Scrap Bitz: Gina K Release Sneakie Peekies!

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Gina K Release Sneakie Peekies!

Happy Tuesday everyone! How are you all today? Did you all have a fantastic Valentine's Day yesterday? I went out to lunch with a few of my friends that I don't see often enough and we had our own special "girls valentine's day lunch" LOL! It was nice to laugh & catch up AND it was 64 FABULOUS degrees here in VA--wowza! I got to leave the house without a jacket, how 'bout them apples--loved it. Friday it will be 68 degrees here and I'm thinking that Suzanne will be getting some sun on the patio, LOL! Then I was back home to get some work done when hubby called and told me to be ready to leave the house at 6:30 pm for a special "date"...hmmmmmmm...what the heck was he up to? I quickly scrambled to finish a release project and get ready and get the kids fed--of course they are teens and they like leftovers so all was good! Well he took me to one of my fave restaurants (just me, no teens, lol) and then to see a movie---awwwww--we saw the new Jennifer Aniston movie "Just Go With It". It was really, really funny and if James denies he liked it to anyone---well he's LYYYING! LOL! He laughed more than I did, LOL--it was funny and it wasn't crude at all--dumb reviewers, I never believe what they say! I prefer to make my own decisions KWIM :) So it was a nice way to spend time together last night. We always do so much as a "family pack of 4" (that's what I call us,lol) and that is always fun and nice BUT it's also nice to do fun things by ourselves. Thank goodness we still have lots to talk about, laugh together and like the same things--we've never lost that part of ourselves and for that I'm thankful :) So it was a great day! But now back to the ole' grindstone today, hee hee!

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GINA K Designs New Sneakie Peekies!

Today is Day #2 of the Gina K New Release Sneak Peeks! These new stamp sets will knock your socks off that's for sure and you will want them all (badly, lol)! At the end of my post I've added the other DT gals who are posting today so you can get even more great inspiration and see these sets in action! Make sure to visit Gina's Blog HERE everyday as well---she is giving away some new stamp sets this release and I know you'd love to win some!!

I'm lucky to be showcasing two NEW Stamp Sets today for you! Hope you enjoy them! These sets will all be released late Thursday (Feb. 17th) evening!

The first stamp set I'm showcasing is "Little Critters" illustrated by Theresa Momber for Gina K. This set has some really cute little critters and fabulous & beautiful floral images. I chose to use this gorgeous flower image and fern image from the set. I'm so wanting it to be spring so I seem to be choosing a lot of images and colors that evoke that feeling :) -- just can't help it! I chose some gorgeous SEI papers to set the color scheme of my card. I make a lot of square 5.5x5.5" cards so its always nice to switch it up and do a different shape like this longer card.

I cut my main image and mat with my Spellbinders circle dies and the mat behind that is Labels 15--I used a gold metallic pen to outline the labels 15 to match the gold foil in the patterned paper. Just an extra element to make it super special. Bow Easy was used on my bow (I use this lil' fabby tool everyday) and then I twisted a few Prima flowers together and added them to the center. I used a super small Spellbinders die from the "Peony" set for the upper right embellishments--cut them from my olive green cs and then put a gold Bella Bauble in the center of each one.

I masked my floral image and stamped the fern image in green ink behind it. Then I colored and stamped two of each of the flowers so I could cut out one set and pop it up for a more dimensional look. Of course the images are colored with Copics (Y38,Y35,YR20/G99,G82,G20) and then a few stardust stickles to give them a pretty sparkle.

Second project for today uses the new stamp set "Chocolate Bunnies" illustrated by Asela Hopkins for Gina K Designs. This set is just squish-em cute and perfect for the upcoming Easter Holiday! As soon as I saw this set I knew exactly which images I would use and how I would use them (love it when that happens, lol). I wanted to create a really graphic but elegant Easter Card with a TWIST! I love twists, LOL and this twist is the fun sentiment "Bite Me" along with his chomped on ears (done with a small paper punch)! The sentiment is on a Spellbinders Fancy Tags die and then I inked the edges with brown ink--the corner embellies are also by Spellbinders and then inked them with white ink to make the embossing on them really pop! The papers are all from My Mind's Eye "Lush" series (one of my faves)!

Here's this cute chocolate bunny all colored up--doesn't he look yummy (sorry bunny)! He's colored with Copics (E25,E31,E50,E51) and then he got a nice coat of Diamond Glaze (crystal lacquer is the same). Once the glaze dried I used my small round paper punch to give him a few bites on his ears, LOL! The cream mat behind him was embossed with one of my fave Cuttlebug Embossing Folders "D'Vine Swirls". I just adore this card and will probably be giving it to my teen daughter this Easter season---she has a fabulous sense of crude humor like me (a chip off the ole' block, lol) so I know she'll love it!!

Hope you enjoyed the sneak peeks today! If you missed yesterday's peeks you can find a list on Gina's Blog HERE! More peeks on Wednesday & Thursday--then the release party is Thursday evening, hope you can join us!

The other fabulous designers peeking stamp sets today are below! Make sure to
leave comments on their blogs for some fun chances to WIN!!