Gina K Designs May 2013 Release-Day 3

The Gina K Designs design team welcomes you to day 3 of our fabulous May release Inspiration Blog Hops … Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! As you hop through the blogs listed below, 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 Stamp TV a few days after the hops.

Our first featured stamp set today is Weather or Not by Beth Silaika:

I loved all the matching images and sentiments in this set and wanted to pair up a few of them, so I came up with a set of 3" x 4" Project Life cards for my scrapbooking. These could also be used as sweet lunch box notes for your kids OR they are also (near) ATC size!

(Click on any photo for a larger view)

I had so much fun with these!  I started by using Beth's coordinating Weather or Not Silhouette cut file and die cut Gina's Ivory Heavy Base Weight cardstock (I use a blade setting of 10). Then I chose some other colors of Gina's Heavy Base Weight cardstock to use as bases (Ocean Mist, Sweet Corn, Blue Denim, and retired Smokey Slate). Here are the details:

1-Umbrella was stamped with Memento Gray Flannel ink and then colored with Copic markers R20, R21, BG10, BG53, Y11, Y15, YG11, YG13 and T4. Raindrops were stamped with Gina's Ocean Mist Color Companions ink pad on Ocean Mist cardstock base and filled in with Star Dust Stickles.
2-Sun was stamped with Gina's Sweet Mango & Sweet Corn ink pads and filled in with Star Dust Stickles. Rain boot was stamped with Grass Green Color Companions ink pad. Tami's Simple Flowers and Carolyn's Stamp it Big 2 bird were stamped with Sweet Corn ink on Sweet Corn cardstock base.

3-Moon was stamped with Gina's Ocean Mist Color Companions ink pad and filled in with Star Dust Stickles. Stars (small flower from Becky's Bold Blooms) and sentiment from this set were stamped with white pigment ink. Diamond "star" border at the bottom is from Melanie's Pretty Patterns 2 set. 
4-Clouds and sentiment were stamped wtih silver metallic pigment ink (one with VersaMark). Small cloud filled in with Star Dust Stickles (if you click the photo for a larger view, you should be able to see the sparkle better).

Our second featured stamp set today is By the Sea 2 by Theresa Momber:

While I was on a calendar making kick this week, I went ahead and made my 6x6 June calendar -- I thought this set was perfect for it!

Remember, if you aren't in to making calendars, you could also use this same idea for a scrapbook page -- just replace the calendar with a photo! Or you could also use this same idea for a birthday card and circle the recepient's birthdate on the calendar.

I started by die cutting Gina's  Ivory Heavy Base Weight cardstock with Theresa's coordinating By the Sea 2 Silhouette cut file and then stamped the images with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. I colored the adirondack chairs with Copic E30, E31 and E42. The chairs and pelican are popped up on Copic Foam Tape. The grass, sentiment and birds were all stamped with Rich Cocoa ink directly onto the patterned papers (My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart-Be Amazing). I just tore the papers and layered them to resemble the ocean and sky.  I stamped Melanie’s Lots of Letters alpha with Ocean Mist Color Companions ink pad onto my computer generated calendar grid that I printed onto Gina's Ivory Layering Weight cardstock.

These Gina K designers also have projects with these stamp sets to share with you today:

• 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
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist <=You are here!
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber

See you back here tomorrow for our last day of May Gina K inspiration hops!

~ Sharon

 

Comments

[Melanie Muenchinger]

1.

these are so sweet, love the diamond border with he moon! Amazing calendar (as always!!)

[naneruth]

2.

Love them. The calender page is so cool!

[richard]

3.

Love the scale on the small cards, and the calendar is TERRIFIC!!!

[Theresa]

4.

Sharon, the stamping you did on the card bases is such a GREAT touch! Totally makes those cards, and oh my word, your calendar takes my breath!!!

[cat]

5.

Oh so loving those little ATCs!! And jsut when I think you cant top your last calender page, you do this! LOVE love love it!

[Sharyn Polesel]

6.

Really cute cards, and the calendar is gorgeous!

[Sylvia Rivera]

7.

Beautiful cards and the calendar is just perfect. Your work always inspires me. Thanks!

[Sharon Underwood]

8.

