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Canvas Purse

Hello ... happy hump day and last day of August! Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, I'm sharing this sweet little canvas purse/clutch I altered for my youngest daughter. You may remember this wristlet I created for my oldest daughter a few months ago ... you guessed it: what one daughter has, the other one wants, LOL! You can find all the details on how I created this project over at the CLASSroom ... I hope you'll join me! Thanks for stopping by today! Read more →

Lockhart Peonies & Copic Ribbon Dying

This weekend was VSN (Virtual Stamp Night) over at Splitcoaststampers.com and my dear friend, Lori, hosted this challenge -- to "Pur Your Brand on That". Meaning to use something that is YOUR signature mark in cardmaking, along with HER signature use of kraft cardstock. So here's my card using my all-time favorite go-to, a floral image (and one of my favorite Lockhart Stamp Company images!): Probably about 9 times out of 10, you'll see me using a floral image -- I LOVE them! Florals are so bright and comforting to me and I love that you can usually color them just about ANY color, which leads me to the next thing I use on probably about 9.9 out of 10 projects -- Copic markers ... check! And then there's sewing, which I also use a LOT ... check! On this card I tried out a new way to hand dye seam binding (or any ribbon), since I don't have this newer RV66 Copic Various Ink Refill yet (the midtone I used on the flowers) -- using a Copic marker (you can find my ribbon dying tutorial using Various Ink Refills HERE): 1 -- Color the ribbon with a marker. I... Read more →

JustRite Friday Challenge 057: Shabby Chic!

This week's JustRite Friday Challenge #057 is the Shabby Chic style/technique (which I happen to love)! For the challenge, I made one of my 6-inch scrapbooking for the fridge magnets/scrapbook pages of my daughters' first day of school this week: The beautiful label at the bottom and perfume bottle are stamps from JustRite's new Shabby Chic Labels Four cling stamp set, which matches Spellbinders Labels Four! I colored the stamped images with Copic markers, to match this great vintage style Odds & Ends Cosmo Cricket paper. Spellbinders Grand Labels One die (there's a perfect 6-inch one!) was used to die cut the patterned papers AND Ellen's Craft-a-Board, to give the page a sturdy base. Inchie Arts Inchie Magnets on the back of the board/page makes this an art piece to display on the refrigerator (and a magnet to hold some of those important school papers)! Be sure to visit the JustRite Inspiration blog today for all the details of the challenge AND the great prize you could win by entering! Stamps: JustRite Cling-Shabby Chic Labels Four, Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Labels Four & Thirteen, Grand Labels One Nestabilities, Grand Calibur; 3/8” circle punch Paper: Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends Mini... Read more →

JustRite September Release-Greetings From Paris

Hello and welcome to day two of JustRite Stampers’ September cling stamp set release (a little early)! In this month’s release there are three gorgeous shabby chic Parisian cling stamp sets you are going to love! They are all easily mixable and interchangeable, so we hope you’ll be sure to see all three days of release projects the design team have to show you! If you missed yesterday’s day one, you can start over at the JustRite Inspiration blog, to see all the projects. Today’s stamp set being featured is Greetings From Paris: Isn’t it a gorgeous set?!! I made a 5.50” square thank you card: (Click on any photo for a larger view) I ADORE vintage postcard images, so this one particularly called my name! I love that I’ll be able to make any color of postcard now, with this stamp set! For this one, I used JustRite’s Custom Nested Frames die (largest) to die cut the postcard shape from Neenah Natural White cardstock. Remember, JustRite’s dies are made by Spellbinders, so you get that lovely signature embossed edge! After stamping the “Carte Postale” image, I stamped three more images from this stamp set -- the fleur de lis... Read more →

Gina K Designs Double Take Hop!

Thanks for joining us in a Double Take blog hop today! Members of Gina K’s Design Team have come together to host a hop where we will show you how to make cards using the same products and stamp images to create two very different cards/projects. If you came from Theresa Momber’s blog, you're at the right place. If not, make sure to head over to StampTV where you will find a full list of all the designers participating in today's hop. I went in a little bit different direction and interpretation with today’s challenge, to show you how easy it is to create a three dimensional project with the same supplies used for a card. But if you're looking for different ways to make two different cards, you could just as easily turn the vase project (on the right) into a card, by using the different patterned papers and making the card to a vertical orientation, same as the vase. Here's what I came up with: For the card (left above), I stamped Theresa's gorgeous coneflowers from her new Heartfelt stamp set with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto Gina's Ivory Heavy Base Weight cardstock and colored them with these... Read more →

Back-to-School Canvas Tags

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, I'm sharing these 6" x 3" canvas tags I created for my girls for back-to-school. I thought they would be something different and unusual and allow them to quickly distinguish their backpacks or lunch bags from everyone else's! You can find all the details HERE. Thanks for stopping by today! Read more →

JustRite Friday Challenges Return!

