Love

Hello,

I received some new goodies I ordered from Gina K Designs today and I had to play.  This is one more for the monthly challenge to do some ink blending.  I started with some white card stock and randomly ink blended two pinks and two purples and then cut the heart cover plate out of white and layered it on top.  the full supplies are listed below.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Supplies

Dies

Heart Cover Plate

Master Layouts #2 

Master Layouts #9

Inks

Lovely Lavender

Wild Lilac

Dusty Rose

Passionate Pink

White

Stamps (love die)

Ruffled Flowers Stencil Bundle

Cardstock

White

Black

Wild Lilac

Bubblegum Pink

Embossing Powder

White

Season's Greetings

Hello,

Today I have a card I made for the December Challenge for Gina K Designs.  This month the challenge is to do some ink blending.  I ink blended the background on this card.  I was inspired by a card made last month by Mindy Eggen.  Mindy is a master at ink blending and creates the most beautiful cards.  The supplies are listed below and are all from Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Supplies

Stamps

Winter Whimsy

Sparkle and Shine

Inks

Ocean Mist

Tranquil Teal

Blue Denim

Fresh Asparagus

Copic opaque white for falling snow

Dies

Master Layout #2

Master Layout #4

Happy Winter

Hello,

Today I have a card I made using the new kit from Gina K Designs,  Winter Whimsy.  The supplies are all Gina K Designs and are listed below.  I am entering this into two challenges, first Gina K Designs November Challenge to have a critter on your project (snowmen are okay).  The second challenge is for Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge to create your own background.  To make the background I randomly brush blended inks and then layered a panel I cut with Gina K's Snowflake Cover plate.  I am digging how this turned out.  

I hope you have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving and thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Stamps

Hygge Time

Inks

Lovely Lavender

Ocean Mist

Powder Blue

Dies

Snowflake Cover Plate

Master Layouts #2

Master Layouts #5

Copics

BG000,

BG01, Y35

Prisma Pencils

Non Photo Blue

Lavender

Dark Brown 

Peach

Season's Greetings

Hello,

Back again with another penguin card.  This one I was very inspired by Gina's Stamp and Chat last week with Simon Hurley where they showed several ideas on how to use Simon's stamping foam.  I knew I had to give Gina's snowflake background a try.  I am so happy how it turned out.  I am entering this one into Gina K Designs November challenge to add a critter to your project.  All supplies are listed below and except for the copics are available at Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Stamps

Playful Penguins

Sparkle and Shine (sentiment)

Stamping Foam

Inks

Wild Lilac

Turquoise Sea

Jelly Bean Green

Dies

Snowflake Trio

Master Layouts #2

Master Layouts #3

Copics

BG000, BG01, BG05

BV11

M3, N5, N7

Y35

Embellishments

Sequins

Joy

Hello,

I am back with another mini slimline card.  This one I made for a couple of challenges.  First is Gina K Designs November challenge to make something with a critter on it.  The second challenge is for Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge.  Theirs is to make a card with a tree/s on it.  I have been having fun with the little penguins and I will be back soon with another penguin card.  Supplies are all Gina K Designs and Simon Says Stamps listed below.

Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day,

Brenda

Stamps

Playful Penguins 

Snowflake Cascade 

Inks

Powder Blue

Slate

White

Copics

G03, G05

N1, N3, N5, N7

R35, R37, R39

Dies

Master Layouts 6

Master Layouts 7

Peace-Love-Joy Die Plate

Coffee Helps

Hello, 

This is a mini slimline card I made using Perfect Blend from Gina K Designs.  I am so enjoying making these slimline cards.   It really surprised me that I enjoy it so much because I don't like making a full size slimline card.  I am very happy I gave this style a try.  Supplies are all Gina K Designs and are listed below.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Stamps

Perfect Blend

Paper

Kraft 

Dark Chocolate

Ink

Dark Chocolate

Copics

E23, E25, R22, R24, W1

Die Set

Master Layouts 7

Penguins

Hello,

Today I have a card i made last weekend using Playful Penguins and Star Struck from the Joyful Holiday kit from Gina K Designs.  This is a technique Gina shared recently in a 5 minute card video and I love how it looked so I gave my try at it and am so happy how it turned out.  I didn't use a negative die cut for this one and only masked off the areas in white then I embossed the star fall image in white and then ink blended in the center.  These dang penguins are so fun.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Supplies

Stamps

Playful Penguins

Star Struck

(sentiment from unnamed incentive set)

