Inspiration Hop, Day 2: Lots of Lines and Poster Board Christmas

Good morning!  The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas, and as you hop through our 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 full list of winners, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hops.

 First up, we have Lots of Lines by Beth Silaika. You can make stylish cards in minutes with these big bold images and greetings.  I made this card for a teacher at school with a fall birthday using Kraft and Dark Chocolate ink.  Substitute stars for a male recipient if you want to man it up a bit!

I used just a few adhesive rhinestones to accent butterflies' bodies and greeting and add sparkle.  
Tip:  Roll the edges of the square stamp on your ink pad to pick up just the outside of the image for more texture and variety.

 

Next up we have Poster Board Christmas from Becky Oehlers, a lovely two step set for the holidays.  I stamped the wreath in Prickly Pear and added the dots in Faded Brick.  Stamp the sleigh and reindeer in Dark Chocolate and then some score some lines above and below to frame it up.  I added some double stitched 5/8 Pure Luxury Kraft ribbon before adhering to my Prickly Pear base.  I used two tiny rhinestones to accent the hat and Rudolph, just color one with a red Copic.

 Now please enjoy hopping with the rest of the team for more inspiration for these two beautiful sets!

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika- Illustrator of Lots Of Lines
• Becky Oehlers - Illustrator of Poster Board Christmas
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Valerie Stangle

Inspiration Hop, Day 3: Weather or Not and By the Sea 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 lovely By the Sea 2 by Theresa Momber.

I sponged in this order on Pure Luxury White, using all Gina K. ink pads: Sweet Corn, leaving the very center of the white mat open, Sweet Mango layered around the yellow, Red Hot out to the sides, and finally Cherry Red on the edges. To create the horizon, I placed a piece of scratch paper across the middle and sponged on more Cherry Red along the mask's edge, leaving the center unsponged (is that a word?), to create a huge, bright reflection of the setting sun.  Before removing the paper, I carefully sponged the teeniest bit of black over the Cherry Red to deepen the color, but so this *very* sparingly.  Next stamp the silhouettes: look how crisp and opaque the new Gina K. Black Onyx ink is!!  TIP:  To reflect the pier, I inked the stamp up in Memento London Fog and stamped it on acetate to create a reverse image, then lined it up below the bridge and pressed.  I added just a few a wavy lines for waves with Memento Rhubarb Stalk marker and Ranger Picket Fence White.  Base is Pure Luxury Black Onyx.

 Here is a simple card I showed at the party.  You don't have to make a sponged scene or do a lot of coloring to enjoy the images in this set.  Paired with more graphic elements you have quick and easy CAS!

Next up we have Weather or Not by Beth Silaika.  Like these big puffy clouds and all the weather sayings you know and love.  You can use these images and sentiments in any season.

 I added some tiny rhinestone precipitation (wouldn't raining diamonds be amazing? but maybe hurt a little?)  I also used my silver Sakura Glitter pen to go over the dots around the clouds (silver lining, of course)

I used my new Pretty Patterns 2 set to create this colorful background with Gina K Grass Green, Red Hot and Innocent Pink pads,  and Memento Tangelo and Danube Blue. These colors were inspired by a super bright chevron dress I just bought. (Yep, you can totally see me coming!)  It's fun to use this border to imply lightning or precipitation in a very stylized way.  I also used the ginormous arrow from Carolyn's new Stamp it BIG! 2 set to accentuate the greeting and for an extra pop of color, cute right?  I love arrows, have I said that?! (And I love mixing sets, all three being from this release!)

Here is another, with the umbrella, pieced with a pattern I stamped from the herringbone in my Pretty Patterns 2 sets and stamped onto one of the cut files backgrounds. The umbrella (and boot) is such a great image for paper piecing.

Here are the sets we showcased today:

By the Sea 2

Weather or Not 

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

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika - Illustrator of Weather or Not
• Theresa Momber - Illustrator of By The Sea
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Lee Murphy
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Tami Mayberry

Day 2 Inspiration Hop: Elegant Florals and Sentimental Holiday

 Good morning!  The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas, and as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because  a few random comments will be chosen 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 couple of days after the hops.

First up we have Theresa Momber's Elegant Florals (clear and rubber. I love these long stems!  One of my most popular posts recently was a CAS card I made with the colored lilies, but today I wanted to to share some inspiration from one of the set's bold silhouette images. Even with their delicate details, they make for really awesome graphic cards and work beautifully with modern elements, check it!

First I stamped a background with my Lots of Letters set with the long strip of rounded squares going down on white CS, first in Memento Toffee Crunch, then Cantaloupe, Tangelo, and finally Morocco. Next I stamped out some of the individual rounded squares in the same colors, cut them out and adhered them with pop dots over the stamped background to mix up the colored pattern and add dimension.

Now stamp the sentiment and leafy branch in Memento Rich Cocoa.  I also stamped just a bit of the branch to one more square to make the pattern dance and repeat around the card.  Isn't that gorgeous? Base is Pure Luxury Sweet Mango.

TIP:  Stamping the first line of the sentiment in the white space between the stamped pattern makes it easier to read.

Next up we have Beth Silaika's Sentimental Holiday 

(clear and rubber.)  These sentiments and bold images make creating holiday cards a snap.

