Sweetest Blessings Class Kit

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Good evening!

Welcome back to  my blog for the last night of hops this week!  I'm thrilled to share the card kit that will be free with the purchase of the Sweetest Blessings stamp set from now until the August 26th - the date of the next release.  I adore this little stamp set and had lots of fun designing and 'decorating' the sweet treats in this stamp set for the cards shown above.

Sweetest Blessings Class Kit Contents

• GinaK Cardstock - heavy white, chocolate brown, bubblegum pink, passionate pink, and turquoise sea
• Silver eyelets
• 1 yard 3/8" pink gingham ribbon
• Printed instruction sheet with measurements and supplies needed to complete the 5 projects shown in the photo above.

To view the kits available for purchase tonight, Click HERE!

The other 4 class kits that I've shown tonight will be available for purchase separately or in combination with the stamp sets.  Gina has asked me to 'amp' up my class kits to show how many projects can be designed with the contents in the kit.  And I was up for the challenge!  I literally used up as much of the papers as I could and was able to find enough materials to create between 5-6 projects with each kit.

Rather than just calling these new kits a card kit, I like to think of these new kits as class kits because if I was teaching classes at GinaK's store - I would use them in my classes!  The measurements are all provided on the instruction sheet along with all the additional materials needed to complete the projects ... so, the kits are really like a Class in a Bag!  You get to complete the cards at your convenience - 'tweaking' them as you wish while making them at home.  The instruction sheet can also be a handy reference guide because if you like a particular card's sketch, all the measurements are provided there for you to use!

Now, let's look at each project in a bit more detail ...

This first card is a 4 1/4" square card that I designed for a 'masculine' birthday card.  Of course if it's too feminine with the glitter and scallops, they could easily be left off... lol!  I stamped the focal image on turquoise cardstock and colored with copics.  I would have liked to stamp it on white cardstock and pop it up, but I was running low on white paper from the kit and wanted to make sure the I was being true to what could be done with the actual kit contents. 

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Card Details
Stamps: Sweetest Blessings (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - heavy white, turquoise sea, chocolate brown
Other: Numbers cuttlebug embossing folder, scallop border punch, 1/4" scor-tape, glue pen, doodlebug glitters, spellbinder nestability plain and scallop square dies, copic markers 

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Next, is this little gift tag card, all ready to be tied to a gift bag or tucked into a gift box.  It's simply a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of cardstock scored in half with a hole punched in the corner for the ribbon to be looped through.  Then, I decorated it with scraps and once again, stamped the image in turquoise paper (again conserving that precious white cardstock! lol!) and colored with copics.  Then some liquid applique and glitter finishes off the cupcake.

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Card Details
Stamps: Sweetest Blessings (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - turquoise sea, chocolate brown, innocent pink, and passionate pink
Other: Corner rounder, seeing spots and candy cane cuttlebug embossing folders; copic markers; silver eyelets; 1/4" hole punch and eyelet setter; pink gingham ribbon, liquid applique, doodlebug glitters, spellbinder scallop square die; paper piercer

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There's just something about these colors together that I love!  This card is pretty basic with a favorite 'go-to' sketch of mine that worked well with these little images.  I've stamped them on white paper, colored, trimmed, and then popped up for some dimension.  After it was all put together, I used a glue pen and Doodlebug's colored glitters for some added sparkle.

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Card Details

Stamps: Sweetest Blessings (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - heavy white, turquoise sea, chocolate brown, innocent pink, and passionate pink
Other: seeing spots cuttlebug embossing folders; copic markers; pink gingham ribbon, glue pen, doodlebug glitters; paper piercer & template

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I really like this next card because this was the first time I tried a tone on tone look like this and really like how it turned out!  It's a pretty simple technique and one that I have to remember to try again soon!  The ribbon treatment was done by running a strip of 1/4" scor-tape along the side and then ruffling the ribbon.  To finish it off, I put a silver eyelet on the top and then left a bit of a tail on the bottom.  Another fun look I have to remember to do again.

