Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

  Welcome to our Operation Smile Blog Hop! Today we are featuring a very special stamp,  Every Bit of Wonderful ! What is so special about this stamp set? Not only is it a beautiful, when you purchase this stamp, Close To My Heart will donate  $7 to Operation Smile ! Since its founding in 1982, Operation Smile has performed over 220,000 surgical procedures to correct facial deformities in children. It only takes an hour for volunteer medical teams to perform these life-altering surgeries that will give children confidence for a lifetime. If you came here from  Michelle Stewart's blog ,   you are on the right track! Just look for the link at the bottom of my post that will take you to the next blog! The hop is one big circle so when you come back to me, you will know you have visited all of the blogs! If you get lost along the way you can check the list  HERE . This is a birthday card that I created for my daughter recently using this stamp, papers from our woodgrain collection and

Welcome to our December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  In this blog hop we are featuring  Happiness Never Grows Old.  This set includes 11 images.  If you arrived here from  Michelle Stewart’s Blog  you are on the right track.  This hop is a big circle.  Just look for the next blog link at the bottom of my post.  If you are just getting started on the hop, when you get back to me you will know you have completed the circle!  If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of hoppers  HERE .  I decided that I wanted to feature our Color of the Year, Blue Belle.  I used tone on tone stamping for the Blue Belle cardstock creating a pattern of roses in Blue Belle ink.  The strip of pink paper is from our current Mix In Paper pack from the November/December catalog.   I trimmed the Blue Belle shimmer trim to 1/8" to use.  I felt like 1/2" was too wide.  Trimming the shimmer trim down narrower is easy!  Just remove the backing and stick it to your trimmer.  It will stay

Welcome to our November/December Catalog Blog Hop!  In this hop we are showcasing many of the wonderful new products from this catalog edition!  I can't wait to see what everyone has been working on!  If you came from Lauren Moore's Blog you are on the right track.  The hop is a big circle so when you arrive at the blog you started, you will know you completed the hop! If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of hoppers HERE . I do believe that our Serenity paper collection is going to be a HUGE hit.  I've already based my Annual Christmas Card Workshop off this paper and everyone seems to have loved them!  This paper is certainly MY favorite!  I also love the Elegant Snowflakes Stamp and Thin Cuts Set.  I knew I wanted to create something using BOTH of these products.  Here is the page I created. One of the papers in Serenity has pinecones across the bottom and top of the page.  I cut it down to 6" and then used one of the Fancy Borders Thin Cuts

 Today I wanted to share a couple more cards that I created with the November Stamp of the Month - You Warm My Heart.    This stamp is so much fun! Products Used: November Stamp of the Month - You Warm My Heart White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack Mix In Paper - X9021 Evergreen Cardstock - X6030 Toffee Cardstock - X5950 French Vanilla Cardstock - X6046 Hexagon Shapes Thin Cuts - Z3678 Scarlett Shimmer Brush - Z3810 Evergreen Shimmer Brush - Z3670 Gold Embellishing Thread - Z4054 Golden Rod Stickles - Z3560 Evergreen Exclusive Ink - Z6512 Scarlet Exclusive Ink - Z6526 Toffee Exclusive Ink - Z2828 Products Used: November Stamp of the Month - You Warm My Heart White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack Mix In Paper Pack - X9021 Comfort & Joy Paper - X7261B Blue Belle Cardstock - X6048 French Vanilla Cardstock - X6046 Clear Shimmer Brush - Z3293 Blue Belle Exclusive Ink - Z6519 Scarlet Exclusive Ink - Z6526 Espresso Exclusive Ink - Z2829 Pewter Exclusive Ink - Z2832 Blue Belle Pearl - Z7

  Welcome to our Holiday Card Blog Hop! This blog hop will give you some great inspiration to get started creating your Christmas Cards!     If you arrived here from Krista Hershberger's Blog  you are on the right track.  This hop is a big circle.  Just look for the next blog link at the bottom of my post.  If you are just getting started on the hop, when you get back to me you will know you have completed the circle!  If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of hoppers  HERE .    If you have followed me for very long, then you probably know how much I love turning our Picture My Life cards into cards, especially at Christmas.   For the last couple of years, my Annual Christmas Card Workshop has been based off of our PML cards.  They are so fun and easy to create!  For the first time in a while, my Annual Christmas Card is NOT based off of the Picture My Life Cards.  I thought I needed to change it up a bit.  But that didn't stop me from still using this meth

Welcome to our November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  In this blog hop we are featuring You Warm My Heart.  This set includes 19 images.  If you arrived here from Michelle Loncar’s Blog  you are on the right track.  This hop is a big circle.  Just look for the next blog link at the bottom of my post.  If you are just getting started on the hop, when you get back to me you will know you have completed the circle!  If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of hoppers  HERE .  What a fun stamp set this is!!  I created a several cards, a couple of which I will be sharing a little later on this month over on my Facebook page and group.   For this card I used our Color of the Year - Blue Belle as my prominent color for the card.  I used a new color - Scarlet as the accent color.  It was fun creating a border with the small images that make you think of a knitted winter sweater.   Here are the products I used on this card: You Warm My Heart - November Stamp of the Month Whit

