CardMaker & Flourishes Blog Hop

Welcome to the CardMaker & Flourishes Blog Hop.  The CardMaker Blog Team, is playing along with the Flourishes Design team, using stamps from Flourishes.  Make sure you visit the Flourishes Blog, as they are giving away a $70 prize package!!

Next up on the hop is, Stacy Morgan.

In case you get lost along the way, here is the complete Blog Hop list:

CardMaker

Allison Cope

AJ Otto

Maki Jones

Ivanka Lentle

Silke Ledlow

Becky Cowley

Heather Jensen

Christine Okken

Julie Koerber

Latisha Yoast

Stacy Morgan

Cindy Lawrence

Melanie Muenchinger

Flourishes

For the stamp set I was working with, I wanted to keep things on the simple side.  So, I stamped my image and sentiment onto the white card base, using Tsukineko Tuxedo Black ink.  I then colored in my image using Copic Markers.  I adhered the red pattern paper to the bottom of the card using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L EZ Runner, to help balance the card a bit.  I rounded the corners to help soften the card, and then embellished using Lawn Fawn Peppermint trimmings & KaiserCraft rhinestones.

Gina K May Release Day 4

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to Day 4 of the May release for 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 grab bag of Gina K. Designs products!  To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hop.

For my first card, I am using the stamp set called A Little Something, it is the one free with 3 stamp set incentive.  I chose to stamp the vase with the whimsy flowers, and color it in with copic markers.  I kept the card design fairly simple because I wanted the image to show off the card, and that gingham ribbon is just the right feminine touch.  The bottom corners are rounded to give a softened look to the card.

This card, I am using one of the cute little Diva sets called Rainy Day Diva.  I love the little clouds and cute sentiments, so perfect for making whimsical cards like this one.  I love that cloud...like super love! So I stamped the bottom part of the card, making it tone on tone (i used turquoise sea ink), and stamped a few clouds on the white cardstock as well.  I embelished with a wood veneer cloud and some ribbon.

Here is the blog list for todays hop!

• Gina K
• Debbie Corbari - Illustrator of The Darling Divas
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Beth Silaika
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Valerie Stangle

Gina K May Release Day 3

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to Day 3 of the May release for 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 grab bag of Gina K. Designs products!  To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hop.

My First card that I have for you today, is from the Weather or Not stamp set from Beth.  I decided to stamp the rain drops in versamark ink, and then paper piece the cute rainboots!!   My inspiration came from how bright everything looks after it rains.  

For my next card.  I used the By The Sea stamp set from Theresa.  I live in Florida, so I appreciate all of the elements she put in this set.  I decided to go with a one layer card for this one.  I think by using different colored inks, it helps give the card a little bit of depth.  I rounded the corners and added twine to help soften it a bit.

Make sure you visit all of the designers to see what they created today!!

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika - Illustrator of Weather or Not
• Theresa Momber - Illustrator of By The Sea
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber

Lawn Fawn: Critters at the Dog Park

I know all of you dog lovers out there have been awaiting this stamp set.  I am talking about Critters at the Dog Park from Lawn Fawn.  This set, has super cute doggies, treats and sentiments that will have you creating projects for the people in your life who love dogs!!  What is awesome, is that there are dies that match!!

Head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog, to check out all of the projects using this great new set, as well as leaving a comment for a chance to win!!

For my card today, I die cut white cardstock, and then stamped my image over the diecut with black ink.  I colored in the dog using Copic markers, and then set the die cut aside.  I wanted to have this a mostly "one layer" card, so to help give the card more depth, I used different colored inks and popped the doggie die cut up with foam squares.  To soften the card a little I rounded the bottom corners.

materials used:
Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park stamps and dies
blue cardstock
white cardstock
black ink
green ink
pink ink
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares
Copic Markers
corner rounder

Gina K May Release Day 2

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to Day 2 of the May release for 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 grab bag of Gina K. Designs products!  To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hop.

