A Very Merry Blog Hop!

Hi and and thanks for hopping along the A Very Merry Christmas blog hop! Tonight some members of the Gina K Design Team and CSS team, along with a few guests will be sharing ideas and inspiration using my new set, A Very Merry Christmas.

Here is a card I made using some of the fabulous new Pure Luxury card stock colors just released along with the bells from A Very Merry Christmas. More details below...

Would you like to win a set??? Just leave me a comment at the end of this post and be sure to leave me a way to contact you! I'll choose a winner Thursday night and post the winner's name on Friday.


For even more ideas using A Very Merry Christmas stamp set, visit the GinaK Idea Center here: A Very Merry Christmas. My tip sheet has been added to the Idea Center as a PDF so you can print out the tips and suggestions for a handy reference tool. We've also included Copic coloring links too.

Here's all the Designer's Blog Links to check out tonight:

Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Jessica Fick
Lee Murphy
Nina Bracket
Melanie Muenchinger

September's Center Stage Spotlight Team:

Giovana Smith
Janice Melton
Kay Simmons
Linda Payne
Lori McAree

and finally, my Guest Designers for A Very Merry Christmas:

Selma Stevenson
Sharri Seffens
and special guests...
Geri Utterback
Brenda Turner

I started by stamping the jingle bells with Versa Mark ink and heat embossing with Ranger Superfine gold embossing powder. Then I used Y17 Copic marker to color the shadows.

Added Y23.

Added Y21, leaving just a few small areas uncolored for highlights.

Used my blender pen to soften the transition from the yellow to white and then added YR14 to the holes in the bells. After coloring the bells, I cut them out, separating them from the ribbon.

Next, I stamped the image again, this time with Memento Tuxedo Black, and started coloring with R29.

Added R27.

Added R24.

Added R22.

sed an opaque white ink pen to add a few highlights to the ribbon.

Added Pop Dots to the gold embossed bells and attached them to the other bell image.

Sponged Certainly Celery ink (SU) to a piece of Pure Luxury Ivory paper.

Sponged Old Olive.

Sponged Vintage Green (Vivid) just on the very edges.

Stamped the holly flourish on two corners, using Vivid Olive ink.

I colored in the flourish with YG03 and used the fine tip on my Lady Bug Red Memento Marker to color the berries.

I layered with Pure Luxury Black Onyx, Good as Gold, Cranberry Tart and used a Fresh Asparagus card base. After assembling, I used Crystal Lacquer on the bells and ribbon. The sentiment is also from A Very Merry Christmas.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!