WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER “GIVING THANKS” BLOG HOP!

Hi everyone!  Thanks for playing along in our October "Giving Thanks" blog hop!  If you came here from Linda's Blog, you're in the right place.  If not, start at Sean's blog to see all the wonderful card designs and be sure to visit each blog, become a follower and leave a comment for a chance to win a fabulous Stamp Set from our Blog Sponsor, Becky Oehlers.

Becky Oehlers is a member of the Gina K. Designs Illustrator Team! Becky’s style is really fun, crisp and clean.  Her stamps make wonderful cards with just the right message or can be used to add some fun to your scrapbooking pages.  In addition, Becky is one of the top card designers and artists in the crafting world.  Go to Becky’s blog to look at the great things she has been up to AND to view the card samples she has created with her newest stamp set “Mistletoe Memories” that was released yesterday during the Stamp TV October Release Party.  Becky’s blog address is:

 http://hemidemisemiquaverdesignblog.com/  

I love Autumn.  I love the change of the seasons - even though it's been too many years since I've lived in a climate that actually had a change of seasons, and I love Thanksgiving. I love gathering with family and friends, new and old.  For me, Autumn and Thanksgiving gives me a chance to pause and be thankful for all my blessings.  My cards feature stamps from the Gina K Designs stamp sets Autumn Splendor, Fall Foliage, Petals & Wings, and A Year of Borders.  I used GKD Pure Luxury card stock in Ivory, Dark Brown, Asparagus and Pumpkin Spice.  GKD Sun-Kissed Autumn and Sundance patterned paper packs, Copic markers, Capuccino twine from The Twinery, buttons, Spellbinders nestabilities dies in Oval, Scallop Oval, Square and Lacy Square.  Cuttlebug distressed stripe folder, Martha Stewart punches, Recollections gold embossing powder and little pearl embellishments.  I also used various techniques from emboss resist to heat embossing with gold EP. Ink is Memento in Tuxedo Black, Desert Sand and Rich Cocoa  I hope you enjoy my designs as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Happy Harvest

You Make Everything So Much Nicer

Grateful

Little Birds

Now it is your turn to blog hop with all of our friends!   

The rules are simple:

1. Visit each participating blog on the list below. 
2. Leave a comment for the blog host designer.
3. Become a follower of each participating blog.

Follow steps 1 – 3, to be eligible to win the grand prize of a Becky Oehlers stamp set for Gina K. Designs.  At the end of the hop, a random winner will be chosen for the Blog Hop Grand Prize using comments and followers from each blog. We have decided to keep the hop open from Friday – Monday. The deadline for leaving comments is Monday, October 22, 2012 at 8pm CST.  The winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday, October 23, 2012.

The blog hop designers this month are as follows:

Sean Fetterman
Regina Hardy
Lori McAree
Giovana Smith
Cathy "Cat" Tidwell
Cheryl Wright
Rosy Newlun
Linda Brace Drozd
Tracy Palmer - YOU ARE HERE!
Penny O'Dell

Thank you for visiting my blog.  Remember to become a follower of my blog and leave a comment so you are automatically entered for a chance to win.  Now, click here to go to Penny O'Dell's blog.

3x3 Note Cards with Box

I made this box of little 3x3 note cards for a friend's birthday.  I find these to be very convenient when I need a little notecard / thank you card at the last minute

Joann's to Discontinue Carrying Memento!!!

Attention all my Stamping & Crafting friends: I wrote to Joann's and Michael's asking if/when they will be carrying the new Memento inks - following is Joann's response. Not sure why they are discontinuing to carry Memento, but that will make it quite difficult for me to get the colors (& replacements) that I need and use almost exclusively. Not too happy about hearing this news:

Thank you for contacting Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores Customer Service. We apologize for our delay in responding.

According to the buyers, we will not be carrying these new Tsukineko Memento ink pad colors. We are discontinuing carrying this line.

You may contact Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores Customer Service via phone at 1-888-739-4120, Monday through Saturday, 9 am - 7 pm Eastern Time.

