Blog Candy Winners!

thank you everyone who entered the blog candy posts form the weekend and signed up to follow (or were already followers of) Richard and Miesje's fabulous blogs!

The winner from Friday is:
Kay S said...

Oh, yes, I follow Miesje! Such a talented cardmaker. She creates such lovely works of art and this is no exception! Thanks for featuring her on your blog!

July 29, 2011 10:21 AM

The winner from Saturday is:

Joan V said...

I am inspired by Richards work. I am now a follower of his blog.

Love this card. Thanks for sharing.

July 30, 2011 12:01 PM

Congrats to the winners! Please email me with your snail mail addy and I will send you a list of stamp sets to choose from. Please contact me ASAP, I am making a post office run tomorrow and would love to put your stamps in there!

Shoot, I forgot again! (Tie Dye Challenge winner)

I am so sorry I forgot to post a winner for my tie dye challenge, I got so wrapped up in getting ready for our previews last weekend! Oops!! :( Anyway, if you thought there weren't any entries or didn't post because you didn't want to "be the first", I actually (and unintentionally!) used a slightly different Mr. Linky widget so it doesn't display the entries, although you can see them when you click on it (and there were some), sorry if that threw anyone off!

The winner is Theresa Pollack, so adorable what she did with that little bear, the sign cracked me up! Thank you all for playing! Please send em you addy theresa and I will send you some little goodies! :)

Tips sheet for "Gifts from the Sea" coming up next, I have a few publication deadlines I am trying to prepare projects for , so I probably better not post any more challenges for awhile until i get my hand and more new projects under control!!

OOPS! My bad!!! Challenge Winner!

Yikes, I am SO sorry, with the busy weekend and birthday stuff I totally forgot to post the winner of my scraps challenge!!! (why didn't anyone tell me? LOL!) Thank you everyone for playing, I hope to post many more (and will do better about choosing the winner in a more timely manner, give me another chance, please!) so I hope you will keep playing!!!



The winner of this challenge is Melissa Cash, congrats Melissa! (you (and a couple others) gave me border punch envy!!) She created two gorgeous, coordinating cards from scraps as well as taking pics of her "mess" she had to work with (several other people did that too and I LOVED that!!)



Please send me your addy Melissa and I will put some fun crafty shtuff in the mail to you! (think buttons,bling and Basic Grey, oh my!!)



Have a terrific weekend I have some long post I am working on for you that have several pics to upload and edit so stay tuned! :)

Blog Candy Winner

Wow, I gotta hand it all my ladies who totally rocked the "Tech Talk" Blog hop on Friday night, every project was so unique and creative, I had a wonderful time hopping around! I know I was totally indpired, i'm sure were too! :)

The winner of the drawing for my blog candy is
Becky said...
wow..this is fabulous, I just love this pop up..YOu are just so creative. And thanks for the freebie

December 19, 2009 12:00 AM

Congrats Becky, please send me your snail addy and I will put the "Tech Talk" set in the mail to you ASAP!

For those of you who have not yet downloaded my desk template, it is still available in this post, as well as in the Idea Center on STV! please enjoy!

"Tech Talk" Winner!

and the random winner of the "Tech Talk" set from my sneak preview blog candy is....

Cammy said...
This set is awesome and I love your cards! I've made some fantastic friends on SCS and the pleasure to meet one of the girls & her family this fall. It was such a great day! Everyone had a blast -- husbands, kids & most of all moms.

(It doesn't hurt that hubby is in IT, so this set would be perfect!)

November 30, 2009 10:11 PM

Please email me your snail mail addy within 48 hours Cammy and I will send it out to you! I just loved reading her comment and everyone else's about the lifelong friendships you have forged through the wonders of modern technology! :)

I'm off to the party! please come, by now it's in full swing!!!

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!

Winner from the Gina K Blog Hop!

The winner from Wednesday's night hop is:

Juls said...
this is gorgeous I especially love the torn edge
September 10, 2009 11:24 AM

Congrat Juls! please email em your snail mail addy so i can send your "A Year of Leaves" stamp set!

If you have not yet seen the hop and challenge from PCP, be sure to scroll down!

And, another hop from the Gina K team, coming up tonight at 10 PM!!

A couple winners, then it's time to Party!

