Gina K. Designs February Inspiration Hop Day 2: The Northwoods & Poster Board Sentiments

Happy Tuesday! 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 continuing these series of hops with two more sets: The Northwoods by Theresa Momber and Poster Board Sentiments by Becky Oehlers. First up is a couple of items with The Northwoods set. Here's a card I put together.

I don't know about you, but I'm extremely challenged when it comes to designing masculine cards. One of the things I love about Theresa's sets is that they lend themselves perfectly to both feminine and masculine themes. For this card, I wanted to keep it CAS and wanted to give the new  Gina K. Designs Color Companions Ink a try at daubing color over an image. I love how they worked and how this card turned out. Here's how it came together.

1. Create a top-folding card base out of GKD Tan Leather card stock from the Pool Side Card Stock assortment.
2. Cut a 4" X 5-1/4" piece of GKD White card stock. Stamp the tree image three times with black ink.
3. Grab your Fresh Asparagus, Ocean Mist, and Honey Mustard Color Companions Ink, some daubers, and a Spellbinders rectangle die.
4. Place the rectangle die over one of the trees, grab one of the three ink pads and a dauber. Carefully add color on top and around the tree making sure you staying inside the rectangle.
5. Repeat step 4 with the other two trees.
6. Next grab a ruler and a pen and draw a rectangle around each of the trees.
7. Towards the upper right corner of the middle tree, stamp the sentiment with black ink.
8. Grab the Lots of Dots set and brown ink and stamp three of the dots on the upper right corner of the card base and adhere it to the card front.
9. Create or punch a photo corner out of  GKD Tan Leather card stock and adhere it to the lower left corner. Add a button and with that, you are done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: The Northwoods by Theresa Momber; Lots of Dots by Beth Silaika
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Tan Leather and White card stock
Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa and Tuxedo Black Ink; Gina K. Designs Color Companions Ink: Fresh Asparagus, Honey Mustard, and Ocean Mist 
Accessories: Gina K. Designs Color Companions Buttons:Coffee House; Daubers; Bakers Twine: Brown; Spellbinders Rectangle die

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Next up is a note card featuring The Northwoods by Theresa Momber.

Here's how this notecard came together.

1. Create a top folding 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" card base out of GKD Black Onyx card stock.
2. Cut a 3" x 3" piece of GKD White card stock and ink up the edges with brown ink. Adhere it to the card front.
3. Cut a 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" of GKD Smitten patterned paper and adhered to the card front. Set it aside.
4. On 2" x 2"  piece of GKD White card stock, stamp the sentiment, run it through your cutting machine with the embossing folder of your choice, ink up the edges and adhere it to the card front.
5. Add some ribbon and fibers just below the sentiment, some Gina K. Designs Color Companions Buttons:Coffee House buttons in the middle, and with that, you are done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: The Northwoods by Theresa Momber
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Black Onyx and White card stock;  Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper: Smitten
Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa and Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Embossing Folder: Polka Dots; Gina K. Designs Color Companions Buttons:Coffee House; Ribbon; Fibers

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 Next up is a frame I made for a friend using the Poster Board Sentiments by Becky Oehlers.

This set has some wonderful sentiments and quotes, but by far this one is my favorite. Here's how it came together. 

1. After you take frame apart, grab the mat and set everything else aside.
2. Cut a 3-3/4" x 5-1/2" piece of  GKD Tan Leather card stock from the Pool Side Card Stock assortment and run it through your cutting machine with an embossing folder of your choice. Set it aside.
3. On a piece of GKD Black Onyx card stock, emboss the sentiment with white embossing powder, and cut it out. Set it aside.
4. On a piece of Tan Leather card stock, emboss the ribbon with red embossing powder and cut it out.
5. Add a doily to the upper left side of mat, below add the ribbon, and just above the ribbon on top of the doily add the sentiment with pop-dots.
6. Thread three buttons with Brown Bakers Twine and adhere them next to the sentiment. 
7. Add the mat to the frame and with that, you are done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Poster Board Sentiments by Becky Oehlers
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Black Onyx, Tan Leather, and White card stock
Ink:   VersaMark: Water Mark Pad
Accessories: Embossing Folder: Houndstooth; Doily; Gina K. Designs Color Companions Button: Bowl of Cherries; Red and White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun; Frame

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The last item I'll be sharing with you today is a card using the Poster Board Sentiments by Becky Oehlers.

