Eclectic Flowers

Happy Monday!

How was your weekend? Mine was busy but I got a chance to do a ton of stamping yesterday! YAY! I pulled out some Penny Black stamps and made a bunch of cards that I'll be sharing all this week on my blog. I didn't get a chance to photograph them yet, but hopefully will be able to do that later today - so watch for some new stuff soon!

This morning, I wanted to share this bright - fallish card with you. Just look at those gorgeous flowers from GinaK's Eclectic Summer stamp set...

Once again, these are images that I colored this summer with my mom! See, it's pretty handy having a stash of colored images to pull out to make quick cards with! lol!

I used Basic Grey's LimeRickey papers to decorate the card along with the sentiment from Gina's Eclectic Summer Sayings stamp set...

Have a wonderful Monday!

Jessica

You're Love keeps Lifting Me...

Good morning!

My card today is a super quick one that I was so tickled with when it all came together...

I used Gina's Eclectic Summer StampTV kit stamps as well as Carolyn's Whimsical Autumn pussy willow stamp for the trees to make this summer scene. The kite was colored with Copic markers and then highlighted with the StarDust glitter pen as well as Crystal Lacquer.

After shading the 'tree trunks' with a Copic marker, I took my SU Wild Wasabi ink and a dauber and shaded in the tree's leaves. Then, I took two fine point green pens and colored in the leaves to help them pop against the ink. The sky was shaded with some chalks.

To help the trees really stand out, I took Sakura's Clear Glaze pen and traced the trunks and leaves. This pen dries really quickly and is great for a quick punch of shine. I like to use this pen with Crystal Lacquer would be too hard to add to such tiny details. You can see the difference in the shine in this photo...


And, the inside is as simple as the outside...

Thanks for stopping in - I hope your day is beautiful!
Jessica

Summer Water Fun!

Good morning!

Judging from the reactions of everyone to the new Eclectic Summer StampTV kit - you all are loving it as much as I am! Here's another couple of cards that I made for the Release party last week - the first one is made with the new Free with Three Lazy Days of Summer stamp set and the next one is with the Eclectic Summer kit.

I used Basic Grey's LimeRickey papers along with Gina's new In the Navy cardstock. The image was stamped on Gina's Pure Luxury cardstock in Memento black ink and colored with a combination of Copics and then Sakura Glitter pens. After I assembled the card all together, I applied a thick layer of Crystal Lacquer to the entire image and set aside to dry overnight.

Here's a close up so you can see the shine...

Next, I pulled out an old favorite technique called Polished Stone and that adorable fish from the Eclectic Summer kit...

Isn't that fun? And, talk about a quick card! No coloring at all on this card! I used Ranger's Alcohol inks for the polished stone - I'm sorry I don't remember which ones right off the top of my head right now. After the polished stone dried on the glossy cardstock, I stamped the fish in Black Stazon.

To mimic the water's waves, I embossed the vellum with the Cuttlebug swirl folder and applied adhesive to the center of the mat so that the main image would hide the glue. I used Silver cording to wrap around the image and tied the bow behind it so I wouldn't cover up any of those fun fish! The sentiment is also from the Eclectic Summer kit... I adore all the sayings in this set!!

Here's a close up of the fish so you can see the polished stone a little better...

Thanks for stopping by today - have a great day!

Jessica

Summer Flowers

Happy Saturday!

My first card was made with Rupa's beautiful new With this Ring stamp set. I paired it with some Stampin Up cardstock for a modern look. Everything was colored with Copic markers. I forgot to include the photo of the inside of the card, but it's similar to my other With this Ring cards I shared a few days ago during the Previews here on my blog.


This next card shows off some of the daisies that are found in the Eclectic Summer StampTV kit along with the Ribbon Stripes checkered background. When looking at this photo, I realized my strip of rust cardstock was crooked, so I fixed it. Oops! So, just imagine that it's straight... lol!

Here's a closer look at those gorgeous daisies...