The winners of my two new sets from our sneak peeks this week are :

"A Year of Leaves" goes to:
joy said...
I would like to work with those leaves and some snow flakes - maybe from Gina K's Magic of Christmas, it has a tiny snow flake and white embossing powder. Hummmmmmm... I'm thinking.
August 24, 2009 10:15 PM


"School Sports, Spirit!"
stampqueen said...
My 2 kiddos have tried everythingdance, gymnastics were short lived but we had many good soccer years and at the same time they wwere doing karate - a couple years of softball/baseball and then last year it was swim team. This year looks like swim team again for my son and art club for my daughter.This new set of yours will fit right in on my shelf :)....
August 26, 2009 7:55 AM

Congrats ladies!! Please email me your mailing info so I can put your sets in the mail! Thank you everyone for playing, I so enjoyed reading all your comments and will surely be incorporating many of your ideas into my tip sheets! Stay tuned for those!

Come join us!! at the Gina K Release Party!!

Inspriation Mosaic Winner!

The new "Inspiration Mosaic" from my blog Candy in the sneak peek goes to:


Trena in Naperville (who) said...
Melanie! There are endless possibilities with your new stamp! It gives hope to those of us who are background challenged. :o)

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

July 27, 2009 11:51 AM

Congrats Trena! Please email me your snail addy and I will send your signed stamp set and a card I made with it to you! :)

Okay, I'm counting down the minutes to the party (10!!) and I jsut uploaded 40 photos of stuff I made with all our new sets (yes, I've been inspired!) this past week!! ( Oh, I won't share thm ALL tonight, gotta save something for the blog...!)

People are already partying, look! Hope you can make it! anytime bewteen 7 and 10 CST, and then the store is open with new goodies! :)

PS I will be posting my tip sheet here for the new set after the party, it's a GOOD one! :)

Happy Mother's Day! A few fun things for you....

First, the winner of the my Blog candy for the Paper Temptress Metallic Paper assortment is :

Denise (peanutbee) said...
Awwwwwwwwww! This is THE cutest!!
May 7, 2009 5:58 AM

Congrats Denise! Please email me your snail addy by Tuesday and I will have Patricia ship the paper out to you ASAP! :) Thank you everyone who left a comment, be sure to take a look around the Paper Temptress store the Metallic line is 25% this month and has 33 colors tochoose from!

Next, check out this "Mother of the Year" video! it's about ME! (don't worry, (G rated) and it can be about you, or the other moms you know! Pass it on! ;) Enjoy!

Last, be sure to check out the StampTV Stamping Lifestyle magazine in the next couple days, it will always be available for you to read, BUT there is a a three day only coupon code in there for Gina K Designs and it starts TODAY, don't miss it!

Have a wonderful Mother's Day! I can't share my project I made for my Mom yet, because I have a stomach virus so we had to cancel them coming in for a visit so I haven't given it to her (of COURSE she reads my blog) But it is a gift that would be fun for birthdays , Father's Day etc, too, so I will share that soon!

Tomorrow you'll be seeing a sweet treat, just in time for a baby shower, yum! and hopefully, I will be able to share some Mother's day treat i got fom my own kids, Jonathan has been busitng at the seam sto give me what he amde at school all weekend! :)

Later this week, I have been experimenting with my Nestabilities again and have some pretty cool things to share, can't wait!

PS Many of you wrote to me about the "babies on the brain wink": just to clear that up, it's becuase I have a baby set out and can't stop makign baby stuff, no other reason, I promise! :)

A Couple WINNERS!!

Sorry I took so long to post the winners of my challenges this past week, although I never said exactly when I would make the announcement I did mean to get it up earlier than this, not only have I been busy but it is has been so darn hard to pick a winner, there were several entries that really "spoke" to me, wish I had more sets to give out today!!

The winner of the T-shirt contest goes to Monique, I just love the elegance she brought to this ringer tee! Her black and white theme with a pop of lipstick red has such flair, and the embossing makes that print on the tshirt really POP! Congrats, Monique, you win my new "Tee Talk", please send me your addy!!
The next winner, who will be receiving my new "Have A Cookie" set, was asked to design a project with any of my other stamp sets: this goes to Laurie! That blue poinsettia is so beautifully colored and I love the silver balls she added to the center and the embossed background with it, gorgoeus, gorgeous!! Laurie, send me your addy, I hope you enjoy your "cookies"!

Be sure to check out these ladies' blogs, they have some terrific stuff posted there (click on their names for the links!) Again, there were SO many fun and beautiful cards, thank you everyone who entered!

Didn't win this time? There are 6 more WAYS you can win one of my new sets or your choice of any one other Gina K Designs set in the store! Just come to out to our release party and try to answer the (EASY!) contest questions (there will be three) and or do one of our three card challenges. You can enter as many of these contests as you like and they are equal opportunity contests, meaning the winner's are drawn at random! So why not participate?? Good luck!

The party starts in 3 hours!! See you there!!!