I like the small cards, but I especially like the calendar! Beautiful job!

[Julie Allen]

9.

Very sweet cards. Love your background techniques.

[Carolyn King]

10.

Love all those ATCs---what a great use of that set (and others!) That is going to be one amazing calendar---gorgeous!!!

[Barbara's campbell]

11.

Love your colors, as always, but the calendar is wonderful!

[maria mendoza]

12.

love it all, great job

[Lagene]

13.

WOW! Love all your cards and the Stardust gives a great sparkle! Great calender page too! Great new stamps!

[Verna Angerhofer]

14.

The projects you made with these sets are just fantastic. What a cool calendar page.

[Karen Hightower]

15.

These all are so wonderful.. Love the little cards, and the calendar is wonderful.. Thanks for the awesome ideas.. :)

[Lisa H.]

16.

I love those ATCs. Really cute and prompting me to try to make some, too. I've never tried making them, but I just purchased a project life album and want to start working on it this summer!

[Terri]

17.

Love your idea with the calendar. Very pretty, all of them.

[Loretta]

18.

Great cards. TFS.

[Dana D.]

19.

Great cards today. Love the calendar card. So very creative. Great new stamp sets.

[Karen Knegten]

20.

Sharon You have done such a good job on these cards! Beautiful!

[Susan White]

21.

I love your little PL cards. The calendar is just perfect!!

[Mojca]

22.

the calendar is just gorgeous and all other cards are also very gorgeous.

[Susan Jacobs]

23.

I love the little cards. What a cute Idea.

[Conniecrafter]

24.

Love your June calendar, neat torn strips for the background and cute stamps for the images!

[Sandra L.]

25.

The ATC sized cards are such a great idea...love them. Super calendar.

[Elizabeth Garcia]

26.

What lovely projects. Love those little cards. Great colors.

[Holly]

27.

using these stamps to make 3x4 journal cards is inspired! and I love the beach scene you created
thanks
Holly

[Hotwheels Aka Linda]

28.

the calendar is gorgeous!

[Anne Biesterfeld]

29.

Love your cards. Great color choices.

[Angie Hall]

30.

Love the rainbow umbrella. The calendar page is perfect for summer days. Thanks

[Donna Simonson]

31.

Loved the calendar page! Your use of the stamps is so original and unique! Thanks for the ideas and inspiration!

[Luanna]

32.

What cute little cards! I love the calendar page.

[Rita]

33.

Love the calendar...........great cards.

[Sharon]

34.

Great projects! The calendar is outstanding.

[Julie S.]

35.

Love your projects, the By the Sea set is perfect for June!

[Lynne Ingram]

36.

Another wonderful calendar and super cards. Just love this new weather set.

[Golda]

37.

Such wonderful examples and what a lot of work you did!

[Donna Phelan]

38.

Fabulous set of cards, super colors! Loving that calendar.....you have really mastered them! Very creative!

[Ruth Ann Smith]

39.

Love your calendar. What a fantastic idea for all my beach loving family.

[Kathleen]

40.

Great cards and awesome calendar

Blessings,
Kathleen

[PegMarie]

41.

Great job. My fav is the beach calendar card.

[PegMarie]

42.

Great job. My fav is the beach calendar card.

[Gayle C]

43.

Sweet, detailed and clever mini cards and another awesome Sharon calendar page...love them.

[Jo]

44.

Oh my gosh Sharon these are so gorgeous! I love the ATC cards... too cute and love the idea of packing them in the kids lunches.... and that June calendar! My lord, gorgeous!

Hugs,
Jo

[Beverly Perdue]

45.

Sharon, your calendar using the By the Sea 2 set is amazing. Absolutely love it!

[Rosy Newlun]

46.

Aww the small cards are just adorable!!! And you calendar inspires me to start ripping paper ;)

[Judy Woodland]

47.

Love them all. Great use of the calendar, and your umbrella is so cute. Great inspiration here!

[Barbara]

48.

I love the stickles on your raindrops (bling!!)

That calendar is awesome - great job on all your cards

[Lee Kendel]

49.

Like your work with the "By the Sea' stamp set.

[Sue D]

50.

Great PL cards and wonderful calendar.