Kendra's Card Challenge #17

Another 15 cards completed!   I enjoy these challenges since I use the patterned paper I have collected, and because I end up making so many cards!

All of the cards for this challenge used Memory Box Glimmering Gladiola patterned paper. Here are all of the cards I made:

Card 1:

  

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Birthday Blessings stamp set

Card 2: 

• Gina K Designs - Pocket Full of Sunshine stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Wreath Builder stamp set
• Distress Oxide - Worn Lipstick
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circles

Card 3: 

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Botanical Duo dies
• Clearly Besotted - Tiny Type stamp set
• Stampendous - Clear Embossing Powder

Card 4: 

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Birthday Blessings stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Botanical Duo dies

Card 5: 

• Versafine - Onyx Black Ink
• Gina K Designs - Ocean Silhouettes stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Sunshine Stencil
• Hero Arts - June 2023 Kit

Card 6: 

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Close to My Heart - Just to Say stamp set

Card 7: 

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Grass Green, Peach Bellini Ink
• Gina K Designs - Spring Greetings
• Close to My Heart - Just to Say stamp set

Card 8: 

• Versafine - Onyx Black Ink
• Close to My Heart - Just to Say stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Natural Silhouettes stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Thick Brush Stencil
• Gina K Designs - Peach Bellini Ink

Card 9: 

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Large and Small Oval dies
• Hero Arts - Feb 2023 - Rub-on Butterflies and stamp set
• Hero Arts - Beautiful Butterflies dies

Card 10: 

• Gina K Designs - Stormy Sky Ink
• Gina K Designs - Birthday Cheer stamp sets
• Hero Arts - Feb 2023 - Rub-on Butterflies 
• Hero Arts - Beautiful Butterflies dies

Card 11:

  

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Wreath Builder stamp set
• Spellbinders - Standard Circle Lg, Classic Scalloped Circle Lg dies

Card 12: 

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Playful Posies, Handmade Holidays

Card 13:

• Gina K Designs - Blue Raspberry Ink
• Gina K Designs - Wreath Builder stamp set
• Paper Studio - Words for Saying

Card 14:

• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Peach Bellini, Grass Green Ink
• Gina K Designs - Spring Greetings stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Large and Small Rectangle dies
• Close to My Heart - Just to Say

Card 15:

• Gina K Designs - Bkack Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - On the Inside Birthday stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 14
• Hero Arts - Infinity Circle dies

Postage Stamp Mothers Day card

I used lots of stamps for this card!  Each postage stamp used a different silhouette stamp from a variety of sets!

I used the following for this card:

• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 14
• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Ocean Mist, Lovely Lavender, Applemint Inks
• Gina K Designs - Masking Magic Strips
• Gina K Designs - Wild Blossoms, Friendly Silhouettes, Natural Silhouettes Stamp sets
• Close to My Heart - Framed Stamp of the Month
• Waffle Flower - Postage Collage, Fall Postage Collage Stamp sets

To make the card, I cut the postage stamps from Master Layouts 14.  I also cut the matching mat piece from a piece of black card stock.  On the postage stamps, I used masking magic strips to mask out the areas between the stamps and the very edges.  The inks were then added to each stamp using blending brushes.  The images were stamped in black for each stamp, and postage amounts were added to all but the sentiment postage stamp.  The postage stamps were added to the mat, and then the entire piece added to the card base to complete the card.

My 15+ cards from Kendra's Card Challenge #1

I enjoyed doing Kendra's Card Challenge #11 so much, I decided to do another older one.  This time I used Autumn papers for the cards.  One of the card designs actually made 2 cards!  Here are the cards I made:

Here are close ups of each card:

I used the following for the cards:

Card 1:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper and Ephemera
• Gina K Designs - Prickly Pear Ink
• Inkadinkado - Autumn Foliage Stamp set

Card 2:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper 
• Gina K Designs - Dark Lilac Ink
• CTMH - Joyful Birthday Occasions Stamp Set

Card 3:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper and Ephemera
• Hero Arts - Raspberry Jam Ink
• Honey Bee Stamps - Sending You Sentiments Stamp Set

Card 4:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper and Ephemera
• Gina K Designs - Prickly Pear Ink
• Gina K Designs - Everything Nice Stamp Set

Card 5:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper 
• Gina K Designs - Dark Lilac Ink
• Gina K Designs - Grand Greetings Stamp Set

Card 6:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper 
• Gina K Designs - Sweet Corn Ink
• Gina K Designs - Everything Nice Stamp Set
• Gian K Designs - Master Layouts 1

