Tuesday Trigger...Luminous Layers

Hey ya'll!! Wow, where did this week go!?? It slipped by me that's for sure...thing is, I wasn't really doing anything, haha! Not kids, no vacation...nada...LOL! Yea, I was being lazyyy in this heat! It got down to 72 last night and I was in Heaven! Didn't last long though, back up to almost 100 today...bleh...I'm just sooo ready for Fall!

Well, In my laziness I decided to play along in this week's Tuesday Trigger over on the Moxie Fab World! Here is the inspiration pic:



Gorgeous dress! And here is my creation:



I mainly focused on the many colorful layers! I cut out some circles using Echo Park's For the Record DP, then cut those in half and did the layering after distressing the edges a bit. I have another card in the works too, using the other half of the circles! I'm being frugal! LOL!

That's all of the crafty goodies today that I have done. I so appreciate you stopping by! I hope you have a wonderfully creative weekend! Now on some personal stuffs...

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I got 12 1/2 inches cut off of my hair!! Sandy, my hair dresser, asked me a gazillion times...'are you SURE?' LOL! And yes, I was/am. BUT...I am not liking it much at the moment. I'm not one to fuss over my hair everyday, but I want it to look good without much trouble. So I'm thinking now maybe a loose, REALLY loose curly in it...still debating that. That's one reason I havent posted any new pics of me and the new do...dont like it, lol! ...but it does feel sooo much better and I don't have to deal with LONG hair just everywhere! :D

Card Details:
Stamps: All Occasion Tag by Tami Mayberry from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K cardstock, Echo Park's For The Record DP
Accessories: Spellbinders tag trio, brads, twill ribbon, distress ink in Vintage Photo, sponge dauber.

Gina K Design August Release Inspiration Blog Hop! Day 3!!

Hey ya'll! Welcome back to our last day of the Inspiration Hops! I hope in some small way we have inspired you, that is why I love doing this so much! We have two more stamp sets to show you today. Up first is the newest set by Tami Mayberry called Gnome One Like You...this set is just too stinking cute! I love the pun sayings in this set, they crack me up!! Here is what I have for today to show you:



I made a masculine card this time! Isnt that little frog the cutest...and the saying...haha! LOVE it!

Up next is the newest One Free With Three stamp set called Various Verses...and this is one of those sets that is going to be so super handy to me! You can make really quick cards for those times you need them. Here is what I did for today:



I embossed the image panel with clear embossing powder, then stamp the image with versamark onto that. Then I used some Tim Holtz distress embossing powder and heat embossed it. It makes the image look embedded into the panel. This was a tutorial I saw over on SCS for this and so decided to try it. I really love how it turned out...the image kinda blurs on the edges, making it look like its painted to me!

Ok, ready for more awesome inspiration? Here are the links to my fellow DT. And as always, be sure to leave a comment on all blogs for your chance to win a free stamp set!! Two will be chosen!!

*Gina K

*Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Gnome One Like You
*Jimmi Mayo

*Lee Murphy

*Melanie Muenchinger

*Sharon Harnist

*Theresa Momber

*Tina Gilliland

*Vicki Dutcher

*AJ Otto

*Carolina Buchting

*Cathy Tidwell<---You are here!

Deb Felts

*Donna Baker

*Emily Giovanni

*Giovana Smith

*Jennie Harper

Thanks so much for stopping in this week, and for all of the awesome comments you leave! I read every single one of them and they mean alot to me! Have a wonderfully creative weekend and hope to see you back soon!!

Card Details:
Card #1
Stamps: Gnome One Like You by Tami Mayberry from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K cardstocks
Accessories: Tim Holtz alterations line picket fence die, and embossing folder, the sun rays...sentiment tag die by spellbinders, MFT dienamics grass die, distress ink in scattered straw, copic markers, scor-tape, glue dots, paper piercer tool and mat.
Card #2
Stamps: Various Verses from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K And SU! cardstock, dp is basic grey's out of print line.
Accessories: ribbon, distress embossing powder, super fine embossing powder, versamark ink, mega oval nesties, rhinestone swirl by paper studios I believe, lace, pop dots, scor-tape.

Gina K Design August Release Inspiration Blog Hop! Day 2!!

Howdy Ya'll and welcome back to our 2nd day of inspiration for you, using the new stamp sets from Gina K Designs!! We have two sets today to inspire you with! Up first is Melanie Muenchinger's newest set called Basket Buddies...which coordinates perfectly with her previous stamp set called Basket Blessings!! I did not use the Blessings stamp set, just used the oh so cute kitty and puppy images! Here is what I did:



How cute are those images?? This is such an adorable set for all of us and our friends who have fur babies!! Cause even if you don't have one, you know someone who does, right? I did a bit of masking and paired one of the puppies with the kitty...we had a cat and dog once that did everything together, just like best friends!! If the dog went out, the cat had to go too and stayed right by the dog outside, lol! Even would try to cover the dog's poop up outside!! ROFL! Ok..enough of that , haha! I colored my images with Prisma pencils and Gamsol this time instead of using my beloved copics! Then just did some layering is all and was done!