Thank you,

Janine
Customer Service Coordinator
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores
888-739-4120

If you like Memento inks and shop at Joann's - please write them, tell them how much you use Memento in your stamping projects. Maybe they'll re-think this decision.  Other than shopping online - I only have Michaels and Joann's close by for my stamping/crafting needs, and the Michael's near me hasn't carried any Memento for a while.  Thanks and happy crafting! - Tracy

WELCOME TO THE AUGUST BLOG HOP!

Hi everyone!  If you came here from Jennifer's blog, you're in the right spot.  Thanks for playing along in our August blog hop!  The Blog Hop with Sean & Regina is featuring cards and sentiments celebrating the fall season this month! After a very hot and humid July, most of us are looking forward to a cool and colorful fall! When we think of fall, our minds swirl like we are surrounded by falling leaves and a crisp cool breeze in the air. Each host/hostess will have a card creation posted that is his/her representation of what fall means to them.

OUR BLOG HOP SPONSOR!

Scrapbook Stamp Society is our blog hop sponsor!  The overall winner will receive digi’s from our sponsor.  Please visit them at http://scrapbookstampsociety.com/index.php?  Also some of our blog hop host/hostess designers will be offering blog candy as prizes on their blog sites, so please do not forget to visit his/her blog (and leave a comment) to be eligible for bonus blog hop prizes!

Even though I'm in South Florida where we really don't have a change of seasons, I still think of browns and oranges when I think of fall; must be from my childhood memories of autumn in New York.  As an avid fan of all things Gina K, and StampTV, I used the following for my cards:  The butterfly stamp and sentiment from Nature's Greetings StampTV Kit,  GKD Pure Luxury cardstock in Kraft, Sweet Mango, Tan Leather and Chocolate Brown.  DCWV champagne pearl CS embossed with Cuttlebug, Memento Inks in Tangelo and Rich Cocoa.  Recollections Fine Embossing Powder in white and black.  Copper brads, and Pop dots.  Here's another slightly different version:

I made these cards using two of my favorite techniques.  The butterfly was stamped with Versamark and then heat embossed with the white & black EP.  I then "painted" with bleach within the wings to create a nice effect on the paper.  To tone down the shiny cardstock, I sponged some ink to the raised surface.  Finishing touches using some copper brads in the corners and pop dots to raise the focal images.

LET'S GET HOPPING.....

The rules are simple:

1. Start at Sean's blog first, and leave a comment (and become a follower to enter a chance to win the grand prize from Scrapbook Stamp Society)!  
2. Go down the list of blogs visiting all of them (see below).  Leave comments on their blog pages to be eligible for bonus blog candy from select blog hosts. The blog hop host/hostee offering bonus blog candy will indicate that he/she has a bonus blog candy prize so read their blog post carefully.  Each blog will have the name and blog address for the next host/hostess in line for the blog hop.
3. At the end of the hop, a random winner will be chosen for the Blog Hop Grand Prize from our sponsor and select blog hop hosts for Bonus Blog Candy.  The deadline for leaving comments is Monday, August 20, 2012 at 8pm CST.   Winners of the Grand Prize and bonus Blog Candy will be announced Tuesday, August 21, 2012.

The Blog Hop with Sean & Regina participants are as follows:

Sean Fetterman
Regina Hardy
Melissa Cash
Linda Anderson
Kay Simmons 
Donna Rinckel
Ina Grehan
Roxie Nitti
Aixa Mercado
Jennifer Restivo
Tracy Palmer - YOU ARE HERE!

Thank you for visiting my blog.  I am the last stop on this month's hop so if you came here first, you can start your blog hop by clicking on Sean's name above - have fun and good luck and hope to "see" you next month.

ONLY 2 MORE DAYS TO THE AUGUST BLOG HOP!

Hi everyone!  Get ready to have some fun on our August blog hop!  The Blog Hop with Sean & Regina is featuring cards and sentiments celebrating the fall season this month! After a very hot and humid July, most of us are looking forward to a cool and colorful fall! (If you're in Florida, like me, we know THAT won't happen, but one can be hopeful...) I still like to think of fall, surrounded by falling leaves and a crisp cool breeze in the air. Join us beginning this Friday morning, August 17th at 8:00 a.m. - each host/hostess will have a card creation posted that is his/her representation of what fall means to them.