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Card Details
Stamps: Sweetest Blessings (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - heavy white, chocolate brown, innocent pink, and passionate pink
Other: Corner rounder, seeing spots cuttlebug embossing folders; copic markers; silver eyelets; 1/4" hole punch and eyelet setter; pink gingham ribbon, liquid applique, doodlebug glitters, spellbinder scallop square die; paper piercer and template, 1/4" Scor-tape

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Here's a card that similar in the embossing to the one above, except this time I embossed the card front itself.  I put the embossing folder in sideways and embossed only 4" of the front.  To help define and finish off the embossing, I used my Scor-Buddy and scored at the edge of the embossed line and 1/4" from it.  Then, I put a strip of 1/8" Scor-Tape down the groove and sprinkled pink glitter over the tape.  I like the texture this provides without any bulk!

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Card Details

Stamps: Sweetest Blessings (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - heavy white, chocolate brown, innocent pink, and passionate pink
Other: swiss dot and candy cane cuttlebug embossing folders; copic markers; silver eyelets; 1/4" hole punch and eyelet setter; pink gingham ribbon, liquid applique, glue pen, doodlebug glitters, spellbinder labels 4 and scallop square dies; paper piercer

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My last card in the kit is another 4 1/4" square card that would be very easy to mass produce. I used a spellbinder label 4 die to trim a scrap piece of pink cardstock for the tag's top as well as the tag on the card above.  Try it sometime - a lot of the label dies would make awesome tag toppers!

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Card Details

Stamps: Sweetest Blessings (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - turquoise sea, heavy white, innocent pink, and passionate pink
Other: Corner rounder, seeing spots cuttlebug embossing folders; copic markers; silver eyelets; 1/4" hole punch and eyelet setter; pink gingham ribbon, glue pen, doodlebug glitters, spellbinder label 4 die; paper piercer and template

This card is also the inspiration for the sketch challenge that I'm hosting for our 'virtual blast from the past' party going on over at StampTV.  Here's the sketch that I shared in the discussion:

I hope you'll have time to play along with me and add your project to the StampTV gallery this weekend!

And, finally before I let you go - have you seen this yet?!

Whoohoo - a COUPON!  It may be a great opportunity to stock up on some class kits, don't you think?!  *hint, hint!*  lol!  Happy shopping!

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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 * you are here!
• Melanie
• Theresa
• Tami
• Nina
• Lee
• Lynn
• Kurtis
• Bev
• Emily
• Erika

The entire GinaK Designs team would like to invite you to the virtual Release party we're having beginning tonight (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!  See you there for all the fun after you've finished checking out everyone's blogs!

Jessica

Summer Harvest Card Kit

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Welcome to day 4 of the Blast from the Past GinaK blog hop event!

Tonight, while the other designers are sharing favorite stamp sets from Asela and Carolyn, I'm sharing another class kit that I designed for GinaK's Summer Harvest stamp set.  I love the bright and cheerful colors of this kit and hope you do too!

Summer Harvest Class Kit Contents:

• GinaK Cardstock - heavy white, black onyx, dandelion yellow, green apple, and red hot
• Silver eyelets
• 1 yard satin red polka dot ribbon
• Printed instruction sheet with measurements and details for each project shown in the photo above

Let's look a bit closer at each card in the class kit ...

This first card's sentiment can easily be swapped out for a different one from the stamp set.  I know I usually need more birthday cards than any other occasion, so I like to 'defer' to that sentiment when I'm making cards.

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Card Details

Stamps: Summer Harvest (GKD)

Ink: Black Memento

Cardstock: Red hot, black, dandelion yellow, green apple, white

Other: Seeing spots & candy cane cuttlebug embossing folder, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter, copic markers, scallop border punch, paper piercer & template, sakura glitter pen, crystal lacquer, 1/4" score tape; black polka dot satin ribbon

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Each focal image in this class kit has been stamped on scrap white cardstock, colored with copic markers, highlighted with a glitter pen, and then cut out and popped up on the card front. After the card/s were completed, I put a layer of crystal lacquer over the entire image and then set it aside to dry overnight.  You want to make sure to save this embellishment for last as it takes quite awhile for the lacquer to dry.  I just love the shine and pop that the glossy dried lacquer gives to these images - they look like epoxy stickers that are all the rage right now!

