You're Invited to a Party!

Good morning! Today the Gina K Designs Illustrating Team is inviting you to our release party tonight at 7 PM CST on StampTV! Really hope you can make it! We are all sharing a taste of the new stamps you'll see at tonight's release! Today I am showing a gift set of cards I made, because this year, I think a lot of my gifts to friends and family will be homemade ones! (Is that your plan, too?)

To help all the cards coordinate, I used 4 Pure Luxury cardstock colors, 3 inks, and 1 pack of coordinating Gina K Designs patterned paper (Sun Kissed Autumn, love these earthy colors any time of year!), plus copper brads to embellish each.  I made all the designs very different to give you ideas, as well as showing how to stamp out your greetings or trim letters individually as tags.

This was the first card I made.  Only after I finished did I decide to make a gift set, so I took cues from this design for the rest of my choices.   First, stamp circle images in Memento Rich Cocoa onto Honey Mustard.  Stamp letters inside.  Punch with a 3/4" circle (perfect fit!), then mount each on a 1" white circle. Doesn't that look sharp?  Adhere these on a 2 1/2"x 5 1/4" scrap of Gina K  Sun Kissed Autumn DP, I popped up every other letter to add more interest. Pure Luxury White mat embossed with CB folder Forest Branches. Three brass brads to embellish.  Honey Mustard base.

 Punch outs from Sun Kissed Autumn papers range 3/4" to 1 3/8" circles.  Cardstock is Sandy Beach and Honey Mustard.

 Base is Pure Luxury Warm Cocoa.  Circles stamped with Memento Peanut Brittle (stamped off for middle circle), and Toffee Crunch. I colored in the "o" with a Peanut Brittle marker.

 For this card I just used scissors to trim the white squares.  Base is Pure Luxury Sandy Beach.
 
 Pop them in a clear box and your gift is done!  (If you don't have clear boxes, you could also put them in a gift bag or tie them up with ribbon.)  You could just do all one design, or keep it even simpler making them all white bases for fewer supplies to purchase, but I like making lots of different designs so I don't get bored!  Which of these do you like best? Let me know!

TIP:   If you make multiples of several designs, you can mix them up to make multiple gift sets so each recipient has a nice selection in their box. :)

I can't wait for you to see the full reveal of Lots of Letters tonight at 7 PM CDT! (You're going to freak when you see aall the options you'll have with the shapes!)  All new products will be loaded to the store here at that time for you to get your shop on!

Now please visit the rest of our illustrators for peeks and inspiration for ALL the new sets:

• Gina K
• Becky Oehlers 

Beth Silaika  

• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber

Party starts today (Thursday), November 15, 7PM Central Time in the Stamp TV Release Party Forum. Join us for Challenges, Contest Questions, Design Team Samples, Full Stamp Set Reveals and, of course, party chit chat!!! Hope to see you there!!

Also, if you haven't yet entered to win the $50 Gina K Designs gift certificate being given away by the Gina K Designs Illustrators from our Tuesday hop, there is still time to to so. The deadline is 5pm Central this evening.  Simply scroll down to Tuesday's post for full details.