Inspiration Hop, Day 2: Simple Snowflakes, Mistletoe Memories, Deck the Halls

Good morning!  The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas, and as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because  a few random comments will be chosen and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners, check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops.

The first set is Becky Oehler's Mistletoe Memories. This is a really cool two step set that allows you lots of different ways to arrange the mistletoe in addition to adding the berries.

 I really like the stitch detail around the leaves and berries.  I stamped the mistletoe in Memento Cottage Ivory and used Rhubarb Stalk to give it more color.  

Pattern is from Merry Little Christmas pack.

  

Cardstock is Pure Luxury Ivory and the new Christmas Pine.  I added a pierced detail with the Scor-Bug embosser to coordinate with the stitching in the image. 

 

 TIP: Do your Scor-Bug embossing on the back of your mat and flip to give it a raised bump, which is sometimes more noticeable than the pierced holes.

Next we have Simple Snowflakes by Tami Mayberry.  I love a "punchy" set like this, so I stamped them several times in the same colors as above with a 1 1/4" punch and arranged them on an ivory base.

I added a 1 3/8" circle punch of the new Christmas Pine CS to accent the center flake. I also added some small adhesive rhinestones.

  

 Our last set today is Beth Silaika's Deck the Halls. Do you love these two step ornaments, or what?

 This awesome print from the new GKD Designer paper pack Merry Little Christmas inspired the design and color, those little diamond bursts I thought went so well with the ornaments.

 I popped the cut ornaments over the stamped wire and used a scrap from another print in this pack to make a border. Cardstock is Pure Luxury Ivory and inks are Memento Rich Cocoa, Cottage Ivory, Love Letter, and Rhubarb Stalk.  TIP: Stamp the ornaments twice with different inks then snip them up or punch to paper piece for a two tone ornament.

 I also some added some adhesive rhinestones to bling up the details in the ornaments.

 Please see the rest of our team for more inspiration using these fabulous sets!  Don't forget to comment to increase your chances of winning a grab bag!

Gina K

Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Simple Snowflakes

Beth Silaika - Illustrator Deck The Halls

AJ Otto

Carolina Buchting

Carolyn King

Cathy Tidwell

Deb Felts

Giovana Smith

Jimmi Mayo

Lee Murphy

Lori McAree

Melanie Muenchinger (you are here, thanks for visiting!)

Michelle Woerner

Sharon Harnist

Suzanne Dean

Theresa Momber

Vicki Dutcher

Emily Giovanni

Tina Gilliland