Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Gina K Inspiration Blog Hop Day 3

Hello! The Gina K Design Team are blog hopping once again. Today we are featuring two more stamp sets, Beyond Baskets 2 and Christmas Joy. I used images from Melanie Muenchinger's super fun Beyond Baskets 2 for my card. More details about the card below. 

Be sure to check out all the design team blogs for more inspiration featuring today's stamp sets and leave a comment on each blog to be entered to win a fabulous Gina K Design prize.

Gina K
Melanie Muenchinger- Illustrator of Beyond Baskets 2
AJ Otto
Beth Silaika
Carolina Buchting
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Debbie Corbari
Latisha Yoast
Laurie Schmidlin
Lee Murphy
Sean Fetterman
Sharon Harnist
Valerie Stangle


To make my card, I started by stamping the big gift bag using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then cut out the image using scissors. I sponged around the edges of the bag using Gina K Kraft ink.

I added just a bit more shading with my W3 Copic marker.

For the braided rope, I colored with R24.

I used a snowflake image, from my set, Let It Snow, inked with Gina K Dark Chocolate, but stamped off first to make the images lighter.

I used another snowflake, this time with Gina K Faded Brick ink. I stamped off again to make the images lighter. For the one just under the fold over the braided rope, I masked off so it would look like the rest of the snowflake was hidden behind the rope and fold.

I trimmed a piece of Pure Luxury Dark Chocolate cardstock to 5 by 3 3/4 inches and stamped more snowflakes with VersaMark ink. The VersaMark is colorless, but creates a watermark type of image behind.

The bag was adhered to the brown layer with dimensional adhesives and I tucked a piece of red tissue paper behind it. The sentiment, also from Beyond Baskets 2, was stamped on white cardstock and cut out, then adhered to the bag. I added three Gina K Coffee House Mix buttons to embellish and layered with a piece of Pure Luxury Cherry Red and an Ivory card base (5 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches).

Thanks for visiting. Have a fabulous day!


41 comments:

Carolyn King said...

Super cute card, T! love the red tissue!

Melanie said...

I'm totally gonna make a snowflake bag. And I didn't see your embossed background the first time! AND, I totally still think that's a handkerchief!

Unknown said...

That's a FABULOUS bag, love the snowflake motif.....I will be back here once my Happy Mail arrives....whahoo! :)

Cat Tidwell said...

I LOVe how you 'colored' the bag! Looks so realistic!

Barbara said...

So endless what can be done with a little creativity. I snowflakes on the bag....cute!

KathR said...

Love the snowflake bag, it's adorable!.

Auntie Em said...

So cute! The extra touches with the markers give it a great dimension.
Thanks for sharing the extra details. :)

Dee Earnshaw said...

I adore your coloring technique. The bag looks like it is 3D. AMAZING CARD. My favorite so far.

Oneofakind said...

Stunning. Love the color combo and shading and 3D effect.

Olga said...

Love this sack idea!

Unknown said...

Oh! I love the snowflake bag, too. Great coloring!

Lagene said...

I love love love your rustic bag card!!! Thanks for the tutorial!

Susan White said...

Great Card and thanks for the tutorial!!

elizabeth said...

Great card. Love that gift bag.

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

Theresa- that bag is wonderful and looks so real, just like fabric. I love the red tissue paper too!

Unknown said...

Absolutely love this, thanks!

Judy Inukai said...

Beautiful. Your bag has so much dimension. It really looks like its full of goodies. Thanks for the great tutorial.

Lorraine said...

Theresa,

Thanks so much for the detailed instructions. Love your cards and style.

ET said...

Glad to have the tutorial.

Sherry Butcher said...

Wonderful snowflake bag love having all the instructions, grate color combo. TFS.

Tish said...

Fantastic. Love your work.
'Tish

Nana Griffin said...

Love how you did the bag! It is so cute with the snow flakes on it. Nice video showing us too.

CindyRomanDaversa said...

Absolutely beautiful!

Terri said...

Pretty card, like the tissue paper you added.

Golda said...

You achieved such a fun look on the bag! Great work!.

Sharon said...

What a cute card! Thanks for the tutorial!

Unknown said...

I initially didn't order the beyond baskets but after seeing the cute ways they have been used I think I might have too. Love the tissue paper.

Anita Braddock said...

Wow how stunning I love the colors and the papers. the added buttons and ribbon is super. thanks for sharing it sure looks like 3d affects.

Susan said...

Positively fantastic. Really love the red tissue.

Anonymous said...

So much fun T! I love it! Awesome tutorial! Hugs! Seanie

Vickie said...

Always incredible...love all of it!

Ava Gavloski said...

love love this, so creative

Dawn S. said...

This is so sweet! Love all the snowflakes.

Carole R said...

Love these sets love this card. Thanks for the inspiration and the great tut!

TammieLien said...

Beautiful...Gorgeous...Pretty..Lovely...Umm can't wait to get these stamps...Thanks for sharing and hugs:)))

kramomma said...

I like the pictures of how you did this...

Sue D said...

Wonderful--I like the depth and dimension.

Unknown said...

Thank you for always doing tutorials for us, they have helped me soo much in my crafting. Love this card!!

Kitty said...

Your cards is beautiful. I love how you have the tissue paper coming out of the box

Blessings,
Kathleen

Pat Jandacek said...

Beautifully done - very effective!

Christine Macneil said...

Love the red tissue paper sticking out of the bag! So many possibilities with this set!