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Card Details
Stamps: Summer Harvest
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - white, red hot, black, green apple, dandelion yellow
Other: seeing spots & candy cane cuttlebug embossing folder, 1/4" score tape, satin polka dot ribbon; copic markers, crystal lacquer, sakura glitter pen, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter

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This is one of my favorite layouts of the bunch - I have to remember this one for future cards!  To get that nice glow to the tomato image, be sure to use a yellow, orange, and red for your shading with your copic markers or colored pencils.  It's surprising how much of a difference that yellow can add to your shading.

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Card Details
Stamps: Summer Harvest (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - green apple, white, red hot, white, dandelion yellow
Other: seeing spots cuttlebug embossing folder, copic markers, crystal lacquer, sakura glitter pen, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter; corner rounder

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This is the one card that doesn't have the focal image popped up.  Once again, the sentiment can easily be swapped out for the sentiment of your choice as there is plenty of room on the white panel.  The ribbon treatment was done with a strip of 1/4" scor-tape and then adding the ribbon by tucking it (or 'ruffling' it under itself as shown below).  Love this look - as I'm sure you can tell from my latest few class kit samples!

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Card Details
Stamps: Summer Harvest (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - Dandelion yellow, green apple, red hot, white
Other: seeing spots cuttlebug embossing folder, copic markers, crystal lacquer, sakura glitter pen, corner rounder, 1/4" scor tape, polka dot ribbon, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter

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The last project is a little gift card/tag that can be added to a gift bag or tucked inside a gift box.  I tied the extra ribbon to the top of it to show how easy it could be to loop the ribbon around the gift bag handles.  You can see that I used the sketch from the tomato card above for this little mini card ...

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Tag Card Details
Stamps: Summer Harvest (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - white, dandelion yellow, red hot, green apple
Other: seeing spots cuttlebug embossing folder, copic markers, crystal lacquer, sakura glitter pen, corner rounder, polka dot ribbon, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter, scallop border punch

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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 *you are here!
• Melanie
• Theresa
• Lee
• Lynn
• Kurtis
• Emily
• Erika

The entire GinaK Designs team would like to invite you to the virtual Release party we'll be having tomorrow, 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!  I will be hostessing the sketch challenge and hope you'll be able to play along with me!

Tomorrow night is the last night of the hop!  I'll be sharing my last new class kit which will be the one that's free with the purchase during the next few weeks until August 26th new stamp release!

See you then!
Jessica

Feel the Magic Class Kit

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Good evening!

Today is day 3 of the Blast from the Past GinaK Blog hop event!  Tonight several designers are joining together to share projects designed with some favorite stamp sets that may not have been featured for awhile on our blogs.  I have another class card kit to share that I designed for Alicia's Feel the Magic stamp set - just in time to start thinking about Halloween!

Feel the Magic Class Kit Contents:

• GinaK Cardstock - Heavy white, vibrant violet, dandelion yellow, sweet mango, and smokey slate
• Silver Eyelets
• 1 yard Vibrant Violet organdy ribbon
• Instruction sheet with measurements and supply list to complete the 5 projects shown in the photo above

Now, let's take a look at each project in a bit more detail...

This first card is a quick and simple one that has lots of texture due to the embossing folders. If you don't have the folders I used, other folders could be easily swapped out.  The pumpkin was colored with copics and then stardust stickles were added to the eyes and mouth for some added sparkle.

