Gina K Design December Preview Day 1!!

It's the most wonderful time of the MONTH!! Yep, Gina K Designs release time! Well, officially its Thursday at 10pm CST, but you get to enjoy some awesome previews from all of the DT for now! Ya know, I still get so excited to see what everybody else has made! LOL!! I am seeing it the first time, most of the time, just like you are on their blogs tonight! Ok, first up for tonight is Nina Brackett's newest set called Lovely Shelf. Here is my card for that:




This set is just packed full of some fun images for that shelf! Not only for the shelf either...which you will see in a card I made for Wednesday too! I just love how Nina makes all of her sets so versatile and really, soooo much fun to play with! I tried to make my lamp look like a light coming from it, lol! I guess it does look like SOME kind of strange glow, haha! And I am so loving the sentiments in this set with that fun font!

Next up is the newest set by Melanie Muenchinger called Tech Talk....and we all know how Mel just packs her sets full of images too! Oh my, what fun you are gonna have with this one too! Here is what I have come up with for tonight:



I took some of my inchies and covered them with dp, and then stamped 3 of the smiley faces onto them....I love how they look on this paper! I love the sayings in this set, and how they are computer related and will fit all ages, not just the teens and such, but you know, us young at hearts too! LOL! I made a little charm thingy with the mouse image in this set, it has both images, reverse of each other in the set, and all I did was sandwich them together with the twine in between too with a dimensional in there with a dab of crystal effects just to make sure it stayed glued. Love how it turned out too, so if it flips around it still looks good from all sides!

For even more ways to use these fabulous stamp sets, please check tonight's featured Illustrator's blogs:

Nina Brackett {Lovely Shelf}
Melanie Muenchinger {Tech Talk}

Then, visit our Designer's blogs participating in the previews tonight:

GinaK,
Carolyn,
Cindy,
Donna,
Emily,
Erika,
Jessica,
Lee,
Lynn,
Tami,
Theresa

We also have two of our special Center Stage Spotlight Designer's joining us with samples as well:

Cheri Weston
Melissa Shultz

Thanks so much for stopping by today and dont forget to come back tomorrow for Day 2 of the previews....we will have 2 more sets to show you tomorrow!!

Card Details:
Card #1:
Stamps: Lovely Shelf by Nina Brackett from Gina K Designs
Papers: cardstock from Gina K, dp Basic Grey
Accessories: circle nesties, half pearls, SU! markers, pop dots ribbon, flower brad thingy.
Card #2:
Stamps: Tech Talk by Melanie Muenchinger from Gina K Designs
Papers: cardstock from Gina K, dp is 'Homeroom' by TPC Studios
Accessories: twine, pop dots, oval punches, inchies, brads, EKSuccess border punch.

My Goodness!!

O.M.G.! I cannot believe it has been a week since I posted anything, lol! Where did this week go? And I didnt even go anywhere for Thanksgiving! Well, to my daughters house but that is only about an hour up the road....it was very nice too, Blake just loves us to come to his house...he is so crazy about his 'peepaw' (hubby) ....I dont get it though, haha! Just kidding....I can see why Blake is crazy about him...and why I'm not right now, rofl. ANYways...lets move off of THAT subject!!

Here is a card I made with an inspiration...I WAS going to try out for the CAS DT on SCS, but changed my mind...I dont handle rejection very good, lol. Soooo i just played along for the fun of it with a few of their challenges and this card is one of them. Here is my inspiration:

Bronners

And my card:



I really like how this card turned out! And it will be so easy to mail! That's one thing about our cards we make, sometimes they are so expensive to mail! OR if you dont package them up right they get all messed up by the time the recipient gets them! I keep saying too, that I am done with Christmas cards and then I get inspired again to make one, lol!

And I cant leave this post without wishing Happy Birthday to my favorite daughter!!



I just feel so old thinking about her getting closer to that 30 mark, haha!! She is 26 today....it really doesnt seem THAT long ago though....talk about time flying!! LOVE you HOLLI!!

Card Details
Stamps: Hip To Be Square by Melanie Muenchingerfrom Gina K Designs
Paper: All from Gina K
Ink: memento tuxedo black, vivid brick red, chalk white
Accessories: pop dots, orange marker for nose, pop dots

Im late, Im late....

