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Gina K May 2012 Release Party Invite!

The Gina K. Design Team is excited to invite you to another fabulous Release Party! The party is tomorrow, Thursday, May 31 at 11:00am Central in the Stamp TV Release Party Forum. Join us for challenges, contest questions, design team samples, full stamp set reveals and, of course, party chit chat! Everything will go "live" at 11:00am Central in Gina's Store so there won't be any long wait to start shopping … Hope to see you there!

If you came from Michelle Woerner's blog, then you're right where you should be. If not, you can go to Stamp TV where you will find a list of all those participating. Here's a sneak peek of one of the cards I will be sharing with you at the party tomorrow:

Next, you can go to Tami Mayberry's blog to continue the hop.  See you at the party!

~ Sharon

Ready, Set, Grow!

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, I have this sweet Lockhart wheelbarrow card to share, I hope you'll join me! 

~ Sharon

JustRite Papercraft May Release

JustRite Papercraft's previews of their May stamp set releases continue today.  If you missed the previews last week, you can find everything over on the JustRite blog. Today's stamp set is Summer Words:

This set is perfect for all your Summer crafting needs, from cards to scrapbook pages, and of course, what I'm partial to -- calendars!

The great little stamp frame included in this set fits with just about any of the sentiments in the set, making it the perfect accent for a variety of papercrafting needs!  In this case, I inserted the month of June and quickly hand trimmed the frame.  The pretty green medallion piece is from another new JustRite stamp set debuted on Friday, Botanical Medallions & Banners.

The great lacy/ironwork border on the right is from another new May set, Classic Art Deco Lace Edges One, which coordinates with Spellbinders Classic Edges Two Edgeabilities dies -- makes a quick and easy accent!  I die cut my computer-generated calendar (3-inch) with JustRite's pretty new Vintage Label and Banner dies and accented with a tissue paper flower.  Since JustRite's dies are manufactured by Spellbinders, they have that same great embossed edge to the die cuts. So while the calendar was still in the die, I airbrushed Copic E31 on the inside of the die. I've learned that sometimes printer ink will smear if sponged with ink, so using the airbrush is a way to achieve that same sponged look ... and E31 is very close to Ranger's Antique Linen Distress ink that I used on the edges of my other cardstock pieces!

The beautiful background is JustRite's new Heart Scroll background, stamped with Rose Bud ink onto light pink cardstock.

These JustRite designers also have inspirational projects to share with you today:

JustRite Inspiration
Michele Kovack
Eva Dobilas
Sharon Harnist <You are here!
Marisa Job
Sheri Holt
Angela Barkhouse
Darsie Bruno
Barb Schram

Thanks for stopping by . . . happy Monday!

~ Sharon

Stamps: JustRite Cling-Heart Scroll & Ticking Stripe backgrounds; JustRite Clear-Classic Art Deco Lace Edges One, Botanical Medallions & Banners, Summer Words, 
Dies: JustRite Vintage Label and Banner & Nested Oval Medallion Labels dies; Spellbinders Classic Edges Two Edgeabilities dies
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Gina K Bubblegum Pink & Crema de Menthe cardstock
Ink: Memento Rose Bud & Pear Tart; Ranger Antique Lienen Distress ink
Accessories: Copic Airbursh System, Air Compressor & E31 Sketch marker; Sharon's 3-inch Downloadable Calendar; 

Fold It Pop It Flip It Zip It Class Giveaway Winners!

Sorry this winner post was a little delayed today . . . I haven't mentioned here on my blog that I went back to work full-time in February, so my crafting time has been a little more limited!  Anyway, now on to the winners of Julie Ebersole's new interactive card class that opens this coming Monday, May 7 over at Ellen Hutson's HOWnow School of Creative Arts . . . 

Chosen by Random.org, the 3 winners are:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

93	31	61

Timestamp: 2012-05-02 22:51:18 UTC

Who are:

93 - Jodi C. said...

"This sounds like FUN!!!!  Now I have to check out the How Now School too!!!  THANKS for the chance to win!!!"

And:

31 - Mary H said...

"This class looks like fun!! I just love to learn new techniques!!! I know it will be awesome!!"

And:

61 -Sheena B said...

"My cards have been feeling ho-hum lately, I would love teh chance to make more visually interesting cards!"

Congratulations, ladies! Please contact me via my email link above, in the right sidebar, under my pic and I'll have HOWnow Admin get you all hooked up!

Thank you again to all who played!  If you didn't win on my giveaway, you have another chance over at Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, HERE until this Sunday, May 6 to enter . . . good luck!  And if you don't win there, remember early bird discounted registration ends this Sunday -- you can snap that up right HERE!

 

~ Sharon