Page Turner: Interactive Open Book Card Video

This latest Open Book design is so simple to recreate, and doubles or triples your pages to stamp on, thus expanding your greeting, image and technique possibilities for a card your recipient truly will FLIP for! (pardon the pun)

 I used Fabulous Rose Frame set to decorate the pages because the rose frame fills it so quickly and the different greeting options allow you to put different ones that will make sense on each spread that flows to the next.  Small bold images add pops of color.  You can add more coloring to the line art images if you like, which I will do, but today I mainly just wanted to show how to construct, stamp and anchor the turning page (two ways, so be sure to watch to the end!) Please enjoy!

Open Book

 

Fabulous Rose Frame

Supplies:

Gina K. Designs Open Book, Fabulous Rose Frame stamp sets

Gina K. Designs Jet Black Amalgam, Wild Dandelion, Jellybean Green, Soft Stone Ink pads

Gina K. Gina K. Pure Luxury White (2 mats, 4” x 5 ¼”), Wild Dandelion (A2 base, 5 ½” x 8 ½”, scored at 4 ¼” cardstock

Scissors, scoring board, Gina K. tape runner adhesive and foam squares or needle, thread, and foam craft mat or mouse mad, yellow, green and gray marker (Spectrum Noir CT4, IG4, IG5, LG5)

Video: No Line Coloring and Line Art Sketchbook Look

Today’s creation whisks you outside to a peaceful afternoon sketching in a lovely garden! The realism of the flowers in Stately Flowers 11 are just right for some no line coloring with our new Amalgam inks, and the book and pencil stamps from Open Book * are perfect to finish the illusion when you stamp the flowers again on the page in a pencil or ink pen color.  In this video, I’ll demonstrate the no line coloring and some simple sponging and adding grass to complete the scene.  Can you feel a gentle breeze?  Be sure to watch to the end for some variations I suggest for changing this design.

 Open Book

Stately Flowers 11 

PS OOPS! I am SO SORRY I forgot to add the grass in my demo, ackk! A s you can see that detail really adds a LOT to this scene.  It took me 10 seconds after I’ve finished taping to figure out what was missing, lol! I promise it’s very simple: just do short flicking strokes with the 2 lightest greens (here CG1, CG2) using your brush of bullet tip marker, starting at the edge of the book and working outward, so it tapers off. Just like a blade of grass. Easy peasy! Using more than one color for the blades will add a lot of depth.


*In stock as of today, but if it happens to be out of stock when you view, please hit "notify me" button for an email when they are back, we will be getting more!


Supplies: 
Gina K. Designs Open Book, Stately Flowers 11 stamp sets 
Gina K. Designs ink pads: Jellybean and Ocean Mist dye for sponging, Warm Glow Amalgam for no line, Soft Stone Amalgam for pencil and sketch, Jet Black Amalgam for book 
Gina K. Designs White (3 3/4” x 5”), Black Onyx (3 7/8” x 51/8”), Ocean Mist or (Dusty Rose) cardstock
Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: CG1, CG2, DG3 (leaves), FS6, CR6, CR8 (petals), IG2, IG4, FS9 (pencil)
Large and small acrylic block or MISTI, scissors and copy paper for creating the book mask, jumbo sponge daubers, white pen, Tidy Towel, adhesive

 Please let me know in the comments which is your favorite. I hope you enjoy this video and post your own creations with Open Book on social media and our community gallery online, I’d love to see your ideas and works of heart!

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Video: Paper Piecing Open Book, 4 Ways

Hello! here is the video  I shared last week showing my paper piecing tips and tricks for the Open Book set!  Some of these ideas you may have seen in our facebook Live on release night, but I shared a lot more), just from having more time to experiment and play!  (and all the audio will be synched up this time lol!) This image is so easy to piece (with no tiny areas to cut or carefully add adhesive to) and it packs such a punch, looks like whatever kind of book you are trying to create, right down to the texture of the paper! Watch to the end as I have a fifth way I mention but do not show, I love it, though, and will try to make soon! I hope one of more of YOU will try it out and share with all of us if you are inspired by the perfect book! Please enjoy! Let me know in the comments your favorite way to paper piece the Open Book image, OR your favorite accessory in the set.

