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Gina K. Designs Patterned Papers are Sew Fun Blog Hop

 

Happy Thursday! The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to a Patterned Papers are Sew Fun blog hop. For this hop we will showcase the fabulous Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper line, stamps, and some fun sewing techniques! The DT Members have all used the wide variety of stamps and paper in this hop to inspire you to get inky too!! Come play along with the Current Challenges at Stamp TV!!!

I'm kicking off the blog hop, so you're right where you should be. If you get lost along the way or want to start off where you left off, please go to Stamp TV where you will find a list of all those participating.

I decided to combined two sets from the last release, Sweet Strawberries by Theresa Momber and Vintage Notes by Tami Mayberry. I just love it when I can do that! Here's what I came up with.

In wanted to have the patterned paper be the focus so kept the addition of color to a minimum. Here's how it came together.

1. Create a top-folding standard size card out of white card stock.
2. Adhere a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of patterned paper to the card front by sewing around the edges with a zig zag stitch.
3. To make the bottom pocket, cut a 2" x 4-1/4" piece of white card stock and emboss it with the polka dots embossing folder. Sew it onto the card front - just three sides, making sure you leave the top open to use as a pocket. 
4. Add pearls to the top corners of the card front; tie some ribbon towards the bottom of the card front on top of the pocket; and finish it off with an embellishment in the middle (I made a flower out of wire and thread a pearl in the middle of it). Set it aside.
5. Stamp the note image  and Just a Note sentiment (from the Vintage Notes set) onto white card stock. In the middle, stamp the birthday sentiment (from the Sweet Strawberries set) and highlight the word Sweet with a pink and red Copic marker. Cut it out and adhere it to a slightly larger piece of red card stock. Place it inside the pocket on the card front. Set it aside.
6. Stamp the flower image (from the Sweet Strawberries set), color it in, cut it out, and adhere it to a paperclip. Add paperclip to the note and with that, you are done!

 

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Sweet Strawberries by Theresa Momber and Vintage Notes by Tami Mayberry
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Lipstick Red and White card stock; Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper: Berries & Vines
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Polka Dots; Wire; Paperclip; Pearls; Ribbon; Copic

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Next on the hop is the amazingly talented Cathy Tidwell. She'll have more Gina K. goodness to share with you!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

A Birthday Blog Hop For The Amazing Nancy!

Happy Tuesday! I'm poppin' in here to share with you a birthday card I put together for the amazingly talented Nancy McKinney. Nancy illustrates all the stamp sets that make up the Whimsical Wishes line for Taylored Expressions. I had the pleasure to meet and spend some time with Nancy in Chicago while attending CHA and let me just say she's just as delightful in person as she comes across in her blog.

A group of us got together to host a birthday blog hop for her. If you came here from Taylor's blog, then you're at the right place. If you'd like to start at the beginning, please go to Karen's blog and hop from there. Now, here's my birthday card for Nancy - Happy Birthday Nancy!!!

I used her adorable set called For the Love of Cupcakes. There's a small flower image that is meant to be used as a cupcake decoration, but instead I decided to use it to make the background you see towards the top of the card front. After I stamped the cupcake, I colored it, and then ran that section of the card front through the Big Shot using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I then added a bit of sparkle to center of each flower with some stickles.

I added a strip of seam binding and then used some more to make a bow. I added a bit of lace and then put it aside to work on the cupcake. I stamped the cupcake on a piece or red card stock and cut it out. I added some Liquid Applique as frosting and then topped it off with some crystal beads. Once it was dry I adhered it on top of the ribbon.

The last touch was the sentiment. I stamped it on white card stock, punched it out with a 1" circle punch, and added some dashes with a red marker. I then used the 1-1/4" circle punch to punch out a circle out of red card stock. I added some dashes with the white gel pen and adhered it all to the card front with some dimensionals.

Stamps: Taylored Expressions: For the Love of Cupcakes
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury White Card Stock; Pink Pirouette Card Stock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories:Seam Binding; Lace, Stickles; Liquid Applique; Crystal Beads; Swiss Dots Embossing Folder; White Gel Pen; Red Marker; 1" and 1-1/4" Circle Punches; Dimensionals

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To continue the hop, head on over to Dana's blogto see what adorable card she put together for Nancy!

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Taylored Expressions October Customer Blast From The Past Blog Hop

Happy Friday and welcome Taylored Expression's October Customer Blast from the Past blog hop! The theme for this Christmas/holiday. The fun part about these hops is that it's fun to get older stamps out and get them inked up. I happened to check out Splitcoast to see if the Friday challenge (F4A35) was up and decided to use it for this hop. The challenge is to make a flap card and here's what I came up with.

I came up with this pattern a couple of years ago and decided to revisit it and make a new version of it using new patterned paper and ribbon treatment. If you are intersted in making one of your own, you can access the tutorial HERE.

The front of the the patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Garden Variety. I made the bow out of Celery Silk ribbon and around it, I tied some twine through a button and hung the sentiment from it. The sentiment is from the Tag Treats set and cut it out using the Double Ended Tags die, sponged it and hug from the ribbon with the twine.

Here's a photo of the inside of the gift card holder.

I decided to decorate the pocket with a bit of trim, some White Gel Pen dashes, and the apple and sentiment is from the Extra Credit set...I think it's perfect to give to Gaven's teacher!

Stamps: Taylored Expressions: Extra Credit and Garden Variety
Paper: Gina K: Pure Luxury White Card Stock; Cosmo Cricket: Garden Variety Patterned paper pad
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Red Divine Twine; Celery Silk ribbon; White Gel Pen; Spellbinders: Double Ended Tags die; Magnets; Trim

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A Glittery Birthday Wish!

Happy Tuesday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I worked all weekend on taping, editing, and uploading the Halloween Treat holder videos I shared with you last week. You can find those videos HERE, just scroll down to the Halloween Treat Holder Series. Today I put a card together to share with you using Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge (MTSC95)and Splitcoaststampers' Color Combo Challenge (CC292)~ Pink Pirouette, Real Red, and Pear Pizzazz.

The base for the card is 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" and on top I placed some designer series paper and a piece of Real Red card stock that I ran through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folders. The other layers consist of another piece of designer paper and a piece of Pink Pirouette card stock. I rounded the corners all all the pieces and added some ribbon with a button in the middle.

I stamped the birthday sentiment from the Well Scripted set and the last item was the Owl. I used Two-Step Owl extra large punch on some Pear Pizzazz and Whisper White card stock as well as on some Pink Pirouette designer series paper. I used the Xyron to put all the pieces together as well as to add the glitter on the owl's body. Love how easy the Xyron makes putting punched pieces together! Finished the owl off with some bling on her eyes and one on the sentiment.

Stamps: Stampin' Up!: Well Scripted
Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Pink Pirouette, Real Red, and Whisper White card stock; Patterned Paper
Ink: Basic Black Ink
Accessories:Xyron; Buttons, Thread, Ribbon; Rhinestones; Glitter; Two-Step Owl Extra Large Punch; Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder

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