Vintage Borders Blog Hop & Card Kit

Edited to add the Winner of the 3 Card Kits:

Congrats to -

Pat Jandacek said...

Add me to the list of your talent admirers. Lovely cards and to win the kits would be wonderful. TFS

Thanks for the kind words, Pat! Please contact me with your shipping address and I'll get your kits out in the mail to you!

Jessica

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Good evening!

The GinaK team is featuring Nina Brackett's newest stamp set called Vintage Borders on our blogs tonight! My first cards are the newest Card Kit that will be available tomorrow morning through GinaK's store. The kit includes the written tutorial for both versions of this card - this first version and the shabby/distressed version.

This second 'distressed' version is my favorite, but I know not everyone likes 'crinkled' cardstock - so I had to share both samples. When I taught classes, it was always funny to see how many different papercrafting styles there are out there.

The card kit includes all the cardstock cut to the dimensions needed to complete 4 cards. The flowers and half-back pearls are also included. To see all my card kits available, check out this link. The Vintage Borders card kit will be added to the store tomorrow morning.

I thought it would be fun to give away my 3 newest card kits here on my blog - so leave a comment on this blog post by Saturday, November 21 at 9am CST and I'll choose a winner who will receive the Vintage Borders, First Christmas, and Festive Frame card kits! Watch for the winner to be posted on this thread after 9 am Saturday morning!


Next up, is the card I've made for the StampTV sketch challenge that I'll be hostessing tomorrow morning. I love all the layers and patterns mixed together to make this eclectic card...

Here's a closer view to see the details a bit better...

and the inside....

If you'd like to participate in the sketch challenge, be sure to use this sketch and add your card photo to the StampTV gallery. You'll be entered into the drawing to win a free GinaK Designs stamp set of YOUR choice.


How about some more inspiration with the Vintage Borders stamp set?

First, check in with the Illustrator of this versatile stamp set, our Senior Designer Nina Bracket and her friend Lisa Hjulberg joining in the blog hop tonight.

Then, stop by these GinaK Designer's & Center Stage Spotlight blogs for even more samples:

Asela, Carolyn, Cindy, Emily, Erika, Kurtis, Lee, Lynn, Melanie, Tami,
and Theresa

Deb, Melissa, Karen, Sharri, and Sue

Before you finish hopping, be sure to check in on GinaK's blog to enter your comment for a chance to win Nina's Vintage Borders stamp set. If you already have purchased Nina's set, you can substitute any GinaK Designs stamp set valued at $23.95 or less.

Happy Hopping - and remember to leave your comment here to be entered to win three Class Card Kits!
Jessica

It's Time to Celebrate!

Good evening!

Tonight's card pairs two GinaK stamp sets that were meant to be used together, I think: Nina's Special Fathers and Theresa's Timeless Treasures. The sentiments are from Nina's set and Theresa's clock...

I love this color combination - it's very unusual for me: Black, SU's Soft Suede & Old Olive, and Gold. The clock was colored with Copics and highlighted with Sakura's Glitter pen. The inside sentiment is from Gina's Eclectic Summer Sayings stamp set...

Have a wonderful rest of the night - and enjoy your weekend!
Jessica

Timeless Treasures Blog Hop

Good evening!

I am so happy to join in on Theresa's Timeless Treasures blog hop tonight! There are several of us showing projects tonight, so be sure to check out all the links at the end of my SUPER long blog post to see what everyone else has been making with Theresa's gorgeous vintage inspired stamp set.

My first project with this stamp set was this accordian fold scrapbook. I sat down with a premade accordian album from DieCuts with a View, a DejaViews 12x12 paper pack and Theresa's set.

I began my project by cutting the papers to 6x6 and started layering and trimming to decorate the album. I started to get a feel for the book with these vintage papers and inspiration began to strike! Next, I stamped all the images onto GinaK's Pure Luxury Ivory cardstock and pulling the colors from the patterned papers, I colored everything with Copics.

The images were trimmed and set aside to decorate the pages and the sentiments were cut with a variety of Nestability dies. Before removing the dies, I sponged SU's Blush Blossom ink around the cardstock to highlight and add to the vintage look. That's my favorite color to use when I'm trying to achieve a soft, old-world type feel.

Then, I added the stamped elements to my album...

I used Sakura's Glitter pen to highlight a couple of lines on each stamped image. On one side of my album, I used Crystal lacquer on the stamped images. But, I found that the lacquer was a little thicker than I wanted, so on the opposite side of the album pages, I used a versamarker and detail clear embossing powder to get the subtle shine I was looking for.

Here's the album cover...

page 1 (with Crystal lacquer on the images)

page 2 - remember you can click on all of my photos to view them larger for an even closer view...

page 3 - oh how I LOVE that cameo, Theresa!!

page 4...
The last page of the front of the album...

Now, I never like to leave the back side of my mini books plain, so I always decorate them too. That way, you have 2 views - right!?

So, this is page 1 of the back of the album... (using Versamarker & embossing powder to embellish)



page 2 ...

page 3 ...
and finally page 4...

Whew - you made it! I should have warned you about all the photos in this post! lol!! I haven't made a mini scrapbook in so long and was thrilled with getting back into scrapbooking again! Now, to decide on what photos to put in it...

To see even more inspiration from Theresa's gorgeous Timeless Treasures stamp set, please visit Theresa Momber's blog She is giving away one of her stamp sets as blog candy, so be sure to leave a comment on her blog to be entered to win it!

She has two guest designers to joining in in the blog hop tonight:
Cathy Edgar and her mom -Geri Utterback

as well as these GinaK's Senior Design Team members:
Cindy Lawrence
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Jessica Fick
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Melanie Muenchinger

and our CenterStage Spotlight Design Team members:
Brenda Turner
Shannon Bracken
Sue Morris
Sue Walsh


Have a great rest of your night! Jessica