Supplies:

Gina K. Open Book stamp set

Gina K. Pure Luxury White or neutral cardstock for stamped mat, colored A2 sized card base over your choice (to match your markers or patterned paper you are piecing)

Gina K. Jet Black Amalgam Ink pad

Books wider than the Open Book top pages (4 1/2” or more) Word Search, Crossword Puzzles, New Testament, and journaling book all from Dollar Tree

Gray pencil or marker for adding shadows (Spectrum Noir IB3), marker for coloring bookmarks pen, etc. of your choice

Adhesive, Tidy towel, MISTI and or acrylic blocks

Mega and Mini Wreath Builders

Hello! Today we have a special hop to share some fabulous new templates for Gina K. Designs: MEGA and Mini Wreath Builder! If you are addicted to wreath building, these templates are for must have! Enjoy our hop and please leave comments along the way, each one will give you a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the Gina K. store!  Winner announced March 1st.

 The mini template is oh so tiny, what a cute template! It also includes some stencils on the same sheet, which is a nice bonus.

I made this small card for a baby shower we had for a friend this week! I inked the flower and leafy bits form the Mini Wreath Builder stamp set with GKD Tranquil Teal, Lucky Clover, Fresh Asparagus and Seaglass ink CUBES, they are the perfect size for these little images.  Sentiment was stamped in Jet Black Amalgam and cardstock is GKD White, the new Stormy Sky and Tranquil Teal. (I misplaced my circle die this size, so I used a 1 3/8" circle punch, which took off just the rim, the image is slightly bigger.)  Card measures 3 1/4" square.

Mini Wreath Builder Stamp Set

Mini Wreath Builder

The Memory MISTI and Mega templates are huge! So many possibilities! Here is Sadie checking it out. I needed to clean my desk off to make room and it would be a good idea to keep it on my desk so I clean up after each stamping session.  ;) (The magnet is on the back when you unbox it, heads up! Store these large templates inside the MISTI, my tip)

The foam in the MISTI are a perfect surface for stamping with clear stamps even if you are not using the door. For this card I used the template where you cut your mat to 4 3/4". I love how all the sizes are on the back of the packaging. Hang on to that for reference! I used the A Year of Flowers 2 set to stamp all these flowers with the new Whisper ink, it is the palest gray you can still see, which I really need for no line coloring right now ( I was seriously seeing double after a long day of editing my last stamp set, ugh). It is easy to complete color to cover or quickly and loosely fill in color like I have shown in my A Year of Flowers 2 videos so you can still see a hint of the lines like a pencil sketch.

I colored with Spectrum Noir trying to make it look very much like watercolor rather than real flowers.  Sentiment is stamped in Jet Black Amalgam. I traced the greeting and all flower elements for a drop shadow, I love how transparent and watery it looks. I add a few Crystalline drops for dimension and shine.

Cardstock is Coral Reef, and Lemon Drop. Finished card measures 5 1/2" square. Greeting is from Emily's Lettered and Lovely set.

This next design I used the 6 1/2" size template and greetings and a butterfly from my Women of Faith set. I originally I had a lot more stamping in mind to create a kaleidoscope of butterflies (the actual term for a group of them, I love that, so appropriate!) but I couldn't find the smaller two.  The medium one I located after clearing my desk (to make room for Mega MISTI) and then it went AWOL WHILE I was cutting my cardstock to make the card, ack!*  So I went much simpler with just the one. I love a lot of white space in design however, so I'm not disappointed with how it turned out.  I'm glad I can at least show an example of how you don't have to fill the whole space just because you are using a larger piece of paper! You will need these larger templates to do the rotation technique of wreath building on larger mats, but it doesn't require that it be stamped to the limits! :)

GKD inks from the top going  clockwise: Ocean Mist, Sea Glass, Turquoise Sea, Bahama Blue, Blue Raspberry, Tranquil Teal, Slate and finally Whisper. I love the progression of blues and symbolism of transformation, both in the butterflies and transformative power of prayer.I love how she included 2 large circle templates for the center to allow you to perfectly center your greetings, and sponge in come color to really make your design pop. I used Ocean Mist at the top and Turquoise Sea at the bottom. I didn't want to go too dark and lose the detail in the butterfly wings. I layered my stamped mat on Black Onyx and Blue Raspberry cardstock. Each of the black layers are popped up on adhesive foam squares.  

Finished project is 12" x 12". You can put this in an album cover or scrapbook page frame, or what I did is mount it on a white wood laminate sample I got from a thrift store. I put this up on a storage cabinet in my craft room and it reminds me both to pray for the people on my prayer lists, and that Jesus is also lifting me up and interceding. :)

 Mega Bundle

Let's see what the rest of the design team made with these fabulous stamps, templates and tools! Shop here!

