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...

Welcome to the May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month we are featuring Just Sayin' ,  a set of 14 stamps. If you have come here from   Maureen O'Sullivan'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 . This stamp set is great for adding to your scrapbooking layouts but I needed to create something quick and easy to use in my Technique Tuesday class. I found a Triangle Fold Card that I thought would be fun. I used paper from the Wanderful paper pack (X7191B) to make this card.  The flower is made from scallops that I cut with the Art Philosphy Cricut Cartridge.  The center of the flower is the the circle image from the stamp set that I punched out using a 5/8" circle punch.    I added flourish from the Sparkles Black Flourishes - Small set (Z1916). When you o...

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month we are featuring You've Got a Friend , a set of 5 stamps. If you have come here from Michelle Loncar'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 . We have over 50 consultants participating in the blog! I know that I can't wait to see what fabulous projects everyone has to share! Following the hop is easy- just click on the link at the bottom of each post and it will take you to the next blog! This month I created 2 cards using the Jubilee Paper (X7181B) pack.    For my first card, I used the "You Are the Best" image.  I love the thick lines of the stamp.  It makes it easy to trim.   I stamped the image twice on pattern paper from Jubilee.   Then I cut out the center piece and layered it onto the top.  (s...

I've started a new class once a month called Technique Tuesday.  Coming up on May 13th my Technique Tuesday class will be featuring a simple easel card.   Everyone will make this card which uses the upcoming May Stamp of the Month and the Jubilee Paper. I used the Artiste cricut cartridge to cut the Jubilee paper into a fun rosette behind the apple. I love this paper!  It just makes me want to go on a picnic! If you are local to me and want to take the this Technique Tuesday class, just let me know!  Class Fee is $5 and you can pay at the class.  I just need to know by May 10th if you are coming! I'm submitting this card for the Friday Mashup Challenge -  Fun Fold Card . Supplies Used: May Stamp of the Month - You've Got a Friend (Available in May!) Jubliee paper Cocoa Ink Cocoa Cardstock Colonial White Cardstock Jute Ribbon Triangle Stud Artiste Cricut Cartridge

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month we are featuring Pinwheel, a set of 10 stamps.  If you have come here from Michelle'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   We have over 60 consultants participating in the hop. Following the hop is easy, just click on the link at the end of the post and it will hop you right over to the next blog! I created two cards with this set.  For my first card I created a ferris wheel of pinwheels.  The Artiste Cartridge has the perfect ferris wheel image.   My second card is a fun graduation/celebration card.  I used the coordinating pinwheel image from the Artiste cartridge to cut out the pinwheels.  Then I layered them for a fun look.  Remember! The Pinwheel Stamp of th...

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month we are featuring "Friendship Bouquet", a set of 8 stamps.  If you have come here from Krista's Crafty Corner 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    We have over 50 consultants participating in the hop. Following the hop is easy, just click on the link at the end of the post and it will hop you right over to the next blog! When I got this stamp set back in January along with my new Idea Books, this was the first stamp I wanted to play with!  I've got three cards to share with you today.  One of these cards I made way back in January.   This card is a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card.  The base of the card is our Kraft cardstock.  I stamped the flowers with Cocoa Ink. To color my sunflowers, I us...

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!    We will be featuring May's SOTM, which is  Chairs To You!  a set of 12 stamps.    If you have come here from  JEAN'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 all around.    If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants  here   . This month we have 55 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go! Chairs to You! - May Stamp of the Month Here is my card that I created for the hop!    I used the Wings Creative Basics Collection paper (X5812) for this card.   To give my chairs color, I first stamped them in Cocoa ink and colored them with watercolor pencils. ...