I know several of you have been waiting for JustRite's Friday Challenges to return, and I'm happy to report that day is today! In the midst of a very hot, record-breaking Summer, it's time to cool of a bit and get into the holiday spirit. Here's what I created for this week's challenge: It's a sweet mitten shaped holiday tag, made with Spellbinders Nested Mitten dies! I love how JustRite's new cute snowman in a mitten stamp (by Diane Arthurs) matched the die, so I stamped him onto Copic's X-Press It Blending Card and colored him with the Copic markers and Atyou Spica Glitter pens shown above. You can find out more details about my tag, AND about this week's challenge over at the JustRite Inspiration blog today . . . you could win this cute little snowman stamp set (and another holiday stamp set!) AND a Spellbinders die set of your choice! I hope you enjoy your weekend! {Warmest Wishes Tag designed by Sharon Harnist} JustRite Stampers: JB-09940 Warmest Wishes by Diane Arthurs Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Nested Mittens, Nested Poinsettia (retired), Banner Basics Two, Grand Calibur Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card; Basic Grey Wassail 6x6 Ink: Memento... Read more →

Twinchie Artichokie Magnet

Here's another addition to my refrigerator fruit and veggie magnet set ... Okie Dokie Artichokie, a brand new release by Lockhart Stamp Company! This was SO much fun to color! After stamping onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card, I used these Copic markers: G20, G21, G24, G28 for the artichoke; V12 for the purple tips; and W00, W2 for the shadows. These are just two of the new stamps (the artichoke image and sentiment are two separate stamps) in Karen Lockhart's latest release -- just released this week! There are two new wonderful gate images, darling Halloween and fabulous Fall and holiday images ... these are my favorite times/releases of the year! After coloring, I die cut the images with Spellbinders Classic Square and adhered it to a white Inchie Arts Twinchie Square that was colored with Copic V12. The Twinchie gives the magnet great stability! The Twinchie was then adhered to a Spellbinders Lacey Square die cut from Memory Box Dill cardstock and backed with Inchie Magnets. I'll be back with some more artwork tomorrow! I hope you are staying cool wherever you are -- it's been a scorcher the past month down here in the south and I'm... Read more →

New Copic Certification Classes Open!

New Copic Certification classes have been opened -- you can find them listed on my Copic Certification Classes page HERE. And on Monday, August 8 registration opens for TWO Regular classes on November 4 & 5 in Honolulu, Hawaii and an Intermediate class on November 6! We know you've been patiently awaiting classes in Hawaii, so for this special ONE TIME ONLY occasion, we will allow people to take the Standard Certification Class AND the Intermediate Class in the same week (normally we require attendees to take a few months to practice and master skills learned in the Standard Class before taking the Intermediate Class). If interested in the Hawaii classes, you will need to sign up for both classes at the same time, if you want to take both. Registration opens Monday, August 8 with a non-refundable class fee. If classes fill, more will be opened! You'll be able to find class applications and registration information Monday after 8am Pacific on the Copic website HERE. Read more →

JustRite Crafting For A Cause-Be Strong

This month JustRite Stampers is releasing two new stamp sets for a fundraising campaign for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance -- an original ribbed oval set and a NEW clear polymer stamp set! 20% of the sales from Be Strong & Courage and Strength in 2011 will be donated to Ovarian Cancer Research. To learn more about the symptoms of this “silent killer“ please visit www.OvarianCancer.org. Here's the original ribbed set: And the first ever clear polymer set from JustRite: JustRite’s illustrator and graphic designer, Amy Tedder, is celebrating 6 years of being ovarian cancer free! Although JustRite is focusing our fundraising efforts on ovarian cancer, these stamp sets can be used to support your personal cause. To assist you in knowing what ribbon color signifies which cancer cause, Amy created this handy ribbon color chart (the ribbon color for ovarian cancer is the first on this list, teal): That's the great thing about this set ... you can color or stamp onto colored/patterned paper, to support the cause of your choice! Here’s the teal/ovarian cancer card I created with the Be Strong set: It measures 4" x 6". I stamped the separate ribbon with Memento Rich Cocoa onto ivory... Read more →

Gina K Designs August Release Inspiration Hop 3!

