A Bookmark for DT Day!

Hello Fellow Crafters!

Today, over on MelJen's Challenge Blog,  I get to share with you something I've made that is "anything but a card"! 

One of my favorite things to collect are bookmarks. I love them. Bookmarks with quotes, prayers, pictures, any kind of bookmarks. So I decided to share with you a sweet bookmark I've made. I've kept it simple, using two patterned papers for the background and a friendly little sentiment I stamped in Memento Ink on to a scrap I had. I punched it out using the scalloped circle punch from Stampin' Up! I used Apple for Teacher and colored it using my Copics, fussy cut it, then popped it up using foam adhesives.

I hope I inspired you to get crafty! Be sure to swing by MJD Challenge Blog for more "anything but a card" inspiration from the other DT Members!

Enjoy the rest of your week!

~Gina

White Out Challenge & New Release

Howdy Crafty Friends! 

Just popping in a post to share with you the newest Challenge over at MelJen's and a New Release!

This week's Challenge is White Out! With the exception of the colored image and sentiment, the card & materials should be white! It's certainly a challenge for me because I enjoy using different paper and many colors! :) 

Here's my creation to inspire you using Sweet Little Fox!

I colored him using my Prisma Colored Pencils and used my Cuttlebug to emboss the backgrounds and die cut my image. All my paper and the "for you" sentiment is by Gina K Designs. I used VersaFine ink for the sentiment.

Remember with MelJen's weekly challenge, you must use one of her images. Be sure to check out her freebies and $1 digi's  to get you started, but keep in mind, winners receive free images - no reason not to play along! Who doesn't love prizes?!

On to the New Release!

You can find these lovelies in the shop now!

And don't forget.. everything is ON SALE this week!!

Happy Crafting my friends! 

A New Year & a Sale!

Hey there, hi there, ho there!! 

I hope everyone had a great holiday! Between Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Years I've been running like crazy! I am ready to settle down now and get back into routine. I think napping will be part of my new routine! *wink*

So every year in my town I coordinate a Holiday Craft & Vendor show. This year was by far the biggest.. with 35 vendors! I spent $700 in advertising alone and I hope everyone did well! It was super stressful. I was pretty much MIA from October through December. I always had something on my mind, but it was a fun day overall and it's been a learning experience. This was our 3rd year. 

It all started 4 years ago. My girlfriend and I were chatting and thought it would be nice to have a craft show in our own town, after all, living where we do in rural North Dakota, we're always driving to go to shows. We put our thinking caps on and committed ourselves to it. The first year was a flop. lol!! 9 vendors and maybe 25 guests haha!! The 2nd year, my girlfriend backed out and I took the reigns. The show did really well. We had 23 vendors and about 300 people total come through. This year I handled all the details on my own again and it was pretty good. 35 vendors and I wasn't able to keep track of the guests, but almost a constant flow until the last hour or so. Plus this was out first year with Road Signs!! I think those made a difference. We had people coming in off the highway to visit, which was great advertising. It was fun, although stressful, but I look forward to this year's show!

 

 In Other News....

  Melissa has started a sale at MelJen's!! It will run for the entire month of January and is good on all digi's in the shop! Be sure to check back every Friday for our new releases!

January - now through the 31st, the entire shop is on sale 20% off. No code needed. Also, every order of $10 or more is entered to win a $50 gift certificate code to my shop. 1 random winner will be chosen & announced on Feb 1st. Multiple orders are good for multiple entries. :-)

  

Shop MelJen's Now! 

Until Next Post, take care my crafty Friends!!

Birthday Invitations!!

Hey Everyone!! It's almost the weekend and isn't it due?? I've had a long week. Lots of deadlines, projects & coordinating my town's craft & vendor fair has not been the easiest of work this year! 

I wanted to share with you all one of my projects. I was asked to design and create birthday party invitations for my daughter's friend. She turned 11 today and is having a birthday celebration next weekend. 

I used UPTOWN GIRL Ava Loves to Celebrate from Stamping Bella, Copics, Verafine Onyx Black for the sentiments & inside detail & lots & lots of paper!

 So, my idea was to create 3 different girls. The hair, dress & cake/gifts would all be different for each girl, but I didn't quite make it. Somehow both of the brunettes ended up with purple dresses. LOL! Don't-cha love it when that happens?! 

So then of course the blonde and red-head ended up swapping colors! :)

 All-in-All they came out super cute and very pretty! 

I totally loved working on these. 

Here's an image of the inside too. I made that match as well! I love colorful, matching insides. I think it really finishes off any card.

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The more, the merrier! :)   

Sketch it Out * New Release

Play along with us over at MelJen's Blog this week for a sketch Challenge and pick up some new digi's while you're there! 

My Card following the sketch:

New Release Sneak Peek & Inspiration

 
Hope to see you there!!

My Girl's Birthdays!

 Hello Everyone!

So my girl's birthdays are three years and one day apart. This year they turned 10 & 7. I decided this year to celebrate separate days instead of one day for both of them. They really loved that. Here are the cards I made for them. 

For Bri from Mom & Dad

For Bri from Grandma

For Alicia

I will be entering all three cards into the challenge at CMC - Bright, Fun Colors

MelJen's October 5th New Release!

As you all know I am a Design Team Member for MelJen's... and we have a new release today!! Swing by the challenge blog and see what the ladies have created, then pop over to the MelJen's store and get these cute images!! 

 Halloween Cupcake

Nermin the Fox - Trick or Treat

I will be entering Nermin's Trick or Treat Card into the Challenge over at Made Especially! (Halloween with a Banner)

MelJen's has a new Challenge up and running!! Anything Goes this week, so grab a couple of these new images, get creative and join us for your chance to win up to THREE images!!