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CardMaker Fabulous Frames Blog Hop

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Good morning!  Today several members of the CardMaker Blog team and Gina K. Designs team are  showcasing stamps used in Melanie Muenchinger's newest book  Fabulous Stamped Frames , published by Annie's.  This cardmaking tutorial book features 36 projects using seven of Melanie's bold and line art frame stamp sets from  Gina K. Designs .  These versatile sets   each contain a frame stamp large enough to fill an A2 card front, which can be rotated portrait or landscape style, along with coordinating images and sentiments, that allow both beginners and advanced crafters to enjoy endless design possibilities for year-round themes, occasions and styles. Not all sets are needed to get a ton of instruction and ideas from this book! Melanie challenged us to each put our own spin on one of the sets, so we hope you enjoy what you see today!  She and Gina will be sharing videos as well to show more of the book and some of the stamps in action. Here is the card that I made us

Gina K Designs July Inspiration Blog Hop

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The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the  Big News Forum  at  StampTV  a few days after the hops. The complete blog list is as the bottom of this post...visit all of the designers to see what they created using these two great sets!! My first card, I made a stamped card using the Beautiful Banners stamp set from Becky Oehlers.  I can see myself using this a lot!  I am always attracted to bold sentiments...and what can only make that better?  A sentiment banner style!! Love!  I stamped the woodgrain directly onto my card base.  The sunshine and hello images were both stamped onto white card stock, cut out, and then adhe

Gina K Inspiration Blog Hop

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The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the  Big News Forum  at  StampTV  a few days after the hops. Release weeks are so much fun!  Today, I went back to basics with tone on tone stamping.  It is simple, it gets me out of using black ink, and it creates a nice subtle background. Here is the complete hop list! Gina K Theresa Momber -Illustrator Up, Up and Away Beth Silaika -Illustrator Lots Of Dots Alphabet AJ Otto Carolina Buchting Cathy Tidwell Debbie Corbari Latisha Yoast Laurie Schmidlin Lee Murphy Melanie Muenchinger Michelle Woerner Sean Fetterman Valerie Stangle Materials Used:

Lawn Fawn Sneak Week Day 2

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                                  Welcome to Day 2 of more Lawn Fawn CHA sneak peaks!!  Today, I am showing a few cards using the Into the Woods paper line, flair, sequins, stamps and twine!  So many great new things!! You want to head over to the Lawn Fawn blog , to see more great sneaks, as well as a chance to win new product!!

Taylored Expressions & Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog Hop

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GIVEAWAY : To enter to win a Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L & Taylored Expressions Prize Pack ($30 value) filled with fun products to get your crafting, leave a comment on each hop designer blog. One lucky winner will be chosen at random from all blog hop comments. Deadline to enter:  Friday , July, 2013 at  11:59 pm PST . Taylored Expressions Blog   Kimberly Crawford   Carole Burrage Iben Hojholdt   Shelly Mercado Latisha Yoast   Shannon White AJ Otto   Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog I am the worst when it comes to sending out cards!  I live about 30-45 minutes away from a physical Post Office (depending on traffic).  So just to get to the Post Office can be a struggle.  So, this stamp set from Taylored Expressions called Belated Birthday ,  is so perfect for me!  I didn't forget, I just couldn't get it in the mail in time.  Does anyone else have this problem?  I tell my husband that I'm a cardmaker, not a card sender lol

Lawn Fawn CHA Sneak Week

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This is going to be one exciting week for all of you Lawn Fawn lovers out there!!  CHA is right around the corner, so we will be showcasing some of the new products that will be hitting store shelves soon!!  Make sure to visit the Lawn Fawn Blog everyday this week, to check out new product, so much inspiration and for a chance to win new stuff!! My project I am sharing today, is a "boo" bag.  Have you ever "boo-ed" your neighbors, or been "boo-ed"?  If not, you should do it, it is so much fun!  Basically, you leave treats for your neighbors, ring the door bell and run away as fast as you can.  You leave a note saying they have been "boo-ed" (you can find this online) you don't say who it is from, and then they are supposed to "boo" a neighbor. Anyhow, here is a cute "boo" bag that could go into a "boo" basket. This is a new stamp set called, Critters in Costume!  And yes, there is a Lawn Cut die set

Crate Paper & CardMaker Blog Hop!

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Today the designers from Crate Paper, and CardMaker Magazine , are showing off some great new projects using the Maggie Holmes Collection.  If you have time, head on over to the Crate Blog , they are giving a Maggie Holmes prize package worth $40. Your next stop is to Piradee's blog! (the complete blog list is below) I have a few cards to show you today, it was hard just to make one project.  I was on the CHA show floor when this line debuted, and I was blown away!  There is just something in the color palette of this line that I'm drawn to.  I have used it many, many times...it just makes me so happy! Materials List for Say Cheese Card: Maggie Holmes Wonderful paper Maggie Holmes Emily Jane paper Maggie Holmes Die Cuts (tag, camera, ticket stub) Maggie Homes Stickers kraft cardstock Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L foam squares & EZ runner May Arts ribbon Twinery pink twine M aterials List for Love You Dear Card: American Crafts white card stock

Lawn Fawn & May Arts blog hop

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This week, the designers from Lawn Fawn and May Arts are doing a blog hop. It is always a fun surprise to get May Arts ribbon in the mail.  I was starting to over think how to show of ribbon on my project.  But, the ribbon is so pretty it shows off itself.  I decided to make a fun and festive gift bag. Make sure you visit the Lawn Fawn and May Arts blog every day this week.  I believe there are prizes to be had! Materials Used: Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home stamp set Lawn Fawn Home Sweet Home dies Lawn Fawn lime twine Lawn Fawn Puffy Star die Lawn Fawn Pink Lemonade petite pattern paper May Arts pink chevron ribbon May Arts pink oval ribbon May Arts green chevron ribbon Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L EZ runner Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D foam squares white bag pink copic markers white card stock

Gina K Designs 4th of July Hop

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Happy Birthday America!! For my fellow Americans, I hope you all have a safe and patriotic day.  We are having a nice an easy day planned.  We are BBQ-ing chicken, hot dogs then for sides are, baked beans with sausage & peppers, cole slaw, potato salad, watermelon, veggie platters, and cupcakes to name a few items on the menu.  We purchased a bunch of fireworks, motars etc...to enjoy once the sun goes down.  Some friends are going to come over, and I think it will be a great day! Materials Used:  white card stock, Gina K Cherry Red ink , Gina K Summer Brights 6x6 pad ,   Gina K American Made clear stamp set , Gina K Lots of Letters clear stamp set , corner rounder, foam squares Welcome to this special July 4 Gina K. Designs Hop!!!!  Some of the Design Team and the Center Stage Spotlight Team have some fun cards and projects to share with a patriotic theme and flair!!!  And Gina has a special sale incentive too!!!  Check out these 2 new Duos: From Thursday,