Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #79 - Love, Love, Love

Hello everyone!

I'm here with Retro Rubber Challenge Blog today and we have a new inspirational challenge.  Here is the picture below.

And here is my take on the inspirational photo, it's all about "LOVE", and I have added some foiling and sparkle to my card!  I hope I have inspired you and you will play along with us.

Here is a closer look at my card, I added some clear Wink of Stella to give the word "love" sparkle.

Are you ready to play along? The rules to play along with Retro Rubber are very simple, make sure the stamp you use on your project is at least one year or older. For more details on the rules, you can find them over on Retro Rubber Challenge blog. Be sure to stop over on the Retro Rubber Challenge blog to get more inspiration, the design team has some wonderful creations!

Thank you for stopping by, you have until February 9th to join the fun!


Entering into the following challenge:
Simon Says:  Layer it Up


Supplies Used:

Gina K. Designs - MMC12018

Hello everyone,

I am stopping by to play along with this months "Monthly Mix Challenge" over at StampTV. If you have not had a chance to play along thfere are a few more days to join. You don't want to miss out because Gina K. Designs will be giving a $75.00 Gift Certificate to One Winner each month!Karen Hightower is this month's hostess and she is challenging us with a "Kindness" theme. You can find all the challenge details HERE.

Here is my card, I am using the newly release,  Gina K. Designs Foil-Mates™ Sentiments  Lovely Tags.  If you have not seen Gina K.'s foils, you can find them all here.  The foil I used on my card is the Gina K. Designs Fancy Foils™ 6" x 8" - Red Velvet. 

My card is an A2 card, I die cut the first layer and embossed it with a heart embossing folder.  I then die cut the scalloped frame with Gina K. Designs decorative labels die, I then foiled the sentiment from the Gina K. Designs Sentiments Lovely Tag, and used the Gina K. Designs Double Stitched Ovals Dies.  I adhered the decorative label and the oval stitched dies to my card with some foam tape.

closer look at the foiling on the card

Thank you and stop by again soon!

I'm listing the products I used for this card.  Click on the link to go directly to the product.  Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.  Thank you so much for your support!

Joy Clair - Scripture of Love

Hello everyone,

I am back again with Joy Clair featuring two of the newly released stamp sets, The background stamp is called "Valentine Background" from the Everyday Collection and the sentiment is from the stamp set "Scriptures of Love" which is from the Color by Faith Collection.  

I love the background stamps because you can create your background with one of the stamps or mix and match.  The Scriptures of Love set is so versatile....you can use them in your bible journaling or make cards like I did.

Here is how I put my card together!

1.  I started with an A2 card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2),

2.  I used the splattered hears and created my background with red ink (this was so easy, I didn't even use my misti!)

3.  I stamped the sentiment from the "Scriptures of Love" with black 

4.  I finished the card off by adding foam tape to pop the sentiment on my card and added some clear sequins.

For more inspiration make sure to follow Joy Clair on their social media platforms:  Joy Clair blog,  facebook page, Joy Clair Stamp Projects, Color By Faith Facebook Group, Instagram 

and Twitter, Pinterest and Youtube channel to be the first to hear the news, sales and giveaways! 

Thank you for stopping by, Ii hope you have been inspired to want to use these stamp sets.  Please come back again soon!

Gina K. Designs Hearts & Flowers StampTV Kit Bog Hop - Day 3

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to the last blog hop featuring the new Gina K. Designs Hearts & Flowers StampTV Kit and the new Incentive stamp set, You Get Me! We hope you have been inspired the last two days! I know I have enjoyed seeing all the beautiful creations of the design team. This new Kit is full of fun stamps, paper and dies to create with! There are two Stamp sets one is called "Tropical Blooms" and the other is called "You Have My Heart". Don't wait to long to get your kit, I have a feeling this one will sell fast!

Gina K. Designs has a giveaway during the hop!  Just comment on each team members blog for your chance to win.  Gina K. Designs will be giving away THREE $25.00 gift Certificates for the Gina K. Designs store.  The winners will be announced in the big news over at StampTV a few days after the hop.

Here is all you get in the kit:

You Get Me mini set ( free with $75 purchase) 

Don't forget you have a chance to win one of THREE $25 Gina K. Designs gift cards for just commenting on each team members blog.  The winners will be announced in the big news over at StampTV a few days after the hop.

