Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

It seems like all too often these days someone close is called home to be with the Lord.  So, lately I've been making a few sympathy cards - not always an easy task.   I wanted to share this Sympathy card I made for a friend who's father recently passed away. I chose to use the Buzz and Bumble paper for this card because before he had passed, my friend was telling me how he loved to keep bees.  She told me about the days when she was small and she would help turn the crank that would spin the hives to extract the honey.  I could tell she had a lot of memories of that.  Even weeks before he passed, she told me he still went out to take care of his bees. "Be Still and Know that I am God" is perfect for this card.  It comes from one of my most favorite stamps - Be Still (A1141).   Bees are fascinating - just a small part of this amazing world of nature that God created.  When you stop and take a moment to "Be Still", and take a look at the ...

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...

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  This month we are featuring  "Baroque Borders" , a set of 5 stamps.  If you have come here from Carla'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 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 a card and altered a journal with this month's stamp.  Here is the card: I stamped the images onto Olive and Indian Corn Blue cardstock to create my own pattern paper.  I used one of our new colors - Saddle (Z2171) .   I used a card pattern from our new How To publication -  Make it From Your Heart (9035). Recipe: Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon (Z1732) with Saddle...