Gina K December '13 Release Inspiration Hop-1

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 first featured stamp set is Vertical Greetings by Theresa Momber.  Here's my card:

To make the wreath, I die cut a 3-inch circle from cardstock, then used the template to lightly "score" around the shape with my bone folder on the card front. This will make a slight indentation in the card base -- enough to act as a guide to stamp the sprig with Grass Green ink and make it into a wreath! The berries were made with a dot from Beth's new Lots of Thanks stamp set we will debut on Wednesday, stamped with Red Hot ink. The sentiment was stamped with Warm Cocoa ink and Kraft ink was sponged around the edges of the Ivory card base.

Our next set for today is It's the Little Things by Becky Oehlers:

Don't you just love all the sweet animals in this set?!!  I'm especially fond of this cute elephant, so I stamped him onto an Inchie Arts Black ATC-sized matboard Art Square with Gina's fabulous White pigment ink, to create a chalkboard effect. Smudge more white ink around the edges of the Art Board, for a realistic chalkboard look. The stamped Art Board was matted with a White die cut scalloped rectangle, popped up with Copic Foam Tape onto a Cherry Red card base and accented with a Mixed Berries button.

Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration the rest of the design team has for you today:

• Gina K
• Becky Oehlers-- Illustrator of It's The Little Things
• Theresa Momber-- Illustrator for Vertical Greetings
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Sean Fetterman
• Valerie Stangle

I'll be back tomorrow with more inspiration and more of my 2013 Advent calendar tags!

{Supplies}

Vertical Thinking of You:
GKD Stamps: Vertical Greetings by Theresa Momber, Lots of Thanks by Beth Silaika (berry dots)
GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Cardstock: Ivory
GKD Color Companions Ink: Grass Green, Red Hot, Warm Cocoa (sentiment), Kraft (sponging)
Other: Red Baker's Twine, Ink Blending Tool, Corner rounder

Chalkboard Elephant:
GKD Stamps: It's the Little Things by Becky Oehlers
GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight Cardstock: Cherry Red & White
GKD Color Companions Ink: White pigment
GKD Color Companions Buttons: Mixed Berries
Other: Inchie Arts Black ATC Mat Board Art Square, Scalloped Rectangle die, White embroidery thread, Copic Foam Tape, Glue Dot

Comments

[Carolyn King]

1.

I just adore that first card---so pretty and the chalkboard elephant is darling--looks great!

[Gabby]

2.

Nice cards! Like the simple sketch and chalkboard effect of the elephant card. :)

[Debbie]

3.

Your wreath is probably the cleverest card I've seen so far...looks so easy to mass produce and is just so dang pretty!
AND your chalkboard elephant is absolutely adorable!

[Betty]

4.

very cleaver and so cute! The chalkboard is awesome

[Sylvia Rivera]

5.

I love the subtleness and warmth of your Thinking of You card and your elephant chalkboard card is just so sweet. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Sharon]

6.

Love your cards!

[Tamara McEvoy]

7.

I too love the wreath card. How fun and happy it is.

[Mermaid Fenicia]

8.

Love those cards ^_^

[Penny Nichols]

9.

Such sweet cards! So much talent in one groups!

[Stephanie McKnight]

10.

Love your cards! Great color selections! Cannot wait to get these sets home.

[Cynthia Daversa]

11.

Oh my word...the chalkboard card is just so wonderful! I am in love with it! And the sentiment card is lovely!

[Barbara Brenneman]

12.

Love the cards! What a fun take with the little elephant on the chalkboard card, too cute. And I love the way you used the stamps from Theresa's new set, beautifully done.

[Tami Priebe]

13.

That elephant card is fabulous!!!

[Karen Hightower]

14.

Love your cards, they are wonderful, thanks for the inspiration… :)

[Elizabeth Garcia]

15.

That first card is so pretty. And the chalkboard elephant is so clever.

[Judy I, St. Louis MO]

16.

Great cards. I love the wreath with the leaves from Vertical Greetings. Your chalkboard rendition of the elephant is great. He is so cute.

[Sean]

17.

Perfection Sharon!!!! I love your projects! I can't wait to see the tags tomorrow! Btw....I love your new pic! Beautiful! Hugs! Seanie

[naneruth]

18.

So sweet both of them!

[Marty Keil]

19.

Nothing I like better than clean and simple. Wonderful job. I've never done a blog hop before and having a great time.

[Helen F.]

20.

Sharon, the offset wreath is beautiful~thanks for this great idea for a CAS Christmas card! Also, your little elephant is just the cah-u-test!

[Parker]

21.

Clever of you using that stem to make a wreath. Good job.

[MareeKulee]

22.

Love both of these, as usual!!!! Thank you so much for the great ideas that you send out through the year!

[Cheryl Stauffer]

23.

Two wonderful and creative cards!

[Debbie E]

24.

Love both of these designs!

[Andrea]

25.

love the cards, love the stamps sets, love everything. thank you for sharing with us.

[Sharon]

26.

Great cards. So cute.

[Barbara Campbell]

27.

Love your light and airy wreath, but I think the chalk board technique on the elephant is the best one on this hop!

[Louise]

28.

I love your use of the leaves with the berries. So attractive.

[Cammi Engelhard]

29.

You take these stamps and really put your own unique spin on them! Cute. Cute!

[susan]

30.

Love both your cards but especially the elephant one.

[Verna Angerhofer]

31.

Thanks so much Sharon for showing us such wonderful ways to use these images from these stamp sets. I especially love the way you used the leafy branch image. How clever!

[Golda]

32.

These are wonderful! I love the white on black you did for the elephant card.

[Gayle C]

33.

Wonderful tip for your wreath. I love it.

[Pat G.]

34.

WOW Great cards and done yet so differently and just as beautifully designed. Fabulous

[Suzanne Law]

35.

Love them all. Just love to see how each designer uses the stamp sets. Now I want all the stamps set!

[Lisa K]

36.

Love this. The wreath is a wonderful treat! I really love the chalkboard with the elephant.

[Ginger J]

37.

Love the bold use of black, red and white and the elephant is so cute.

[Robin L]

38.

Wonderful Cards!!

[Sue D]

39.

Very pretty wreath and I like the chalkboard look with the cute elephant.

[Judy Woodland]

40.

Love both your cards. Great idea to make a wreath with that leaf stamp, and awesome use of the chalkboard technique with the other set. Thanks for the wonderful inspiration.

[Jean Bullock]

41.

Both cards are delightful. I especially enjoy how you shaded the edges of the first card.

[Karen O'Reilly]

42.

A Chalkboard Elephant!! Love both your cards

[Julie S.]

43.

Great cards, I especially like the chalkboard elephant! He just looks adorable in every color!

[Dawn Skene]

44.

These are beautiful. I love the chalkboard elephant and how it pops on the red background!

[Nicole S.]

45.

Elegant and super cute. Such a different tad on these Stamps!

[Diane Stricker]

46.

Awesome

[Sheri]

47.

Love the wreath!!!

[Luanna]

48.

Wonderful cards. I like the way you made the wreath.

[Dee]

49.

A beautiful and clever wreath card! My favorite of the two great cards you've shown us.

[Vicki Poole]

50.

Very clever how you scored a guide for your wreath.