Gina K.  -  Mega and Mini Wreath Builder 

Arjita Singh

Cathy Tidwell

Donna Idlet

Emily Loggans 

Hannah Schroepfer

Karen Hightower

Lisa Hetrick

Melanie Muenchinger-you are here!

Mindy Eggen

Rema DeLeeuw

Sheri Gilson

Susie Moore

* found it! :)

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Day 2: To the Moon and Back and Wonderful World

Welcome back to another Gina K. hop!  I hope you enjoyed yesterday's ideas and got all the stuff on your wish list!  There's more in store, today we are featuring To the Moon and Back and Wonderful World by Hannah Shroepfer. Be sure to comment as you hop through for more chances to win a $50 shopping spree at Gina K. Designs!  Winner announced a few days after hops conclude, good luck!

For this first card, I stamped the moon in GKD White Pigment ink onto the Black Onyx cardstock and then stamped on the two step craters in  Soft Stone ink.  I doodled a little border with white gel pen and heart arrows to show the direction to bring you around and back again to the sweet sentiment. (The Guess How Much I Love You? book has a *very* special place in my heart) Greeting is stamped in Jet Back Amalgam on white cardstock and cut to look like a little cloud or though bubble.  I stamped and cut out a couple hearts from Open Book with Red Velvet for a little love and "pop".  base is the new GKD Soft Stone Pure Luxury cardstock, such a soft gray.

For my first  I used the earth image with the globe stand (stamped in the new Soft Stone ink, perfect for a "silver"), and grabbed the long solid bar from Emily's Cake Toppers  set again. (I liked how it turned out yesterday, so why not try it again?)

  I stamped it across the GKD Jet Black Amalgam globe in Red Velvet, Tangerine Twist, Wild Dandelion, Grass Green, Tranquil Teal and Wild Lilac.  Just a fun and unique way to fill it in, and easy additions color to your design!  I cut it out and popped it up on my mat and then added the greeting. Cardstock is GKD Pure Luxury White.

For this next card I stamped the flowers in Jet Black Amalgam and noticed the details were sooo small I was going to need to pull put my Zig Clean Color markers with the pointy tip! (My eyes are changing, ugh, no fun!) I would have used watercolor paper if I'd planned ahead, so it didn't blend as well as I'd hoped in some places, but oh well!  I fully intended to use this with the globe base stamp, but then noticed it was just the right size to go in the new Heart Circle die.

I decided to pull out the purple and pink from my coloring and created a background using the smackin' acetate technique and the 4"x 6" acrylic block and Plum Punch and Passionate Pink ink cubes and a mister. (I did use watercolor paper on this mat allow for the colors to blend and move)  I think it's really fun to mix up something more modern and messy like this spray paint effect with the delicate floral, unexpected and packs a punch! I love how you see all that gorgeous color through the heart cut outs, really makes you notice the detail in the die. Cardstock is GKD Pure Luxury White, Black Onyx, and Passionate Pink.

To the Moon and Back

Wonderful World

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Now let's see what the rest of the design team has with these beautiful sets!

Gina K.

Hannah-Illustrator of To the Moon and Back and Wonderful World

Arjita

Beth

Cat

Donna

Emily

Karen

Lisa

Melanie-you are here, thanks for visiting!

Mindy

Rema

Sheri

Susie

Day 1: Cake Toppers and Crafty Notes

Good morning, and welcome to our first day of February hops! Today we are showcasing Cake Toppers, Crafty Notes, and a few other new goodies so let's get to it!  Up for grabs is a $50 gift card to the Gina K. store, so be sure to comment as you hop through for more chances to win!  Winner announced in a few days. Good luck!

First up Cake Toppers by Emily Loggans. There are so many ways to use the different layers and two step elements to stack your cakes, but I decided to use the small medium and large bars on their own to create this fun rainbow cake. (I really am going to make one of these one day in real life, I am! That's the kind of epic project I'll try out on grandkids) No outline gives it a very contemporary feel, but the candles with their flower flames (I love how the dotty two step images make them look like SPARKlers!) It definitely reads "cake", even without a stand! I left a space in between each to suggest some white frosting I used the ink cubes pictured for each layer.  Greeting is stamped in GKD Slate and card base is GKD Pure Luxury Tranquil Teal.

