Gilli goes Green

Hello Everyone!  Welcome to the newest Gilli challenge.  It’s Wini from LooneyBugDesigns with your Gilli inspiration project for today.  In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we would like you to use something Green on your project!  Pretty simple right?  Oh there are so many different ways you can incorporate green into your project.

My project features Jeans Gilli getting ready for spring!  While there is still a lot of snow on the ground here in Michigan, I am dreaming of springtime.  So I thought this would be the perfect project to bring a little spring time cheer.
Hop on over to my Blog if you are interested in more details about this lovely project.  But don’t forget to enter your GREEN project below for a chance to win a GREAT GILLI GOODIE!!  I can’t wait to see what you create!

Hugs, Wini

Winner:: Use Green Challenge!

Wow!  What an amazing number of entries in our Use Green Challenge!  We had 94 wonderful projects!  What a great way to end our second Challenge! Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter our challenge.

The winner of our Green challenge is...
Winner :: # 84 Jan Hunnicutt

Congratulations Jan you have won a Gilli Goodie Bag!  Please email houseofgilli@gmail.com with your mailing information and we will get your prize out to you!

Guest Designer–Patricia St. Martin–A Party At Gilli’s House!

Welcome to our first Guest Designer Post!  We are so excited to have the very talented Patricia St. Martin as our Guest Designer for our Use Green Challenge!  Be sure to check out her amazing work over on her her blog Rubber Stamping is my Game.  Check out the amazing project she made for us! 

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Gilli was very curious about Patricia and asked her a few questions.  Here is the interview:

Gilli: How long have you been crafting and what are your favorite crafts?

Patricia:  The very first thing I want to say that I'm so happy to be here and say THANK YOU for having me be the FIRST GUEST DESIGNER AT THE HOUSE OF GILLI BLOG. All my life I have been doing some kind of crafting. When I discovered rubber stamps it was in the late 1980's. I totally fell in love with stamping. It did not take long and I started designing and creating my own cards. I also started teaching at several of the stores in our town. I know that was my calling. I love to teach people anything when it comes to my creating. I can not say I never loose my mojo but so far I have not had a problem with coming up with ideas and I have several of my friends that come to me for ideas and I have not failed them. I can not put a couple of pieces of paper together and call it a card. I need to put my hard and soul into it, that is what it is all about. When I give someone a card I'm giving them a piece of me and a gift.

Gilli:  What do you like best about Gilli Stamps?

Patricia:  I love how the Gilli stamps are made. The rubber is a really good red rubber that is strong. They have a deep cute in the image so their is no chance to make a mistake when you are stamping your image on your paper so the Gilli stamps stamp perfect every time you stamp them. And that fact the Gilli's girls are so cute.

Gilli:  Tell us a little about yourself.

Patricia:  I'm retired. I love it!!! I'm married now 44 years. We have 3 wonderful sons. David the oldest still single, Kurt the middle who is married to Jessica and has given me 2 wonderful grandchildren Aiden age 9 and Emma age 5. Robert my youngest still single but has given me one grandson Isaiah who is 13. I have one stamp club I run we are called the  K-Town Stampers, we get together the first Thursday of each month we do projects, make and takes, makes cards for Soldiers last year we sent over 1,000 cards. I all so belong to another club and we are just a group of friends that get together and make all kinds of things. I could go on but I'm sure this is way to much now.

Thank you so much Patricia for your great project and for being our very first Guest Designer!

Would you like to be a Gilli Guest Designer and have your project featured here?  To be considered as a Guest Designer – you just need to enter a Gilli project into our current Gilli Challenge.  It is that simple!  We will choose a guest designer from one of our Challenge entries that used a Gilli in their project.  So ink up your Gilli stamps and show us what you make!

Gilli Rockability Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

Hello Everyone!  I'm so happy to present my card using Gilli Rockability ~ she's a cute Irish lass today.  I was so excited to make a St. Patrick's Day themed card, and it took me back to elementary school days.  My Mom used to make me, my five sisters and brother the best looking shamrocks to wear.  Her cute shamrocks with faces were made out of fabric; the teacher would always make a big deal, and my face would proceed to turn crimson as the class turned to look.  ....And now here's my Gilli celebrating St. Patrick's Day fun:

I used the following Copic Markers:  skin:  E00, R000, R00, R01 and R20  Dress:  G29, G28, YG17, YG11, YG03  Hair:  E19, E18, E17, E15 and E13.



