Gina K Inspiration Hop--Day 1

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop!!! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a Gina K. Designs Grab Bag that could have anything from stamps to paper to embellishments! To see the list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

Today, our team is sharing projects with Melanie's set, Beyond Baskets, and Theresa's Joyful Holiday.  Such fun images to work with!

My first card is packed with Fall color!  I am lovin' working with these colors lately!

Notes:
Pure Luxury Card Stock
Melanie's Beyond Baskets, clear or rubber
Wild About You (grass)
Sun Kissed Autumn designer paper
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Ranger tea dye and frayed burlap distress inks
Copic markers
twill
button
jute thread

My card using Theresa's set is much more subdued!  I wanted to use a fancy fold that would allow me to show several of the images from this lovely set, so I followed Sandy Hulsart's spring card tutorial!  It is a little more difficult with card stock but I love the way it looks.  

Notes: 
Pure Luxury Card Stock
Theresa's Joyful Holiday, clear or rubber

Memento Pistachio ink

Ranger tea dye distress ink

sheer ribbon
pearls

Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger - Illustrator Beyond Baskets
• Theresa Momber - Illustrator Joyful Holiday
• Becky Oehlers
• Beth Silaika
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

New from GRS!

Gourmet Rubber Stamps is releasing a new set of stamps today called Holiday Season Sampler!  It is a great set which features images for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

i {heart} papers has a Christmas/Winter sampler version of this set. I used the mittens and one of the small frames from Simple Stories' Handmade Holiday designer paper to create a card with a warm homespun feel.

You can see more great designs with Holiday Season Sampler on the GRS blog!

Notes:
ihp Christmas/Winter sampler
Olive Grove Memento ink
Ranger tea dye and frayed burlap distress ink
Simple Stories Handmade Holiday designer paper
elastic lace trim
ivory twill
button
jute thread
i {stick} papers tape
dimensional adhesive

A Note for You!

It's release day for The {Stamps} of Life!  This month's set is a really cute set called postage2stamp.  It is full of lots of fun little images and sentiments to include inside stamp borders of two sizes. So adorable!

Today's "card" is a CD pocket with a punny sentiment.  It was made by scoring a 5.5 x 10 inch piece of card stock at the center 5 inch mark and then 1/4 inch from each long edge.  To reduce bulk, trim the 1/4 inch flaps from one side.  Adhere designer paper to the front, and then punch a notch with a circle punch or nestability; adhere the envelope flap, made from designer paper and lined with a coordinating designer print, to the back at the opposite end. Construct the string closure mechanism (3/4 inch circles attached with eyelets) before adhering the sides with i {stick} papers tape. Finally, adhere designer paper to the back, covering where the flap is attached.  The designer paper I used for this envelope is a lined pattern from the same designer paper pack, which is perfect for listing the songs recorded on the CD.

Christmas Spirit(s)

Here's a whimsical holiday hostess gift using new stamp sets from Flower Soft, The Christmas Spirit and Santa and Pals!  It was quick and easy using Spellbinders circles, a few designer paper and ribbon  scraps, Memento ink and Copic markers.  I colored it intending to hang it from a bottle of red, but we only have white, so there ya go!  I also couldn't help but draw and paper-piece a little bartender's apron for this festive fella to wear!  ;)

More ideas on the Flower Soft blog!

Gourmet Rubber Stamps DT Challenge

It's design team challenge day for our Gourmet Rubber Stamps team.  Just look at this gorgeous Fall color inspiration photo! 

Kelly Gettlefinger's twisted cards were a huge hit on Splitcoaststampers not long ago, and I'm finally getting around to trying one!  I thought this design would make a really fun Halloween pocket card.  The diagonal lines of this fold are easy to accentuate with designer paper...stripes and graph paper prints really emphasize the angles.

When it is opened, the card has a bat wings sort of shape, with lots of little nooks and crannies to decorate.

I used a variety of GRS stamps outside and in...some were inked and stamped off before stamping onto card stock; others were stamped and then colored with Copics, and still others colored with markers directly to rubber.

This is such a fun fold!  I know I will be using it for other cards since I had such a great time with this one!

Visit the GRS blog and my design team mates to see more gorgeousness with this lovely color inspiration!  Just a reminder that you can save 25% off your order over $35 by entering this code upon checkout: FALL2012. Good through September 30th. Happy shopping!

Notes:
Gourmet Rubber Stamps Ghostly Greetings, spider web
Authentique designer paper
Memento ink
Copic markers
Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink
black rhinestones
May Arts ribbon

CPS Sketch

This week's CPS sketch is sponsored by My Favorite Things Stamps.  Since "Talk Like a Pirate" day was not so long ago, I used this cute stamp for my card!  Visit the CPS blog for lots more great cards with this sketch, and more ideas using MFT Stamps.