On this next card I used this beautiful new Elegant Oval die for the greeting, and then embossed both the sentiment, two step flower elements and my Arranged with Love background with Versamark and the new Gina K. Champagne embossing powder. Sooo purty and sparkly!  Leaves are stamped in GKD Applemint and flowers in GKD Peach Bellini to match the embossed mat.  I LOVE the Arranged with Love frame with all theme and all greetings in the set, very elegant!  Each sentiment is large enough when popped up on a mat or die cut to cover the floral card in the frame image both portrait and landscape style. Arranged with Love has 8 of its own occasion greetings, but I'm really excited to use these larger ones of Emily's with it!

Card base and die cut are GKD Pure Luxury White.

Cake Toppers 

Next, the Crafty Notes pieces are super fun!  First, here is one I had to try out with the hot glue gun 

AND MY REAL HOT GLUE GUN! 

 I stamped the sentiments in the middle first and glue gun below, then drew on all the glue elements. (If you do the glue first, it may be tricky trying to stamp around it as a large blog might hit it the dried glue.) It was really fun winging this freehand heart and border, but you could trace around a die or draw with a light pencil before to have something to follow. I added the little bold heart from my  Open Book set and stamped off in GKD Red Velvet to match the cardstock base.  I used a gray marker to create shadows on the gun, hearts and word "stick".

This next single layer sample uses the Open Book frame as a base for the Crafty Notes paint palette and greeting. I stamp the book in the new Soft Stone and the image and greeting in Jet Black Amalgam, this combo soften the pages and make the palette image really pop. I colored the paint set with alcohol markers and then used Peerless watercolor and a large and small brush to do the purple, yellow and turquoise treks and the red squiggle. I outlined the word "colorful" with a white gel pen to make to easier to read on the deeper purple. Book is shaded with GG2, GG3, and IB3. Cardstock is Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight White.  I am loving the size of all these crafty saying and images to go with my book! :)

Crafty Notes

Shop for all your goodies here! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Next stop is Mindy. Below is the full link list of our talented Gina K. Design Team! 

(Don't forget to comment before you go! 

Thank you, I love hearing from you! )

Gina K.

Emily-Illustrator of Cake Toppers

Arjita

Beth

Cat

Donna

Hannah

Karen

Melanie-you are here!

Mindy

Rema

Sheri

Susie

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Coloring a Clowder of Cats Video!

Open Book is back in stock, woo hoo! *Today I am showing you some tricks for coloring some very realistic looking and adorable cats with ease! I think you will love this video! We’ll do some simple masking to make the Open Book cats snuggle, then shadow, add patterns, and finally create a fuzzy texture with a regular pencil. 

This is a very quick card made with minimal supplies and this dozing pair design is sure to be appreciated by any animal lover, friend, family member or your sweetheart. Please enjoy! Let me know in the comments which cat pattern is our favorite and how you would like to see one colored in a future video.  I appreciate your feedback!

Don't forget to stamp the inside!

Purchase Open Book stamp set here.  

Supplies:

Gina K. Designs Open Book stamp set

Gina K. Pure Luxury White (4 “ x 5 ¼”) and Sweet Mango (4 ¼” x 11”, scored at 5 ½”) cardstock

Gina K. Jet Black Amalgam ink pad

Alcohol Markers (Spectrum Noir: GG2 (shadow), FS9 (ears, nose and beans), TN2, GB5 (orange tabby fur) and IG8 (tuxedo)

Adhesive, printer paper and scissors for mask, 3”x 4” acrylic block, pencil, black pen or white gel pen optional for touch up

Note: I mentioned an optional white and black pen in the video but did not use. The masking came out perfectly, so no need!  But I had them handy in case I had a "skip”, which could easily be connected by the black pen, or went over the edge of one cat, and needed to be covered with the white. Easy peasy! 😊

Open Book

*I think the set is going to sell out soon again at the rate it's going. Don't delay if you can't wait to play!

Inspiration Hop, Day 2: Love is All You Need, All Star, and Free set

Welcome back, it's Day 2 of our January Release Inspiration Hops! Today we are sharing ideas for Beth Silaika's All Star  and Emily Loggans' Love is All You Need stamp sets. Be sure to comment on the blogs as you hop through, Gina will select a winner randomly from the comments on Friday for a $50 gift certificate to the store for some crafty shopping. You are not required to comment on every blog to enter, but the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win.  Let's get to it!

