Gina K Designs Design Team Inspiration Hop April 2014 Day 2

Good morning, and welcome to day 2 of the Gina K Designs Inspirational Hop for the April Stamp Release.

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina, along with the Cast and Crew and Guest Designers, will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! 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 BigNews Forum at StampTV a few days after the hops.


Today we have 2 wonderful stamp sets for you. Out West 2, illustrated by the super talented Theresa Momber, and Flowers Bloom, illustrated by the wonderfully creative Rupa Shevde.


Just look at these beautiful stamp sets!!!

I have 2 cards for you from Theresa's Out West 2 set. Here's the first one:

I had so much fun coloring this cowboy with my Copics on GKD Pure Luxury White Card Stock, and cutting him out with the Die-namics Stitched Circle die. I used a GKD Dark Chocolate Pure Luxury Card Stock base, then layered it with GKD Red Hot Card Stock, and GKD Kraft Card Stock that was embossed with a Darice Crackle Embossing Folder. A little hemp cord to look like rope and some brass embellishments, and I had a card that I loved.

Here's my second card from that set:

With this card, first I cut a circle with my Die-namics Stitched Circle die. I stamped the cactus image, masked it, and then stamped the foliage with one of the stamps from Rupa's Flowers Bloom stamp set.Then, leaving the mask on the cactus,  I began in the middle, sponging GKD Sweet Corn Ink in a circular motion. Next I added Sweet Mango ink, expanding the circle, and finally I sponged Faded Brick on the outside edge. After I was done sponging, I colored the cactus with my Copics. I love how it turned out. I stamped the road runner from the Out West 2 set, fussy cut him out, and adhered him to the bottom of the circle. The whole thing was mounted on the GKD Pure Luxury White card stock which was embossed with a Darice folder. Then I just adhered it to Black Onyx, and then a white card base. I embellished with Judy Dots and a few leaves punched with a Martha Stewart punch out of Fresh Asparagus Card Stock.

Now for Rupa's wonderful stamp set, Flowers Bloom. I love all the vases and floral elements in this set. So many possibilities with this one. Here is my first card:

Here I stamped the vase and then the sprig on GKD white card stock with Moonlit Fog ink, and colored it with my Copics. Then it was just a matter of layering all the various patterned papers together. I used GKD Moonlit Fog, Red Hot, and Black Onyx Card Stock, and patterned papers are from the GKD Poppy Prints collection. The greeting is also from Flowers Bloom, and I stamped that with Moonlit Fog as well. I added some Judy Dots and red Stickles for embellishments.

Here's my last card:

This card was a blast. I took some watercolor paper, got it really wet, and then swiped an acrylic block over it that has been inked up with GKD ink. I used Bubblegum Pink and then Faded Brick. Had to do it over a few times until I got the effect I wanted. Then I cut the watercolor paper into a circle and stamped the flower images with GKD Black Ink. I added dots of Enamel Accents by Ranger to pop up the image a bit. Papers are GKD Black Onyx and Ivory. Patterned Papers are from the DCWV Haute Pink stack. A little ribbon from my stash, and of course some Judy Dots.

Check out all the amazing cards and inspiration that the Design Team has come up with the Out West 2 and Flowers Bloom sets:

The Design Team:
Gina K
Theresa Momber - Illustrator of Out West 2
Beth Silaika
Cat Tidwell
Debbie Corbari
Laurie Schmidlin
Lee Murphy
Sean Fetterman

The Guest Designers:
Judy Woodland - so happy to see you here!!!
Karen Hightower
Nancy Leppek

Well that's it for me today. Hope you liked my cards. Don't forget to tune in again tomorrow for the third day of our hop, when we will have even more creations from two more beautiful stamp sets for you to enjoy. And head on over to StampTV to play along with my MIUM Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by - and happy stamping!!