Inspiration Hop Day 3: Lots of Dots, Darling Divas, Petite Borders

Good Morning! The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to our final day of fabulous Inspiration Blog Hops! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas for our newest sets, and as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the winners, check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.

Today we are sharing samples with Beth Silaika's Lots of Dots, Debbie Corbari's Darling Divas, and the new Free with Three Petite Borders set.

I mixed Lots of Dots with Debbie's Mommy-to-be Diva, who can resist a fabulous lady with a bump? (look for more diva samples I'll make with the other cute sets later this month!)
 
Pardon my very very dirty block, took this photo on a whim!  Just wanted to to show how I stamped the border of large dots in Gina K. Powder Blue ink, then rotated it 180 degrees to stamp off the lighter blue shade of dots neatly between the first set to create that look.  Last I added just a few stamped hearts from "Mommy to Be" to the lighter dots and then picked out some buttons from the Singing the Blues button collection over the dot of the same shade.

 Cardstock is Pure Luxury White, Kraft, and Powder Blue.

  Next, here are a couple fun, quick cards made from stamping out the Lots of Dots rings of dots in different Gina K. ink colors (Red Hot, Ocean Mist, Honey Mustard, and Dark Sage), punching with a 1/14" circle, matted with 1 3/8" Pure Luxury Black Onyx CS circles, and then layering them over my new A Year of Flowers 2 daisies and sunflowers stamped in black.  

Aren't those dots fun as centers for these flowers?

Finally, a super simple card with Petite Borders, the Free with Three set!  

So versatile!  I really like using long stamps like these to make pretty ribbon even wider and fancier.  Greeting and frame is from Poster Board Sentiments and sunflower is from A Year of Flowers 2  (and the matching Studio cut file) No coloring!  Gotta love classic black and white. 

 (Yes, I totally made this card in five minutes)

 And of course, it is perfect for adding a really sharp detail to any card when you need a little something, or just want to fancy it up!

Lots of Dots

Petite Borders

Mommy-to-Be Diva

Day at the Park Diva

Serenity Diva

  

Now please check out more designs and inspiration from our team for these new sets, and
remember to leave comments for more chances to win the prize from Gina!

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika – Illustrator Lots of Dots
• Debbie Corbari - Illustrator Darling Divas
• AJ Otto
• Carolyn King
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger-you are here, thanks for visiting!
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Valerie Stangle