sayin....a turtle never gets anywhere unless he sticks his neck out....

hugs

supplies used:

cs - GKD's kraft, white, green grass

ink - memento bamboo and black

embellishments: stash dp and ribbon

nesties: classic scalloped ovals lg and deckled classic ovals lg



only white embellishments

good morning

wooooo hoooooo Hello Dolly was sooooo much fun!  highly recommend it...Sally Struthers does an amazing Dolly! I drank regular coffee without thinking and was up all night...so have a few cards done to post over never several days LOL

this one's for Cat's challenge over at STV (ends tomorrow night) to "use only white embellishments"

saw a tutorial somewhere on how to make this scrunched flower - now cant find it - but her's looked gorgeous....mine....needs some practice (-:

ok - off to enjoy a gorgeous day....hope you are doing the same

hugs

supplies:

GKD's stamp sets "Spring Mix" and "Eclectic summer"

ink - Vivid Ultramarine, clear embossing

cs - night of navy, white

nestie- Big scalloped ovals lg

copics: B66, N2

embellishments: flourish punch, mini pearls, handmade flower

STV's Friday Challenge - use Kraft cardstock!

hi there,
could there be an easier challenge (-:

Cat is heading this one up and I completely agree with her on the Kraft cardstock - goes with everything...for me I decided to do a simple CAS card (ok, for those of you who do REAL CAS cards, this is as CAS as it gets for me  LOL)
I just can't leave a card alone !!

lightly sponged with Memento's Rich Cocoa and Color Box Frost White, white embossed sentiment on GKD's chocolate....love it on the white cardbase

GKD ribbon, two different Cuttlebug folders, Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Accents, circle punch and

sentiment is from GKD's Showtime Stamp Kit "Picture It"

have a beautiful day - I'm so thankful to the Lord for my salvation, family, church, friends, job.....life is good!

Two quick cards

I'm on late lunch at work but wanted to  post these two cards - the bottom one was done with my 4 yr old grandaughter, Lily.  She wanted to do a card for her Mom..."and it's a see-qwit"...LOL

it's gorgeous here today!!!

ok back to work for me....

oh and both of these were entered in challenges over at STV..

hugs

oops - forgot to say Lily used cupcake papers and her Starburst candies to make her flowers ....that's my girl (-:

Joan's Garden Tag Challenge

Joan's Garden Tag Challenge

a fun challenge with a chance to win a fabulous prize!!

...just make a tag...

and then pop back over when entries are closed to vote for your favorite!

Most votes WINS!

I used this adorable little stamp from GKD's set "Celebrate in Style"...

hope you can play (-:   and pop back over to Joan's to vote

hugs

STV Sketch Challenge

Hi there, had a chance last night to actually create a card just for fun!! wanted to enter Stamp TV's Sketch challenge for this week

I immediately thought of little images - since I love the little creatures in the Quite a Catch set...

here's my card

arent they adorable! used SU ink "Tempting Turquoise" and Memento Black. Cardstock is GKD - Turquoise Sea and stash design paper (I think its Websters)....here are the Copics..oh and used Nestie's Labels Four....



ok - off to work - supposed to be beautiful here....am really feeling so blessed especially since the catastrophe that has hit Japan. We know God has this in His plan, but hearts go out to these people.
I sit here in my home and while I enjoy it all - it really is meaningless . Knowing Jesus - loving Him and serving Him are the most important - those are what lasts for an eternity.
Praying for the people in Japan - dont know how anyone could face all they have to face without the Lord...

Have a blessed day,

Joan's Garden Challenge

hi there,
beautiful weekend here - and so enjoyed it

this week combined two favorite challenges Joans Garden challenge to:
• Use designer paper for your background
• Use no other stamping except for a sentiment and frame (such as a JustRite Stamp)
• Use all the embellishments you would like to use
• Use some kind of dimension on the card (such as a flower

and this week's color challenge at STV:

 I think they were tough (-:

Had some dp from Tim Holtz that I thought worked...

used GKD's "Lovely Labels" by Nina Brackett and the sentiment from "Aloha" by Theresa Momber

hmmmm, I've been doing so much coloring for the Heartfelt Creations blog that to make a card where i've only stamped..feels strange (-:   but nice to have a card done in under a half hour rather than the 4 hours it sometimes takes me...

have a blessed day - I'm out of here really early in the morning
hugs,

CSS Alumni January 29 Blog Hop

Welcome to the GKD's Center Stage Spotlight Alumni Design Team's Blog Hop...you should have come from the super talented blog of
Kay Simmons.  If not, you can always start at the beginning over at STV.
This hop we are using this sketch provided by Melissa Cash.

it's a very basic sketch and I loved working with it....using the GKD Stamp Set Spring Mix , here's my card

I did the inside of this one because I have a special friend this is going to....
Used GKD's cardstock Creme de Menthe and stash dp, Memento Grape ink, nesties, cb folder, MS butterfly punch and stash ribbon.

Now head over to Lori's wonderful blog - you know she has a beauty waiting!!

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (February 1st), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

Now how cool is that!!! so get hopping and enjoy.
blessings everyone - hope life is going well (-:
hugs,