Notes:
MFT Stamps:  I Treasure Our Friendship

Copic blending paper

Memento ink

Copic markers

Echo Park Hello Summer, MME designer papers

Canvas Corp rope

It's finally here!

Fall is finally really here!  It officially arrived on Saturday, but this morning northeast Floridians awoke to a crisp 57 degrees!  So lovely! The skies are a high bright blue, and we're planning to spend at least a little time enjoying the cooler temps and sunshine!

My card for today is a celebration of harvest time and the symbols of Fall, using the Our Craft Lounge stamp set, Bountiful Harvest.  I made it for the Copic class I'll be teaching tomorrow at Scrappies in Palatka.  If you're a local, I'd love to see you there!

Creative Ways to Use Toppers

All week long our Flower Soft team has been sharing projects featuring creative ways to use Flower Soft toppers.  I used this beautiful image from Magical Santa to adorn the cover of a December notebook.  

I kept things ultra simple (no glitter or fluff) because I expect this project to see some serious every-day use.  The gold peel-off sticker borders and gold cording tied around the spine add some elegance without making the organizer bulky or awkward to use.  It will go shopping for groceries and gifts, and in between excursions will decorate the table beside my chair where I have my morning coffee and organize plans for the day.

The inside of the cover has designer paper pockets for stashing receipts and stuff.  It will be a great place to keep a few hand-made gift tags.  

The right side has a post-it pad and a place to store a pen or pencil.  It will be ready and waiting for notes on my Christmas card and thank-you card lists, friends who've called, gift-giving ideas, grocery lists...there's always a lot to remember in December, and this will help me keep it all together, literally and figuratively. ;)

There are magnets to hold the cover closed, so everything will stay right where it should.

Visit the Flower Soft blog to see the great projects my friends have been posting all week.  You can also visit their personal blogs for all the details.

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday

New Dies from TSOL

There are new die sets being released today from The {Stamps} of Life.  The Christmas 4-pack coordinates with Christmas2build.  I used October Afternoon designer papers along with Stephanie's inks for this flip-it card.   Santa's pencil is a toothpick from Gibson's (we-must-have-dinner-at-Gibson's-every-SummerCHA!) that I colored with Copic markers.  

The flip side features a sentiment from joy2Christmas.

Visit this TSOL gallery to see more ideas using the new Christmas dies and our new onesies dies also!  

ihp and Zva Bling It On!

Do you LOVE bling? So do we! This month the i {heart} papers design team and the team from Zva Creative are celebrating the love of beautiful bling! Since each of our teams have designers that are also Paper Craft Planet Super Novas, we asked the PCP team to host some special challenges throughout the week. There will be lots of beautiful, blingy inspiration!

You should have arrived from Andrea's blog...if you missed the beginning, head straight to Kate's blog so you won't miss a single gorgeous project!

i {heart} papers retails the industry's best paper crafting supplies from your favorite manufacturers while offering stellar customer service and super fast and FREE US shipping with any $60 order. (We also ship internationally.) We are proud to offer our exclusive i {stick} papers redline tape, which is manufactured just for us in long-lasting 60 yard rolls, at an amazing price! We also provide a publication incentive for our three private stamp lines, Mint Motif, The Petal Press and Chicken Girl. Visit our website and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and our blog for news, sales, coupons and more!

Zva Creative produces many beautiful color groupings of high quality pearls, flowers and crystal embellishments that can be used on scrapbooking, card making and mixed media projects. Visit Zva’s gallery or blog for great project ideas and to find a list of stores and online retailers that sell Zva click HERE.

Zva Creative will be selecting one lucky winner who comments along the blog hop to win a Zva prize package worth $30. All comments must be received by 11:59 pm on Wednesday, September 19th. Winners will be announced on Zva’s blog on Thursday, September 20th.

My project, also for today's PCP 3D challenge, is a tea caddy.  I found the template via Pinterest on Heidi Bak's blog.  I kept the basic scoring and construction in keeping with Heidi's instructions, with some beautiful Teresa Collins designer paper and washi tape...the washi tape was functional as well as decorative!  The picture at the top of my blog shows the pretty tape that decorates the outside...the picture above shows the washi tape that helps hold the flaps of the box lid flat while it also looks beautiful!

Since my Card Positioning Systems project was also due, and the supplies from this project were still cluttering my desk, I made a card that could coordinate with my tea caddy.  It's minus the rich golds of the designer paper, so I'm not sure I'd actually present them together, but still, I really like the way the card turned out! This layout is absolutely perfect for washi tape and Zva Creative!

Notes:
GRS stamps tea pot, tea bag, and sentiment

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Copic markers

Tim Holtz distress ink

Zva Creative bling

Teresa Collins Vintage Finds designer paper

Teresa Collins Vintage Finds washi tape

Bow Easy

Zva Creative clear crystal flourish

dimensional adhesive

Scor tape

Scor Pal

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