Welcome to Day 3 of Gina K Designs’ August release stamp set inspiration blog hops! Remember, all of the new August release stamp sets are now available in Gina’s store! Our first stamp set being featured today is: Gnome One Like You by Tami Mayberry -- I adore this puny, hilarious set! So many different, great building or stand-alone pieces. I made my August monthly calendar topper (which is roughly the same size as a normal A2-sized card): I don’t know about where you live but down here in the south, it has been one VERY hot summer already and we’re just getting started -- August is usually our hottest month -- ugh! So I couldn’t resist adding to one of Tami’s sentiments from this set . . . HA!! I stamped the flamingo onto patterned paper and Gina’s Pure Luxury Layering Weight Ivory cardstock and pieced the two together. I colored the beak with Copic R21 & YR12, cut it out and popped it up on the background papers. I hand stitched twine onto the patterned papers, to enhance the clothesline. The sentiment "cloud" was die cut with Spellbinders Labels Fourteen. The calendar is my downloadable one that prints... Read more →

Gina K Designs August Release Inspiration Hop 2!

Welcome to Day 2 of Gina K Designs’ August release stamp set inspiration blog hops! Remember, all of the new August release stamp sets are now available in Gina’s store! Our first stamp set being featured on today's hop is: Basket Buddies by Melanie Muenchinger -- What an adorable set! My girls LOVE animals, so they really flipped over this! The first quick notecard (3.50") I created and showed at the Release Party last night was for my youngest daughter to give her best friend, who has two cats! I kept the Copic coloring quick & simple, by just using W1 to give some shading to the white kittens. Isn’t that tag Melanie drew great?!! It’s very simple to hand trim, for a quick tag accent. I also wanted to get a little more detailed with my coloring, so here’s another pick-me-up card for a friend: I love how these kittens and puppies can be colored in any way, to match someone's pet! I stamped the puppies onto Gina’s Ivory Heavy Base Weight Cardstock and colored them with these Copic markers: The patterned papers are Echo Park’s For The Record -- I couldn’t resist the irony of the newspaper print... Read more →

Gina K Designs August Release Inspiration Hop 1!

Welcome to Day 1 of Gina K Designs’ August release stamp set inspiration blog hops! We hope you enjoyed the Release Party last night -- Remember, all of the new August release stamp sets are now available in Gina’s store! Our stamp set being featured today is: Falling for You, the August/September StampTV Kit: Isn’t this set HUGE and full of FUN images?!! I adore all the images! They are so versatile -- I know I’ll be reaching for these time after time. I used the trees in my sneak peek project yesterday, in the post below this one and here’s an August Back-to-School Countdown calendar I also made (click on any photo for a larger view): Like my other countdown calendars, this one is sized to fit an entire 8.50” x 11” sheet of cardstock. I printed mine on Gina K’s Layering Weight Ivory Cardstock and then made the topper separately -- it measures 4.50” x 8.25”. Here’s a close-up of just the topper: The banners were die cut with Spellbinders Nested Lacey Pennant dies, two of them stamped with “grade A” and “A+ teacher”. After die cutting, I colored the scalloped embossed edges with Copic E39 and then... Read more →

Gina K Designs August Release Party Sneak Peek!

We are very excited to extend an invitation to Gina K Designs’ August Release Party tonight. We have a fun evening planned for you -- chatting, prizes, challenges, stamp sets reveal, design team shares, and most importantly … at the end of the party you will be able to go shopping! If you came from Tina Gilliland’s blog, you're at the right place. If not, make sure to head over to StampTV where you will find a list of all those participating in today's hop. Here's one of the cardss I will be sharing at the party: I used the new Stamp TV Kit, Falling For You. Wait until you see this fantastic, huge kit … it’s full of fabulous Fall and back-to-school images, as well as great everyday images and sentiments! You can see the unveiling of this entire new kit tonight at the release party and will be able to purchase it, and the rest of the August release, tonight right after the release party (10pm Central)! These trees and sentiment are separate images. I stamped the trees onto Ivory Gina K Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the trees with... Read more →