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!

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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.







 

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