Show Me the Stamps Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Show Me the Stamps Holiday kick off!  For this month’s hop, several of the Gina K Designs Illustrators have brought together their design teams and guests.  Each illustrator’s design group has fun and exciting things to share using their stamps.

You might have noticed that I said “Holiday kick off” instead of just blog hop. That’s because this month is special. As you may know, we don’t always have a prize each month, but this month is one that we do!  The Gina K Designs Illustrators want to help you celebrate the holidays in style with some Gina K Design stamps!

For this month’s hop, we will be giving away a $50 gift certificate to the Gina K Designs store!

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on each of the Illustrators blogs.

Want an extra entry?

Become a blog follower of any of the illustrators and leave a comment letting them know you did. That’s up to 8 chances to win if you become a follower of each illustrator and leave a comment!!

Of course, you’ll want to check out the blogs on the designer list below, too. Why? Because I will personally be sending out a surprise gift to someone who comments on their blogs as well.

Now for today's projects!  Here's what I've been stamping with lately...

 First, I paired October's Stately Flowers 5 mistletoe and sentiment with one of my bestsellers from the past, Festive Frame.  Aren't they lovely together?  I stamped the frame in Rich Cocoa on Kraft cardstock and colored with Copics R22, R29, E13, E57, and G99. Mistletoe is stamped in Memento Pistachio, greeting in Rhubarb Stalk,  cut with a Spellbinders Decorative Oval die.  I added pearls to the poinsettia centers and card base is Pure Luxury base weight White.

Next I used the Mistletoe image again stamped in Memento Cottage Ivy on Pure Luxury Jelly Bean Green, and used a white Picket Fence marker to color the berries and CopicYG06 to darken the leaves.  TIP:  Use a 3/4" circle punch to create a chain of 6 openings in the green panel to stamp "kisses" inside ("under the mistletoe", you know??) :) Hold the punch facing up so you can see where they will overlap as you punch.   After punching (this is such a fun look and easier than having to adhere 6 punched circles!) place your white layer underneath and stamp the letters from Lots of Letters in Memento Cottage Ivy, Bamboo Leaves, and Lady Bug, alternating the colors.  Then pop up the green layer over the white with pop dots.  Love how these white round openings mimic the berry clusters.  Finally, add some bakers twine and buttons.Card base is Pure Luxury Red Hot.

Finally, I had to share something with Pretty Patterns, one of my latest personal favorite sets and one I had in mind for coordination when I designed Lots of Letters.  See how pretty the framed letters look nested into the stamped chevron borders?  And the greeting: hee hee! Just showing you some uses for numbers, not just for dates! I used Memento Angel Pink, London Fog, and Rose Bud on Pure Luxury White. Card base is Pure Luxury Smoky Slate.

You can also find more designs using my line of stamps (can't wait to see what they've chosen to use!) on the blogs of my stamping friends:

Carolyn King 

Cathy Tidwell 

Geri Utterback 

Tosh Leyendekker 

Karen Knegten

 Thank you, ladies, and big hugs for playing today! :)

When you get done be sure that you hop on over to the blogs of these Gina K Design illustrators to see what their designers have cooked up as well.

Becky Oehlers
Theresa Momber
Tami Mayberry 
Beth Silaika

Deadline to enter for the gift certificate drawing is 5PM Central time on Thursday. November 15, 2012—release party day! AND just in time for someone to do some exciting release party shopping when the new stamps become available at 7PM!

Check back here before the release party to find who the prize winners are and see the full reveal of my latest stamp set--Lots of Letters!

ALSO!! Be sure to come back Thursday too because the Gina K Designs Illustrator Team will be hopping again sharing a peek at our sets before the party. But this time we will be showing you peeks from the NEW stamp releases!

My stamp sets you'll see in today's hop!
 
Stately Flowers 5

 

Beyond Baskets 

Pretty Patterns

 

Stately Flowers 4

Stately Flowers 3