Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Gina K Designs February 2014 Release Inspiration Hop--Day 2!

Hey y'all! Welcome to day 2 of our Inspiration Hops for you this month!


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 Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hops.

Up first today we have Becky Oehler's newest set, Folk Filigree. This set is just sooo fun to work with! The combinations of the little flowers and greenery are endless! Here is what I did for today:


For this card, well, it started out being a one layer card! LOL! At least that is wha tI had in mind...I masked off the area that has the flowers stamped in it, was doing a faux layer, then decided to add a bit more, lol! I always do that...one reason it takes me for ages to make a card! ANYways, this is what I ended up with! Love the little flowers in this set! Ok, next up is Theresa Momber's new set, Signs Of Spring...Here is what I have done with this set for today:


I stamped the crocus flowers onto vellum and heat embossed them in white. I had intentions of coloring them again, like I did for my card at the release party, but then decided they looked good on just white! :D I LOVE how Theresa's sets are so 'true' I call them...very realistic images! LOVE it!

Ok, ready for more eye candy? Here ya go:


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Thanks again for stopping by today! I sure hope you are enjoying and feeling inspired! Come on back by tomorrow, our last day of the hops!
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Card Details
Card #1
Stamps: Folk Filigree by Becky Oehlers from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K and SU! cardstocks
Accessories: various SU! inks, scallop border die by MFT, seam binding ribbon, button, twine, glue dots, pop dots, SU! markers, pearl stickers.
Card #2
Stamps: Signs Of Spring by Theresa Momber from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K cardstock, Graphic 45 Sweet Sentiments line, vellum
Accessories: white embossing powder, heat gun, embossing buddy, seam binding ribbon, scallop sticker from Graphic 45, brads, pop dots, wooden birdie embossed with white.

57 comments:

  1. Gorgeous as always, Cat! Love that you showed the flowers uncolored. Looks fab with the embossing.

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  2. Both your cards are gorgeous and inspiring! Love the background you created with Folk Filigree.

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  3. That is very pretty with the white outline over the floral pattern.

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  4. The crocuses on the vellum are soooooooooooooooo pretty! What great inspiration!

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  5. LOVE LOVE LOVE! Both of these are so beautiful and springy!

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  6. The crocus card is fabulous. Love the white over such pretty dp.

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  7. WOW, both of those cards are beautiful… :) Love them.

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  8. LOVE the Feel Better card - that is gorgeous - so soft and pretty!

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  9. Love the sign of spring card. Just stunning. The first card is also very pretty. I have the same problem. Don't know w hen to stop. My cards take a while.

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  10. I really love the banner on the top of the second card - great accent!!!

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  11. 2 beautiful examples for these lovely stamps.

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  12. Your cards are always beautiful. I absolutely love the flowers embossed on the vellum! It came out great!

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  13. Absolutely gorgeous! Love these spring colors today!

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  14. You never disappoint me. Your work is always so fantastic. I can see that using vellum is getting to be more and more popular. Glad I have quite a bit on hand. I like how you embossed in white and then did an overlay of the pattern paper. Gives it such a soft look!

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  15. Beautiful cards! I love how you left the crocus flowers white with no coloring. I love how you used those small flowers.

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  16. Love the vellum layer. It looks so crisp. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  17. I love seeing all the ideas. I am new to this so I am getting lots of ideas!

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  18. They DO look great in white. So pretty.

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  19. Gorgeous spring colors, use of vellum and inspiration.

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  20. Love the white embossing on vellum...very cute and clever!

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  21. I LOVE how you treated the crocus by stamping on vellum. What a beautiful soft look with that gorgeous patterned paper beneath. Absolutely love this!

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  22. Of course both cards are BEAUTIFUL! Loving your Folk Filigree one, reminds me of Easter and Spring and Warmth and Sunshine and Happiness....well I think you get the idea! ;)

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  23. Wow embossing on vellum makes that card look so elegant, beautiful job!!

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  24. Very soft and pretty--I like the white embossed crocuses.

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  25. Great card. Your crocuses are gorgeous.

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  26. I love how your floral paper makes your uncolored flowers pop! Beautiful.

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  27. spring is in the air, love the colors

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  28. Love both cards, but the vellum one is my fave!

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  29. Two really pretty cards! I especially like the first one.

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  30. Such sweet cards - love the soft colors.
    isoscia at aol dot com

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  31. Love the techniques used on the tulip card

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  32. Love the vellum! OMG, your cards are always amazing and these are no exception! Great job with the one-layer card too, LOL! ;)

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  33. Awesome cards, Cat!!! That vellum overlay is GENIUS!!! Great inspiration once again!

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  34. Love them, Cat, the embossed vellum in white is outstanding.

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  35. Super gorgeous cards! Love the white embossed vellum! Very soft and delicate looking!

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  36. Love the soft and sweet feel of these cards! Elegant and beautiful!

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  37. I absolutely love the white embossing on the velum as you let the DP show through. It is an amazing card.

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  38. Two gorgeous cards, Cat! Fantastic colors on both of them!

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  39. Cat...LOVE LOVE LOVE! Both of these are so beautiful...you are so talented!

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  40. Love what you did with those colors. Nice cards.

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  41. Beautiful backgrounds on both cards!

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  42. Ooooooh, how lovely!! I am enchanted by your crocus embossed on the vellum. So dreamy!!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com

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  43. Hi Cat. Love both cards. The second one is so different to anything i have seen before, will have to have a go at something similar. Take care.

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  44. sooo creative!!! Love all cards!

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  45. The embossed flower over that beautiful background sings spring.

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  46. Both cards are gorgeous! I love the embossed flower on vellum, will definitely give this one a try! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  47. These are so very pretty! I agree that the crocus look great in just the white.

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  48. Beautiful cards! The vellum is so pretty!

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  49. Yowee - another couple of amazing creations!!! I must add vellum to my cards - thanks for the ideas!

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  50. Oh my gosh, these are gorgeous, Cat. But that second card? Mind-blowing beautiful!!!

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  51. So beautiful. The white on vellum is gorgeous. Love it! TFS. Niki

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  52. love the embossing on the vellum
    upnurse at aol dot com

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  53. Gorgeous cards, Cat! Embossing on vellum is so elegant ~ love your creativity.

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  54. Your crocus makes me long forward to spring! I've got snowdrops blooming and it makes my heart happy.

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