Summertime Fun Giveaways:)

It's not too late to Hop and have a chance to win some great prizes from SPandcompany as well as MarkerPop:)

PRIZES:
We have TWO great prizes up for grabs.  One sponsored by MarkerPOP! and one from SP & Company!

Prize #1 - Sponsored by SP & Company:  1 Stamp Set and 2 Single Stamps of Winner's Choice all from the SP & Company - Tina Wenke Collection

Prize #2 - Sponsored by MarkerPOP!:  $20 Voucher to the MarkerPOP.com Store

HOW TO WIN:
Visit the blogs on the hop list below and leave a comment on their Blog Hop post.  TWO winners will be randomly selected from all comments left.  The more you comment on, the better your chances of winning!

Hop will run through Tuesday, June 25th at 11:59pm EST.  Blog Hop winners will be announced Wednesday, June 26th!

Happy Hopping!

1. MarkerPOP! Blog
2. SP & Company Blog
3. Amber
4. Chrissie
5. Danielle
6. Jenn
7. Kelli8. Marie9. Marlena10. Melissa
11. Michelle L.
12. Michelle P.
13. Tina14. Tracy

New Stamps!

Well, it's been just a little bit  (LOL) since my last post, but it's worth it now definitely to make a new one! I miss everybody and and am turning over a new leaf by really posting more and reading more. I love seeing what everyone is doing, it's just so hard to keep up!

As you can see, I've teamed up with Spandcompany.com to make some new stamps which I am really excited about! It's been so much fun to be able to create some new images and they some of my favorites. Now, Spand company.com has teamed up with Markerpop.com for a Blog Hop and Giveaway. Sooo sorry for the short notice because it ends tomorrow night, but you can still hop along and have a chance to win as well as see the new designs:) 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you win the giveaways!

xxxTina

Adorable Snowflakes and Buttons

I love this new design from Michelle Oatman's blog created for the High Hopes Challenge titled "Snowflakes and Buttons". First, it's the design and colors, second, the way she used the new "Snowflakes" Winter Card Making Papers is just gorgeous! Designers amaze me, how Michelle brought together these separate pieces so quickly and made such a wonderful image is wonderful:)

The blue buttons and ribbon with the way she used the papers are perfect. Using both for the main Christmas red background and then used the light blue star patterned paper as a border with the dark blue paper similar to the buttons as well as the gray edge of the card. And then, tying it all together with the blue gray ribbon.

I especially like the way she reversed the color of the snow patterned papers on the inside. Putting the red stripe of paper on the light blue is perfect!

Thanks Michelle!

xxxTina

Tattered Poinsettia

Another Beautiful Poinsettia Card design from Kittie Caraccilo. Kittie is able to make such beautiful Poinsettia's and die cuts to create such warm and stylish Holiday Cards:) This time she used our Poinsettia and Holiday Red paper and made it so elegant with the tattered poinsettia, greenery, ribbon and dies. Thanks Kittie, and I hope you all enjoy this design as much as I do!

xxxTina

Beautiful Card Designs

First, our thoughts and prayers for anyone affected by the storm, we will be watching and thinking of you. Hope you all our safe! We have been fortunate here where we have had only cold winds and some rain.
I wanted to post a couple very sweet designs by my friends Kittie Caracciolo and Michelle Oatman:)
They are wonderful designers and friends and have created 2 beautiful designs using our new Winter Card Making Papers. I can't say enough how much I appreciate these beautiful designs.

Here is Kittie's stylish and festive which she made adding a beautiful paper poinsettia.  She has a great description on creating the card as well as a wonderful tutorial on how to make the Poinsettia and Pine on her blog at http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/.

Next is just such a sweet card design by Michelle Oatman. Hers uses a High Hopes Stamp and is wonderfully colored using Copics Markers with the Winter papers. Michelle has a wonderful blog describing how she made the card and as always extras, such as her antiques and animals that are always fun to see:)

Hope you like these as much as I have!

xxxTina

Tina Wenke Cardmaking Papers

Enter our First Giveaway of our NEW Winter Card Making Papers! We've added a couple
of my Stampavie stamps just for fun, too:) There's 12 festive pages with 4 6x6 designs on
each page. These and more holiday products are available at the 2012 Tina Wenke Holiday Store.
To enter just "Like" and "Share" on my Facebook page . We'll choose a random winner after Friday, November 1, Midnight.
Sorry, North American residents only for now:(

xxxTina

P.S. Hi everyone, the Tina Wenke Store only sells the papers and not the stamps. Sorry for any confusion:( But, you can still win these with the Giveaway!

First Video Demo!

Hey everybody! Over the weekend I worked on my first video tutorial and posted it on my facebook page on how I paint with water color pencils. I painted one of my Stampavie Winter Collection stamps and made an ornament out of it. It was sooo much fun! It's not perfect- out of focus and very looong. But hope you'll check it out anyway. You may have to squint your eyes some and fast forward a little, LOL. It's not about having it all right the first time, it's a journey and learning as I go.

Not sure if any of you know this, but I work alongside my husband Mike. He's a graphic designer and he's the one who takes my artwork and turns it into something that someone can actually use. Also, he is a very talented artist himself. He sits silently in the wings allowing me to get all the credit. Mike inspired the filming and edited the video for me. An amazing jack' of all trades, Mike is not afraid to try something new.
I love video how-to's because "we" creative people are visual learners- we learn with our eyes and our fingers. My very best teachers were the ones who actually sat down and took the time to demonstrate.

Can't wait to work on some other projects and to share more of the fun things I have learned with you:)