Thursday, April 29, 2010

EXCITING NEWS

NEIGHBOR, FRIEND, STAMP DESIGNER
AND
A REALLY BIG DEAL

NINA BRACKETT
OF
"CRAFTING IN CROATIA"

INVITED ME to DESIGN with her Brand New Stamp Set "VINTAGE BACKGROUNDS" which was Released by GINA K Designs last week. Now before you go running off to NINA's BLOG where I AM BEING FEATURED, wanna see what I created:

Is that Hounds Tooth not PERFECT paired with this old man from "You Know Your Old When" which is an older Gina K stamp set. Now LOOK CLOSER so you can see that I used another one of the New Stamps to stamp his Party Hat and his Tie! Isn't he Funny:
I just got plain carried away and decided to keep stamping so here are a couple shots off the inside and one of the other "VINTAGE BACKGROUND" stamps:


Help I'm Stamping and I can't STOP so I carried my theme on over to the envelope:

CHALLENGES:
DON'T FORGET about Nina's Challenge ends at Midnight tonight 4/29
Mo's Challenge #29: Masculine Card (so excited to get to participate this week)
2 Sketches 4 You: Sketch (I wasn't sure if the signature was part of the sketch so I added the label in place of Kazan's Signature)
Cute Card Thursday: Make your Own (Perfect!! I Made my own Patterned paper using the hounds tooth stamp!!)
Crafty Creations: Make your Own Backgrounds (SCORE Again)
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: Vintage (nothing more vintage than an Old Man)
The Crazy Challenge: Buttons, Brads & Eyelets: (I used 2 buttons)

............Supplies I used.............
Stamps: Gina K (Vintage Backgrounds, You know Your Old When)
Paper: Gina K (Autumn Assortment: fresh asparagus, chocolate brown), Stampin Up (naturals), Bazzil Basics (textured brown)
Ink: Tsukineko (momento black tuxedo), Copic Markers
Tools: Spellbinders (Nestabilities die cut label 7), Stampin Up (sizzix label die), Singer sewing machine
Misc: Paper Trey Ink (buttons, hemp)

24 comments:

Piali said...

WOOT!! Woot!!! Congrats girl....Lucky you!!!
Love this card .....you totally rocked it. Have fun creating with NINA's stamps..I love them... just have to win a lottery to get all..lol.
Funny thing ..you know I have that saying in a frame on my craft table..and my daughters giggle all the time..due to LUPUS and RA I always say this hurts that hurts, the day I won't say anything my 8 yrs old comes upto me and say MOM is everything working fine..lol.
Thats my fave sentiment.
Hugs`

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Congrats on your good news...
Loving the card hun that image is just fab...and you stamp away and keep making fab cards like this

Thanks for joining us at 'The Crazy Challenge' this week!!

hugs shell xx

~amy~ said...

Such a FUN card...good grief, check out all those lovely details on your card!!! Your coloring is spectacular..excellent job!!!

Danni said...

Woo-hoo!! Congrats! Awesome card!!

Cindy Haffner said...

Ohhh to funny. Congrats!!

Pat (mspfd) said...

Congratulations, Justine. Super funny and so true! Love the combination of stamps.

cnelson said...

sooooooooo cute!

Jane Wetzel said...

You lucky dog you! LOVE this crazy cute card!

Georgia said...

Great news! The card is too cute!

Lori said...

Awesome Justine! Fabulous news!!! This is a great card : )

Love and hugs ~
Lori

Laura Kirste Campbell said...

Two talented gals! You and Nina bring such joy with your gifts! Thanks for popping on over to my blog, glad you did! Nice to meet you!

Anonymous said...

Fun image, fabulous coloring, great card! Congratulations on being featured!
Hugs,
April

Elisa K said...

love that image... great card. thanks for sharing...

hugs
Elisa k

Nana said...

Briliant and funny! Love it! Thank you for playing "Crazy challenge" this week!
hugs Nana

Erin Smetak said...

I just got her set the other day! I can't wait to play with it! And I LOVE what you have done w/ it! I'm so proud of you! That is so incredibly awesome that she chose you to be on her team! Congrats to you! Well deserved!

Unknown said...

this is a great card, love it!!! thanks so much for playing along with us over at the crazy.
Trish

Anita said...

Congrats! Cute card!

Lynn Mercurio said...

This is such a fun set, and I love what you've done with it. Such a fun creation.

Helen F. said...

Oh this image is too funny, Justine! This is a great card. Love love love those background stamps. HUGE congrats on your feature spot, girl!

Maria Matter said...

WOOOOHOOOO! Justine, that is so awesome!!! Congrats!!!! You & your work totally deserve to be featured!!!

this card is hilarious!!!! and yes, that hounds tooth is PERFECT!

you so ROCK!!!!

Hugs & Blessings to you!

Unknown said...

om-gosh funny and darling! Love the colors :)
thanks for playing along with us at 2S4Y
:) Kazan

NinaB said...

I'm so honored to have you design with Vintage Backgrounds, Justine! It's no secret I'm a fan and I love your work. It's amazing how you can whip up vintage shabby and then do whimsical and other styles well, too.

Cheryl Walker said...

Woooohoooo Justine,and Congratulations gal!!! That is AWESOME news, and how exciting :)

hehehehe, I love this card...LOL Love the sentiments you used tooo!!!! Wonderful job hun!!
Hugs,
Cheryl

kado! said...

Congrats, how cool is that!

and what a cute card, love the quote!