GKD Inspiration Hop Day 2

First, and foremost, as I am scheduling this post Sandy is wrecking havoc on the east coast.

My thoughts and well wishes go out to those are in the path of this whopper and who have been affected by the landfall of the hurricane and its aftermath.

 We're inspiration blog hopping today with a few of Gina K Designs newest sets.

I am showing Deck the Halls by Beth Silaika, the latest Freckled & Fun set.

This set is a fun image building set with ornaments, lights, a string/wire, toppers and sentiments.

I saw this layout the other day by Lime Doodle and wanted to use it for a card.   I saw it again in a card by Beate.  Well, I still really wanted to use the layout so I hopped on the train and made this card using Deck the Halls.

I love the shape of this ornament, it reminds me of my grandparents and the tree they had in their living room when I was growing up.

Stamps: Deck the Halls clear

Ink: Memento Pistachio and Love Letter, Versafine Vintage Sepia

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Ivory

Patterned Paper: Authentique Paper Festive Collection

Other: Red satin ribbon, Clip, Notebook Edge die, Corner rounder, Dimensional foam

I also created a package tag using one of the round ornaments and sentiments from the set.

Stamps: Deck the Halls clear

Ink: Memento Pistachio and Love Letter, Versafine Vintage Sepia

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Ivory, Cherry Red, Fresh Asparagus

Patterned Paper: Authentique Paper Festive Collection

Other: Spellbinders Labels 10, Petite Scallop Circle and Circle Dies, Red satin ribbon, Eyelet, Linen thread, Dimensional foam

Be sure to follow the rest of the hop, beginning at 

Gina K Designs - StampTV blog

Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Simple Snowflakes

Beth Silaika - Illustrator Deck The Halls

AJ Otto

Carolina Buchting

Carolyn King

Cathy Tidwell

Deb Felts

Emily Giovanni

Giovana Smith

Jimmi Mayo

Lee Murphy

Lori McAree

Melanie Muenchinger

Michelle Woerner

Sharon Harnist

Suzanne Dean

Theresa Momber

Tina Gilliland

Vicki Dutcher

 

Happy Hoppin'
V.~

Stuck.

For 2 days I was stuck, I threw out more prototypes than necessary as my creative process was frozen.  To keep the ball rolling on the cards for the troops, I reused a layout from a few days ago with different colors and stamps.  In colors that are a nod to red, white and blue I created this happy card using the cute snowman from Paper Smooches Warm Hearts and the sentiment from Joyful Greetings. 

A few assembly notes:

Edges of base are DTP'd (Direct to Paper) with white craft ink.

Heart is Stickled for a sparkly heart.

Striped paper clip with a satin bow embellish the image panel.

30 (well actually 36, keeping 2 of each for my own card sending) are done, 40 more to go!

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Supplies not mentioned:

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black

Paper: GKD Turquoise Sea, Neenah White

Patterned Paper: Echo Park

Other: Copic Markers (carefully colored in as ink is not one typically used with Copics), Corner rounder, Dimensional foam

Believe~

 

Second set of 10 cards for a friend who is filling stockings for the troops.

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Supplies:

Stamps: Joyful Greetings by Paper Smooches

Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, Memento Peanut Brittle

Paper: Kraft, Vanilla

Patterned Paper: Jovial Collection by Basic Grey (from 2010)

Dies: Spellbinders Circle Die

Other: Snowflake punch by EK Success, Corner Rounder, 1/2" circle punch, Clear button, Linen thread, Ribbon, Dauber, Dimensional foam
 

Spirit of Christmas~

Last year around Valentine's Day I made a batch of cards for a friend who puts together packages for the military.

It's now time to fill stockings for the troops.  This is the first series of 10 cards that I will be giving to her to add to the stockings.  7 more different sets of 10 to go!

 

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Supplies:

Stamps: Pretty Patches Tree by WPlus9

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black and Memento Bamboo Leaves

Paper: Kraft, Ivory, Red

Patterned Paper: Wonder Collection by Authentique

Die: Pretty Patches Tree Die by WPlus9

Other: Corner rounder, Linen Thread, Dimensional foam

Birthday.....

Box to go with the accordion photo book (post below) because the bag I had on hand was too small.

