Tees & Hoodies & Sentiments OH MY

Well...MelMel AKA Melanie Muenchinger of Gina K. is at it again! She is releasing a new set of sentiments to fit in the Little Tees and Just So Sporty sets and I am super stoked! I just can't get enough of these sets and LV the same! Here are a few cards made by both myself and LV as we get ready for the upcoming release!!! What do you think? Do you like these hoodie and tees? Look for the I {heart} my Tees banner and click on it! Also...if you're up for a challenge...buy some! ;) In the near future I'll be hosting an SCS swap for these in case you're interested!!!

This one here is one I made for a challenge MelMel is hosting to be able to win the new upcoming set. I made it for my mom as she is my super hero. Even though she's going thru what she's going thru...she is still full help when it comes to my dad. This woman is unbelievable! She also dresses like this...so I had to make something fitting...lol. I stamped the tee 3 times...once on the DP and twice on the Kiwi CS. I just trimmed here and there to put the outfit together! I also added buttons using flat back rhinestones. Cute huh?

Ugh...for some reason...blogger picture upload isn't cooperating with me...so these pictures are coming out HUGE so I had to manually resize! Sorry if the pictures may look grainy! Hope they get it together soon!!!

Here is a tee card LV made...I think I mentioned this one before...the one she made using glow-in-the-dark paint...it's adorable! She stamped the shades and then went over the eye part with the paint. Leave it in the light for a while and then shut off the lights and WOW...lol...it glows!!!

Now here is a hoodie card she made. Since she ran out of her shrinky dinks...she resorted to stamping a small guitar I picked up for her at ATS. Boy did she give me work on this one. I had to snip it for her! AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! It was horror as I had to do 6 of them...lol. Either way I love how this card of hers came out! Could you believe she giving ME coloring tips to "inner shade" as she calls it using Prismas??? Yeah...I can now hang my head in shame! LOL!

Prismacolor Markers used:
Supplies:

CARD 1~

CS/DP: PPirrouette, RRHood, Bright White from Wausau Papers, & Bella Rose DP

Ink: BBlack & RRHood

Stamps: Little Tees & Just So Sporty

Embellishments: flat back rhinestones & pink ribbon

Other: ScorPal, CB, & folder

CARD 2~

CS/DP: BGrey, BBlack, BWhite from Wausau Paper, & DCWV Rockstar DP
Ink: BBlack
Stamps: Little Tees
Embellishments: sheer silver glitter ribbon
Other: glow in the dark paint by Tulip

CARD 3~

CS/DP: BBreeze, C2Cocoa, BWhite from Wausau Paper, & DCWV Rockstar DP
Ink: BBlack & Prismas
Stamps: Just So Sporty & Guitar (vendor unknown)
Embellishments: brown and white polka dot ribbon
Other: jump rings

Melanie Muenchinger turns TWO!!! The blog hop!

Hello and welcome to Melanie's 2nd birthday as illustrator for Gina K.! I was lucky enough to have been a guest designer for Melanie's Tee Talk set. It combines PERFECTLY with Little Tees & Just So Sporty...2 sets I proudly own and even go with Wee Tees spotlighted by my good friend Laura Jean (you'll find her on the hop!). Thanks Melanie for stalking me...lol...on Splitcoast Stampers when I had my TWO swaps with your awesome sets! Thanks most of all for having included me to guest design for your set! Congrats on your two years! Here's to MANY more!

I made a quickie card for the hop because I'm fighting a cold...so my all was not into it! But here is a slide show of some of the work I've done with Mels sets!


Can you believe it...

Melanie Muenchinger is celebrating two years of blogging and illustrating for Gina K Designs, and today she has invited 25 designers and YOU to join the party! First hop through the following designers' blogs using every set she has created since January 2008, from the first to the 25th! Then go to Melanie's' blog to leave a comment for a chance to win a number of different prizes! So let's get hopping!

Here we go!

Just So Hippy-Charmaine

Just So Hoppy-Donna

What’s in Your Tin 1 & 2-Donna

Hip Hop Accessories-Bee

Jumping for Joy-Barb

Cuddles and Hugs-Jessie

Little Tees-Cat

Just So Sporty-Pam

A Year of Flowers-Theresa

Say it with Flowers-Selma

Selma X2

Have a Cookie-Carolina

Tee Talk-Gabby

Hand in Hand-Ally

The Best Things in Life-Shannon, Sankari

A Charmed Life-Cathy

Wee Tees-Libby, Laura Jean

Arranged with Love-Selma

Sporty Accessories-Tina

Inspiration Mosaic-Jennie

School Sports Spirit-Melissa

A Year of Leaves-Geri

Hip to Be Square-Karen

Festive Frame-Linda

Square Pegs- Lee


Finally, Nina and Jessica from the GinaK Senior Design Team have joined in, too! You can also get in on the hop yourself and increase your chances of winning a prize by creating your own project with any one of Melanie's sets and linking it in the Mr. Linky in her post, see full details here. Hope you can join the fun! Enjoy your first hop of the year!