Inks

Lucky Clover

Turquoise Sea

Wild Lilac

Copics

B00, B000, B0000, B01, B05

BV 01, BV 02

G12, G14

N1, N3, N5, N7

Y35, Y38

Fall Thank you

Hello,

Today I have a card I made for the monthly challenge for Gina K Designs.  This month the challenge is to make your background by ink smooshing in fall colors.  I smooshed the background then I added a little liquid pixie dust to give it some shimmer.  To carry on with the shimmer I added glitter gel pen to accent the butterfly.  All other products used are Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda  

Supplies

Stamps/Stencils

Fluttering Fall Bundle

Grateful Greenery

Inks

Background-Fresh Asparagus, Sweet Mango, Sweet Corn

Butterfly-Honey Mustard, Sweet Mango, Warm Cocoa, Charcoal Brown

Tools

Master Layouts #1 and #7

A Big Thank You

Hello,

Here is a quick wreath card I made for Fall.  All products are from Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Stamps

Autumn Wreath Builder, Wreath Builder, Grateful Greetings

Inks

Fresh Asparagus, Faded Brick, Honey Mustard, Plum Punch

Paper

Honey Mustard, Dark Chocolate

Tools

Master Layouts #3, Wreath Builder Template

Hello

Hello,

Today I have a card I made for a challenge for Gina K Designs Facebook group.  I also gave a try at the technique from Gina's video playing with stencils.  It was a lot of fun.   All products used at from Gina K Designs and are listed below.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Inks

Fresh Asparagus

Jelly Bean Green

Plum Punch

Wild Lilac

Lovely Lavender

Stencils

Ornamental Leaves

Festive

Fizzy

Thick Brush

Harvest Flourish

Dies

Hello 

Master Layouts #2

Best Witches

Hello,

Well I am starting on Fall and Halloween cards.  I love this time of year, it is my favorite for card making.

This one is for the September challenge at Gina K Designs.  The challenge is to make a background using ink cubes.  Gina did a great video on how to make a 5 minute card.  For my card I made another mini slim line card, they are so fun to make.  I used Best Witches stamp and die set.  Wild lilac and slate inks. The hat is colored using copic markers.  The sentiment and layers were cut out using master layouts #7.  All supplies used are Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

You're a Hoot

Hello, today I have my first mini slimline (3 1/4 x 6 1/2) to share.  This one is for the August Monthly Challenge at Gina K Designs.  The challenge is to use multiple sentiment strips.  One of my first idea for a card using Woodland Friends was to make a nighttime card.  I started by cutting out a piece of GKD white layering weight card stock using master layouts #7.  To make the sky I used blending brushes leaving the center the lightest with the following colors in this order: powder blue, blue raspberry, blue denim, in the navy.  Then I stamped some white pigment ink on my glass mat and spritzed some water on it. Next using a small paint brush I sprinkled the stars in the sky. For the moon I cut out a the smallest circle from master layouts #7.  To create the craters on the moon I heated up a piece of Simon Hurleys stamping foam and pressed it against the texture on my wall.  After inking up the foam with moonlit fog I stamped off 3 times on some scrap paper before stamping on the moon with a light hand.  The scene is created using master layouts #6 and the owl was colored using prisma pencils and gamsol.  Then sentiment flags are cut using master layouts #4.  All products used are Gina K Designs except the stamping foam and prisma pencils/gamsol.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

You Deserve The Best

Hello again,

Another card I made.  This one is for a challenge on Gina K Designs & StampTV Friends group on Facebook.  Each week Karen Day Hightower has an inspiration challenge and I do love inspiration challenges.  For this one I used the new Mandala Maker 2 and It's All About You stamp sets.  This was so fun to make and I am looking forward to making many more mandala cards.  The ink colors are powder blue, blue denim, in the navy, faded brick and sweet corn.  I finished off with a few rhinestones.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Christmas in July part 2

Hello and happy Saturday!!,

Today I have a couple more cards I made for Gina K Designs monthly challenge, Christmas in July.  I used all Gina K products for these cards.  The stamp set is Holiday Tapestry.  I used Master layout dies, sorry don't remember which ones.  I also embossed in gold and silver the layers on the cards.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Christmas In July

Hello, 

Today I have a card I made for Gina K Designs monthly challenge.  This month the challenge is Christmas in July.  Well you can never start to early on the getting Christmas cards made.  For my card I used Sparkle and Shine.  I decided to give a non traditional color scheme a try, and I have to say I really pleased with how it came out.  I embossed the tree in white and then with blending brushes I added turquoise sea to highlight the tree.  The sentiment is popped up with foam tape and I added some Angel Aura rhinestones.  The panels and sentiment were cut out using master layouts #2 and #4.  All of the products used are from Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Birthday Wishes

I made this for the monthly challenge at Gina K Designs.  The June challenge is to make a background.  I decided to break out my alcohol inks and make this background for a birthday card. I also used the ink to color Clear Dew Drops,  sentiment stamps are from Lace Flowers and the stitched layer was cut using Master Layouts 2 all from Gina K Designs.