All supplies the same as the book project.  Box created using the Scor-Pal and customized for the book.  See this post for my tips on creating custom size boxes. 

Now, it is finally done for Thursday. :)

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Celebrate, Accordion Style~

One of the moms from the novice team is celebrating her birthday this week.  Our novice team is very small so we have all gotten to know each other pretty well since summer and I thought it would be fun to make her an accordion book of pictures of her son playing as a birthday gift.

Paper Smooches Surf and Turf is a fun set to use for the water sports/beach enthusiast and I thought it would be the perfect cover for the book.

The pages are just matted pictures, otherwise the accordion will not lay flat.  A simple coordinated birthday greeting is on the back of the last panel.  When the book is opened up in its entirety all you see is pictures, the decorated front and back face towards the back.

I somewhat followed this tutorial found on the Scor-Pal blog, but altered my measurements to so that the finished book is 4.5"  x 5.5" and has 8 picture panels inside.  The pictures were trimmed down to 4" x 5" and adhered to a slightly larger white mat before adhering to each page of the book.

Into a simple decorated bag and it will be ready for delivery on Thursday.

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Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches Surf and Turf, Sentiment Sampler

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Teal Zeal

Paper: Bazzill Black, Neenah Solar White and Natural White, GKD Green Apple (ret), SU! Soft Sky (ret)

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Wanderer and 9 to 5 Collections

Other: Nestabilities Labels 10, SU! Oval punch and Spiral Punch, Tim Holtz clip, Gingham check ribbon, Dimensional foam

Drum roll, please.....

 

and the winner of the newest Paper Smooches Kismet Collection set,
Warm Hearts,  is

Miriam Prantner said...
Loving this new set! And great set of projects! I love the papers and all the fussy cutting, so festive!

October 12, 2012 6:54 AM

Congrats!

Valerie~

Something special to share - and a giveaway

Paper Smooches will release their newest stamp set called Warm Hearts on Monday, October 15th and I am here today to help promote this sweet set!  You will find the new stamp set HERE on release day. 

I have one Warm Hearts stamp set to give away to one lucky person!  You have until midnight on October 14th to leave a comment.  I will post the winner here on Monday, October 15th.  

For more chances to win...please visit:

Paper Smooches Blog
Ashley Harris
Val Stangle - that's me! :)

V.~

Supplies: 

Be Jolly card Stamps: Warm Hearts, Christmas Sampler 

Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, Memento Love Letter, Morocco, Desert Sand, SU! Bermuda Bay (ret)

Paper: Ivory

Patterned Paper: Holly Jolly Christmas Collection by Echo Park Paper Co.

Other: Nestabilities Circle and Ribbon Banner dies, Spiral punch, Corner rounder, Clip, Seam Binding ribbon, Dauber, Dimensional foam

Joy card Stamps: Warm Hearts

Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, SU! Bermuda Bay (ret)

Paper: Ivory, SU! Melon Mambo

Patterned Paper: Holly Jolly Christmas Collection by Echo Park Paper Co.

Other: Nestabilities Circle die, EK scallop punch, Corner rounder, Chipboard tag, The Twinery Seaweed Baker's Twine, Dauber, Dimensional foam.

Love Will Keep Us Warm Coin Envelope Stamps: Warm Hearts

Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, Love Letter, Desert Sand

Paper: Ivory

Patterned Paper: Holly Jolly Christmas Collection by Echo Park Paper Co.

Other: Coin Envelope, Circle punch, Nestabilities Grommet Tag, Mini clothespin, Snowflake punch, Button, The Twinery Caribbean Baker's Twine, Seam Binding ribbon, Dauber, Dimensional foam

Time for A Wicked Display~

Yesterday's sneak peek was the black cat panel of this Wicked tag display I created the other day.

I started out wanting to use the smaller sized Boo! panel that was leftover from the day I made the decorated clothespin.  It is much smaller in scale to the one on the clothespin.  It was just sitting there on my counter, looking at me, whispering in my ear to use it for something fun. :) I wasn't really sure where I was going to go when I began.

I was in a emotional funk the day I started this and really needed to escape into the world of creativity for a while.  Escape, I did, for 4 hours!  One thing led to another and I ended up with this fun and spooky display piece for Halloween.

