A woman who works with her hands is a LABORER; a woman who works with her hands and head, a CRAFTSMAN; but a woman who works with her hands, her head and her heart is an ARTIST. ~ Louis Nizer
Hello! Today I'll show some very simple ways to create some
adorable signage for puppies to hold, perfect for filling out your layouts and
frame up all the fun sentiments in the Puppies Galore set. You will love using
the different paws to change up the poses, the variety of this versatile set
just expanded again! I also share some simple coloring. Gray puppy card also uses the Hugs Mini stamp set. I love the extended paws on this one to really convey that big HUG! Have fun getting sassy by varying up where you position the head and paws, it will make such a difference, I promise (paw-mise!) Please enjoy! Thanks
for watching!
Supplies:
Gina K. Designs Puppies Galore stamp set
Gina K. White cardstock
Gina K. Jet Black Amalgam ink pad
Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: IG5, IG7, TN6, BG4, fine line
black pen
Optional: scissors, sticky notes for masking, rectangle or square
dies
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Hello! Today I'm sharing how to make these fun and easy "Furever stamps" with my new Puppies Galore set and postage themed images from my Stately Flowers 11 set!
We'll mask and sponge to create depth and a postage border before stamping and some simple coloring and shading with alcohol markers. Please enjoy! I hope you will subscribe to my channel.
Gina K. Designs Puppies Galore, Stately Flowers 11 stamp sets
Gina K. Peach Bellini and Jet Black Amalgam ink pads
Gina K. Pure Luxury White 3 3/4" x 5" and Peach Bellini cardstock
Sponge dauber, Gina K. Acrylic blocks or MISTI, Gina K. purple tape
Spectrum Noir Markers TN6, EB6, EB3
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Good morning! Welcome back to our April release! Today we are showcasing Gina's Elegant Asters Kit, Hugs and Wildflowers from Lisa Hetrick, and other wonderful new goodies! We hope you are inspired as you hop through our team's links today, we've worked super hard to share our ideas and creations with you! Please leave comments with your feedback for chances to win a $50 gift certificate to Gina K. Designs! It is not required to comment on every blog, but the more you do, the more chances you have to win! Winner will be announced on Gina's blog April 19th.
Here is everything you get in the Elegant Asters kit! These colors and images will take you right from Spring into Summer!
Here are 4 cards I made by putting the flower in the MISTI and stamping it out four times in Jet Black Amalgam, on 4 squares of colored cardstock from the kit cut the same size 3 1/4" square. Next, cut them all in half and then half again, and piece them back together for four different focal points! I used both the stamped greetings, Smile stamp from the new mini kit in the same font, and the new scripty "hugs" die to make these. Such great colors in this kit! (I know I already said that, just..!) I used a white gel pen on all the centers and to make the script on the colored cardstock pop.
Next, I wanted to add the kit's gorgeous butterfly and greeting from the kit to my Open Book frame. Cardstock is GKD White and Tangerine Twist. After coloring and shading one to look like an illustration on the page, I die cut the second one to really take flight from the book.
Next up we have Lisa's lovely Hugs and Wildflowers! I love two step flowers so my vision was to do those line art images in Prickly Pea like a gold, with clear embossed bold flowers over them to resist the blue ink and show those delicate yellow details of the flowers.
Unfortunately, last embossing sesh I must have put the clear powder cap on the white EP jar, ooooops, and it covered up the line art when heated! (In my defense the powders look pretty similar!) Anywho, although the card didn't turn out quite how I planned, but it was pretty close, enough to keep going! I sponged on the Sea Glass and Blue Raspberry ink, then added a few more silhouette stamps in the blue inks or a more layered look. I did an ombre on the greeting inking in Wild Dandelion and Prickly Pear to look like shiny gold,and although pretty, it was abit hard to read in the yellow, so I stamped offset with the Jet Black Amalgam. Love the contrast here! I noticed this stem-y border was the perfect length to stamp in my Triple Play Frame, so I stamped the border in GKD Jellybean on the Soft Stone stamped frame. I added the two- and three step stamps in GKD Jet Black Amalgam, Dusty Rose and Coral Reef, then inked the leaves in Jellybean and rolled in Fresh Asparagus.
The circles in the frame spotlighting her greeting and help me place remaining floral elements for a balanced design. Cardstock is White and Coral Reef.
Here is one with the new mini stamp set, Hugs and one of my puppies!
Hugs Here is a sample with another new mini set, Spring Joy! The way the animals are rendered reminds me of stuffed animals or squeaky toys, so I just had to give another one of the pups, colored like my friends beagle, something to play with! Cardstock is Lemon Drop, Black Onyx and White.
Spring Joy Now let's go see what the rest of the team has for all these fabulous new products! Shop all the new goodies here.
Good morning! Welcome to our April release hop! Today we are showcasing my Puppies Galore set, For the Gradfrom Beth Silaika, and other wonderful new goodies! We hope you are inspired as you hop through our team's links today, we've worked super hard to share our ideas and creations with you! Please leave comments with your feedback for chances to win a $50 gift certificate to Gina K. designs! It is not required to comment on every blog, but the more you do, the more chances you have to win! Winner will be announced on Gina 's blog April 19th.
So I got requests from all over for a DOG stamp after Open Book came out, and honestly my first thought was, "Huh? I get it they like dogs but dogs don't really sleep on open books, it's kind of a cat thing..."*, but I looove a challenge, and honoring your requests as our schedule allows! Thanks all of you asked because I love the result so much! SO. MUCH. This companion to Open Book is also an amazing stand alone set. One dog image just wouldn't do. While there are different breeds of cats, a single cat image can be pretty representative of *most* people's furry felines. Not so much with dogs, they all look REALLY different! I just had to come up with lots of different ears to change up not only their look, but their personality and mood. You'd be amazed how different the same ears can look when they are down, up, or both UP AND DOWN! That's a lot of exclamation points for one paragraph, but I AM EXCITED! ARE YOU?