For my first card that I am showing you today, I used the set called Simple Flowers by Tami.  I love how Tami always keeps the stamper in mind in all of her stamp sets.  It makes creating beautiful stamped cards so easy (thank you Tami).  I love the Sweet Corn ink pad color, so that was the start of my card, so I just coordinated everything around the pretty yellow color.  A little note, I did not condition these stamps at all.  I stamped them with the new GinaK ink, and then onto my card stock...that is my test for quality ink and stamps...and these babies passed with flying colors.

This paper pieced beauty was created using the stamp set called Stamp It Big 2 by Carolyn.  By golly, I may be in love with this little house.  See the little pennants at the top of the card to create the banner?  I paper pieced the ends of the jumbo banner piece.  For those of you who might be unfamiliar with the paper piecing technique, paper piecing is where you stamp your image onto pattern paper (or card stock), and then cut it out.  My banner, and house were all paper pieced.  So fun!

Take a little stroll and visit these lovely blogs!!

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator of Simple Flowers
• Carolyn King - Illustrator of Stamp It Big 2
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Beth Silaika
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast (here)
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber

Lawn Fawn: Lucky Stars + Puffy Stars Stackables

Hello!  Today I get to share with you a new stamp set and Lawn Cuts from Lawn Fawn.  The stamp set is called Lucky Stars, and everytime I use it I can't help but sing (in my head) to the Madonna, Lucky Star song lol.  Also, these star dies are so fun!  I love how they are more rounded than straight/hard lines.  Who doesn't love stars?  They are pretty much a perfect shape to use on everything, like hearts (well in Latisha land anyhow lol).  

Make sure you head on over to the Lawn Fawn Blog for a chance to win this stamp set and dies, as well as to check out all of the wonderful projects that the design team has created.

Materials Used:

Lawn Fawn Lucky Stars stamp set

Lawn Fawn Puffy Stars Stackables

Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L foam squares

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L EZ Runner

black ink

pink ink

aqua ink

kraft cardstock

Gina K May Release

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 grab bag of Gina K. Designs products!  To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hop.

With Mother's Day this coming weekend, and my children's school district honoring teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week, I have a need for a lot of tags, to put on gifts.  So, today I am going to share a few tags I made using the Bold Blooms set from Becky, and the Pretty Patterns 2 set from Melanie.

Up first is a circular shaped tag using the Pretty Patterns 2 stamp set.  I created the gradient pattern by taking the single stamps, and repeatedly stamping them in different inks (of the same color family).  I am not sure if you know, but Gina K Designs now has custom ink pads.  They are the GKD Color Companion Ink Pads, and I am in love.  The three inks I used for this gradient look are, Passionate Pink, Bubblegum, Innocent Pink, and the bold black sentiment was stamped in Black Onyx.

The tag was finished off by embellishing with Gina K. buttons and ribbon.

There is nothing I love more than making a shaped tag.  To me it just screams classy and professional.  Classy is definitely a word I would use to describe the Bold Blooms stamp set by Becky O.  More like holy beautifulness!!  So, I grabbed a die cut that I had lying around, stamped the bottom of the die cut with the big flower, and colored it in using Copic markers.  To finish the tag, I added some luscious black sheer ribbon with a satin edge (from GinaK).
Just a quick note/thought...Becky really outdid herself with this stamp set, I really can't get over how beautiful these flowers are!

Take a few minutes, and visit these wonderful blogs to see all of the great project the designers created for you today.

Pretty Patterns 2
Bold Blooms

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger - Illustrator of Pretty Patterns 2
• Becky Oehlers - Illustrator of Bold Blooms
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Lee Murphy
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber

Lawn Fawn: A Good Apple

Here, in my neck of the woods, this is Teacher Appreciation Week.  As my children are getting older (Jr High & High School), I don't buy a gift for all of their teachers.  Just the select few, that my children love, and whom I feel go out of their way for the children they teach.  Today I am showing you a Gift Card (from Starbucks of course) that I bought for my daughter's AP Psychology teacher.  Today (Monday) is the actual AP exam, so I will have Kendall give her this card today.  Ms. Waller goes out of her way to have study sessions, which prepare the students for the AP exam, and is always available to them.
So, when I saw this stamp set from Lawn Fawn, and then saw the teacher gift cards at Starbucks, the gears started churning in my noggin for a cute gift card idea.
By stamping the gift card holder, and personalizing it, my hope is that is will make her teacher feel a little extra special and that we are thinking of her.  I wish I could give more, but with 14 teachers between my two children, $15 seemed like the perfect amount to give her.  She can go get a treat a few times on us.

