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Preview Day 2
Introducing Happy Spring (with a free card kit by Jessica Fick)
Nothing says spring like spending time in the local greenhouse choosing starter plants and seeds for the long summer ahead. I am looking forward to trying my luck at my own small garden this summer and now is the time to start planning.
The new stamp set, Happy Spring, will put you in the mood for digging with it's adorable gardening images and sweet greetings of friendship.
Perfect for paper piecing, these images can be used to create cards, scrapbook pages, even pretty little tags to hang off of bouquets of flowers and baskets of vegetables that you give as gifts to neighbors and friends.
Complete with a beautiful card kit and instructions created by Jessica Fick, you will love to recreate her ideas or come up with ideas of your own using the vibrant supplies included.
Many of you have requested that the card stock and patterned paper in Jessica's kits be sent as full sheets so you can have more creative options. This kit will give you those options to adjust the projects as you see fit or copy them exactly according to the provided instructions.
To get a peek at the cards that you can make with this kit, click over to Jessica's Blog.
Introducing By Your Side by Asela Hopkins
By Your Side is one of those stamp sets that you look at once and say, oh, I've gotta' have that set! The words of encouragement along with the beautiful floral and koi fish images will leave you breathless.
I love lilies, every single kind of lily!! But one of my favorites are the tiger lilies with the spots. So, I decided to convert these lilies into spotted tiger lilies using Copic Markers and one Prismacolor marker. (You can use a copic but I wanted something with a finer tip. You can also use a sharpie or bic marker too!)
The actual image from this set has no spots. I added them myself. I love that because I can make many different styles of lillies so easily with this set. And they are large and easy to cut out so you can create a whole garden quickly and easily!
You will love the words of encouragement in this set along with the beautiful font style! Complete with bible verses, this sets makes the perfect addition to every collection.
And check out that beautiful BLUE card stock!!
(It matches the Basic Grey Sugar rush patterned paper perfectly!) That's another new Pure Luxury card stock color being released this month called Little Boy Blue. (Look for a separate post with color comparisons later in the week.)
A Video for You!
Now, I am NO expert at coloring with Copic markers, but I don't think you have to be to get rich vibrant color from these markers. In this short video, I will show you how I colored my flowers and turned them into spotted tiger lillies.
So, what do you think of tonight's preview?
Would you like to win one of these two new sets?
Leave a comment here and I will randomly choose two winners who will each win one of these fabulous new stamp sets! I will announce the winner right here on this entry tomorrow night, just before I post preview day 3.
Ready for more?
Check out what the design team has created using these new sets!
Jessica Fick (Happy Spring card kit preview)
Asela Hopkins {Illustrator of By Your Side}
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber
Nina Brackett
Cathy Tidwell
Lee Murphy
Kurtis Amundson
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Bev Gerard
Colleen Schaan
Sankari Wegman
Suzanne Dean
Valerie Stangle
Jennie Harper - our Spotlight Designer for this Month!
Coming tomorrow, I will be previewing the new StampTV kit and the new One free with three!
Make sure you stop back!
Hugs,
Gina K.
Nothing says spring like spending time in the local greenhouse choosing starter plants and seeds for the long summer ahead. I am looking forward to trying my luck at my own small garden this summer and now is the time to start planning.
The new stamp set, Happy Spring, will put you in the mood for digging with it's adorable gardening images and sweet greetings of friendship.
Perfect for paper piecing, these images can be used to create cards, scrapbook pages, even pretty little tags to hang off of bouquets of flowers and baskets of vegetables that you give as gifts to neighbors and friends.
Complete with a beautiful card kit and instructions created by Jessica Fick, you will love to recreate her ideas or come up with ideas of your own using the vibrant supplies included.
Many of you have requested that the card stock and patterned paper in Jessica's kits be sent as full sheets so you can have more creative options. This kit will give you those options to adjust the projects as you see fit or copy them exactly according to the provided instructions.
To get a peek at the cards that you can make with this kit, click over to Jessica's Blog.
Introducing By Your Side by Asela Hopkins
By Your Side is one of those stamp sets that you look at once and say, oh, I've gotta' have that set! The words of encouragement along with the beautiful floral and koi fish images will leave you breathless.
