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:
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!
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.
