Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

That is the name of our new March Stamp of the Month!   Coloring stamps have always been a challenge for me because I'm never entirely happy with how mine come out.  But when I saw this cute little set I knew that I had to give it another try.   The colors and the patterns in the Mayberry paper just make me think of easter so I couldn't wait to put the two together.   I really enjoyed working with this stamp set.   I created three cards: Originals - Center Accent (variation) Wishes - Corner Shop (4 1/2 x 4 1/2) Wishes - Heartfelt Classic Recipes: Wishes & Originals Mayberry Level 2 Paper (X7136B) Sensational Season (March Stamp of the Month) Designer Ribbon Pink Collection (Z1384) Colonial White Grosgrain Ribbon (Z1102) Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems (Z1336) Blending Pen (3174) Watercolor Pencils (3505) Cocoa Ink Pad (Z2114) Cocoa Re-inker (Z2214) Texture Tools (Z1298) Get your own Sensational Season stamp set THIS MONTH ON...

I spent last weekend at Petticoat Junction scrapbooking with friends.  It was SO much fun!  I brought along 4 of the new Workshop on the Go Kits that I wanted to work on - Mayberry, Miracle, Fanfare and Sweetheart.    I could not wait to do the Sweetheart kit because I had some great pictures from my daughter that I wanted to use and also the kit included these REALLY adorable black polka dot epoxy stickers.    I used the new Pennant Alphabet (E1018) stamp for the Title.   Ink colors used  with this kit were Black (Z2105) and Cotton Candy (Z2193). Here is the feature layout for the Sweetheart WOTG kit.   The complete cutting guide and step by step instructions for this layout are included in the kit along with Sweetheart epoxy stickers!  All this fro just $29.95.  Now, THAT is a deal! I also created this optional layout.   The layout is from Jeanette Lynton's How To Book - Magic .   There is hidden ...

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I just returned from my weekend retreat at Petticoat Junction on Sunday and we had a BLAST!  The weather was wonderful (no blizzard to deal with this year) and the food was delightful (as always!).    The weekend flew by so fast and it was hard to believe that it was time to pack up and get back to our busy lives.  I think I accomplished nearly everything I planned to. I completed the layouts from 4 of the WOTG kits - Sweetheart, Fanfare, Miracle and Mayberry along with cards from the kits.   I'll be sharing those in the near future.   I think the most pages completed by one of the retreaters was a whopping 52!!! WOW!!! Way to go Sue!   This year I wanted to do something fun with the ladies so I had a little card challenge.    I provided four card patterns from Jeanette Lynton's How To books - Wishes and Originals and also Close To My Heart paper samples from the past several years.    The ladies were to choose a car...

I'm here at Petticoat Junction for our annual scrapbooking retreat!  As I was working with the new Sweetheart WOTG kit from Close To My Heart an idea came to me for this week's Mojo card. Here is the Mojo design for this week's challenge: For my card I used the new CTMH 2" scallop punch and the fun Sweetheart Level 2 Assortment. These are adhesive backed epoxy stickers that come in various shapes and sizes like brackets, parenthesis, hearts, circles & more. Here is my card: Recipe: White Value Pack Cards and Envelops X254 Sweetheart Level 2 Paper Pack - X7134B Tulip Cardstock - X5753 Black Cardstock - 1386 Party Pennants Stamp - C1429 Everyday Celebration Stamp - D1400 Sweetheart Level 2 Assortment -Z1386 White Daisy Grograin Ribbon - Z270 2" Scallop Punch - Z1392 1 1/4" Circle Punch - Z1311 I had my own little card challenge here at the retreat.  Be sure to come back Monday to see pictures of all the cards made by the wonderful ladies at the ret...

Today I'll be heading to Normandy, Tennessee for a retreat with 15 other ladies at Petticoat Junction.   What better time to blog about packing!  I was going to give a few pointers and tips for packing for a retreat without feeling like you are packing up to move!   But when I finished, I STILL feel like I'm moving.   First I began deciding what projects I was going to work on.    I wanted to complete 3 of Close To My Heart's newest Workshop on the Go kits - Fanfare, Mayberry, and Sweetheart.   I also want to make a gift set of Thank You cards.    So, I pulled out my WOTG kits, the new Creative Basics Wings Collection and a set a Colonial White Bulk cards.   I LOVE the kits because they include the stampset I will need, coordinating embellishments and Instructions!  I put the pictures I plan to use inside the kits.  That was easy! Then I needed my inks.....   I might as well take them all! I love to share and someone m...

As much as I have been enjoying participating in the H2H Challenges, I really did not intend to participate this week.    I'm leaving for a scrapbooking retreat on Thursday and I've got sooo much to get done before I leave, I didn't think I'd have time to make something.   One of the items on my TO DO list was to make name tags for the attendees.  We've got 16 gals (including me) going on the retreat and not everyone knows each other so I wanted to make name tags.   The name tags needed to be fairly simple due to the number I needed to create and the amount of time I have to do it. The weather this week has been so spring-like that I wanted something fresh and new!   So I chose paper from the Miracle paper pack from our new Spring Summer Idea Book.    I printed out each name on my printer using the Close To My Heart Font - CTMH Girlfriend.  (was that not appropriate?!)  I used the stampset that is included in the Miracle WOTG kit and a...