Gina K Hop Day #2!

Quick FYI:  We are alive here in VA after Hurricane Sandy came raging in but stuck in our house...roads are flooded and blocked so we can't get out...schools and federal govt closed so kids & hubby are home with me.  As of 10 pm last night we had power still (as I'm typing this) but our back basement sprung a leak ugh.  The sump pump is working but water from the street has come in thru our water pipe and backed up so we are busy trying to deal with that along with the debris and mess left here.  Prayers to everyone who is dealing with this HUGE PIA storm...stay safe!

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 & stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

My goal as of late is to look at stamps with a “different” view…yeah yeah my brain works well that way LOL!  So I used the NEW Gina K stamp set “Deck the Halls” illustrated by Beth Silaika to create a wreath/poinsettia like image with the ornaments instead of using the ornaments as…well…ornaments LOL!  I stamped the stamp unevenly a bit for a more vintage look which I like, more antiqued feel.  I used a small Spellbinders die to draw a circle on my cardstock, then I stamped around it very evenly with my ornament stamp so it was all spaced evenly.  I filled in the lines & dots with my Gold Leaf pen (I love my gold leaf pen with thin tip, its fabulous)!  Then I embossed the sentiment from the NEW “Merry Little Christmas StampTV Kit” in gold ep and popped above the wreath.  A gold bow and some corner diecuts (made with a LaLa Land Crafts corner die) finish it all off…I liked the subtle texture the diecuts made using the same cream cs.  Just another fun way to use this set!

This card uses the NEW Gina K stamp set “Simple Snowflakes” illustrated by Tami Mayberry!  I don’t much like snow..or ice..or winter (LOL) but I sure do like to use them on cards and such.  I stamped the main snowflake w/ sentiment in white Palette Ink and then embossed it in clear ep for a shiny look.  The other snowflakes I stamped so they looked like they were tumbling down…they were stamped in white Palette Ink too and then I added some Stickles to each for sparkle.  Around the black cardstock I painted on some tacky glue and then sprinkled on my fave Martha Stewart Snow Glitter (I have had the same bottle of this stuff for 4 years and I love it, use it A LOT in winter)!  I liked the frosty look it gave the card…then I topped it off with soft pink ribbon bow and button…I love pink and black together for the holidays

 Now hop around to my fellow designers to see what they’ve created! Don’t forget to leave comments for a great chance to win too!

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Simple Snowflakes
• Becky Oehlers - Illustrator Mistletoe Memories
• Beth Silaika - Illustrator Deck The Halls
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean (that’s me, thx for stopping by)
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher