Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

  Welcome to our December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop . In this blog hop we are featuring  Owl Love You Forever.  This set includes 9 images! If you arrived here from  Haley Dyer, the Inky Scrapper  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 thought it would be fun to create a triangle heart pattern with the November December Mix In Papers.  I matched the colors of the papers with Tri-blend markers to color the Owl.   Some added touches - I colored the Clear Sparkles with the Hydranga Tri-Blend Marker and also random stamped the Wisteria Cardstock to add interest to the background.  The stitched circle is from the Circle Window Slimline Thin Cut set. Products Used: White Cards & Envelopes - Z254 Owl Love Your Forever Dece

  Welcome to our November December Catalog New Product Blog Hop!  In this hop, we will be featuring some of our newest products in our this newest catalog.  If you arrived here from Darlys Recker's Blog   you are on the right track!  Look for the link at the bottom of this post that will take you to the next blog.  When you get back to 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 .  for  I recently scrapbooked my trip to Kauai with the layouts from the October Album Retreat but I still had many photos left to document.  The Candid Moments collection came at just the right time!  I was able to use the papers, stickers and die-cuts for Candid Moments on additional layouts for my album. As a little added touch to the layout above, I colored some of my White Dot embellishments with the True Blue Tri-Blend Marker to match the cardstock mats used on these pages. Here are the products used for the

  Welcome to this SPECIAL Holiday Cards blog hop! This hop is just in time to inspire you for your Holiday Card crafting!  If you arrived here from  M elinda Everitt's Blog  you are on the right track!  To keep going, look for the link to the next blog at the bottom of my post!   If you get lost along the way you can see the entire list of participants   HERE .  I am sharing a fun card I created using this VERY CUTE and adorable Stamp Plus Thin Cut Set - If Snowflakes Were Kisses .  So far, I've create two cards!  A regular card and a Slimline Card!  I used our Wonderland Paper for both cards. On this regular size card I used the window die and tag from our new Buildable Tag Thin cuts.  I wanted it to appear that these cute little critter were looking out at the snowy landscape.  I added a couple of the felt accents and used glue dots to attach a few scatter snowflakes from our Snowflake sequins.    I created a shaker card for my 2nd card using the Slimline Square Window Thin C

  Welcome to our  November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop . In this blog hop we are featuring  Created to Shine.  This set includes 7 images! If you arrived here from ScrappinKaty’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 really liked this stamp when I first saw it, because this has been my motto for the last few years.  I pray every day that I can be a light for someone that needs it.  I had so many designs in my head for this card but it took several tries to come up with one that I was happy with.  And, I do have to say... this end result was not the original design in my head!   I envisioned the string of lights having ONE light that shines bright than the rest.  To achieve this, I used 2nd generation stamping and

  Welcome to this SPECIAL blog hop that features Stand Alone Thin Cuts from our new  2021-2022 Core Catalog!   This will be a quick hop featuring 11 blogs!  If you arrived here from  ScrappinKaty's blog  you are on the right track!  To keep going, look for the link to the next blog at the bottom of my post!   If you get lost along the way you can see the entire list of participants   HERE .  We have some great Slimline Window Thin Cuts. The leaves outside are beginning to fall and I can really tell that autumn is in the air.  It had me in the mood to create a Fall Card!  I had not used my new Circle Windows Slimline thin cut yet so thought this would be a great time to pull it out!   Fall makes me think of plaid and our September October Mix In pack is full of plaid!  If you love plaid, be sure to grab a couple of these packs!   I paired my plaid paper with a piece from our new Texture Paper Pack in the Core Catalog. Doesn't that burlap pattern look great with the plaid?? Of co

  Welcome to our  October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop . In this blog hop we are featuring  Wildflower Friendship.  This set includes 8 images that includes three flowery critters! If you arrived here from  Haley Dyer'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 have to admit, flowery critters are not really my thing, BUT once I started playing with this stamp, I discovered how cute they really are.   The card that I'm sharing here was a result of me playng with Distress Oxide Inks because I didn't want to color the flowers.  I wanted to try something different. So, I blended Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral and Pickled Raspberry on white daisy cardstock.   I decided to use a blend of these col

  Welcome to this SPECIAL blog hop that features products from our Slimline Celebration!   This will be a quick hop featuring 9 blogs!  If you arrived here from  Wendy Kessler's blog you are on the right track!  To keep going, look for the link to the next blog at the bottom of my post!   If you get lost along the way you can see the entire list of participants   HERE .  I've seen many SLIMLINE cards and have created several myself but I also wanted to share that the Star and Circle Clusters Thin Cuts do NOT have to be limited to Slimline card use!  In this hop, I'm sharing a fun A4 standard size card using the Circle Cluster Thin Cuts and the Fishy Greetings Stamp Plus Thin Cuts set!  I used several of our Distressed Oxide inks for this card, first using the Tattered Rose Distress Oxide on as my base color for my Thank You Stencil.  I used Chipped Sapphire, Mermaid Lagoon, and Mowed Lawn on the Stencil.   The circle clusters were cut on the light side of Lagoon cardstock.