Here is sample I made with Beth's set All Star  and my Open Book set. This fun, colorful star layout reminds me not just of picture books, but of old my sticker collection!  (Lots of Lisa Frank and Mrs. Grossman, remember those??) This card just makes me feel like a kid again, I always had my nose in a book.  Honestly I don't read quite as often now because if I'm going to sit down I need to be crafting, but I'll always love books for the stories that have been read to me, the joy they've brought me and the places they've taken me.

I stamped the different stars in Gina K. Sea Glass, Red Velvet and the line art ones in Jet Black Amalgam, then colored them with alcohol markers.  I had a LARGE bookmark collection as a kid, but dog-eared my pages like this, too (unless they were library books). I love the fonts Beth chose and how these different greetings you can customize fill up the card (or the page in this case) Star stamps are so versatile for holidays, gift wrap, when you need just a bit of something on your card even if it isn't star-themed. I cut it all out and popped it up for dimension. Base is Pure Luxury Warm Cocoa, to represent a desk.

    

All Star

I don't have Emily's set or the incentive yet, but they are on the way!  I look forward to using both of them very much and will post samples when I do. Her writing is so beautiful and handwritten sentiments really add a personal touch to your projects.  Here are both sets to see what each include.

Lovely Words-free with purchase of $75 or more!

Love is All You Need 

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Let's see what the rest of the design team has today! 

Your next stop is Mindy Eggen, but here is the full list if you are just joining in!

Gina K.

Beth Silaika-Illustrator of All Star

Emily Loggans-Illustrator of Love Is All You Need

Arjita Singh

Donna Idlet

Karen Hightower

Lisa Hetrick

Melanie-you are here! Thanks for visiting and your comment!

Mindy Eggen

Rema DeLeeuw

Sheri Gilson

Susie Moore

Inspiration, Day 1: Open Book and Today and Always

Hello!  Welcome to Day 1 of our Gina K. January Release Inspiration Hops!  Today we are sharing ideas for my Open Book and Lisa Hetrick's Today and Always stamp sets. Be sure to comment on the blogs as you hop through, Gina will select a winner randomly from the comments on Friday for a $50 gift certificate to the store for some crafty shopping. You are not required to comment on every blog to enter, but the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win.  Let's get to it!

I am so happy you all are loving Open Book  (and the cat) the way I do! (Wait till you start stamping with them!) First, what's better than one cat? TWO CATS. SNUGGLING!

Can't you hear them purring? Stamp the one that will be in the front first (right) cover with your mask, then ink and stamp again to the left. Tada! I was so happy how *purrfectly* this masking turned out, really looks like two different cats, not a the same image!  (I'll show in a video how to color this ginger tabby and tuxedo, it's easy!)  Base is Pure Luxury Kraft.  You might choose to stamp "friends" from this set for this design instead of "family", both work .... This pair could even be a fun way to recognize a wedding or anniversary! Meow!

Now I made this card the week before the release just as a sample and for no one in particular, but when I was thinking about what to share today, I realized this was the card to send to my friend who Cat, who had to say goodbye to her beautiful gray Shady Lady the other day. ;( I wasn't thinking about "pet sympathy" when I masked the little bunch of flowers under this cat's paws (cover the cat with your stamped mask and then stamp the roses) or chose to color it gray, but I'm so glad I did.  The inside finishes the "Time spent with friends" sentiment: "… is never wasted." I hope this cards reminds her of happy times with her sweet companion. Base is Pure Luxury Dusty Rose. I also stamped the little triangle stamp at the top to dog ear the page.  Trace under it for shadow to add dimension.

Here is a paper piecing sample using the King James New Testament from the Dollar Tree I recommended in my Facebook Live video.  Each page has two columns that fit this stamp perfectly, to have margins on each side and the spine fits in between, allowing one to read it all easily!  (I didn't feel weird tearing it out since this inexpensive version is printed on newsprint, and am using it for the express purpose of wanting to use the text (as I surely would feel uncomfortable pulling apart one of my study Bibles. Not doing it!) I stamped the glasses and flowers right over it without masking because I like the way it looks with the words peeping through. I used a yellow marker to highlight one scripture and mounted it on GKD Pure Luxury Wild Dandelion to match.

