Inspiration Hop, Day 2: Simple Flowers and Stamp it BIG! 2

Good morning! The Gina K. Designs Team welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Today we hope you are inspired with many beautiful ideas, and as you hop through our blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because Gina will choose a few random comments 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 few days after the hops.

First up we have the adorable Stamp it BIG! 2 from Carolyn King, follow up to her very popular Stamp it BIG!  You will love these large scale greetings and images.

Here is a single layer card using all these big honking brackets and arrows!  Isn't that fun? I colored in every other line after stamping the patterned arrows, and traced the outer edge of each to make them look dimensional.  Love this little birdie, he can perch anywhere!  I snipped out the heart from his wing to accent the "o" in You. I used the Gina K. Black Onyx ink for my brackets and bird, Ocean Mist for the greeting, and Sweet Corn, Grass Green,Turquoise Sea and Passionate Pink for the arrows.  All these new ink pads are getting a workout, love!!

 I've used the large greetings and butterflies on several cards so far that I've made with my new Pretty Patterns 2 borders, but I hadn't used her house yet and thought it might be fun to try to use the patterns in some different ways...this card was so fun to make!  I thought the herringbone border stamped onto the roof (I masked off the scalloped roof line and chimney before stamping) would make great shingles, and stamped it again in Gina K. Grass Green and trimmed to make a nice strip of grass to anchor it.  

 

I stamped my row of dots from my set to make a Red Hot Swiss dot pattern on the house, and then cut out the heart window to place the bird inside.   Finally, I wanted to show how great these big bold words will pick up texture when you kiss them!  TIP:  Choose a tighter pattern with more details like this herringbone pattern to get more of the textured effect when kissing and pick up more of the letters so it's readable.  After kissing it in brown, it was still a bit light after stamping, so I stamped it again inked up in Gina K. Red Hot over the first stamped image.  You can do that with clear stamps, yes! :)  I love how that pattern on the word ties in the stamping on the house and grass.  Card uses Wild Dandelion, Black Onyx and White cardstock.

Hope you like it, Cammie!

Stamp it BIG! 2

Next up we have Simple Flowers from Ms. Clean And Simple herself, Tami Mayberry! :)

 I managed to use every image in the Simple Flowers set AND EVERY *new* Gina K. Designs Premium dye ink pads (all 8!  Turquoise Sea, Blue Raspberry, Grass Green, Passionate Pink, Sweet Mango, Sweet Corn, Bubble Gum, Black Onyx)  that we just released on this card, how ya like them apples?  Don't they all go so well together?  I love stamping my own patterns, simple indeed. :)  Cardstock is Pure Luxury White, Black Onyx, and Sweet Corn.  I added a few small bling to the centers for sparkle.

I also was looking at these floral elements again last night and realized how lovely they would be stamped over some of my Pretty Patterns 2 for even more versatility,
I could put flowers with anything!  ;)  Isn't that so fun and girly?!
I I also stamped the individual Moroccan images on either side of the her punched tag to go with the border.  Cardstock is Pure Luxury White, Cherry Red. Ink  is Black Onyx, Chery Red, and Memento London Fog.  Victoria Cuttlebug folder.  I have so many ideas for these round elements paired with my square tile pattern border, too, eek!  So many patterns, so little time!

Simple Flowers

Now please enjoy continuing the hop with our Gina K. Designs design team!  Thanks for visiting!

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator of Simple Flowers
• Carolyn King - Illustrator of Stamp It Big! 2
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Beth Silaika
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Lee Murphy
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber