Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

I'm a little late on sharing my Mother's Day card I made for my mom.   I wanted to be sure to share this because I created this card with this month's special - Happy Times paper pack.   The bright colors in this pack are beautiful, but these sweet tiny flowers in colors of Canary and Juniper really draw me in.   I stamped the smaller flowers right onto the center piece and layered some hand cut larger flowers on top of the them.   For these flowers, I used the coordinating Happy Times stamp set.  My Mother's Day sentiment is from the stamp - Happy to Be Friends (C1605). There are so many ways to use this beautiful Happy Times Paper pack!  But remember, you can only get it during the month of May!! Get your pack for FREE with a $60 purchase!   Shop now - www.stampinheaven.ctmh.com

Happy Mother's Day!  My mother spends her days working in her backyard which really needs to be referred to as a garden.  It's a beautiful labor of love. When you step into her backyard, you feel like you are stepping into the pages of a Southern Living or Better Homes & Garden magazine. Unfortunately, I did not get that green thumb from her.  My thumb is more of a 'inky' thumb. She loves hydrangeas so I really wanted to incorporate some on a Mother's day card for her. I used A Mother's Love (B1447) stamp set which is a special stamp set available only for our Hostess'. The paper is from the Skylark paper pack .  I cut a decorative rectangle using the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge for a backdrop for the hydrangeas.  The stamp for the flowers is a two-step technique.   I stamped the base of the hydrangea in Sweet Leaf ink and the outline layer in Desert Sand in.   I tried several colors and colors combinations for the hydrangeas befor...

When I sat down last weekend to start working on a couple of graduation cards and Mother's Day cards, I was rummaging through my Skylark paper pack and pulled out a card I had started but never finished!  I decided to use the Mother's Day and the Frame Flair stamps that I had used on the card I shared yesterday.  See it HERE . Recipe: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 White Daisy Card & Envelopes Valu Pack - X254 Skylark Paper - X7177B Skylark Assortment (resin flower) - Z3000 Lagoon Zipper Lace - Z1917 Sparkles Clear Flourishes - Small Z1812 Bitty Sparkles - Z1263 Scallop Punch - Z1851 Art Philosophy - Z1686 I'm entering this card into two challenges: Crazy 4 Challenges - Bingo (Flowers, Sentiment & Bling) Clean & Simple Challenge #292 HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!   I'm headed to my craftroom to work on a card for my mom!

Happy Mother's Day! Here in Middle Tennessee it has been a beautiful day!  Today my girls are doing one of my most dreaded chores for me..... going to the Grocery!  The past week has been very busy and I never had a chance to go.  Yesterday we drove to Kentucky to spend the day with my hubby's mother so Saturday grocery shopping was out.  That left today - and what Mother wants to go to the grocery on Mother's Day?!!  Certainly not me!   So, I gave them a list and sent them on their way.  awww... so nice. I've still got to run by and see my mom. They've been gone this weekend visiting my grandma so that gave me an extra day to work on a card for my Mother.  My mom spends many hours working in her back yard and it is beautiful! So any card I usually create for my mom HAS to have flowers on it! Here is a picture of my mom and my sisters in her backyard. Here is the card I created For this card I cut a large tag with the out of th...

After a really busy week I managed to squeeze a tiny bit of creative time.  Next week will be busy too as I get ready for my daughter's graduation party next Saturday.  I've got so much to do!  Last night I had about an hour of ME time so I created this Mother's Day card using our special Dream Pop paper and the Mojo Monday sketch. I absolutely adore this Dream Pop paper!  It's only available during the month of May for just $10 with a $35 purchase of current Close To My Heart products.  We have so many accessories that look great with this paper.   Here, I used the Slate Polka Dot Washi tape (Z1817),  a resin flower pin from the Slate Mini-Medley Accents (Z1787), Silver Glitter Paper from the Black and Grey Glitter Paper (Z1829) and Baker's Twine - Sunset from the Paradise Assortment (Z1702) and Grey Wool from the Neutral Assortment (Z1701).   I used Close To My Heart's Silver Metallic Marker (Z1768) to create 'stitchi...

I'm back!  Finally finished with the softball season at school.  Well, almost. I still have a lot of paperwork to do but at least I don't have to spend hours up at the field.   The team had a great season and I'm sort of sad to see it end but I'm ready to get back to a somewhat normal life.   I sat down tonight to see what challenges I've been missing.  This week over at Heart 2 Heart the challenge is to make a Mother's Day card.  That is something I need to get done!  Also, over at the 4 Crafty Chicks , the challenge was to make a card using a stamp for the sentiment only.  So, I incorporated those two challenges along with the sketch from Skipping Stones Sketch #127 . Here is my card!  I used the Dotty For You paper from Close To My Heart. This Buttercup and Grey Wool pattern stripe was a piece I had not used yet. I used CTMH's Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon with Grey Wool ink to match my paper.  I scrunched a piece after ...