tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61870069237518395482024-03-13T23:14:41.084-05:00Livin' Life in the Creative LaneKay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-73606316128449161012013-12-17T19:00:00.000-06:002013-12-17T19:00:03.979-06:00CSS Inspiration Hop and FarewellToday is a CSS Inspiration Hop, and it is also a farewell because this is the last of the blog hops by this group. The Stamp TV Center Stage Spotlight alumni are crafters who were selected to be guest designers for Gina K Designs monthly stamp releases. While the CSS ended quite some time back, those who had been part of it were asked to do blog hops from time to time. It has been a great deal of fun since I was selected back in the fall of 2009. I nearly fainted when I got the email from Gina saying I had been chosen and was sure she must have gotten the wrong person! LOL! I've met a lot of very talented and lovely people through this group and will miss our hops. We'll all still be around at Stamp TV (and might even have a few blog hops of our own, you never know!). Now it's time to get on with this last hop …<br />
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I hope you came here from my super talented friend <a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/2013/12/stv-inspiration-challenge-hop-dec-17.html">Karen's</a> blog. I'm sure she had something fabulous to share with you! If you didn't and would like to start the hop at the beginning, just head back over to Stamp TV to find the list of all the participants.<br />
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Here is the inspiration photo we used to get our creative juices flowing.<br />
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Isn't it gorgeous? I had an idea the minute I saw it, and here it is in the form of a card.<br />
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For some reason, when I saw the inspiration photo I immediately pictured a snow covered tree outside a window. I hope you can see the "snow" and the sparkle on the tree. I stamped the tree in Gina K Designs <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=258">Christmas Pine ink</a> and heat set it. I added colored "ornaments" to the tree with my Spica markers and then took a glue pad and pressed it down over the tree (that was why I heat set the ink. Didn't want it to smear when I used the glue over it). I sprinkled Stampin' Up Iridescent Ice glitter over the entire thing to make it look like a snow storm outside the window. The card base is GKD <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=204">Pure Luxury Christmas Pine</a>, the sparkly layer is some glitter paper I had in my stash, and the patterned paper is from the GKD pack called <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1470&categoryId=23">Blizzard</a>. The window is the Grand Madison Window die from Poppy Stamps. Greeting and tree stamps are from the Gina K Designs set called <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=2038&categoryId=236">Cheers</a>.<br />
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Thanks for hopping by today and for the many other hops we have had. Enjoy the rest of the hop by heading on over to see the beautiful creation(s) <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2013/12/stvs-center-stage-spotlight-group-hop.html">Linda</a> has for you, but before you go be sure to leave a comment here (and at each of the blogs) because we will choose a random comment and that stamper will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! Look for the announcement on Tuesday, December 24.<br />
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Happy Holidays!Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-3405007675648336642013-11-19T19:00:00.000-06:002013-11-19T19:00:00.431-06:00Thankful ChallengeToday is another CSS alumni blog hop, and since Thanksgiving is just around the corner (can you believe it is next week??) we are sharing cards of gratitude and thankfulness in our hop. I hope you came here from <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2013/11/stvs-center-stage-spotlight-group-hop.html">Linda's</a> blog where I am sure she shared a gorgeous creation or two; however, if you didn't start at the beginning of the hop and would like to, jump back to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> for the full list of participants.<div>
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Here is my card for the "thankful challenge":</div>
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I used Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Faded Brick and Honey Mustard card stock and layered a piece of patterned paper on that from the Gina K Designs patterned paper pack Grateful Heart. I stamped the leaves from the GKD stamp set Grateful Heart onto Ivory paper with Versamark. After clear embossing the leaves I sponged Gina K Designs Faded Brick and Honey Mustard ink over them. The sentiment is from an older Gina K Designs set called So Grateful. I added some Honey Mustard ribbon and copper railheads to finish it. (All Gina K Designs products can be found <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/main.sc">here</a>)</div>
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I am grateful that you stopped by and am thankful for you and this great crafting community! Please be sure to leave a comment before you hop on over to <a href="http://piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2013/11/stamp-tv-thankful-blog-hop.html">Joy's</a> beautiful blog because we will choose a random comment from one of the blogs and that stamper will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! Look for the announcement on Tuesday, November 26.</div>
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Happy Thanksgiving and blessings to you and yours!</div>
Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-81226142283179505282013-11-12T19:00:00.000-06:002013-11-12T19:14:16.281-06:00Color Combo HopWelcome to the Stamp TV CSS Color Combo Hop. I hope you came here from the fabulous blog of my friend <a href="http://stampnboomer.blogspot.com/2013/11/stamptv-css-team-color-challenge-blog.html">Cheri</a>. I'm sure she had something beautiful to share! If you didn't start the hop from the beginning and would like to go back to the start, hop on over to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> where you will find the full list of participants.<br />
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Our hop is a color combination challenge using the following Gina K Designs Pure Luxury colors as our guide: Dark Chocolate, In the Navy, Tomato Soup, Honey Mustard and Ivory.<br />
Here is my card using the color combo. For some reason the Tomato Soup paper is showing up much more orange than it really is. It should be more of a rust-orange color!<br />
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My card starts with a Pure Luxury base of Dark Chocolate and then a layer of Tomato Soup that was embossed with a Sizzix Square Lattice folder. The In the Navy strip is embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dot folder and layered with some Honey Mustard sheer ribbon. The center panel is Dark Chocolate, Honey Mustard and Ivory (all GKD Pure Luxury). I stamped the wheat image from the Gina K Designs stamp set duo called <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1950&categoryId=151">Friendship, Family, Love </a>in Honey Mustard ink. The greeting is stamped in Tomato Soup ink and is from the GKD <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=2049&categoryId=41">Harvest of Wishes</a> mini stamp set.<br />
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(All of the Gina K Designs Pure Luxury paper, ribbon and ink can be found <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/main.sc">here</a>.)<br />
