Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Gina K. Sept Inspiration Hop - Take Note, Wicked & You Say 'Ello





The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop!!! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a Gina K. Designs Grab Bag that could have anything from stamps to paper to embellishments! To see the list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

First up is Tami's Take Note set! It is really a versatile set which can be used for the ever popular Project Life stuff which is ALL THE RAGE! Today I made a love note for Todd. As much as he gets frustrated with the stamping -- he LOVES getting cards!  I used a heart punch to tell him I <3 him....
This is a great tween/teen set too - they can make little notebooks for friends...start their own memory lists or top ten lists!
The green grass and the turquoise sea seem to really go well together. The bamboo ink with the teal zeal mesh well too! A couple of buttons and a top edge punch keep this very simple & clean! 


Here are my samples from Becky's new set "You say Goodbye, I say 'Ello!" I had to work with the french bread! He is so dang cute. Don't you want to rip off a piece and dunk him in some fondue!?! I used a 4.25 square card base and added some designer paper from the Poppy Prints collection. The images are easily cut out with the coordinating silhouette cut file. I colored the bread in with copics and even stamped the background pattern on the cut file and just attached that as well. The beret is glittered with a spica gitter pen. Such a fun set!



 I had some of the remaining cut files for the set on my desk and was stamping and coloring in images. My daughter came running out with the coffee cups squealing with delight. "LOOK AT HOW CUTE!" she screamed....Make these into a card! Here is that creation for my latte-loving-soon-to-be-fifteen year old. I used the spica gel pens on the cups to give them a little more character and bling.


 My set "Wicked" has some really fun images. I will be sharing more of the fun images this week (I went to go make treats and realized that the 7 year old had discovered the Hershey's Nuggets in my office, so they were ALL GONE. Gasp! Almost a whole bag! Sophie G....she keeps me on my toes!)...I digress... 

I turned to creating just a card for today...I used a kraft base, some fun designer paper from the Hello Sunshine pack and some die cuts with my silhouette. I love the stamped candelabra on this with the sentiment over the top! I cannot wait to get this in the mail to someone special!


Finally, the coffin with the web attached.  The web cut file is available {here} for less than $1. It goes so well with this stamp set!  I created a coffin box (which I was going to fill up with nuggets...but THANKS TO SOPHIE...It's EMPTY! I created a quick tag with the bat and Boo! sentiment from the set. The coffin is created with some black card stock, spritzed with pearl glimmer mist. It sparkles....a May arts ribbon is tied around to keep the coffin tag in place!


I will get to the store to get more nuggets this week...and then I will share more ideas from the wicked set! The monster is one of my most favorite images....and I have yet to create with it!

 So check back often!


Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:



Beth Silaika – Illustrator Wicked
Becky Oehlers – Illustrator You Say 'Ello
Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Take Note


all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Truth is <3 card:

stamp take note (You sentiment from Assorted Greetings)
paper: white,grass green, turquoise sea
ink: bamboo, teal zeal, black
misc: buttons, heart punch, edge punch


Ello Bread card:

stamp You say goodbye & I say Ello 
paper: white, poppy prints dp
ink: chocolate, black, copics
misc: silhouette cut file, spica gel pen

Ciao Coffee card:

stamp You say goodbye & I say Ello 
paper: white, turquoise sea, jelly bean green
ink: black, new sprout, copics
misc: silhouette cut file, spica gel pen

Candelabra Halloween:

stamp Wicked!
paper: kraft, black, sweet mango, hello sunshine designer paper
ink: tangelo, black
misc: silhouette cut file, buttons


Coffin Box:

stamp Wicked!
paper:  black, sweet mango, white
ink:  black
misc: silhouette cut file, ribbon, punch, glimmer mist


 





44 comments:

Theresa Momber said...

Love your new set! Great samples showing so much versatility!

Melanie said...

fondue, hee! love the coffin!

Jennie said...

Adorable cards and the coffin...too cute!!

Anonymous said...

Great cards

Beate said...

Beth, your set is my favorite from the ones being showcased today! That is a wicked cool set! :)
Your samples for both your and Becky's set look great!
Hugs and smiles

Lori said...

I love the coffin too!! All cards are great!!

Colourful Hands said...

such cute cards and love the coffin! perfect for the occassions!

Barbara said...

Beth, you did an amazing job showcasing the new stampsets through your cards. Very clever. But I have to say that I love that coffin.

Cindi Hall said...

Luv the coffin and Halloween!

Unknown said...

I love that Halloween set. Great cards and specially coffin.

meemee48 said...

Cute, cute cute ideas.

Queen Mary said...

Great stuff Beth! Love your set!

Vicki Dutcher said...

How fun is that creepy coffin! :) Well done with the fabulous samples today~

Nana Griffin said...

Great ideas!

Joyce T. said...

cute cards Beth! great new set.

Giovana said...

Fantastic projects Beth!!

Dee said...

Cute cards! Love the 'Ello and Ciao cards, especially, because of their international "flavor". You'll have to find a new hiding place for your nuggets!!:)

Mamilou said...

Great designs. Super cute cards.

Jan Castle said...

Oh sooooo cute! Great projects!

Joyce Erb said...

Such cute cards. You'll need to find a better hiding place LOL

Pat Jandacek said...

Great designs and cute cards, Beth! Liked the way the Ciao message was highlighted. I agree with the others that the coffin is special!

Gayle said...

So very cute and creative.

Unknown said...

'Ello!
love the bright colors!
thanks
Holly

Verna Angerhofer said...

Your cards are all wonderful samples of ways to use these lovely stamp sets. Thanks for sharing.

Judy D said...

Love the Take note set card! All the teens are always saying "Truth is". Always looking for good teen cards! Love them all though. Very cute!

Unknown said...

So cute! love them all!

Linda said...

these card super cute I love them.

Golda said...

Great projects! I am loving the colors you put together.

Valerie said...

That baguette is sooooo cute! That set is really starting to call my name. Loved playing with Wicked this month!

Unknown said...

Great cards! May have to CASE your Halloween one, I bought your stamp set, whahoo! Or should I say, in my Boston accent, it's WICKED cute!!!! :)

clu60 said...

Love the Happy Halloween card! & don't be too tough on Sophie....I've been known to blow through a bag of chocolate myself!

Ravengirl said...

Super fun projects today! Your color choices are just bowling me over!

Sue D said...

Very fun and colorful projects!

Luanna said...

Very cute cards. What fun! Thanks for sharing.

Rosy Newlun said...

Oh, my word - these are such adorable cards! Hope your young one doesn't get a tummy ache from all the chocolates! Love your color combos, too! What an imagination!!!

elizabeth said...

So many adorable projects. Love these.

Unknown said...

Great cards. Thanks so much

Nanette said...

Great job...TFS!

Debbie said...

Oh your cards are so adorable. I'm loving the Take Note set. I already hinted to the "Birthday Fairy" and my personal "Santa" that this would make a wonderful gift to me! Now, let's hope he listened!!

Kitty said...

Wow, the little coffin is to cute.

Blessings,
Kat

Betty Neville said...

Super fun projects!

Diana Evensen said...

Wow! That's alot of inspiration! For some reason the colors you used on the cards for your husband and 15-year old really catch my attention. I'll have to try those.

Karen Hightower said...

Great cards. They all are so cute, and a great inspiration. Thanks

Beatrice Lawson said...

Cute coffin!! I make one every year to send to school with little treats and yours is darling.

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