I love lilies, every single kind of lily!! But one of my favorites are the tiger lilies with the spots. So, I decided to convert these lilies into spotted tiger lilies using Copic Markers and one Prismacolor marker. (You can use a copic but I wanted something with a finer tip. You can also use a sharpie or bic marker too!)
The actual image from this set has no spots. I added them myself. I love that because I can make many different styles of lillies so easily with this set. And they are large and easy to cut out so you can create a whole garden quickly and easily!
You will love the words of encouragement in this set along with the beautiful font style! Complete with bible verses, this sets makes the perfect addition to every collection.
And check out that beautiful BLUE card stock!!
(It matches the Basic Grey Sugar rush patterned paper perfectly!) That's another new Pure Luxury card stock color being released this month called Little Boy Blue. (Look for a separate post with color comparisons later in the week.)
A Video for You!
Now, I am NO expert at coloring with Copic markers, but I don't think you have to be to get rich vibrant color from these markers. In this short video, I will show you how I colored my flowers and turned them into spotted tiger lillies.
So, what do you think of tonight's preview?
Would you like to win one of these two new sets?
Leave a comment here and I will randomly choose two winners who will each win one of these fabulous new stamp sets! I will announce the winner right here on this entry tomorrow night, just before I post preview day 3.
Ready for more?
Check out what the design team has created using these new sets!
Jessica Fick (Happy Spring card kit preview)
Asela Hopkins {Illustrator of By Your Side}
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber
Nina Brackett
Cathy Tidwell
Lee Murphy
Kurtis Amundson
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Bev Gerard
Colleen Schaan
Sankari Wegman
Suzanne Dean
Valerie Stangle
Jennie Harper - our Spotlight Designer for this Month!
Coming tomorrow, I will be previewing the new StampTV kit and the new One free with three!
Make sure you stop back!
Hugs,
Gina K.
Just found out . . .
that my automatic email didn't go out to all of my blog subscribers so if you missed last nights post, it's here.
More to come~
Hugs,
Gina K.
More to come~
Hugs,
Gina K.
Preview Day 1
ETA- This contest is now closed.
The winner of A Beautiful Life is:
Velta wrote:
Oh How I Love these images!!! Immediately I could think of several ways to show off these beautiful flowers!! They remind me of Easter, so what a perfect time to bring them out!!! Also, thank you for Stamp TV...I have learned so much from this avenue. Happy Anniversary!!!
The winner of Fairy Tales is:
Sharry Brown wrote:
I love all your teaching videos, and your web site. Congratulations on your one year birthday celebration. You have given all of us so much inspiration..thank you!
The winner of Sending Sunshine is:
Karen Wallace wrote:
I love the new sets previewed and the video for adding glitter with the pen It is so messy to try to do this with glue and glitter!. Ther results are beautiful
Congratulations to all of the winners. Please send your name, shipping address and which set you won to info@ginakdesigns. We will ship them right out. Thanks to all who played along!
___________________
In order to watch the videos, you will have to click into the blog directly using the link below if you are reading this in an email, RSS feed or Google reader. Many of the readers will not import embedded video and I am unable to send the videos through email.
Preview Day 1
Happy Birthday StampTV! And welcome to Preview Day 1 of our March release.
I am so excited to celebrate the one year birthday of StampTV along with our March release! This is such an exciting time for all of us at Gina K. Designs and StampTV! Here is a little video about what's to come throughout this birthday bash / March release celebration. (If you are reading this in an email or through a reader, you will need to go to my blog to see the videos.)
Introducing A Beautiful Life by Melanie Muenchinger
Nothing shouts spring like a bouquet of tulips and Melanie Muenchinger has done it again with her newest stamp set, A Beautiful Life. One of the many things I love about this set is that Melanie maintained the same exact proportions in these tulips as in her A Year of Flowers set and her Pressed Flowers set. So, if you want to pop up the tulips, you can stamp the ones from A Year of Flowers rather than stamping this whole huge stamp and they will perfectly match up. You can also two-step stamp the tulips in A Beautiful Life because the solid tulips in Pressed Flowers match up as well.
As you can see, I added lots of shimmer and mess-free shine using a Sakura Star Dust Pen to highlight the borders, tulips and butterflies. I decided to pop up the butterflies and make a beautiful wedding card using this new set. (With wedding season just around the corner, this set will make quick and easy work of wedding cards. And imagine how beautiful wedding invitations would be using this set. You can print the invitation on your computer and cut it out with Nestabilities Ovals or Petite ovals and place in on top of this gorgeous image. It would also be the perfect stamp to add a photo for scrapbooking and home decor. Melanie has done it again. This set is fabulous!
Introducing Sending Sunshine by Theresa Momber
When Theresa sent the images from Sending Sunshine to me for consideration, I instantly fell in love. Theresa captured the essence of the spring memories from my childhood. From swinging on a tire swing to early daffodils poking through the grass, this set takes me back to my good old days and takes my breath away.
I decided to use the daffodils image to create a card that just bellows spring. And when the morning sunshine reflects off the springtime dew, everything seems to shimmer. So again, I added a touch of glitter with a Sakura Star Dust Pen around the perimeter of both of the Spellbinders die cuts you see on this card. Theresa has created another must have stamp set! It really is like Sending Sunshine!
Introducing Fairy Tales by Tami Mayberry
Having two daughters, I love everything girlie! So when Tami sent the Fairy Tales images to me, I told her to run with it and fast! The images in this sweet, whimsical set will melt your heart. Not only perfect for cards and scrapbook pages for younger girls and teens, this set makes the perfect engagement card , encouragement card or any other project that has to do with love or romance for girls of all ages. (However, that frog would make a pretty cute boy card too!)
I used the Labels 7 dies to create the look of a storybook on which to create my scene.
And of course, I had to once again, add some glitter with my Star Dust Pen by highlighting the rim of my book and bling up my frog's crown and the magic wand. I love how you can put this glittery pen anywhere you want with no mess by using the Sakura Star Dust Pens. And is there anything more glitter-deserving than a fairy tale? Tami has created a winner here! This set is a Fairy Tale come true!
Are you loving the new pink card stock in the first and third project?
That's one of three new card stock colors being released this month. This one is called Bubblegum Pink. I will have a color comparison for you later in the week and a preview of the three new colors. Stay tuned.
A Video for You!
In celebration of our one year birthday at StampTV, I've created a short video episode to show you how I used the Sakura Star Dust Pen to create the perfect glittery frame and to showcase the glitter that is hard to see in still photos. Enjoy this episode!
So, I would love to hear what you think of the first three new stamp sets previewed tonight!
Would you like to win one?
Leave a comment here and I will randomly choose three winners who will each win one of these beautiful new stamp sets!
(I will announce the winners tomorrow, right here on this blog entry just before my preview day 2 post.)
Ready for more inspiration?
Check out what the design team has created using Sending Sunshine, Fairy Tales and A Beautiful Life.
Melanie Muenchinger - A Beautiful Life
Theresa Momber - Sending Sunshine
Tami Mayberry - Fairy Tales
Jessica Fick
Nina Brackett
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Lee Murphy
Lynn Murphy
Donna Baker
Kurtis Amundson
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Colleen Schaan
Jennie Harper - our Spotlight Designer for this Month!
Tomorrow, I have two more brand new stamp sets to preview and another video technique for you to try!
Thanks for visiting today ~ stop back tomorrow for more!
Hugs,
Gina K.
The winner of A Beautiful Life is:
Velta wrote:
Oh How I Love these images!!! Immediately I could think of several ways to show off these beautiful flowers!! They remind me of Easter, so what a perfect time to bring them out!!! Also, thank you for Stamp TV...I have learned so much from this avenue. Happy Anniversary!!!
The winner of Fairy Tales is:
Sharry Brown wrote:
I love all your teaching videos, and your web site. Congratulations on your one year birthday celebration. You have given all of us so much inspiration..thank you!
The winner of Sending Sunshine is:
Karen Wallace wrote:
I love the new sets previewed and the video for adding glitter with the pen It is so messy to try to do this with glue and glitter!. Ther results are beautiful
Congratulations to all of the winners. Please send your name, shipping address and which set you won to info@ginakdesigns. We will ship them right out. Thanks to all who played along!
___________________
In order to watch the videos, you will have to click into the blog directly using the link below if you are reading this in an email, RSS feed or Google reader. Many of the readers will not import embedded video and I am unable to send the videos through email.
Preview Day 1
Happy Birthday StampTV! And welcome to Preview Day 1 of our March release.