Scrapbook Stamp Society is our blog hop sponsor!  The overall winner will receive digi’s from our sponsor.  Please visit them at http://scrapbookstampsociety.com/index.php?   Also some of our blog hop host/hostess designers will be offering blog candy as prizes on their blog sites, so please do not forget to visit his/her blog (and leave a comment) to be eligible for bonus blog hop prizes!

Hope to see you on the hop!

July Blog Candy WINNER - Meemee48!!!!

I used random.org to pick a winner for my blog candy give away - and the winner is: Meemee48 (I didn't count my own replies/comments so if anyone was wondering why the count is 31 and not 34, that's why...)

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Result: 16

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Congratulations Meemee48 - please email me with your contact info - you've won a $5 gift certificate for StampTV.
Thanks everybody who participated in our first blog hop! Sure was alot of fun and a first-time event for me.  I was touched and honored by all the lovely comments.
And I can't end without giving a big shout out to Sean and Regina for putting this together - I think it went off flawlessly!  Until next month's Blog Hop with Sean & Regina - XOXO

WELCOME TO THE JULY BLOG HOP!

Hi everyone!  Thanks for playing along in this new blog hop!  The Blog Hop with Sean & Regina is featuring cards and sentiments celebrating the Christmas/Winter season! Most of us are going through extreme heat right now and we are looking for some relief!  When I think of relief, I think of a crisp winter’s day (Florida style which means temps in the low 70’s instead of 90’s) watching the snow falling (wait, snow falling? Not down here!) and watching the neighborhood children outside playing and laughing.  I’m starting to cool just thinking about it (and looking forward to turning the A/C off for at least a day or two)!! 

Anyhoo, we have some amazing creations for you to see and what's even better is that there are goodies you can win!

  

Here are the items I used for this card:

Gina K Designs Cardstock and Design Paper: Hello Sunshine DP,

120# CS – white, Layering weight – white, and Lipstick Red CS; MAMBI DP

Gina K Designs Stamp Set: Wishing You Joy

Memento Inks: Tuxedo Black, Ladybug, Bahama Blue

Copic Markers: BG000, R20, R24, R27, YG67, YR23 and E99

Sakura Gellyroll: Copper, Silver and Clear

Spellbinders Nestabilities: Circles – Small, Labels 16

Zots, Pop Dots, Stamp-a-ma-Jig, Bow-Easy

GKD Calypso Blue Ribbon, Celebrate Holiday Ribbon

Now it is your turn to blog hop with all of our friends!  The rules are simple:

The Blog Hop with Sean & Regina participants are as follows:

1.       Sean

2.       Regina

3.       Zenita

4.       Lee

5.       Lori

6.       Jennifer

7.       Alex

8.       Madeleen

9.      Cheryl

10.   Tracy (You are here)

11.   Ceal

12.   Cheri

If you started on my blog, go to Sean’s blog first http://cardcraftyclub.blogspot.com/ and leave a comment (don’t forget to become a follower to enter a chance to win the grand prize of a Gina K. Designs stamp set, a Gina K. Designs DP pack, some card stock and embellishments)! 

Go down the list of blogs visiting all of them (see above).  Leave comments on their blog pages to be eligible for bonus blog candy from select blog hosts. Each blog will have the name and blog address for the next hop. 

Our number 2 on the list is Regina at http://cardsbyregina.blogspot.com/   

At the end of the hop, a random winner will be chosen for the Grand Prize and select blog hop hosts for Bonus Blog Candy.  The deadline for leaving comments is Monday, July 23, 2012 at 8pm CST.   Winners of the Grand Prize and bonus Blog Candy will be announced Tuesday, July 24, 2012.

Finally, a blog hop wouldn’t be a hop without some fun and Blog Candy! In honor of this first, Blog Hop with Sean and Regina, I am offering a StampTV $5 Gift Certificate!  To enter a chance to win, please leave a comment and become a follower of my blog.  A winner will be chosen at random and announced here on my blog on Tuesday, July 24th.  Good Luck and Thank you for visiting my blog and playing along.  Now, hop on over to Ceal's blog at http://simplybeautifulcreations.blogspot.com

There's a NEW Blog Hop in town....

