Blog Hop Farewell Tour

It has been a wonderful being one of the designers for Gina K's Center Stage Spotlight Design Team for the month of June.   Gina K. Designs is one of my favorite stamp companies and to be recognized in this way was a huge honor!  Gina has some of the most talented illustrators and designers in the industry on her team and it was a pleasure working with them all this past month.

As part of being Center Stage this month, we were each assigned a stamp set and also given the stamp set Many Wishes which is the One Free with Three stamp set for this month. I love the various sizes of these dandelions and the sentiments.  It will definitely be one of my "go~to" stamp sets!  I am tickled with how both of these cards turned out and hope you enjoy them as well.  I love this butterfly from Take Flight and couldn't resist combining it with this set.


The stamp set that I was assigned for the blog hop was Happy Camper, designed by Theresa Momber, which  is such a wonderful outdoor stamp set. I want to share a page I made this past weekend using the fabulous scrapbook sketch by Erika Martin.  

She has the best sketches each week on StampTV and doing these challenges has really stretched and inspired me to get scrapbooking the memories we make as a family!  I used some of the beautiful new Luxury Soft Sand cardstock.  The title for the page was created using the stamp set Happy Camper as well as Lazy Days of Summer. From the sign, I hung a few fish using some linen thread.

I hope you have enjoyed this part of this farewell tour.... The other ladies on the Center Stage Spotlight Design Team are all very talented and it was a pleasure getting to design with them this month :o)  To continue on the Farewell Tour Blog Hop, visit the rest of the creative Center Stage ladies (Selma, Carolina, Melisa, Pam and Carla) and Gina too, of course!

Tomorrow the next Center Stage Spotlight Design Team will be announced and also have the wonderful opportunity to work with Gina K. and the Design Team! If you would like to be on Center Stage....get creating and uploading to StampTV your Gina K. creation....the design team is always on the prowl looking for someone else to be Center Stage!
Have a great rest of your day!

Let No One...

I have another card to share using the stamp set Mother Bear from Creative Vision.  I think these bears are so cute and love the two sizes that come in the set.  I nestled the smaller bear into the arms of his mama and thought the sentiment "Let no one come between a Mother and her cub" just too sweet!  I kept thinking the card needed a little something else and added a little bow to the little bear which finished the card perfectly :o)

I did recently receive some new stamps from Creative Vision so I am looking forward to getting those inky and sharing samples later this week.  Have a great day!

Many Wishes Sketch

Hello...I am still here, just been busy!  The Blog Hop and Gina K. Release Party were a blast and I created this card for a challenge that Theresa is holding over in the SCS forums.  All you have to do is create a card using this sketch and upload it to the SCS Gallery.  Someone will be chosen at random to win a free Gina K. Designs stamp set of their choice valued at $23.95 or less...you can find all of the details HERE!

I made this card using the New One Free with 3 stamp set Many Wishes and must say I so *heart* this stamp set.  It is beautiful and has fabulous sentiments to go with it for any occasion!  A definite must have :o)  I hope you have great weekend.  

TECC#73

Taylor from Taylor Expressions has a wonderful sketch challenge on her blog this week that I started working on over the weekend using Tropical Flowers.  However, I couldn't quite figure out which direction I wanted to go in when it came to the focal point...I get like that sometimes and just have to put it aside until I come up with something. Well I finally figured it out with a wedding card I needed to get in the mail.  I used the stamp set Wreath of Wishes to create the focal image (which is exactly where I had been stuck) and realized it worked perfectly! I was so stoked....really am tickled with how it turned out and so glad I didn't just throw it away :o))

I even did the inside too...



I know that there is a blog hop going on over at Gina K. Designs for her new release this Thursday...so be sure and check out all of the eye candy the Design Team has created.  I know I will be :o)

Have a great day!

Gina K. Sneak Peek!

Hello Gina K. fans! The previews for Gina K. Designs June Release have officially begun :o) I am so excited to be able part of the Center Stage Spotlight Design Team for this month! It has been a great ride and I truly appreciate the wonderful opportunity :o)

One of the stamp sets being previewed today is a beautiful set of outdoor images designed by Theresa Momber called Happy Camper. Theresa is quite an artist and I love her style...remember Out West two months ago...well she has done it again! There are so many fabulous images that it was hard to pick which one to use first. I love the tent in this stamp set as well as the scenery that Theresa so beautifully drew....just makes me long to get out to the mountains!  

