Category: Gina K. Designs

I love these beautiful leaves from the Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves stamp set.  When I was searching through my patterned paper for other cards I ran across this one from the Echo Park 6 x 6 Lori Whitlock the Story of all and decided to use it as the color pallet for the leaves.

I stamped the leaves with Gina K. Designs Ink: Cherry Red, Tomato Soup, Prickly Pear, and Warm Cocoa.  For the second layer I decided to use Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder.  I stamped the detailed layer stamp with VersaMark Ink and then heat embossed the gold embossing powder.  It makes a very elegant looking leaf.  They were then die cut with the coordinating dies.

I had this golden modern chevron circle left over from another card and thought it would create neutral background for the leaves.  I stamped the arched sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Best Ever stamp set with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with the Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder.  I die cut a circle from Darice Sticky Back Foam and trimmed it down to be slightly smaller and adhered it to the back of the patterned paper circle.

The patterned paper for Lori Whitlock’s The Story of Fall was die cut using a My Favorite Things Wonky Rectangle and adhered directly to the front of a top folding A2 cardbase made from Gina K. Designs 120# Ivory Cardstock using Kokuyo Dotliner Adhesive.  The chevron circle was then adhered to the front of this panel with Tombo Mono Multi Glue.  The leaves were then adhered with the same glue, with the exception of the large red maple leaf, which was applied using 3M ½” Foam Tape.

I felt that the card needed a little division from the upper leaves portion and the bottom of the card and so I strip of yellow cardstock was cut and adhered using a thin strip of 3M foam tape.  As a final embellishment, I remember that I had some leaf brads left over from my scrapbooking days and adhered it to the left of the gold strip of paper with Memory Box Glue Dots and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

• Echo Park 6 x 6 Paper Pad Lori Whitlock The Story of Fall
• Gina K. Designs 120# Ivory Cardstock
• My Favorite Things Wonky Rectangles
• My Favorite Things Pierced Circle STAX
• Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves
• Simon Says Stamp Best Ever
• Gina K. Designs Ink: Cherry Red, Tomato Soup, Prickly Pear, and Warm Cocoa
• VersaMark Ink
• Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder
• Leaf Brad Embellishment from Stash
• Darice Sticky Back Foam Sheet
• 3M ½” Foam Tape
• Tombo Mono Multi Glue
• Memory Box Glue Dots
• My Favorite Things Wonky Rectangles

 

I have seen a card made by Laura Bassen where she used watercolor paper to add color behind each of the balloons in the Simon Says Stamp Balloon Bouquet.  I have recreated that card in the past.  This time I wanted to try using Oxide Inks and sponge daubers to add color to the balloons.

I cut a rectangle of Neena Solar White 80# White Cardstock using the rectangle from Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Stitched Shapes.  I then die cut the balloons from the same cardstock four times and adhered them together using Elmer’s Glue Craft Adhesive Spray.  I then would hold the balloon bouquet over the die cut rectangle to determine where to add the ink.

I used the same ink and daubers on a scrap of white cardstock to create a rainbow strip of color that I then used to die cut the Mama elephant Hooray Script Die from.  I cut an additional three word dies from white cardstock and adhered them together with the spray adhesive.  The secondary sentiment from Gina K. Designs Birthday Greetings was stamped on a scrap of black cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Gina K. Designs Detailed White Embossing Powder.

An A2 top folding cardbase was made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock.  Darice Sticky Back Foam Sheet was cut 1/8” smaller than the stitched rectangle and adhered to the back.  The balloon bouquet and the sentiment cutout were adhered using Ranger Multi Medium Matte and the secondary sentiment was adhered using 3M ½” Foam Tape.  The focal image was then adhered to the card front using Tombo Mono Multi Glue and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

• Simon Says Stamp Balloon Bouquet Die
• Mama Elephant Hooray Script Die
• Simon Says Stamp Bundle of Stitched Shapes Rectangle
• Gina K. Designs Birthday Greetings
• Neena Solar White 80# Cardstock
• Gina K. Designs 120# White and Black Cardstock
• Distress Oxide Inks: Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers, and Salty Ocean
• Gina K. Designs Detailed White Embossing Powder
• Marvy Embossing Heat Tool
• Elmer’s Craft Bond Spray Adhesive
• Ranger Multi Medium Matte
• Tombo Mono Multi Glue
• Darice Sticky Back Foam Sheet

My husband is on a short-term assignment in Kentucky and I decided to go and spend several weeks with him.  I knew that I would need something to do while he was at work every day, and so I stamped a lot of images on watercolor cardstock and took my Inktense Pencils and Distress Inks to color them.  The major problem with traveling and staying in a fifth wheel trailer is that the internet service can be spotty.  Unfortunately, the place we were staying didn’t have a strong enough internet connection that I could post any of my cards I created while I was there.  So, I am posting a whole bunch of cards in a very short period of time.

I’ve used a lot of the other images in Gina K. Designs Country Roads, but these mailboxes made we think of the phrase “happy mail”.  Who doesn’t love going to the mailbox and having some actual mail from someone you know and love.  It’s a simple card, but I like the way it turned out.

I stamped the image on Canson XL 140# Watercolor Cardstock with Distress Antique Linen Ink and then using a water brush pen I colored it using Brushed Corduroy, Fired Brick, Twisted Citron, Mustard Seed, Broken China, and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks.

Once it was dry I ran it through the Big Shot with a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle and then cut a slightly smaller rectangle of Darice Sticky Back Foam Sheet to add to the back for dimension on the card.  A side folding A2 cardbase was made from Gina K. Designs 120# Ivory Cardstock.  The sentiment is a combination from both Simon Says Stamp Happy Thoughts and Sending and was stamped in Altenew Chocolate Brown Ink.  The focal image was then adhered to the cardbase using Tombo Mono Multi Glue and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

• Canson XL 140# Watercolor Cardstock
• Gina K. Designs 120# Ivory Cardstock
• Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Fired Brick, Twisted Citron, Mustard Seed, Broken China, Mowed Lawn
• Gina K. Designs Country Roads
• Simon Says Stamp Sending Happy Thoughts
• Simon Says Stamp Sending
• Altenew Chocolate Brown Ink
• Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles
• Small and Medium Tip Watercolor Brush Pen
• Darice Sticky Back Foam Sheets