You Have My Heart

 

Tropical Blooms

Here are my cards:

GKD Products Used:

Stamps: You Have My Heart  (Hearts and Flowers StampTV Kit)

Ink: GKD Black Onyx

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Card Stock-White and Black

GKD: Fine Detail Embossing Powder- White
GKD Connect Glue

Other: Chameleon Colored pencils, Scor-pal Sequins, Misti and big shot, Distress Spray

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps:Tropical Blooms (Hearts and Flowers StampTV Kit)

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Wild Dandelion, Sweet Mango, 

Passionate Pink, Red Velvet, Jelly Bean Green and Fresh Asparagus

GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Card Stock: Passionate Pink

and Black, layering White card stock

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Misti and Black enamel dots

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps:  You Get Me (free with $75 purchase)

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Wild Dandelion, Sweet Mango, 

Ocean Mist, Jelly Bean Green and Fresh Asparagus

GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Card Stock:  Sweet Mango

Black, layering White card stock

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Misti and Black enamel dots

Did you miss the Release Party a couple of weeks ago?  Here are a another card I showed.

GKD Products Used:

Stamps: You Have My Heart ( Hearts and Flowers StampTV Kit)

Ink: GKD Black Onyx

GKD: Embossing Powder Detail Silver

GKD Double Stitched Oval Dies

GKD Stitched Oval Dies

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Card Stock-Black and Layering White 

and Metallic Silver Card Stock

GKD: Fancy Foils™ 6" x 8" • Sparkling Silver

GKD: Foil-Mates™ Backgrounds • Swirls & Flourishes

Other: Other: GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal Misti and big shot

GKD Products Used:

Stamps: You Have My Heart ( Hearts and Flowers StampTV Kit)

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Charcoal Brown, Fresh Asparagus

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Card Stock-White, Red Velvet and Layering White

Other: Scor-pal Misti and big shot

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps:Tropical Blooms (Hearts and Flowers StampTV Kit)

Ink: GKD Black Onyx and Ocean Mist

GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock: White, Black and Red Velvet

GKD: Embossing Powder Detail White

Tools: Misti and Big Shot

Other: GKD Art Stencils- Rounded Swirl, GKD Connect Glue, GKD Crystalline Drops

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Tropical Blooms (Hearts and Flowers StampTV Kit)

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Ocean, Fresh Asparagus

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock - Heavy Weight White and layering white

GKD: Double Stitched Circle Foil-Mates Die Set

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal, big shot

GKD Products Used:

Stamps: You Get Me January Incentive Stamp Set and You

Have my Heart (Hearts and Flowers StampTV Kit)

Ink: GKD Black Onyx

GKD Double Stitched Circle Dies

GKD Stitched Circle Dies

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- Passionate Pink and Black, Layering White

Pattern Paper: Bold and Blooming 6 X 6

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal Misti and big shot

GKD Products Used:
Stamps: You Get Me January Incentive Stamp Set and Dazzling Dahlia
Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Red Velvet, Ocean Mist and Jelly Bean Green
GKD: Clear Embossing Powder and Detail White
Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- White, Ocean Mist and Red Velvet
GKD: Decorative Tag Dies
Other: GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal, big shot, Misti, black twine, and embossing folder

Below is the blog hop list, please stop by and leave a comment on each blog for a greater chance to win a $25 gift card to the Gina K. Store.

Gina K. - featuring the Hearts & Flowers StampTV Kit 

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Claire Brennan

Donna Idlet - YOU ARE HERE!
Karen Hightower

Laurie Schmidlin

Lisa Hetrick
Melanie Muenchinger

Rema DeLeeuw

Sheri Gilson

Susie Moore

Theresa Momber

Sean Fetterman (Guest Designer)

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you have enjoyed the inspirational blog hop this week.  Please come back again soon.

Joy Clair January New Release and Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the Joy Clair January 2018 New Release and Blog Hop! The design team has been working hard creating a variety of projects that are sure to spark your creativity juices! You should be arriving from the talented Helen Gullet blog.

Joy Clair’s January release contains six everyday stamp sets and seven stamp sets from their new bible journaling line, There is a $25.00 gift card up for grabs for one lucky winner for commenting on each designers blog and tell us what your favorite stamp set is.

Here is my card and how I put it together!

1.  I started with an A2 card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2),

2.  I stamped the sentiment and the phone from the Joy Clair Call on the Lord with black onyx versafine,

3.  I die cut the sentiment with a pennant die, and used my scan and cut to cut the phone out,

4.  I cut the layers out and adhered them to my card and added the elements from the stamp set on it with foam tape.

For more inspiration make sure to follow Joy Clair on their social media platforms:  Joy Clair blog,  facebook page, Joy Clair Stamp Projects, Color By Faith Facebook Group, Instagram 

and Twitter, Pinterest and Youtube channel to be the first to hear the news, sales and giveaways! 

