PaperFections

Season's Givings Blog Hop

Welcome to the Season’s Givings Blog Hop! This hop is going to be a little bit different, in the fact that every single person on the list below is giving something away! All you need to do to be entered for the chance to win each person’s individual giveaway package is leave a comment here on this blog post at my blog, then go to each of the other blogs and leave comments there. Really, really easy. Now grab your favorite beverage, relax and start hopping and commenting! Each paper crafting blogger will have their own giveaway end date, choose their own prize package winner, and announce their winner on their own blog. My giveaway will run through this Friday evening, January 4 and I’ll announce the winner back here on Saturday, January 5. Here’s the package of paper crafting goodies I’m giving away: My package includes: (3) stamp sets – Nurse Feelgood cling rubber stamp set by Carolyn King for Gina K Designs, Hanna Stamps Halloween clear stamp set, Genuine Friend cling rubber background stamp by JustRite Stampers. (2) 6”x6” patterned paper packs – Gina K Designs Merry Little Christmas, BasicGrey Obscure. (1) big bag of ribbon! Blog hop... Read more →

New Year Giveaway From Copic!

There are so many new things happening in 2013 at Copic that we just can't hold back our excitement! • In less than two weeks we will be kicking off our new Color & Ink Workshop at the Craft & Hobby Association show. There's still time to register, but space is limited so sign up now, here on the Copic website. • This year at CHA we will be expanding our fabulous line of X-Press it adhesives. Stop by our booth to see our new glue, glue markers, and double-sided adhesive sheets, along with all of our other fabulous rolls of double-sided tape and foam tape. • We will be showcasing a lot of new marker sets, including our new 3-pc. Sketch blending group sets: These are a great way for beginners to start their collection, with markers that go together beautifully! To celebrate all the excitement, we are having a fun blog hop among our designers, and giving away a great prize package! Each prize pack will include an assortment of 3 markers from one of our Limited Edition 25th Anniversary sets (fine nib on one side, super brush on the other end) and one roll of our X-Press... Read more →

Custom Stamped Metal Jewelry

It's all the rage . . . custom stamped metal jewelry. I tried my hand at it and I hope you'll join me in the CLASSroom to see how easy it is! I'll be back here on my blog Monday for some fabulous giveaways you won't want to miss . . . I hope you'll join me! ~ Sharon Read more →

Copic Colored Glass, Christmas Tags and More!

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, I'm sharing this much needed holiday tag AND a pretty Copic colored glass technique ... I hope you'll join me! I also wanted to share this with you: Hero Arts' new catalog debut! Ellen has all the new stamps in stock ... just click the banner above to shop! Happy Holidays! ~ Sharon Related articles 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2012 - Day 1 Advent Calendar 2012 Finished! Read more →

Copic Poinsettia Card

Today over on the Copic blog, I show you how I finished this red Poinsettia coloring tutorial card I started and posted last month. I hope you'll join me in finding out how to use some more great Copic products with this pretty Memory Box Poinsettia Collage stamp! ~ Sharon Related articles Copic Coloring Guide Level 3: People Winner! New Copic Classes Next Year! Coloring People - Copic Tutorial Read more →

Advent Calendar 2012 Finished!

Hello, Friends! Finally, I finished my 2012 Advent Calendar and wanted to share the whole thing with you! Here are the 2nd to last set of tags (yes, two are still not finished and I promise I'll share those next week): (Click on photos for a larger view) Tag 12 - I used Gina K Designs Lots of Letters by Melanie Muenchinger to make this Game Nite tag out of faux Scrabble tiles ... such a fun set! I stamped the tile squares and letters with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto Gina’s Ivory Layering Weight Cardstock and added the numbers with Copic Chocolate Atyou Spica Glitter Pen. Then I punched them out with a 3/4-inch square punch and popped up with Copic foam tape on the Sandy Beach cardstock tag. I used my Scor-Buddy to score a "game board" on the background. The star center is also from the Lots of Letters stamp set, stamped in Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink. Everything was adhered to an Ocean Mist tag. Tag 17 - "Let not our hearts be busy inns that have no room for Him" -- beautiful sentiment and Bethleham silhouette is from Gina K Designs' current Merry Little Christmas StampTV... Read more →

Gina K November 2012 Release Inspiration Hop-Day 3

The Design Team for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop, with the November release stamp sets! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through the blogs listed below, 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 Gina K Designs Grab Bag that could have anything from stamps to paper to embellishments in it! To see the list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops! Our featured stamp sets today are Perfect Plaids by Tami Mayberry: And the new One Free With 3 set, Snow One Like You: I combined these two sets for some more Advent calendar tags (surprised?)! And I made my own washi tape with Tami’s plaids (squeal … SO much fun)! (Click on photo for a larger view) I just applied white gift wrap tissue paper to wide double-sided tape and then stamped on the tissue paper with Memento inks and trimmed to the size I wanted (about 1/2-inch wide on #6 and I left #10’s... Read more →

Gina K November 2012 Release Inspiration Hop-Day 2

The Design Team for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop, with the November release stamp sets! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through the blogs listed below, 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 Gina K Designs Grab Bag that could have anything from stamps to paper to embellishments in it! To see the list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops! Today’s first featured stamp set is this gorgeous Elegant Florals by Theresa Momber: I couldn’t help but try and make another holiday tag for my Advent calendar out of this set –- I made it a personal challenge, LOL! (But I can’t wait to color the beautiful Bird of Paradise SOON!). Here it is: 13-Thinking of you and smiling -- (the Advent activity of the day listed on the back of the tag): Call or visit a friend or loved one that you haven’t seen or spoken to in some time. I used Theresa’s Elegant... Read more →

Gina K November 2012 Release Inspiration Hop-Day 1

The Design Team for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop, with the November release stamp sets! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through the blogs listed below, 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 Gina K Designs Grab Bag that could have anything from stamps to paper to embellishments in it! To see the list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops! Our featured stamp sets today are Lots of Letters by Melanie Muenchinger – I’m so excited to have a Gina K alpha/number set! And this sweet Warm Woolen Mittens by Becky Oehlers: For my first project, I combined both stamp sets to create my December calendar: I used Lots of Letters to spell out “december” and with the clear stamp set, it was a breeze to line up on my grid-lined acrylic block to stamp! I love this classic, simple font –- it goes well with anything and will be fabulous for scrapbooking, too! Remember,... Read more →

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2012 - Day 1

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, we're starting off our annual tradition of a feminine twist on Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas. It will be a fun-tastic 12 days filled with wonderful guest designers and fabulous stamping techniques in the CLASSroom, so you won't want to miss it! I get to kick things off today with my tag -- I hope you'll join me to find out how I created it AND for a giveaway! ~ Sharon Read more →