Happy Wednesday! 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 deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!!
We're concluding these series of inspiration hops with two more sets - Believe in Yourself Stamp Set Duo and Great Sayings.
First up is a card with Believe in Yourself Stamp Set Duo.
Here's how it came together:
- Create a side-folding standard size card.
- Cut a 2" x 2-3/4" rectangle out of patterned paper which came from GKD Patterned Paper Pack - Parisian Garden and adhere to a 1/8" bigger piece of card stock. Adhere it to the bottom right corner.
- Stamp the sentiment onto a 3-1/8" x 1-1/8" piece of card stock with purple ink, adhere a strip of patterned paper, a flower on top of that, and then adhere it all to the card front with some pop dots.
- Stamp the butterfly at an angle with purple ink. Color it in with green and adhere rhinestones on the antennae.
- Add a photo corner on the upper right corner and finish the card off with a flower on the photo corner.
Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Believe in Yourself Stamp Set Duo
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Lovely Lavender and White card stock; Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper: Parisian Gardens
Ink: SU! Perfect Plum ink
Accessories: Copics, Rhienstones; Photo Corner Punch; Flowers
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Next up is a card with Great Sayings.
This set has so many great sayings and wanted to make sure I made it the focus. Another thing to note here, is the use of the flower image. As you will notice the image itself is quite long. I wanted to just highlight the flowers and did so by punching them out and using it for the center of the bow. Here's how the card came together.
- Create a top-folding standard size card out of Ivory card stock.
- Stamp the sentiment on the bottom right corner with brown ink.
- Tie a piece of ribbon around the middle and set it aside.
- Ink the flower image with brown ink and punch it out. Add some liquid white pearls to the middle of each of the flowers and when dry, add it to the middle of the knot. With that, you are done!
Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Great Sayings
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Ivory card stock
Ink: Coffee Bean Brilliance Ink
Accessories: Ribbon; Martha Stewart Scallop Circle Punch; Liquid Pearls
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Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:
- Gina K
- Carolina Buchting
- Cathy Tidwell
- Deb Felts
- Donna Baker
- Emily Giovanni
- Giovana Smith
- Jimmi Mayo
- Lee Murphy
- Lori McAree
- Melanie Muenchinger
- Michelle Woerner
- Theresa Momber
- Tina Gilliland
- Vicki Dutcher
Thanks so much for stopping by!
There's definately a lot to learn about this issue. I really like all of the points you have made.
Posted by: zitat | June 05, 2012 at 02:54 PM
Your cards and samples are just beautiful. Your are very talented.
Blessings,
Kat (kathleen)
Posted by: Kathleen | April 27, 2012 at 11:36 PM
Lovely card--great colors!
Posted by: Heather | March 19, 2012 at 08:51 AM
Beautiful and so great to have just the right sentiments for an occasion
Momalo
Posted by: Momalo | March 16, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Beautiful cards; love the CAS style. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Jo4Him | March 15, 2012 at 05:33 PM
Beautiful cards, Carolina. Love the butterfly and the gorgeous ribbon.
Posted by: Gayle C | March 15, 2012 at 04:20 PM
Very clever use of the flower stamp to make it a "button" for your bow.Liked your fancy butterfly too.
Posted by: Angie Hall | March 15, 2012 at 09:51 AM
Wonderful sentiments on both cards! I love what you did to make a little medallion in the center of that bow. Very clever!
Posted by: Lisa H. | March 15, 2012 at 08:32 AM
I love, love, love what you did with the stamps. And, how clever to use just the floral portion on the ribbon. I think that is so cool!
Posted by: Verna Angerhofer | March 15, 2012 at 07:18 AM
Love the cards! Thanks!
Posted by: Kris in Alaska | March 14, 2012 at 10:29 PM
Great cards! I love the butterfly in green.
Posted by: Toni Storie | March 14, 2012 at 10:14 PM
Gorgeous butterfly. Love the bling on the antennea.
Posted by: Francine | March 14, 2012 at 10:06 PM
nice color combo on the butterfly-love the bling!
Posted by: Fernanda | March 14, 2012 at 09:09 PM
Oh my your cards are beautiful thanks for sharing
Posted by: Wendy Thompson | March 14, 2012 at 08:00 PM
Beautiful cards, love the second one, great sentiment
Posted by: Zehra | March 14, 2012 at 07:45 PM
Just beautiful in believing in yourself! I love the colors and it is so encouraging. TFS
Posted by: StampinSher | March 14, 2012 at 07:31 PM
this is so beautiful, love the colors you used and the great card design
Posted by: holly AKA kopykat | March 14, 2012 at 07:22 PM
Love how this great sentiment is the focal point of this card. Beautiful.
Marcie
Posted by: Marcie Smith | March 14, 2012 at 07:13 PM
Both cards are beautiful! I like the bling on the butterfly and the clean look of the 2nd card.
Posted by: Nanette Fodor | March 14, 2012 at 07:10 PM
Beautiful cards, I love this butterfly stamp it feels retro
Posted by: Sharon | March 14, 2012 at 07:02 PM
Great cards. I like the rhinestones on the butterfly.
Posted by: Sue D | March 14, 2012 at 06:42 PM
Two neat treatments that give credit to the beauty of Believe in Yourself and Great Sayings. TFS
Posted by: Pat Jandacek | March 14, 2012 at 06:42 PM
cool. love the bling on the butterfly
Posted by: Joyce Thurston | March 14, 2012 at 06:02 PM
Very pretty.
Posted by: lacyquilter | March 14, 2012 at 05:54 PM
Both cards are amazing -- love the striking simplicity!
Posted by: Bonnie | March 14, 2012 at 05:53 PM