Thinking of You

 Sympathy cards are hard, and I only make them when needed.  Here is the card I recently made;

I used the following for the card:

• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 1
• Gina K Designs - Natural Silhouettes
• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Powder Blue, Blue Denim
• Ranger Dye Ink - Blue Ribbon
• Altenew - Beautiful Inside

To make the card, I masked a rectangle in the center of a white piece of card stock.  Using blender brushes the ink was added light to dark.  Over this I added the flower silhouette stamped in black onyx.  The panel was cut using master layouts 1, and the black mat cut with the associated die.  The sentiment was stamped and matted.  This was added to the card using foam squares.  The panel was added to the mat and the entire piece added to the card base to complete the card.

Sunrise Birthday Card

 Here is a sunrise birthday card using Gina K products:

I used the following for the card:

• Gina K Designs Ink - Wild Dandelion, Sweet Mango, Powder Blue, Blue Raspberry, In the Navy, Black Onyx
• Gina K Designs - Sunshine Stencil
• Gina K Designs - Friendly Silhouettes, Lovely Lilies
• Gian K Designs - Master Layouts 2

To make the card, I added the sun using the stencil.  Then using blender brushes, the sky was added.  Using black onyx, the tree line was added, then the sentiment stamped.  The entire image was cut using master layouts 2 (and a black mat cut using the associated die).  The image was added to the mat, and the entire piece added to the card base to complete the card.

Colorful Birthday Cards

 Here are a couple of quick but colorful birthday cards:

For these cards I used:

• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 1
• Gina K Designs - Tiny Textures
• Gina K Designs - Black Onyx, Sea Glass, Turquoise Sea, Tranquil Teal
• Memento - Lulu Lavender
• Altenew - Lavender Fields, Wild Lilac
• Picket Fence Studios - Happy Happy Happy Birthday

To make the cards, I cut white card stock using Master Layouts 1 and using the associated die a mat cut for each card.  The squares were stamped using the Tiny Textures stamp and ink in an Ombre fashion.  The sentiment was stamped over the squares.  This panel was then added to the mat and the entire piece added to the card base to complete the card.

Gina K inspired Anniversary Card

This card was inspired by a Gina K video. Instead of using the oval from Master Layouts 9, I used a stencil from My Favorite Things. 

For this card I used:

• Gina K - Master Layouts 2
• Gina K - Friendly Silhouettes, Lacy Borders
• Gina K - Inks: Wild Wisteria, Turquoise Sea, Bubble Gum, Black Onyx, and Pigment White
• Honey Bee - Sentiment Banners dies
• My Favorite Things - Oval Extraordinaire Stencil
• Versamark
• Stampendous Detail White Embossing Powder

To make the card, I cut the white panel using the stitched rectangle from Master Layouts 2.  The black mat was cut using the associated rectangle die.  The oval was placed on the white panel to mask the center area and the inks added over the top, getting lighter toward the edges.  The silhouette was stamped in black.  The sentiment from Lacy Borders was stamped with white pigment ink, embossing powder was added and heat set.  It was then cut out with one of the banner dies and added to the white panel using foam squares.  The white panel was added to the black mat and the entire piece added to the card base to complete the card.

Happy Valentines Day

Yet another card made with Gina K products!  This is the card I'm giving my husband for Valentines Day:

For this card I used:

• Gina K Designs - Masking Magic
• Gina K Designs - Sweet stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Inks: Cherry Red, Tangerine Twist, Wild Dandelion, Lucky Clover, Blue Raspberry, Wild Lilac, Black Onyx
• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 2, 4

To make the card, white card stock was cut using the stitched rectangle from Master Layouts 2.  Black cardstock was cut using the associated rectangle die for the mat.  The Love stamp was stamped onto a piece of Masking Magic and fussy cut.  The Love stamp was then stamped on the white card stock panel and each letter masked.  The heart was cut from acetate (so I could use it for a long time!) and was centered on the white panel.  The inks were then added in rainbow order using blending brushes (my Ink Stand came in handy again!).  The heart mask was removed, then each letter mask was removed.  The 'you' was stamped in black ink.  The white panel was added to the black mat and the entire piece added to the card base to complete the card.

Birthday Card (with Gina K products)

I watched as Gina K did a similar card on her YouTube video, and once I had the stamps and dies I had to do something similar!

For this card I used: 

• Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 2, 3, 9
• Gina K Designs - Friendly Silhouettes Stamp set
• Gina K Designs - Inks: Wild Wisteria, Turquoise Sea, Bubble Gum, Lucky Clover, Black Onyx, Pigment White
• Altenew - Beautiful Inside Stamp Set
• Stampendous Detail White Embossing Powder
• VersaMark

To make the card, I used Masking Magic and cut the windows die from Master Layouts 9.  I cut a piece of white card stock using the stitched rectangle from Master Layouts 2, and a piece of black cardstock using the associated mask.  I placed the Masking Magic on the white card stock and then added the inks, using blender brushes. The images were then stamped in each quad using black ink.  The sentiment was stamped using white pigment ink on black paper.  Embossing powder was added and heat set.  This was then cut out with one of the banner dies from Master Layouts 3, and added using foam squares.  The white panel was added to the black mat and the entire piece to the card base to complete the card! 

I've been using my Ink Stand and its wonderful, especially when using blender brushes.  Besides keeping my fingers less inky, I can remember the inks I used!  I used it for this card:

Cricut, Vinyl and Ornaments

So, when you have a Cricut, some vinyl, and its near the holidays, you need to make ornaments!  Here are the ones I made this year:

I used the following:

• 3 inch acrylic discs for keychains
• Mod Podge
• Glitter
• Vinyl (white and black)
• Ribbon

To make the ornaments the vinyl was cut using various images from Cricut Design Space.  Mod Podge was added to one side of the ornaments and glitter added on top.  After it was dry, I repeated it so that there was a good thick coverage of glitter.   Once dry the vinyl images were added to the other side and ribbons added to complete the ornaments!