Gina K September Release Inspiration Blog Hop 2

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 Gina K Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hops.

Today’s featured stamp sets are Poster Board Christmas by Becky Oehlers and Lots Of Lines by Beth Silaika.  Here’s the rest of the sneak peek project I shared last Thursday:

I altered a wine bottle by spray painting it ivory and then made a chalkboard label by first stamping the pretty leaf wreath with Versamark and heat embossing it with white powder on Black Onyx Color Companions Cardstock.

Next, I stamped the gorgeous sentiment with white chalk ink and die cut it. I finished the label by smudging a little of the white chalk ink around the edges of the label, accented the wreath with red gemstones and finished it with Cherry Red Wide Color Companions Grosgrain Ribbon. I haven’t quite decided what this bottle could be used for . . . maybe to hold a holiday candle or perhaps used as a vase to hold sprigs of winter greenery and berries? Or maybe alter a full bottle of wine, for a nice holiday or hostess gift?

For Beth’s Lots Of Lines set, I made a generic “celebrate” card that would be great for either a birthday, baby or just about any occasion!

The gorgeous sentiment and butterfly were stamped with Ocean Mist Color Companions ink on Ivory Pure Luxury Cardstock. The butterfly cut out is from Beth’s coordinating Lots of Lines Silhouette Cut File, cut with my Silhouette Cameo and accented with rhinestones. Some narrow Ocean Mist Color Companions grosgrain ribbon finishes the card.  And I've learned since moving closer to the southern coast of Texas that my standard adhesive doesn't quite hold ribbon that well in the higher humidity, so you'll see me using staples a little more frequently because of that!

Using the same quick layout, I duplicated the above card in a smaller, 4.50-inch square version with a love theme:

I adore the fonts in these sentiments! This Love You is embossed with silver tinsel embossing powder {love}! The heart is stamped with Red Hot Color Companions ink -- again, on the coordinating Silhouette cut-out, and accented with rhinestones.

Be sure to check out all the amazing designs and inspiration from these Gina K designers participating in today’s hop and leave comments on all of them, for your best chance at winning!

• 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

Thanks for hopping with us today . . . I’ll be back again tomorrow with one more day of inspiration!

{Supplies}

Merry Christmas Bottle:
GKD Clear Stamps: Poster Board Christmas,
GKD Pure Luxury Cardstock: Black Onyx
GKD Color Companions Ribbon: Cherry Red wide grosgrain 
Other: Spellbinders Labels 9, Versamark, White Detail embossing powder, heat embossing tool, Glue Dots, wine bottle, ivory spray paint

Celebrate Butterfly & Love You Heart Cards:
GKD Clear Stamps: Lots Of Lines,
GKD Pure Luxury Cardstock: Ivory  
GKD Color Companions Ink: Ocean Mist & Red Hot
GKD Color Companions Ribbon: Ocean Mist 
Other: Silhouette Cameo & Lots of Lines Silhouette Cut File, Crate Paper Fourteen 6x6 patterned paper, rhinestones, Glue Dots, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, pom-pom trim, silver tinsel embossing powder, Versamark

Comments

[Melanie Muenchinger]

1.

That bottle is so elegant, I really really really love it! (and need to start saving more bottles, not just the corks!!) That flowery card with the butterfly is dainty!!

[Beth]

2.

I love the softness of the cards you created and I FRIGGIN LOVE the ivory bottle! Bam!

[Judy I, St. Louis MO]

3.

Great projects. The bottle is great and I love the butterfly card.

[cat]

4.

Oooo so rocking Sharon! LOVE that dp you used on your celebrate card, what is that? and I know my SIL that lives outside of Houston says the same thing about adhesive!

[Kathy H]

5.

Lots of Lines has to be the most versatile stamp set I've seen in a while. I love how you used it for a love card and a generic celebrate card!

[Ann lee]

6.

I always enjoy seeing you use patterned paper. Looks great!

[Elizabeth Tang]

7.

The Celebrate card looks very sweet.

[Lagene]

8.

Lovely cards, I especially loved the chalkboard wine bottle!

[Cindy Miller]

9.

Loved seeing your bottle at the release party and your cards are fabulous!!

[Stephanie McKnight]

10.

Love your cards! I love everything butterfly - love your choice of colors - really something to celebrate! Love your Love You card - this font is great and stands out! I really need to get this set....

[Dawn Skene]

11.

Great ideas. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Anita Braddock]

12.

Beautiful cards love the papers you used and the layering of the heart and butterfly is perfect. thanks for sharing

[auntie em]

13.

That bottle is amazing! I thought it was an old crock style bottle when I first saw it...and even then I had to go back and look at it closer! lol The chalk board look makes a very handsome label for it.
Your cards are so sweet and pretty.
Lovely creations! Thanks for sharing! :)

[susan h.]

14.

Like the bottle idea and love the card!

[Pam T.]

15.

I loved them all, especially the butterfly! It looks so good in Ocean mist

[Sue D]

16.

Very pretty cards and love how you altered the bottle!

[Verna Angerhofer]

17.

Wow! Gorgeous cards and love how you decorated that bottle too.

[Terri]

18.

Absolutely gorgeous cards and the bottle too!

[Susan White]

19.

I just love the Ivory bottle with the chalkboard label.

[Jackie]

20.

The wine bottle is gorgeous. What a great gift idea. Thanks!

[Julie S.]

21.

These projects are all gorgeous. Great ideas!

[Debbie]

22.

I like how you used the poster board set to make a label for the wine bottle, nice touch. The celebrate card can easily be changed for a number of occasions. I love the font in the third card.

[Donna Phelan]

23.

Your cards are so pretty, fabulous colors. And that wine bottle and tag! Yowza!

[Barbara Campbell]

24.

The cards are so dainty and the bottle project came out so well. I poster board label is elegant. Thanks

[Ky Sanders]

25.

Great inspiration!

[Golda]

26.

Your alteration of the bottle is fantastic! Love those beautiful cards, too.

[Sharon]

27.

Gorgeous cards and beautiful bottle! My favorite is the celebrate card - love the colors and papers you used.

[Carole Renneker]

28.

Fabulous Cards and I love the label! Thanks for sharing.

[Robin L]

29.

Wonderful cards! Just love your style!

[Barbara]

30.

Beautiful cards - and I love the bottle.

[kramomma]

31.

Enjoyed seeing your butterfly card.

[naneruth]

32.

These are lovely. Love the flower print, nice and cherry.

[Karen Knegten]

33.

These are wonderful! Thanks for sharing your ideas!

[Lynn]

34.

Great use of the new stamp sets. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Pixie]

35.

The bottle is a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

[tammie]

36.

Great idea on the bottle.I really need chalk ink.Beautiful cards.Thanks for sharing and hugs:)

[Pat Jandacek]

37.

I like your color combos, very calming. The contrast between label and bottle is really striking!

[Kathleen]

38.

Your samples are just lovely. I really like the label on the bottle

Blessings,
Kathleen

[Glenna Anderson]

39.

Great job! The bottle label is stunning!

[Cheryl]

40.

Such great work, thanks!

[Linda Osterwise]

41.

I love the cards and the fact that you made them top folding. I think that helps them display better.

The bottle is a neat idea, too!

[Kathy]

42.

Wine bottle tags! Great idea. The lots of lines cards Soooo sweet.

[Kay]

43.

What a cute idea the bottle is! Love your cards too.

[Elizabeth Garcia]

44.

Both of these projects are simply gorgeous.

[Nanette]

45.

What a great idea for the wine bottle! Both cards are beautiful also!

[Fashion]

46.

I love your cards. They are so feminine and friendly. The bottle is superb.