Joy Clair - Happy Birthday

Hello everyone!

I am here with Joy Clair stamps sharing a birthday card with you.  I am using several stamp sets to create my background.  I used the newly released Whale Hello There, Seas the Day, and Anchors of Hope stamp sets. 

A few weeks ago I was at a crop and decided to play around with alcohol inks using Tim Holtz Yupo paper and Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink Cardstock.  My project today, I used the Adirondack Alcohol Ink cardstock.  I love how this background came out.  I love that it's dark in some areas and light in others, it truly looks like the creatures are floating in the water.  I wish I had written down what colors I used to create my background.  However, if you trying to create a water background it will never look like mine.  Every design I created came out totally different, give it a try.  Keep looking out for some more of my creations using the alcohol inks, I have more to share.

Here is how I created my card,

1.  My card is an A2 size card,

2.  The alcohol ink background I cut with my cutter to fit my card base,

3.  I stamped all the elements from the Whale Hello There, Seas the Day, and Anchors of Hope stamp sets.  I used my scan and cut to cut them out,

4.  I colored all the elements with copic markers,

5.  I stamped the sentiment from the Seas the Day stamp set and die cut it out.  I placed all the pieces on my card that I wanted to use and adhered some with a tape runner and some with foam tape.

Here is a closer look at my card.



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Happy Mother's Day with Rinea

Hello everyone!

I am sharing another Mother's Day card with you using the Rinea foiled paper!  I love all the shades of purples and pinks I used in my card!  

Here is how I created my card:

1.  The card is an A2 card measuring 4 1/4 x 5 1/2,

2.  I used a piece of cardstock and cut stripes of the foiled paper using Violet, Fushia, Blush and Lavendar, I glued them to my base, then I took a stitched die cut and cut them out and glued it to my card base,

3.  I then die cut the cut the tree using the Jade foiled paper and used foam tape to adhere it to my card,

4.  I then used a piece of black cardstock and stamped the sentiment using veramark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I then adhered it to my card using foam tape.

Here is a closer look at my card.  Using die cuts with the foiled paper really makes your cards stand out!

I hope I have inspired you to start creating your Mother's Day card!

Thank you for stopping by, please come back again soon.

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Gina K. Designs Card Kit & Illustrator April 2019 Blog Hop - Day 2

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 2 of Gina K. Designs April 2019 Card Kit & Illustrator blog hop! The release is now available over at Gina K. Designs and can be found HERE under the "what's new" tab. Today the design team is featuring the Gina K. Designs Elegant Asters Card Kit and Hugs and Wildflowers illustrated by Lisa Hetrick . We are also featuring three mini stamp and die sets Smile, Hugs and Spring Joy, and a stand alone die Just Because. Enjoy all the inspiration!

There is a prize up for grabs for each day of the hop. Just leave a comment on each stop of the hop for a chance to WIN a $50 Gina K. Designs gift certificate! A total of TWO certificates will be awarded. The winners will be announced over in Gina K. Designs blog on April 19th.

Here is the first two stamp sets the design team will be featuring today!

Elegant Asters Card Kit by Gina K. Designs

Incentive Set Peaceful Florals

My first card is featuring Gina K. Designs Elegant Asters Card Kit.  This kit is beautiful, so many fun things in the kit to play with!  

My next card is featuring the Incentive Set which is FREE with any $75 order.  I also used the Wishes Stamp set and die on my card.

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Hugs and Wildflowers Illustrated by Lisa Hetrick

Hugs and Flowers Die Set 

Gina K. Designs Smile and Die

My card I am using Lisa Hetricks new stamp set Hugs and Flowers!  She has done it again with a lovely stamp set.  I used the smile stamp set and die as the sentiment on my card.

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Just Because Die Set

My card I am using the beautiful script just because die.  I die cut it out a few times and used Gina K. connect glue to adhere them together.  The background is alcohol ink that I adhered the sentiment on.

Mini Stamp Set Hugs and Hugs Die

Yes, I have been experimenting with Alcohol inks.  I am using the mini stamp set Hugs and the die cut to create my card.  The stencil is Gina K. Lovely Lace.

 Gina K. Designs Spring Joy and Die set

My last card I am using the Mini set Spring Joy and die set.  This is a very cute set for baby cards or Easter cards.