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I hope you enjoyed seeing these wonderful fall colors! Now hop on over to <a href="http://inkclinations.blogspot.com/2013/11/css-color-challenge-hop.html">Melissa's</a> blog to see what she has done with these gorgeous colors.Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-3790957535804859312013-10-08T19:00:00.000-05:002013-10-09T08:10:26.888-05:00CSS Sketch Challenge HopWelcome to another Stamp TV Center Stage Alumni hop. I hope you visited <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2013/10/stvs-center-stage-spotlight-group-hop.html">Linda</a> before you came here, because you wouldn't want to miss her fabulous creations! If you want to start at the beginning of the hop so you don't miss out on anything you can pop back over to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> to find the list of all the participants.<br />
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Today's hop is a sketch challenge using this sketch.<br />
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I love using sketches for cards, especially when I'm not feeling the creative mojo! It helps give me a jump start -- so much so that I have two cards for you!<br />
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This card was made using <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=137">Gina K Designs Pure Luxury</a> heavy base weight white card stock. I created the background by stamping it with the small flower from the Gina K Designs stamp set <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1770&categoryId=195">Bold Blooms </a>in GKD Powder Blue ink. I used it full strength and stamped off to create the variety in the colors. I used <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=137">GKD Pure Luxury</a> Powder Blue card stock for the frame and cut it out using Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight. The focal image is also from Bold Blooms and was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and the sponged with <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=215">GKD Powder Blue</a>. It is hard to see here, but the centers of each of the tiny flowers on the bloom are filled in with a clear stardust pen to give a bit of sparkle. The sentiment and the blue frame around it are from the GKD set Fanciful Tags. The pearls and ribbon are from my stash, and I colored the small pearls at the bottom with a Copic marker to make them match the blues in the card.<br />
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And now for something completely different! Here is a fall card made with <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=137">Gina K Designs Pure Luxury</a> Kraft card stock that I embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder. I also used Pure Luxury Faded Brick and Ivory on this card. The stamps are all from the Autumn Blessings set, which was part of the <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1873&categoryId=41">Grateful Heart Stamp TV Kit</a>. I used Memento Espresso Truffle for the tree, the swirly lines and the sentiment. The leaves are stamped with <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=215">GKD Faded Brick, Prickly Pear, and Tomato Soup</a>; perfect fall colors! I also used three strips of patterned paper from the Grateful Heart patterned paper pack. The leaf buttons are from my stash and seems just perfect for this card.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed seeing my two cards. Now it's time to hop on over to see what <a href="http://piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2013/10/stamp-tv-sketch-blog-hop-with-prize.html">Joy</a> created for you! Before you go take a minute to add a comment (and be sure to add one at each stop along the way) because we will choose a random comment and that stamper will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! Look for the announcement on Tuesday, October 15.<br />
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Thanks for visiting! Enjoy the rest of the hop!<br />
<br />Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-82307873560442826782013-09-10T19:00:00.000-05:002013-09-10T19:00:00.955-05:00September Inspiration HopHello, and welcome to the Stamp TV Center Stage inspiration hop! You should have arrived here from <a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/2013/09/inspiration-challenge-csst-9-10-2013.html">Karen's</a> lovely blog, but if you didn't you can go back to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> to find the full list of hop participants and start from the beginning.<br />
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This hop is an inspiration hop based on this beautiful photo provided to us by Joy.<br />
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I love the colors and textures of fall, so that is what I took from this photo as my inspiration. I had to use some of the new papers, inks and stamps from the latest <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1873&categoryId=16">Stamp TV kit</a>. (Sorry my photo isn't better. I had to take this one outside instead of in my studio and the lighting wasn't great).<br />
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I chose the pumpkin from the gorgeous Harvest of Wishes stamp set and the sentiment from one of the free incentive sets from Gina K Designs called Friendship Family Love. I also used one of the leaves from the Grateful Heart set to create a subtle background. The card stock is <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=204">Gina K Designs Pure Luxury</a> Kraft, the new Faded Brick (love this new color!) and Ivory. I used a strip of patterned paper from the <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1872&categoryId=16">Grateful Heart p</a>ack. Ink used on this was the gorgeous new Faded Brick from GKD, and Memento Tuxedo Black and Espresso Truffle. The ribbon and brads are from the Stamp TV kit also. I colored the pumpkin with my Kohinoor colored pencils and gamsol. I haven't used colored pencils and gamsol in ages because Copics have become my go-to coloring tools. I forgot how much I like the look of the pencils. They are very soft looking and somehow just seemed appropriate for this pumpkin.<br />
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Hope you were inspired by our inspiration photo and my card! Next along the hop is <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2013/09/stvs-center-stage-spotlight-group-hop.html">Linda</a> who will have something beautiful to inspire you!Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-84882036667628043572013-08-23T14:03:00.002-05:002013-08-23T14:03:37.782-05:00Stampin' Up and More - For SaleHello Crafty Friends - I am doing some cleaning of my craft room and have a number of stamp sets and other craft items for sale. The list of items with condition (if applicable) and price is below. If you are interested in purchasing any of the items I have for sale, please email me at klsimm922@aol.com (don't leave me a message here). The prices do not include shipping costs. I will let you know what the postage is at time of sale. I hope you find some things you like! Happy shopping!<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Happy Fall Y'all (bought this used; some staining and writing on blocks) $15</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Home is Where the Haunt Is $15</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Itty Bitty Backgrounds $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Lexicon of Love (slight stain on one stamp) $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Little Hellos $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Little Pieces $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Little Shapes $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Looks Like Spring $15</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Lots of Thoughts $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Love and Joy (minor stains on block) $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Loving Memories (slight staining on rubber) $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Merry (minor stains on two blocks) $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Mini Messages $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Painted Poinsettias (this is an old, rare set. Staining on blocks and minor stains on rubber) $15</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Paris in the Spring $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Peaceful