CSS Challenge Hop

Welcome to our first Center Stage Spotlight Design Team Blog Hop!

Jessica Fick, the Design Team Coordinator for GinaK Designs has issued a challenge to all of the past and present team CSS team members to make a Christmas card with one of these sketches:




So when Jessica ask last week if I wanted to be part of a special hop this week using her fabulous sketch and with a Christmas theme I couldn't say yes fast enough.  I so love Gina K Designs stamps and all of the ladies working for Gina, and her DT are all so wonderful to work with.  So on to my cards.

Card #1

I used Carolyn King's Warm Winter Wishes. I just love this snowman, he is so cute!  I colored him with copics and cut it out with my nestiabilities, before removing the paper from the die I sponged the background lightly with blue ink.

Card #2

On this card I used the poinsettia from Melanie's Muechinger's A Year Of Flowers.  I colored using copics and then cut the flower before attaching it to the white circle.  I colored the other edges of the petals with R29 and the center of the petals with R24, then I used the blender pen very heavy to blend the colors.  In this photo the swirl looks like little sivler beads, but it is a rhinestone swirl from Me & My Big Ideas.

Card #3

This is little note card I made using the same sketch.  It is colored with copics and then I added some glitter to the snow and candies.

Card details are at the bottom of this post, now make sure you check out the rest of the blogs you will not be disappointed.

I almost forgot to tell you that Nina will be giving some lucky commenter Hip to be Square!! This is a set designed by Melanie Muechinger, I have it and it is a must have set.  Good luck!

We know you're going to LOVE what everyone has designed for us tonight!



Here are the links for GinaK's Current CSS Team Members:

Gina Krupsky - Owner

Deb Felts
Diana S. Queen
Karen Knegten
Melissa Cash
Sharri Seffens
Sue VanDeVusse

and the links for all of the past CSS Design Team members participating:

Brenda Turner, (you are here)
Carla Suto,
Carolina Buchting,
Charlene Merrick,
Dawn Lusk,
DeeMarie Kelemen,
Geri Utterback ,
Giovanna Smith,
Janice Melton,
JenMarie Taylor,
Jennie Harper,
Joy Hadden,
Kay Simmons,
Linda Payne,
Lori McAree,
Melisa Waldorf,
Pam Imholz,
Selma Stevenson,
Shannon Bracken,
Shelly Wilson,
Sue Walsh,
Tina Gilliland

Some of GinaK's Senior Design Team Members and Illustrators wanted to get in on the fun tonight too:

Asela Hopkins
Carolyn King
Gina Krupsky
Jessica Fick
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Nina Brackett
Melanie Muenchinger

along with Nina Brackett's Guest Designer: Lisa Hjulberg

All of these gorgeous cards from the entire team will be added to the StampTV gallery throughout the next few days with the tag cssjf1 (which stands for center stage spotlight jessica fick 1)

These sketches are also our sketch challenge for this week, so be sure to check out all the information in the discussion in our Challenge group over on StampTV Thursday morning. We'd love to see your cards with the sketch too!

Thank you for stopping by,

Card Details

Card #1

Stamps:Warm Winter Wishes, Holiday Greetings- GKD

Paper: DCWV

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, copics

Copics: B00, BG01, BG18, C3, C5, C9, G09, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, YR04

Other: oval punch, ghost shapes, ranidots

Card#2

Stamps:A Year of Flowers, Holiday Greetings_GKD

Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, pretty in pink, old olive

Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, copics

Copics: R24, R29

Other: nestabilities, rhinestone swirl, silver pearls

Card#3

Stamps: Holiday Cheer_GKD

Paper: DCWV

Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, copics

Copics:BG01, BG05, RV21, RV23, Y13, YG03

Other: ribbon, glitter