Preview Day 1: Tami and Theresa's sets!

Good evening!

GinaK previews have begun! We have tons of new stamps and products being released this Thursday night - it's been fun getting ready for this release and I can't wait to see everyone's samples this week.

Tonight, I'm going to start off by showing our newest Illustrator - Tami Mayberry' Special Delivery and her Special Delivery Add-on stamp sets since I used them both on this card ...

Isn't that fun? There are a lot of possibilities with her coordinating stamp sets - I can't wait to share my other card with her set... but that will have to wait until Thursday night's release party..

Here's the inside of this card...

And, here's a quick treat pouch I made with the medium sized pillow box that we will be adding to Gina's store on Thursday. There will be 3 sizes - small, medium and large! Perfect for gift giving - I know I'm looking forward to playing more with them.

I stamped the hearts from Tami's set in pink Stazon and set aside to dry. Then, I stamped the two hearts on GinaK's white cardstock and punched out with EK Success' medium heart punch - look at what a perfect fit it is for that punch! I layered it on pink cardstock and trimmed around for a small bordered edge.

The nuggets are wrapped in a 1" x 3" strip of cardstock and then taped to a piece of cardstock that I slipped into the pillow box. Super quick and easy - I love sweet little gifts like these, don't you?

Next up is Theresa's GORGEOUS Christmas set called A Very Merry Christmas. The images in Theresa's set are so elegant that I decided to forgo coloring and emboss the images with some Detail Gold embossing powder.

Christmas cards need to be quick for me because I make so many of them - so this layout and design is perfect for my needs... in fact, this may be one of my Christmas cards this year! I had the hardest time getting a decent photo of this card - so I hope you can see the texture of this new All Spruced Up linen cardstock being added to GinaK's Pure Luxury line. I LOVE this color and the texture... it's so rich and Christmas-y to me!

and the inside...


I made a coordinating gift tag with the same supplies as the card above. I love it when things coordinate and the best way I've found to coordinate things is to do it all at once - lol! Otherwise, when the times comes to give the card/gift ... I'm too lazy to dig through my supplies to make a tag match!

It's all ready to be tied onto a gift bag for a Christmas gift!

Are you ready for lots more eye candy tonight? Start by checking in on GinaK's blog to add your comment to her blog entry for a chance to win the new stamp sets being previewed tonight our blogs!

Then, stop these important blogs: the Illustrators of our two stamp sets featured tonight: Theresa Momber: A Very Merry Christmas Tami Mayberry: Special Delivery and Special Delivery Add-on
And, finally don't forget to check in on these Design Team Members participating in the hop tonight:
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Cindy Lawrence
Donna Baker
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Melanie Muenchinger
as well as our CenterStage Spotlight Designers:
Kay SimmonsLinda Payne
See you back here tomorrow night with more previews! We'll be showcasing Nina and Melanie's new stamp sets then!
Jessica

Special Delivery Card Supplies:
Stamps: Special Delivery and Special Delivery Add-on
Cardstock: GinaK: white, sweet corn, vibrant violet, spanish olive
Inks: Tuscan Tan for sponging, Black memento
Other: Copic markers, Square & deckled rectangle nestabilities, GinaK ribbon, SU clip, Sakura glitter pen, Quikutz dots embossing folder, EK success circle punches, Marvy scallop punch, paper piercer

First Class Friend Treat Pouch Supplies:
Stamps: Special Delivery
Cardstock: GinaK white, black and SU pink
Inks: Black & angel pink memento, Pink Stazon
Other: medium pillow box, Tags 5 nestabilities, SU ribbon & clip, EK Success heart punch

Embossed Christmas Tree and Mistletoe Tag Supplies:
Stamps: A Very Merry Christmas
Cardstock: GinaK Ivory and All Spruced up
Inks: Versamark
Other: Detail gold embossing powder, long rectangle nestabilities, ivory sateen flowers, GinaK ribbon & rhinestone brad, Fiskars paper punch, paper piercer, Pearls