Gina K October Inspiration Blog Hop Day 3

 Hello! It's our third day of blog hopping and today the Gina K Designs Team are featuring two more wonderful sets. First up is the new Stamp TV Kit, Merry Little Christmas. I adore the happy snowman I used from the kit. This kit has two stamp sets included, Merry Little Christmas and City of David, 24 sheets of Pure Luxury card stock, ribbon, brads and exclusive patterned paper. More about my card below. 

Next up is the new Free With Three stamp set, Holiday Tags, which is free when you order three stamp sets! The images in this set are perfectly sized to making holiday tags. I made a little snowman tag, which I then adhered to a card, embellishing with Spellbinders 2012 Snowflake Pendants and a sponged background. I added glitter with my Quickie Glue Pen and iridescent glitter.

Be sure to follow the links below for more inspiration using the new stamp sets. 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 couple of days after the hops.


Gina K
AJ Otto
Beth Silaika
Carolina Buchting
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Deb Felts
Emily Giovanni
Giovana Smith
Jimmi Mayo
Lee Murphy
Lori McAree
Melanie Muenchinger
Michelle Woerner
Sharon Harnist
Suzanne Dean
Tami Mayberry
Theresa Momber
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher

 For the Merry Little Christmas card, I started by forming a 4 ¼ by 5 ½ inch card base, using Pure Luxury Kraft card stock. I also cut scratch paper to 4 ¼ by 5 ½ inches and used a die template from Spellbinders Matting Basics A to cut out the center. 

 I placed my scratch paper mask over the card base and secured with re-positionable tape. Then I cut a wavy line in a sticky note to mask the top of the opening. I sponged Stazon Opaque White ink along the wavy cut line.

 I moved the mask and sponged again.

 Moved the mask again and more sponging.

 Then I removed the sticky note and sponged a bit all around the edges of my frame mask. After sponging, I removed the mask.

 To create the raised embossing on the front, I turned the card base over to the inside and carefully positioned a larger die template, from Matting Basics A, and secured it with painters tape. Then I embossed, using my Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur® Machine.

 Turning the card base back over, I stamped the snowman image with Memento Espresso Truffle. To make the snowbanks stand out a bit more, I used a BV00 Copic marker to add some shading along the edges of the masked snowbanks. I also added some BV00 along the edge of the snowman.

 To make the outer edge of the masked framed area, I used BV00 again to draw a fine line all the way around the rectangle. I used my Stardust Glitter Pen to add some shimmer to the snowbanks, although it doesn't really show in the photos.

 Next, I stamped the snowflake again, this time on white card stock and added some shading with E53.

Then used E51 to blend the shading into the white. After coloring, I cut out the image.

Then I adhered the snowman to the card base. I used an opaque white gel pen to make the stamped snowflakes white, then added more dots for even more flakes. The sentiment was stamped with Memento Espresso Truffle.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope your day is fantastic!

Merry Little Christmas Stamp TV Kit from Gina K Designs	Holiday Tags Stamp Set from Gina K Designs	Jumbo Sponge Dauber	Pop Dots
Memento Ink Pads	Pure Luxury Card Stock

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