Head on over to the Lawn Fawn Blog, to check out all of the projects using this wonderful stamp set. There is a giveaway as well!! I know this setwill quickly become a staple in my stamping arsenal.

The "thanks" allows for a little bit of coloring to be done (if you wish), so I colored in the thanks using the same Copic colors used in the apple.

To personalize the gift card, I used Riley's ABC's.

Lawn Fawn: Blue Skies

Good Day!  Today, I am sharing with you a fun card I made using the new Blue Skies stamp set and dies from Lawn Fawn.  Make sure you head on over to the Lawn Fawn Blog, to check out all of the projects the designers have created.  Make sure to leave a comment too, I hear there is going to be a giveaway! (fun!!)

For my card, I die cut the balloons and clouds, then stamped the images in black ink onto the die cuts. I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink, because I knew I wanted to color in the images with Copic markers. Before I adhered the diecuts down with foam squares, I stamped a few hearts and sentiment onto the kraft panel.

Lawn Fawn & Perfect Layers

This week, Lawn Fawn has teamed up with Perfect Layers.  Head on over to the Lawn Fawn Blog to see all of the different projects using these fun tools.  For this card I used the Perfect Tears 3 rulers to create this argyle look with the Lawn Fawn pattern papers.  I used the water tool, to wet the paper along the ruler, and then gently tore the paper down (towards me), I ended up with a soft torn edge of the papers.  I paired the papers with the Mother's Day stamp set.

My Craft Room Video

Hey there!  If you visited the CardMaker Blog on Friday, then you would have seen a few pictures of my craft space.  Here is the link to that post.  I share a little about my space, and myself as well as pictures, so head on over and check it out.
Today, I am sharing a video here on my blog.  I have received a few questions about my craft room, so I will try and address those at the bottom of this post.  Also, if you have a question feel free to ask in the comments section.

Answers to some questions I have received.

Where did you get your long table?
My work table is something that my husband made for me.  It is two Martha Stewart book shelves (purchased at Home Depot), with a half sheet of plywood on top.  Behind the shelves, are brackets that you cannot see, that support the wall side of the table top.  The top is sanded, corners were rounded, white washed and then finished with a polyurethane.

Where did you get the peg board, and peg board accessories?
The peg board was purchased at Home Depot, and we cut a few inches off of the length.  I then painted it red.  My husband attached some wood on the back, so I could insert brackets into the holes.  I bought a box of peg board accessories that came in a kit from Home Depot.

Where did you get the containers that store your buttons?
The containers that are on the shelf above my work table are from Ikea (kitchen area), and the buttons on my Ikea Expedit are mason jars that I purchased from the grocery store.

Where did you get the red bins in your shelf?
I purchased those bins at AC Moore, they came bare wood, and I spray painted them red.

Where did you get the shelves and brackets above your computer desk?
Home Depot.

How did you get your bottles of stickles to stay upside down?
I purchased a package of Sticky Back Velcro.  So all i had to do, was adhere a piece to the bottom of the bottle, and to the shelf.

Where did you get the baskets for your peg board?
Home Depot.

CardMaker & Gina K Spring Hop

Welcome to a CardMaker and Gina K Stamps blog hop!  Make sure to visit the Gina K blog, (which is at the end of the hop) she is giving away a $50 gift certificate to the store (awesome)!!  The full hop list will be at the bottom of my post, but the next person up is Laurie, and be prepared for something gorgeous (I think I may have a craft crush on her), her cards are always amazing!

I made a fun, card for you today. Gosh, I'm a seriously loving the new Spring kit!!  So, so, so lovely!!

