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Day 3 of Gina K. Designs - Illustrator Blog Hop!
We have two new set that we hope will inspire you with some beautiful card projects!
Today, we are featuring Chris Dayton’s first stamp set Sentimental Cala Lily
and the June Incentive set “Happy Mail” by Gina K.
Both of these sets are fabulous!
Chris's set is wonderful for making cards for many occasions
and the Cala Lilies are Gorgeous and elegant! <3
Gina's Incentive set is perfect for some great happy cards
and fantastic envelope messages!
Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and
then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $50 Gina K Designs gift certificate!
To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.
Ready for some inspiration?
So let's start with Sentimental Cala Lily
by: Chris Dayton
Gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Set - Sentimental Cala Lily
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, & White Layering Weight
*Premium Dye Ink - Moonlit Fog
*Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White
Other items - Versa Mark, bling, velum, added a little color to the back of the velum with comic markers
These flowers are so lovely! :)
For this card I used the following Gina K. Designs Items:
*Stamp Set - Sentimental Cala Lily By: Chris Dayton
*Pure Luxury card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, & Blue Lagoon
*Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White
Other items - Heat resistant Acetate, Zig Clean Color Markers, watercolor paper
Next up is This month Incentive Stamp Set - Happy Mail
I used this set to decorate my envelopes! :)
I added one of the Cala Lilies from Sentimental Cala Lily stamp set.
Added the cute little Dolphin to the back and colored with Copics.
This one I used Melanie Muenchinger's Pressed Flowers 2 set to add a flower to the front of the envelope albion with the Happy Mail Greeting! :)
Thank You so much for hopping by and I hope you have enjoyed all the cards and Happy Stamping!
Remember to take a little time to get Inky! <3 (((Hugs)))
Ready for more awesome creations?!
Just click on the links below for more from Gina and the Cast & Crew:
Chris Dayton - Today’s featured illustrator
Karen Hightower
Laurie Schmidlin - Up Next
Laurie Schmidlin - Up Next
Don’t forget to pop over to the Gina K Designs Store and check out all of the new products available this month in the “What’s New” section at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.
Thank you for stopping by!
62 comments:
What a great idea to stamp the back of your matching envelopes with a sentiment.
love it !
Great cards. Love them. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us.
Wonderful cards. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Karen to Karen- Love all of these. Fab job!
Beautiful cards and envelopes!
Love all of your cards.
Love the lilies with embossed background, beautiful color combo and coloring of the lilies
Love the stamping on the envelope and so beautiful cards each one!
I like the gray cardstock with white stamped image.
I always look forward to your cards. You use lovely color combinations and striking composition.
OMG, what wonderful inspiration you've given us Karen. Your lily cards are gorgeous, but what you've done with the happy mail set - so many fabulous ideas.
Lovely cards! Love the color choices.
Beautiful cards - thanks so much for sharing!
I have to say your sponging technique is so cool!!! I know ur takes practice but I just LOVE yours!!
Cute ideas for cards
OMG your cards are just gorgeous. LOVE the calla lily cards especially the vellum one:)
Your envelopes are so cute and invite the receiver to jump right in and look inside. Love the inspiration!
Beautiful card but love the way you did all the envelopes! Great inspiration! Thanks for sharing with all of us!
These are all just lovely. The lily is sketched so beautiful.
Beautiful cards and I especially like the first one. Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful cards, but I especially liked the ideas for using the "Happy Mail" stamps on envelopes.
Love the pink colored calla lillies! Thanks for the inspiration!
Super! I especially love the embossed card.
Great cards and envelopes!
Lovely cards
Your blue lily card is fabulous! And I love your decorated envelopes! Truly "happy mail"!
I always forget about my envelopes! Great cards AND envelopes!
Your dolphin card is so cute and playful! Whoever gets that card will grin from ear to ear with happiness. 😊
Oh wow, beautiful work, I love that you give special attention to the envelopes too!
Thought the embossed lilies on the vellum
was so pretty and then I saw the "painted"
flowers - fantastic. Putting one on the
envelope was a great idea.
Some dolphinitely fun cards.
thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards Karen, I love how you stamped on the envelopes!
So pretty. Thanks for sharing!
Gosh Karen - these are all great!
Love your cards, but wow, LOVE the lily on the corner of your envelope with the sentiment from the incentive set...LOVE that idea!!!! Thanks for the inspiration!
All the cards you made are fabulous and fantastic in every way. You are so very talented my friend!
All of your cards are wonderful but I love the first lily card the best. Thanks for sharing.
Love how the same Carla Lily stamp can look so different with various techniques and materials. Great ideas. So creative.
Great cards and envelopes. Love the embossed calla lily.
Ooh I love the pink lilies! You colored them beautifully :)
Your flowers are amazing!
You outdid yourself. Love, love your cards!!!
Love the brightness of the cards. The blue background with the lily is just lovely. Can you share how you did it?
Tish
These are all so pretty!
Beautiful! I love the first one with the vellum!
Beautiful cards and fabulous inspiration Karen!
Some very beautiful cards. Thank you for sharing them.
Love them all Karen but the first lily one is superb.
Wonderful cards, Karen!
Karen - your cards are so pretty and I love what you did on the back of the envelope. I love both of these stamp sets so much!!
I loved the first line art card, then "OOOH'd" out loud when I saw the watercolor card. So pretty!
Gorgeous cards, my friend! And the envelope art to match is just perfect. ❤️
love all your cards! beautiful!
Love that you white embossed the lilies!
Oh my gosh, your cards are stunning. LOVE what you have done with that lily, and the Happy Mail cards and envelopes are so stinkin' cute! Thanks for the great inspiration!
Gorgeous cards! Love the sponging on the envelopes too! Great idea! Cant wait to get my order!
Thank you so much for sharing love the great idea's.
Your cards are beautiful! I especially like the first w/the lilies-it's stunning!!
Wonderful card designs, really like the lily on velum.
Your calla lily cards are beautiful!
I really love the pink cala lilies and all your cool matching envelopes!
Love the cards and the accompanying envelopes!
Gorgeous cards. Thanks for sharing.
Wow you have been very busy creating!
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