Card 7:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper and Ephemera
• Hero Arts - Raspberry Jam Ink
• CTMH - Joyful Birthday Occasions

Card 8:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper and Ephemera
• Gina K Designs - Dark Sage Ink
• Gina K Designs - Everything Nice Stamp Set

Card 9:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper 
• Gina K Designs - Dark Lilac Ink
• Gina K Designs - Enjoyable Greetings Stamp Set

Card 10:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper and Ephemera
• Gina K Designs - Honey Mustard Ink
• Gina K Designs - Birthday Cheer Mini Stamp Set

Card 11:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper and Ephemera
• Gina K Designs - Sweet Mango Ink
• Gina K Designs - Best Witches Stamp Set

 Card 12a:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper 
• Gina K Designs - Sweet Corn, Prickly Pear Ink
• Gina K Designs - Best Witches Stamp Set

Card 12b:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper 
• Gina K Designs - Soft Stone, Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Best Witches Stamp Set
• Lawn Fawn - Candy Corn Add-on Stamp Set

Card 13:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper
• Gina K Designs - Fresh Asparagus Ink
• Gina K Designs - Love Is All You Need Stamp Set

Card 14:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper and Ephemera
• Gina K Designs - Fresh Asparagus Ink
• Gina K Designs - Birthday Cheer Mini

Card 15:

• Gina K Designs - Autumn Splendor Patterned Paper and Ephemera
• Gina K Designs - Honey Mustard Ink
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 3
• Clearly Besotted - Tiny Type Stamp Set

60 Candles Birthday Card

This 60th Birthday card looks plain on the front, but when its opened there are 60 candles on the inside!  I designed this card using my Cricut and images available in Design Space.

The following was used to make the card:

• Cricut Self-designed card with candle shadow
• Mama Elephant - Make a Wish Stamp Set
• CTMH - Curlicue Alphabet Stamp Set
• MFT - Old Friends Stamp Set
• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink, various pale shades

To make the card, the card was designed in Cricut Design Space and all pieces were cut.  The card was assembled making sure to vary the candle designs.  On the outside of the card, "60" was stamped all over in varying pale shades of ink.  The Happy Birthday sentiment was then stamped.  A sentiment was added to the inside form the Old Friends stamp set to complete the card.

 

Sunny Birthday Card

 Here is a fun and sunny birthday card:

I used the following for the card:

• CTMH - Joyful Birthday Occasions
• Recollections - Palm Trees
• Gina K - Sunshine Stencil
• Gina K - Black Onyx, Wild Dandelion, Tangerine Twist inks
• Gina K - Master Layouts 2

To make the card, I used Master Layouts to cut a piece of white cardstock (and the associated black mat).  Using the stencil and blending brushes the sun was added.  I then stamped the palm tress and sentiment.  The image was then added to the mat and the entire piece was added to the card base to complete the card.

Retiform Technique

A few weeks ago, I saw a Gina K YouTube video where she did a technique called Retiform.  I gave it a try for some Fathers Day cards and this is how they came out:

To make the cards I used the following:

• Gina K - Vertical Greetings, Wetlands 2, By the Sea 2 
• Seaside Stamping Ink - Beach Stories Too 
• Stamping Up - By the Tide
• Local King Rubber Stamps - Seaside, Rough Rider
• Close To My Heart - Enjoy Life
• Tim Holtz - Hear and There
• Hero Arts - Sandstone, Cocoa Ink (Brown Card)
• Gina K - Fresh Asparagus, Grass Green (Green Card)
• Gina K - Stormy Sky, Soft Stone (Gray Card) 
• Gina K - Blue Denim, Powder Blue (Blue Card)
• Gina K - Master Layouts 1

To make the cards, I masked areas and using a blending brush added ink to create the background areas.  This was done with the lighter of the ink colors.  I then stamped the images from the various stamp sets into the areas using the darker colored inks making sure to mask the area first.  The image was then cut (along with the mat) using Master Layouts 1.  The image was added to the mat, and then the entire piece to the card base.  The sentiment was stamped, matted and added to the card.

Here are some close ups of the cards:

So many cards (so far) with the new Gina K kit Watercolor Spring

When I saw the newest Gina K Designs kit, it was one that I knew I needed to have!  I knew that I would be making a lot of cards with it, and I was right!  I've made 8 so far, and have only touched the paper end ephemera!