Wishes $15</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Perfect Plaids $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Pick A Petal (stain on one stamp) $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Pocket Full of Posies $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Polka Dots and Paisley $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Polka Dots and Petals $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Polka Dot Punches $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Punch Pals (damage to one corner of box; stamps/blocks are clean) $15</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Season's Greetings $15</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Seeing Spots $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Send a Celebration (staining on one stamp) $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Shapes and Shadows (stains on one block) $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Sidekick Sayings $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Snow Flurries $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So Very $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Solemn Stillness (minor stains on rubber of one stamp) $15</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Sparkling Summer $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Terrific Tulips $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Fine Print $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Too Terrific Tags $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Very Punny (stain on one block) $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Vogue Verses $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Wee Watercolors $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Wonderful Words $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Daisy Dash (j) $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Ho Ho Ho (r) $3</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Hot to Dot (r) $3</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Petals (j) $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Pine Bough (r) $3</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Sandy Shells (r) $3</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Springtime (r) $3</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Star Studded (r) $3</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Under the Sea (r) $3</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">Stampin' Up In Color paper - new in packages-$5 per package</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Cranberry Crisp</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Cool Caribbean </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Cranberry Crisp</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Marigold Morning</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Vintage Violet</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;">Stampin' Up Rub-ons</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> - Love and Happiness $2</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Hero Arts set of 5 stamps - Wavy Holly, Wavy Ornaments, Wavy Snowflakes, Wavy Stars, and Wavy trees - $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My Sentiments Exactly - clear alphabet set called Romantic Caps $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Northwoods Rubber Stamps - background stamp - snowflakes $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">A Muse single stamp - Wild Blossom $1</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">All Night Media single stamp - Happy Birthday with flowers $1</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Hero Arts square shadow stamp $1</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">EK Success circle scissors - new in package (I believe this is their original style) $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">QuicKutz Red Squeeze Tool and full upper and lower case alphabet and number set (I believe the alphabet is 'Eliza' but haven't been able to confirm the code on it, which is QMAR 15) $20 as a set; I do not want to sell them separately.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad - Antique Linen (new in package) $2</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Making Memories Tag Maker include tool, aluminum rims (squares, circles, tag shape) in various sizes $10</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Store in Style - ribbon storage box $5</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Fiskars Portable Paper Trimmer - this is the original portable cutter that is gray and orange with the blade that slides in the track. $5</span></div>
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Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-61244598274288206002013-06-18T19:00:00.000-05:002013-06-18T22:37:19.021-05:00Color Combo HopIt's time for the second Stamp TV Center Stage hop for June. We are doing a color combo challenge this time using red, white and blue. Did you see what <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2013/06/stvs-center-stage-spotlight-group-hop_18.html">Linda</a> made with this color combo? If you didn't stop at her blog before coming here, you can jump back to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum/topics/center-stage-alumni-blog-hop-red-white-and-blue-challenge">Stamp TV</a> and start the hop at the beginning.<br />
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I decided to make a fun, bright card with this color combo. Here it is!<br />
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This was a fairly quick card to put together using the Gina K Designs <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1706&categoryId=195">Poster Board Sentiments.</a> I used the banner, the frame and one of the sentiments from the set. I stamped the banner in Gina K Designs Red Hot and Blue Raspberry inks and the sentiment in Gina K Black Onyx ink. (The bottom banner is in blue raspberry but the lighting made it look lighter!) The card stock is <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=204">Gina K Designs Pure Luxury</a> Blue Raspberry and White Layering Weight. The brads were in my stash -- I think they were Stampin' Up.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed my red, white and blue card. Now it is time to hop along and get inspired by <a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/2013/06/red-white-and-blue-challenge-css.html">Karen's</a> fabulous creation, but before you go be sure to leave a comment here and on each blog you visit because we will choose a random comment and that stamper will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! Look for the announcement on Tuesday, June 25.<br />
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<br />Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-37773055683621166552013-06-04T19:00:00.000-05:002013-06-04T19:00:00.525-05:00CSS Inspiration HopIt is time for another Center Stage Alumni hop; this time it's an inspiration hop, and I'm sure you will find some inspiration along the way. If you arrived here from <a href="http://piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2013/06/stamp-tv-inspiration-blog-hop.html">Joy's</a> beautiful blog, you are on the right track. If you just happened by and would like to start the hop at the beginning head back over to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> where you will find a list of all of the participants.<br />
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Here is the piece we were challenged by Vicki to use for inspiration.<br />
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Here is the card I was inspired to make. The colors are the thing that really jumped out at me as well as all the texture.<br />
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I used <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=204">Gina K Designs Pure Luxury</a> papers in Fresh Asparagus, Sweet Corn, Turquoise Sea, Blue Denim, and White. The stamps are from the Gina K Designs sets <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1770&categoryId=16">Bold Blooms</a> and <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1199&categoryId=32">Stately Flowers 1</a></div>
