Day Two: First Christmas & Vintage Borders

Welcome to day 2 of our previews for GinaK Designs! Tonight we are showcasing two new stamp sets - so buckle up and get ready for a ton of inspiration from everyone on the GinaK Designs' team!

The first projects I'm sharing tonight are from Asela Hopkins' new stamp set called First Christmas. It's an adorable set with lots of fun images to color and experiment with! As you can see, I made another paper-mache` ornament with this bird image. Yes, I realize it's 'supposed' to be a Cardinal, but my almost 9 yr. old daughter Ashley insisted that it was a blue jay... so, I made this ornament just for her. (After all, I'm not sure how many people would really WANT a blue jay ornament, do you? lol!)

As you can see from this photo, I edged around the ornament with some elegant cording that I've been holding onto for some time now - see, it does pay off to be a hoarder sometimes! I also used some green flower soft and lots of stickles to embellish the bird's perch.

I'll show the back of the ornaments that I've made for this release tomorrow because there is a special stamp set that Gina made just especially for signing our projects ... but, more of that tomorrow, okay?

Next, is a coordinating card and gift tag - also made with some images from Asela's First Christmas stamp set ....

and the card - as you can see, I paper pieced the ornaments and layered them on some of my long nestability dies. The pearls are from GinaK and are colored with Copics to match.

Next, let's move on to Nina Brackett's new stamp set called Vintage Borders. This set is so elegant and very true to Nina's style - which I happen to love! I used a couple of images from her set on this Christmas card...

The embossing was done with the Textile Cuttlebug folder with Vellum and then layered over GinaK's All Spruced Up cardstock. It's an interesting look - I'm not sure if I'm wild about it being over the green cardstock, but I think it's okay.

and, here's the inside with a couple more images from Nina's set all embossed in Silver Fine Detail embossing powder ...

Finally, I have a fun 3D gift project to share - this is made with a little paint bucket that I've had in my stash for awhile.

Isn't that fun? The bucket is filled with a bag of Hershey's kisses... well, it WAS filled with it! I promised Ashley that once I got the photos of my project done, she could have the kisses to add to the kid's snack bowl. My kids LOVE chocolate - just about as much as I do! lol!


For even more inspiration, please visit the Illustrators of the stamp sets featured tonight:

Asela Hopkins: First Christmas
Nina Brackett: Vintage Borders

Tonight, we have several of our Center Stage Spotlight Designers joining in the previews. Here are their blog links:

Deb Felts
Sharri Seffens
Melissa Cash

Finally, stop by these GinaK Designers' blog for even more projects with tonight's stamp sets:

Gina Krupksy
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Cindy Lawrence
Donna Baker
Erika Martin
Emily Giovanni
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Melanie Muenchinger
Tami Mayberry
Theresa Momber

Our Release party will be held Thursday night over on SCS in GinaK's Forum from 7-10 pm CST. We'd love to have you join in the fun! There will be contest questions, challenges, chatter, and lots more samples from our designers throughout the party! See you then!

Jessica