Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

Here is the final Christmas Card I'm sharing from my weekend of cardmaking with my sister a few weeks ago.  I call this card my Misfit card because the idea for this card began from a mistake.  Since I was not taking my cricut machine with me on our little trip, I spent the morning cutting a bunch of cricut images to take with me.  I had a stamp set that coordinated with many of the images on the Artiste Cricut Cartridge (Z1790)  so I was cutting away.  When I began cutting the mittens, I forgot to change the size to fit the stamp and before I could catch it, I had already cut out about 6 mittens the wrong size.   Standing there looking at the little white cardstock mittens an idea for a card came to me.  (I just love it when that happens!).   I had an image in my head of mittens hanging to dry to on a clothes line. Here is the finished idea: These mittens were cut at 1 3/4" inch.   I cut the layers from Sky and Topiary Cardstock. ...

This past weekend I traveled to Ohio with my Husband, my sister and her husband to a hunting retreat.  Sounds fun doesn't it?  Actually we had a wonderful time.  I came prepared with paper, stamps, inks and pretty embellishments to play with while our husbands were out looking for the BIG MONSTER buck.  We were staying in a GORGEOUS cabin with a beautiful warm fireplace (2 fireplaces actually) that was decorated for the holidays.  This provided the perfect atmosphere for our little card making projects. I brought along two different paper packs, or so I thought I did.   In rearranging my bag that I packed with crafting supplies, I must have taken out the Pear & Partridge paper and forgot to repack it.   But I did have lots of last year's popular Christmas paper - Believe (now retired).  We created 15 cards each so I was really excited to use up some of my stash.   I'm going to share a few of the cards with you over the next couple of ...

We are rounding out this HOT HOT July month with TWO cool winter themed Perfect Pairs to choose from!  Oh how I long for cooler days.  I'm so over the 95 and up heat that has hit us this entire month of July.  I got in my car to go home the other night and it was 90 degrees at 9:00 PM!  Enough of the heat - let me tell you about our LAST TWO Perfect Pairs you can choose from when you place a $75 order on my website! First we have Wonderland.   So pretty! I can almost feel the winter snow... Ok, not really but wishful thinking doesn't hurt.  This Perfect Pair is the Wonderland Level 2 Paper and the Wonderland Stickease assortment.  On the back of the stickease are different layout suggestions which are great if you have trouble deciding how to get started. Here are a few of my favorite cards I created with this paper. Details Details                             ...

I just returned home from my annual Cookie Swap.   I have some of the best friends in the world and for the 9th year in a row we got together for our annual Cookie Swap.  We started out as a group of friends that loved to scrapbook and the amazing thing is - we all worked together.   Even though some of the girls no longer scrapbook and we've kind of scattered to other departments or jobs, we have remained friends through out these past 9 years.  It is a night full of laughs, remembering good times, and of course LOTS of great cookies!   Since I have Close To My Heart's new Art Philosophy cricut cartridge , of course I had to make my recipe into a Christmas tag!    For my Recipe Card I cut a 6" tag using Shift Tag <Tree 1>.  This tag has a little cut out tree on it. To get the recipe onto the tag, I typed the recipe into a text box in Word.  I then printed out a copy on a sheet of paper.  Next, using removeable adhesive, I...

I just realized I never blogged about my Advent Box!  This turned out so cute I wanted to share!  I had a workshop back in October on this cute little box made using Close To My Heart's Memory Game.   The Memory Game (Z1614) comes with 24 3x3 chipboard squares all in a little box that has a magnetic flap for closure.  You can put photos on one side and cover the other side with a pretty pattern paper.  Since there were 24 squares I thought this would be a great opporutnity to make an Advent box with an activity every day. This was so easy to assemble.  I used the Believe Level 2 Paper (X7145B) to cover the box and for each square.  To decorate my squares I used the Believe Stickease (X7145C) and also the Countdown (B1390) stamp for the numbering of the days.  The stickease is perfect because it adds dimension to your squares but not a lot of depth.  You want your cards to lay flat ... and also fit in the box! ...

I'm back!  This time I've got a little Christmas gift bag to share!  I made this bag from my Kraft cardstock using Close To My Heart's exclusive Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge .   The bag was cut using the 6" measurement.  Once the bag is folded and glued together, it is actually 3" wide x 2" deep and 5" high from top of handles to the bottom. I used CTMH's Believe  (X7145B) paper to wrap around the bag and used the zip strip from that same paper for a border.  Isn't that cool?  I cut two ornament tags, again using the Art Philosophy Cartridge.  The Sweet Leaf tag was cut at 2" and the Holiday Red tag was cut at 1 3/4".   I stamped the Holiday Red tag with my Versa Mark Ink and heat embossed White Embossing powder on the image.  The stamp is from December 25th (C1469).  This set is a great set for making quick tags.  I posted a video a few days ago about this.  If you missed it, you can see it HERE . To 'wrap' is...