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Now head on over to <a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/2013/06/stamptvs-inspiration-challenge-blog-hop.html">Karen's</a> place to see what she was inspired to create! Thanks for stopping by!</div>
<br />Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-57664648791848418772013-05-21T19:00:00.000-05:002013-05-21T19:00:07.197-05:00CSS Color Challenge Blog HopWelcome to the Stamp TV CSS blog hop for May. If you came here from <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2013/05/stvs-center-stage-spotlight-group-hop.html">Linda's</a> fabulous blog, you are on the right track. If you didn't and would like to start from the beginning of the hop, head back over to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> where you will find the complete list of blogs on the hop.<br />
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Our hop for May is a color challenge. <a href="http://miesdf.blogspot.com/2013/05/css-color-blog-hop-5-21-2013.html">Miesje</a> challenged us to make a non-Christmas card that is red and green with a neutral color (black, white or tan). This was a fun challenge, and I got to make a card with one of my favorite summer fruits . . . can you guess which one? Here it is!<br />
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Yum! I love juicy, sweet strawberries, so I always enjoy making cards with this Gina K Designs stamp set created by Theresa Momber called <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1256&categoryId=80">Sweet Strawberries</a>. I stamped the large strawberry plant onto the white panel and colored it with Copics. Then I stamped the small plant onto a piece of white scrap paper, colored it and cut it out. I glued it onto the main panel just to give a bit more depth and the feel of a patch of strawberries. All of the paper used on the card is from <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=204">Gina K Designs Pure Luxury</a> line: Fresh Asparagus, Red Hot, and White Layering Weight. The patterned paper is the Gina K <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1260&categoryId=23">Berries and Vines</a> paper. The greeting is stamped with <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1652&categoryId=220">Gina K Designs Red Hot Ink</a> and the strawberries were stamped with <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1773&categoryId=230">Gina K Black Onyx.</a> The buttons and ribbon were from my stash.<br />
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Be sure to leave a comment here and on each of the blogs as you go because we will choose a random comment and that stamper will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! Look for the announcement on Tuesday, May 28.<br /><br />Now head on over to <a href="http://piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2013/05/stamp-tv-may-color-challenge.html">Joy's </a>blog to see the gorgeous creation she has for you!<br />
<br />Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-30904441517504810372013-05-07T15:51:00.003-05:002013-05-07T15:51:52.697-05:00Card and Flower SerendipityIsn't if curious how things work sometimes in our lives? I had one of those serendipitous things happen today that was really just a small thing, but it made me smile.<br />
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Last night I made this card for my mom for Mother's Day. I used the Wood Violet from the beautiful <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1199&categoryId=32">Stately Flowers 1</a> set by Melanie Muenchinger at Gina K Designs to make the card. The Wood Violet is the Wisconsin state flower so it seemed fitting to use it for my mother's card since she has lived her whole life in Wisconsin.<br />
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All materials used for the card are from Gina K Designs with the exception of the Copic markers used to color the flowers. Cardstock is <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=204">Pure Luxury</a> heavy base weight white, layering weight white, wild lilac and lovely lavender. The sentiment is from the GKD set "Notes to Mom."<br />
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Now for the serendipitous part . . . this afternoon I was in our backyard doing some spring clean up and as I raked some leaves away from the rock wall, look what I found!<br />
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This is a Wood Violet! This is the only one that has deep purple flowers on it. All the rest of the plants growing in our yard have white flowers with a purple center, but this one that was buried under a pile of leaves has the beautiful purple flowers just like the ones on my card (although I didn't color them quite as dark as the real thing. Maybe if I had seen this one first . . .)<br />
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That was my fun bit of serendipity for today! I hope you are finding things that make you smile on these lovely spring days. Enjoy!Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-72229398622099506372013-04-23T19:00:00.000-05:002013-04-23T19:32:19.673-05:00CSS Spring Has Sprung HopSpring has sprung -- at least according the calendar! I'm not sure that is true here where I live! Spring is definitely in the air for our blog hop today. Our challenge was to make cards that showed signs of spring. If you came to my blog by way of <a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/2013/04/tues-april-23-2013-spring-has-sprung.html">Karen's,</a> you've already seen some fun spring-themed cards. If you arrived here by some other path and want to start the hop from the beginning, head back over to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> for a full list of participants in the hop.<br />
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Here is my spring card. I took inspiration from this<a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/video/spring-parade-blossom-background"> video</a> by Gina K. I loved how she created her background for the card in this video, so I made a similar one for my card and then carried it over onto the focal image panel as well.<br />
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I used <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc;jsessionid=CA1D7DE5187DEE08E12709FA65799E65.qscstrfrnt03?categoryId=204">Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Turquoise Sea card stock </a>for the base. I layered that with PL Black Onyx and White Layering weight on which I stamped the background. The focal panel is Black Onyx, Wild Dandelion and White Layering weight. I stamped the background with <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=214">Gina K Ocean Mist and Fresh Asparagus ink</a> and <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc?categoryId=104">Memento Dandelion and Tangelo</a>. I used the same inks on the focal image panel. I used the "rock and roll" technique on the dragonflies by stamping first into ocean mist ink and then rolling the stamp edges in fresh asparagus to get the two toned dragonfly. I added a piece of turquoise sea ribbon (from the <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1729&categoryId=16">Spring Parade Stamp TV kit)</a> and some dots in the center of the flowers with a Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pen.</div>
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<br />Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-84616921881366551372013-04-09T19:00:00.000-05:002013-04-09T19:00:06.160-05:00CSS Sketch Blog HopIt is CSS blog hop time again and this time it is a sketch hop! I hope you came here from <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2013/04/stvs-center-stage-spotlight-group-hop.html">Linda's</a> blog, but if you didn't and would like to see what you missed earlier in the hop just head back over to Stamp TV to find the full list of blog hop participants.<br />
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This is the sketch Brenda created and challenged us to use as the inspiration for our cards.<br />
