Gina K. Designs February Inspiration Hop Day 1: A Year of Flowers 2 and All Occasion Tags 2

Happy Monday! 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! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.

We're kicking off these series of hops with two sets: A Year of Flowers 2 by Melanie Muenchinger and All Occasion Tags 2 by Tami Mayberry. First up is a card with A Year of Flowers 2 by Melanie Muenchinger.

Melanie has created a sister set to her previously releases A Year of Flowers and Pressed Flowers. In this new set,  A Year of Flowers 2, you will find outlined images that work beautiful with images from the previously released sets. But much like many of Melanie's sets, the images work beautifully on their own.

For this card I decided to use the images to accent some patterned paper. Here are the steps I took to put the card together.

1. Create a top folding standard size card out of GKD White card stock.
2. Cut out a 2-3/4" x 5-1/2 piece of GKD Pool Side patterned paper an use a decorative edge punch on one end.
3. Stamp flowers across the top of patterned paper and adhere it to the front of card stock.
4. Cut a 2-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of GKD White card stock, run it through your die cutting machine with embossing folder of your choice and adhere it to the card front.
5. Add a strip of GKD Color Companion Cherry Red Grosgrain ribbon on top of patterned paper, add a bow, and a button from GKD Color Companion Bowl of Cherries button collection, and finish it off with a pearl in the middle.
6. Add some pearls to the middle of the flowers and set the card aside.
7. On a scarp piece of white card stock, stamp the sentiment and punch it out. Stamp the lady bugs on either side of the sentiment, add some dashes, adhere it to a piece of GKD Cherry Red card stock and adhere it to the card front with pop dots. With that, you're all done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs:A Year of Flowers 2 by Melanie Muenchinger
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Cherry Red and White card stock;
 Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper:  Pool Side
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Gina K. Designs Color Companions Button: Bowl of Cherries;  Gina K. Designs Color Companions Ribbon: Cherry Red Grosgrain Ribbon; Polka Dots Embossing Folder; Pearls; Martha Stewart Edge Punch; Copics, Pen;

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Next up is another project featuring A Year of Flowers 2 by Melanie Muenchinger.

 

I was able to alter a band-aid tin into a treat container by adding some patterned paper, an image, and sentiment. Here's how it came together.

1. Measure tin base and top, cut a piece of GKD Smitten patterned paper to go around tin and to cover the top.
2. Add a strip of GKD Color Companions Innocent Pink Gigham Ribbon around lid add a bow and set it aside.
3. On a piece of GKD Bubble Gum Pink card stock, stamp the sentiment, punch it out and adhere to a slightly bigger circle punched out of GKD White card stock and that to a slightly larger circle punched out of GKD Cherry Red card stock. Punch a hole, thread some ribbon and add to bow on lid. Set tin aside.
4. On a piece of GKD White card stock, Stamp tulips, stems, and leaves and color them in. Add some grass towards the bottom and cut according to the front side of tin. Round off corners, ink edges and adhere to front of tin.
5. Add some Stickles to the tulips and with that, you are done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs:A Year of Flowers 2 by Melanie Muenchinger
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Bubble Gum Pink, Cherry Red, and White card stock;  Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper: Smitten
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories:  Gina K. Designs Color Companions Ribbon: Innocent Pink Gingam Ribbon; Stickles Copics, Pen; Tin, Corner Rounder punch

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Next up is a card with All Occasion Tags 2 by Tami Mayberry.

 

This set is also another sister set to a previously released set, I don't know about you, but I can never have enough tag sets and this one brings new patterns, sentiments and fun elements you'll be able to use on your cards over an over again. As you can see in my card above, the tag and sentiment really dress it up. Here's how it came together.

1. Create a top folding standard size card out of GKD Ocean Mist Patterned Paper.
2. Run the card front through your cutting maching with embossing folder of your choice.
3. Add a strip of burlap and a doily to the card front and set it aside.
4. On a piece of  GKD White card stock, stamp the label image with GKD Color Companion Cherry Red ink and sentiment with black ink. Cut it out with Spellbinders Grommet Tags dies. Thread some Brown Bakers Twine through holes of tag, and around card front. With that, you are done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: All Occasion Tags 2 by Tami Mayberry
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Ocean Mist and White card stock
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Gina K. Designs Color Companion Ink: Cherry Red
Accessories: Gina K. Designs Color Companions Button: Coffee House; Bakers Twine: Brown;  SU! Fancy Fan Embossing Folder; Spellbinders Grommet Tag dies; Burlap; Doilly

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Last project for today features another tag and sentiment from All Occasion Tags 2 by Tami Mayberry.

These tags and sentiments can turn an ordinary box into something special. Here's what I did.

1. On a piece GKD Cherry Red card stock use the Spellbinders Grommet Tag to punch a tag out.
2. Using embossing ink, VersaMark, and White Embossing Powder, emboss tag and sentiment.
3. Thread some ribbon through holes and add to container of your choice. Here I added it to the rim of the top of the box and finished it off with a flower on top of the box. With that, you are done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: All Occasion Tags 2 by Tami Mayberry
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Cherry Red card stock
Ink:   VersaMark: Water Mark Pad
Accessories: Spellbinders Grommet Tag dies; White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun; Box; Ribbon

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Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator A Year of Flowers 2
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator All Occasion Tags 2
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika
• Carolyn King
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber
• Valerie Stangle

Thanks so much for stopping by and see you tomorrow for day 2 of these series of hops!

Comments

[Anna Jernigan]

OOOH, really like the extras. All the designs are awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[Jan]

Wow! Your cards and projects along with all the instructions for these 2 days of the blog hop are amazing. thank you!

[Robin]

Just adorable!!!

[Diane Dupont]

Your cards and other projects are so fun, cheerful and beautiful! I'm not really a pack rat, but I hate throwing away empty containers. Thanks for the idea for recycling them! What a fun, encouraging gift they can make! Thanks for sharing!

[Wendy Kennedy]

Thanks so much for creating different projects. Much appreciated.

[Marianne]

Stunning! So inspiring. i love tags and flowers. Thanks for sharing

marianneDOTwanhamATgmailDOTcom

[Pamela]

Don't you just love these stamp sets!! I'm thinking these I've got to have.

[Susan White]

All of you samples are so pretty I especially love the altered containers!

[Golda]

What fun projects!

[Katherine K]

What fabulous projects! Love the variety and all the inspirational ideas! Lovin all the flowers and dots everywhere. :)

[Toni Storie]

Great projects! Love the flowers stamped on the gingham. paper.

[calamityjane]

All of your projects are wonderful! Love seeing altered items as well as cards!

[Kathleen]

I love your samples. Minature works of art.

Kathleen

[Betty Neville]

WOW Carolina! What beautiful projects! Love your designs!

[Pat Jandacek]

Lovely projects - the once-Bandaid box is my top choice.

[Lagene]

Great projects! I absolutely love the altered bandaid box!

[Zehra]

Sweet cards and projects, lovely work

[Raquel Rodriguez]

The band aid tin project is awesome a great idea to display those tins.

[Raquel Rodriguez]

The band aid tin project is awesome a great idea to display those tins.

[Jeanne kouyeas]

Nice variety of projects! Really like the ocean mist colored birthday card

[Jean McGee]

I am excited to know the stamped tag fits the SB grommet tag. Your cards are wonderful. TFS!!
Jean McGee

[Gayle C]

Carolina, your cards are beautiful and your projects are just adorable.

[Julie S.]

Very cool projects, thanks for all the inspiration!

[Kay Beam]

Love all these! I'm pinning these projects.

[Julie Allen]

Really like your cards, and your wonderful instructions.