I hope I have inspired you in some way.  If you missed the blog hop on Tuesday, here are the cards I showed.  

Thank you for stopping by!  Enjoy all the fabulous inspiration as you hop along, please make sure to comment as you go for a chance to win a $50 Gina K. Designs Gift Certificate! Good luck!

Gina K. Designs

Melanie Muenchinger

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Donna Idlet - YOU ARE HERE

Emily Loggans

Hannah Schroepfer

Karen Hightower

Lisa Hetrick

Mindy Eggen

Rema DeLeeuw

Sheri Gilson

Susie Moore

Gina K. Designs April 2019 Illustrators New Release Blog Hop - Day 1

Hello everyone!

Welcome to Day 1 of Gina K. Designs April 2019 Card Kit & Illustrator blog hop! The release is now available over at Gina K. Designs and can be found HERE under the "what's new" tab. Today the design team is featuring two new sets which are Puppies Galore illustrator Melanie Muenchinger and For the Grad illustrator Beth Silaika.

There is a prize up for grabs for each day of the hop. Just leave a comment on each stop of the hop for a chance to WIN a $50 Gina K. Designs gift certificate! A total of TWO certificates will be awarded. The winners will be announced over in Gina K. Designs blog on April 19th.

Here is the first two stamp sets the design team will be featuring today!

Puppies Galore - Melanie Muenchinger

This adorable Puppies Galore set illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger is an adorable stamp set for a dog lover!  There are so many expressions you can create with this set.  I stamped this cute dog on Gina K. Kraft paper with dark chocolate ink.  

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For the Grad - Beth Silaika



My second card I created using the For the Grad illustrated by Beth Silaika.  This is a great set for any graduation, there are so many possibilities with this set also.  I stamped the graduation caps in Gina K. Designs ink blue denim.  I then masked them off and created the background using Gina K. sea glass ink.  

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Did you miss the blog hop yesterday?  Here is some more inspiration.  

Products used on Puppies Galore cards

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Products used on For the Grad
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Enjoy all the fabulous inspiration as you hop along, please make sure to comment as you go for a chance to win a $50 Gina K. Designs Gift Certificate! Good luck!

Gina K. Designs

Melanie Muenchinger

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Donna Idlet - YOU ARE HERE

Emily Loggans

Hannah Schroepfer

Karen Hightower

Lisa Hetrick

Mindy Eggen

Rema DeLeeuw

Sheri Gilson

Susie Moore

Joy Clair Stamps with the Cutting Edge

Hello everyone!

I am here with Joy Clair Stamps and we are collaborating with The Cutting Café the whole month of April.  Be sure to check out the Joy Clair blog for more inspiration!  The great thing about the Cutting Café is you don't have to have a cutting machine, the designs come in all different types of files and you can just print it on your printer and cut the design out.  Each design has instruction on how to put your project together.  How fun is that! 

I have used the cutting file called Coffee Cup Holder template, I used my silhouette to cut the file.  I used a 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock from my stash to cut all the pieces I needed to put my cup holder together.

I then used a strong adhesive liquid glue to adhere all my pieces together.

Here are the two square boxes needed to put the cups in.

I then adhered the two handles together and adhered the handle to both sides of the boxes.

I cut the two stripes out of designer paper and adhered it around the cup holder.

I used my scan and cut to cut two solid coffee cup wrappers.  I stamped them with the Joy Clair Coffee to Go Background stamp and adhered them to each cup.

Here is the cup holder put together with the coffee cups inside.  I decorated the outside of the cup using Joy Clair Stamp set Easter Greetings.  I colored the flowers using copic markers and stamped the black veramark ink.

Another view of the coffee cup holder.  Inside I filled the cups with candy.  I bought the 12 oz cups from Party City.

Here is a closer look at the cups, the wrapper around the cup, I stamped with Coffee to Go Background stamp, the images on the cup I stamped with black memento ink and colored them with copics.  The cute chick on the left is from the Joy Clair Happy Easter stamp set.  TheEaster eggs on the right cup and the sentiment on both of the cups is from the Joy Clair Easter Eggs stamp set. 



I hope I have inspired you and you get busy working on some Easter projects for your friends and family.  The Cutting Edge has lots of projects for Easter and other occasions.  Be sure to stop by their store.