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JustRite Secret Garden

Hello and happy weekend! I have a bright, cheery spring/summer thank you card to share with you today: The beautiful background is JustRite's Secret Garden background stamp, airbrushed with a rainbow of Copic markers (RV09, YR04 and Y08), then spritzed with Copic Colorless Blender Solution and stamped onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card: The background was trimmed a little and mounted to an A2-sized (4.50" x 5.50") black card base. The beautiful Thank You sentiment (from JustRite's Clear Vintage Banners) was stamped with black ink and then die cut with JustRite's coordinating custom Vintage Label & Banner dies and positioned over a black ribbon bow with Copic Foam Tape and accented with a tiny paper flower: I hope you have a bright and cheery weekend! ~ Sharon Read more →

Gina K Designs-CardMaker Spring Parade Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Gina K Designs and CardMaker Spring Parade blog hop! Today you'll find tons of fabulous inspiration using the new Spring Parade StampTV Kit: Here's a little inspiration I made, using cardstock, patterned paper, ribbon and stamps from this kit, a set of 4.25" square cards (click on any photo for a larger view): (For those of you who have already seen these cards once, I apologize -- I was going to have a new project to show you using this awesome kit but sliced open my thumb a few days ago and you'd be surprised at what you can't do without the grasping use of one thumb, LOL!). The same layout was used on all the cards, to make crafting time a little quicker and easier. The round focal images were white heat embossed, with accents behind them stamped in VersaMark. Here's a close-up of each card: 1. Uses the Dreams Take Flight stamp set and Gina K Designs Tomato Soup, Turquoise Sea & White cardstock, along with Spring Parade patterned paper & ribbon from the kit: 2. Uses the Shine On stamp set and Gina K Designs Sweet Mango, Wild Dandelion & White cardstock... Read more →

Spring Scrapping

Today over in Ellen's CLASSroom, I have this Spring scrapbook page to share with you . . . I hope you'll visit me there to find out all the details! Happy weekend! ~ Sharon Read more →

Copic Flower Color Tutorial

Hello! I just wanted to let you all know I have a flower coloring tutorial over on the Copic blog today, for this card: I hope you'll join me, to learn the Feather Blending technique I used to color these pretty Buds & Vases flowers by Melanie Muenchinger for Gina K Designs! ~ Sharon Read more →

Birdie Thanks

Hi, Friends -- I have a quick little card to share with you this afternoon! I wanted to try out a few pretty NEW ink pad colors that will be coming soon from Gina K Designs (shhh, don't tell anyone!). And speaking of GKD, have you seen this current sale that's going on? A surprise mid-month SIX brand new stamp set duos and they, along with the rest of Gina K's stamp set duos, are HALF PRICE through Tuesday, April 16! Just click the graphic above, to go shopping! And notice all of Gina's exclusive patterned paper packs are also on sale! Here's my quick little 4.25" square thank you card, using Gina's Spring Parade StampTV Kit: The card uses all Gina K Designs ink pads (listed below) and colored with Copic markers (also listed below). I guess this card is an ode to the sweet little bird couple that made a nest on top of my patio ceiling fan and had 5 little babies hatch this weekend! Here they are, getting their lunch earlier this afternoon: They've been busy parents, flying back and forth with breakfast, lunch and snacks to those peeping babies all day! Yes, Spring has definitely... Read more →

Mix It Up Monday Challenge

Today I'm hosting the Mix It Up Monday Challenge over on StampTV -- here's my sample, using the new April StampTV Kit, Spring Parade: The challenge is a sketch to follow . . . you can find all the challenge details HERE. I hope you'll join me! You can find two more samples of this sketch that I made HERE and HERE. ~ Sharon {Supplies} Stamps, Paper & Ribbon: Spring Parade StampTV Kit (Turquoise Sea, Tomato Soup & White cardstock, Spring Parade 6x6 patterned paper pack) Ink: Versamark Accessories: White embossing powder & heat embossing tool, Copic Foam Tape, EK Success 1.75" circle & Scallop Diamond punches Read more →

Spring has Sprung!

The Texas Bluebonnets are blooming along the road sides . . . a definite sign Spring is here (at least in my part of the country!). Birds are singing . . . one has built her nest on my patio ceiling fan (ugh!). So I wanted to capture that Spring feeling on a 5x7 stretched canvas, colored with Copic markers: Yes, I said Copics on canvas! I hope you'll join me today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom for all the details on how to create it . . . Happy weekend! ~ Sharon Read more →

StampTV Spring Parade Kit Release Day!

