Gina K Preview Day 1, October Release!

Howdy all, and welcome once again to the most wonderful time of the month, lol! I just LOVE previews and snippets and new stuff to show and...well, you get my drift! LOL! First up tonight is the wonderful set by Melanie Muenchinger called Festive Frame...and I will tell ya, its another fun one to work with, you can go simple and just emboss OR like I have done here tonight, color! Here is my card:




This is another big stamp like the 'Arranged with Love' stamp set! And look how awesome the Oval Nestabilities go in the oval part of the stamp! how cool does that look! I paper pieced behind the oval nestie too, colored the rest of the stamp with copics, added a bit of stickles to the centers of the poinsettias and used the AWEsome Bow Easy (which will be back in stock soon!) to do my bow and added a bit of bling and was done! I LOVE how this card turned out and it was one of those that went together so quick, love that too! It helps having such awesome stamps to work with dont it?

Ok, thats all for now...I have more cards with this, but gonna save for the party THURSDAY night! I will be sure and have that link up too on Thursday!

For even more inspiration tonight, please visit the Illustrator of the Festive Frame stamp set Melanie Muenchinger's blog. Then, check in on our CenterStage Spotlight Designer, Diana Queen who has prepared a project for us tonight too.

After that, check out these GinaK Designer's joining in on the Preview blog hop tonight:

Gina Krupsky
Cindy Lawrence
Erika Martin
Emily Giovanni
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Nina Brackett
Theresa Momber


Thanks so much for stopping by! See ya tomorrow for another sneak peek of TWO more sets!


Card Details
Stamps: Festive Frame by Melanie Muenchinger from Gina K Designs
Papers: White 120lb., Fresh Asparagus, Rocket Red, Christmas Cheer by K&Company dp
Accessories: copic markers, rhinestones, Pure Luxury Organdy ribbon, oval nesties, yellow stickles, pop dots, white gel pen.

Witch shoe! or rather shoeS!

Happy Monday ya'll! I know, not a whole lot of folks happy about it being Monday, start of the work week, but tis a good one for me...allll day to meself, lol! I thought I'd share some little witch shoes I made for my daughter to give the ladies at the bank she works at. Holli, my daughter, sent me an email with a link to SCS, asking me, 'Mom, can you make these?' LOL! WHAT she was doing on SCS, I'll never know, especially since she was suppose to be working!! Anyways, here is the link to Ellen Hutson's template on SCS:

Witch Shoe

Here are a couple of quick pics, cause I almost forgot to take picture of them and she was leaving, lol!


And one up close:



These are really quick and fun to decorate! Not alot of stamping on mine. I used my JustRite small round stamper with the super tiny alphabet to make the names of the ladies she works with, and the curlz font to write 'boo'. Then punched with SU!'s scallop punch, tied it to the bags of candy corn with some craft thread and they were done. Really cute I think! She liked them a lot and is excited to give them to her friends at work.

AND dont forget, tonight starts the previews for Gina K Designs October Release...which will be THIS Thursday! Wooohooo! I am excited to show you what I have created...and tell you what my hubby said about them...cracked me up, rofl!! Thanks for stopping by and remember, The mighty oak tree was once a nut that held its ground!! hahaha!

JUGS3 challenge, a bit late, lol!

Well, I made this card for the color challenge on the Just Us Girls blog, but didnt get it uploaded to my site or theirs in time, lol! I am bad about that, will do challenges then forget to upload them! Here is the card though:



I used Coco from Starving Artists Doodlefactory Christmas stamps from last year that I add. Kinda fun, festive looking card I think! The colors were pure poppy, aqua mist, and vintage cream, really hard colors for me, lol!

Ok, that's all for now! We start Gina K previews on Monday, wooohooo! I already of 3 cards done, thats GOOD for me! LOL!

Warm Winter Wishes Blog Hop!

Hellooo!! And welcome to another inspiring blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Carolyn King's newest set called Warm Winter Wishes...and once again, Cammie is donating all of her proceeds from the sale of this stamp to the Alzheimer's Association in memory of her Grandmother...how awesome is that?? Here is what I decided to do for tonights hop:



I decided to make a coaster set. I purchased these glass coasters at Hobby Lobby on clearance, I think they were about 5 bucks for them. They have an insert for a picture in them, so I colored the adorable snowman in the set and inserted him! I also added glitter for the snow...stamped some snowflakes on the glass and coaster holder with white Stayz On ink and was done! I love how this turned out too!

For even more inspiration visit Carolyn King - the Illustrator of Warm Winter Wishes and the Idea Center gallery HERE.

Then, check in with Carolyn's special guest designers:

Charlene Merrick

Tina Gilliland

Deb Anton

And, finally stop by these GinaK Designer's blog participating in the hop tonight:

Cathy Tidwell
Cindy Lawrence
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Nina Brackett
Melanie Muenchinger
Tami Mayberry
Theresa Momber

and our CenterStage Spotlight Team:

Joy Hadden
Kay Simmons
Linda Payne
Lori McAree

GinaK will be giving away a copy of Warm Winter Wishes on her blog tonight - so pop over there to leave your comment on her blog for your chance to win the set for free! (If you've already purchased the stamp set, we can swap it out for another GinaK stamp set valued at $19.95 or less.)
Ok, that is all from me tonight! Dont forget about all the fun snippets this week on Gina's blog! And then our previews will start Monday, wooohooo! I am excited once again! LOL!

Coaster Details:
Stamps: Warm Winter Wishes by Carolyn King, snowflakes from the STV Kit Holiday Cheer all from Gina K Designs
Papers: Pure Luxury 120lb weight from Gina K
Accessories: copic markers, glitter, coasters, white Stayz-On ink

Special Delivery and Additions Blog Hop!!

OHHH I feel sooo bad for not having my blog post up last night! But apparently my modem just up and died and of course, silly me was waiting till the last minute to do it, lol! But I wanted to get it up as soon as I could this am! These are such fantastic fun sets by Tami Mayberry! OMG the possibilities with these are just endless! Here is my card:



I stamped the image first, heat embossed it and I saw a blog post by Beate
where she did a watercolor wash and so I played around with some memento reinkers I have and did this background on watercolor paper. This is a masculine card for a good friend of mine who is turning 51 next week, thus the '51' on the stamps, lol! I really love how this turned out!

Tami Mayberry, the Illustrator of these two stamp sets has invited a couple of her friends to join in on the blog hop tonight, so click on their blog links to see the projects they've created for us tonight:

Keri Sereika

Jeanne Streiff

Then, check in on these GinaK Designer's participating in the Blog Hop tonight:

Tami Mayberry (Illustrator)
Carolyn King
Kurtis Amundson
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Jessica Fick
Lee Murphy
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber
Kay Simmons

After you're done hopping to all the Designer's blogs stop by GinaK's Idea Center here: Special Delivery & Special Delivery Addition for lots more ideas on how to use Tami's stamp sets. And, don't forget to check in on GinaK's blog so you can leave your comment to be entered as a chance to win these two stamp sets too!

Ok, thats all from me today! Again, so sorry if you hopped here and I didnt have my post for you! We have one more hop this week with Cammie's new set, "Warm Winter Wishes" coming up Wednesday at 10pm CST! I am gonna write up and preshedule my post TODAY, lol!!

Card Details:
Stamps: Special Delivery, Special Delivery Additions by Tami Mayberry, and Tree Silhouettes all from Gina K Designs
Papers: Green Apple, Pumpkin Spice, Black Onyx all from Gina K, water color paper
Accessories: circle punches, copper brads, ribbon from Gina K, Memento reinkers from Gina K, pop dots.