VIDEO: Gerda Steiner Designs April Release Blog Hop + GIVEAWAY

Happy weekend all and welcome to the Gerda Steiner Designs April Release Blog Hop!!  I am SO excited to be a part of this talented group showcasing the adorable, OUT OF THIS WORLD release from Gerda Steiner Designs!


As soon as I saw these stamp sets I wanted to make a card inspired by the movie The Martian!  I used the little astronaut from the Blast Off stamps set and put him on a deserted planet all by his lonesome with the little Earth from the Alien Invasion stamp set in the distance.  This was my first time creating a galaxy background and I gotta tell ya, this technique is loads of fun!  And what really makes this scene special is the amazing texture on the planet that I got by using Ranger Texture Paste colored with Pumice Stone Distress Ink to create the ground.  Super fun!


So don't forget to check out the video and to hop along and see all of the fabulous inspiration from all of the designers:

2. Jessica Gerstner http://www.jesscrafts.com/

3. Julia Altermann http://just-one-more-card.com/

7. Francine Vuillème http://www.1001cartes.ch/
8. Tara Sell http://curlecues.blogspot.com/ <---- YOU ARE HERE!!!
9. Simon Hurley http://www.inklipse.com/

Leave all the designers some love and be entered to win one of THREE gift certificates to buy your own Gerda Steiner Designs goodies!  Each comment left before midnight on Sunday, April 17 will be entered to win!  


Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you love all the inspiration on the blog hop!  See you again soon!  Bye!


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118 comments

  1. How cute is that space guy. Loving these sets. Shannon shannonpratt66@gmail.com

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  2. Tara, this card is beyond adorable! Love your space background and the texture you added to the moon is amazing!

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  3. Love your background and video. Great card and fun stamps.

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  4. Oh my goodness, I love your moon!!!-Heather Clay

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  5. Hey, Tara, nice to be with you in this Blog Hop!! You can't imagine how much I love how you created the moon!! Cute cute card!

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  6. This is so AWESOME!! I love the texture of the "moon" and the flag the Earth in the distance. You knocked this card out of the atmosphere!!

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  7. Your moon surface is SO cool! Omg. What a great idea! Love your card, Tara! :)

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  8. Really cute card with a wonderful background....good job!
    Paper Hugs,
    Jan

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  9. Oh wow--you're using all my favorite things--distress inks, splatters, blending, texture paste and that DARLING stamp set--terrific card and video!

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  10. WOW! WOW! WOW! love all the texture you used (the "deserted planet" is fantastic). Awesome card!!

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  11. Tara, great card! I love your textured moon - it's outta this world! (Sorry!) thanks for sharing your technique.

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  12. What an awesome card!!! Love the design, background and how you put together everything. :o)

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  13. I was sold on your card as soon as I read that it was inspired by "The Martian" ... one of my very favorite books. That moon is seriously awesome! Wow. The entire card made me smile.

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  14. Wow anyone would love to receive this fun fantastic card. Love how you did the big planet really adds great dimension...

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  15. A very creative card and one that anyone would be delighted to receive. Tara, you always have a wonderful variety in the cards you make and share.

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  16. This is beautiful. I love the moon. This is a fantastic idea. You made it look so easy in your video tutorial that I think I may have to try this out myself.

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  17. Awesome card, loving the use of texture paste, thanks for inspiration!

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  18. amazing. I love the texture and the background. I also get Matt Damen and Mark Whalberg mixed up. will have to see the Martian.

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  19. OMG. I love the moon. Really cute idea

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  20. OMG. I love the moon. Really cute idea

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  21. It turned out great - I love all the texture and am so glad for the inspiration of the galaxy, moon, and the space suit (all new ideas)! That movie was great and this totally reminds me of it :)
    Lyn

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  22. great card thx for a chance to win

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  23. Love the texture you gave to the moon , super cute card Tara!

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  24. Que buena idea has tenido para crear la luna, la tarjeta es muy bonita

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  25. You did a fabulous job on this card. Everything looks so realistic, that moon, amazing! Thank you for sharing the tip.

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  26. Love how you made the planet the astronaut is standing on! That texture is great! Gorgeous galaxy BG, too!

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  27. the background is fantastic.. the little Astronaut are soo cute..
    Hugs, Katrin

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  28. Such a cute card!!!! Loved the texture you used on the moon....wow!!! Hugs

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  29. Great card! Love the texture for the moon's surface.

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  30. Amazing scene, your moon is out of this world!

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  31. What a great tutorial! I love how this card turned out.

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  32. What a fabulous card...the textures are amazing!

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  33. Oh my gosh !! What a terrific card. Love your little astronaut and the world in the background. Great job :) Thanks too for the video.

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  34. super cute card. I also love the texture paste look. Very cool!

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  35. Stunning scene,and stunning background...Perfect job with the moon and great coloring...LOVE Željka

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  36. Amazeballs!!! Awesome job Tara! So creative! TFS!!

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  37. What a fabulous card, I love this texture...
    Thanks for this Blog Hop.

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  38. Preciosa tarjeta. Esa textura la hace parecer muy real.
    Gracias por la idea

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  39. Gerda has the most amazing design team. All cards are done so well and all so different. This card as she said is so stinkin cute. The texture paste idea was so creative. I wish I had just a pin drop of the creativity that you have. The best I can do is copy, so your designs will be copied by me. Thank you so much

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  40. Awesome and creative! I love the galaxy sky, but I first noticed the planet - perfection! Great job.

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  41. Love that movie too!! and your card is spectacular!! I love that textured paste you used for Mars! amazing!