Welcome to our September October Catalog New Product Blog Hop!  In this hop, we will be featuring some of our newest products in our September October catalog.  If you arrived here from Melinda Everitt's blog you are on the right track!  Look for the link at the bottom of this post that will take you to the next blog.  When you get back to 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 can't get enough of this Pumpkin Spice paper.  I used the Pumpkin Spice Paper and stickers.  I added a border at the bottom using our new Border Stencil and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink.  I also add several dots of Platinum Glitter glue. I created this card with some leftover scraps of Pumpkin Spice paper.  I strung the leaves from the Autumn Sequins onto gold embellishing thread to string across the card.  HINT:  to make stringing with the embellishing thread easier, I added some white Tombow glu

  Welcome to our Core Catalog NEW Product Blog Hop!!  Our Core Catalog is our MAIN catalog for Close To My Heart.   It contains all of the CORE products that any crafter will need such as inks, cardstock, tools, embellishments, and even several special paper packs that will be available all year long! This catalog was just released on September 1 and there are so many exciting new products!   This blog hop will showcase many of these new products!   I can't wait to see what everyone has been working on!  If you came from Lauren 's CTMH Craftings 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 . Recently I hosted a four day retreat.  One of the 'gifts' to my attendees is a pre-cut layout that they can put together to document their time spent with friends crafting for the weekend.  The layout I designed s

  Welcome to our  September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop . In this blog hop we are featuring  Grateful for this Life.  This set includes 16  word images to share the things that you are grateful for! If you arrived here from  Lauren's CTMH Craftings  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 using many of our new products from our 2021 - 2022 CORE Catalog.  This page absolutely did NOT start out to end up like this.  How many times have you started a card or layout with an image in mind of what your final product will look like but it ends up totally different?   That was me on this one!   I purchased the new Pumpkin Spice Digital Art Collection (it downloads right away to your CTMH Digital account when you purch

  Welcome to our  August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop . In this blog hop we are featuring  Tutti Frutti Summer.  This set includes 15  FUN fruity images for your summer pages and cards! If you arrived here from  Brandi R - crzy4scrapbook 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 .  This is such a CUTE stamp set!  I love the layout that the CTMH artist created to showcase this set.  Did you see it in the Blog Badge above?  So hard to top that!!   I wanted to create a summer layout with this set also.   Again.... I turned to our Make It From Your Vol. 5 for pattern inspiration!  (I have been having so much fun using the patterns from this book!!)  Here is my Summer Layout.... I used ALL cardstock for this page - Bluebird, Cana

Today we have a special blog hop for you featuring all things CHRISTMAS!!  Do you like to get a head start on your Christmas Cards or Christmas Crafting?  This hop might give you some inspiration!   I can't wait to see what everyone has been working on!  If you came from   Krista's Crafty Corner   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 created a winter holiday scene on a slimline card featuring the animals on our Miracles of Christmas stamp (CC72114).   I stamped each animal onto a piece of White Daisy Cardstock and used a variety of Tri-blend Markers to color. (Because the alcohol markers bleed through, I did not stamp directly on the card.)   I used Versa Mark ink and White embossing powder for the snowflakes.  Before I added the blue skies and green grass, I stamped each animal on a post it note and ha

  It's time for another NEW PRODUCT BLOG HOP!! Our July August catalog has been out for a couple of weeks now.  I hope you have had a chance to look at it!  Today we have a special blog hop for you featuring some of the new products found in this catalog.    I can't wait to see what everyone has been working on!  If you came from  Brenda Lapp'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 have been playing with the new Wander Collection.   If you spend alot of time outdoors you will LOVE this collection!  Back in March, my husband and I took a trip to San Antonio.  There were no mountains, hiking (of the treacherous kind), or tents, camping out involved which seems to be the featured theme of this paper pack.  BUT that's OK!  I made it work for scrapbooking this trip!  That is what is awesome abou