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I'm (im)patiently waiting for Spring to arrive here in Wisconsin, so I had to do something that was very spring-like for my first card. These colors just shout warm weather to me as does this "Day at the Park Diva" from the Diva Collection at Gina K Designs. I used GKD Pure Luxury card stock in Bubblegum Pink, Key Lime, and Wild Dandelion. The patterned paper is from the GKD patterned paper pack "Petals and Wings." I stamped the Diva, her kite and the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black and the clouds in Memento Grey Flannel. Colored areas were done with Copics. The ribbon, buttons and brads are all from my stash. Just a note: the sheer ribbon and bow are actually lime green like the paper, but came out looking yellow in the photo. :(</div>
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This card is made using the Gina K Pure Luxury card stocks Tomato Soup and Turquoise Sea. The patterned paper is from the Spring Parade pack. The cute birdie, the flowers and cloud are all stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics. I don't have a Silhouette so I hand cut the cloud and raindrops and popped them up with pop dots. The sheer ribbon is from the STV kit also. </div>
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I hope you enjoyed seeing my cards. Make sure to leave a comment here and on all the blogs as you go along because we will choose a random comment and that stamper will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! Look for the announcement of the winner on Tuesday, April 16. Now hop on over to see what <a href="http://piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2013/04/stamp-tv-sketch-blog-hop.html">Joy</a> has waiting for you. </div>
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Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-14166010930206038002013-03-26T19:00:00.000-05:002013-03-26T21:23:50.676-05:00CSS Simplicity Sparkles Blog HopToday is another Stamp TV CSS Alumni hop. This one features a challenge from Carolina to make CAS cards that sparkle and shine. I'll be the first to admit that CAS cards are always a challenge for me. I find it hard to keep them simple because I always think they need something else, so it will be fun to see what everyone had created for this hop!<br />
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If you came here from <a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/2013/03/see-css-simply-sparkles-hop.html">Karen's</a> blog, you are on the right path. If you didn't and want to start at the beginning of the hop, go back to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> to find the whole list.<br />
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Here is my sparkly CAS card.<br />
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I used the "<a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1712&categoryId=195">Sweet Tweets</a>" stamp set from Gina K Designs for this card. The card base is Gina K Designs <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1621&categoryId=204">Pure Luxury Powder Blue</a> that was embossed with a Sizzix Texturz plate. The orange layer is from the Gina K Designs <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1271&categoryId=205">Calypso</a> card stock collection and the white is GKD Pure Luxury white. I stamped the cupcake with Memento Tuxedo Black and the greeting with <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1648&categoryId=221">Gina K Designs Powder Blue</a> ink. I colored the candle and the blue trim on the cupcake with Copics. Then I used a glue pen to color in the hearts, the dots and trim on the frosting and used orange and white glitter to make them sparkle. I added some tiny rhinestones below the greeting that I colored with the orange and blue Copics. A quick, simple birthday card that has a bit of pizzazz from the sparkly glitter.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to leave a comment at each stop along the blog hop because we will choose a random comment and that person will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! Look for the announcement on Tuesday, April 2. Now head on over to see what the very talented <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2013/03/stvs-center-stage-spotlight-group-hop.html">Linda</a> has created for you today.</div>
<br />Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-38069535118005163022013-02-26T19:00:00.000-06:002013-02-26T19:24:40.887-06:00CSS Favorite Things Hop<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Do you remember that song from The Sound of Music? I loved that movie as a kid, especially the songs and today our blog hop is featuring some of our favorite things. Of course Gina K Designs stamps are included in that list of favorite things for us stampers, so we are using stamps released by Gina K Designs between August 2012 and January 2013 to show you our "favorite" things (besides stamps, ink and paper!).<br /><br />I hope you came here via the very talented <a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/2013/02/css-alumni-blog-hop-2-26-2013.html">Karen's</a> blog, but if you didn't and want to " . . . start at the very beginning; a very good place to start . . . (oops! sorry, another Sound of Music song . . .). If you want to start the hop at the beginning, go to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> for the full list of participants.<br /><br />I had a hard time deciding which of my favorite things to showcase in my cards, but I finally was able to narrow it down to three!<br /><br />The first one features this adorable snowman from the stamp set "Snow One Like You." Snowmen are one of my favorite things except when they are made from real snow! I despise snow and cold, so I really don't know why I have such an affection for snowmen, but I do and here is one of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Card ingredients: Gina K Designs "Snow One Like You" stamp set; Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Ocean Mist, Red Hot, and White; Gina K Designs Winter Whimsy patterned paper; Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Gina K Designs Red Hot and Ocean Mist; Miscellaneous: Spellbinders dies and Copic markers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Card Ingredients: Gina K Designs "Stately Flowers 6" stamp set; Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Kraft and White cardstocks and "Smitten" patterned paper; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Gina K Designs Red Hot; Ribbon: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Organdy in Red; Miscellaneous: Spellbinders dies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Card Ingredients: Gina K Designs "Balanced Diva" stamp set; Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Bubblegum Pink, Key Lime (no longer available but Jelly Bean Green is close) and White card stocks. Gina K Designs "Petals and Wings" patterned paper (background and paper pieced shirt); Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and Angel Pink; Ribbon: Gina K Designs Calypso ribbon assortment; Miscellaneous: Spellbinders dies and Copic markers.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS” BLOG HOP!</b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello everyone! Happy Holidays from everyone at the Blog Hop for Sean & Regina! Thank you for playing along in our December blog hop! The Blog Hop with Sean & Regina features Gina K. Designs stamps only for our monthly blog hops! </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This month, we are featuring the “12 Days of Christmas”. Each blog hop designer will be hosting a day from December 13 – December 24 that will feature Christmas/Holiday cards from a Gina K. Designs stamp set. A list of blog hop designers are listed in this post with the day they will be hosting. You are invited to take part in each of the twelve days. Subscribe and comment on the hop designer’s blog hop for the day and at the end, the person who has completed the entire twelve days will win a wonderful GINA K. DESIGNS PRIZE PACK! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This card was made using GKD Pure Luxury Pure White base weight layered with patterned paper from the GKD patterned paper pack "Blizzard." Then I layered with another piece of white that had been die cut and embossed with the Edgelits and Textured Impressions "Adorning Accents" from SU. The stamp set is Simple Snowflakes that I stamped using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Festive Berries and Iced Spruce. On either side of the red strip I used 1/8" scor tape that I covered with glitter to add some bling. I love it that by using clear stamps I could curve the text along the embossing line!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, another quick and simple card, this time using the Holiday Tags set. The card base is Pure Luxury Red Hot and the patterned paper is again some old SU I had in my stash. I stamped the little figures in Memento black and did minimal coloring with Copics. The snowflakes and tag were stamped with Vivid ink in Brick and the sentiment with Vivid ink in Taupe. Don't you just love those adorable little figures from this set??</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please leave a comment for the blog hop design and sign up/follow each hop designer to be eligible to win the Gina K. Designs Prize Pack!</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow, Donna Bowman will be posting the next in the “12 Days of Christmas” blog hop! Please visit her blog at: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://thecraftycorgi.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: white;">http://thecraftycorgi.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have very Happy Holidays wherever you may be and whatever you may be celebrating! Peace and blessings to you this holiday season and in the new year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Holidays! Welcome to the CSS Alumni blog hop for December. This time our hop is a color combo hop, although the challenge Linda gave us was to create holiday cards without using any red or green; in other words, no traditional holiday colors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">If you came here from <a href="http://piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2012/12/stamp-tv-color-blog-hop.html">Joy's </a>lovely blog, you are on the right path. If you didn't come via her blog and want to go through the whole hop, jump back over to Stamp TV where you will find the whole list of people participating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I had a hard time with this challenge at first since I was in the groove of making my holiday cards and was using traditional colors. Once I got going on it, however, I was inspired and ended up making three cards! Here they are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks for joining the hop today! Be sure to comment here and be sure to leave a comment on each blog as you hop along because on Friday morning (December 21), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!<br /><br /><br /> Now hop on over to <a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/2012/12/css-alumni-blog-hop-for-stamp-tv-dec-17.html">Karen's</a> blog to see what she has made in non-traditional holiday colors!</span>Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-49798252190576974102012-11-16T08:00:00.000-06:002012-11-16T08:00:03.738-06:00Christmas/Winter Wishes Hop with Sean and Regina<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER “CHRISTMAS/WINTER WISHES” BLOG HOP!</b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">It is your turn to blog hop with all of our friends! </span></span></div>
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Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-5872167389411870782012-11-13T08:00:00.000-06:002012-11-13T09:23:00.719-06:00Show Me The Stamps Holiday Kick Off Blog Hop<br />
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Welcome to the Show Me the Stamps holiday kick off. Several of the Gina K Designs Illustrators have brought together their design teams and guests for a lineup of fun and exciting things to share using their stamps. We also want to help you celebrate the holidays in style with some Gina K Designs stamps!</div>
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All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on each <b>Illustrator’s</b> blog.</div>
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Become a blog follower of any of the illustrators and leave a comment letting them know you did. That’s up to 8 chances to win if you become a follower of each illustrator and leave a comment!!<br />
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You can find the complete list of Gina K Design Illustrators participating on <span class="font-size-3" style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.2 !important; position: static !important;"><b style="font-size: 1em; position: static !important;"><a href="http://craftingtheweb.blogspot.com/2012/11/show-me-stamps-blog-hop.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: black; font-size: 1em; position: static !important; text-decoration: none;">Theresa Momber’s blog</a></b>. <em style="font-size: 1em; position: static !important;"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.2 !important; position: static !important;">Be sure to read below to find out how to win a Prize #2!</span></em></span></div>
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Here are the cards I made for the hop. Both were made using Theresa's newest set called "Joyful Holiday". This is such a fun set to play with because there are so many different options for making very different cards. My first card is made using Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Cherry Red as the base. I layered PL Dark Chocolate on that and then used a piece of patterned paper from the newest Gina K Patterned Paper Pack, "Merry Little Christmas." I did a free hand cut around the tree, used some Liquid Pearls to decorate it and then popped it up on the cherry red die cut.</div>
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My second card is a bit more whimsical. I started with a white card base (GKD Pure Luxury White) and layered with GKD Pure Luxury Blue Raspberry and Red Hot. I stamped the ornaments onto the red layer with versamark and embossed with Winter Wonderland EP from Stampendous. Love that EP because it is white with silver mixed in so it is sparkly. I put silver brads through the top of each ornament to hold the silver cord in place and the put the cords up over the top of the red layer. Added some bows and the fun patterned paper layer from the Gina K Designs pack, "Winter Whimsy" to finish it off.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed seeing my cards made with Theresa's fun holiday set. Here is your chance to win another prize.</div>
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Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-83789682446847442022012-11-09T19:00:00.000-06:002012-11-09T20:37:24.507-06:00CSS November Inspiration HopI can hardly believe it is November and time for another CSS blog hop! Where does time go?? The holidays are nearly upon us, and I am in no way ready yet!<br />
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I hope our hop today will inspire you to make some cards for the fall holidays. You should have come here from <a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/2012/11/stv-csst-blog-hop-nov-9-2012.html">Karen's</a> blog, which is always filled with inspiration. If you didn't, you can go back to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> and start at the beginning of the hop.<br />
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Our hop this time is based on these inspiration photos.<br />
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Aren't they lovely? Definitely very fall/thanksgiving oriented but not traditional colors. I was inspired to make these two cards based on the colors, pumpkins, and overall fall theme of the photos.<br />
