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 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!
Did you all see the exciting news that Gina K Designs stamps will now come in a choice of either their normal wonderful deeply-etched red RUBBER cling OR now, photopolymer CLEAR? How exciting is that?!! The other new item to Gina’s store that I’m giddy about is the Silhouette Cameo digital die cutting machine! I’ve been playing with mine for about 2 weeks now am absolutely in love with it (as you will definitely see in all of my samples this release)!
Our first featured stamp set today is the 4th installment of Melanie Muenchinger's beautiful Stately Flowers:
The hibiscus is one of my favorite flowers and reminds me of our honeymoon in Hawaii! So I just had to use it to make this gatefold card measuring 5” square.
The template is a Silhouette Studio digital file, Card Kit with Band #3 by Lori Whitlock (she’s the illustrator of a lot of Echo Park’s beautiful papers)!
I die cut all the elements of the card with Gina’s wonderful Heavy Base Weight Cardstock. I found a Silhouette cutting blade depth of 5 works best with this fabulously thick cardstock. Next, I stamped the beautiful hibiscus with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto Gina's Ivory cardstock and colored it with these Copic markers (click on photos for a closer view):
1. R20 base coat entire flower. 2. R22 shading (just follow illustrator's lines).
3. Go back with R20 to blend. 4. Deepen shading with R24.
5. Use W4 to give more depth to shading. And you're done!
Our next featured set is Ticket Trio by Tami Mayberry:
I made a pocket card that measures 4.25” x 6.50”:
It is another Silhouette Studio file -- Library Pocket Card Kit, and the tickets are Silhouette’s 4 Borders that are shaped to perfectly match Tami’s stamps!
It was so much fun to create these birthday tickets -- imagine all the possibilities! I stapled them to the pocket card with Tim’s Tiny Attacher. Here’s what the card looks like pulled out of the pocket:
Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration from these Gina K Design Team members:
- Gina K
- Melanie Muenchinger Illustrator – Stately Flowers 4
- Tami Mayberry Illustrator – Ticket Trio
- AJ Otto
- Carolyn King
- Cathy Tidwell
- Deb Felts
- Emily Giovanni
- Giovana Smith
- Jimmi Mayo
- Lee Murphy
- Lori McAree
- Sharon Harnist < You are here!
- Theresa Momber
- Tina Gilliland
- Vicki Dutcher
Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop and your weekend!
~ Sharon
{Hibiscus Gate Fold Card}
Stamps: Gina K Designs Stately Flowers 4 by Melanie Muenchinger,
Dies: Silhouette Cameo, Card Kit with Band #3 by Lori Whitlock Silhouette Studio file,
Paper: Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Ivory, Soft Sand & Turquoise Sea; Prism Suede Brown Medium; Simple Stories 6x6 patterned paper-Fabulous
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad;
Copic Markers: G21, YG13, R20, R22, R24, YR31, W4,
Accessories: Copic High-Tack Foam Tape; Glue Dots
{Library Pocket Ticket Card}
Stamps: Gina K Designs Ticket Trio by Tami Mayberry,
Dies: Silhouette Cameo, Library Pocket Card Kit & 4 Borders (ticket) by Lori Whitlock Silhouette Studio files
Paper: Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Soft Sand & Ocean Mist; Simple Stories 6x6 patterned paper-Fabulous
Ink: Memento Rose Bud & Summer Sky ink pads;
Accessories: Copic Double-Sided High Tack Tape; The Twinery-Caribbean; Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher; buttons
