Today marks the beginning of the  Gina K. Designs September Release Previews! I’m sure that the Design Team members have many wonderful projects this month as always, so be sure to follow the links at the bottom of this post to view them.

We’re previewing two stamp sets today. The first is “Buds & Vases” by Melanie Muenchinger, and the second is “Lovely Labels 2″ by Nina Bracket.

I created the card using two stamps from Melanie’s stamp set Buds & Vases, and the sentiment from Nina’s stamp set Lovely Labels 2. I stamped the vase image onto Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, and then stamped the rosebud image over it using the same ink. I colored the images with Copic markers and I tried to create a watercolor look by leaving white highlights, “squishing” the light colors outside of the lines, and blending the colors more than usual to create the washed-out effect. The copics that I used are: RV10, RV21, RV23, and RV29 for the rosebuds; YG11, YG63, and YG67 for the leaves and stems; BG01, BG05, and BG10 for the water and vase; and YR20, YR23, W-3, and 0 for the background and shadow.

I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of PL Ivory cardstock, trimmed it, and mounted it to the cardbase using dimensionals. For a finishing touch, I added a length of black gingham ribbon.

Supply List

Stamps: Buds & Vases (GKD), Lovely Labels 2 (GKD)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD)
Paper: PL Ivory
Accessories: Copic Markers (GKD), Black Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals

This second project, I created using Nina’s Lovely Labels 2 stamp set, along with her Simple Elegance DigiPaper pack. I first printed out the Simple Curry Rosettes digi paper onto PL White cardstock at 60% and trimmed it to fit my PL Ivory cardbase. Using mustard and saffron ink, I sponged over the digi paper to created a soft yellow overtone.

The label image and sentiment were stamped onto PL Ivory cardstock using Rich Cocoa Memento ink, trimmed, and mounted to the cardfront with dimensionals. A length of cream organdy ribbon finishes of the project.

Supply List

Stamps: Lovely Labels 2 (GKD)
Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento (GKD), More Mustard (SU!), So Saffron (SU!)
Paper: PL White (GKD), PL Ivory (GKD)
Accessories: Simple Elegance DigiPaper Pack (GKD), Cream Organdy Ribbon, Dimensionals

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For more samples with tonight’s new stamp sets, please visit these participating designer’s blog links:

• GinaK
• Nina *Illustrator of Lovely Labels 2*
  
• Melanie *Illustrator of Buds and Vases*
  
• Jessica
• Theresa
• Tami
• Cathy
• Lee
• Lynn
• Kurtis

Remember: The Gina K. Designs Release Party is Thursday 7-10PM CST in the StampTV forum!

Rupa Shevde has such an adorable style that it’s no wonder that her new set “Spring Has Sprung” is packed full of cute critters and sentiments.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Spring Has Sprung (GKD)
• Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD)
• Paper: PL Ocean Mist (GKD) PL White (GKD)
• Accessories: Copic Markers (GKD), Spring Mix STV Kit Digi Paper (GKD), Dimensionals

Nina Brackett has two new sets being released this month, “Nana’s Needlework” and “Nana’s Needlework Sentiments.” Both have a fun theme with doilies, buttons, quilts, and stitching that coordinate with the Spring Mix STV Kit.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Nana’s Needlework (GKD), Nana’s Needlework Sentiments (GKD)
• Ink: VersaMark (GKD), Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD)
• Paper: PL Lovely Lavender (GKD), PL White (GKD), Vellum
• Accessories: White Embossing Powder (GKD), Spring Mix STV Kit (GKD), Dimensionals

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For even more inspiration with tonight’s new stamp sets:
start with Gina’s blog
and Nina Brackett {Illustrator of Nana’s Needlework & Sentiments}

Then, visit these Designer’s blogs:
Jessica Fick
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber

Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Donna Baker
Kurtis Amundson
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Bev Gerard
Jennie Harper – our Guest Designer for this Month!

The Release Party is tomorrow night Thursday, March 18th starting at 7pm and ending at 10pm (all times CST) when all the new products will be available for purchase in Gina’s online store.

To keep informed of all the party plans and activities, check out this link:
Release Party Forum on StampTV

Gina K. Designs is sponsoring the Moxie Fab World Blog today! Check out the 8 fantastic stamp sets Cath Edvalson is giving away in celebration of Stamp It! Cards week long celebration!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Hope is Faith (GKD), Lovely Labels (GKD)
• Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD)
• Paper: PL Ivory (GKD), PL Slate (GKD)
• Accessories: Digi Paper Pack (GKD), Silver Rhinestones (GKD), Ivory Button (GKD), Scallop border punch, scissors, dimensionals

Stop over to The Moxie Fab World Blog for a chance to win these fabulous stamp sets – you don’t need to participate in the Tuesday Trigger, just leave a comment on the post.

Also, follow along with the Gina K. Designs Design Team blog hop by starting at Gina’s Blog.

I forgot to post yesterday that the Release Party for the new Gina K. Design stamps will be in the Gina K. Designs member forum on Splitcoaststampers from 7-10 PM Central time.

Today, we have two lovely sets being previewed: “Are We There Yet” and “Timeless Treasures”.

“Are We There Yet” is a new set from Rupa Shevde and she has several fun vehicles and sport items – designed for travel and retirement, but also perfect for masculine cards as well!

I chose to use the cute scooter image as well as a coordinating sentiment and line stamp from Melanie Muenchinger’s “Inspiration Mosaic” stamp set that was previewed yesterday.

The scooter image was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Pure Luxury white cardstock and colored with Copic markers: BG01, BG05, BG09, W-1, W-3, W-5, W-7 & 0.