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Card Details
Stamps: Feel the Magic (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: white, vibrant violet, sweet mango, dandelion yellow, smokey slate
Other: seeing spots & candy cane embossing folders, corner rounder, copic markers,  silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter, stardust stickles, scallop border punch, paper piercer, spellbinder long rectangle die

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The witch image is so adorable, but rather large so you can see on this card that I just used a portion of the image.  It's best to stamp the image on paper and then trim or cut with a die to make sure you get the exact section of the image that you want. The sentiment was stamped on a square die cut as well and tucked under the bow to make a 'faux' tag.

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Card Details

Stamps: Feel the Magic (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: white, vibrant violet, sweet mango, dandelion yellow, smokey slate
Other: seeing spots & candy cane embossing folders, corner rounder, copic markers, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter, stardust stickles, scallop border punch, paper piercer, spellbinder plain and scallop square dies, violet organdy ribbon

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Here's another card with a partial portion of the image - this time it's even smaller.  I think she's so cute peeking out her 'window.'  More textures with the embossing folders - so there's no need for patterned paper!

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Card Details

Stamps: Feel the Magic (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: white, vibrant violet, sweet mango, dandelion yellow, smokey slate
Other: stars & candy cane embossing folders, corner rounder, copic markers, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter, stardust stickles, scallop border punch, paper piercer, spellbinder long rectangle die & scallop square die; 1 3/8" square punch

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This last card shows how easy it is to create your own patterned paper by stamping the pumpkin repeatedly on cardstock in versamark ink and embossing with clear embossing powder for a subtle shine.  The quick and easy layout makes this an easy card to mass produce.

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Card Details

Stamps: Feel the Magic (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento, Versamark
Cardstock: white, vibrant violet, sweet mango, dandelion yellow, smokey slate
Other: copic markers, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter, stardust stickles, spellbinder square die, clear embossing powder

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And, the final project is this tag or bookmark that would be a fun alternative to handing out candy to your kid's classmates or friends.  I choose to stamp the image in purple ink, so there was no need to color it but it could easily be stamped in black ink and handed out with a little box of crayons as a party favor, etc.  After all, who doesn't love a new box of crayons - right?!

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Card Details
Stamps: Feel the Magic (GKD)
Ink: Vivid purple
Cardstock: white, vibrant violet, sweet mango, dandelion yellow, smokey slate
Other: candy cane embossing folders, copic markers, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter

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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 * you are here!
• Melanie
• Theresa
• Tami
• Nina
• Cathy
• Lee
• Lynn
• Kurtis
• Emily
• Erika

The entire GinaK Designs team would like to invite you to the virtual Release party we'll be having Thursday evening, 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!

Happy Hopping!
Jessica

Down on the Farm Class Kit

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Welcome back to GinaK's Blast from the Past blog hop week!  While many of the other designers are sharing stamp sets designed by Theresa and Rupa, I'm sharing another card kit with you that I designed for the adorable Down on the Farm stamp set.  It's one of the first GinaK stamp set I purchased and still one of my favorites!

The Down on the Farm Class kit includes:

• GinaK cardstock - heavy white, smokey slate, bubblegum pink, ocean mist, creme de menthe
• Silver eyelets
• 1 yard 5/8" pink gingham ribbon
• Printed instruction sheet with measurements to complete the 5 projects shown in photo above

Now that those details are out of the way, let's look at each project in a bit more detail...

First up, is the sheep tag that would be perfect for a card front for a little birthday boy.  It could also work as a tag for a gift bag, by punching a hole at the top of the tag and threading some string through it and tied to the gift bag's handle.  I love the numbers cuttlebug folder as I always think of 'counting sheep' when I see an image of a lamb.

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Tag Details
Stamps: Down on the Farm (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - white, smokey slate, ocean mist, creme de menthe, bubblegum
Other: Copic markers, liquid applique, clear glitter, heat tool, corner rounder,  silver eyelets, scallop square nestability

The sheep image in all my samples was colored a bit with copic markers.  To add a fluffy feel to the sheep, I applied liquid applique to the wool section and sprinkled with clear glitter before heating it with a heat tool.  The glitter helps the applique to puff up nicely without getting too crazy as well as adds some sparkle - which is always fun. To see Gina's video on how to use liquid applique, please check out her video here.

