Gina K. Inspiration Hop, Day 1: Holiday Frame Fillers, Framescape-Winter Trees, and a Video!

Hello and welcome! The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp release for December by our illustrator team! We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs! Today, we are featuring the stamp sets Holiday Frame Fillers, (by moi!) and Framescape- Winter Trees by Theresa Momber. You will be able to create amazing card projects using each individual set or by combining the images and sentiments from multiple sets from this release, so fun and versatile!

Please enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from our team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 Gina K Designs gift certificate! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

Ready for some inspiration? Below are a few of the projects I have created for today’s hop. (I used the Holiday Frame in all these samples for Holiday Frame Fillers, because there is SO much you can do with them together, but scroll down to the following post if you want to see some without it.) :)


Here is a video I made using the circle arcs and the two new sequin images.  (Now these are some fillers I will never get enough of! It was hard not to add them to every card I made today, but I resisted, lol!) I also show in the video how to create more than 30 wreaths with the different seasonal arcs in the set!  Here is the link to the pdf and on our StampTV Freebies page.

Isn't this Gold cardstock so pretty? And doesn't the stamped and stamped off Prickly Pear ink look shimmery, too? Love the illusion!

Next, a sample using Holiday Frame Fillers' new banner, dotted arc and scalloped border (don't you love that going all the way around?! Fancy!), plus some bits like the ducky and heart from Fabulous Holiday Fillers to fill in the little flags! And see the tiny triangles in between stamped in Ocean Mist? Just one of the FIVE two step elements in the Holiday Frame Fillers to accent the banner, so fun!

I colored in the Holiday Frame borders with Spectrum Noir markers and pumped up the dots with Caribbean Ocean Nuvo Crystal Drops. Cardstock is Gina K. Pure Luxury Peach Bellini and White.

And here is some Valentine inspiration with the bows, bears and the straight "pinking" border again, from Fabulous Holiday Fillers, to mix with the new pinking arc in the Holiday Frame Fillers so you can go all the way around the belly band! (stamped in GKD Red Hot) Just mask off the sides of the frame before stamping the long straight border. Cardstock is Pure Luxury heavy Base Weight White and I colored with Spectrum Noir markers PP6, BP3, DR2, BG5.

Last, I just had to share a flower wreath, this time with the Holiday Frame portrait style. Pretty self explanatory! I will demo one in a future video. Cardstock in GKD Pure Luxury Wild Wisteria (with coordinating ink for the frame and flowers) and White.  I filled in the flower centers by just dotting in a yellow marker, stamped the leaves in GKD Jelly Bean Green and added some Glass White Nuvo Crystal Drops for a bit of subtle shine and texture.  Greeting and bow are stamped in GKD Black Onyx.

Can you tell how inspired I am by all these coordinating sets? I was going to show a masculine design, but, I gotta save something for later. ;) Speaking of, here comes some masculine with ....

Theresa Momber's first Framescape-Winter Trees ! Well, you know I always love a frame stamp. :) This one won't leave my desk. I added in her mountains, rower and pond, and then sponged in some Fresh Asparagus and Blue Raspberry. I added some simple shadowing to the mountains with a Spectrum Noir IB2 marker. Last add the greeting. Cardstock is Pure Luxury White and Black Onyx.

And here is the one I showed at our release party, frame in a frame!  Oh, snap, they fit! Begin by stamping the Holiday Frame stamp FIRST. (Always stamp bigger to smaller.) Then nest the  Framescape- Winter Trees  frame inside. (You may get a teensy overlap at the edges but this will resolve when color the borders.) I made the square intersections of the frames slightly darker to resemble arts and crafts stained glass. I  thought this scene was perfect for that!  Finally I did some very simple sponging with GKD Ocean Mist and Fresh Asparagus to suggest sky and grass (no masking, the colors blended with the border coloring), and added the deer silhouette and greeting in GKD Black Onyx. Easy peasy!

I have so many ideas and sunrises and sunsets planned for this wonderful new set! More to come! Fantastic frame, Theresa!

Ready for more awesome creations?! Just click on the links below for more from Gina and the Cast & Crew:

Gina K
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber

Beth Silaika
Cathy Tidwell

Chris Dayton
Claire Brennan
Donna Idlet
Karen Hightower
Kendra Wietstock
Laurie Schmidlin
Sean Fetterman
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore

Don’t forget to pop over to the Gina K Designs Store and check out all of the new products available this month in the “What’s New” section at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.


Holiday Frame Fillers

Framescape- Winter Trees

Thank you for stopping by! See you back here tomorrow, same time! :)