Wing It with Gina K

For the May, 2019, monthly mix challenge for Gina K Designs, the prompt is "Wing It"

I have stacks of Gina K stamps, but I had nothing with wings. It took me a bit to come up with this idea using the beautiful Peaceful Roses set. I colored it with Copics and then die cut it with a butterfly die from Stampendous.

The embossed background folder is from The Paper Studio. I used one of my favorite techniques by rubbing some Gina K Jelly Bean Green over the butterflies on Gina K paper. Then I sprayed it with some sparkle spray.

The sentiment comes from the same set and was heat embossed. I added some faux stitching, some extra leaves from the original cut out butterfly, and and popped the sentiment strip. A round embossing ball on the back of the butterfly created dimension and then I popped only the body portion.

Thanks for your visit. This proves that you don't need to own everything to get the job done. Look at your stash and I'll bet you can join in this challenge too!

Cardinal and Embossing Folder

The optional twist for Twisted Thursday is Favorite Product or Technique & Why?

I don't know if I could call this a "favorite" technique as I love trying out new things on a daily basis, but I do like the added texture of embossing folders that have been swiped over with using an ink pad. I used a Darice embossing folder with trees, and the cardinal comes from our sponsor Anne's Digital Art.

I colored a simple base on the image using Copics and then added details using Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment, Friends, is from Altenew and white heat embossed.

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Head in the Clouds

Our sponsor this month is All Dressed Up. This week over, at Twisted Thursday, the optional twist is Double Embossing!

This adorable giraffe is called Head in the Clouds, and I just had to have him!

Zig Clean Color Real Brushes were used to color the giraffe. The embossed background is a Darice folder that was swiped with Powderpuff Chalk Inks for my first embossed element. For the second, the edges (cut with Penny Black's Antique Frames), I ran some of the chalk inks around the edges and then covered and heat embossed using clear embossing powder then popped the matted image. Some enamel dots (Large, Bella Blvd. and small, Whimsy), Nuvo red and black Crystal drops for the eyes and tongue, and a tiny glossed red bird from Memory Box finished up the card.



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Shared with: All Dressed Up Challenge

Jiggling Doggie Card

Our sponsor this month is My Creative Scoop. I selected this cute pup for the Tic, Tack, Toe twist over at  Twisted Thursday.

My row was
1. Thinking of you (sentiment)
2. Dry embossing (folder)
3. Brads (hearts)

I colored the doggie with Prismacolor colored pencils, cut him with my Scan n Cut, then popped him up using a jiggler from Art Impressions. The background paper is a Darice embossing folder that I swiped with Distress Inks. The sentiment is from a set called Smoooches from Paper Smooches.

Mindy, My Creative Scoop, has lots of Copic marker information, classes, and free digis like this little giraffe. Do pay her a visit!



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Christmas Ornaments on an Easel Card

This set of pretty Christmas ornaments was provided to us from the very talented Sandra Van Blaricum for our December Progressive Freebie Challenge over at The Outlawz. I created an easel card.

The Merry Christmas embossing folder was topped with Distress Inks. The die cuts were made a long time ago and I can't find the die any longer to tell you who it is from. Sure wish I could find it, especially at Christmas card making season! The Copic colored ornaments were cut with my Scan n Cut and some Nuvo Crystal Drops were added before popping them on the top of the card. The included sentiment was also popped up to hold the card open. Finally, the little Rudolph button was added for a touch of whimsy.

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Copic Colors Used

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Fall Greetings From the General Store

We are so lucky to have an image from Createful Hearts Digis for October over at The Outlawz Freebie Progressive Challenge.This image is called General Store and has such a nice inviting fall look to it.

I used Distress markers over an embossed folder from Darice, added a strip of yellow felt to the left side topped with a leaf from a Cuttlebug die cut (covered with Distress Inks and several Nuvo Drops in clear), and popped up the image. I added some clear gel pen over the windows and some Wink of Stella over the pumpkins. The fall greetings was created using my Minc and gold foil.

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Shorthaired Cat Easel Card

This month our sponsor at Twisted Thursday is DigiStamps4Joy. I am using the  Shorthaired Cat digi one more time.

Our optional twist is Anything Goes.  The background is an embossing folder swiped with Distress Oxide Inks, the cat was colored with Distress inks and colored pencils then popped up for dimension. The butterfly is a punch from Recollections, leaves from Tim Holtz, and sentiment from Paper Smooches. Ribbon and brads are from my stash.

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Boy in Dungarees

This month our sponsor at Twisted Thursday is DigiStamps4Joy. I used Boy in Dungarees, and popped him up on a panel embossed with lots of leaves since our optional twist is leaf or leaves.

I used Distress Oxides over the embossing folder and colored the image with colored pencils.

Thank you for stopping by. If you would like to become a member of The Outlawz and need any help, let us know. We have so many generous sponsors and great things that you can win.Of course, I would love to see you join Twisted Thursday and the Freebie Progressive Challenge, both of which I am on the design team :)

Shorthaired Cat on a Fence

This month our sponsor at Twisted Thursday is DigiStamps4Joy. I found this new digi, Shorthaired Cat, that I am having a lot of fun with. You may see him more than once this month!

Our optional twist is Fur, Fluff or Fins, so this was a good one to use. The background is an embossing folder swiped with Distress Oxide Inks, Mr. Cat was colored with Distress inks and colored pencils then popped up for dimension. The butterfly is a punch from Recollections. The flowers were made using Foamiran, and the gate is from Amy Design.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope that if you are not a member of The Outlawz, that you do so. It's a bit tricky to get around for the first day or two but gets very easy after that. There are lots of us helpful types who can make it very easy. We have so many generous sponsors and great things that you can win.

Also shared with: Digistamps 4 Joy 

Whale Hello from Paper Smooches

The June challenge for Paper Smooches is Men! I thought I would keep the color minimal and I selected the whale from the Huge Hugs set.

The waves were cut using a die from Queen Co. and then pressed through a Darice embossing folder. It was then double popped over black cardstock. The sentiment, is included with the Paper Smooches Huge Hugs set. I added a couple of white bubbles and some Wink of Stella over the black, Copic colored, section of the whale with a dot of clear Nuvo Crystal drops over his eye.

I thought this made a great masculine card. Thanks for your visit, and I hope to see you again soon!

Oswalda Goes Shopping

This week, the optional twist on Twisted Thursday over at The Outlawz is Stars. Our sponsor is Whimsy Stamps and I found this adorable goose, Oswalda goes shopping, all dressed up and ready for an all American holiday! She was the May freebie.

The paper is from Fun Stampers Journey. The embossed jar, swiped with Oxide Distress Inks is from Darice. The stars were cut from gold paper made with my Minc machine.

Copic Colors Used

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