Happy Holiday!

Happy 4th of July to everyone, no matter where you live! It's fun anytime there's a Holiday and a chance to take a break and be with family:) Ours looks like rain all day, but there will still be fireworks and some good fun.

SPandcompany has all my new stamps up on their store page if you like to see them. Have a wonderful day!

Great Designs!

Okay, one big post with all the stamps from the great designers for SPandcompany and for MarkerPop. No way I can say thanks enough:) I hope I didn't miss anyone, please let me know if I did!

A Big Thank You:)

A big thank you to all the wonderful designers who created such beautiful images for last weeks Blog Hop! I hope to have posted all the images over the next week for al to see. There is sooo much talent I couldn't put them all up at once, I like to take my time and enjoy them all:)

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

Hanging Holiday Heart Basket

Thanks so much for stopping by- especially those participating in todays Tina Wenke and MarkerPop Blog Hop. This is so much fun!

All of you amazing designers have been making so many beautiful projects

with our stamps and papers. I am truly soooo GRATEFUL!

Since I don’t have a die cut machine yet, I decided to keep my project simple- using hand drawn shapes as templates. I’ve included a digital pdf version of the shapes for you to drag and drop if you would like to try this project yourself J

First, I traced then cut all the shapes used from the papers this required 4 sheets of paper from the Holiday Combination Pack. Here’s a list of the papers I used;

-       Gifts (Small Heart)

-       Greenery (Small Flower)

-       Rejoice (Leaves)

-       Holly (Medium Heart)

Next, I traced the large heart shape twice on the piece of tan chipboard which comes with the paper pack to make the front and back of the heart basket. After I cut the chipboard, I used spray glue to attach the medium heart first to the board then the small heart next and added a stitching pattern with deep red color pencil.

Then I started on the holiday flower – I stitched all three layers of the flower with the button in the center to hold the flower together. Finally I added pieces of foam tape in between the flower layers to give them dimension and added more foam tape on the bottom of the flower to attach it to the hearts and did the same with the leaves.

I glued the bottom half of the chipboard hearts together with hot glue to make the basket. I curled black wire together with red beads to make the handle. After this, I attached the wire to the heart. I did this by poking 2 small holes into the chipboard with a push pin, pushed the wire through and twisted it back around at both ends. 

And the final touch was to tie a green raffia bow onto the left side of the heart right where the wire was connected to the board. Added some candy canes and I was finished:)

Materials Used for the Holiday Hanging Heart Basket;

            -WinterCard Making Papers Combination Pack

            -1 12x12 piece of Tan Chipboard (used to keep the paper pack flat)

            -Red button and thread

            -Foam tape

            -Hot glue

            -Black wire and red beads

            -Green paper raffia

Please stop by MarkerPop to see the full collection of my Stampavie Winter Stamps:)

Now, let's talk prizes!

We have donated a prize of 2 stamps (1 of my Stampavie Winter designs and 1 Spring design) plus a pack of my Winter Papers & MarkerPop is giving away a $15 gift certificate. One lucky winner will win it all!

How can you have a chance to win? Simple, just follow these simple steps:

1. Sign up to be a follower while you are here.

2. Head over to the MarkerPop Blog and sign up for an email subscription OR like us on Facebook (will have links).

3. Hop around to our designers & leave a comment on one or more of our Tina Wenke projects. For every comment you leave, you will receive an additional entry into our giveaway!

Sooo Cute

Today I have a wonderfully cute and very pretty winter card design from Samantha Peyton using one of my Stampavie Winter images "Alex In The Snow With Puppies". I love this design, it's colors, ribbon and especially the textured background, I think you will like it too:)

It's such a sweet card and so perfect for the holidays. The colors are very contemporary and beautifully painted. Samantha has a very detailed step by step tutorial with her creative process for this card on her blog. I recommend you stop by to see it if you can, it's both instructional and really gets 

the creative ideas flowing!

Cardinal and Pine

Cardinals are my favorite winter bird (well truthfully I love chickadees too) their red is so perfect for use on many backgrounds. And they all say "Holidays" even without the words. They stand out so beautifully on a cool winter's walk in the woods as well.

Michelle Oatman has created a wonderful rich design using a cardinal stamp and our Snowflake papers. Her colors are perfect with the buttons and ribbon and I love the placement of the Cardinal on this pattern. Michelle has such great attention to detail in her designs! I hope you enjoy this design as much as I do:)

Here is my stamp design for Stampavie's 2012  Winter Collection of a Cardinal for this years collection. I hope you like it!

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!

More Tina Wenke New Winter Stamps:)

Hi everyone,

I thought I'd show you some more of the new collection for winter from Stampavie.
These were so much fun to design and draw I can't wait to share all twenty with you!
Each one has a special place in my heart because I always love to draw from Holiday
memories of my own children who are now grown. Also, winter critters are my
absolute favorite critters of all.

"Cardinal on Pine Branch" I did not know, there are no Cardinals in France.

They are one of my favorite birds since they stay all through the winter:)

  

"Feeding Winter Birds" This little girl reminds me of my daughter Sarah, 

all warm in her new winter coat.

"Mouse With Stocking" This little guy makes me think of Christmas Eve,

all warm and cozy, waiting for Santa to arrive;)

xxxTina

Pysanke Egg Coloring Fun!

Pysanke Easter Eggs

This past week I was blessed with an amazing opportunity to learn the art of creating brilliantly colored Pysanky eggs. A delightful artistic couple in my community hosted a gathering. We learned a brief history of this wonderful Ukrainian tradition that began before the birth of Christ and is now a Lenten ritual in that country. We also learned the technique of creating them.

Many of these beautiful eggs are highly decorated with intricate patterns and symbols intended to bring the person who receives it love, health, fertility, or any blessing the artist wishes. Since we had a limited amount of time I chose organic shapes and abstract patterns because I knew I was going to make a lot of mistakes and they would be easily camouflaged. I was rather pleased with my results.

The technique works like batik where you work in reverse using layers of wax and dies working light to dark. Then finally heating the wax and wiping off the layers to magically reveal the masterpiece. It was soooo much fun!

If you would like to learn more about Pysanky eggs or purchase materials for creating them yourself visit www.ukrainiangiftshop.com. I think I’m going to invest in some supplies of my own and make it a Wenke/Pysanke tradition. LOL