No book or cat for this one, just the words!  I thought it would be fun and interesting to emphasize one of the words in the design by circling it (but by no means does it mean I love family, cats or friends less!)  Just sharing a bit of passion for your passion, you know? ;)  I used a fine line aqua colored pen for checking and circling the words on the list, and colored the pen with alcohol markers to match. Base is GKD Pure Luxury Red Velvet to match the stamped heart.

Finally, I made this next card for my son who is turning FOURTEEN in a few weeks! (William!!) Yep, this crossword is from a Dollar Tree crossword book.  Again, the crossword fits perfectly on the page!  You can pick any puzzle in the book to use since without words filled in there's no specific theme, but here's a tip: If you're going to fill it in with your own greeting like I did, just find one that has a spot for your LONGEST word, here I need 8 for BIRTHDAY (it won't be hard to find one, and they will ALL have 3, 4, 5, 6 letter words.) I used the heart image in the set for the "Love", just to be cute and add a pop of red, but you could certainly spell that out instead. Add a pencil stamp, and of course write your words in real pencil to match!  Base is Pure Luxury Wild Dandelion to match. If your recipient would rather DO the puzzle than have a custom greeting, tear out the page with the clues and fold up to include with your card. :)

I hope you noticed I put all the books in slightly different orientations, it is small enough to have some leeway where you put it on your card if you are doing landscape style and want to change it up. I better stop there! I showed more than I should have but just couldn't help it, made so many.  Still so many ideas to come! (Shoot, I didn't post a card with my bookmark, but I'm sure you'll see it once or thrice in the hop) Be sure to tell me what video you'd like FIRST. I plan to post one later today.

Open Book

Next up we have Lisa's Hetrick's Today and Always. Her "flowy florals" (Lisaspeak, trademark that, Lisa!) are the perfect way to quickly add some beautiful pops of color for an instant modern bouquet (GKD Tangerine Twist, Key Lime, Sea Glass, Turquoise Sea and Pink Passion). 

The pencils from my Open Book set are cut out and shaded after coloring to act as my embellishments, and those make me feel like I just drew all of this meself on the book!  I forgot to take another pic, but I suggest the polka dot border for stamping the flap of your envelopes when you make cards with this, so fun! Base is Pure Luxury Sea Glass. I will have another sample with these two sets in a video because although I kept all the images inside the lines of the pages, I'd like to show a similar design with flowers using a masking technique so they look printed on the page, rather than like sketchbook doodles. Stay tuned!

Today and Always

Now let's go see what the rest of the Gina K. Designs design team has with these two sets! I'll be back tomorrow to showcase stamp sets from Beth and Emily (and of course, Open Book will also be making an appearance, because I can't. STOP. Using it!!)

Gina K.

Melanie-Illustrator of Open Book- you are here!

Lisa Hetrick-Illustrator of Today and Always

Arjita Singh

Beth Silaika

Donna Idlet

Emily Loggans

Karen Hightower

Mindy Eggen

Rema DeLeeuw

Sheri Gilson

Susie Moore

Please let me know in the comments section below which of these  samples you liked BEST and which video you want to see FIRST demonstrating the technique! (You won't all get your way, but I do wan to know to narrow it down) Thanks so much for visiting today!

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Open Book, Now Available at Gina K. Designs

 

It's here, it's finally here! A stamp set that's about 7 YEARS in the making!  I hope you got to watch me speak with Gina about the set last night (if not, head over to facebook later!) and share a few tips for it, possibilities with this fun book, cat and other elements are unlimited! Open Book  is near and dear to my heart for so many reasons and encompasses a lot of things and activities that bring me the most joy, I hope you feel the same!  Just a couple for today so you can get a better look at what I shared in the video...

If you love to paper piece, these image are must have! The book become so much more than a "blank" book, as you can see here with a word search (made form a real word search) The pen, pencil, bookmark, and glasses look beautiful patterned, too.



And if you love to COLOR, this set is also up your alley (cat! ahem) This was one of Gina's faves, cat being cheeky! (Colored with alcohol markers to look just like kitty I had in high school) Solids, stripes, and calicos, oh my!

Blog hop with the design team on Monday, come back for that!  They are knockin' my socks off for their ideas with it and I know there's more in store! I'm about to burst with all i'm saving for next week and new videos!

Please let me know in the comments what videos YOU would like to see first!  Tip sheet posted shortly!  Here is my affiliate shopping link: Open Book  (I do think this one will go quickly!)  Have a fabulous weekend!  Get excited for new stamps on the way to you,  this one is a dream to make cards with!