I stamped them in Black Stazon and paper pieced the centers by stamping on Mustard paper and punching out the circles with a 3/4" circle punch (I think. I'm not at my desk right now to check but it was either a 3/4" or a 5/8" punch.) Since I used Stazon, I couldn't color the images with Copics, so I used some stickles to embellish them instead.

Have a great weekend!

Jessica

Hot Air Balloons...

Good morning!

Have you been shopping at GinaK's yet? I'm sure we'll be super busy today processing and packaging orders from all you busy shoppers! It's always fun seeing what everyone has bought. This morning I decided to show off a few more cards that I made with Gina's new Eclectic Summer StampTV kit... I LOVE the stamps in this kit!!

My first card I already shared with you, but I wanted to include it in this post so you could see the different take on the hot air balloon and cardstocks with this card...

As you can see, it's basically the same card, but much simpler. I colored the balloon with Koh-i-noor pencils, OMS, and blending stumps and then added a thick layer of Crystal Lacquer over the entire image. Then, I added it to the sponged background with popdot dimensionals. The mustard background paper was run through my BigShot with a Quickutz embossing folder.

Here's a close up of the balloon...

Have a great rest of your day and enjoy the weekend!

Jessica

Day 3: Eclectic Summer StampTV kit

The long awaited day is finally here: we get to show off the highly anticipated brand new StampTV kit! YAY! Gina is calling her kit, Eclectic Summer and it's complete with 2 stamp sets, fun ribbons & brads as well as Pure Luxury Cardstock in three colors: White, In the Navy, and Red Rocket cardstocks! Aren't those fun names? lol!

I have three cards to share today with the stamps from the new kit and they are all quite an eclectic mix of cards - so you'll see why she's named her kit that way! First up is an anniversary card in honor of my husband Brad and I celebrating our 13th anniversary today...

Isn't that fun? I paired the couple image with a sentiment from Rupa's new With this Ring stamp set (I've been begging for an anniversary sentiment from Gina and am thrilled we have one in this set!) along with the fireworks found in Gina's WhooHoo stamp set. The water is Gina's Navy cardstock torn and layered to make waves. And, check out those buttons... they are Stampin Up buttons, but I stamped them with a new stamp image that we'll be sharing in tomorrow's previews - so you get an early sneak peek!

Next up is this fun summery card showing off some of the patterned papers included in the StampTV kit along with an image from the sentiment set too...

I'm so excited to have this image in my collection! I sponged the background with some Distress Inks and some torn papers - it looks like it has layers of cardstocks, but it's really all GinaK's Pure luxury cardstock and ink! The balloons were colored with copics and then using the Quickie Glue pen and Doodlebug's colored glitters, I got them to sparkle like crazy!

Gina has a great video she uploaded to StampTV last week showing how easy it is to use Colored Glitters to embellish your images.

Finally, my last card shows off some new digital papers that are new to GinaK as well as more of the StampTV kit...

There are actually 3 different digital papers used on this card. The gorgeous green paper is from a new collection designed by Emily Giovanni called Bright Summer Grunge and I LOVE it!! The colors and patterns are so fun and perfect for summer!

The orange papers that I used for the focal image mat and to paper piece the butterflies (which by the way are SO adorable, aren't they!?) are from the new Sunlit Summer digital papers which is part of my Fun with Glitters Online StampTV class.

And finally, the purple paper is from Gina's Summer Fabrics digital papers. This paper is so cool - it's actually designed to be printed on GinaK's Pure Luxury White cardstock and then colored with Copics or shaded with inks to appear like fabric. I used some Purple Distress inks to shade the paper and loved how it turned out. It will be fun experimenting more with this paper.

There's lots of fun stuff going on today - more sneak peeks to check out as well as some new videos on StampTV to tune in to see. Gina will be explaining more about her StampTV - so be sure to tune in and hear it all from her!

Here's the links to check out:

Gina, Theresa, Carolyn, Joanne, Erika, Melanie, Melissa, Emily

See you tomorrow morning for one last day of previews before the Release Party!

Jessica