Gina K. Sneak Peek: Not Forgotten

I am so happy Gina has thought of making a set that I do not recall seeing anywhere in the stamping industry but is so needed. It is called Not Forgotten, a heartfelt set to send cards to those who have lost their loved ones. There are many occasions after you lose a loved one that you tend to miss them most: the first birthday without them, the first holiday, the first anniversary of their death, etc. This set will be perfect for those occasions to let them know you are thinking of them and have not forgotten their loved one. I made this card to send to my cousin Stephanie who lost her mom Liza 2 years ago this week. I also used Asela’s Friendship’s Garden {rose} and made a frame for the sentiment so the picture of Stephanie and her mom would show through the window.

I’m so happy I took this picture; Stephanie and Liza came to visit Gabby for the first time and spend time with me & John who were in town. Coincidentally, Liza died a week before Gabby’s 1st birthday and we were able to attend her funeral which was a beautiful one. Liza touched so many people’s lives the 78 years she lived on this Earth; it was touching listening to person after person who talked about her character and how much she loved them, like she was everyone’s grandmother, a true angel. I’m sure Stephanie will love this card. The sentiment on the inside says, “I’m thinking about you today. I know it still hurts so much” {I do and she knows}. You may have a hard time seeing, but my blue card layer is stamped lightly with the weathered background stamp in the Bold Flowers set.

This card will be uploaded to the StampTV website later this morning for the sketch challenge for this week {courtesy of Melanie – thank you!} isn’t it a great one? I hope you will check it out later in the challenge forum & play along for a chance to win a Gina K. stamp set of your choice!


Here are a few pictures to show you how I put the frame together. The first one is two sizes of Labels Four dies.

The larger die was cut from the white card base and then through the blue & black layers for the front of the card.

Then, I stamped my sentiment on vellum paper in the upper right corner so I didn’t cover all of Liza’s face. Note: the center die was not cut from this – it was only used to line up my sentiment exactly how I wanted it to appear in the ‘frame’.

I hope you join us this evening in the Gina K. forum on SCS 7:00-10:00 p.m. for contests, challenges, chat, more sneak peeks from the design team and FUN of course!

Here are links to the design team who are showing sneak peeks of this set on their blogs today:
Gina, Carolyn, Cindy, Emily, Erika, Jessica, Melanie, Theresa, Beverly