Butterfly Thank You

I am on the SRM Stickers blog today, featuring their Sickers by the Dozen Thank You stickers and Twinery Twine (Carribean #68012 and Buttercream #68008). Here is one of the 3 I made. The butterfly is from The Craft's Meow's Beautiful Spring. I colored it with Copic markers. The papers are Pink Paislee. The pearls are by Want2Scrap. Make sure you visit the SRM Stickers blog to see the rest of the post.

CFC #10 Sentimental

Hello, friends! It's Crafty Friends Challenge again and this time, Linda, our hostess, challenged us to focus our project on words/sentiments.

I made this clean and simple card for you using my Penny Black Madison Paper pad. The seam binding and twine are by Ribbon Carousel.

The sentiment is Thickers by American Crafts. I'm entering this to the Moxie Fab Challenge.

Please check out these ladies' blogs for more sentimental inspirations:

Linda * Beate * Charmaine

Hello, how are you?

I have a fancy card for you today using Donna Salazar's Wonderful Wings Spellbinders dies and coordinating Want2Scrap bling. The papers are Cosmo Cricket and the rosette is by American Crafts.

The flower in the rosette center is from The Craft's Meow's Stitched Flowers, which were colored with Copics, and the sentiment is from TCM's Stitched Sentiments.  I finished the card with a strip of Want2Scrap Sleek Strips Silver Rhinestones- Self Adhesive. I love how a strip of bling adds so much to a card.

I hope you're having a great day!

Want2Scrap Products used:

Want2Scrap Donna Salazar's Wonderful Wings bling

Sleek Strips Silver Rhinestones- Self Adhesive

Cross Promo Products used:
Spellbinders Wonderful Wings dies
The Craft's Meow's Stitched Flowers
The Craft's Meow's Stitched Sentiments set 
Clearsnap Vivid Brick Ink

GlueArts Adhesive Squares™ Brand Adhesives-PermaTac

GlueArts U-Cut-It® 4x4

Birthday Greetings

It was my turn on the Want2Scrap blog a couple of days ago and I shared a card there that I'm showing you now. I used some new products that I've had for a while, but just didn't have time to use till now. I used Want2Scrap Fancy Waves Border Bling and Baby Bling Silver Rhinestones with Cosmo Cricket papers and American Crafts Rosette embellishment.

The sentiment is stamped using The Craft's Meow's Stitched Sentiments set and Clearsnap Vivid Brick ink. Here's a close up of this quick and easy card.

I hope you are enjoying the last weeks of summer!

Want2Scrap Products used:

Wants2Scrap Manilla tags

Baby Bling Pearls White - 100 Count - 2.5mm

Cross Promo Products used:
The Craft's Meow's Stitched Sentiments set 
Clearsnap Vivid Brick Ink

GlueArts Adhesive Squares™ Brand Adhesives-PermaTac

GlueArts U-Cut-It® 4x4

Dear Friend

I have been posting some of my publication rejects cards lately, but always forget to post the ones that actually make it :). Part of the reason is I can't keep track of the magazine's policies regarding sharing photos of published cards. I have been slacking in the submission department lately, just because life gets so busy. But I have to say it's always well worth the effort. I love the challenge of getting cards accepted, and of course the perks of getting paid and/or receiving paper crafting products are a plus. :)

Today's card was published in CARDS Magazine back in October 2010.The sentiment is from Layers of Color's Sent with Love. The paper is American Crafts.

Speaking of publications, I have some published in the recent Paper Crafts Magazine special edition magazines and their first ever book that will be revealed at CHA:

 

Spring Hugs

Today's card uses my latest GinaK Lovely Labels 3. The label was, of course, die cut with Spellbinders Labels 18. The papers are American Crafts Enchanted. The pink ribbon and buttons are PTI and twine by The Twinery.

Don't forget the Lily Pad Cards Hop is still happening. I don't know about you, but I'm excited about this new challenge blog because it involves many of my stamping idols.

Thank You Blog Hop

Welcome to the Gina K Designs team's special Spellbinders Thank You Blog Hop! I hope you're hopping along with us and arrived here from my talented friend Michelle Woerner's blog. To see the blog hop order, visit the StampTV site.

It is no secret how much I love my Spellbinder dies *wink* and I'm so excited to be a part of this hop as we showcase different projects featuring our beloved dies using the new Grand Calibur machine. When I was at CHA in January, I was able to demo the Grand Calibur to retailers and it was such a great experience. The machine works effortlessly. It is much easier to crank than my other die cutting machine, which I often have to hold still with my left hand as I crank with the right. Grand Calibur's suction works so well that you don't need to do this. It stays put as it cuts. I also love that the cutting area is HUGE! You can cut up to letter size, meaning you can die cut several shapes at a time.

Here is my first card for today's hop. I used the following dies for this one:

• Labels One
• Big Scalloped Circle - rolled up rosette
• Foliage - leaves
  

The label is from the Lovely Labels set and the verse is from my Christ is Risen set. The papers are American Crafts Enchanted.

And notice that border of bling? That's my favorite find at CHA called the Nestabling, manufactured by Want2Scrap. Bling and Spellbinder Nestabilities together...what more could a crafty girl ask for?

My second card features the following dies:

• Big Scalloped Circle - rolled up felt rosette
• Foliage - leaves
• Grommet Tags
• Butterflies Two
  

The sentiment is also from Christ is Risen and the papers are also American Crafts Enchanted.

From here, hop along to the Copic marker extraordinaire, Sharon Harnist's blog. I am sure you will not be disappointed. Thank you for joining us today.

Finally don't forget my 2nd blog anniversary giveaway. More details HERE. The winner will be picked from one of the commenters all week. And make sure you check out the Subscriber/Follower only giveaway, too!

Glittered Cake

Before I begin, I just want to wish my talented friend and co-crafter in Croatia, Jane Beljo, a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope this year is the best one yet! Stay warm and enjoy your snow-covered day.

I am so thrilled to join her and her amazing design team in the re-release party of her very own Jane's Bakery stamp set, available at her etsy store. This cute set of stamps is perfect for coloring, paper piecing using all sorts of cardmaking style. These stamps are high quality photopolymer clear stamps that are made in the USA. If you're in Australia, you can purchase them, along with Jane's yummy buttons, at Jay Gee's Nook.

Here's my card using the layered cake, banner and sentiment from Jane's Bakery stamp set. The papers are PTI Melon Berry and American Crafts Dear Lizzy.

Here's a detailed photo of the cake, which was embellished with glitter and my own doodles (polka dots and lines). The cake and banner were colored with Copic markers. The seam binding is my own.

Make sure you visit Jane's Doodles design team, as well as the Guest DT for this hop. I know you will not be disappointed. Here are the links:

• Jane - she's giving away this set and more!
  
• Alice
  
• Kelly
• Mariana
• Nina - you're here
  
• Lea - Guest DT
  
• Ashley - Guest DT
• 

Summery Cards

A couple of fun cards to show you using GinaK's Beach Bum set, Dear Lizzy papers by American Crafts and some yummy SRM Stickers. I colored the images with Copics. I just love these papers, so perfect to bring sunshine to somebody's life. :-)

Don't forget about the Layers of Color's Art Stencil giveaway. It's going on now at the LOC blog!

Finally, my friend Lori Boyd has a touching story on her blog about a little girl who could use our prayers and help. Lori is offering a cute digi for a small donation. Please check out her blog for more info.