Gina K Designs Inspiration Day 2!

Welcome back for our second day of inspiration with the stamps sets that were just released!  Today we are sharing projects made with two full stamp sets, Tami's Label Borders, Theresa's Dogwood and Butterfly, and one of our new Duos, Friends are Flowers.

I love kraft, ivory, red and black together, and with Tami's set, I came up with a relatively clean and simple card for Valentine's Day or any day!  This set is SO versatile, and really easy to work with.  I stamped the border in Memento, colored the inset with Copics, then sponged the edges with distress ink and bordered it with red card stock.  I stamped the sentiment panel a second time so that I could pop up it up for added dimension.  I tied a lock and key to a big red button with sparkly cord...the ends frayed, but I love the way it looks!

Notes:
Tami's Label Borders
Gina K Pure Luxury card stock (ivory, kraft, onyx, and lipstick red)
Memento ink
Tim Holtz tea-dye distress ink
Copic markers
black rhinestones
Jenni Bowlin button
Tim Holtz lock and key charms
black cording

I made a simple 4 1/4 inch square notecard using Theresa's Dogwood and Butterfly set.  I tried to color the flowers their traditional colors, pure white with touches of pale pink and green, a bright green center and just a touch of red at the end of each petal.  Of course, white is difficult to color!

The dogwoods always seem to know when it's Easter and time to bloom!  As a youngster, I was taught that their four petals symbolize the cross, their touches of red the nails in His hands and feet, and their center, the crown of thorns.  I love thinking that God uses every opportunity to remind me of His love for me!

Notes:
Theresa's Dogwood and Butterfly set

Gina K Pure Luxury ivory card stock 

Memento ink

Copic markers

crocheted lace

ribbon scrap

I used the same markers, minus the blue-green, to color another notecard stamped with Friends are Flowers.  The focal image layer is popped up on dimensional adhesives, which is a little more formal than a single layer...I rarely make single layer cards with Copics because of the bleed-through.  An ivory satin bow seemed like the perfect simple embellishment.

Notes:

Gina K Pure Luxury ivory card stock 
Friends are Flowers Duo

Memento ink

Copic markers

Satin ribbon

All three of the sets featured today lend themselves to CAS stamping, although they would work equally well in more intricate designs!

Here are the designers participating today:

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Label Borders
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator Dogwood and Butterfly
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean