Gina K December '13 Release Inspiration Hop-3

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 Lots of Thanks by Beth Silaika. You will never need another thank you stamp set again ... look at all the fantastic fonts and thanks expressions in this set, along with beautiful accents!  

I arranged all of the thanks sentiments from this set (which were only about half of the total stamps in this set!) on an acrylic block (use a grid one, such as this to make sure everything is straight) and stamped them with Gina's Black Onyx ink onto Ivory Heavy Base Weight Cardstock, to create a posterboard effect (stamp it in white on black and you'll have a chalkboard effect!). Then I stamped the accent row of dots with Passionate Pink ink and matted the sentiment piece with coordinating Passionate Pink cardstock that was die cut with a postage die. The piece is popped up with Copic Foam Tape on a Black Onyx panel tied with ivory grosgrain ribbon and layered onto an ivory card base.

Our final featured stamp set for the December release is Celebration Diva by Debbie Corbari.  I made a 5.50" framed artwork piece for my desk, as a great reminder (I love this quote!):

Since Diva is celebrating for the new year, I decided to color her in the Pantone 2014 color of the year, Radiant Orchid (or as close as I think it is, from electronic media!) with Copic RV66-Raspberry! I sure wish I could have a dress this pretty for myself, just by coloring one, LOL!

I stamped Diva with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card and colored her with these Copic Sketch markers:

Her jewelry and shoes were glittered with Pink Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Pen and Gold glitter pen gives her champagne some sparkly bubbles (click on the photo for a closer view)!

While the cardstock was still in the beaded oval die, I airbrushed RV63 around the beaded edges.

Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration from these Gina K designers:

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika- Illustrator of Lots of Thanks
• Debbie Corbari- Illustrator of Celebration Diva
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Latisha Yoast
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist <=You are here
• Valerie Stangle

Thanks so much for joining us this week and for all of your lovely comments . . . Happy Holidays!

 {Supplies}

Lots of Thanks Card:
GKD Stamps: Lots of Thanks by Beth Silaika
GKD Pure Luxury Cardstock: Ivory, Passionate Pink & Black Onyx 
GKD Color Companions Ink: Black Onyx
Other: Copic X-Press It Blending Card & 1/2-inch Foam Tape, postage die, ivory grosgrain ribbon

Framed New Year Diva:
GKD Stamps: Celebration Diva by Debbie Corbari
GKD Pure Luxury Cardstock: Black Onyx 
Copic: X-Press It Blending Card; Airbrush System; RV63, RV66, E00, E11, E23, YR21, W0, W1 Sketch markers; Pink & Gold Atyou Spica Glitter Pen
Other: Spellbinders Beaded Oval dies, 5.50" square white frame (Michaels)

Comments

[cat]

1.

wow! I so love the b/w with that pop of pink! And of course, you coloring so rocks!

[Karen Hightower]

2.

Love both of your cards, and the diva… Well, she is one cute diva in her pink dress…Love the coloring.. :)

[Debbie]

3.

I always get SO giddy when I'm heading over to your blog..for real…giddy! And there is a reason for that my friend! Ok..so I'm LOVIN' the black and pink on both cards..(yes, we were sharing a wavelength!) and the thank you card is just so bright and cheerful! This is not the first diva you have blogged about putting in a frame (you put balanced diva in a frame too! See how I remember that?!) and I cannot tell you how much it means to me that you FRAMED her to put on your desk! Dang girl! She looks beautiful and so trendy in her pantone 2014 colored dress! And I love her glittery shoes and champagne! You have knocked my socks off Sharon! <3

[Sharon]

4.

Love the black and pink combo - really pops!

[Jocelyn Turner]

5.

Cute pink Diva, she is gorgeous, but love your thank you card. I can never have enough sentiment stamps!

[Beth Silaika]

6.

These pink and black samples today are drop dead gorg! I love them both! The card is delightful! Just fun with all those sentiments paired together -- and the framed diva is colored so amazingly that I keep looking and thinking that she is going to move!

