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2013 Project Life!

I finally had a chance to try and settled on a Project Life kit for our 2013 family photo album. Here's the cover page I made for it: And I'm beyond thrilled Ellen Hutson is now carrying all the Project Life supplies I'll need! I hope you'll join me today in the CLASSroom, to see my review of the supplies I selected, and for a few tips including how your Copic markers can fit into your scrapbooking! And don't forget you have until this Sunday evening at midnight to enter the Copic Coloring Guide 4 giveaway I have going, in the post below this one! Happy weekend! ~ Sharon Read more →

Copic Coloring Guide, Level 4: Fine Details!

Good morning and welcome to a very special blog hop . . . I am very excited to announce my participation and publication in the latest book in the series, the Copic Coloring Guide, Level 4: Fine Details! Authors Colleen Schaan and Marianne Walker have partnered up again with the team at Annie’s and some of the most talented artists and designers in the industry to bring you a quality publication packed full of techniques, theory, tutorials, and inspiration. The 64-page book is the latest in the Coloring Guide series, offering information and educational material for crafters of all skill levels. From light source to shading and shadows, to mixing mediums and tackling detailed images, this book shows how to take your coloring up one notch further … by focusing on the fine details. All of the information is presented in an easy-to-follow format. An included CD contains all of the hand-drawn images used in the tutorial section of the book, along with the assembly instructions for all of the projects. Each participating designer is hopping today to give you a peek at their favorite project from the book AND a chance to WIN your own autographed copy! Here's my... Read more →

Happy Father's Day!

Today over in the CLASSroom, I have this photo card idea to share with you . . . just in time for Father's Day! I hope you'll join me and have a wonderful weekend! ~ Sharon Read more →

New Copic Classes and Exciting News!

I've been keeping a secret about something for a while now and I'm proud to be involved! Looks like someone let the cat out of the bag a little early . . . more news will be coming next week, stay tuned! :) Are you ready for some summer coloring fun? Check out these new Copic classes that have recently been added to the schedule (click on the icons below for registration information). You can find all available Copic classes listed over on my Copic Classes page or over at the Copic website: -- AUG -- 09: Kansas City KS, taught by Lori Craig 16: St. Louis MO, taught by Lori Craig 16: Minneapolis MN, taught by Debbie Olson 16: Portland OR, taught by Sherrie Siemens -- AUG -- 10: Kansas City KS, taught by Lori Craig 17: St. Louis MO, taught by Lori Craig 17: Minneapolis MN, taught by Debbie Olson 17: Portland OR, taught by Sherrie Siemens -- JUL -- 19-20: Chicago, IL: July 19-20: Open for enrollment, click HERE Instructors - Debbie Olson & Cindy Lawrence I hope you have a wonderful weekend ... I'll be back a little later with a CLASSroom project! ~ Sharon Read more →

Days of Summer StampTV Kit

The Design Team for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another awesome blog hop! This time we are featuring the brand spanking new StampTV kit, Days of Summer! We are hoping to truly inspire you with many beautiful creations and ideas! As you hop along, make sure to leave a comment on all the blogs because we will be choosing one person to win a $50.00 gift certificate from Gina K Designs! Just check back in a couple of days in the Big News forum at StampTV to see if you are the winner. Here's another peek at the FOUR different stamp sets you'll get in this kit: If you saw my post from Monday, you know that I'm hosting this week's StampTV Challenge, which is to create a tag(s). So in keeping with this week's challenge theme, I made some more tags using the two right stamp sets (You're the Sweetest & Fishing You the Best) from the kit . . . Here they are (click on any photo for a larger view): I stamped with Gina's fabulous Color Companions Ink Pads onto some pre-made 2-3/4" x 1-11/16" white tags from the office supply store and now I have... Read more →

Doilies & Lace

Hello! Today I have another fun tag to share with you . . . can you tell tags are one of my favorite things to make?!! This one uses a great new stamp set from JustRite Papercraft, illustrated by Samantha Walker, Doilies & Lace! I stamped three different doilies from this set with Memento inks onto a standard #8 manila tag. That sweet scalloped border along the bottom is also a stamp from this set -- doesn't it look just like lace?!! To make the doilies stand out and give them some real dimension, I used my Copic E41 marker to outline them. I also used Copic RV55 to color the manila hole reinforcer at the top of the tag, to match the pink cardstock I used to back the tag: The pretty center sentiment is from JustRite's new Get Well Labels Twenty clear set and has tons of great sentiments for other occasions in it, too! I stamped the pretty label onto another manila tag and die cut it with Spellbinders coordinating Labels Twenty die, then matted it with another die cut of pink cardstock and popped it up on foam tape. To finish the tag, I added colored... Read more →

StampTV Challenge Time!

Hi, everyone! Just wanted to let you know I'm hosting this week's StampTV challenge and this time I've chosen one of my favorite things to create . . . tags! And my sample uses the brand new Spring/Summer StampTV Kit, Days of Summer, just released last Thursday! I used one of the four mini stamp sets in this kit, A Wish For You. You can find the full details of my challenge HERE, over at StampTV in the Challenge Forum. To ink up these pretty new stamps, I used Tim Holtz Distress Markers (dusty concord, shabby shutters, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, worn lipstick) and stamped onto a 3" x 5" tag I created from Gina's Ivory Heavy Base Weight cardstock. How cute is that row of tiny butterflies stamp at the bottom?! I backed the tag with Turquoise Sea cardstock and the pink ribbon is from the Days of Summer kit. A coordinating Pink Passion button finishes off the top. Be sure to check back here on Thursday, for a Gina K design team blog hop featuring this kit! ~ Sharon Read more →

Get Well Chicken Soup

Hello, friends! Sorry it's been a while since my last post . . . I sliced my thumb very deep back in April and it's been numb ever since. I still can't grasp much with that thumb and hand yet, but I'm gradually getting a little feeling back. As you can imagine, this has made crafting a little more difficult these days! So I thought this "get well" tag might be just the crafty medicine I needed this week! I started by inking a #8 manila tag with Distress Inks . . . I love these bright colors! Then I used JustRite Papercraft's new Leafy Background by Samantha Walker: And stamped it using only water. The water "bleaches" out the ink and leaves the lovely watermarked image behind! . . Next, I used Tim Holtz Distress Markers (Dusty Concord, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmelade, Broken China & Worn Lipstick) to color directly on this new rubber cling mount JustRite set, Chicken Soup Labels Four: . . After stamping the colored label onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card, I die cut it with Spellbinders coordinating Labels Four die and mounted it with Copic Foam Tape onto the tag. Please pardon the tad... Read more →