Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

  Welcome to this SPECIAL Holiday Cards blog hop! This hop is just in time to inspire you for your Holiday Card crafting!  If you arrived here from  M elinda Everitt's Blog  you are on the right track!  To keep going, look for the link to the next blog at the bottom of my post!   If you get lost along the way you can see the entire list of participants   HERE .  I am sharing a fun card I created using this VERY CUTE and adorable Stamp Plus Thin Cut Set - If Snowflakes Were Kisses .  So far, I've create two cards!  A regular card and a Slimline Card!  I used our Wonderland Paper for both cards. On this regular size card I used the window die and tag from our new Buildable Tag Thin cuts.  I wanted it to appear that these cute little critter were looking out at the snowy landscape.  I added a couple of the felt accents and used glue dots to attach a few scatter snowflakes from our Snowflake sequins.    I create...

  Welcome to our  November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop . In this blog hop we are featuring  Created to Shine.  This set includes 7 images! If you arrived here from ScrappinKaty’s  Blog  you are on the right track. This hop is a big circle. Just look for the next blog link at the bottom of my post. If you are just getting started on the hop, when you get back to me you will know you have completed the circle! If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of hoppers  HERE .  I really liked this stamp when I first saw it, because this has been my motto for the last few years.  I pray every day that I can be a light for someone that needs it.  I had so many designs in my head for this card but it took several tries to come up with one that I was happy with.  And, I do have to say... this end result was not the original design in my head!   I envisioned the string of lights having ONE light that shines bright than...

  Welcome to this SPECIAL blog hop that features Stand Alone Thin Cuts from our new  2021-2022 Core Catalog!   This will be a quick hop featuring 11 blogs!  If you arrived here from  ScrappinKaty's blog  you are on the right track!  To keep going, look for the link to the next blog at the bottom of my post!   If you get lost along the way you can see the entire list of participants   HERE .  We have some great Slimline Window Thin Cuts. The leaves outside are beginning to fall and I can really tell that autumn is in the air.  It had me in the mood to create a Fall Card!  I had not used my new Circle Windows Slimline thin cut yet so thought this would be a great time to pull it out!   Fall makes me think of plaid and our September October Mix In pack is full of plaid!  If you love plaid, be sure to grab a couple of these packs!   I paired my plaid paper with a piece from our new Texture Paper P...

  Welcome to our  October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop . In this blog hop we are featuring  Wildflower Friendship.  This set includes 8 images that includes three flowery critters! If you arrived here from  Haley Dyer's Blog  you are on the right track. This hop is a big circle. Just look for the next blog link at the bottom of my post. If you are just getting started on the hop, when you get back to me you will know you have completed the circle! If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of hoppers  HERE .  I have to admit, flowery critters are not really my thing, BUT once I started playing with this stamp, I discovered how cute they really are.   The card that I'm sharing here was a result of me playng with Distress Oxide Inks because I didn't want to color the flowers.  I wanted to try something different. So, I blended Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Abandoned Coral and Pickled Raspberry on white daisy cardstoc...

  Welcome to this SPECIAL blog hop that features products from our Slimline Celebration!   This will be a quick hop featuring 9 blogs!  If you arrived here from  Wendy Kessler's blog you are on the right track!  To keep going, look for the link to the next blog at the bottom of my post!   If you get lost along the way you can see the entire list of participants   HERE .  I've seen many SLIMLINE cards and have created several myself but I also wanted to share that the Star and Circle Clusters Thin Cuts do NOT have to be limited to Slimline card use!  In this hop, I'm sharing a fun A4 standard size card using the Circle Cluster Thin Cuts and the Fishy Greetings Stamp Plus Thin Cuts set!  I used several of our Distressed Oxide inks for this card, first using the Tattered Rose Distress Oxide on as my base color for my Thank You Stencil.  I used Chipped Sapphire, Mermaid Lagoon, and Mowed Lawn on the Stencil.   The c...

Welcome to our September October Catalog New Product Blog Hop!  In this hop, we will be featuring some of our newest products in our September October catalog.  If you arrived here from Melinda Everitt's blog you are on the right track!  Look for the link at the bottom of this post that will take you to the next blog.  When you get back to the blog you started, you will know you completed the hop!  If you get lost along the way,  you can find the entire list of hoppers  HERE .  I can't get enough of this Pumpkin Spice paper.  I used the Pumpkin Spice Paper and stickers.  I added a border at the bottom using our new Border Stencil and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink.  I also add several dots of Platinum Glitter glue. I created this card with some leftover scraps of Pumpkin Spice paper.  I strung the leaves from the Autumn Sequins onto gold embellishing thread to string across the card.  HINT:  to make stringing with ...

  Welcome to our Core Catalog NEW Product Blog Hop!!  Our Core Catalog is our MAIN catalog for Close To My Heart.   It contains all of the CORE products that any crafter will need such as inks, cardstock, tools, embellishments, and even several special paper packs that will be available all year long! This catalog was just released on September 1 and there are so many exciting new products!   This blog hop will showcase many of these new products!   I can't wait to see what everyone has been working on!  If you came from Lauren 's CTMH Craftings Blog  you are on the right track.  The hop is a big circle so when you arrive at the blog you started, you will know you completed the hop! If you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of hoppers  HERE . Recently I hosted a four day retreat.  One of the 'gifts' to my attendees is a pre-cut layout that they can put together to document their time spent with frien...