[Penny Nichols]

7.

Love your cards and especially the pink and black together!

[Sharon Harnist]

8.

Debbie, I haven't been able to find my other framed Namaste' Diva since I moved (darn-it!), so I had make another one! Still searching, though ... Thank you for your kind comments!

[Lisa K]

9.

Love the thank you. Making the frame is a wonderful thing. I like that quote as well.

[Judy Woodland]

10.

Gorgeous cards Sharon. Thanks for the inspiration!

[Barbara Campbell]

11.

You coloring is perfect and I always enjoy then tutorials. Love your cards.

[Melanie Muenchinger]

12.

That lady is fabulous!! (guess that's what you like like with an up do') :)

[Barbara Brenneman]

13.

Oh my gosh, your coloring is amazing on that diva. Thank you for sharing the how to and the what you used! So appreciate it. Both cards are wonderful, love the bold thank you and of course your diva card.

[Tami Priebe]

14.

Pink and black combination is stunning. I absolutely love the way you use copic markers, gorgeous cards. Thanks!!

[Cole at Queen of Cards]

15.

loving all the black and pink today! Great minds think alike!

[Diane Stricker]

16.

Beautiful cards, love your coloring.

[Niki Grabish]

17.

Black and pink always go well together. Your cards a very lovely. I like the postage stamp look of the thank you card.

[Mermaid Fenicia]

18.

Lovely made cards ^_^

[Marty Keil]

19.

Loving these colors and designs. So much fun.

[Bernadet]

20.

LOVE that pink & black thank you - stunning!

[Verna Angerhofer]

21.

Wow! Love your card designs. And, thanks so much for the tutorial on how to color too.

[naneruth]

22.

Love them both!

[Donna Phelan]

23.

Absolutely LOVE the pink and black themes of your cards! So fun and fresh!

[Sharon]

24.

So striking with the pink & black. Great cards.

[tammie]

25.

Cute as ever and such pretty cards and the framed one..Thanks for sharing:)Oh loved the way you airbrushed:)

[Mrs B]

26.

Hi sharon. Both cards are great. I love thedivas sentiment! Take care.

[Anne H.]

27.

Love your samples and the way you combined sentiments in the first card. "Gorgeous"!

[Parker]

28.

I like the color combo on both cards. Pink it is. :)

[Dee]

29.

Love both cards. Great use of BLACK in the background to make the creations really pop

[Nicole S.]

30.

Pink and black is always a good combo! Great job on the coloring, so darn pretty!

[Cheryl Stauffer]

31.

Wonderful cards and terrific flooring.

[Judy Carter]

32.

Love your cards and what a great idea to frame the diva to enjoy every day.

[Julie S.]

33.

Great cards! I really like the black, white, and bright pink on the first one, and the Diva in your second card looks so trendy and ready to party! Thanks for sharing.

[Amber]

34.

I'm jealous. I wish I had your coloring skills. Very nice cards.

[Gayle C]

35.

Love your black and ivory card as well as the beautiful coloring on your diva.

[Helen F.]

36.

Beautiful Thank you card, Sharon! Really like the layout and design. Your framed Diva is amazing~love it!

[Cheryl]

37.

Love love love these!

[Dee]

38.

Amazing what the pink, black and white of your cards became! LOVE them! Absolutely beautiful!

[Luanna]

39.

I love both of your cards, but I was really
Impressed with your idea to put several thank you sentiments together.

[Debbie E]

40.

Very sharp use of colors. Black and pink really pops against each other.

[Dawn Skene]

41.

Two beautiful cards. Love the postage stamp look.

[Golda]

42.

These are great creations!

[Suzanne Law]

43.

Love the pink and black, what a fun cards!

[KathleenR]

44.

Your cards are beautiful

Kathleen

[Sue D]

45.

Great colors.

[Lagene]

46.

GREAT cards, I especially loved the Thanks card, love the pink, black & white!