The Gina K. Design Team has another blog hop challenge this month! The theme is Autumn memories, so I used Theresa Momber’s “Farm Life” stamp set to create a weathered outdoor scene inspired by the orchard that I worked at for several years – after the leaves fell off the trees, all the old farm equipment was visible throughout the property and looked really neat. Check Gina K.’s blog to find the details on entering your project in the hop.

I stamped the watering can image on Pure Luxury White cardstock, masked over it, and then stamped over the mask with the fence and wheel image. I then colored the image with Copic markers: C-1, C-3, C-5, C-7, E08, E43, E47, YG91, YG95, W-3, W-5, YR23, Y28, G000, G00, BG10, and 0.

I tore the right side of the cardstock and after rolling the edges, I layered it on a piece of PL Black Onyx cardstockl. I wrapped a length of twine twice around the PL Green Apple cardbase and then mounted the main image with dimensionals. I finished the card by stamping the sentiment on a piece of PL White cardstock, trimmed it out, and then mounted it to the main image with dimesnionals.

Supply List

Stamps: Farm Life (GKD), Fanciful Tags (GKD)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD)
Paper: PL Green Apple (GKD), PL Black Onyx (GKD), PL White (GKD)
Accessories: Copic Markers (C-1, C-3, C-5, C-7, E08, E43, E47, YG91, YG95, W-3, W-5, YR23, Y28, G000, G00, BG10, 0) (GKD), Hemp Twine, Dimensionals

For all the information about how to enter your card into this month’s challenge, please visit GinaK’s blog, then check out these participating designer’s blogs for more inspiration using the newly released stamp sets available through GinaK Designs:

• Jessica Fick
• Theresa Momber
• Nina Brackett
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Tami Mayberry
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Lee Murphy
• Kurtis Amundson
• Miesje Flach – our CenterStage Spotlight designer!

Instead of releasing new stamps this month, Gina K. Designs has decided to motivate your creativity with the Gina K. Designs stamp sets you already have in your collection. It’s called the Blast From the Past and each day, the Design Team will be posting projects created from stamp sets from various illustrators. Today we are featuring Theresa Momber and Rupa Shevde.

Theresa Momber

Supply List

Stamps: Out West (GKD)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD), Tuscan Tan Vivid (GKD)
Paper: PL Soft Sand (GKD), PL Chocolate (GKD), PL Ivory (GKD)
Accessories: Koh-i-noor Pencils and OMS (GKD), Sponge, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals

Supply List

Stamps: Timeless Treasure (GKD), Many Happy Re-turns (GKD)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD)
Paper: PL Green Apple (GKD), PL Moonlit Fog (GKD),  PL Soft Sand (GKD), PL White (GKD)
Accessories: Silver Eyelets (GKD), Linen Thread, Edge Distresser, Dimensionals

Rupa Shevde

Supply List

Stamps: King of the Grill (GKD)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD), Olive Vivid (GKD)
Paper: PL Grass Green (GKD), PL Red Hot (GKD),  PL Soft Sand (GKD), PL White (GKD), PL Smokey Slate (GKD), PL Chocolate (GKD)
Accessories: Dimensionals

For even more samples of some of our favorite ‘Blast from the Past’ GinaK Designs stamp sets, check out these participating designer’s blogs:

• GinaK
• Jessica
• Melanie
• Theresa
• Tami
• Cathy
• Lee
• Lynn
• Donna
• Kurtis
• Emily
• Erika

The entire GinaK Designs team would like to invite you to the virtual Release party we’ll be having this Thursday, August 5th on StampTV.  It will be a bit different than our usual release party, but we’ll still have challenges, contest questions, and designer samples that you won’t want to miss out on!  More information on that event will be shared by GinaK soon, so stay tuned to her blog for all the details this week.

Day two of the Gina K. Designs Release Preview brings you two more lovely stamp sets.

You don’t always have to use a sympathy stamp set to make a sympathy card – I used the koi fish image from Asela Hopkins’ new “By Your Side” stamp set to make a masculine themed card.

Supplies:

• Stamps: By Your Side (GKD)
• Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (GKD)
• Paper: PL Soft Sand (GKD), PL White (GKD)
• Accessories: Copic Markers (GKD), Lemon Ribbon (GKD), Silver Rhinestones (GKD)

One of Gina K.’s new sets this month is “Happy Spring,” a cute gardening set with garden sentiments. I used the water pump image and Pure Luxury Tan Leather cardstock to make a rustic themed card.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Happy Spring (GKD) Lovely Labels (GKD)
• Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento Ink (GKD)
• Paper: PL Tan Leather (GKD), PL Chocolate Kiss (GKD), PL White (GKD)
• Accessories: Copic Markers (GKD), Silver Rhinestones (GKD), Sewing Machine & Thread, Dimensionals

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Are you ready for even more inspiration?
Start with Gina’s Blog

Then, find out more information about the new Card Kit here:
Jessica Fick
Finally, check out these Designer’s blogs:
Asela Hopkins {Illustrator of By Your Side}
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber

Nina Brackett
Cathy Tidwell
Lee Murphy
Kurtis Amundson
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Bev Gerard
Colleen Schaan
Sankari Wegman
Valerie Stangle
Jennie Harper – our Guest Designer for this Month!

StampTV is celebrating it’s first birthday and the festivities are in full swing with this month’s release!  We’ll be holding this month’s Release Party on StampTV and couldn’t be more excited about all that Gina has planned for everyone!  The party kicks off this Thursday, March 18th starting at 7pm and ends 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

I hope that you’ve enjoyed the preview that the Design Team has been showing so far! Today’s previews are “Friendship’s Garden” by Asela Hopkins….

And “Out West” by a new illustrator Theresa Momber…

For the potted plant card, I used the new Nautical Netting, Chocolate Kiss Cardstock, PL Ivory Cardstock, and Copic Markers.

The Happy Trails card uses a lovely cactus image from the “Out West” set, colored with Copic markers on Pure Luxury Ivory Base Weight cardstock.

Be sure to check the rest of the Design Team’s blogs for more samples of these sets:
Asela Hopkins, Carolyn King, Cindy Lawrence, Donna Baker, Emily Giovanni, Erika Martin, Gina Krupsky, Jessica Fick, Joanne Basile, Kurtis Amundson, Melanie Muenchinger, Theresa Momber, and Beverly Cole

Also, Theresa has a guest designer: Cathy Tidwell