Thank You Blog Hop!

Tonight several GinaK Designs designers are joining together to host a special thank you blog hop to our recently retired StampTV Challenge Hostess Team. The four designers we're honoring tonight have provided weekly challenges for the STV members for the entire months of December, January, and February and we are so thankful for their inspiration and hard work!

• Shannon Bracken: Monday's Color Challenge
• Carolina Buchting: Tuesday's Anything but a Card Challenge
• Jennie Harper: Thursday's Sketch Challenge
• Selma Stevenson: Friday's Blast from the Past Challenge

To see all the challenges the Retired Hostess team has shared during their term, visit the StampTV Inspiration Category on the StampTV Idea Center . Each hostess has her own category with all the card samples they made along with the links to the Challenge Discussions as well as the gallery samples over on StampTV.  Be sure to check out the PDF attached to each discussion as well, as you can save or print out all the challenges to keep for a reference tool for your stamping inspiration!

We asked each participating designer in our thank you hop tonight to choose one challenge shared during the past 3 months and make a card to share on their blogs tonight as well as to send that card to the hostess.  I've linked each challenge that I used as inspiration for my card and decided to use the Spring Florals stamp set on each of them too.

My first card is for Shannon Bracken's Monochromatic Color Challenge:

 

Stamp Details

Stamps: Spring Florals, Inside and Out

Cardstock: GinaK, acetate, DCWV dp

Ink: Black Stazon; SU white craft

Other: Black Organdy ribbon, Silver brads, corner rounder, white gel pen

  

 

My next card is from Carolina Buchting's Inchie Challenge:

Card Details

Stamps: Spring Florals, Pressed Flowers

Cardstock: GinaK; SEI dp

Ink: Versafine Black

Other: Nestabilities, embossing powder, SU ribbon, corner rounder, pearls, copics, stickles

My next card is for Jennie Harper's Sketch Challenge 4

Card Details

Stamps: Spring Florals, Picture it

Cardstock: GinaK; DCWV

Ink: Versafine ink

Other: Gold ebmossing powder, Sakura glaze pen, EK border punch, glitter, Nestability dies

And, finally my last card tonight is for Selma Stevenson's Colored Pencils & Odorless Mineral Spirits

Card Details

Stamps: Spring Florals

Cardstock: GinaK, SEI dp

Ink: Versafine black

Other: Corner rounder, Nestability dies, SU ribbon, Copics, liquid pearls, stickles

Thank you SO MUCH, Shannon, Carolina, Jennie, and Selma for all your inspiration and work for us over StampTV!  I really appreciate each of your dedication to all of us over on StampTV!!  Each of these cards are on their way to you along with a special little thankyou gift.  Thanks, girls!!

Please visit these links to see all the projects we've prepared for our alumni hostess team:

• Jessica Fick    * you are here!
• Theresa Momber
• Cathy Tidwell
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Nina Brackett
• Carolyn King

And, the new StampTV Challenge Hostess team is also joining in on the hop tonight! 

• Tina Gilliland: Monday's Color Hostess
• Karen Knegten: Tuesday's Anything but a Card Hostess
• Vicki Dutcher: Thursday's Sketch Hostess
• Sharri Seffens: Friday's Blast from the Past Hostess

Have a wonderful night!
Jessica