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This one is very CAS, which isn't my usual style, but I was inspired by the photos to do something very clean. The base is Gina K Designs Pure Luxury base weight ivory that I scored along the sides and top and bottom. I used a layer of Pure Luxury Good as Gold and stamped the pumpkins on a piece of Pure Luxury layering weight ivory, which I also scored as a way to emphasize the greeting. The pumpkins and greeting are from the Gina K Designs set called So Grateful by Rupa Shevda. I stamped the pumpkins and the little flourish with versa mark and embossed them in gold (the flourish is from the GKD set Seasonal Labels). I colored the pumpkins a bit with Copics and that was it. Quick and easy, but I really like the way it turned out.<br />
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This card used stamps from several Gina K Designs sets: The basket is from Holiday Basket by Melanie Muenchinger; the pumpkins are from Heartfelt by Theresa Momber; and the leaves and acorns are from A Year of Borders by Melanie (I cut it apart to make it fit the basket and to go on top of the pumpkins. The base is GKD Pure Luxury Dark Chocolate with a layer of Pure Luxury Ivory on top that was embossed with the Cuttlebug folder "Grace's Frame." I colored everything with Copics and popped the basket and contents up with pop dots. The greeting is from the GKD set, "Autumn Beauty."<br />
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I hope you have been inspired by the photos and/or the cards. Be sure to leave a comment on each blog as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (November 13) we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K Designs stamps. Hop along now to see what <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2012/11/stamp-tvs-css-november-alumni-hop.html">Linda </a>has waiting for you; I'm sure it will be beautiful!<br />
<br />Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-68169076941603995142012-10-22T19:00:00.000-05:002012-10-23T08:58:58.786-05:00October CSS Alumni Blog HopIt's time for the October CSS Alumni Blog Hop! Hope you didn't get thrown off by the change in day and time; just trying to keep everyone on their toes! You should have arrived here from Joy's blog (I'm sure she had something spectacular for you!). If you didn't come from<a href="http://piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2012/10/stamp-tv-october-blog-hop.html"> Joy's</a> blog and would like to get in on the hop from the beginning, please jump back to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> where you will find the whole list for the hop.<br />
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We are doing a sketch challenge this time based on this sketch from Melissa C. I had fun playing with this sketch and created two very different cards using it.<br />
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The first card I made is a sympathy card and I flipped the sketch the other direction for this one.<br />
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I used some of the gorgeous Pure Luxury Blue Raspberry card stock from Gina K Designs as the base. The second layer is Pure Luxury White. I stamped the butterfly border from Gina K Designs <i>A Year of Borders</i> three times with Versamark ink. I embossed the butterflies with Stampendous Winter Wonderland EP, which is sparkly in real life, but I couldn't capture it in the photo. I then sponged that layer with Memento Bahama Blue. I stamped the flower from the Gina K Designs set <i>Stately Flowers 1 </i>and the greeting from <i>Heartfelt (</i>also GKD). I cut that out using the Spellbinders long ovals and I sponged the edges with Bahama Blue. The flower was colored with Copics. The extra butterfly is from the GKD stamp set <i>A Beautiful Life</i> and was also embossed and then sponged. All of the Gina K Designs items for both cards can be found by clicking <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/">here</a>.<br />
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The second card I made follows the sketch a bit more literally. Here is the Christmas card I made.<br />
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I started with Pure Luxury White base weight card stock and layered this fabulous patterned paper from the Gina K Designs Blizzard pack. Isn't it just perfect for making holiday cards? I stamped the ornaments from the GKD set <i>Joyful Holiday</i> onto PL White paper. I used Memento markers direct to the stamps to color the details on the ornaments and stamped the ribbons in silver ink. I cut that out with a Spellbinders oval and layered it onto a scalloped oval of PL Red Hot and then onto another white oval. The poinsettia was made using the Spellbinders Shapeabilities Layered Poinsettia and I added a glittery gold brad to the center. I think the ribbon I used is some old Stampin' Up stuff I had in my stash.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hope you enjoyed seeing my cards. Be sure to leave a comment at each of the blogs you visit <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">because on Tuesday morning (October 30), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps! Hop on over to <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2012/10/css-alumni-october-blog-hop.html">Linda's</a> blog now to see what she has waiting for you.</span></span>Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-54478694618877946402012-09-21T21:00:00.000-05:002012-09-21T21:00:00.261-05:00September CSS Blog Hop with Something SpecialHello, and welcome to a special hop -- a color combination challenge blog hop hosted by members of the Gina K. CSS Alumni team, which is also featuring hand drawn sets designed by Melanie Muenchinger and Theresa Momber. As you hop along make sure to leave a comment because on Tuesday morning (September 25), we will randomly choose two comments from all the blogs and two lucky individuals will each receive a Gina K. Designs Stamp Set (the winners will receive either a set designed by Melanie Muenchinger or Theresa Momber).<br />
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I hope you arrived here from the blog of the very talented <a href="http://www.piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2012/09/stamp-tv-blog-hop-featuring-melanie-and.html">Joy.</a> If you didn't and would like to start the hop from the beginning, you can go to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> for the full list of participants.<br />
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I have two cards to share with you and both are made using stamp sets that were drawn by Theresa Momber. I chose to use Fanciful Fall and Heartfelt, both of which include stamps that are perfect for fall cards. I love fall, especially the colors, so I was super excited to combine these fabulous stamp sets with Sharri's color challenge, which was to use the Gina K Designs Pure Luxury colors of Pumpkin Spice, Fresh Asparagus and Sweet Corn plus neutral colors (white, ivory, black, and brown).<br />
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Here is my first card using <a href="http://shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=943&categoryId=80"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Fanciful Fall</span></a>.<br />
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I adore all of Theresa's sets, but these two are definitely among my favorites. She creates such beautiful stamp sets and, if you haven't seen her gorgeous cards be sure to visit<a href="http://craftingtheweb.blogspot.com/"> her blog</a> to enjoy her works of art (and to learn from her fabulous tutorials!).<br />
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Now hop on along to see what the always inspiring and talented <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2012/09/stamp-tvs-september-css-alumni-blog-hop.html">Linda</a> has waiting for you. Enjoy!Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-87745332321129912282012-08-24T21:00:00.000-05:002012-08-24T22:45:03.696-05:00Stamp TV CSS August HopHello, and welcome to the August CSS blog hop! If you came here from <a href="http://www.piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2012/08/stamp-tv-blog-hop-for-august.html">Joy's blog</a> you are on the right track, but if you didn't and would like to start the hop at the beginning, please jump back over to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a> for the full list of participants.<br />
