Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

I've been lazy..... I've had good intentions but by the time I get home from work those good intentions just get thrown out the window.   Maybe it's the weather.  On Monday when I went to work it was a great big 1 degree.  But thank goodness we are now in a heat wave.  I think it might get up to 50 this weekend.  But it's rainy. Since I haven't created anything in several days I thought I would share the cards I created for my January Girl's Night Out Event coming up January 24th.   I sent out the email yesterday and by the afternoon, this event had filled up.  I was able to add 4 more spots for some gals on a waiting list though so that was good. Sympathy and Thinking of You cards are usually cards that I don't create alot of.  Only when I need them, then I'll create one.  So I decided that for January, we would start the year with a supply of Sympathy and Thinking of You cards. I used the retired Avonlea paper and Brocade assortmen...

I had to take a break from all of the Christmas bustle last night to create a card for my Brother-In-Law.   He had surgery yesterday and for the 1st time that I can EVER remember, this will be the first Christmas that my sister and family won't be joining us for the Christmas Holidays.   I'm so sad that we will miss them this year but I'm thankful that his surgery went well and now he is on the road to recovery.  I wanted to send him a card to let him know that that we were thinking of him! I used the Mojo Monday sketch for this card..... Recipe - 5 x 7 Card ProPlayer Paper Pack (X7172B) Stamp:  Lifting Spirits* (C1570) Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape 3-pack* (Z1907) Durable Square Studs** (Z1705) Black Hemp** (Z282) Black Ink * - Products available in the Holidays From the Heart Gift Guide available until December 31 **- Retiring items - available While Supplies Last or until January 31. Mojo Monday Sketch:

I have a few monthly Hostess Clubs that get together each month and create scrapbooking layouts using Close To My Heart's Workshop On the Go kits.  I started my first club about 4 years ago and over the years I have expanded into 4 clubs.   Some ladies have come and gone and some have been with me the entire time.   The ladies in my clubs are not just customers, they have become dear friends.  Not only to me, but to the other ladies in the club. One of my club members had surgery this week.  She has a long road of more surgeries and healing ahead of her and I've been thinking of her alot this past week.  Today I sat down to make her a card to hopefully brighten her day.   I used this sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping for my card.   My colors were inspired by Close To My Heart's Flirty paper pack.   I used Goldrush, New England Ivy and Flirty Raspberry cardstock.    I decided to emboss the stamped image directly on top of...

I'm still working on cards for my grandma's card box.   As I see sketches that I think work for the Sonoma  (X7143B) paper I'm using, I take a break from the Christmas Card Frenzy I've been in lately.  Today I took a Mojo Monday break!  I created this 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card for today's Mojo Monday: I didn't have a flower that matched the color of the paper so I made my own color.  I haven't liked my past results changing the paper flowers with the sponging technique, so this time I tried something different.  I used our  Spray Pen  (Z1380) with water and re-inker.   My 'purple' re-inker was Gypsy and if you are familiar with Close To My Heart colors, you know this is a pretty bright color.  I knew I would need to 'dull' it down a little so I added a drop of cocoa re-inker.   The result was an 'old fashioned' muted color which I think actually matches the paper pretty well.   My Pewter frame, button and photo corner is fr...

Here is Card #3 in my Sonoma Card box series!  I used this week's sketch by Julee Tilman over at Mojo Monday . RECIPE: Sonoma Level 2 Paper Pack (X7143B) Bamboo and Cocoa Cardstock (Included with Sonoma Level 2) Sonoma WOTG My Acrylix Stamp (for flourish) Sweet Moments MyAcrylix Stamp (C1467) Cocoa Exclusive Ink (Z2114) Smokey Plum Exclusive Ink (Z2147) Hemp (Z280) Opaque Mocha Adhesive Gems (Z1333) Sentiment - Because Of You (Retired) Tag was made using the Art Philosophy Cartridge If you missed the other cards in this series, you can go to these posts: Sonoma Card Box Card #1 Card #2