Let the fun begin!  Remember Joy Clair always has a giftcard to the Joy Clair store for those who comment on each blog and leaves a comment.  You also need to tell us what is your favorite stamp from the new release.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you will be inspired after the blog hop!

Here is the complete list of the Everyday Blog Hop:

Joy Clair Blog

Martha Lucia Gomez

Angie Cimbalo

Nicole Winslow

Andrea Bjork

Jenny Fruchey

Monica Maier

Kerry Urbatch

Helen Gullet

 Donna Idlet

Ceal Pritchett

Lindsay Andreon

Have fun and get inspired!!!

Gina K. Designs January Inspirational Blog Hop - Day 2

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to Day 2 of the January Inspirational blog hop, today we will be featuring three new illustrators stamp sets, the first one is Theresa Momber- Illustrator of "Framescapes- Enchanted Garden", the second one is a new illustrator to the Gina K. Family Lisa Hetrick- Illustrator of "You Are" and lastly Claire Brennan- Illustrator of "Geo Thanks". Sit back and enjoy all the creations from the Design Team!

Gina K. Designs has a giveaway during the hop!  Just comment on each team members blog for your chance to win.  Gina K. Designs will be giving away THREE $25.00 gift Certificates for the Gina K. Designs store.  The winners will be announced in the big news over at StampTV a few days after the hop.

Enchanted Garden

You Are

Geo Thanks

Here are a few of the projects I have created for today’s hop:

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Framescapes- Enchanted Forest Illustrator Theresa Momber.

Ink: GKD Black Onyx,  moonlit fog, Wild Dandelion and Wild Lilac 

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock - Heavy Weight White and layering white,

Heavy weight Black and Sweet Corn

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal, Misti, Blending Tool, and big shot 

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps You Are Illustrator Lisa Hetrick

Ink: GKD Black Onyx

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- Red Velvet and layering White

GKD Double Stitched Circle Dies

GKD Stitched Circle Dies

Gina K. Designs Gingham Fancy Ribbon Black/White

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal, big shot, Misti, 

Copics and black enamel dots

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Geo-Thanks Illustrator Claire Brennan

Ink: GKD Black Onyx 

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock Heavy Base Wild Dandelion and Black and 

Red Velvet, Pattern Paper Bold and Blooming 6 X 6

GKD Double Stitched Oval Dies

GKD Stitched Oval Dies

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal, 3D Foam Squares, and Misti, 

Did you miss the Release Party a couple of weeks ago? Here are a another card I showed.

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Framescapes- Enchanted Forest Illustrator Theresa Momber.

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Ocean Mist, Innocent Pink and moonlit fog

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock - Heavy Weight White layering white and innocent Pink

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal, Misti, Blending Tool, big shot and dandelion embossing folder

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Framescapes- Enchanted Forest Illustrator Theresa Momber.

Ink: GKD Black Onyx and Ocean Mist

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock - layering white and innocent Pink, 

Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- Black Onyx

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal and MFT Small Cloud stecil, Misti, 

blending tool, big shot and copics

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: You are Illustrator Lisa Hetrick

Ink: GKD Black Onyx

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- Black Onyx, 

Passionate Pink, layering weight white

GKD Foil-Mates™ Backgrounds Polka Party

GKD Fancy Foils™ 6" x 8" Passionate Pink

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Misi, Scor-pal and big shot

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps You are Illustrator Lisa Hetrick

Ink: GKD Black Onyx

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- Black Onyx, and White

GKD: You die

Other: GKD Connect Glue, GKD Crystalline Drops, Scor-pal and big shot, Misti, 

water color paints and stickles

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Geo-Thanks Illustrator Claire Brennan

Ink: GKD Black Onyx and Passionate Pink

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock - layering white and Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- White

GKD: Fine Detail Embossing Powder- Black

Other: GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal, 3D Foam Squares, Misti, blending tool, and spectrum noir sparkle glitter brush pens

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Geo-Thanks Illustrator Claire Brennan

Ink: GKD Black Onyx Ocean Mist and Wild Dandelion

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock Heavy Base Wild Dandelion and Black

GKD: Fine Detail Embossing Powder- White

Other: GKD Connect Glue, GKD Crystalline Drops, Scor-pal, 3D Foam Squares, Misti, and Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you have been inspired! For more inspiration, below is the blog hop list, please stop by and leave a comment on each blog for your chance to win a $25 gift card to the Gina K. Store.  

Theresa Momber
Lisa Hetrick
Claire Brennan

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Donna Idlet - YOU ARE HERE!
Gina K.