Ok, next up we have *Theresa Momber's newest set called Heartfelt...what gorgeous realistic images in this set! Here is what I did for today with it:



LOVE the flowers in this set and that little picket fence...LOVE that too! I did color this one with my copics..did a bit of sponging on the edges with distress inks. I cut out the bigger flowers and mounted them in front of the fence to give it more dimension. Kinda shabby/chic style I think!

Ready for more awesome inspiration? Here are the links to all of my fellow DT and be sure and leave a comment on all blogs for your chance to win a stamp set!!

*Gina K

*Melanie Muenchinger - Illustrator Basket Buddies

*Theresa Momber - Illustrator Heartfelt

*Giovana Smith

*Janice Whiting

*Jennie Harper

*Lee Murphy

*Michelle Woerner

*Sharon Harnist

*Suzanne Dean

*Tina Gilliland

*Vicki Dutcher

*AJ Otto

*Carolina Buchting

*Cathy Tidwell<---You are here!

Deb Felts

*Donna Baker

*Emily Giovanni


Card Details:
Card #1
Stamps: Basket Buddies by Melanie Muenchinger from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K cardstock, Echo Park dp (Walk In The Park I believe it was, lol!)
Accessories: baker's twine, prisma pencils and gamsol, large oval and rectangle nesties, silver half pearl stickers, pop dots.
Card #2
Stamps: Heartfelt by Theresa Momber from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K cardstock, Bo Bunny dp
Accessories: lace, rectangle nesties, distress inks, sponge, ribbon, twine, half pearl, copic markers, glue dots.

Gina K Design August Release Inspiration Blog Hop! Day 1!!

Howdy Ya'll and welcome to our first day of inspiration blog hops for you this week! The party was a blast last night, did you get to be there?? And get to see all of the full stamp reveals? Do some shopping? THAT is the main thing, that you can buy all of these stamps NOW at Gina K Designs!!

For today, we have the new StampTV kit!



It's called Falling For You...you will LOVE the stamps in this set..not to mention all of the other goodies that come with it! Gina did a full reveal of that also on StampTV!! Here is my card for today:



I saw several tent cards in my google reader and I believe its Crazy 4 Challenges blog is the one having this type of card for a challenge this week! This is my first attempt at one and I have to say, LOVE how it turned out! It does fold flat, so would not be a big problem mailing this one either. I did some paper piecing for my trees..quick and easy! Made a frame with one of the Spellbinder's label dies and those are about the most complicated things about this card really, lol! I will be making more of these!

Ready for more awesome inspiration?? I cant wait to see too what my fellow DT have come up with!! Here are the links and don't forget to leave comments on all the blogs for your chance to win a free stamp set from Gina K!!

*AJ Otto

*Carolina Buchting

*Cathy Tidwell<---You are here!

Deb Felts

*Donna Baker

*Emily Giovanni

*Giovana Smith

*Janice Whiting

*Jennie Harper

*Jimmi Mayo

*Lee Murphy

*Melanie Muenchinger

*Michelle Woerner

*Sharon Harnist

*Suzanne Dean

*Tami Mayberry

*Theresa Momber

*Tina Gilliland

*Vicki Dutcher

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back tomorrow with another inspiration hop using the new Gina K Design stamps...tomorrow we have both Theresa's and Melanie's newest sets!! Looking forward to sharing those with you!!

Card Details:
Stamps: Falling for You StampTV kit from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K cardstocks and Echo Park dp..A Walk In the Park
Accessories: Zva crystal swirls, circle nesties, big circle scallop nesties, labels die all dies from Spellbinders, MFT dienamics grass die, pop dots, ribbon, scor-buddy and scor-tape.

Gina K Design August Release Party Invitation Blog Hop!!

Hey ya'll!! Welcome to our August Release party invite hop! Yes, we are having our party on a Tuesday night this month instead of Thursday! Surprise! LOL! Here's all the details below:

We are very excited to extend an invitation to Gina K. Designs August 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 Carolina Buchting's blog, then 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 little sneak peek of a card I will showing at the party:



Haha! That saying just cracks me up! LOL!

Hope to see you at the party, here are all the details:

* When: Today, Tuesday, August 2
* Where: StampTV Release Party Forum
* Time: 7 PM to 9 PM (CST)

Now, head on over to the oh so talented Deb Felt's Blogto see what card she's sharing with you today!!

And see you back here tomorrow for the beginning of our three day Inspiration Blog Hop series for August! Can't wait to share with ya'll all of the wonderful inspiration!!