I used the following for the cards:

• Gina K Designs - Watercolor Floral Paper and Ephemera from the Watercolor Spring Kit
• Gina K Designs - Large and Small Oval Dies, Large and Small Circle Dies, Master Layouts 1, Master Layouts 2,  Master Layouts 4
• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx Ink
• Gina K Designs - Wild Blossoms (Happy Birthday)
• Picket Fence Studios - Words to Say (Happy Anniversary)
• Close To My Heart - Framed Stamp of the Month (Mothers Day)

To make the cards,  I first die cut all of the pieces. From Master Layouts 1 - 4 white rectangles, with the associated black mats.  From Master Layouts 2 - 4 white rectangles, with black mats.  From Master Layouts 4 - 4 white flag shapes and associated black mats.  From the Small Oval set - 4 of the medium ovals in white and from the Large Oval set - 4 of the medium ovals in black. From the Small Circle set - 4 of the medium circles in white and from the Large Circle set - 4 of the medium circles in black.   The flower strips were cut from the Watercolor Floral paper with a length to fit and a width of 1.75 inches.  An associated black mat was cut for these pieces as well.  The white rectangles were matted with the black pieces and the flower strips added.  The ovals were added to half the cards, and the circle with flag shapes were added to the remaining cards.  These were then added to card bases.  The ephemera and sentiments were added to complete the cards.

Mothers Day Card (Gina K - Again!)

I think that Gina K products are perfect to make Mothers Day cards!  Here is the card I made for my Mother this year:

For the card I used:

• Gina K - Dusty Rose, Black Onyx, Lucky Clover, Wild Dandelion Inks
• Gina K - Petite Flourish background stamp
• Gina K - Watercolor Flowers stamps and dies
• Gina K - Master Layouts 1, 2 and 3
• CTMH - Just to Say stamp set

To make the card, I stamped the background with Lucky Clover.  This was then cut with one of the Master Layouts 2 dies.  The black mat was cut with the associated die from the same set.  The two pieces were attached together. The white oval was cut using one of the Master Layout 1 dies.  The scalloped mat was cut from the associated die from the same set.  These were then attached together and added to the background. I then stamped and die cut the flower and stems.  These were arranged and attached on the white oval.  The sentiment was stamped and cut using one of the flag dies from Master Layouts 3.  The sentiment was attached using foam tape.  The entire panel as added to the card base to complete the card.

Acrylic Block Backgrounds (Gina K)

After watching a Stamp and Chat video from Gina K on using Acrylic Block backgrounds, I decided to make a few cards using that technique. I was able to get two impressions from one inked background. Here are the cards I made:

For both cards I used:

• Tombow Markers (I chose a bright Pink, Blue and Green)
• An acrylic block
• Watercolor paper
• Gina K Master Layouts 2

For the first card (first impression):

• Gina K Natural Silhouettes
• Altenew Birthday Greetings

For the second card (second impression): 

• Gina K Better Together
• Close To My Heart Joyful Birthday Occasions

To make the cards, I colored on the back of an acrylic block with the Tombow markers, and then spritzed it with a bit of water.  I quickly stamped this on a piece of watercolor paper.  When I picked up the block, I noticed there was still ink on it, so I spritzed it again, and stamped it on another piece of watercolor paper.  Once both pieces were dry, I cut them with Master Layouts 2, as well as a mat from black paper.  These pieces were then used as the backgrounds for the cards.  I stamped the images on the backgrounds as well as the sentiments.  The background was added to the black mat, and the entire piece added to the card base to complete the cards.

Stampendous Cottage Rose

Stampendous Cottage Rose is a go-to stamp for me.  I use it when I want to try new techniques, or practice old ones.  One of the looks that I love, it colored pencil on dark card stock, but I have never been happy with the results.  Then along came a video from Gina K (see it here), and I had to try it again.  The trick for me, is to use white pencil first.

I used the following for the card:

• Stampendous - Cottage Rose Stamp
• Stampendous - Detailed Gold Embossing Powder
• Versamark
• Prismacolor Pencils
• Close to My Heart - Joyful Birthday Occasions

TO make the card, I stamped the image with Versamark, added the gold embossing powder and heat set it.  Then I used the white Prismacolor pencil, and colored most of the image with it.  On top of the white, I then added the other colors.  This really seemed to make the image pop.  The sentiment was added by stamping with Versamark, adding the gold embossing powder and heat setting it.  For the card base, I added Versamark to the edges, added the gold embossing powder and heat set.  The image panel was then added to complete the card.