Karen Hightower

Laurie Schmidlin
Melanie Muenchinger

Rema DeLeeuw

Sheri Gilson

Susie Moore

Sean Fetterman (Guest Designer)

Retro Rubber Challenge Blog Challenge #78 - White Out

Happy New Year!

I am so happy to be back with Retro Rubber Challenge Blog Team!  I hope that you all are ready to get creative again for the new year.  Dust those stamps off that you haven't used in a while or have never used and join the challenges!  The challenge is "White Out", your card should be mainly white with an accent of one of the colors on the inspirational photo below.

Today I am sharing a "Happy New Year" card.  The sentiment I am using is from a Hero Arts Stamp and Cut stamp set called Merry.  I believe this set was released sometime in October 2016.

Here is my card, I started out by die cutting the background with the Hero Arts background Party Confetti Fancy Die.  I used some gold glitter paper on the back of the die cut.  I cut the champagne glasses with my silhouette, I then stamped my sentiment with versamark and used some gold embossing powder.

Are you ready to play along?  The rules to play along with Retro Rubber are very simple, make sure the stamp you use on your project is at least one year or older.   For more details on the rules, you can find them over on Retro Rubber Challenge blog.  Be sure to stop over on the Retro Rubber Challenge blog to get more inspiration, the design team has some wonderful creations!

Thank you for stopping by, you have until January 26 to join the fun!

Gina K. Designs January Inspirational Blog Hop - Day 1

Happy New Year Everyone!

This is my first post for the New Year with Gina K. Designs! I am so excited to be back to share with with you today two new stamp sets one by Melanie Muenchinger - Illustrator of Stately Flower 12 and the other by Beth Silaika - Illustrator of Emmy and Riley Flamingo.

As always Gina K. Designs has a giveaway during the hop! Just comment on each team members blog for your chance to win. New this year Gina K. Designs will be giving away THREE (yes THREE) $25.00 gift Certificates for the Gina K. Designs store. The winners will be announced in the big news over at StampTV a few days after the hop.

Stately Flower 12 

Emmy and Riley Flamingo 

Here are my cards for your inspiration.

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Stately Flowers 12 and Fabulous Holiday Fillers Illustrator Melanie Muenchinger

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Wild Lilac

GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock: White, 

Wild Lilac and Lovely Lavender

Others: Copics, Scor-Buddy, Misti, big shot, embossing folder

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Emmy and Riley Flamingos Illustrated by Beth Silaika

the palm trees are from GKD Framescapes Tropical Skies by Theresa Momber

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Wild Lilac, Passionate Pink and Wild Dandelion

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock - Heavy Weight Black, Kraft and 

layering weight White

Other: Copics (R81, 83 and 85) 3D Foam Squares, GKD Connect Glue, 

Scor-pal, Misti and Blending Tool

Did you miss the Release Party last week? Here are the cards I showed.

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Stately Flowers 12 and Fabulous Holiday Fillers Illustrator Melanie Muenchinger

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Passionate Pink and Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock: White, Passionate Pink, Black, and Innocent Pink

GKD Fabulous Labels Die Set

Others: Scor-Buddy, Misti, big shot, copics

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Stately Flowers 12 Illustrator Melanie Muenchinger

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, and Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock: White, Wild Lilac and Lovely Lavender

GKD Fabulous Labels Die Set

Others: Scor-Buddy, Misti, big shot, copics, embossing folder

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Emmy and Riley Flamingos Illustrated by Beth Silaika

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Ocean Mist, Charcoal Brown

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock - Heavy Weight White and Wild Dandelion

GKD: Stitched Circle Foil-Mates Die Set

Other: Copics, 3D Foam Squares, GKD Connect Glue, Scor-pal, Misti and Blending Tool

GKD Supplies Used:

Stamps: Emmy and Riley Flamingos Illustrated by Beth Silaika

Ink: GKD Black Onyx, Ocean Mist and Wild Dandelion

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Card Stock - White and Black

GKD: Embossing Powder Detail White

Other: Copics (R81, 83 and 85), sequins, Misti, 3D Foam Squares,

GKD Connect Glue distress spray black soot and water brush

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you have been inspired! For more inspiration, below is the blog hop list, please stop by and leave a comment on each blog for your chance to win a $25 gift card to the Gina K. Store.  

Melanie Muenchinger

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Donna Idlet - YOU ARE HERE!

Gina K.

Karen Hightower

Laurie Schmidlin

Lisa Hetrick

Rema DeLeeuw

Sheri Gilson

Susie Moore

Theresa Momber

Sean Fetterman (Guest Designer)