I added Star Dust Stickles to Gilli's apron ~ available here.  My favorite adhesive for paper is the 1/2" Scor-Tape.  After searching the local stores for carnation flowers and finding none, I created some carnations out of tissue paper and then air-brushed them with Copics.  Thanks so much for stopping by today,  Ann  :)

Stole Gilli goes Green

Hi Everyone!  It’s Wini from LooneyBugDesigns with your GREEN project today!  I have to admit, green is not a color I normally use other then for foliage.  So…. when I saw anaRy’s Green challenge,  I was a little nervous.  But I do love to  St. Patrick’s Day and all fun I have with my kids dyeing all our food green.  Well I decided that If I can dye food green in March I can make a Green Paper Creation.

I decided to make a different sized project.  This card is 3x5 1/2.  Something different.  Stole Gilli is all dressed up for a St. Patrick’s Day party.  Her lovely green and brown dress with matching stole, cap, hair accessory, purse and shoes.  I love all her accessories.  Her pretty Irish red hair sticking out from under her cap is so cute!  I colored her with my Copic Sketch markers and added a few white highlights. 
I stamped the You and Me on a Frou Frou Tag and added a few Crystal Gems with my I-Rock.   Gilli is resting on a Color Me White flower (highlighted with a green Copic) and an Anglaise Lace Circle die.
I can’t wait to see your Green Project!  Be sure to enter it into the Inlinkz above this post – and remember you don’t have to use a Gilli but if you do you will not only get 2 entries into the random draw but will also be considered for a Guest Designer spot for our next challenge!!!

House of Gilli Challenge #2 :: Use Green!

Hello everybody!!! Here we are again with a brand new challenge for you!!! The very fist Gilli challenge was just so much fun!!! So let’s make this one a even bigger party…Spread the word! We have a few surprises!
House of Gilli Challenge #2 calls for one thing….easy breezy…USE GREEN! Yeap…put a little bit of this very eco friendly color in your creation and link over here! We will love to see you around!!! You can use any stamp for your creation BUT if you bring your Gilli you get DOUBLE chance to win! This is just too easy : )….just kidding…well it is : ).
Let me tell you now about my little project…St. Patrick’s day is around the corner and Gilli literally put on the TEE! Yeah she is dressed in green! Well, according to recent tradition you must wear green and be merry! Now if someone dare not to dress for the occasion ..you can pinch them! For real! Okay not too hard : ). I created this little Gilli St. Patrick card..that actually carry a little surprise…a cupcake!!!!!!!!!!! What is better then a cute cupcake with green buttercream to make someone happy? LOL…The cool thing is that this project idea can also be used as a nice place setting or a little goddie basket for your guest on a St.Patrick themed party!

Gilli tee was colored with copic markers…I cut the balloon card by hand and used K&Company papers and white pen. The little balloon basket is made of Sizzix bigz die cut…the basket was also decorated with copic markers..The little clovers were made from cardstock with  pattern that I created and cut by hand. All the sparkles… Stickles! I will be adding more details of this project on Gilli blog a little later today…
Now it is your turn to bring your green! No, no money here just a cute little project!! Please link you project using the inlinkz tool on the top of this blog. Don’t forget to drop by…we have a new inspiration from the DT team everyday! You don’t want to miss that!
See you around…we love reading your comments…and visiting all your cute blogs!
Oh yeah…I guess you want to know who won right the very fist Gilli Challenge…..lol…..
NANCY BROWN!!!
Nancy congrats and shoot us an email at anary@anary.com , please add House of Gilli#1 winner on the subject : )
Oh we will be choosing a honorable mention soon….and the lucky person will be invited to be a guest DT in the house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Yipeeeeeeee!!!

Huggies ,

anaRy

Gilli Spa :: Be Gooorgeous!!!

Happy Belated Singles Awareness day (feb 15)!! Yeah we have not forgotten you! I did not know that there was such a day! But I think it is marvelous! A day where singles get together and mingle and have fun! No attachments! lol Hey, I always said…better be alone then in trouble! So if you still out there looking for that someone or just opted out off the relations bandwagon…enjoy your day!!! Be gorgeous! Have fun!!! : )))
In honor of this very unique occasion I pulled out my little gal Gilli Spa! Humm…she looks high maintenance doesn’t she ?LOL Nah, she is a  good girl. I will tell you she reminds me that I need to take time for myself…and so should you! Be pampered…A little birdy (Zebra pattern fan ..ahem..hahah) told me Swedish massage is fantastic!!! Now I have to check that out? Have you had one? Let me know…
For this little card…I followed the little recipe prepared by buddy dt Suzanne…3 pattern papers, 2 punches and glittah…oh my word! This was actually a first for me… Come over later to my other blog if you would like to see a detail list of colors used :).

 

anaRy

 

 

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Join me at house of Gilli challenge blog. Be sure to stop by everyday…the design team will bring you a ton of ideas and a lot of inspiration…these ladies rock! I cannot wait to see what you will bring to the party!