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This next card is pretty basic, so the emphasis is on this adorable little piggy.  I rounded a couple of corners and used the seeing spots embossing folder to help reinforce the 'roundness' of the little birthday pig.

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Stamps: Down on the Farm (GKD)
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - white, smokey slate, creme de menthe, bubble gum pink, ocean mist
Other: Seeing spots cuttlebug embossing folder, corner rounder, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter, silver eyelets, copic markers, stardust stickles

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The next card is my favorite of this bunch - look at how cute those animals are peeking out their 'windows'!  I stamped the images on white cardstock and used a 1 3/8" square punch to punch out the section of the image that I wanted to show.

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Stamps: Down on the Farm
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - white, smokey slate, creme de menthe, bubble gum pink, ocean mist
Other: 1 3/8" and 1 1/2"square punches, pink gingham ribbon, scoring tool, liquid applique, clear glitter, copic markers, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter

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This little cow card cracks me up - that sentiment is too funny, isn't it?  This card could easily be made for all the other images as well, as the sketch is generic enough to work with all the farm animals in this set.

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Stamps: Down on the Farm
Ink: Black Memento
Cardstock: GinaK - white, black, bubblegum pink, creme de menthe
Other: corner rounder, spellbinder plain and petite scallop circle dies, paper piercer, copic markers, stardust stickles, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter, pink gingham ribbon

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Last, but certainly not least is this floral wheelbarrow card that I decided to leave sentiment free, so that it could be used for any occasion.  The focal image was stamped over and over on the green cardstock in Versamark ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  Then, I used some green scraps to create a bit of grass for the stamped wheelbarrow, so that it didn't look like it was 'floating' off the paper.

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Stamps: Down on the Farm

Ink: Black Memento, Versamark

Cardstock: GinaK - bubblegum pink, smokey slate, creme de menthe, ocean mist, white

Other: clear embossing powder, spellbinder plain and scallop square dies, copics, stardust stickles, corner rounder, silver eyelets, 1/4" hole punch & eyelet setter, pink gingham ribbon

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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  * you are here!
• Melanie
• Theresa
• Tami
• Cathy
• Lee
• Lynn
• Donna
• Kurtis
• Emily
• Erika

We'd 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!  

Have fun checking out everyone's blogs!
Jessica

Warm & Cozy Christmas Card Kit

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Welcome to the GinaK Blast from the Past blog hop event!  All week, several GinaK designers will be participating by sharing projects that we've made from older GKD stamp sets that haven't had exposure for awhile.  We know we have lots of new customers who may have never seen some of the 'older' stamp sets, so Gina has challenged everyone to pull out some of our favorites and show them off all week on our blogs.

I've chosen 5 stamp sets that I adore and have designed card kits around them that will be available for purchase Thursday night, after our little Blast from the Past Release Party we'll have on StampTV.  One of those kits will be included for free with the purchase of the stamp set like always, while the other 4 will be available for purchase.  I decided to start with this Christmas Card Kit that I designed for a favorite GinaK stamp set of mine called Warm and Cozy Christmas.*
 *This is a kit that will be available for purchase.  The free set will debut on Thursday night on my blog.

The group shot photo shows all the projects that the kit instructions and supplies will make.  I've decided in these newest card kits to do my best to show even more projects than I have in the past.  Each new kit features 5 projects, rather than just 3 cards, as I've shown before.

Warm and Cozy Christmas Kit Contents:

• 5 Sheets of GinaK cardstock: heavy base white, black onyx, turquoise sea, lipstick red, green apple
• Silver easy set eyelets
• 1 yard satin polka dot black ribbon
• Detailed instruction sheet for 6 projects shown in photo

Let's look at each project in detail.  The kit instructions will have all the measurements along with the specific supplies (including Copic markers) for each project.  I'll share a few notes about each one as we browse together.