  Welcome to our New Product Blog Hop!!  On September 1, Close To My Heart released their new ANNUAL CORE Catalog which will be good all the way through August 31, 2021!!  This Core Catalog is FULL of fun exciting new products.... more stamps, paper packs, MANY thin cuts and LOTS of new multi-media products.  This hop will give you a great opportunity to see what some of our favorite products are how we are using them!  If you came from  Darlys Recker's Blog ,  you are on the right track!!  Look for the next blog to hop to at the bottom of this post.  This hop is a big circle, so when you get back to me, you will know you completed the hop!   If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog .    Let's get started! With so many new products, it was hard to choose what to share here!  I finally decided to share a card that uses MANY of our new items including some of our new mixed media products!   I used the big flower

Welcome to our October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  In this blog hop we are featuring  With All My Love.  This set includes 16 images .  If you arrived here from Michelle Loncar’s   Blog  you are on the right track.  This hop is a big circle.  Just look for the next blog link at the bottom of my post.  If you are just getting started on the hop, when you get back to me you will know you have completed the circle!  If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of hoppers  HERE .  I had fun with this card because I used many of our new products along with some old favorites.  The base of my card is the Dreamy Holographic Paper.  I played with our new Gloss Sprays (Turquioise and Ocean) on Distress Watercolor Paper.  Once it was dry, I used the Heart Stencil with Solar Flare Stickles Glitter Gel to add the glittery hearts!  Then I cut a border with our Fancy Borders.   I stamped the large heart and smaller flower images with Versa Mark ink and heat set it with Gold Embossi

  Welcome to our Creativity in Motion Blog Hop!!  This hop features the products in our National Stamping Month Promotion.   Watch Butterflies, fun animals and sentiments come to life when you use these specially designed stamps and lined acetate paper!  If you arrived here from  Alyson Mayo's blog you are on the right track!  The hop is a big circle so when you get back to this page, you will know you have completed the hop!   If you get lost along the way you can find your place HERE . I wanted to create the illusion that a butterfly was fluttering over flowers so I stamped the butterfly on Sunflower pattern paper.   I used the Stitched Rectangle Thin cuts for the frame and also for the background of the card.  The stamped flowers are from the Stitched Florals Stamp and Thin Cut set.  I stamped the flowers in Canary.  For the large flower, I used the "rock and roll" technique with our new Sundance Ink. The leaves are stamped in Fern ink.  The small border flowers were

  September brings us a brand new catalog!  Two catalogs actually, but today, for this blog hop we are featuring products from our September/October catalog!  The catalog is FULL of pretty things and you will see them highlighted in this hop!  If you came here from  Brandi Robinson' s Blog  you are on the right path!  If you are just getting started right here, then look for the next link at the bottom of my post that will take you to the next blog.   This hop is a big circle so when you get back to me (or the blog you started with) then you will know you completed the hop!  Let's get started!  BTW, if you get lost along the way you can find the entire list of participants  HERE . I created the the Bloom With Grace Scrapbooking kit right away.  When I was finished I had some really pretty sunflower stickers that I wanted to use.  So I used my left over papers and stickers to create this card.  Very simple... and easy!  Here are all of the products I used on this card: White Car

  Welcome to our special Blog Hop featuring the  Got Candy?  Collection!   This collection includes a whole suite of coordinating products - Paper, stamp, coordinating cardstock and some FUN Halloween theme sequins!   You can purchase these products individually or you can SAVE 20% when you purchase the BUNDLE! In this hop you will see many different ways to create with the Got Candy? collection.  If you arrived here from  Michelle Loncar's blog   you are on the right track.  This hop is a big circle.  Just look for the next blog link at the bottom of my post.  If you are just getting started on the hop, when you get back to me you will know you have completed the circle!  If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list  of hoppers  HERE .   I no longer have little trick or treaters at my house but I really do love the colors in this paper pack!  I decided to use it for a FALL page. I used so many new products on this page!  I used the new Black Soot Distress Oxide in

  Welcome to our September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  In this blog hop we are featuring  Here for the Memories.  This stamp is THE STAMP for Scrapbookers!!  This set includes 13 images .  If you arrived here from  Brandi Robinson's Blog  you are on the right track.  This hop is a big circle.  Just look for the next blog link at the bottom of my post.  If you are just getting started on the hop, when you get back to me you will know you have completed the circle!  If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of hoppers  HERE .  The very first thing that came to mind when I saw this stamp set was a DOOR HANGER for the image "Do Not Disturb".  After I created the door hanger, I decided to also create a 6x8 page to add to the layouts that I recently just completed using the Bloom With Grace Scrapbooking Kit.   This little page will be a great addition that will tell an extra story.   I used pattern papers from both the Bloom with Grace paper pack and the Woo