 Base is Pure Luxury Red Hot.  Stamp sentiment on Pure Luxury White in Memento Rich Cocoa.  I stamped the star in Bamboo Leaves centered over the & and then did some scoring with the Scor-Buddy though the points of the star and around the mat. I layered this onto Dark Chocolate Pure Luxury.  DP is from the GKD Merry Little Christmas Patterned Paper pack.

I added a few more adhesive rhinestones to embellish the mat and the star print on the DP.

Thanks for visiting today! Please enjoy hopping for more inspiration with these two terrific sets with the rest of the 

Gina K. Designs team.

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika – Illustrator Sentimental Holidays
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator Elegant Florals
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Inspiration Hop, Day 2: Take Note, Wicked, and You Say Goodbye and I Say 'ello

Good morning! The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas four our newest stamp 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 Gina K. Designs Grab Bag that could have anything from stamps, to paper, to embellishments! To see the list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!

These note cards in Tami Mayberry's "Take Note" set are so fun for the kids!  I saw the happy and sad face and decided to show my son he made the "nice list" this year.  (But I'll wait til the week before Christmas to let him know just in case, squeeze out some more good behavior!) I had some of this fun DP from last year to layer under it and showed the boys' names checked off! (I didn't have the heart to say any real person we know was naughty, so I put "Mr. Krabs" from...do you know?) :) Last I trimmed and punched out some choice bits from Fresh Asparagus CS embossed with the Cuttlebug Congrats folder. ("so proud" and "you did it!") I hope William likes....Base is Kraft and mat is Cherry Red.

 

The "You Say Goodbye and I Say Ello" cut file is so cute with Becky Oehler's images, and when colored or paper pieced, they look already matted!  The cut file is also handy for flipping the word bubbles when you want them going a different direction for your design. Note I didn't stamp the word bubble for "Bonjour", just flipped the cut out from the file.

The "You Say Goodbye and I Say Ello" cut file is so cute with Becky Oehler's images, and when colored or paper pieced, they look already matted!  The cut file is also handy for flipping the word bubbles when you want them going a different direction for your design. Note I didn't stamp the word bubble for "Bonjour", just flipped the cut out from the file.  I used a Decorative Edgeabilities on the lacy patterned paper, and then used the tiny pieces that fell out to make some hearts (dabbed with red Copic). Cardstock is Pure Luxury White, Kraft and Black Onyx.

 

Absolutely adorable, Becky!

Next, Beth Silaika's Wicked silhouettes are perfect for creating spooky scenes!  I started with Pure Luxury White cardstock and sponged on Memento Cantaloupe ink.  I clear embossed the star pattern and the sponged over Rich Cocoa at the top and bottom.

Create a full moon by masking as are with a circle cut out and sponge on more ink. last stamp greeting, fence and spookies.  Add rhinestones on the ghost and make cat eyes.  Finally, Yowl at the moon! Such a fun set!

Check out the rest of the design team creation for more inspiration:

Gina K
Beth Silaika – Illustrator Wicked
Becky Oehlers – Illustrator You Say 'Ello
Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Take Note

• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger (you are here, thanks for visiting!
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Have a great day!

Inspiration Hop Day 2: Light Hearted Wishes, American Made and Stippled Nature

Good morning! Welcome back to our Gina K Designs Inspiration Hops with the design team! As you hop through the 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 deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops.

First up we have Lighthearted Wishes from Tami Mayberry. I love this light bulb! These open, graphic images work so well on a plain white base, so I kept it simple but added the sunburst from American Made inked up in Memento Dandelion with the top edges rolled in Cantaloupe. I love how the bulb, cut with the Silhouette cut file, looks positioned in the middle of these rays! I used Copics, R35, and FY1, Y19. and Y35 for the bulb. (I tried adding some rhinestones colored with yellow Copic for sparkle to the rays but decided I liked it better without. Michelle rocks the tiny sparkle bling so much better than I do!)
Next up we have Becky Oehler's American Made, so I made a Father design. Label is stamped on Pure Luxury White, matted on Cherry Red and card base is Tomato Soup. Sunburst is stamped in Morocco.
After cutting the label and mat with the Silhouette cut file and mat stack, label is stamped in Memento Summer Sky, with Father stamped and then stamped off for a shadow in Teal Zeal, and two step stamped words in Morocco. I used a penny attached with a glue dot for my "dude" bling and I really like how the aged copper element looks with this design centered over the rays. Embellishments don't get much cheaper than 1 cent! (Talk about "American Made", hee!)
This next sample uses Stippled Nature from our newest illustrator Beth Silaika. Love the spongy, distressed quality of these stippled images and the texture they add to your designs! I cut out lots of leaves with the coordinating Silhouette cut file, and then stamped in the matching leaves in several Memento colors to create a rich fall palette: Morocco, Peanut Brittle, Pistachio, Bamboo Leaves, and Cantaloupe. The branch is stamped in Espresso Truffle on heavy wight white Pure luxury, and the bird and greeting are stamped in Teal Zeal. I used the cut file for the bird as well and then just snipped off his legs to better fit this design.
Last I added some adhesive rhinestones for an eye and to accentuate the greeting. Totally adorable sets!

Enjoy hopping with the rest of the Gina K Designs design team for inspiration with these sets:

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika – Illustrator Stippled Nature
• Becky Oehlers – Illustrator American Made
• Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Light Hearted Wishes
• AJ Otto
• Carolyn King
  
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger (you are here, thanks for visiting!)
  
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher