Gina K. Designs Inspiration Blog Hop Day 2: "Elegant Florals" & "Sentimental Holidays"

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 Stamp TV a few days after the hops.

Welcome to the second day of Inspiration Blog Hop. As you can see I am in the mood of CAS cards, maybe tomorrow I will have something with lots of layers :)

Elegant Florals: This set is a MUST have in your collection. I just needed a Sympathy Card, a really close friend of mine lost a dear friend few days ago and I will be sending this card to her.

Directions:

• Make card base from Ivory Cardstock. A2 size.
• Stamp flower in Memento Sweet Cocoa, color it with markers (Copics Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17, YR16, YG63, 0)
• Add Stickles to center of flower.
• Stamp sentiment in Memento Sweet Cocoa.
• Score a couple of lines on left side.
• Tie on ribbon.

Card Recipe:

• Cardstock: Ivory (GKD)
• Stamps: Elegant Florals (GKD)
• Ink: Memento Sweet Cocoa (Tsukineko)
• Accessories: Score-buddy, Star Dust Stickles (Ranger), Green Seam Binding Ribbon.

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Sentimental Holidays: Love all the sentiments in this set!! Another CAS card for you.

Directions:

• Make card base from Kraft Cardstock. A2 size.
• Cut  a panel from Ivory Cardstock (3.75" x 5")
• Cut a piece of Patterned Paper (2.25" x 3.5"), stamp bottom border (images from Warm Woolen Mittens) in Memento Desert Sand and Frayed Burlap Distress Ink, sentiment in Walnut Stain Distress. Adhere it to panel and add zig-zag stitches.
• Stamp star in Watermark Ink, add gold embossing powder and heat it up. Cut it out.
• Score lines to right and bottom sides.
• Add star to panel with medium pop dots.
• Add pearls.

Card Recipe:

• Cardstock: Kraft, Ivory (GKD)
• Paper: Bundle Collection (Authentique)
• Stamps: Sentimental Holidays, Warm Woolen Mittens (GKD)
• Ink: Memento Desert Sand,  Versamark (Tsukineko), Frayed Burlap Distress, Walnut Stain Distress (Ranger)
• Accessories: Pearls, Gold embossing powder, Embossing heat gun, Sewing machine.

All the items in bold can be found at Gina K. Designs Store


Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration from the Design Team:

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika – Illustrator Sentimental Holidays
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator Elegant Florals
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Hope you like them!
Have fun hopping!