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Today's hop is an inspiration hop based on this beautiful photo that <a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/2012/08/gkd-aug-css-alumni-blog-hop.html">Geri</a> provided for us. I love the colors and the fall theme. I wish someone would come and decorate my front porch like this!<br />
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Here is the card I was inspired to make. I don't always get quite a literal with my card, but this time I couldn't help but pull out this door stamp from the Gina K Designs set "The Journey" by Asela Hopkins. It just fit so perfectly with this inspiration photo that I had to use it. <br />
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Cardstock: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Cranberry Tart, Soft Sage, Ivory<br />
Stamps: Gina K Designs: The Journey by Asela Hopkins; Autumn Beauty and Country Roads by Theresa Momber<br />
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Toffee Crunch and Espresso Truffle; Copic markers; Distress Ink Summer Sky<br />
Other: Flower Soft - Autumn<br />
(All Gina K Designs items are available <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/main.sc">here</a>.)<br />
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I hope you enjoyed seeing my little fall scene and are inspired by the inspiration photo to make your fall cards. Now hop along to <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2012/08/stamp-tvs-august-css-alumni-blog-hop.html">Linda's blog</a> to see the gorgeous creation she has waiting for you. But, before you go be sure to add a comment here and at all the other blogs as you hop along, because on Tuesday morning (August 28), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">My card is made using Gina K Designs Pure Luxury brand new Tomato Soup card stock as the base. (Love this new color!). The a layer of Pure Luxury Dusty Sage. The strip on the left side is PL Honey Mustard with a piece of patterned paper from the new Gina K Designs Sun-kissed Autumn patterned paper pack. I used stamps from the new Gina K Designs set by Theresa Momber called Country Roads and from her set called Autumn Beauty stamped on PL Ivory paper. Inks used were Memento Espresso Truffle,Toffee Crunch and Summer Sky. I colored the trees, grass and pumpkins with Copics. The ribbon and the nail heads are from Gina K Designs also. I hope my card inspires you to think of your favorite fall things.</span></div>
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Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-32311042514715821862012-07-13T21:00:00.000-05:002012-07-13T21:00:00.071-05:00Stamp TV CSS Sketch HopTime sure does fly! I can't believe it is almost the middle of July already, and I haven't had a blog post since early June! Yikes! Today's post is another fun blog hop from the Stamp TV Center Stage Spotlight Alumni bunch. If you didn't arrive here from <a href="http://piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2012/07/stamp-tv-july-blog-hop.html">Joy's</a> lovely blog, jump back over to <a href="http://stamptv.ning.com/forum">Stamp TV</a>, so you can start hopping at the beginning and won't miss anything.<br />
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We are doing a sketch hop today using this fun sketch created by Melissa. I like working from sketches because I can focus on the fun stuff like the colors, images, and embellishments instead of fussing about the layout/design. LOL! I do plenty of that, so it is nice to use someone else's idea sometimes to create a card, especially when the mojo is lacking as mine has been lately. Must be the summer heat!</div>
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Here is my card made from this sketch.<br />
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My photo isn't the best because my good camera was not working, so I had to use my iPhone for this photo. I used two of the new June release Gina K Designs stamp sets for this card. The main image and the palm fronds that are on the background (they are a bit hard to see in the photo) are from Theresa Momber's new set, <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1308&categoryId=16">Tropical Nature</a>. This set is fabulous for summer or vacation cards. The sentiment is from that set also. I used the <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1303&categoryId=16">Pretty Patterns </a>set that Melanie Muenchinger created for the latest release. Such a fun set to play with, and I tried it in the clear stamps so I could easily line the patterns up. I've not been a fan of clear stamps until now. I really love the high quality of the new "Clearly Gina" stamps. Give them a try if you haven't already!<br />
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Cardstock: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Lime, Wild Dandelion, and White<br />
Ink: Memento Dandelion, New Sprout, Desert Sand, Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, Toffee Crunch<br />
Ribbon: Carnival Ribbon Assortment from Gina K Designs<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now head on over to <a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/2012/07/stamp-tvs-july-css-alumni-blog-hop.html">Linda's </a>beautiful blog to see how the sketch inspired her.</span></span>Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com95tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187006923751839548.post-44494774981645847422012-06-08T21:00:00.000-05:002012-06-08T21:00:03.865-05:00Stamp TV CSS Color Inspiration HopWelcome to another Stamp TV CSS Hop. We are doing a color inspiration hop this time and I'm sure you will see many takes on the wonderful color combo we worked with for this hop. I hope you arrived from <a href="http://piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/2012/06/Stamp-tv-color-blog-hop.html">Joy's</a> wonderful blog, but if you didn't you can head back over to Stamp TV and start the hop from the beginning.<br />
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Here is our inspiration photo. Aren't the colors gorgeous? We were to use pinks, purples, greens and neutrals (white, ivory, brown or black) for our cards and to be inspired by whatever else grabbed us from this beautiful collage of photos.<br />
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I was, of course, inspired by the beautiful, rich color palette and by the flowers. Here is where that inspiration led me.<br />
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I used all <a href="http://shop.ginakdesigns.com/category.sc;jsessionid=A11FD262FB61544B2C484F9B59AA15B4.qscstrfrnt04?categoryId=62">Gina K Designs Pure Luxury cardstock</a> in Bubblegum Pink, Fresh Asparagus, Wild Lilac, Lovely Lavender, and White. The patterned papers are also Gina K Designs from the <a href="http://shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1240&categoryId=148">Parisian Garden</a> paper pack (one of my absolute favorites!) The image and sentiment are from the Gina K <a href="http://shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=1031&categoryId=151"><em>Celebrate in Style</em></a> stamp duo, which I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and paper pieced. I cut the image out using the <a href="http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=749&categoryId=93">Spellbinders Labels 11</a> dies. I used the Stampin' Up Adorning Accents Edgelits die to create the scalloped edges and the coordinating Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing folder to add the matching embossed scallop. <br />
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I hope you are inspired by these lovely colors and the creative cards along the hop. Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (June 12), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!<br />
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Now hop on over to see the gorgeous creation <a href="http://buggin2stamp.blogspot.com/2012/06/stamptv-css-color-challenge.html">Melissa</a> has waiting for you.Kay Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691201831878842078noreply@blogger.com87