The Gina K design team welcomes you to another awesome blog hop! Today we are featuring the brand spanking new StampTV kit . . . We hope to truly inspire you with many beautiful creations and ideas! As you hop along today, be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs because on Friday we will choose one lucky winner to receive this awesome StampTV kit! Just check back on Friday in the StampTV Big News forum to see if you are the winner! I had so much fun with the 4.25" square card, layout, and white embossing I made yesterday, I decided to use the same concept again today. I think I might see a pattern of upcoming sweet and easy Spring/Summer card sets made with this fabulous kit! This kit is now available for purchase in the Gina K Designs store! For more details about what all is included in the kit, see my post below this one. For this card, I used the Shine On stamp set from the kit ... isn't that little bird ADORABLE?!! She was originally carrying an umbrella, but I omitted it when I stamped it with Versamark and white heat embossed... Read more →

Gina K's Spring Parade StampTV Kit Sneak Peek!

The Gina K design team welcomes you to another awesome blog hop! Today's hop is dediccated to our own Sean Fetterman, who is in the hospital recovering from a heart attack (and seems to be doing just fine). We wish you a speedy recovery, Sean! Today we are featuring the brand spanking new StampTV kit . . . We hope to truly inspire you with many beautiful creations and ideas! As you hop along today, be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs because on Friday we will choose one lucky winner to receive this awesome StampTV kit! Just check back in a couple of days in the StampTV Big News forum to see if you are the winner. Here are the FOUR fabulous new red rubber cling-mounted mini stamp sets that will be included in this kit: along with cardstock, ribbon, brads, and this darling 6x6 patterned paper: Doesn't all of that just get you in the mood for Spring?!! The kit will be available for sale beginning tomorrow, Thursday, April 4 at 8am Central is available NOW in the Gina K Designs store! Here's the first card I created with the kit, using the Blossom stamp... Read more →

JustRite April Release Day 2

Today's JustRite Papercraft April stamp set release being featured is this pretty cling mount red rubber True Friends Vintage Labels Four: I love those pretty little flowers, scrolls and wonderful sentiments! I used this set to create my 6" x 6" April calendar: I stamped this wonderful frame onto Neenah Natural White cardstock with Memento Gray Flannel ink, to match the grays in the My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart-Be Amazing 6x6 patterned paper I used. Then I colored the image with these Copic markers, also to match with the patterned paper: Copic markers: BG11, BG53 & BG49 (flowers), Y21 (stripes and airbrushed center sentiment), YG03 & YG63 (leaves). The flowers were accented with tiny yellow gemstones. The center sentiment was stamped with Memento Teal Zeal ink and then both the label and sentiment were die cut with JustRite's coordinating Vintage Labels Four dies and popped up with Copic Foam Tape. The center sentiment was airbrushed with Copic Y21 marker while the cardstock was still in the die: I hand cut the kite embellishment from coordinating Be Amazing paper and wrapped it with silver sparkle twine! To finish my calendar, I stamped the pretty swirls from this stamp set onto... Read more →

JustRite April Release Day 1

Happy April, everyone, and welcome to JustRite Papercraft's April release inspiration blog hops this week! Our first stamp set to show you this week is this cling mounted red rubber Floral Thank You: Solid stamps like this are a great tool to create one of my favorite background techniques, Copic Blender Bleaching, like I did on the turquoise background of this 4.75" square card: It's a pretty quick and easy technique -- Start by airbrushing glossy white cardstock with the Copic Sketch marker of your choice. I used BG49: Next, use an alcohol prep wipe as an "ink pad" -- wipe the surface of the stamp and then quickly (before the alcohol has a chance to dry) stamp onto the airbrushed background: In reality, the alcohol will be lifting off the Copic airbrushed color, thus "bleaching" the cardstock. Next, to create the floral focal image, I used Memento Markers to ink the floral spray in this stamp set, using Rose Bud, Bamboo Leaves &Teal Zeal. Then I stamped the image onto one of Inchie Arts new 3-inch white Art Squares: To finish the focal image, I airbrushed Copic YR21 onto the Art Square background. The finished image was matted with... Read more →