I love how expressive dogs' eyes are, and how they use them to reflect pure joy or adorable begging/guilt. You can capture any emotion you need with these puppies. Who wouldn't forgive your belated card with this face? Nobody!
I don't color the images I illustrate until the stamps arrive, and I gotta say I am really enjoying how leaving a lot of white space on these dogs (nose, tummy, paws, etc) makes your coloring more realistic looking and gives the dog more personality and individuality. Less to color, woo hoo!
Here is my walk thru video last night with tips for stamping the elements, including a very *minimal* coloring sample you'll love and explanation of the interactive puppy book mark shown below.
(I over/understamped a few things, because I was super hurried to get to the facebook live, I didn't do these screw ups any other time with this set than when I was filming. Of course! Mea culpa) Peek...
I love those shaggy spaniel ears!
Here, I'll save your place for you...
Don't you just want to go make about a hundred different dog bookmarks now to stick in all your books? Whether you're in the middle of one or not. Just for company.
(The Princess Bride is a good book. William Goldman is so funny. More detail than in the movie (which is one of my favorite movies) Although Robin Wright's Buttercup is much improved, imho. Buttercup in the book is kind of a ninny from what I remember)
Both heads work on the dog that is sitting up. Heads can be tilted at an angle. As I demonstrate in the video, best way is to first stamp body (so the feet are straight and grounded with the edge of your mat), then add head (choose your angle!), then add ears, THEN add accessories. Coordinating ears are near each other, but a few can be mixed to look like the same ears but one up and one down. Add accessories last.The accessories in here are TO DIE FOR. On this masculine yappy birthday card, I paper pieced the bow and hat with a plaid patterned paper. Doesn't he look smart and ready to PARTY? Base is GKD Honey Mustard.
The samples I've shared so far are to represent different coloring options or breeds, but I'll end with a card I made to look like someone's *actual* puppy, my bestie Carolyn's toy poodle Brett! Furball dogs get their own head topper and ears. :) He really is this big next to a book.
Cardstock is GKD White and Sea Glass.
The stippling coloring is easy to do and makes it oh so curly, and of course you'll be getting a video for that, too. Referencing her photo, I drew on his shirt from before coloring his body. You'll have endless fun recreating your friends' dogs (with no shortage of inspiration, because you know people post more pics of their dogs on social media than pretty food or their kids!)
BRETT, the Wonderpoodle (has his own Instagram. Natch)
(This is more than I usually show on the first day, but how could I possibly choose? Pick a favorite among puppies? As if...) Next up, we have Beth's For the Grad set! Really useful not just for the graduation elements (when really nothing else will do because you NEED a grad card! Accept no substitutes!) but also for the dates, banner and circle frame elements AND all the encouraging greetings you can use year-round! The sky is the limit!
Next year I will have a TON to make because JONATHAN and his friends will be graduating high school, ack! (He was in kindergarten when I illustrated my first set!) But here's one early, I'm ready! GKD Blue Denim and Soft Stone and Stormy Sky for our team's royal blue and gray, GO KNIGHTS!
I also had to throw the cap on a doggy's head from Puppies Galore because my younger son Will is promoting from 8th grade (high school next fall! ohemgee) His school has a dog mascot, so this was perfect! (Their color is purple, too, hence the Wild Lilac collar and cardstock) You could also put the diploma in the puppy's mouth or under his paw! The numbers are easy to line up, and I really appreciated the "20" being a single image as I will be making NO cards in 2100 and beyond, that saves me *loads* of time! (especially with 2020 next year, see above!!) You can use these year numbers with my mini calendar in Stately Flowers 12 as well. Here is one where I used her circle frame to highlight the greeting from the new Heart Mini Stamp set, along with the heart outlines in the set and a sprinkle of dots from For the Grad for confetti, using several bright Gina K. ink cubes. Such a festive addition on any card! I sponged in some GKD Red Velvet after masking the circle frame and added a little GKD Crystalline Drops on a heart in the middle. Cardstock is GKD White and Sea Glass. Now let's go see the rest of the team creations! Thanks in advance for your comments today, tell me your favorites! (Or, tell me about your dog, you know you want to...) Shop new products here. Gina K.
* Actual quote from Carolyn, while discussing my dilemma and agreeing with me: "No, dogs don't sleep on books, because they are smarter than cats. Dogs sleep in their beds" (Texts a photo of Brett in his bed)
Hello! Today I am sharing how to plan and add the mini calendar from my Stately Flowers 12 set to the Open Book frame to create an interactive calendar you can add to cards and gifts for just a few months or a full year! I shared this simple threading technique in my previous Page Turner video, but I show it again here. Have fun adding any images in your collection, ones that coordinate with that month's season or holiday, or all flowers or another category to create a themed calendar like I did in this demo, or paper piece to make each month for bright quick color. For the sake of time, I do not demonstrate coloring today, but for coloring samples and tips on these particular flowers, please watch my playlist for Stately Flowers 12. Thanks for watching! Supplies: Gina K. Designs Open Book, Stately Flowers 12 stamp sets Gina K. Jet Black Amalgam Ink pad Large or Small MISTI, scissors, needle and thread that matches ink, foam mat for piercing, acrylic blocks, scratch paper or sticky notes for masking coloring medium of choice We have an awesome release planned for you next TUESDAY night, the 16th, mark your CALENDAR, haha! The new set works with Open Book, and fulfills a request I got from SO MANY of you! Can't wait to share, it's a ridiculously fun set to play with! Have an excellent weekend!
