{Gina K Designs} Grateful Heart

Good morning!  I had so much fun making up a set of cards with last fall's Stamp TV Kit Grateful Heart for a feature over in the Stamp TV group.  I challenged myself to NO coloring and NO embellishments, but I still wanted them to be classy.  Here's the group I came up with...

Here's my favorite of the bunch, using the Grateful Heart paper and the Autumn Blessings and You're My Favorite sets...

I used  Gina K Color Companions Inks in Warm Cocoa, Dark Chocolate, Faded Brick and Honey Mustard, and used circle punches for the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to visit us over at Stamp TV if you'd like all the details on the cards!

Bricks and Leaves

I have a pretty, but easy, card to share today that I made with stamps and supplies from the new Stamp TV Kit The Simple Things available now at Gina K Designs, and that fits in perfectly with the Lovely Leaves challenge at the Curtain Call!  I stamped the brick wall from the Bounty of Blessings set in three different Gina K ink colors: Sweet Corn, Sweet Mango and Tomato Soup and then stamped four leaves overtop in Dark Chocolate Ink.

The sentiment, from the The Simple Things set, is stamped in Black Onyx ink and embossed onto a piece of vellum.  I used some of the ribbon and cardstock included in the kit and added a button from my stash, tied with a piece of gold cord, which you can get FREE with a $25 Gina K order this month!  The piercing was added with a Pierced Rectangle Spellbinders Die that I picked up at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.

Here's a picture of the kit contents.  If you haven't gotten one before, let me HIGHLY recommend them.  They are WONDERFUL!!  It is so fun to get a box of stamps, paper, and accessories that all match in the mail, plus there is tons of inspiration available over on Stamp TV!

OK, that's all for me right now!  Have a wonderful day!

Tricia

{Gina K Designs} The Simple Things Stamp TV Kit and Always Autumn

The Cast and Crew of Gina K Designs welcome you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Cast and Crew will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! As you hop through the blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will be choosing a few comments to win a wonderful Grab Bag of fabulous Gina K goodies.  To see the winner announcement, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hops.

So did you have fun looking at all the cards on the hop yesterday?  I think Autumn cards are some of my very favorites... although I'd really love a winter set that had that cute fox with a scarf on!!

You saw the fox in  The Simple Things Stamp TV kit, right???  Here's a card I posted during the release party...

I just LOVE him!  I stamped him on a Vintage Cuts Pointed Oval stamped with the coordinating frame, then masked him off and stamped the little branch behind him before I colored it all in.  The paper and sentiment are also from the kit.  The only thing I added was the Vintage Cuts border!

Here's another card with the kit...

This time I used the brick block stamp to add texture to a layer.  It is stamped in Faded Brick ink onto Tomato Soup cardstock.  The little buttons are tied with some of the Free With $25.00 gold cord, but, if I were you, I would get a whole spool of it.  I love this stuff!! 

Next up is Theresa's new set Always Autumn.  The card I shared during the release party used no patterned paper and lots of coloring with my Spectrum Noir markers...

Prickly Pear, Dark Chocolate, Gold Cord, Dark Chocolate Buttons, Vintage Cuts borders, gingham ribbon...  All the little things can make a card come together so easily!

For my second card with Theresa's set I used more of the Garden Tour paper that was free with a $50 purchase last month and is now available to buy.  I fell in love with this pretty pattern and wanted to show you that the  Always Autumn set doesn't have to always be used for Autumn cards! :)

(BTW, the piercing around the circle is done with some new pierced Spellbinder dies.  I love the look, so I got them in all the classic shapes so I don't have to do as much stitching on my cards!! :)  LOL)

For this card I stamped the flower first, colored it with Spectrum Noir markers and cut it out.  Then I popped it up on a diecut and embossed circle on which I had stamped the Many Thanks greeting that I had curved on the block.  The burlap and gingham ribbon, as well as the Cranberry paper, are all from the Stamp TV kit.

OK, just one more!  

This one features this month's Free with $75.00 stamp duo - Love You More.

I played with my new pierced dies again, this time the square ones, and kept my color combination very classic - kraft, dark chocolate, ivory and fresh asparagus.  I stamped the border twice on my ivory layer and matted it on dark chocolate.  After attaching it to my card base, I added a Fresh Asparagus Vintage Cuts border, and then hand cut a little banner for the sentiment.  My card is 4.25" square - the perfect size to still fit in an A2 envelope! :)

WHEW!  That was a lot! : )  Thanks so much for stopping by!

  Remember that all of the new products are available NOW at Gina K Designs, and be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team for more inspiration with the new sets.  Here's the info and the list ...

• Gina K
• Theresa Momber--Illustrator of Always Autumn
• Melanie Muenchinger - Illustrator of Fabulous Frame Fillers
• Beth Silaika
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Karen Hightower
• Kendra Wietstock
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Sean Fetterman
• Tricia Traxler

{Gina K} Floral Wreath

Hi everyone!

I had so much fun the other day playing with my Flower Builder set from the new Here Comes the Sun Stamp TV Kit!

For this card, I took the stems and leaves stamp and curved it on my block like this...

After I stamped the stems and leaves in a circle with GKD Grass Green ink, I added some Mango dots , and popped up a number of flowers stamped in GKD Turquoise Sea and In the Navy.

Oh, and the little green dots?  When I bent my stems and leaves stamp, a tiny bit of the stamp stuck up in the middle.  It inked along with my stamp and gave me the dots... I'm pretending I meant for that to happen!! : )

I added a simple flat ribbon treatment with Navy Gingham ribbon, then matted my image panel with Mango and In the Navy cardstock.   It's a flat card with dimension, so it's easy to mail, but still has lots of interest.  My favorite!!

I have a challenge up on StampTV this morning based on this card ... or I will in a few minutes!  I'd love for you to join me!!

Tricia