A chance to give...

Today as the Gina K Designs team feature my latest stamp designs, Heartily Yours and Heartily Yours Additions, I am glad to give you an opportunity to help with me the Haitian people who continue to suffer the aftermaths of a natural disaster.

My heart goes out to them and wish I could be there to help with the disaster relief. Since that is not possible, I decided to help in other ways: to pray for them and give towards their physical needs. And I want to share that opportunity with you as well.

I designed some vintage Valentine bingo cards that are so very trendy right now. The colors coordinate with GinaK's Green Apple, Smoky Slate, Passionate Pink and Lipstick Red. The download is FREE, but if you would like to donate, it would be wonderful! All proceeds will go towards a charity, The Children's Hunger Fund, that I truly support. I have a few very good friends who work with CHF and 99% of donations given to them goes straight to the people in need.

I would like to ask, though, that you do not share, redistribute, or sell the actual file without prior permission. Please direct your friends here to get their own copy. Feel free to sell items you create using my art and even submit for publication and/or challenges. I just ask that you give the appropriate credit and link back to my blog when you do. Thank you. To download, just click on the image below.

And if you would like to donate, please click on the "Donate" button below and it'll take you to Paypal. You do not need to have a Paypal account to donate. You just need a valid credit card account.

Here are some cards I made using these Valentine bingo cards. I used GinaK's Soft Sand, Ivory and Passionate Pink CS and October Afternoon Farm Fresh patterned papers. I made the frame using Spellbinders Labels 9. I will also enter these to Moxie Fab's Start to Finish challenge.

And the inside of the card:

And another card using the same color scheme and GKD cardstocks:

And inside:

Check out these links for even more inspiration:

Jessica Fick
Melanie Muenchinger
Carolyn King
Lee Murphy
Tami Mayberry
Erika Martin
Jen Charboneau
Alice Wertz
StampTV Idea Center

Now, it's your turn! Please hop over to Gina's blog to add the direct link to your blog post showcasing Nina's Heartily Yours and Heartily Yours Additions stamp sets in the Mister Linkey Box. Gina will have a special prize for the one link that she chooses out of all the participating bloggers - check out her blog for the details.

One last thing, if you could remember to pray for our family. We've all caught a stomach bug and have been taking turns getting sick. It's no fun, esp when the parents are sick too. Thank you.

My Freebies Page

EDIT: I have an updated list of my freebies. Just click on the tab "Freebies" above.

Here is a list of what I have available for you to download:

• Gable box template and tutorial
• Desk calendar template and tutorial
  
• Paper Romance Pack
• Hydrangea - to honor Grandma Cook
• Blog and Forum Signatures
• Blossom for Mom - to honor my wonderful mom
• GGK Flowers - fun design for coloring, includes a great quote by C. Spurgeon

If you downloaded the freebies, please leave me a comment with a link to your project, so I can see. And if you liked them, consider donating. All proceeds go to my church in Croatia.

Christian Paper Crafts Magazine and another Design venture

The siggys below are just a sampling. Please go to the GALLERY for more choices. Thanks.

I just want you all to know that the new Christian Paper Crafts Magazine forum is now open. I have been enjoying my time there, getting to know fellow sisters in the Lord in the paper crafting community. They have challenges and Bible study notes, and lots of other fun things. Go check it out!

Through some ladies' encouragement from that forum, I decided to offer some designs for forum and blog signatures. I am taking donations only (the Paypal donate button is on my left sidebar) for this and the proceeds will go toward our church here in Croatia. In the past, my design earnings have paid for specific needs for our women's ministry (paying for notebooks and other supplies for a Women's Conference). This time, I just found out that we need to reprint a tract called "Search for Joy" by John Piper. You can find the link in our church's website of the tract ("Potraga za srecom" in Croatian).

Here are some sample designs I offer, but will be adding more later. You can find the gallery here. These initial images are more for forum signatures, but I can easily reformat to be used as blog signatures and even business card designs.

Please email me at knbrackett at yahoo dot com if you are interested. Thanks and have a super creative day.

In some of these designs, I used brushes from Graphics Illustrations and Parelodemoi.