This is my second favorite sentiment in this set and I wanted it to take center stage. Here's how the card came together.

1. Create a top folding standard size card out of GKD White card stock.
2. Cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Moonlight Fog card stock and run it trough your cutting machine with an embossing folder of your choice. Adhere it to card front. 
3. Add some pearls on each corner of the card base, tie a piece of ribbon towards the top  and around the card front. Add a bow with a pearl in the middle and set it aside.
4. Stamp the sentiment with black ink on a piece of GKD White card stock and cut it out with Spellbinders Square die. Set it aside.
5. Out of a piece of Black Onyx card stock cut a Lacey Square die, adhere sentiment to it and them to the card front.
6. In the middle of each loop add a pearl and with that, you are done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Poster Board Sentiments by Becky Oehlers
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Moonlight Fog and White card stock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Accessories: Embossing Folder: Lattice; Pearls; Ribbon; Spellbinders Lacey Square die

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 Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

• Gina K
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator The Northwoods
• Becky Oehlers - Illustrator Poster Board Sentiments
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika
• Carolyn King
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Tami Mayberry
• Valerie Stangle

Thanks so much for stopping by and see you tomorrow for day 3 of these series of hops!

 

Comments

[Lee]

What amazing eye candy! I seriously love the framed art! I have got to make one! And the trees look like windows of the seasons! Just beautiful!

[Kris in Alaska]

Thanks for the tutorials especially on the trees card!

[Toni Storie]

Very cool projects! Love what you did with Becky's new set!

[Betty Neville]

All so beautiful and creative, Carolina! Your friend is going to LOVE that frame!

[JessicaK]

Gorgeous, and I love the instructions - thanks so much for sharing!

[Linda K]

wow your cards are all stunning love them all.

[Sharman]

I would love to re post this entry on my own website will that be okay

[Luanna]

Wow, great projects! My favorite is the gray and black card.

[Cynthia Clark]

Love the black and grey!

[Janet Castle]

Great cards using the wonderful new sets!

[Jan]

Wonderful cards, thank you.

[Gayle C]

love all of your samples....wonderful

[Angela B]

Gorgeous creations!

[chermaine]

Amazing and stunning cards!

[Anna Jernigan]

OMGosh, love that framed Poster Board Sentiment, and all the embellishments you used in it. What a fantastic idea for someone who needs a spirit lift!! That is totally going in my idea files. LOL I really like all of your creations, and the intermingling of stamp sets. Just re-inforces the fact that I will definitely be getting more out of the sets I have ordered (and cut-files). I am so excited to see all the creations!! Thanks for sharing.

[Donna Simonson]

What wonderful cards! These stamp sets are so versatile and I love the way you used them! Thanks!

[Donna Phelan]

Your creations NEVER disappoint! I can always find such great ideas and inspiration here! TFS!!!

[lacyquilter]

These are all wonderful!

[linda patti]

wow, lots of inspiration from you great cards!
linda patti tpatti@windstream.net

[Pat Kenoyer]

You are very creative with your card
ideas. Really like the three trees card. Thanks for sharing that idea. It makes the perfect masculine card.
The picture frame is such a good way of
using that particular quote.

[Raquel Rodriguez]

All your cards are beautiful. I love the black one. Thanks for giving instrucions make them.

[Barbara]

I love the simplicity of the first card and the button in the corner really finishes it off.

[Robin]

Cute cards!

[Kathleen]

Your cards are beautilful and I love the one in the picture frame-Just gorgeous

Kathleen

[Doris W.]

Love how you used the poster board sentiment in a frame! Lovely gift!