While designing this first card, I wanted to show a rather quick, but elegant Christmas card that is fairly flat and would be easy to mail without any extra postage.  The ribbon treatment is a new favorite of mine and is made by laying a strip of 1/4" Scor-Tape down and add the ribbon directly to the tape, folding it into pleats as you go along.  Super simple - and no need for a bulky bow!

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Card Details

Stamps: Warm & Cozy Christmas (GKD)

Ink: Memento Black

Cardstock: GinaK - white, black, turquoise sea, green apple, lipstick red

Other: Fancy Tag & Label Rectangle spellbinder dies; Candy Cane Cuttlebug embossing folder; satin polka dot ribbon; silver eyelets; eyelet setter and 1/4" hole punch

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I love this second card with the sweet images from the stamp set looking as if they are peeking out a window.  I stamped the images on white cardstock and using a 1 3/8" square punch, punched out the section of the image that I wanted to highlight and framed it with a 1 1/2" square.   They were then layered onto the green apple cardstock and scored 1/4" strips on the bottom.  Then, I stuck a piece of 1/8" Scor-Tape in between the scored lines and sprinkled clear glitter over the tape.

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Card Details

Stamps: Warm and Cozy Christmas (GKD)

Ink: Black Memento

Cardstock: GinaK - white, green apple, black, lipstick red, turquoise sea

Other: Corner rounder; silver eyelets; Copic markers; Square punches: 1 3/8" and 1 1/2"; 1/8" ScorTape; clear glitter; stardust stickles; eyelet setter and 1/4" hole punch

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I think this one is my favorite of the bunch, because I love the colors all pieced together like a cozy Christmas quilt.  Each paper is embossed with a different folder and the sentiment just pops in white over all the colors.  This card shows a great way to use up scraps, because the colors could easily be swapped out.  Another super quick and flat 'mail-able' Christmas card that I plan on making more of for my own stash.

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Card Details

Stamps: Warm & Cozy Christmas (GKD)

Ink: Black memento

Cardstock: GinaK - white, black, turquoise sea, green apple, lipstick red

Other: Paper piercer & template; silver eyelets; Cuttlebug embossing folders: candy cane & seeing spots & snowflake; eyelet setter and 1/4" hole punch

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This card's focal image is the adorable little boy pulling his Christmas tree with his sled.  It's a gorgeous image that is so fun to color.  But, don't feel like you have to take the time to color it, if you want to mass produce this card.  You could easily stamp the image in turquoise or even green ink and it would be adorable!

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Card Details

Stamps: Warm & Cozy Christmas (GKD)

Ink: Black Memento

Cardstock: GinaK - white, black, lipstick red, turquoise sea, green apple

Other: polka dot satin ribbon; copic markers; stardust stickles; scallop border punch; label rectangle nestability die; snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder; eyelet setter and 1/4" hole punch

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The final card in the bunch, shows off my favorite image - the little girl with her snowman.  It's so sweet and again, super fun to color.  Remember though, that as I said in the little boy card, it certainly doesn't have to be colored to still be adorable.  I left this one sentiment free, because it could easily be a birthday, thinking of you, or general winter card since the only thing 'Christmasy' about this image is the candy cane - and my daughter likes to eat candy canes all winter! lol!

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Card Details

Stamps: Warm & Cozy Christmas (GKD)

Ink: Black memento

Cardstock: GinaK - White, Black, Green apple, turquoise sea, lipstick red

Other: square nestability die; snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder; polka dot satin ribbon; copic markers; stardust stickles; silver eyelets; scallop border punch; eyelet setter and 1/4" hole punch

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The last project is a tag, that could be used on the front of a card or even as a gift tag.  The ribbon was tied in the sample, but as you can see the ribbon is pretty long and could be tied into a bow if using on a card or tied to a bag handle if used for a gift tag.  In this project, I stamped the image on colored cardstock without doing any coloring just to show as I mentioned earlier how adorable the image itself is - so, you can see that no coloring really is required!

