StampTV CSS Inspiration Blog Hop

Hello it is time for another StampTV CSS blog hop. You should have arrived here from the fabulously creative Cheri, if not be sure to start the hop over on StampTV.  This time Karen found this fabulous Canvas from Art.com for our inspiration.

Here is my take on the inspiration.

 I picked the colors to use as my inspiration.  Then I textured each piece with a different embossing folder.  The hot air balloon is from Eclectic Summer, the sentiment is from Mountain Wilderness both from Gina K Designs.

Your final stop on the hop is Betty.  Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (February 14), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!

I will be entering this card into the following challenges
StampTV Friday Free For All: Something that moves
CPS: day 10 sketch


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Happy Birthday

This is a card I made for last Friday's Free For All Challenge on StampTV. This time Lee challenged us to use one of her pins from Pinterest for inspiration. I have been following Lee for some time now on Pinterest and she has a ton of wonderful pins to pick from. I picked this for my inspiration. I used two of Theresa's sets, Happy Camper and Mountain Wilderness both from Gina K Designs.  I sponged the sky and ground by masking them off and then colored the mountains with copics.  The bears were colored with copics and then cut out.  I messed up a bit on the ground so the bears are hiding some errors. I have been slowing working on this card for a couple of days as time has permitted (busy work week) and was finishing it up today when I saw that Theresa had posted a card where she had stamped the sentiment on vellum and then torn the edge. I really liked and had to give it a try on my card.   I am also entering this into Let's Ink It Up's challenge-Anything goes with no digi's allowed.  Thank you for stopping by.

StampTV CSS Alumni January Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to another StampTV CSS blog hop. Hopefully you have arrived here from Betty's blog. If not be sure to start at the beginning Here on StampTV so you don't miss any of the beautiful creations from the rest of the CSS group. Today we are using this sketch that Melissa Cash designed for us.

Here is my first card.  I used the butterfly from Dogwood and Butterfly and the sentiment from Follow Your Dreams, both sets from Gina K Designs.

For my second card I used Mountain Wilderness From Gina K Designs.

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (January 17), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!  Your next stop is Carla.  Thank you for stopping by.

The CuttleBug Spot- WinterScene

Hello, The Cuttlebug Spot challenges are back after a holiday break. This time the challenge is to create a winter scene and to use texture,Use texture like felt, buttons, string, ribbon etc.

For my card I used Mountain Wilderness Theresa's latest set from Gina K Designs.  This is a fabulous set for creating scenes.  If you come by my blog often you know I do enjoy creating scenes.  I started by sponging in the snow drifts by masking and sponging with distressed ink weathered wood.  With the mask still in place I stamped the trees and mountain.  I finished it off by adding the deer and grass.  The "moon" is a button that I had in my button jar that just happened to match the ink perfectly so that is what I added for my texture.  I am not so sure I like it, but I have to step out of my comfort zone and give it a try.

  I hope you can play along with us. Now make sure to check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the design team.   Thank you for stopping by.

Lone Wolf

Happy Sunday! I made a card using Theresa's latest set from Gina K Designs called Mountain Wilderness. Theresa made this card using it and I was so inspired by it I had to make one. My card is a pretty close to Theresa's I changed it up a bit. What a fun card to make.

To make the card I started off by masking the ground in the front as while as the water. I then sponged the ground with memento tuxedo black ink and for the water and sky I used memento danube blue and paris dusk. I used a post it note to mask the moon.  The trees, wolf and sentiment are stamped in black. Finally I finished it off by using copic N5 to add the shadows of the tress. I will be entering this card into the following challenges.

1. Craft a Scene: Anything Goes
2. Simon Says Challenge: Something New (stamp set)
3. Creative Inspirations: With Thanks 

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