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Gina K April Release Hop 2

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 the 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 deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners, check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops! Our first featured stamp set today is Vintage Notes by Tami Mayberry -- I love the shabby-ness of this! I thought this set would be perfect for scrapbook page journaling, so I scrapped a recent event in our family -- my youngest daughter broke her arm a month ago. This photo was of her right after getting out of surgery, to have it set: I stamped the Vintage Note stamp with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto Gina’s Ivory Heavy Weight cardstock and then die cut it with Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles die and made it into a tag by making a reinforced hole in the top. The “journaling prompts” were... Read more →

New Online Class: FOLD IT, POP IT, FLIP IT, ZIP IT! and GIVEAWAY

I'm so excited to share that registration for a brand new FOLD IT, POP IT, FLIP IT, ZIP IT! interactive card class began yesterday over at HOWnowEllenHutson.com School of Creative Arts: Click either of the banners above to visit the school's main page and see a video presentation and get more details about the class, OR you can skip right on over to Ellen Hutson LLC HERE to sign up immediately for the class! Discounted early bird registration is from April 27 to May 6. Ready to take your standard card to a whole new level? Learn how to incorporate specialty folds, shadow boxes, pop-ups and other fun interactive elements into your greetings! Join Julie Ebersole & Friends for Fold It, Pop It, Flip It, Zip It! and learn more than a dozen different ways to add an extra element of fun and surprise to your card designs! The two-week course features video tutorials, complete step-by-step instructions, diagrams & patterns, along with project photos in downloadable PDF format. New for this class are additional projects contributed by special guest designers (one of which is yours truly)! Also included in the class are: A gallery, private forum, exclusive shopping discounts and... Read more →

Gina K April Release Hop 1

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 the 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 deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners, check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops! Our first featured stamp set today is Basket Additions 2 by Melanie Muenchinger -- another fabulous addition of toppers for Melanie’s beautiful basket stamp sets! I couldn’t resist coloring this darling baby “basket topper” but I have had an idea I’ve been wanting to try out for quite some time with Melanie’s basket filler/topper stamp sets … what I call a cut-out card: I stamped the sweet baby topper with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto the top center of an A2 sized (4.50” x 5.50”) card made from Gina’s Ivory Heavy Base Weight Cardstock and colored it with the Copic marker colors listed below. The rolled pink towel on... Read more →

Gina K April Release Party Invite Hop!

The Gina K. Design Team is excited to invite you to another fabulous Release Party today! This month will be a little different and the party will start at 11:00am Central Time 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 Melanie Muenchinger'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 projects I will be sharing with you at the party today: Go to Suzanne Dean's blog to continue the hop and we hope to see you at the party later this morning! I’ll be back here tomorrow with full details about the sneak peek above and with a project using another fabulous new April stamp set from Gina K! ~ Sharon Read more →

More Free Shipping From The Copic Store!

It looks like you all REALLY liked the free shipping from the Copic online store the first of the month, so they are doing it again! Just click the banner above to get started. Some of the things you'll find there that maybe your local or online retailer might not carry, are things like sets of "papercrafting" colors of Original (square body) markers: Have fun shopping! I'm coloring & crafting this weekend for Gina K's April stamp release that starts this coming Thursday, with a few changes and surprises coming! You can keep up with all the announcements for what's in store, over at the StampTV Forums. See you then! ~ Sharon Read more →

Garden Swing Window Card

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, I show you how to make this window card, using Karen Lockhart's cute new Garden Swing stamp, Copic markers, and dies . . . I hope you'll join me! ~ Sharon Read more →

Copic Flower Shading Tutorial

Hello and happy Tuesday! Today over on the Copic marker blog I have a tutorial showing you how to shade flowers and leaves realistically, using this beautiful rose image from JustRite Papercraft's With Sympathy clear stamp set: I hope you'll join me there, for a step-by-step walk through of how I colored these roses! The seam binding ribbon was also custom hand-dyed with Copic Various Ink Refills, to match perfectly: I hope your week if off to a lovely start! ~ Sharon Supplies: Copic Sketch Markers: R20, R22, R24, G21, G24, G28 Copic Various Ink Refills: R22, R24 Stamps: JustRite Papercraft-With Sympathy clear stamp set Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card; Lily Bee Design-Head Over Heels 6x6 Tiny Tablet; Gina K Lipstick Red Heavy Base Weight cardstock Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic Double-Sided Foam Tape; Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles die; white paper doily; white seam binding; sewing machine + thread Read more →

Copic Store

Did you know the Copicmarker.com site now has an online store? Yes, it's true! So now if there is a certain Copic item you've been wanting but can't find it stocked at your local or favorite online store, you'll probably be able to find it in the Copic store! And as you can see by the banner above, FREE SHIPPING is being offered until next Friday, April 13! One of my favorite Copic products that you probably don't see mentioned much is this 12-pc set of ALL the 0.3 Multiliner colors: They are perfect for journaling, doodling, adding to your stamped images, or coloring teeny tiny parts of images! Plus, they are refillable and replacement nibs are available, so you never need to throw these durable aluminum bodied pens away. The included colors are Red, Purple, Pink, Wine, Sepia, Orange, Yellow, Turquoise, Olive, Sky Blue, Cobalt, Cool Gray. Happy Easter weekend! ~ Sharon Read more →

Framed Fleuriste Newsprint

Today's JustRite Papercraft new stamp set reveals are two gorgeous background stamps designed and illustrated by Amy Tedder. This week we are revealing a fresh new look for JustRite Papercraft and launching the beginning of a new stamp line called Amy Tedder Designs. Aren't they gorgeous?!! Amy just started her own new blog, so I hope you'll visit her for more upcoming inspiration! I adore both of today's new background stamps and chose to use part of this beautiful Fleuriste Newsprint stamp: to make this 3.50" framed piece of artwork: I stamped it with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto kraft cardstock and then colored it with these lighter Springy Copic markers: YR31, YR23, YR31, B12, G21, V15, W4. The butterfly was stamped again onto Copic's X-Press It Blending Card, cut out and popped up over the background. A light green seam binding bow and pale yellow paper rose finish it off. I thought this would make a nice Spring home decor piece for my guest powder room! I also wanted to mention -- if you still have some of the older JustRite stamp sets on your wish list, now would be a great time to check out the JustRite Original... Read more →

JustRite Mother's Day

Today the JustRite Papercraft design team has projects to share using some beautiful new Classic Lace Edge stamps (click on either image below, to see them in the store): I used the first set to create this Mother's Day card: I also used yesterday's release stamp set, Vintage Rose Medallions for the sentiment banner and semi-circle of roses I stamped on the paper doily. The banner was stamped with Memento Rose Bud ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card, colored with Copic E41 and E42 markers (to match the kraft cardstock background), hand trimmed and then Copic's 1/4" Foam Mounting Tape was the perfect size to adhere it to the doily: The seam binding was custom colored with Copic RV55 (to match the pink card base) and then placed in a baggie and Copic Colorless Blender Solution dropped onto it, to achieve the vintage hand-dyed look. The lace edge was stamped with Versamark ink and then heat embossed with white powder onto kraft cardstock and accented with pink gemstones (also colored with the RV55 marker). These JustRite designers also have projects to share today: JustRite Inspiration Sharon Harnist <=You are here! Michele Kovack Darsie Bruno Sheri Holt Kazan Clark Heidi... Read more →

Polka Dot Bike!

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, I'm sharing a brand new Karen Lockhart Spring 2012 image/notecard . . . I hope you'll join me there to see all the details! Read more →