Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

Welcome to the May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month we are featuring Live, Love, Laugh. This set has 9 stamps. If you have come here from Tracey Pierce's Blog , you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way around. If you get lost along the way, you'll find the complete list of participating consultant's HERE . If you love stamping and coloring, this stamp is right up your alley! I know that coloring is all the rage right now but I just don't have the patience (or time) for all the detailed coloring.  I LOVE these words and the stamps are so pretty but I didn't want to color them! That is why I wanted to show how this stamp can be used in a NON-coloring way.   For this one-page layout I used watercolor paper for my base page layered on top of Thistle cardstock. I painted swashes of color across the page for each word. I mixed my watercolor paints to get colors close to Glacier, Lagoon and...

Only 2 days left to get the stamps from the Seasonal Expressions 1 catalog!  I saw something similar a few weeks ago using a frame stamp with an image in the center of the frame.   I wanted to recreate it but I could not find the original card I had seen.  Here is my take on that card - from what I can remember seeing! First I painted a wash of pink watercolor paint onto the watercolor paper.  Once it was dry, I stamped a frame image to fill in all the space on the card.   The frame is from the Live, Laugh, Love stamp (C1636).  Next I stamped butterflies from the Your Beautiful Self stamp (B1516).  Both of these stamps and the silver butterflies from Playful Puffies (Z3205)  will retire after April 30!   Live, Laugh Love (C1636) Your Beautiful Self (B1516) Don't miss out on the stamps you love from Seasonal Expressions 1!   Order today before they are gone for good! Shop Now -  http://stampinheaven.ctmh....

In the midst of getting all my new product, I had an idea for a Valentine card that was inspired by a challenge on the Moxie Fab World blog - create a card with a window (Challenge #60).  I've had this heart shaped LOVE  stamp for a while that I have never used.  For the last two weeks, I've been pulling it out of my stamp box trying to come up with a unique way to use it.  When I saw Cath's challenge to create a card with a window, I knew exactly how I would create my card.  I used my cricut to cut the card (7x5) and with the gypsy I was able to place and then cut my heart shaped window right where I wanted it.  I cut the opening 1/4" larger than my stamped heart shape.   My paper is from the Pear & Partridge paper pack (a Christmas paper!) but I love this print and think it has a romantic feel to it.   To make it even more romantic, I added the Colonial White Rosette Ribbon around the edge of the opening and then added little pear...