...just like that rabbit in Alice in Wonderland, lol! Both of these cards were made following Beate's weekend sketch challenge from LAST friday, WSC106! I really loved the sketch too so made 2 cards:



This card pretty much followed the sketch, with the 5 images across the bottom there. I so love that new cardstock from Gina K Designs, called Tan Leather, love the texture and the color of it. Also the new kraft cardstock from Gina K, omg so loving that, more so than SU! even! You will see, got several cards made with that that I will be showing you in the next few days! OK, here is the other card I made inspired by the sketch too:





This card uses the same stamp set from PTI too, just more of the image across the bottom is all. I sponged the edges to give it more of an 'aged' look. Anyways, both cards CAS card for me!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you all had a wonderful relaxing weekend! I practiced making some candy.....it did NOT turn out, haha! I have NEVER had much luck making any kind of homemade candies! Makes me so mad .... guess I can do like my sister and just dip some pretzels in almond bark stuff and act like I have really made something, rofl!! AND I will be having NEW Gina K stamps in the house tomorrow! woot!! At least I HOPe my mail lady brings them tomorrow....she should! Previews for that will start next Monday! Cant wait!!

Card Details:
Card #1:
Stamps: A Very Merry Christmas by Theresa Momber from Gina K Designs, Quilters Sampler Additions from PTI
Papers: All from Gina K
Accessories: ribbon, button, twine, pop dots, sewing machine, copic markers.
Card # 2:
Stamps: Quilters Sampler Additions, Quilters Sampler Sentiments from PTI
papers: All Gina K
Accessories: charm, button, ribbon twine, pop dots, half pearls, sponge and distress ink, vintage photo, scallop edge punch.

A FS card and CAS, oh, AND....

I made this card a little over a week ago now for the Featured Stamper on SCS, MsBoo! I really love her, Jen's, work! Such awesome CAS cards she does! This is the card I chose to do of hers:

Ms Boo's Card


And here is my card:



I used Nina's newest set called Vintage Borders, what a fun set this one is!! I am LOVING it! Not only for borders but like this card, for the main image even! And speaking of Vintage Borders...there is a blog hop today! If you start on Gina's Blog, you will be on your way to some gorgeous eye candy! Here is the link to Gina' s blog:

Gina's Blog

Ok, that's all from me today. Wondering if daughter kept Blake's doctor appointment today. Havent heard from her this am yet...

Card Details:
Stamps: Vintage Borders from Gina K Designs
Papers: All From Gina K except the vellum
Accessories: scor-pal, ribbon, piercing tool, fisker cutter thingy to cut swirl of on bottom of vellum, pop dots, clear embossing powder.

A blog thingy....

Well, I usually dont post these things, and the reason being, well, I'm just a bad blogger and will forget about them, LOL! It's not that I dont enjoy getting them and am tickled when its a blog award, I just get to doing something else and completely forget about them and then its been so long I feel funny posting it, rofl! Anyways, this one came from my partner in crime over on StampTV, Lee! And I am going to try to do better about posting these, starting with this one!



And here are all the questions answered:

1. Where is your cell phone? On charger

2. Your hair? dyed

3. Your mother? missing her

4. Your father? miss him too

5. Your fave food? seafood

6. Your dream last night? sad

7. Your fave drink? water

8. Your dream/goal? To see a sunrise on the east coast and a sunset on the west coast

9. What room are you in? den

10. Your hobby? reading, paper art

11. Your fear? the dark

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? it doesnt matter where i am, just to be healthy and happy.

13. Where you were last night? home

14. Something that you aren’t? revengeful

15. Muffins? blueberry

16. Wish List Item? all of the copic sketch markers, lol.

17. Where did you grow up? Texas

18. Last thing you did? fixed me a glass of water

19. What are you wearing? t-shirt and sleep pants

20. Your TV? on

21. Your Pets? none

22. Friends? few but true

23. Your Life? in limbo

24. Your Mood? cranky today

25. Missing Someone? yes

26. Vehicle? malibu

27. Something your not wearing? my wedding band

28. Your fave store? Online-Gina K Designs, local-Fanfare

29. Your fave color? red

30. Last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? last night

32. Your best friend? doesnt live close anymore

33. One place that I go to over and over? bathroom

34. One person who emails regularly? T

35. Fave place to eat? Local BBQ called Ramage Farms

36. Facebook? yes

I believe the rules where I was to put down 5 of my friends....well, I tried to pick some that I hadnt seen post this yet, lol! That's hard to do as much as some of this goes around! But here are the 5 I am passing this on to:

Jessica
Melanie
Lynn
Theresa
Sharri
Crystal
Chris

Yea, ok, I cant count, haha!

Sooo! What's YOUR plans for Thanksgiving this year? Traveling? Lots of company?