Enjoy,

Brenda

Hello

Hello,  

Today I have a card I made using Gina K Designs stencil bundle Bold Flowers.  This a bit out of my comfort zone for colors.  I normally don't make blue flowers, but I am loving how this came out.  I used snowfall stencil for the background. 

Challenges:

Gina K Designs Monthly Mix Challenge- Make a floral stencil (or other stencil) background 

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Sweet Friend

Hello,

Today I have a card I made for Make a Card Challenge.  They have a sketch challenge this week and it was helpful to get me back in my room to play.  I used Ruffled Flowers and Bold Flowers stencil bundles from Gina K Designs.  I was also inspired by the background technique Gina demonstrated in a video recently.  Such a fun way to make a quick background.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda  

Happy Easter

Hello and happy Spring.  I am in California and we are starting to see the signs of Spring everything is starting to bloom.  Unfortunately we very much need more rain.  At any rate I am enjoying the sun while hoping for some more rain before the heat cranks on.  

Today I have an Easter card I made for this months challenge at Gina K Designs.  The challenge this month is to create a masked blended sunrise.  This is my take on it.  I started with masking off a 1/4 inch boarder and blended from the bottom. Lucky Clover, Applemint, Lemon Drop, Sweet Mango, and Coral Reef.  After removing the tape I stamped the daffodils and sentiment from Easter Blessings.  I finished up with cutting my layers with Master Layouts 1.  All products are from Gina K Designs.

Thank you for stopping by and be safe,

Brenda

Hello,

I wanted to try making a one layer card that still had the look of a layered card. The top panel is inset into the bottom layer which is the negative form the die cut. It still needed a back though for support.

I used Gina K Designs Flower Child, A Little Love bundle, and master layouts 3 and 4.

Thank you for stopping by and stay safe,

Brenda

Love

Yes it is me again.  This is my last post for today.  I made this card for Gina K Designs Love is in the Air challenge.  I used the A Little Love bundle and master layouts 3 and 4 to make this card.  

Thank you for stopping and by and stay safe,

Brenda

Hello

Hi me again.  This is another one a I made for Simon Says Stamps challenge of favorite technique.  I used A Little Love bundle and Hello die from Gina K Designs along with master layouts 3 die set.  

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Love

Hello and Happy Saturday!!  I have a card I made for the Love is in the Air at Gina K Designs.  This card was made with A Little Love bundle from Gina K Designs.  I also used Master Layouts 3 and 4.  I am enjoying this bundle so much.  I will also be entering this into Simon Says Stamps challenge to use your favorite technique.  For me that would be ink blending.  Ink blending is so much fun with stencils.

Thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

On My Mind

I played a little today and whipped up this card using Gina K Designs Better Together stamp set and some ink blending.  I love this color combo, it is so peaceful.  I also used Master Layouts 2 and 4.  These dies sets are the bomb and make layering card panels so easy.

 

Stay safe and thank you for stopping by,

Brenda

Valentine's Gift Bag

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  I hope all is well with you.  I have a couple of gift bags I made for my son and DIL.  They love extra dark chocolate (as do I)  so I wanted to give them a little treat for tomorrow.  I made these bags and filled them with their favorite chocolates.  

I used the bag gift bag folding board from We Are Memory Makers for the bag it self.  The heart and love dies are cut using Gina K Designs Master Layouts 4  The stamped heart is also Gina K Designs from A Little Love set.  A few weeks ago Gina did a video using smalls strips of paper to make the background in a die cut image and she mentioned you could also use washi tape.  Well I am embarrassed to admit I have a bit more than a small amount of washi tape that I almost never use.  Today was the time to pull it out.  I really enjoyed using it this way.  

I will be entering this into the Monthly challenge at Gina K Designs, Love is in the Air.   

I hope you all have a wonderful and special day.

Stay safe my friends and thank you for stopping by,

Brenda