Gina K Preview Day 4

Hello!! Tonight the Gina K Design team is on it's last night of previews. The sets being peeked tonight are called Nana's Needlework & Sentiments and Spring has Sprung and they are fantastic!

My first card uses this gorgeous doily-lacy design in Nana's Needlework. I am head over heels in love with this stamp. I paired it with a sentiment from Lovely Labels....because I thought it worked for this card.

To create the focal design, I embossed the image three times--once on chocolate kiss card base, once on some sweet corn cardstock and once on cranberry tart cardstock. I cut the portions of of the design I wanted to use to adhere over the chocolate base. TIP: Rather than emboss the yellow section again to use the little flower, I simply cut the flower out of the portion of the image that is underneath the red layer (since you won't see it anyway!) I popped the red circle up a bit for some dimension.

I added a pearl to the center of the design and then added some to the punched border. The sentiment is embossed as well. (I love the look of white embossing on brown cardstock!) Finally, I wrapped some jute twine around the front of the card to complete the design.

I thought this design would be perfect for the Moxie Fab: Diggin' on Doilies & Lace challenge. You can check out the challenge details HERE!

Next, here is the card I created with Spring Has Sprung:

I adore whimsical stamps...and this set is full of em. I created this card mostly with scraps in my scrap bin!!

Tip: To make the duck/umbrella appear that they are drifting in the water, I cut a slice in the design with my craft knife and just slid the edge underneath the fold. This makes it look like I went to the trouble of cutting layers in the paper...but I didn't!

I added some piercings around the crazy sun/sentiment...made to look like the wind or sun rays. They look neat in real life...but you almost cannot see them in the picture. (Sigh!) Oh well. The ribbon is included in the new Spring Mix stamp TV kit!

Wait till you see the other adorable images in this set..you will be smitten!

For even more inspiration with tonight's new stamp sets:
start with Gina's blog
and

Nina Brackett {Illustrator of Nana's Needlework & Sentiments}

Then, visit these Designer's blogs:
Jessica Fick
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Donna Baker
Kurtis Amundson
Emily Giovanni
Erika Martin
Bev Gerard
Jennie Harper - Guest Designer

The Release Party is tomorrow night Thursday, March 18th starting at 7pm and ending at 10pm (all times CST) when all the new products will be available for purchase in Gina's online store.

To keep informed of all the party plans and activities, check out this link:
Release Party Forum on StampTV

Thanks so much for stopping by today!