Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

Welcome to our Seasonal Expressions 2 New Product Blog Hop! Our newest catalog was just released on May 1 and there are so many AWESOME new products! Deciding what to feature for this blog hop was a tough choice! I can't wait to see what everyone has created! If you came from Haley Dyer's blog you are in the right spot! The hop is a big circle so when you get back to me, you will know that you completed the hop. If you saw my Favorite Things list on my Facebook page you saw that I listed Where Happiness Bloom Stamp and Thin Cuts as my most favorite!  So, it was only fitting that I feature this on this new product blog hop! This stamp is a base and shade stamp!  People will think you colored the flowers but you actually stamp the color into the outline! For my card is also used the Rectangle Thin Cuts as the border around the card.  Before stamping the image, I used a wash of blue watercolor paint on the background.  After it dried, I stamped the

Welcome to our National Scrapbooking Month blog hop!  May is National Scrapbooking Month and Close to My Heart has brought us a really WOWIE special!!  We've got paper, coordinating cardstock, a matching stamp set AND a Scrapbooking Cut Above Layout Kit!  You can purchase them all as a bundle and SAVE or just purchase the products you need!    This hop features our special - The World Is Yours and I can't wait to see all the projects that were created!  If you came from Katy Taylor's Blog you are on the right track!  If you started right here with me, the hop is a circle of 13 participants.  When you get back to me (or where you started) you will know you have completed the hop!   Let's get started! This is one of 4 layouts that I created with the paper and coordinating cardstock for The World Is Yours .  I used a combination of stamps, stickers and cricut images for this layout!  The flowers and leaves and the title were stamped using The

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month we are featuring To My Bestie.  A set of 19 stamps.  It includes 5 different sentiments!  The hop is a big circle.  If you came from Brandi Robinson's Blog blog you are on the right track!  If you started with me, you will know you finished the hop when you get back to my post!  Look for the next blog to hop to at the bottom of my post!   I went with soft colors of Heather, Mink and Ballerina for this card.  The paper is from Sweet Girl.  I envisioned the card with the hand holding the bunch of flowers outside of the frame.   So I cut White Daisy cardstock to fit inside the rectangle frame but longer on the bottom.   I stamped the image, colored with watercolor pencils and THEN I trim around the hand and cut across the bottom to fit inside the frame.   I stamped and colored the bunch of flowers, then trimmed and placed under her hand.  I added clear sparkles to finish the card.    Here are the products th