Gina K Inspiration Hop Day 1: Basket Additions & Strength and Hope

Welcome to our first day of inspiration hops for October with Gina K!  I hope you were able to make it to the party last night, which was a lot of as usual!  If you follow Gina K, you will know all the stamps went live for sale on the website last night, so they are available for purchase now!  No waiting until the end of the inspiration hops for he reveals.  First up is my project using Melanie’s Basket Additions.  These additions are begging to fill up her baskets from Holiday Basket and Spring Basket sets also coordinates with Basket Buddies!  But of course, when I saw this cute addition of Christmas images with the tassels on the ends, I ‘saw’ a Christmas stocking topper!  So, I took a vertically folded Lipstick Red cardstock, placing the topper over the fold and traced a light pencil line down in the shape of a stocking.  I was trying to make this fit in a standard A2 envelope, but to make it proportionate with the topper, it had to be just a tad larger but that’s o.k. because I have some larger envelopes anyway.  To bring texture to the stocking, I ran it through my favorite Victoria cuttlebug embossing folder.  I adhered the folded stocking with my ‘addition’ peeking over the top.  The white card base is just a single A2 size 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

 

Next up is my project for Strength and Hope, a beautiful set by Theresa Momber which honors and celebrates those affected by Cancer.  So, Theresa will be donating all of her proceeds for the first month of sales, to Cancer research!  I made a simple card, stamping directly on this beautiful printed paper from Victoria’s Garden.  I crocheted the dishcloths that the card is photographed on top of, so they, along with the card are ready to be gifted!!   My card base is Innocent Pink and the layer behind the printed paper is Chocolate pure luxury cardstock.

As you hop through the designer’s blogs, make sure you leave comments on each one for a chance to win a free stamp set of your choice valued up to $24.95!  We will randomly choose two winners so the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win.  Gina K will announce the winners on her blog.

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger illustrator Basket Additions
• Theresa Momber illustrator Strength and Hope
• AJ Otto
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Janice Whiting
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy

Thanks for joining us today for the hop!  Be sure to come back on Monday and Tuesday for Day 2 & 3 Inspiration Hops!

Have a great weekend!