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Christmas 2013 Countdown Calendar

Hi, Everyone -- Before the busy holiday season sets in tomorrow, I wanted to share my annual Christmas countdown calendar with you! As usual, the calendar is available as a free download over on my Downloads & Tutorials page (scroll down to Free Downloads) and prints on one sheet of 8.50" x 11" cardstock with approximately 3.50" of header space at the top for decorating. Or click this link to download the PDF printable file: Download 2013 DEC-Countdown-calendar_sharonharnist My decoration this year is this adorable You Shine My Favorite Things a' la mode girl, stamped onto an Inchie Arts ATC sized Ivory Art Square with Memento Espresso Truffle Ink Pad. She was colored with the Copic Sketch Markers shown below: Glossy Accents covers the light bulbs, to give them a realistic glow! Finishing out the header on my calendar, I used these My Favorite Things Die-namics: Blueprints 9 (scallop border & stitched banner/ribbon), and Accent It-December Memories -- I adore the font in this die set! An Ivory Inchie Square (currently marking November 27th) is used to move to each day for the count down. I inked parts of the You Shine girl stamp with Espresso Truffle Marker to stamp... Read more →

Gina K Designs May 2013 Release-Day 3

The Gina K Designs design team welcomes you to day 3 of our fabulous May release Inspiration Blog Hops … Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! 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 grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops. Our first featured stamp set today is Weather or Not by Beth Silaika: I loved all the matching images and sentiments in this set and wanted to pair up a few of them, so I came up with a set of 3" x 4" Project Life cards for my scrapbooking. These could also be used as sweet lunch box notes for your kids OR they are also (near) ATC size! (Click on any photo for a larger view) I had so much fun with these! I started by using Beth's coordinating Weather or Not Silhouette cut file and die cut Gina's Ivory Heavy Base Weight cardstock (I... Read more →

Distressed Anniversary ATC

Well, that title is a little misleading -- I'm not distressed about my wedding anniversary tomorrow, it's just the technique I used on this anniversary ATC! :D I'm sharing all the distressed and shabby details about this Artist/Altered Trading Card over in the CLASSroom today -- I hope you'll join me for some tips & tricks you can use not only on your ATCs but any shabby/distressed papercrafting project you create, including working your Copic markers into that technique! Read more →

Love Angel ATC/Home Decor

Today in the CLASSroom I have a little bit of a twist on a seasonal ATC -- colored with Copic markers and used as home decor! I hope you'll join me for the coloring tutorial, too! Read more →

Bee Mine

Today over at the CLASSroom, I have another ATC (Artist or Altered Trading Card) to share with you. I'm really enjoying this size of canvas (2.50" x 3.50") to create with and I hope you'll join me as I give you a few tips for your ATCs! Read more →

Artist Trading Cards

Artist Trading Cards ... have you ever wondered exactly what they are? Today in the CLASSroom, I tell you all about them and how I created my personal one shown above using a few of my very favorite colors (red!), products (Copics & Ranger!) & techniques (distressing!) ... I hope you'll join me! And don't forget -- you still have until 11:59pm CST tonight to enter my 1st Blogoversary giveaway posted below. And a new giveaway will be posted tomorrow! :D Read more →