Tag Archive for ‘Gina K Designs’
Masking-Cathy’s View
Dachshund Birthday By: Cathy Peper, Editor Finished card size: 4.25 by 5.5 inches Supplies: Stamps: Dogs, Zig Zag border and Phone Booth (Gina K Designs) Happy Birthday sentiment (Papertrey Ink) Paper: Solar white (Neenah) Kraft (Papertrey Ink) Ink: Honey Mustard and Red Hot (Gina K Designs) Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) Distress Ink in Mustard Seed, Dried [...]
August 2012 Trail Map
I absolutely love this month’s Trail Map! The simple, clean layout lends itself to a multitude of options for the cardmaker. the four small squares can be used to showcase embellishments or stamped images, and they don’t even have to be squares – make them circles! Or if you don’t want to use four items, [...]
Augustly Autumn: Marie’s View
Finished Card: 4.25″ x 5.5″ Hello everyone! Marie here, and I want to share my Autumn card with you today. The theme is “Augustly Autumn.” Autumn cards are my all time favorite to create! I love the color palette and it congers up happy images of sitting in front of a fireplace sipping sweet, [...]
Passionate Purple: Marie’s View
Finished Card: 4.25 in. x 5.5 in. Hello everyone! Marie here and I want to share my card with you today. The theme is “Passionate Purple.” I have always loved purple but I must confess that it is a color that I have sadly ignored. After creating this tutorial, I realized how much I really love [...]
June 2012 Trail Map
June’s trail map features a tag. Tags are great for featuring a focal image or a sentiment. Check out our Artistic Guides’ interpretations this month and see if their views can inspire you to create your own card with a tag! Stamps: Blockheads Rubber Stamps Stamps: Gina K Designs Stamps: The Angel Company Stamps: PSX, Hero Arts [...]
Primarily Primary: Cathy’s View
Embrace the Possibilities By: Cathy Peper, Artistic Guide Finished Card Size: 5″ x 7″ Supplies: Stamps: Leaf Square (Gina K Designs) “Embrace the Possibilities” Studio 490 (Stamper’s Anonymous) Paper: White card base (Darice) Blue card stock (from stash) Solar White card stock (Neenah) Patterned paper (Sassafrass Lass) Ink: Jet Black Archival (Ranger Ink)\ Soap Powder, Jenni Bowlin [...]
Primarily Primary: Marie’s View
Marie Gamber, Artistic Guide Finished Card: 4.25″ x 5.5″ I am going to share a card I created using “primary” colors. Primary colors are red, yellow and blue. They are called “primary” colors because they cannot be created by mixing together any of the other colors. They would be great for the Fourth of July [...]
Complimentary Colors: Marie’s View
By: Marie Gamber, Artistic Guide Finished size: 4.25″ x 5.5″ Marie here, and I am so excited to share this card with you that I created using complimentary colors! If two complimentary colors are blended together you get brown. Yes, is that clear as mud? The colors are muddy. This can often be [...]
Complementary Colors: Cathy’s View
Violets By: Cathy Peper, Artistic Guide Finished card size: 5″ x 5″ Supplies: Stamps: Harlequin Background, Cover-a-card (Impression Obsession) Violets (Gina K Designs) Paper: Solar White for card base (Neenah) Vibrant Violet (Gina K Designs) White Pure Luxury (Gina K Designs) Summer Days Patterned Paper (Echo Park) Ink: Stazon Vibrant Violet (Tsukineko) India Ink [...]
March 2012 Trail Maps
This month, we have hearts….. or not! Look at all the different ways our designers interpreted this wonderful sketch by our own Regena! By: Regena, Artistic Guide and Sketch Artist By: Ken Schneider, Trail Map Master Whoa, Ken didn’t use any stamps for this design. But he did do a step by step tutorial. Tune [...]
February 2012 Trail Map
Oh boy, the sketch this month must have struck a cord with our designers in a special way! Each monthly designer contributed, we have a total of three detailed instruction articles, and 15, yes, 15! separate card samples because of multiple designs by single artists. Regena, the folks here really LOVE your designs. Here they [...]
Butterfly in Motion: A Sympathy Card
Marie Gamber, Artistic Guide Finished Card Size: 5.5 in. x 4.25 in. Marie here and it’s my turn to post a tutorial in our Watering Hole blog for this week. I have had a few requests this month for a sympathy card. I find that when people are in grief, it is difficult [...]
Regal in Red: Marie’s View
From the Heart Marie Gamber, Artistic Guide Finished Card Size: 4.25″ x 5.5″ The month of February is the time when Cupid aims his arrow and romance is in the air! It is the perfect time to pull out those red Copic markers and get creative! I designed this card using a beautiful Gina [...]
January 2012 Trail Map
To start off the new year with a bang, Regena has designed us a gorgeous sketch that has a lot going for it! Lots of strips, with all kinds of possibilities for design. Our talented guides have outdone themselves once again with so many various colors and design ideas. Check out their beautiful and varied [...]
Designs in Black and White: Marie’s View
Finished card size: 5.5″ x 4.25″ Our featured theme this month is “Designs in Black and White”. It is always a good thing to have some black and white cards on hand for those unexpected occasions when we need something simple and yet elegant . I have created a fun, simple and yet elegant [...]
December 2011 Trail Map
What a gorgeous Trail Map Regena created for us this month! A wonderful layout to showcase your holiday images, or any other image, in all their glory! The team takes you through a Creative Wonderland this month with their samples using this sketch. There are Christmas cards, holiday cards, birthday cards and more to get those creative juices flowing! [...]
The Serenades: Marie’s View
By: Marie Gamber, Artistic Guide Finished Card Size: 5.5″ x 4.25″ Bells are ringing and voices are raised in song… It is the Holiday Season and music fills the air. Yes even our four legged furry little friends love to sing along at this time of year! Supplies: Stamps: Shall I Play for You digital [...]
Magnetic Holiday Bookmark
Finished card size: 2.25″ x 3″ I have created a tutorial on making a small holiday bookmark. This is a great little gift for the book lover on your holiday list. The great thing about this bookmark is it’s versatility. The image can be changed to match any theme. The magnet is hidden [...]
November 2011 Trail Map
Wow! What a wonderful bunch of eye-candy we have for your viewing pleasure this month. Each of the participating artistic guides has outdone themselves on the lovely sketch Regena did for us. There’s a rainbow of color here, not to mention the individual interpretations and subject matter from each artist. Regena’s sketch is shown below: [...]
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