Starting tomorrow I will be posting closeups of the tags with brief instructions on how I created each one, and how they come together into a display that now sits on a shelf in my living room.  As I was creating on the fly and didn't write anything down, a bit of reverse engineering is necessary.

For more exciting samples by the some of the design team members for Freckled and Fun and Tami Mayberry Designs, please visit these links:

• Beth Silaika
• Debbie Corbari
•  Cindy Coutts
• Valerie Stangle (you are here!)
•  Tami Mayberry
• Jamie Cripps
• Jennifer Ingle

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Supplies

Stamps:  Wicked by Freckled & Fun by Beth Silaika for Gina K Designs

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Morocco, Tuxedo Black, Desert Sand

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Ivory, Tomato Soup, Black Onyx

Patterned Paper: The Enchanted Collection by Authentique

Other: Black Chipboard Tags by East of India, MFT Notebook Edge die, Cuttlebug Red Tag Alpha (31 and tag on cat panel), Nestabilities Circle and Petite Scalloped Circle dies, GKD Black and White Gingham Check ribbon (no longer available), Orange/Cream and Black/Cream Wide Striped Grosgrain by SU! (no longer available), Orange/Cream and Black/Green Striped Grosgrain by May Arts, Orange Crinkle ribbon by May Arts, Mini Paperclips by Tim Holtz, SU! Library Clips, Orange and Black buttons, Orange and Black Baker's Twine, String, Linen Thread by Hillcreek Designs, Dauber, Dimensional foam


ETA Thursday 10/11/12 

After spending quite a bit of time yesterday detailing the first 2 tags and how they were made, there were 5, count 'em, 5 visits to the page yesterday and no comments, so I am not sure it is something that is wanted or needed.  I have reverted it to draft format so it doesn't  appear any longer as it makes no sense to have them remain published.

 

A Wicked Peek ~

Creep on by tomorrow to see the finished project and more Blog Hop samples from the Illustrator Teams.

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Wicked!~

 Not only a fabulous Broadway play, but now a really cool Halloween stamp set by Freckled & Fun Designs by Beth Silaika for Gina K Designs.

Today we are hoppin' with GKD to showcase Take Note, Wicked and You Say Goodbye
I'm sharing samples that I made with Wicked-Clear

While I am not much of a card sender for Halloween, I do love to make treats and decorations.  My kids are too big for school treats now, however I don't think they would object to a batbox door hanger filled with candy!

These giant decorated clothespins were trending some time ago and when cleaning out a box I have for to be altered items, I found a half dozen or so of them.  Time to put one to use!

For a fun "You've been Boo'd" a decorated giant clothespin left on a coworkers desk might be a fun way to jump start the Halloween time of year.  Add a little bag of candy and let the Booing begin!  Or how about just sitting on a shelf to hint at Halloween in your home office?

Finally, for those who send cards I have created a Halloween card; a stamped spider suspended from the Happy Halloween greeting sets the theme of the card.  With clear sets it is so easy to line up elements to have them become part of each other; the spider and the greeting are separate elements in the set.  A few strips of notched patterned paper, an embossed star background, Halloween twine webbing with a button bow and this card is sure to bring a smile, even to those who are creeped out by spiders!

For  more examples made with Gina's newest sets, please hop on over to these blogs, if you are starting here, be sure to visit Gina's for additional details: Gina K

• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

and from the Freckled and Fun DT:

• Beth Silaika
• Debbie Corbari
• Cindy Lawrence
• Cindy Coutts
• Valerie Stangle

 If you are still reading, thank you for visiting and happy hoppin'!

V.~

Supply list

Stamps: Wicked by Clearly Gina K

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Morocco, Tuxedo Black, Gray Flannel, Desert Sand

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Black Onyx, Ivory

Patterned Paper: The Enchanted Collection by Authentique

Other: Clear pillow box, Nestabilites Grommet tags dies, Black satin ribbon, freeform bat wings, Dauber, Distressing tool, Dimensionals, Giant wooden clothespin, Notebook Edge Die (MFT), Metal clip, Corner rounder, Crinkle ribbon, Clear embossing powder, Nestabilities Oval die, Baker's Twine (unknown and out of business), Orange button