I CASED a layout from stamp catalog, and matted the main image with Pure Luxury Soft Sand cardstock. That panel was then layered onto the new PL Green Apple cardstock and then mounted onto the PL Chocolate Kiss cardbase.

For accents, I added four copper brads, and a bit of striped Chocolate Kisss ribbon.

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“Timeless Treasures” is a lovely set from Theresa Momber. It features several antique items in a lovely vintage style – Perfect for scrapbooking or in my case, a masculine card.

The main clock image was stamped onto Soft Sand cardstock using Rich Cocoa Memento ink and then colored in with Copic markers: W-1, W-3, W-5, & 0.

Emily created some lovely vintage digi paper to coordinate with Theresa’s stamp set and I chose to use the blue distressed paper for my card. I printed the design on PL white cardstock and then stamped several of the images from the “Timeless Treasures” stamp set on the cardstock using Dazzle VersaMark.

I then destressed the blue paper’s edges, added some stitching with a sewing machine and adhered it to my PL Ivory cardbase. The birthday sentiment from Nina Brackett’s “Elegant Post” set was stamped onto PL Ivory cardstock, trimmed and adhered over a small strip of the new PL Pumpkin Spice cardstock.

The clock was then trimmed and mounted to the cardbase with dimensionals, and I added three adhesive nail heads in the upper right and lower left corners.

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For more projects made with the stamps previewed today, be sure to check out our other Senior Design Team Member’s Blogs:
Gina, Asela, Cathy, Cindy, Donna, Emily, Erika, Kurtis, Jessica, Lee, Lynn, Melanie, and Theresa

and, be sure to check out our CenterStage Spotlight Design Team member’s blogs for a card made with Timeless Treasures by Shannon Bracken and Brenda Turner has a card to show us that she made with the fun Are We There Yet stamp set too!

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the first day’s sneak peaks on Gina K.’s blog. She posted a picture of the FABULOUS new cardstock color “Soft Sand”! It doesn’t have the green hue like some sand cardstocks and it doesn’t have the speckles in it like Kraft – But it does have the Pure Luxury feathery feel to it!

I used the Soft Sand cadstock as my cardbase for the 100% Sweet card above. This card features a cupcake design from Rupa Shevde’s latest set called “100% Sweet”. It’s full of sweet images that can be used for almost any occasion – birthday, thank you, invitation, get well, etc.

The cupcake image was stamped on Pure Luxury white cardstock and colored with copic markers: BG49, YG63, Y21, E31, YR31 and Y15. The image is  cut out using the nestabilities Label dies.

The striped cardstock was created with my Scor-Pal and a crimped border was added to separate the printed paper from the yellow carsdtock. The printed paper is from a digi paper kit that coordinates with Rupa’s stamp set.

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The next sample is using Theresa Momber’s new “Happy Camper” stamp set. It has several fun camping/outdoor related images and is a great one for guy cards!

I stamped the ‘marshmallow-on-a-stick’ image onto Pure Luxury white cardstock and colored it in with copic markers: E37, E57, Y21, and E50. The ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment was then stamped above it, and I layered the white cardstock onto a piece of Pure Luxury Black Onyx.

The black panel was then mounted to the olive cardfront and I added a copper brad and stamped the additional sentiment.

Be sure to check out the other design team members’ samples.

Blog Links for the Senior DT:
Gina, Cathy, Carolyn, Cindy, Donna, Emily, Erika, Jessica, Joanne, Kurtis, Lee, Lynn, Melanie, Theresa,

Center Stage for June:
Carolina Buchting, Jennie Harper

Momma needed several Thinking of You cards and she wanted a blue card with daisies on it, so below is what I came up with.

The daisy image and the sentiment are from the “Flowers for Daisy” stamp set available from Gina K. Designs.

I stamped the images onto Pure Luxury White cardstock using Tuxedo black memento ink and then colored them in with Copic markers; YR20 & YR23 for the flower centers; C-1 & C-3 for the flower petals; and R00, R02, and 0 for shading the background.

I trimmed the white cardstock around the flowers and then cut the corners and matted the white cardstock with a panel of Pure Luxury Black Onyx cardstock.

The cardfront is made using the Bright Summer Grunge digital paper pack, that I altered the hue on before printing. I then mounted the main image onto the cardfront using dimensionals.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Flower for Daisy (GKD)
• Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD)
• Paper: PL White (GKD), PL Black Onyx (GKD), Bright Summer Grunge digital pack (GKD)
• Accessories: Copic markers (GKD), Dimensionals, Printer

I’ll be posting a few cards that are alterations of graduation cards I made the past few days. This first one uses the same layout, colors, and main images that I used on several boys’ graduation cards. On the graduation cards though, I used the word “Congratulations” rather than “Celebrate”.

The stamp set used on this card is the new “Lazy Days of Summer” stamp set from Gina K. Designs. I’m so glad that she included the bold stars in the set along with the other cute designs. They work well for so many different occasions!

I stamped the largest star on Pure Luxury white cardstock using Bordering Blue ink and then stamped the smaller star over the large one using Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

The white panel was layered onto the new In the Navy cardstock and a little In the Navy ribbon was secured to that panel with two silver brads (included in the Eclectic Summer kit on StampTV).

I printed the Canvas digi paper onto Kraft cardstock and mounted the In the Navy  panel to the cardfront with dimensionals. The sentiment was then stamped onto the cardfront with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Lazy Days of Summer (GKD)
• Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD), Bordering Blue (SU!)
• Paper: In the Navy (GKD), PL White (GKD), Kraft (SU!)
• Accessories: In the Navy Ribbon (GKD), Silver Brads (GKD), Fabric Digi Paper kit (GKD), Eclectic Summer kit (GKD), Dimensionals, Printer