I am so excited to celebrate the one year birthday of StampTV along with our March release! This is such an exciting time for all of us at Gina K. Designs and StampTV! Here is a little video about what's to come throughout this birthday bash / March release celebration. (If you are reading this in an email or through a reader, you will need to go to my blog to see the videos.)
Introducing A Beautiful Life by Melanie Muenchinger
Nothing shouts spring like a bouquet of tulips and Melanie Muenchinger has done it again with her newest stamp set, A Beautiful Life. One of the many things I love about this set is that Melanie maintained the same exact proportions in these tulips as in her A Year of Flowers set and her Pressed Flowers set. So, if you want to pop up the tulips, you can stamp the ones from A Year of Flowers rather than stamping this whole huge stamp and they will perfectly match up. You can also two-step stamp the tulips in A Beautiful Life because the solid tulips in Pressed Flowers match up as well.
As you can see, I added lots of shimmer and mess-free shine using a Sakura Star Dust Pen to highlight the borders, tulips and butterflies. I decided to pop up the butterflies and make a beautiful wedding card using this new set. (With wedding season just around the corner, this set will make quick and easy work of wedding cards. And imagine how beautiful wedding invitations would be using this set. You can print the invitation on your computer and cut it out with Nestabilities Ovals or Petite ovals and place in on top of this gorgeous image. It would also be the perfect stamp to add a photo for scrapbooking and home decor. Melanie has done it again. This set is fabulous!
Introducing Sending Sunshine by Theresa Momber
When Theresa sent the images from Sending Sunshine to me for consideration, I instantly fell in love. Theresa captured the essence of the spring memories from my childhood. From swinging on a tire swing to early daffodils poking through the grass, this set takes me back to my good old days and takes my breath away.
I decided to use the daffodils image to create a card that just bellows spring. And when the morning sunshine reflects off the springtime dew, everything seems to shimmer. So again, I added a touch of glitter with a Sakura Star Dust Pen around the perimeter of both of the Spellbinders die cuts you see on this card. Theresa has created another must have stamp set! It really is like Sending Sunshine!
Introducing Fairy Tales by Tami Mayberry
Having two daughters, I love everything girlie! So when Tami sent the Fairy Tales images to me, I told her to run with it and fast! The images in this sweet, whimsical set will melt your heart. Not only perfect for cards and scrapbook pages for younger girls and teens, this set makes the perfect engagement card , encouragement card or any other project that has to do with love or romance for girls of all ages. (However, that frog would make a pretty cute boy card too!)
I used the Labels 7 dies to create the look of a storybook on which to create my scene.
And of course, I had to once again, add some glitter with my Star Dust Pen by highlighting the rim of my book and bling up my frog's crown and the magic wand. I love how you can put this glittery pen anywhere you want with no mess by using the Sakura Star Dust Pens. And is there anything more glitter-deserving than a fairy tale? Tami has created a winner here! This set is a Fairy Tale come true!
Are you loving the new pink card stock in the first and third project?
That's one of three new card stock colors being released this month. This one is called Bubblegum Pink. I will have a color comparison for you later in the week and a preview of the three new colors. Stay tuned.
A Video for You!
In celebration of our one year birthday at StampTV, I've created a short video episode to show you how I used the Sakura Star Dust Pen to create the perfect glittery frame and to showcase the glitter that is hard to see in still photos. Enjoy this episode!
So, I would love to hear what you think of the first three new stamp sets previewed tonight!
Would you like to win one?
Leave a comment here and I will randomly choose three winners who will each win one of these beautiful new stamp sets!
(I will announce the winners tomorrow, right here on this blog entry just before my preview day 2 post.)
Ready for more inspiration?
Check out what the design team has created using Sending Sunshine, Fairy Tales and A Beautiful Life.
Melanie Muenchinger - A Beautiful Life
Theresa Momber - Sending Sunshine
Tami Mayberry - Fairy Tales
Jessica Fick
Nina Brackett
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Lee Murphy
Lynn Murphy
Donna Baker
Kurtis Amundson
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Colleen Schaan
Jennie Harper - our Spotlight Designer for this Month!
Tomorrow, I have two more brand new stamp sets to preview and another video technique for you to try!
Thanks for visiting today ~ stop back tomorrow for more!
Hugs,
Gina K.
Snippet 9 and OH MY GOODNESS!!!