Blog Hop with Sean & Regina kicks off this Friday, July 20th - Join us for "Christmas in July."  I promise, you will be in for a treat as you hop along and see all the beautiful cards that our super-uber talented designers have created.  AND... A blog hop wouldn't be a hop without some fun and crazy prizes!  To be eligible to win, become a follower of each blog and leave a comment along the way.  So stay tuned and come hop along with us this Friday - Hugs, Tracy

Card Crafty Club: SHOWCASE CIRCLE WINNER OF THE WEEK!

Card Crafty Club: SHOWCASE CIRCLE WINNER OF THE WEEK!  Wow - I am showcase circle winner of the week!

Summer Breeze

Well, we had Tropical Storm Debbie move through the Gulf which presented us with 3 straight days of rain! So what else would any crafter do?  Well - craft a bunch of cards this weekend LOL! Hope you enjoy these.  All stamps and cardstock are from Gina K Designs (StampTV).  DP is from My Mind's Eye, Memento ink, Copic & Bic markers - oh, and yes - tried colored pencils with OMS for smoothing - see the Dream Big card.  Very easy technique; loved it.

Really simple, elegant card that I case'd from StampTV.  All papers and stamps are from Gina K Designs

Trying out new techniques, papers and stamps - all from Gina K Designs @ StampTV

Card Crafty Club: LIEBSTER BLOG AWARD!

Card Crafty Club: LIEBSTER BLOG AWARD!: Thank you to Alex at Pretty Papers and Inky Fingers for  choosing me to receive the Liebster Award.  Alex, you are the GREATEST! ...

Mehndi Wishes - Stamp set from StampTV

I had to try a favorite technique again with the Mehndi Wishes stamp set - paper bleaching with clorox.  I also added ink to my cuttlebug Paisley folder to create the DP that I thought coordinated beautifully with the stamp. I did 2 different designs - mostly because I inked on each side of the folder to see how different the effects would be.  I prefer design #1 because after I ran the folder through the cuttlebug, I didn't like the recessed parts being inked, so I flipped the paper over and then lightly added ink (direct to paper) to the raised side.  Following are the items I used to make these cards:
Mehndi Wishes stamp set by Rupha Svede from StampTV
GKD Pure Luxury cardstock: 120# heavy weight in ivory, 80# layering weight in ivory, Black Onyx, and Lipstick Red
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and Tim Holtz Distressed ink in Fired Brick
Cuttlebug Paisley embossing folder
Tonic corner punch, and Recollections brads and ebony detail embossing powder

Girl Talk

New project; playing around with the Girl Talk stamp set from StampTV

StampTV - Mix It Up Monday Design Challenge - Pocket/Envelope Card

This was a fun challenge. I never made this style card before and I always love trying new things. Here is a short list of what I used:

GKD Nature's Greetings stamps, GKD Pure Luxury card stock: black, red, kraft & 120# white, Inks: Tim Holtz Distress walnut stain, Memento black tuxedo and lady bug, Recollections DP, Spellbinders Fancy Tags

Crafty Creations: Free For All Friday Design Challenge at StampTV

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Free For All Friday Design Challenge at StampTV

Christmas Presents - Card Set

Is there a Crafter's Anonymous Group? I think there should be because card-making, crafting and scrapbooking has become more than my new obsession - I'm hooked - can't pass up a sale on anything crafty and have become a compulsive coupon hoarder and internet surfer looking for those great deals and sales! Decided to make a card set for some good friends for Christmas. Gave me a chance to really play around with my Gina K Designs stamps and stamp kits that I treated myself to for Christmas. I primarily used the Nature's Greetings Stamp Kit and all the lovely stamps, papers and techniques (featured in the DVD that came with the kit), but I also used the "You Go Girl" stamp set - I just love the sayings in there. I will leave you with this quote: "Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of someone else." - Judy Garland Hope you like the card set...

GKD Center Stage Alumni Blog Hop Challenge - Sketch

I've been so busy over the holidays and the weeks leading up to them that I've neglected my blog - here is my entry for this challenge. Materials Used: Paper - GKD Pure Luxury White Heavy Weight Cardstock; from Joann's: Glitter Paper: Sparkling Water; Colorbok Sage Stripe & Green Flower Paper; GKD Stamp Duo: Just Calling to Say; Memento Inks - Bahama Blue, New Sprout and Pear Tart; Recollections Brads from Michaels