Saturday, October 31, 2009

Festive Scrapbook Page

Here is another project I showed on my blog during the Gina K previews last week. I didn't have room on that post to do a tutorial, so here it is now.

I used Melanie Muenchingers gorgeous new stamp set, Festive Frame to make my page. Since my page is 8 by 8, I only wanted to use the corner detail and stretch it out for a larger composition. So I used tape to mask off the oval, and corners of the stamp before inking. The tape kept those portions from getting inky.

Then I removed the tape and stamped the image on Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock. I repeated the process for the opposite corner.

To color I used my R29 Copic marker.

Added R24.

Added R22.

Used my blender pen to soften the highlights.

R29 on the berries, G05 & G99 for the greenery.

E31 and E57 on the cone.

I used an opaque white gel pen to add some highlights to the flower, tips on the cone and the berries.

For the large snowflake panel, I sponged a piece of Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock with Regal Rose ink.

Sponged Bravo Burgundy.

Then I dry embossed with my Snowflake Cuttlebug folder, and sponged over the embossing, very lightly with Bravo Burgundy.

I used Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut the scallop circle detail and Sateen Flowers, sponged with Bravo Burgundy ink. I layered with Black Onyx and Cranberry Tart cardstock.

This was also my sample for the scrapbook challenge at StampTV. You can find my challenge here. I would love to have you play along for a random chance to win a stamp set of your choice from Gina K Designs. Here is the sketch from my challenge.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!

Revisiting My Toffee Project

Here is a project I just shared the other night. I'm showing again because I had a few people that wanted instructions on how I made the slide in tray for the large plastic boxes that Gina K carries.

I cut a piece of cardstock to 6 1/4 inches by 7 3/4 inches, then scored at 1 inch on all four sides. I snipped in to the score line in four places as shown in the photo. You can click on the photo for a better view if you would like.

After scoring and cutting, I stamped each side with the pretty scroll stamp from Vintage Borders and added Scor-tape to the tabs I cut.

To make it a little easier to grab the tray and slide it out, I used my 1 1/4 circle punch to cut a small notch on either end.

I decorated the box with stamps from Signed With Love and Festive Frame. I used this recipe from AllRecipes.com for my toffee.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Gina K Preview - Winter Friends and Signed with Love

Hello! Today the Gina K Design team is previewing two more stamp sets. This first is the new "Free with Three" set, called Signed With Love. If you buy any three stamp sets, this set is included for free! It is full of a wonderful variety of sayings, just perfect finishing off any of your projects.

I made some toffee and used it to fill one of the large clear boxes that Gina carries (there is also one included in the Holiday Cheers StampTV Kit. I made a little paper tray to fit the box, lined it with parchment paper and placed my toffee in it, then just slid the tray right into the box.

I stamped the Home For the Holidays stamp with Versa Mark and heat embossed with Ranger Superfine Gold embossing powder. Then I punched it out and layered with Cranberry Tart and Good as Gold Pure Luxury papers. The corner piece was made with Melanie's new Festive Frame stamp, embossed with gold and colored with Copics.

Next up is a super cute new set from Rupa Shevde, called Winter Friends. You are going to love these adorable winter images. As soon as I saw this penguin, I knew I wanted to do a reflection technique with him. All the details on how I made this card are below.

For more inspiration, we have a couple of our Center Stage Spotlight Designers joining in the previews tonight. Here are their blog links:

Then, stop by these GinaK Designers' blog for even more projects with tonight's stamp sets:
Gina Krupksy
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Cindy Lawrence
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Emily Giovanni
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Nina Brackett
Melanie Muenchinger
Asela Hopkins

Our Release party will be held tomorrow night over on SCS in GinaK's Forum from 7-10 pm CST. We'd love to have you join in the fun! There will be contest questions, challenges, chatter, and lots more samples from our designers throughout the party! I'll be hosting a challenge and hope you'll play along.


To make the penguin card, I first inked up the stamp, leaving the little motion swirls un-inked.

Then I stamped the penguin on my mirror image stamp. I huffed on the image and stamped that on my cardstock.

