First Christmas Blog Hop

Happy Friday!

Tonight we are showcasing Asela Hopkin's adorable Christmas stamp set called First Christmas. I have been having a lot of fun with the images in this set and know many of you have too because it's been flying off the shelves at the store!

My first card pairs these cute gingerbread cookies with two other GinaK Stamp sets: Have a Cookie and My Cuppa Joe. Don't they all work perfectly together?

Card Details
Stamps: First Christmas, Have a Cookie, My Cuppa Joe
Cardstock: GinaK white, tan leather, and Kraft; DCWV Sweet Stack
Inks: Black Versafine; Copic Markers
Other: Detail Clear embossing powder, Rhinestone gems for the cookies, Liquid applique, glitter, EK Success Square punch; Marvy Super Jumbo scallop square punch, Circle & Rectangle nestability dies

Some of our favorite Christmas memories are all the sweet treats we like to bake and give to family and friends - so this card will be perfect paired with a plate of goodies for a special someone in a few weeks. Can you believe how quickly the holidays are coming this year!?

Next up is a super simple but classy card that I just love...

The paper did all the work for me on this card. I stamped the Christmas bulbs on this glittered paper in Versafine ink and embossed with clear embossing powder and then cut them out. They are popped up on the card with some silver cording to finish them off. The background paper is just one layer - that white scallop border is part of the design.

Card Details
Stamps: First Christmas
Cardstock: GinaK white; DCWV Sweet Stack
Ink: Black Versafine
Other: Detail clear embossing powder; Pearls Silver cording, Circle Nestabilities

This card inspired another class kit card that Gina and I will share tomorrow morning on our blogs. It will be available for purchase online then - so check in with us then to see it.


Are you ready for some more Eye-Candy tonight!? Stop in at Asela Hopkin's blog (our featured Illustrator tonight) and see what she has prepared for us.

Then, check out these GinaK Designer's blogs for their projects:

Carolyn, Donna, Erika, Lee, Melanie, and Theresa

as well as our CenterStage Spotlight Designer's blogs:

Deb , Diana, Karen, and Sharri

Remember, the Idea Center has lots of tutorials, photos, and links that will provide even more ideas for you with this stamp set!

And, if you haven't already done so, be sure to leave a comment on GinaK's blog for a chance to win this stamp set tonight too! If you have already purchased this set, you may swap it out for any other GinaK stamp set valued at $23.95.

Valentine Sprinkles...

Hi!

I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to post this card yesterday, but better late than never right? Here's the third cookie card that I promised to share - and this one is my favorite! All the stamp images are from GinaK's Have a Cookie stamp set designed by Melanie Muenchinger.

Super simple in design and layout - but perfect for a quick and easy love card. The card base is GinaK's 120 lb. Pure Luxury cardstock, so the card is nice and sturdy and the Copic coloring doesn't bleed through. The images were stamped in Memento ink and after shading with Copics, a layer of clear Crystal Lacquer was added for the shine. On the cookies, I added some red mini beads that I found a WalMart in their beading section a long time ago.

I used the largest oval from the Petite Oval nestabilities set for the embossed frame. Tonic's corner punch did the trick for the notched corners. And finally, the bow was tied and glued onto the card with a couple of glue dots.

Here's a close-up of the cookie with the sprinkles...

Thanks for checking in! Have a great rest of your day.

Jessica

Sugar Sprinkled Cookies and Milk...

Hi!

Yesterday, I shared how much my family loves chocolate cookies - oreos, chocolate chip - you name it, we love them all! Today, I'm sharing some sugar cookies that I made with Melanie's Have a Cookie set. Sugar cookies with frosting and sprinkles have to be my second favorite cookie - especially around Christmas and Valentines' Day.

Do you remember all those orange specialty Doodlebug papers that I was using for my cards a while back? Well, I used another strip of that paper on this card. I loved the glitter and the color of the cardstock and thought it would work well with my glittered and sprinkled cookies!

Here's a close up of the milk glass... (I used Copics to color the glass and a layer or Crystal Lacquer over it for shine.)


Here's a view of the entire card. I love the row of cookies all lined up ready to devoured...

For the cookies, I stamped in black memento ink on GinaK's 80lb. pure luxury cardstock and then colored with Copic markers. Then, I added a layer of Crystal lacquer over the frosting area and sprinkled some mini pastel beads that I've had in my stash for a long time! I picked them up at WalMart in the beading section a long time ago. While everything was still wet, I sprinkled some dazzling diamonds glitter over the frosting. This helped to fill in some spots and really glittered them up. It also helped the Crystal lacquer to dry faster.

I have one more cookie card to share tomorrow - this time a valentine's day one.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jessica

Chocolate Milk and Cookies...

Hi!

I come from a family of Cookie Monsters! We LOVE all kinds of cookies - especially ones that have chocolate in them! So, Melanie's Have a Cookie stamp set is perfect for making those sweet little cards that are perfect to give everyone in my family when I want to send them a little love note. I recently made some cards with the cookies and milk images and paired them all with this adorable sentiment , "we go together like cookies and milk..." and will be sharing them over the next couple of days.

First up, is my chocolate lover card complete with Oreos and Chocolate milk!


I stamped the images in Black memento ink and colored with Copic markers on GinaK's 80lb. Pure luxury cardstock. To highlight the chocolate milk, I added a layer of clear crystal lacquer over it so it's really glossy in person. The oreo cookie has a layer of white liquid applique for the frosting - check out the fluffy filling!

I decided to use Cuttlebug's tiny dot embossing folder to emphasize the cookie crumbs that my children always leave when they are devouring their snacks! To get the added color, I rubbed Stampin Up's Creamy caramel dye ink on the embossing folder, put my creamy caramel cardstock in it and then ran it through the machine. Clean up is a breeze - you just rinse the folder under water in the sink and the ink washes right away.

Here's a little closer view of the chocolate milk and a peek of the frosting...



Have a great day - and watch for some more cookie cards this week on my blog!
Jessica

Valentine's Day Cookies

Good evening!

Today I had a chance to make a Valentine's Day card - does that seem crazy to you? Christmas just finished and we're on to Valentine's Day already! Melanie's Blogaversary is still going on for a few more days, so I thought I'd use this fun Have a Cookie stamp set since it has these adorable heart cookie shapes.

Paper Craft Planet's theme for the design team gals this month is Love/Valentine's Day - so I'm happy that this card will work for both Melanie's celebration and PCP's album!

The designer paper and buttons are from Basic Grey's Eva collection. I love the rosey pinks - they are perfect for Valentine's Day, aren't they? After I stamped the main image panel, I layered it onto SU's brushed silver cardstock to mimic a cookie sheet.

I stamped the images in Black Versafine ink on GinaK's 80lb. Pure Luxury cardstock and embossed with clear detail embossing powder - that is my favorite way to prepare for coloring with Copics, in case you haven't noticed! lol! It seems like I say that in every single blog post - so sorry for repeating myself so much!

After coloring the heart cookies with Copics, I cut them out and popped them up all over the bottom of my card. Then, I added some Cotton Candy Stickles for the cookie sprinkles - I LOVE that sparkle!


Here's the full view of the card - isn't it cute? I love all those cookies piled up! After chocolate chip cookies, my second favorite cookies are sugar cookies with frosting... yummy!

And finally, here's the inside view....

A couple of more cookies along with a large plain heart nestability cut out for me to write my greeting on. I'm going to have to change the sentiment "I'd be one happy woman" - to "one chubby woman" with all those cookies all over the card! LOL!


I'll have another 6x6 scrapbook layout tonight at midnight - so be sure to check that one out with all the blog hop links for Melanie's blogaversary... you don't want to miss one of them, I promise!

Jessica

Christmas Cookies!

Good evening!

Are you one of the bazillion people that ordered Melanie's Have a Cookie stamp set?! They have been flying out of the store!

Lee Murphy (a.k.a. luvlee) just started a fun thread on Splitcoast Stampers where she asked us to share our Cookie creations. I realized that I haven't shared these cards here on my blog yet and I thought I'd do that tonight.

I stamped the cookie shapes on Gina's new Pure Luxury 80lb. White cardstock in Black Versafine ink and embossed with detail clear embossing powder. Then, I colored all of the images in with Copic markers and added diamond stickles to add some sparkle & 'sprinkles.'

My friend Sharri bought me these Dress it up cookie cutters last year as a Christmas gift and they worked perfectly with several of the cookie shapes. The paper is a fun DCWV Christmas stack that I found recently at JoAnne's.

I'd love to see what you've been making with Melanie's adorable stamp set. If you've taken a photo of your cards and added it to either Splitcoast or PaperCraft planet, share the link with us in Lee's discussion thread, so we can all see it!

Have a great night!

I think I might need to get a cookie before I go to bed .... *wink*

Jessica

Day 2 Sneak Peeks....

Good morning!

Today we're sharing the two fun stamp sets that Melanie has designed for us this month. The first one is called Have a Cookie! and she designed it specifically with her mother in mind. It's an adorable stamp set that is filled with images all about holiday cookie making - which is something that I love to do each holiday season with my kids.



I stamped the stars and hearts on Gina's new Luxury White cardstock in Black Memento ink and colored the images in with Copic Markers. And then because no holiday cookie is complete in our house without sprinkles, I added some diamond stickles to the centers of the stars and pink cotton candy ones to the hearts. I love using the clear stickles because your coloring still shows through the glitter.

I was so tickled to see that these Dress it Up buttons that I have had in my stash for a while coordinate perfectly with Mel's set. You'll see what I mean a little better when I share the other 2 cards I made with this stamp set during the release party. Yep, I'm a tease....



The second set Mel is releasing this month is called Tee Talk and it is an addition to her other shirt stamp sets: Little Tees and Just so Sporty. Even if you don't have the other stamp sets, you could easily find a use for this set. I pulled out my favorite 'paper doll' paper punches from EK Success to show how great they work with paper punches!



Several years ago, I fell in love with these paper punches and had to have them. I spent countless hours playing with them and had so much fun creating dolls to match people and kids in my life. Yes, I know I'm a little strange, but it was so much fun! I pulled them back out to make a couple of girl friends with special T-shirts.

The dolls are made entirely of paper punches - aren't they cute!? I added a few touches along with the stamps - Clear Rhinestones, some detail work with my favorite .01 black Sakura pen, and some rosey cheeks with a blush marker.

I hope you enjoyed my projects - now be sure to check out everyone elses too! It's so awesome to be part of such an amazing team...

Have a Cookie!
Gina
Carolyn
Donna
Melanie
Emily
Courtney
Erika
Kurtis


Tee Talk
Gina
Melanie
Asela
Erika
Donna

Thanks for stopping by and have fun blog hopping!
Jessica