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Tag Details

Stamps: Warm & Cozy Christmas (GKD)

Ink: Black Memento

Cardstock: GinaK - Turquoise Sea, lipstick red, Black, White, and Green apple

Other: paper piercer & template; seeing spots cuttlebug embossing folder; polka dot satin ribbon; 1/2" and 1/4" circle punches; silver eyelet; eyelet setter and 1/4" hole punch

Over the next couple of days, I will be updating the StampTV Idea Center to add a Class Kit category, so I can share at even more length some coloring tips along with additional samples that can be made with the supplies provided in each kit.  Once it's all ready, I'll be sure to let you know on my blog as well as on StampTV!

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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 * you are here!
• Melanie
• Nina
• Theresa
• Cathy
• Lee
• Lynn
• Donna
• 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.

Enjoy the hop!
Jessica

Seeds of Kindness Blog Hop!

Good evening!

Tonight several of my friends and fellow design team members are joining me in showcasing the Card Kit stamp set of this month called Seeds of Kindness.  I'm so excited to see what everyone has been working on for the hop tonight!  Lots of links are at the end of my blog post, so please be sure to click on each of them for more information about the card kit as well as more samples and ideas with this fun stamp set that comes with a free card kit if you purchase it before August 5th!

While designing my cards for this hop, I was thinking about what coloring medium I should use for the beautiful line art designs and thought I'd do some watercoloring as I haven't done that in quite some time.  So, I pulled out my distress ink pads, an aqua painter, and my craft sheet and got to work.  If you haven't tried watercoloring with distress inks - you really MUST try it. The inks blend so beautifully and the colors remain so vivid, it's really amazing. 

By the way, I stamped the images on both of these cards tonight with Versafine black ink and embossed with clear embossing powder on watercolor paper.   After I had finished watercoloring, I shaded around the focal image with more distress inks and a dauber to 'antique' the images a bit more.

Card Details
Stamps: Seeds of Kindness (GKD)
Ink: Versafine; Distress inks for watercoloring
Cardstock: Watercolor, GKD; DCWV white core
Other: Spellbinder nestability dies; ribbon; Tim Holtz embossing folder & sanding block; aqua painter; twine

My next card uses some October Afternoon patterned papers that I love.  I'm a big fan of their papers - I love how all the paper packs work together so well.  I have a basket that I keep all my scraps in so I can pull out coordinating papers when I'm designing my projects ... so, I'm not really sure what lines these papers are from - sorry!

My bow turned out a bit wonky - lol!  I forgot to straighten it out before I took this photo, so just pretend it's not upside down  *wink*

Card Details
Stamps: Seeds of Kindness (GKD)
Ink: Versafine black; Distress inks for watercoloring
Cardstock: GKD; October Afternoon dp; DCWV white core paper
Other: Spellbinder nestability dies; aqua painter; Cuttlebug embossing folder; sanding block; daubers; ribbon

For more details on the card kit that is included with the purchase of the Seeds of Kindness stamp set, please click here.  Then, to see even more samples with this versatile stamp set, visit these designer's blog links who are participating in the hop tonight:

• Jessica Fick *you are here!
• Colleen Schaan
• Suzanne Dean
• Bev Gerard
• Sankari Wegman
• Lee Murphy
• Melissa Shultz
• Giovana Smith
• Sharri Seffens
• Linda Payne
• Carla Suto
• Brenda Turner
• Janice Whiting

Then, for even more inspiration be sure to check out the Idea Center for all the samples that everyone has shared in the StampTV gallery.  And, for all of your Copic lovers, check out the new Copic Coloring Crowd group Colleen Schaan started for us on StampTV!   It's a great place to chat with the 'experts' about those markers that so many of us are in love with!

Happy Hopping!
Jessica

July Preview Day 3: My Card Kit!