Here is the full blog list for you!

CardMaker

Sean Fetterman 

Lee Murphy

AJ Otto

Carolina Buchting

Cathy Tidwell

Becky Cowley

Latisha Yoast

Laurie Schmidlin

Michelle Woerner

Christine Okken

Sharon Harnist

Valerie Stangle

Ivanka Lentle

Beth Silaika

Carolyn King

Melanie Muenchinger

Debbie Corbari

Theresa Momber

Gina Krupsky

Lawn Fawn Year 3

This is the April Inspiration Week over at Lawn Fawn.  So there is a lot of great projects being shown as well as great giveaways!  Head on over there now, for a chance to win and to check out the design teams work this month.

Today, I am showcasing a cute 4in x 4in card using the Year 3 stamp set.  I added some Lawn Fawn Trimmings and a sliver of pattern paper, and the little cake was colored in using Copic Markers.

Materials Used:
Lawn Fawn Stamps year 3
Pink Lemonade 6x6 paper
Lawn Fawn Trimmings
Copic Markers
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares & EZ Runner
corner rounder

Riley's ABC's

Wow!  Can you believe its is getting close to the end of another school year?  Some of my daughters friends are graduating this year, so I need to start on Congratulation cards.  It is a little sad to think that this time next year, my own child will be getting ready to graduate and to head off to college.  I am not prepared for those moments yet.

Anyhow, head on over to the Lawn Fawn Blog and check out all of the projects using the Riley's ABC Alphabet set.

Critters on the Savanna

I have to admit, I seriously love to color these two critters.  As I was thinking up a card idea, I really wanted to use both of them, and have them in grass somehow.  When I tried to stamp grass, it just didn't give me the depth I had in my mind.  All of the sudden I thought "aha!" I can create some grass with pattern paper, and have the critters sitting in it.

To achieve the depth, I used some Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares (both sizes) on each layer of the grass and critters.  

Head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog, for more inspiration using this stamp set.  I used the Lawn Cuts that coordinate with the stamp set as well.

*tip*

I die cut the lion and giraffe onto white card stock first, and then stamp my image second.

Stamping a Scene

Have you ever wanted to stamp a scene, but are unsure about masking?  Head on over to the CardMaker Blog, where I have a masking tutorial up.

Materials Used:
Lawn Fawn Stamps
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 
Gina K ink
Ranger ink
Spellbinders die template
corner rounder
Tsukineko ink
Copic markers
Gingham ribbon
white card stock
yellow card stock

Spring Parade StampTV blog hop day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Spring Parade StampTV kit blog hop.  Today, you will find more great projects with this kit, along with a video.  Make sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs listed, a random winner will be selected to win this kit.  The kit includes, 4 mini stamp sets, pattern paper, cardstock, ribbon & brads.

I decided to make another card for today.  This little bird with the umbrella was calling me out to color him in, and the sentiment is so perfect for the image.

Here are the list of designers that are showcasing projects today!

Gina K

AJ

Beth

Carolyn

Carolina

Cathy

Debbie

Latisha (here)

Laurie

Lee

Melanie

Michelle

Sharon

Theresa

Valerie

Sean

Materials Used:

GinaK StampTV kit (cardstock, pattern paper, stamps, ribbon)

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Dodz small

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L EZ runner

Memento tuxedo black ink

Spellbinders die template & embossing folder

Copic Markers

Gina K StampTV Kit: Spring Parade Blog Hop

Today's blog hop, is dedicated to my fellow Gina K designer, Sean Fetterman.  Yesterday, he suffered a heart attack, and is in the hospital recovering.  If you are in the mood to send out good/happy/thoughts/prayers, keep him in mind.  When you first join a design team, it is kind of like your first day of High School.  You don't know who is going to be in your classes, will you have lunch with any of your friends, will people like you? ...it is all of the angst and anxiety, of wanting to be liked an accepted.  I know that sounds crazy, but its how I feel lol.  Well, from the second I joined the Gina K team, Sean has been such a cheerleader an always so supportive.  We have never met, but he feels like an old friend to me.  So when I learned of his heart attack, I was so sad, but more worried.

