New stamps! a winner! and Quickie sewing!

The new release stamps are now available for purchase at Gina K Designs, see them all here! Here's of pic of newest releasse!!

Next, the winner of my "Hip to Be Square" new set from Monday's blog hop candy is:

Brenda said...
gorgeous card Melanie!!! I think that maybe yo have something for Valentine's day and maybe Easter.
September 29, 2009 8:56 PM

Please send me your snail addy Brenada and I will send you the set! Congrats! :)

I will be back shortly with my tip sheet, just adding a few very important tips! But here is a quick card I shared at the party , the first is CAS, see how beautifully the window frames the different parts of the pattern to create the look of lots of layers iwthout layering?

...and the second pic of it shows how easily you can create the look of beautiful stitching on your card layers with the many faux stitch images included in this new set! Simply line up the trim on your grid line block and stamp over along the line you want to sew, I did this whole grid with the zig zag stamp in less than a minute! DP is Basic Grey Junebug. Last I added a greeting to the corner and mounted on Pure Luxury in the Navy and Rocket Red with some paper flowers.

Thank you to everyone who attended the party; if you missed it, you can go catch up on all the fun here! :) More to come, have a great weekend!

Grandmother's Clock

Here is a simple card I made with Nina's "Special Fathers". I used Basic Grey Porcelain, Apricot Appeal and Regal Rose CS, and stamped the clock onto Pure Luxury White and colored with Copics*. I created the pieced border with my Scor-Bug and Scor-Pal, then used a brown pen to "connect the dots" and make this faux stitched look!

My grandmother had a clock very similar to this except it has a base to sit on a table instead of bring a wall clock, we had it in out living room most of while I was growing up. The ticking was so comforting, it became a like a heartbeat of the house: you got so used to it you didn't notice it most of the time, but then every once in awhile it would be so quiet you would suddenly noticing it hammering away, but it had there the whole time LOL! ahhh...memories...

Happy Sunday!

*BTW, would you like me to see other coloring media on my blog more often? I know not every one, has them, and here are so many great options I have, but I've had a hard time using anything else since I got the hang of my markers! It's okay to say yes, would give you a good excuse to pull out my others and give them some love more often... :)