Included in the stamp set is this sign...there are so many great sayings that fit perfectly inside, for mine I used Happy Birthday...I am going to tuck this card away for my husband's 40th birthday the beginning of next year.

Did you hear about the new cardstock that Gina K. will be selling starting on Thursday night? I used it as one of the layering pieces, as well as on the inside of my card....



It is the perfect color to go with ALL of her other cardstocks: Soft Sand. As part of being Center Stage, we received a sampler pack to work with (in addition to the stamps) and I love the color and sturdiness of this new luxury cardstock. It is *the* perfect neutral!

The rest of Gina's Design Team have preview projects to share with us today too! Be sure to check out all these links for lots more eyecandy this morning:
Gina, Carolyn, Cathy, Cindy, Donna, Emily, Erika, Jessica, Joanne, Kurtis, Lee, Lynn, Melanie, and Theresa

The other Center Stage Spotlight Designer for today is Carolina Buchting and she has some yummy creations using Rupa Shevde's newest stamp set...and I hear it is quite sweet! :o)
Have a great day and enjoy the rest of the previews!

A Year of Flowers Scrapbook page

I have really enjoyed using A Year of Flowers the past few days.  I knew this set would be perfect for the scrapbook sketch challenge over on StampTV.  Erika Martin comes up with the best sketches each week and I look forward to getting my GKD stamps all inky.  If I can create scrapbook pages using stamps, I am one happy stamper!  

I made this using the beautiful large flower inked in Regal Rose. Then I also stamped the flower using Regal Rose Craft Ink onto some scrap pieces so I could cut them out and pop them up on dimensionals (with an added button of course!).  The leaves were stamped on Certainly Celery scraps and I used glue dots to adhere them to the back of the flowers.  This is a page I am really tickled with how it turned out...  These photos were taken about a year ago when my youngest was a newborn.   My oldest just loved cuddling with her youngest brother...he is too busy to cuddle for long now though! *~*

Check back early tomorrow morning...(as in early, early) for my sneak peek of a new Gina K. Designs stamp set to be released Thursday night!   Have a great day!

A Year of Flowers Blog Hop

Melanie has A Year of Flowers Blog Hop going on her blog through tomorrow.  All you have to do is create a project using the stamp set A Year of Flowers and post a link on Mr. Linky.  You can find all of the details on her blog.   It ends tomorrow and the winner will receive the new stamp set she has coming out this week.  Knowing Melanie and her designs, it will be AMAZING!  I created two cards and had a hard time deciding between the two so am just going to post them both *~*. 

Mother Bear Scrapbook page

I created this scrapbook page using the stamp set Mother Bear from Creative Vision.  This is my youngest during various months when I was able to snap a picture and don't you just love watching a little one sleep!  I stamped the bears to create a border along the bottom and added the sentiment about him always "bee"ing my baby!  That is so true...no matter how big our children get, they are always our babies!   I am enjoying the way you can see through the Creative Vision stamps to get a nice clean impression. No measuring and no worries, I see exactly where I want to get inky :o)

I hope you have a great weekend!  

Saffron Catch

I think this fish in the new StampTV Kit is so stinkin' cute!  I stamped him with Memento Black ink and colored him with various Copics.  All of the layers for this card were sponged with So Saffron ink and I used a stamp from Tropical Flowers to add a little extra greenery.  

It has been a busy couple of days and I am looking to stamp quite a bit this afternoon....hopefully the little one will cooperate :o)) 

I did get some new stamps yesterday that I am just loving....but ssshhhh, I can't share too much just yet :o)   Let me just say....I like these sets VERY MUCH!

Lazy Days of Summer

I am so glad that summer is finally here. I thoroughly enjoy the lazy days of summer...from days swimming, baseball games and other summer activities I enjoy it all and the fact that there is no "set" schedule is just a bonus!  I made this card using the stamp sets Sporty Accessories and Lazy Days of Summer.  The circles were made using a large sponge dauber inked up with Bashful Blue ink.  I wanted to keep the card somewhat clean and simple so tried not to fuss with it too much.  
Have a great day!