After stamping the reverse image, I stamped the regular image above it, lining up the skates. I've found that it is usually easier to stamp the reverse image first and then line up the straight image second.

I colored using Copics, starting with N7 on the top image.

Then I added N5, blending out from the previous color and used it in the shadows of my reflection. For a more realistic look, color your reflection lighter that your image.

Added N3 to the top image, leaving a few areas uncolored. Then added it to the reflection where I had used N5 above.

Filled in both images with C1.

Used R27 on the hat.

Added R24, and used it on the reflection, where I had used R27 on the top image.

Added R22 to the reflection.

Used the blender pen on both hats to soften the highlights.

Used B23 to highlight the swirls and E51 & R20 to add some shading to the belly, cheeks and arms.

After coloring, I used my Versa Mark pen to go over the entire images and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I used torn post-it notes to mask off the ice and sponged Bashful Blue.

Sponged Ballet Blue.

Sponged Vivid Inky Blue.

Removed the mask and sponged Bashful Blue around the outer edges. .

Sponged Ballet Blue around the outer edges. I also sponged Vivid Inky Blue around the outer edges, but I didn't get that pictured. I used the mask again in the background and sponged a bit of Bashful Blue to create some faint snow banks.

Used Liquid Applique to make the white parts on the hat look puffy. Added a sentiment from the Winter Friends set, some piercing, and some red brads (from the Holiday Cheers StampTV kit). I layered with Black Onyx and White Pure Luxury cardstock. My card base is another gorgeous new Pure Luxury color, called Smokey Gray. I love this color!

Thank you for visiting me! Have a wonderful day!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Gina K Preview - First Christmas and Vintage Borders

Hello! Today I have projects to show you for two new stamp sets being released this Thursday from Gina K Designs. This first one uses First Christmas, illustrated by Asela Hopkins. You are going to love the classic holiday images in this set! Check out the gorgeous new Tan Leather textured cardstock! (you can click on the image to see it larger) It's just one of the new Pure Luxury colors being released this month and part of a new Neutrals Assortment Pack. Those buttons are from the new Neutrals button assortment!
Next up is Vintage Borders, illustrated by Nina Brackett. The gorgeous border images in this set are going to be wonderful for making holiday cards, but I see many possibilities for cards all year long. I used Pure Luxury Cranberry Tart, Ivory and Chocolate Chip for my layering and the new Pure Luxury Leather for the card base.

For even more inspiration, please visit the Illustrators of the stamp sets featured tonight:

Tonight, we have several of our Center Stage Spotlight Designers joining in the previews. Here are their blog links:

Finally, stop by these GinaK Designers' blog for even more projects with tonight's stamp sets:
Gina Krupksy
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Cindy Lawrence
Erika Martin
Emily Giovanni
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Melanie Muenchinger
Tami Mayberry
Donna Baker

Our Release party will be held Thursday night over on SCS in GinaK's Forum from 7-10 pm CST. We'd love to have you join in the fun! There will be contest questions, challenges, chatter, and lots more samples from our designers throughout the party! See you then!

Here are the details on my cardinal card...

I started by using R29 Copic marker on the cardinal from First Christmas.

Added R24.

Used my blender pen.

After blending, I went back with R29 to deepen the shadows.

Then added a little N5 to deepen the shadows even more.

Used E33 and Y23 on the beak and then I cut out the bird.

Next, I stamped the cardinal a second time. I didn't really need to color the bird again since I planned to pop up the first bird over him, but I went ahead and colored over him very quickly so that there wouldn't be any white peeking out from under the popped up bird.

I colored the foliage with YG95, then used an opaque white gel pen to add highlights. After coloring, I used my Versa Mark pen on the whole image and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

I cut out the second image using oval Nestabilities. I intentionally chopped off the poor bird's head, so he would extend past the oval after I placed the first bird on top. then I sponged around the image with So Saffron ink.

Sponged with Creamy Caramel around the edges.

I used Pop Dots to adhere the first bird over the second and layered with Pure Luxury Black Onyx. Added a layer of Ivory that I embossed with my Snowflake CB folder, layered with Rocket Red, Black Onyx, Tan Leather and used an Ivory cardbase.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!