Lord of the Season blog hop!

Happy Friday!

Tonight we're showcasing Nina Brackett's gorgeous Lord of the Season stamp set in another GinaK blog hop! I adore this set of Nina's because the images are so fun to color - and the sentiments, well they're some of my favorites too!

(you can click on any photo to see a larger view)

My second card uses a partial image of Nina's - I just inked the bottom of one of her topiaries... isn't it pretty as a flower pot?




You can see that I had some fun with Nestabilities Pierceability dies on this card. I haven't used them before and this patterned seemed to work well with Nina's elegant images.


For even more ideas with Nina Brackett's Lord of the Season stamp set, visit her blog as well as the GinaK Idea Center here: Lord of the Season . Both Nina and Gina will be hosting a giveaway of this beautiful stamp set on their blogs tonight too - so be sure to leave a comment on their sites to be entered for a chance to win!

Then, check out these GinaK Designer's blogs who are joining in on the hop tonight:

Nina Brackett
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Lee Murphy
Melanie Muenchinger

Theresa Momber

September's Center Stage Spotlight Team:

Janice Melton
Joy Hadden
Kay Simmons
Lori McAree

and finally, Nina's special guest designers and friends:

Crystal Bernsdorf
JenMarie Taylor
Lisa Hjulberg

Enjoy hopping to all the links - I know I will!

Have a great weekend!
Jessica


Card Details

Stamps: Lord of the Season

Cardstock: GinaK white, rocket red, and sweet corn; Doodlebug patterned papers

Inks: Memento, Vivid tuscan tan (for shading)

Other: Nestabilities: pierceabilities and long rectangles; Copics; Flower soft; Sizzix leaf and butterfly dies; Prima flowers; rhinestone brads; sponge dauber; pearls; organdy ribbon; Stardust glitter pen; Paper piercer

Fall Topiary

Good morning!

It's Saturday morning and my daughter Ashley and I are watching cartoons in our jammies in my bed... how fun is that? Remember the days when cartoons were only on TV Saturday mornings? I used to love getting up early on Saturdays to watch cartoons but now, they're on 24/7 ... especially at my house! lol!

She is excited because she gets to spend the night tonight at my aunt's house (who is like a Grandma to her) which may mean that Brad and I will get to have a date tonight. Right now the boys are in the living room with a HUGE pile of Legos trying to organize and sort the thousands of pieces Isaiah has in his collection. (Now, you know why we girls are hanging out/hiding in the bedroom! lol!)

My card today is one that I made with Nina's beautiful new Lord of the Season stamp set. I LOVE her topiary images - this one is my favorite!

I used GinaK's new soft yellow cardstock and embossed it with this beautiful Cuttlebug folder. I use the Big Shot and have found that I can get an amazingly deep embossed look if I use the thin white tab (the shim that's included in the basic cutting mat) when I run it through my machine.

For even more inspiration and ideas with Nina's Lord of the Season stamp set, check out the Idea Center discussion here: Lord of the Season. You can follow the links in the discussion to see everyone's cards in our StampTV gallery there too.

It's going to be a great day! I was able to finish up my job list yesterday and even got several cards made for some upcoming blog hops. I'm looking forward to some more time in my stamping room this afternoon playing - I mean 'working!' *wink*

Have a great rest of your Saturday!
Jessica

Card Details
Stamps: Lord of the Season
Cardstock: GinaK Pumpkin, Corn, White
Ink: Versafine, Memento, Vivid tuscan tan for sponging
Other: Dauber, long rectangle plain & scallop Nestabilities, Copics, Flower Soft, SU ribbon, Cuttlebug Victoria folder

Day 2 Previews: Melanie and Nina's sets!

Good evening!

My first card was made with Melanie's new Hip to be Square stamp set. It's a large card - 5 1/2" square because Melanie's large grid stamp makes such a great focal image! I decided to stamp the squares on some patterned paper and punched out and layered to look like presents. The sentiment is from Theresa's A Very Merry Christmas set.

My next project is one that Ashley claimed for her own as soon as she saw it...

Isn't that fun? I used the clear box that GinaK's Assortment ribbons will be sold in for this Halloween treat container.

There are lots of possibilities with Melanie's new set - and I'm sure she has a thousand ideas to share with us for it!

Next up is another beautiful set from Nina Brackett called Lord of the Season. The images in her set are so much fun to color and embellish... I really had a hard time putting this set away once I got started with it.

My first project that I'm sharing tonight is a gift card holder ...


It seems that each Christmas I end up giving a lot of gift cards to friends and family - so this little die cut box is a perfect holder! In fact, I've made several of these this month with the different stamp sets being released - so look for some more samples during the Release party on Thursday night! I designed a gift card envelope that fits with the box, but decided not to make one for this set because this card seemed to match so well.

Isn't that an adorable tree? It's actually a topiary that I cut apart since that was too large of an image for my box. This image also has some ornaments on the tree, but since I used Flower Soft, the fluffy texture hid the details of the original image.

Finally, here's a card showing Nina's beautiful artwork...

Isn't that a pretty image? It's so delicate and pretty and was really fun to color.


Now, head over to GinaK's blog to add your comment to her blog entry for a chance to win the new stamp sets being previewed tonight our blogs!

Then, check in with the Illustrators of our two stamp sets featured tonight:
Nina Brackett: Lord of the Season
Melanie Muenchinger: Hip to be Square

And, here are the rest of the Design Team's links participating in the hop tonight:
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Cindy Lawrence
Donna Baker
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Theresa Momber

CenterStage Spotlight Designers:
Giovana Smith
Janice Melton

The release party will be on Thursday, October 1st over on SCS starting at 7:00 pm CST. Gina has started the party thread and some of the Design team have begun sharing peeks in preparation of the party! I hope you'll be able to pop in and say hi!

Tomorrow night we'll be previewing the new Holiday StampTV kit and her new video will be done using the new kit!
See you then -
Jessica

Holiday Gifts Card Supplies:
Stamps: Hip to be Square
Paper: GinaK white, black, and cranberry tart, Memory box patterned
Ink: Versafine black
Other: Clear embossing powder, EK Success square punches, GinaK ribbon, Nestabilities long rectangle, Sizzix large scallop square, Pearls, copic markers

Boo Treat Box
Stamps: Hip to be Square
Paper: GinaK white, black, sweet corn
Ink: Memento, Vivid pumpkin, taupe & straw
Other: square clear box, EK Success border punch, GinaK Ribbon & button, googlie eyes, EK Success circle punches, Marvy scallop circle punch, Family Treasures small scallop oval punch

Christmas Gift Card Box
Stamps: Lord of the Season, Rectangle Greetings
Paper: GinaK fresh asparagus, rocket red, black, white, and sweet corn
Ink: Memento
Other: SU Sizzix die, Flower soft, Marvy rectangle punch, SU ribbon, tiny rhinestones, Copic marker, Glitter pen, Cuttlebug Dots folder

Autumn Topiary
Stamps: Lord of the Season
Paper: GinaK white, rocket red, sweet corn, black
Ink: Memento, Vivid straw
Other: Nestability dot frame, copic markers, GinaK ribbon, sateen flowers