Happy New Year everyone!

My brain is working overtime...

...so I made this card featured today! With everything cleaned and half way cooked for tomorrow...I have nothing else to do! The gifts are wrapped, the kids are cleaned and fed...so as I sat here bored out of my mind...I put my hands to good use! I had these designs in my head for Melanie's tee's last night as I went to bed. This is when I get good ideas...although sometimes when I wake up...I've forgotten! Not the case this morning! I drew out what went thru my mind and BOO-YAH...these creations came to life...and EXACTLY as I had seen them in my head. That's a new one! Usually what's in my head never comes out like what goes on paper...not this time!!! YAY...my inner Santa is giving me an early gift to unwrap! The other card I made I'm gonna out-pilot for New Years Eve...I'm SOOOO excited for you to see that one...so please come back then! For now...here's the card I made to share today! I'm sure many can relate to the sentiments...lol!

So you can't decide whether to be naughty or nice...well...neither can I! LOL! Hence this card! Santa will have to deal with whatever Gabby he gets tomorrow night when he come to drop off the goodies! ;) LOL! Hey...didn't I tell you these tees are so much fun to play with??? You gotta get them if you don't have them...you will NOT regret it! I promise! And I'm not saying it because I was a guest designer for Melanie...I'm saying it cause I mean it!

Here I stamped the first tee on to Ridin' Hood Red, then the next on Kiwi Kiss, and the last on Bright White then colored in with Prismacolor "Buff" for the flesh. Notice the cleavage? ;) The naughty tee had it's sleeves cut off to make it sexy looking and gave it a neckline...down to there...yeah! Then I hand drew the Santa belt and went in with the Liquid Applique' to create the puff. The nice tee I colored in the sleeves with Prismas and stamped the trees from Studio G (December). Added some Stickles and WA-LA insta Christmas tee!!!

I bet you're wondering where this "energy" came from...well...it came from going to Maria's blog! She's always making these gorgeous creations and they're always so bold and "full"! Maria was my upline when I was a demo...she also became my friend when I found her on eBay and invited her to my MSN card group. Her work is EXQUISITE! It's thanks to her that I grew in my stamping abilities. I hadn't visited her blog in AGES...but thanks to the newly discovered widget...the following one...I decided to jump on over!

Anywho...I hope you've enjoyed this blah blah for the evening...lol.

Prismacolor markers used:

Supplies:

CS/DP: KKiss, RHRed, Bright White, & Christmas DP SU 2007

Ink: BBlack, KKiss, RHRed, & Prismas

Stamps: Little Tees, Tee Talk, Twisted Sentiments, Studio G (December), & ...and then I said!

Embellishments: sheer white ribbon, gold cord SU, & Liquid Applique'

Others: Scalloped Edge punch, circle punch, scalloped round punch, white gel pen, daubers, & Crop-A-Dile

Hugs,

Gabby

GO, FIGHT, WIN!!!

Yes...I even did it pumping my fist in the air! I am such a Trojan and with weekends game whoppin' they gave to the Buckeyes...I had to make me my USC card to display on my desk! I used Melanie's Just So Sporty NEW set! As soon as I saw it...I KNEW I had to have it! This set is so cool and comes with SO MANY PIECES to work with...it sure is a bang for your buck! I stamped the hoodie twice...once on Summer Sun and another on Robin Hood Red. The background is a pattern I found thru Google pictures and just copy and pasted to print out. I also broke out my CB dies for this one! I hadn't used the dies in a while...so why not dust them off for this card? LV nicely pointed out to me that it looked like it said SUC (as in suck) on the hoodie...LOL...but I don't see it! :P Kid! *rolls eyes* Whatcha think?

Supplies:
CS/DP: SSun, RHRed, & printed BG
Ink: BBlack, RHRed, & SSun Marker for higlights
Stamps: Just So Sporty & Little Tees
Embellishments: Bling & Grosgrain ribbon
Others: piercing tool, paper snips, Photo Corner pinch, & CB Sliders Die