Stampin' In Alaska

A few weeks ago Melanie Muenchinger , illustrator for Gina K Designs , contacted me to ask if I would create a few cards using her Stately Flowers 3 stamp set. I am sharing a card which I made with the magnolia image and sentiment from the set. I started by stamping the magnolia image on water color paper. I then used a water color brush and dye ink pads to watercolor the image. After the image was dry I spritzed the image Sheer Shimmer Spritz by Tsukineko. The Spellbinder die is the lotus pendant. A few pearls were also added. This was lots of fun to create and the water coloring gave it such a soft effect. If you have come over from Melanie's blog post the following supplies were used to create the "Thinking of You" card: Gina K Designs " Stately Flowers 3" illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger Gina K Designs Pure Luxury card stock Gina K Designs Wisteria Lane Pure Luxury 6x6 patterned paper pack Amuse sheer white ribbon Stampin' Up! Almost Amethyst ...

I am having so much fun creating with Melanie's newest addition to her State Flower series called " Stately Flowers 3 ". Since I live in Alaska, I gravitated to the Forget-me-not images. This is a clean and simple design with a card sized 4.25 square. The image has been colored with Copic Markers and yellow Stickles added to the centers. A couple of dry embossing lines and I have a sweet note card that is appropriate for any occasion. Supplies: Gina K Designs: " Stately Flowers 3 " by Melanie Muenchinger Gina K Pure Luxury White Card stock Stampin' Up! Basic Black Card stock Stickles -yellow Copic markers: Sky Blue, Light Walnut, Dark Pink, Cadimium Yellow, and Cool Gray #1 A Muse ribbon Thanks for stopping by!

Day 13 of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration is being hosted by Lea Lawson. This is the sketch that Lea chose: Here is my take on the sketch: I used a couple of images from a Gina K StampTV kit called "Falling For You". The papers are from Gina K as well. She just released designer papers to match the fabulous pure luxury card stock that she sells. This designer paper pack is called "Red Carpet". This card also qualifies for the Friday Free For All challenge on StampTV. This week's theme is "Let's Get Moving" - using any image that moves. Thanks for stopping by!

This is Day 11 of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration. Jennie Harper is the hostess today and she chose the following sketch: Here is my take on the sketch using a Gina K Designs StampTV kit called "Vintage Chic": This card came together so quickly using this fun silhouette stamp, Spellbinder Fancy Tags and nestibilities and an MFT Die-namic border die. The papers are a designer series paper stack from Stampin' Up! which coordinates with their most recent In-Color series. This color is the Wisteria Wonder. This card also qualifies for the "Free For All Friday" challenge on StampTV .

This is Day 8 of the CPS 5th Anniversary Celebration . Lori Craig is our hostess and she selected the following sketch: Here is my take on the sketch using a Gina K Designs StampTV kit "Sent With Love": I've paired the image with paper from the Basic Grey Sugar Rush paper pad. Hearts were cut out of felt and card stock with the Spellbinder Heart Nestibilities. A brad heart was added as well. The heart border was made with the Martha Stewart border punch. The main image was colored with Copic Markers and paper glaze was applied to the heart/leaves. You can see a close up of the glaze below: Thanks for stopping by! I'm really trying to keep up with the Anniversary sketches. It's been a lot of fun so far! This also qualifies for the StampTV challenge - adding texture .

Tami Mayberry and the Design Team are celebrating the 5th Anniversary of CPS with sketch challenges and prizes. You can check out all of the details HERE . Here is the sketch challenge that Lisa Beeson chose for Day 2: Here's my take on the sketch: I used "Garden Fresh" from Gina K Designs. I've paired it with Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Card stock and designer papers from the StampTV kit "Enjoy the Sunshine". I really like this fresh and fun color combo. Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Tami Mayberry and the Design Team are celebrating the 5th Anniversary of CPS . Here's the sketch for Day 3: Here's my version of the sketch using a Gina K Designs set "Gnome One Like You" by Tami Mayberry. This set is so much fun and I couldn't resist paper piecing this goofy bird! The images were paper pieced with Basic Grey Sugar Rush designer papers and Gina K Pure Luxury cardstock. The tilted panel is a Spellbinder Nestibilities die cut called Wonky Rectangles. Thanks for stopping by to take a look! This card is also for the Gina K Release challenge hosted by Lori McAree to use designer paper.

Tami Mayberry is celebrating the 5th Anniversary of CPS with 15 days of sketches and prizes. This is the sketch for Day 1 of the celebration: Here's my card using Gina K Designs "Garden Silhouettes": I went a little shabby with the ink distressing and added machine stitching. The image was stamped with Adirondack Red Pepper. Thanks for stopping by! This card is for the following challenges: CPS Day 1 Sassy Cheryl Show Me #60 GKD Free For All Friday - to use a stamped flower and two shapes

I'm Sew Excited! ... that I happened over on to the Moxie Fab World blog and found this fun challenge posted which involves anything sewing themed. Being from a long line of seamstresses, it was only natural to create a couple of projects for the challenge. :-) This little card was created using a Gina K Designs stamp set called " Sew Pretty ". It's a fun retro sewing themed set designed by Asela Hopkins. I've combined it with October Afternoon papers and Stampin' Up! Kraft as a base. I found these adorable scissor brads at my LSS. The perfect finishing touch! Thanks for taking the time to stop by! Hope you have a chance to create a sewing themed card this week for the Moxie Fab challenge!

Lee Murphy has posted a fun New StampTV challenge over on their Facebook page. She asked that we use Summer as our inspiration. I couldn't resist using this sweet birdbath image from Rupa's "Spring has Sprung" set. It's so fun! I've combined my card with this week's Tuesday Trigger over on the Moxie Fab World Blog which is this fabulous inspiration photo. I used the rainbow bright colors in my card, but also the thread was an inspiration. I used embroidery floss to give my card the "rainbow" effect. So Fun! Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Comments are always treasured.

I couldn't resist posting another Thanksgiving creation for the Gingersnap Creations Blog Color Challenge . The challenge colors are: Orange, Green and Brown. The cornucopia image is "So Grateful" GinaK designs. It was colored with Copic markers and sponged for some background color. I have been trying so hard to create individual Thanksgiving cards for my family and friends this year. It has been a personal challenge and has really helped to stretch my creative bounds.

I visited the Mojo Monday blog and found their fun sketch for this week. I thought it would be fun to play along. I combined it with the Potluck Friday challenge over on the Gina K Stamptv website. I played for the first time with Nestibilities Labels Nine. It really adds a fun shape to the project! The image is "Basket of Happiness" by Gina K. It has been colored with Stampin' Up! Stampin' Pastels. Designer Papers are Basic Grey Lily Kate. Cardstock is also Stampin' Up!