Tuesday, December 4

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


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Hope you like them!
Have fun hopping!

49 comments:

  1. WOW! These are absolutely AMAZING! From the color, the glitz and technique.....perfect!

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  2. Beautiful coloring on the flowers, Giovana! I love the scoring on both cards. Gorgeous!

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  3. That stitched design reeeally makes me wish I could sew! love the colors and the popped up star and scoring!

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  4. Beautiful creations! Wonderful coloring on your sympathy card too!

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  5. great coloring on the sympathy card - and I love the sewing!

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  6. beautiful details! love the scoring! it adds such a great touch! :)

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  7. Wow, Gio -- your Silent Night/star card took my breath away!

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  8. wow love the coloring on the flower, so very pretty, great job.

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  9. Gorgeous cards! Your lilys are GORGEOUS!

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  10. Terrific calla lilies! Love your cards, and I see another use for the fair isle stamp! Woot! Woot!

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  11. Love the silent night card with the sticking!

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  12. Love the scored lines.. gives a simple elegance to the card, especially for the sympathy card.

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  13. What a simple and elegant holiday card.

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  14. Your cards are so amazingly wonderful. Very impressive!

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  15. Embossing the star really pops it out.

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  16. Love the simplicity of your cards

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  17. Beautiful projects, thanks for the inspiration!

    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  18. Great cards. I love what you did with the star.

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  19. Beautiful cards. The Christmas card is very unique.

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  20. Love your cards! Beautiful coloring on the lily; the 'silent night' card is absolutely stunning and my personal favorite!

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  21. Awesome coloring on your flowers and love the stitching on your second, card....beautiful creations!

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  22. Giovana - your coloring of the calla lilies!!! Oh, my! Beautiful! And the touch of simple stitching on the 2nd card - perfect!!!

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  23. Both of your cards are beautiful. Amazing coloring on your flower.

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  24. Both of these are so beautiful and elegant. Amazing.

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  25. Your cards are stunning! I love your coloring of the lilies.

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  26. Wow, what an amazing sympathy card. Love all the extra you add on your cards, the embossed lines, the stitching.

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  27. I love that sentiment on the star card. Which set do I want first?

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  28. Gorgeous lily card and I like the scoring on the second card.

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  29. I love the stitched holiday card! Thank you!

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  30. A beautiful sympathy card and I really like the addition of stitching on the Christmas card.

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  31. Gorgeous, Giovana.

    Your sympathy card is so beautiful. Those lilies are stunning, and are perfect for this card.

    Love your Christmas card too. The simplicity of it is stunning.

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  32. dry embossing on the first card adds a lot to the desigh.I like the stitching on the Christmas card. Thanks

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  33. Beautiful projects. Love the sympathy card and the bright star on the second card.

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  34. Beautiful coloring on the flowers on the sympathy card! Gorgeous card!

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  35. How lovely, especially the 1st card-love it. TFS

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  36. Gorgeous cards, both of them! Love the scoring on both; the simplicity of the lily card; and EVERYTHING about the Christmas card, including the subdued colors....very peaceful in mho

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  37. Lovely cards!

    Kris in Alaska
    funamom at yahoo dot com

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  38. i love the embellishments you added to your already awesome cards. Thanks for sharing!

    marianneDOTwanhamATgmailDOTcom

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  39. your cards are gorgeous!! Loving all the details, like the stitching!

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  40. Good heavens! What gorgeous clean and simple cards! I just love how you colored the calla lilies!

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