Sneak Peek: Inspiration Mosaic and Elegant Post

Last month's BIG stamp in "Arranged with Love" was a BIG hit, so you knew I had to bring you more large stamps for easy creating, right? My love of clean lines, bold prints, tile mosaics and fine art (the architecture and stained glass of Frank Lloyd Wright and the paintings of Mondrian), have all inspired my newest set for Gina K Designs: "Inspiration Mosaic". This geometric background works like a sketch you can turn four different ways to create structure on your card; the direction you take it from there is up to you! Be inspired! This set has something for everyone, to suit any style. The grid turns your paper into several "mini canvases" perfect for a variety of techniques: spotlighting your stamped images, easy color blocking and paper piecing to name a few. Choosing which samples to share today was extremely difficult! I went with some very simple ones to start, but I know you'll see some very different ones in our hop today! ;)

Above I've stamped it in Vivid Coffee Bean on Pure Luxury White and colored a few select areas with Copics (don't be afraid to leave some white space!) and stamped in some more little squares to add interest (the row of squares and single square are separate images). This gives the feel of stained glass or a gallery print, my husband (former architect) loves this card. I adore these earthy colors, the grid makes adding hues for color challenges a snap! Card base is Pure Luxury Green Apple (Pale Olive Copic is a beautiful match!), you will love this juicy new color!
Here it is vertically, I've stamped in Coffee Bean again on a sheet of Basic Grey Offbeat DP, now it looks like a floral screen. See how each part of the print is showcased in a pleasing way? I have a new "sketch" without having to do all that layering! All I had to do was add the sentiment (love how it's framed up instead of "floating") and a little white flower embellishment, and the little "brads" you see in the top and bottom corners are circle stamps in the set!

And last, I've turned it one more time and created this simple scene with some of Gina's "Tropical Flowers" branches in Memento Tuxedo Black on Pue Luxury White and a bit of sponging olive, yellow and rust inks, masking the "top layer" rectangles before sponging so my greetings would really pop. Isn't that serene, like you're looking out a window? The dashed lines are also in this set, these are fun to add anywhere you need a little something and can also be used like stitching. Card base is the new Gina K Pure Luxury Pumpkin Spice.

After a week of stamping with this frame, I've found creating easier than ever, and using it with a huge variety of stamp images from our collection!! Expect to see this set pop up in a few more peeks this week, it's really kind of addicting! :)

Our next peek is Nina Brackett's "Elegant Post", which features you guessed it, a post and lots of things to hang up! Here I wanted to add more plants to the scene to go with the potted flowers, and found Rupa's ivy from "Easter Blessings" was a perfect fit. I stamped my post in green to match the new Green Apple Pure Luxury CS and stamped the vine over it and colored with with Copics. I didn't have to mask it since the green colored leaves hide the green of the post!

I punched the threading water border on the side to allow my green CS Cuttlebugged with the Leafy Branch folder to peep through. Sentiment from the set is framed with Petite Oval Nestabilities. White is Pure Luxury.

For more projects made with the stamps previewed today, be sure to check out our other Senior Design Team Member's Blogs: Cathy Tidwell

Donna Baker

Emily Giovanni

Erika Martin

Gina Krupsky

Jessica Fick

Kurtis Amundson

Lee Murphy

Lynn Mercurio

Theresa Momber
don't forget to check out our CenterStage Spotlight girls joining us in Previews today: Sue Walsh is showing an Elegant Post card today and JenMarie Taylor has a card made with the new Inspiration Mosaic stamp set.

More peeks tomorrow!! :) What do you think of "Inspiration Mosaic"? Would you like to win it? Please leave a comment in this post telling me what colors, sets or techniques YOU would want to try with it first! I will announce a winner on Thursday! :)