    Patti

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  42. Smart idea with the texture paste.

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  43. Such a fun card - and love the technique.

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  44. What a fabulous idea to use the texture paste for the moon!

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  45. Oh, Tara, this is amazing! What a fabulous textured moon! Fun, fun, Fun card!!! This has been an amazing blog hop for the new release...you are all doing a fabulous job highlighting these GSD stamps!

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  46. Amazing card! I love your galaxy background and especially the surface of the planet with the texture paste, that's really cool! Great job!

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  47. Love your card great idea on the planet thank you for sharing

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  48. Clever card! Thank you for sharing this great technique!

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  49. Wow, the texture of your moon is perfect! Fabulous card!

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  50. Awesome use of the texture paste! Love this card!

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  51. Awesome card! I love all the little details: the moon, the astronaut's suit and mask and especially the background!

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  52. Awesome card! I love all the little details: the moon, the astronaut's suit and mask and especially the background!

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  53. So cute! Love your work as always :-)

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  54. Super, super cute card! I really like the textured moon - what an brilliant idea. Thanks for sharing your creativity:)

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  55. Super, super cute card! I really like the textured moon - what an brilliant idea. Thanks for sharing your creativity:)

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  56. The texture of The moon is very original!! I love it!!!

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  57. your card is great! Love your moon and your astronaut and these stamps!

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  58. Wow the cards and designs just get better and better, love, love your card.

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  59. Oh wow! I love you to the moon and back! the texture paste idea was superb! Really looks like moon craters! Awesome card!

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  60. Fantastic card, Tara. Love the moon idea. Great stamp sets. Already bought one.

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  61. Oh my gosh, love the astronaut on the moon. So clever!

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  62. Absolutely out of this world cute! Thanks for the video.

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  63. A really fun card with a great use of texture paste!

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  64. Amazing job you did on the texture paste! Love the entire card.

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  65. I love yours the most..lol Spacesuit is awesome!

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  66. That is just the cutest card I've seen all day. Adorable

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  67. Such a charming card. Loved the textured planet! Goes great with these cutie stamps!!!!!

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  68. Super fun card - that is just awesome !!! :-D xxxx

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  69. Really cute card. That moon is awesome!

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  70. Love the whole card idea but that textured moon surface just blew it out of the Galaxy

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  71. I love the idea of using the texture paste for the planet/moon. Very cute stamps!

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  72. Awesome colors and texture on your delightful card! Love these fun stamps!

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  73. I just love these aliens more with every card I see!

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  74. Great card - and very authentic looking planet.

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  75. Wonderful card! I love how you created the planet texture using paste and ink! How inventive!!! Loved it!

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  76. What an amazing card! I love the texture on the moon!

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  77. To receive a card like that would tickle me pink.Sooooo nice.

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  78. What an amazing card! I love the texture on the moon!

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  79. You did an amazing job with this card! The texture of the moon is fab! And funnily enough I thought of the Martian when I saw it :-)

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  80. Love love love, how you did the background! Makes the digis used pop off the page.
    XO Nana

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  81. Your card is stunning!!! Love your background and your moon. Thanks for the inspiration. Hugs; )

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  82. Every card in this hop has been terrific...great stamp sets, too!

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  83. really great card......... thank you

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  84. This is REALLY cute!!! LOVE how you used the texture paste to add the moon! That is brilliant!! Love the background too!!!

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  85. Wowww great technique! Love it, so fun card!

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  86. Fantastic card. Loved your techniques with the textured moon and the space suit. :-)

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  87. I love it when I can see different mediums used on a card, it really helps to think outside the box! Thanks for sharing, I love your video tutorials!

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  88. what a super cool idea to use the texture paste for the planet!!! Love the card!

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  89. the planet is awesome with all the texture, and I am sure one of the aliens is hiding behind it!

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  90. All I can say is WOW!!!! Great job on the moon. I have never seen anything like that before.

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  91. What a fabulous card - super fun stamp sets! Love the background and textured moon☺

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  92. Beautiful card, the ground seems really real with this great texture. Galaxy background is stunning and the cosmonaut really cute. Thanks for sharing !

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  93. LOVE the texture on that planet! Soooo coool!

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  94. Love the cool planet you've created!! Such a fun and creative card :) tfs, hugs and smiles, Linda

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  95. LOVE your card! The texture on the moon and your color combos!

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  96. OMG... I absolutely love your card and how your moon turned out!!!

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  97. Your card is stunning, I'm loving the background and texture of the moon. :)

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  98. Love all the texture and dimension on your awesome MOON, and the way your galaxy turned out! Amazing card, Tara!

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  99. wowww...i love all in this card!!!!!!!...the astronaut is lovely...and the texture in the moon is amaizing!!!! really really a very good job!!!! thanks!!!!

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  100. Oooooh, me encanta la tarjeta que has hecho. El astronauta es una monada pero en tu tarjeta lo es aún más. Y la textura del planeta es muy original. Una tarjeta preciosa

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  101. Tara, your card is genius. Love it! Thanks. These stamp sets are definitely headed in my direction.

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  102. What a gorgeous card!!!
    My first thought was "One small step for a man..." ;-) its so funny and awesome!

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  103. This is really a great card!

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  104. Wow, your planet is amazing. Great texture.

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  105. love, love, love the card - great job on your first galaxy background and I love the textured moon. So cute and the stamps are so cute.

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  106. So gorgeous Tara. Love your texture!

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  107. Tara- look at all of your comments for this card!!! This is so awesome! The GENIOUS idea for the moon surface texture- out of this world...teehee! Love this card! So many elements but they don't take away for each other! Very professional!

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