Hi there!
I am so happy to be joining in on the fun tonight and sharing a couple of cards for the preview of one of the new sets to be released by Gina K Designs on Thursday night. This set is called Vintage Borders and was illustrated by the talented Nina Brackett.
For my first I used Gina K Pure Luxury Smoky Slate cardstock that will be releasing on Thursday, immediately following the release party on Splitcoaststampers. The card front was embossed with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I stamped and embossed the scallop border and scripture verse with silver ink and detail silver embossing powder. The light blue panel was embossed with a snowflake folder and the scallops borders were attached to each side. I added some snowflake and sprig punchies and lots of tiny rhinestones for sparkle. I finished the card off by using my Sakura Stardust pen on some of the embossed snowflakes.
For my next card, I embossed the ornament image from Vintage Borders with gold ep and punched out a section with a 7/8" square punch and mounted it to a black inchie square. The frames for the image were created using my Nesties Labels One. The cardstock is Gina K's Vibrant Violet which was released last month. The background of the card was stamped with Versamark ink and one of the images from the Vintage Borders. I embossed "peace" (also from this great set) in gold and finished it off with a little gold cording.
Thanks for stopping by tonight!For even more inspiration, please visit the Illustrators of the stamp sets featured tonight:
Tonight, we have several of our Center Stage Spotlight Designers joining in the previews. Here are their blog links: Finally, stop by these GinaK Designers' blog for even more projects with tonight's stamp sets:Gina Krupksy
Carolyn King
Cathy Tidwell
Cindy Lawrence
Erika Martin
Emily Giovanni
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Melanie Muenchinger
Tami Mayberry
Theresa Momber
Donna Baker
Our Release party will be held Thursday night over on SCS in GinaK's Forum from 7-10 pm CST. We'd love to have you join in the fun! There will be contest questions, challenges, chatter, and lots more samples from our designers throughout the party! See you then!
Melissa...Congratulations on two stunning cards! Love the Gina K dp that you made look like a stained glass window! ;D Diana
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards. i especially love the one with the new Vintage borders
ReplyDeleteso gorgeous Melissa! I really love the violet one, that so rocks!
ReplyDeleteMelissa, Both cards are beautiful. I just love the colors and layouts for each one of them!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards! I Love the smokey gray/snowflakes one!
ReplyDeleteHey Melissa! Thrilled to be on this CSS team with you! I am lovin' these cards girlfriend! Beautiful! They both are fab but that purple with the bright ornaments really lures me in! If I didn't already have it I'd be wanting it bad! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful designs. LOVE both cards---you used the set very creatively and I love your color choices!
ReplyDeleteYour card really looks like a winter wonderland! It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteMelissa, these are both stunning and soooo creative! Beautiful work!!!
ReplyDeleteMelissa- Congrats on a wonderful preview. I bet everyone will be anxious to see more samples at the party Thursday night! I am very happy to be your team mate.
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh just elegant in the blues!!! I love that design!! And the purple is just so fun!!
ReplyDeletethese are both wonderful! so looking forward to release party!
ReplyDeleteMelissa, I couldn't have picked a better artist to feature my new set. These are just gorgeous. I esp love how you used the Vibrant Violet paper for holiday cards. It's so out of the box and I love the results.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteI love these Melissa...such adorable projects, and I'm especially drawn to how you did your inchie card. AWESOME!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful cards, Melissa! Both designs are awesome!
ReplyDeleteI really like the gray and blue, very sophisticated!!
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous Melissa. I especially like the first one. Congrats on being on the design team. Your work is always beautiful.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards ...love the colors. Congratulations on being on the CSS team!
ReplyDeleteLove the way you have used the black Inchie Square!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are absolutely gorgeous!!
ReplyDeletelovely cards, Melissa! I adore the elegance of the vintage one and the colors! the inchie ornaments are great with that digital paper
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful cards Melissa!!
ReplyDeleteWowzers, Melissa! You rocked this stamp set!!! I LOVE the variety of colors and elements you used to show off the versatility of Nina's set!
ReplyDeleteWe are so happy and honored to have you on the CSS team this month!
love the colors you choose, very pretty.
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