Inspiration Hop, Day 1: Timeless Beauty and Have Faith

Hello, and welcome to our first day of inspiration hops for the newly released stamp sets and supplies from Gina K. Designs!  We are giving away a $50 gift certificate each day, all you have to do is leave comments on the blog as you hop through, the more comments you leave the more chances you have to win! Winner announced on Gina's blog June 14th.

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First up, we have Alicia's Timeless Beauty set. The new stencils Mermaid Scales and Leafy remind me of some of my favorite textile patterns, so I decided to use two on this card, blending GKD Blue Denim and Powder Blue inks over the scalloped Mermaid Scale stencil on a piece of white cardstock, next removing the stencil and stamping the image of the woman over the sponging in black, and then cutting it out to paper piece on top of the second stamped image on my card base.  For the background I used the same inks over the Leafy texture stencil.  I love how using both a light and heavier touch on the card makes such bold and yet ethereal impact with the contrast.  Lady is colored with Spectrum Noir markers. Top layers of the scarf are popped up with foam squares. I used one of the Life Changing Brushes for all of my blending.

Leafy

Ocean Minded card kit  (Mermaid Scale Stencil included)

For the next card, I used two generations of GKD Faded Brick and Red Velvet inks with the lip print to make this fun collage background, then colored the tube to match my favorite L'oreal tubes (or Yves St. Lauren if I can afford it! I wish!) with Spectrum Noir markers.  I thought it would be sassy to add the heart image from the new Ocean Minded stamp set from the new card kit in Red Velvet ink like it was drawn on a mirror in lipstick, and the tiny greetings fit inside the envelope so I stamped and cut one out and popped it up to add dimension. Cardstock is GKD Pure Luxury Prickly Pear, Black Onyx and White. 

Timeless Beauty 

Next up we have Emily's Have Faith set, and the greetings are so encouraging and work for many situations.  I first blended GKD Passion Pink and Stormy Sky on white over the new Art Deco stencil, removed the stencil and then stamped the sentiment in Jet Black Amalgam.  To make the greeting stand out more, and look like a sun rising triumphantly, I used the circle from the Sunshine stencil (in the Ocean Minded card kit , see photo above) to mask the middle and create rays above and below with the same ink colors and Sunshine Stencil and Life Changing Brush.  These stencils are really fun to layer and make new combinations!

On this next card, I gently blended some GKD Wild Dandelion ink over the Sun Spots stencil from the new Ocean Minded Card Kit like warm sunshine, and then stamped the sentiment in Jet Black Amalgam.  Cardstock is Wild Dandelion. How simple but effective.

 Have Faith 

Sun Spots stencil

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Next stop on our hop today is MINDY!

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