Gina K. Designs Grand Garden

Monday, July 23, 2018

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to part 2 of the Gina K. Designs Hot Summer Release. I hope you enjoyed our release party last week. If you missed it, you can see the beautiful cards over on StampTV. If you want to see my cards, click here.

I am so in love with this release! Lisa Hetrick's Just a Little stamp set is amazing! There are so many possibilities with this stamp set, ok, I think I said that about the last release and probably the release before that. Every release seems to get better and I can't help to say there are so many possibilities. Lisa's set is so versitle, you can even use her Hello Beautiful and You Are with this set!

Just a Little

Illustrated by Lisa McClelland Hetrick

Here is the card I am sharing with you today. My card is 3 1/2 x 5, I stamped the background with the background stripes from the Just a Little stamp set using Gina K. Wild Dandelion ink. I stamped off, so the yellow would not be so bright. I stamped the flower image with Gina K. Designs Amalgam Ink - Jet Black and colored it with copics. I fuzzy cut the small rose and the other flower from the Just a Little stamp set, I colored the rose with copics, and then used the solid image from the stamp set and stamped it with Gina K. Wild Dandelion ink. I used foam tape and popped the flowers onto the card. I finished the card off by stamping the sentiment.

Closer look so you could see I painted some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer - Glitter Gloss over the flowers.

Grand Garden

Illustrated by Alicia Krupsky

My second card I am showcasing the beautiful Grand Garden by Alicia Krupsky. This stamp set is grand! I love this flower, again there are so many possibilities. I am so proud of my card, I decided I was going to tackle no line coloring. I thought this would be a great stamp set to do it with since the image is so large. I love how it turned out. I am going to keep practicing so maybe one day I will be able to color like my design team mate Arjita. This card is an A2 card, I stamped the flower image in the background with my favorite color Gina K. designs Passionate Pink. I stamped the sentiment and placed the leaves and flower where I wanted them to be. I used foam tape to pop the flower up. I finished the card off by adding some crystal drops.

Another look at my card.

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Enjoy all the fabulous inspiration as you hop and make sure to comment on each blog for a chance to win one of the TWO $50.00 Gina K. Designs gift certificates! The winner will be announced in the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after this hop concludes. Good luck and thank you so much for stopping by!

Lisa Hetrick - Illustrator of Just a Little

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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Hello everyone!

If you missed the release party tonight, here are the cards that I showed. All the stamp sets, wreath builder dies and paper to go with the wreath builder, and ALL the stencils are available now! The links to the new release are at the bottom of this post!!!! Happy shopping!

Come back Monday and Tuesday for a two day blog hop to get more inspiration on the new summer release!

Here are my cards:

Just a Little

Illustrated by Lisa McClelland Hetrick

This card is made with the stamp set Just a Little, I stamped and fuzzy cut the flowers and colored them with copics. I added some leave in the background and popped my flowers up. I finished the card off by adding the sentiment.

My second card make with the Just a Little set I used some distressed inks in the background, I used the new stencil (links are below for all the new stencils) Nature's Elegance. I stamped the flower image with black ink. This card is clean and simple, but I think very elegant!

Grand Garden

Illustrated by Alicia Krupsky

This card is from the Grand Garden Illustrated by Alicia Krupsky, I love the font in this stamp set. The font in this set goes so well with the Gina K. Stitched Leaves stamp set and dies. I used another newly released stencil called Square Mandela. I used ink daubers with the stencil. I used Gina K. Designs inks Wild Dandelion and Tangerine Twist. The friend is a die that is in the GKD store, I stamped the image with black ink and finished the card off by adding some black enamel dots.

I think this flower is my favorite of all the Gina K. Design flowers! (I know, I think I say this about each new flower). The background I used a paint brush and added the stripes to the card panel (Lisa's set gave me the idea to do the stripes in the background). I then splattered some black ink on the background and added my sentiment. This flower is so versatile you can do all types of techniques with this. I stamped the flower with versamark and used the Gina K. Designs clear embossing powder, I then used a sponge dauber and added ink to the flowers and leaves, the technique is emboss resist. I fuzzy cut these out, painted some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer - Glitter Gloss to the flower, then added foam tape and added them to my card. The shimmer is so pretty on the flowers, I could not get a good pic to show you.

Autumn Wreath Builder by Gina K.

I am using the Autumn Wreath Stamp set for this card. I used the 4" template stencil that is now available separately to create the wreath. I fuzzy cut some of the pumpkins out and popped them up on my card. Love the sayings and the script in this stamp set. I stamped the sentiment and added the acorn, I then die cut it out with circle dies.

I used the Autumn Wreath Stamp set and the 4" stencil for this card too. This card is clean and simple. I stamped the images, added the circle and sentiment in the middle of the wreath.

Peaceful Roses- New Incentive

My last card is made with the new incentive stamp set called Peaceful Roses, you can earn this set FREE with any $75.00 order. I stamped the rose with versamark and used Gina K.'s rose gold embossing powder. I then colored it with colored pencils.