I'm so excited to share my next Card Kit with you tonight during our preview week!  Gina has designed a lovely new stamp set called Seeds of Kindness that I was able to use to design these three cards shown above.  During the first month of this stamp set's release, my card kit (valued at $9.95) is included for free with every purchase of the Seeds of Kindness stamp set.

This kit includes 5 sheets of GinaK's Pure Luxury cardstock, as you can see from the photos.

• Chocolate Brown
• Sweet Corn
• Little Boy Blue
• Green Apple
• Layering Weight Ivory

It also includes silver brads along with the written directions and measurements for each of the cards.  Let's take a closer look at each of them so you can see some of the details a bit better...

My Friend Card Details
Stamps: Seeds of Kindness
Ink: Stazon
Cardstock: GinaK
Other: Koh-i-noor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, blending stumps, petite ovals large plain, petite ovals small scallop, leafy branch cuttlebug folder, crystal lacquer, stickles, corner rounder, marvy mega scallop square punch, paper piercer, silver brads

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Planting Seeds of Kindness Card Details
Stamps: Seeds of Kindness
Ink: Black Stazon
Cardstock: GinaK
Other: Koh-i-noor pencils, oms, blending stumps, petite ovals plain large, petite ovals scallop small, piercer, crystal lacquer, silver brads

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Hanging Around Card Details
Stamps: Seeds of Kindess
Ink: Black Stazon
Cardstock: GinaK
Other: Corner rounder, koh-i-noor pencils, oms, blending stumps, crystal lacquer, stickles, diamonds in the rough cuttlebug embossing folder, silver brads, petite oval plain large, petite oval scallop small

I choose to color my card kit cards with Koh-i-noor colored pencils, odorless mineral spirits, and blending stumps since I wanted a soft look with lots of flexibility with shading.  Sometimes Copic markers can be intimidating on certain images to me, so I like to turn to my pencils.  Using a soft white eraser, you can actually soften the pencils a bit more and even erase when you go out of the lines!

However, I did color one card with Copic markers and thought I'd share that sample with you tonight as well, just to see another alternative look to one of the cards shown in the kit photo:

Can you see the shine of the crystal lacquer on the potted plants?  Love that- I think it makes them look like epoxy stickers!

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Next up, is Nina Brackett's beautiful new stamp set called Hugs and Prayers.  I know that once you see the entire stamp set, you are going to love the images and sentiments Nina included in her set because of all the techniques you'll be able to do with them - not to mention because they are gorgeous!

I choose to use the violet image from the Seeds of Kindness stamp set along with a butterfly and few sentiments from Nina's Hugs and Prayers set.

Card Details
Stamps: Hugs and Prayers, Seeds of Kindness
Ink: Black Stazon
Cardstock: GinaK soft sand, wine, in the navy, ivory, all spruced up; basic grey patterned
Other: Cuttlebug folders: forest branches, textile; Koh-i-noor pencils, oms, blending stumps, brads, stickles, crystal lacquer; border punch

For even more samples with the stamp sets being previewed tonight, check out these designer's links:

• Gina Krupsky *illustrator of Seeds of Kindness
• Jessica Fick *creator of Seeds of Kindness Card Kit  ** you are here!**
• Nina Brackett *illustrator of Hugs and Prayers
• Theresa Momber
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Cathy Tidwell
• Lee Murphy
• Carolyn King
• Donna Baker
• Kurtis Amundson
• Bev Gerard
• Colleen Schaan
• Valerie Stangle
• Emily Giovanni
• Erika Martin
• Janice Whiting *Seeds of Kindness Guest Designer
• Sankari Wegman
• Asela Hopkins

We'd also like to invite you to attend our Release Party this Thursday, July 1st starting at 7 pm central on StampTV! There will be challenges, contest questions, and more samples from our designers on all the new stamp sets being released this month!  We'd love to have you join in on the fun!

See you tomorrow night for one last night of previews before the big party!
Jessica