I haven't been much of a fan of the pom pom ribbon.  Mostly because I wasn't sure how to adhere it without sewing it on!   I detest the thought of pulling out my sewing machine for several reasons.  1. My family might think it means I'm willing to mend and will want me to fix broken zippers or sew up ripped seams.  2.  I wouldn't be able to find the thread I need.  3.  There is absolutely no more room left on my crafting table for one more thing - much less a big table top machine!   But I made this really cute card for Cardabilities  challenge and the pom pom ribbon was just what it needed to add a little fun to this holiday card!  The plaid paper is from the Believe Level 2 (X7145B)  paper pack.   The stamp set I used is Christmas Love (D1492) .  This set has some great Christmas sentiments on it.  You can see the entire stamp set HERE .  I stamped the ornament in Holiday Red and Topiary and use...

One of the stamp sets we used in my Christmas Card Workshop this past week was Christmas Love (D1492) .  This is a great set with 12 different stamps.   I haven't had a chance to really use this set other than a few of the stamps for card front sentiments.    It has a cute little stocking, Christmas Tree, ornament, and candle in addition to great Christmas sentiments like JOY, Noel, Magic of Christmas and more.   See the entire set HERE. One of the Blog Challenges I check in with on Saturday is CardPatterns .  Yesterday they had a great pattern that I thought was perfect for the stocking on the Christmas Love set.   I created a 6x6 card for this sketch: Since Christmas has been my focus in card making lately, I saw these banners as stockings.  I used Holiday Red, Topiary and Sky ink to stamp my stockings.  Then I added prisma glitter for some sparkle.  The string of lights is from the Believe Stickease (X7145C).  I use...

I love this week's Mojo Monday sketch by Julee Tilman.   I spotted it early this morning before I started my workday so I had time to ponder what I wanted to do.   By the time I got home I immediately went to my Believe  paper and pulled out the December 25th stamp set.   I just love it when a plan comes together!   And I think it came together nicely if I do say so myself!                                                   Here is my card: I decided to step away from traditional Christmas green and red and go with Sky blue using Holiday Red more for accent.  I love this December 25th stamp!  I remember when I was perusing the Idea Book for the 1st time at convention, this was one I spotted early on and immediately liked.   I used the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge to cut an exact match for the Happy Holidays ...

NOTE:  If you are looking for the  October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop  -  Please click  HERE  to take you to that post. This week's Heart 2 Heart Challenge is a sketch and I decided to use one of the stamps and dimensional elements that came with the Art Philosophy Collection .  One of the 3 sets of stamps included with the collection has a Christmas Tree image so this was perfect.    My 'go to' paper this week has been Believe .   I made a vertical version of this sketch:                                        I added Silver Glitz Glitter Gel to the tree and silver embossed the "Joy" on the ornament.  The tree, ornament, and the paper for the dimensional element were all cut with the Arts Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.    This has to be the BEST cricut cartridge ever!  I'm not just saying that be...

NOTE:  If you are looking for the October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop -  Please click HERE to take you to that post. Here is card #2 with the Christmas Cheer stamp set.   This time I used the Jolly o' Elf himself - Santa along with the sketch from Just Us Girls Challenge Blog.                                                     I used the Waterbrush to color Santa and added Glitz Glitter Gel to his fur to give it a little sparkle (although you can't really see it here).   The tag was cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge which coordinates so well with the stamp I used. Other Items used: Ribbon - Designer Ribbon Red Collection                                  Mini-Medley Accents Collection - Olive         ...

NOTE:  If you are looking for the October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop -  Please click HERE to take you to that post. Yes, It's just now October and I have traded my Autumn Terracotta and Honey inks and cardstock for Holiday Red and New England Ivy.  It's never too early to start you creating Christmas cards - especially if you have a long list of friends and family you want to send Christmas Cheer to.  I pulled out the new Christmas Cheer stamp to create with this week. I used the card sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping for this card.   My card is a vertical version of this sketch because it fits the Christmas Tree so well.                                                              I used New England Ivy Cardstock for my base.  The plaid piece is from the Believe Level 2 paper pack...