If you would like to send Sean a card here is the address.  Gina is collecting the cards, and will be sending them right away to Sean.

Sean Fetterman

C/O Gina K. Designs

4916 Triangle Street

McFarland, WI 53558

The Design Team for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another awesome blog hop!  This time we are featuring the brand spanking new StampTV kit.  We are hoping to truly inspire you with many beautiful creations and ideas.  As you hop along, make sure you comment on all of the blogs because we will be choosing a winner from each day (2) to win an awesome grab bag of goodies from Gina K Designs.  Just check back in a couple of days on StampTV and check the Big News forum to see if you are the winner.

This is such a great StampTV kit.  From the stamps, paper, ribbon and card stock...everything screams happy, sunshine and spring to me.  Except for the doily, everything on this card came in the kit.  The following designers, are all sneaking a project using this set, so take a minute to see what they whipped up for you today.  I'm not sure if Sean has his post up today, but maybe stop by and give his blog some comment love.

Gina K

AJ

Beth

Carolyn

Carolina

Cathy

Debbie

Latisha (here)

Laurie

Lee

Melanie

Michelle

Sharon

Theresa

Valerie

Sean

Lawn Fawn & CardMaker blog hop!

Welcome to the CardMaker & Lawn Fawn blog hop!  There are going to be a lot of great projects, as well as a giveaway, so be sure to visit all of the blogs participating.

I chose to make a card using the Summer Time Charm stamp set & Lawn Cuts, paired with some Pink Lemonade petite pattern paper, and peppermint Lawn Trimmings.

Here is the list of bloggers today!

CardMaker blog http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/blog/

AJ Otto http://thewillowgarden.blogspot.com/

Elena Roussakis http://www.justmeprints.blogspot.com/

Christine Okken http://christinecreations.blogspot.com/

Lynnette Kauffman http://nettersnotables.blogspot.com/

Glenda J. Wyatt http://papersscissorsrocks.blogspot.com/

Latisha Yoast http://crafteebee.blogspot.com/

Ivanka Lentle http://ivankascardstudio.blogspot.com/

Tiffany Johnson http://iheartartblog.com/

Jennie Harper http://stampawaytheday.blogspot.com/

Chari Moss http://www.mossymade.com/

Melanie Muenchinger http://melaniemuenchinger.blogspot.com/

Yainea Nunez http://mypaperjourney.blogspot.com/

Lawn Fawn blog http://lawnfawn.blogspot.com/

Lawn Fawn Inspiration Week, day 2

Have you had a chance to see the collection called Daphne's Closet by Lawn Fawn?  Today, head on over to the blog, there are tons of projects being displayed using this paper collection!!  So many amazing ideas.  I decided to make a card using the 6x6 pad, and some of the element stickers.

Butterfly Hello

Head on over to the Crafty Power Blog, to see how I made this card.  Using the new Maggie Holmes line by Crate Paper, and of course Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L products.

GinaK Inspiration Hop, Day 3

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 grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.

I'm not going to lie, I am a little obsessed with this set by Beth called, Lots of Dots.  It is a great background builder set.  I can see it becoming a staple in my stamping, love, love, love it!  I paired it with Poster Board Sentiments as well as using some of the new Gina K premium dye ink pads (ocean mist, innocent pink & cherry red).

Here is a card using Debbie's newest Darling Diva set.  I stamped my image onto water color paper and then colored in the image using Copic Markers.  The front panel was popped up to give the card a little bit of depth by using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam 3d squares.

Here is a coordinating card for my first project, except I used the Petite Borders stamp set on this card as well.  I made that gradient image, by using the Cherry Red, Red Hot & Innocent Pink stamp pads.

Make sure you take a visit to all of the designers on this hop today!

Lots of Dots
Darling Divas
Petite Borders

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika – Illustrator Lots of Dots
• Debbie Corbari - Illustrator Darling Divas
• AJ Otto
• Carolyn King
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Valerie Stangle