Tonight's snippet is another one I am so excited about! This stamp set comes with a FREE card kit by Jessica Fick and when you see the card stock, patterned paper and embellishments that come in this kit, you're going to freak out! It's so beautiful!
On a personal note (sort of):
Tonight, my computer was acting up and not allowing me to upload photos to my blog (which is why my blog post is so late.)
So, I was sitting on the couch watching TV while waiting for Alicia to get home and I thought I would try it again. I happened to check my email first and there was a message from Jessica that said, "Check it out!" with a link.
Then, I remembered that Cammie had told me to check her blog at 10:00 PM tonight to see a card she made for me. (I had totally forgotten to check in my frustration.)
Well, since I have now dried my eyes from my tears long enough to type, all I will say to you is, "Check it out!" - Start at Cammie's Blog Here.
To my wonderful team and fabulous friends- Thank you for this honor. You guys are the best ever and I love you!
Hugs,
Gina K.
On a personal note (sort of):
Tonight, my computer was acting up and not allowing me to upload photos to my blog (which is why my blog post is so late.)
So, I was sitting on the couch watching TV while waiting for Alicia to get home and I thought I would try it again. I happened to check my email first and there was a message from Jessica that said, "Check it out!" with a link.
Then, I remembered that Cammie had told me to check her blog at 10:00 PM tonight to see a card she made for me. (I had totally forgotten to check in my frustration.)
Well, since I have now dried my eyes from my tears long enough to type, all I will say to you is, "Check it out!" - Start at Cammie's Blog Here.
To my wonderful team and fabulous friends- Thank you for this honor. You guys are the best ever and I love you!
Hugs,
Gina K.
Snippets 7 and 8
I'm so excited about this set! This mix of images and greetings will inspire you!
Is there anything cuter in the whole wide world? I just love this little guy and his friends! Wait until you see!
Any guesses as to the artists of these two sets?
More to come~
Snippets 5 and 6
Spring always reminds me of growing up and playing on the tire swing at my cousins house. Can you guess who drew this image?
I send many cards to friends so a stamp set dedicated to friendship cards and scrapbook pages is something I am so excited for!
More to come~
I send many cards to friends so a stamp set dedicated to friendship cards and scrapbook pages is something I am so excited for!
More to come~
snippets 3 and 4
Tonight, I am excited to show you two more snippets!
You will love the whimsical style of this set:
And this set will coordinate with a set we released last month. It makes card making and scrapbooking a breeze! And because it's so HUGE, I can only show you a small corner.
So who do you think illustrated these sets?
More to come~
You will love the whimsical style of this set:
And this set will coordinate with a set we released last month. It makes card making and scrapbooking a breeze! And because it's so HUGE, I can only show you a small corner.
So who do you think illustrated these sets?
More to come~
Snippet # 2
Today's snippet is from two sets that work so well together, I just had to show you the snippets together!
Can you guess the illustrator for these fun new stamp sets?
More to come!
Hugs,
Gina K.
Can you guess the illustrator for these fun new stamp sets?
More to come!
Hugs,
Gina K.
Happy Birthday StampTV!
Can you believe it?
StampTV is one year old! And we invite you to celebrate with us!
This month, the Gina K. Designs preview party and release party will be a little bit different and we will reveal a lot more of the fun we have planned over the next few days.
But in the meantime, here are some FUN FACTS about StampTV's first year:
- In just one year, StampTV has over 10,400 members.
- StampTV gets over 30 thousand visitors each day!
- We have given away over $6500.00 in prizes in our first year!
- StampTV has given design team opportunities to over 40 designers!
- We have over 100 technique and project videos with new video episodes added each week.
- StampTV's gallery includes over 31,000 beautiful projects to inspire you.
- StampTV offers freebies on our freebies page for anyone who wants them.
- There are over 90 individual groups of stampers who are sharing friendship and inspiration at StampTV.
- There are brand new challenges 5 days a week for you to try and a prize offer for every single one!
- Many new and exciting features will be coming to StampTV in the months to come! Stay tuned!
So let's start the Gina K. Designs March release snippets with a few images from the new up and coming StampTV kit called Spring Mix-
I can't wait to show you all we have to offer this month! Make sure you stop back each day to see new snippets of our upcoming release.
Happy Stamping!
Gina K.
