Sneak Peek Day 3: "Light of the Season" and "Heirloom Ornaments"

Welcome back to our final day of Gina K designs previews, we'll be partying before you know it! First up we have Nina Brackett's "Heirloom Ornaments", which coordinates with the Spellbinders Ornament dies. I will be the first to admit this card may be *wee* bit overdesigned, but I couldn't help myself, when the holidays are coming I gotta bring the bling! You can fill up a background with these bold graphic images quickly, here I used Vivid Inky Blue, Brick and olive and eggplant inks. One fun thing about these ornament shapes you can turn them either way, top or bottom heavy for different looks! Don't forget to add some sparkle with rhinestones and emboss the strings and toppers! Here is another view to show the sparkle. The set includes a little bow tie image but I used these different colored embroidery flosses instead to more color and texture. Cardstock is Pure Luxury Lovely Lavender, Red Hot, White and Silver Lining.

Our final set to preview is Gina K's "Free with Three" set "Light of the Season". This is a great holiday set with classic Christmas images and greetings, as well as... a menorah image and Hanukkah sentiment! I only have one person I make Hanukkah cards for, but that person is pretty important (my stepfather) so although I've never bought a complete Hanukkah set, it is SO nice to have these included when that time of year comes around! :) Traditional Hanukkah colors are silver and blue, so I started my card with Pure Luxury In the Navy, Little Boy Blue, White, and Silver Lining. These deep blues might seem a little less than radiant for "The Festival of Lights", but I'm going to use a couple little tricks to create the illusion of light.

I wanted to represent the 8 candles plus one in the menorah and I thought a gradient look with strips of paper for the candles would be perfect. I sponged the bottom of a 2" x 3" strip of Little Boy Blue CS with Inky Blue first, and then cut strips 1/4" wide, cutting the strip for the Shamash candle, which will be in the center, just a little wider. Then I spaced them evenly across my white mat and glued them down.

I embossed the menorah in Silver, filled it in with Stardust gel pen, and die cut it with a Classic Oval. A little sponging on the bottom of the focal point (not the top to create the effect that the flames illuminate above) I did the same for the sentiment which I die cut with a Classic Long Rectangle but left the embossed Hanukkah part unsponged to make the word look like it was giving off light. Just a few thoughtfully place rhinestones like flames above the candles and straight lines by the sentiment give the card sparkle and elegance but still have a clean, unfussy feel that can be very masculine.

I know my Stepfather is going to be crazy for this card! :) This is a great free set, thanks Gina for thinking of things like this!

Please see more samples of these two new sets from the rest of our fabulous Gina K Designs team!

Cathy Tidwell
Emily Giovanni
Gina Krupsky
Lee Murphy

Nina Brackett
Theresa Momber

and another fun blog hop with Carolyn King using the ornaments! :)

See you at the party at StampTV, Thursday Night November 4th, 7PM-10PM CST! Come for as much as you can, thanks for visiting today!