All of us over at the GinaK Designs Senior Design Team really look forward to the new release every month. We're all anxious to get our hands on the new sets and accessories that come out and to get to work in our crafting spaces. Many of us stay up till midnight to check out each other's blogs and see what we've all created with the same sets. It's amazing how much diversity there is in our group of designers.
And yes, you guessed it....it's that time again! (And make sure you put the June Release Party on your calendar - it takes place in the GinaK Forum on SCS on Thursday night from 7-10 pm CST)
The Design Team is showcasing two of the new sets with Day 1 of the Sneak peeks. The first set is by Rupa Shevde and it's called, "100% Sweet." This is a fun new set full of ice cream cones, candy, donuts, cupcakes and more with plenty of sweet sayings to go along with the images.
I created a scrapbook page with this set using a picture from 2 years ago....it's about time that picture got put on a page! It was a straggler and was all by itself, so it was perfect to use on an 8x8 page. I used Close to Cocoa cardstock and swiped around the edges with Chocolate Chip ink. I stamped the birthday candle from this set with Chocolate Chip ink randomly on the cardstock to create a tone on tone background. The patterned paper is from the Lucky n Love paper pack (from GinaK).
I stamped the two cupcakes on white cardstock and colored in with my Copic markers and Koh-i-noor pencils, then cut them out and applied glitter to the frosting for some extra sparkle. I mounted one flat on my page and the other one is mounted with a pop-dot for added dimension.
The images in this set are extremely versatile and can be used on invitations, scrapbook pages, cupcake toppers, favor bags, thank you notes and more.
Rupa's style is one that I always enjoy working with as her designs are easy to color and never go out of style.
The second set that we're sneak peeking is the "Happy Camper" set designed by Theresa Momber. When I saw this set, I did a happy dance! Camping is one of my family's favorite things to do in the summer and early fall months. I have countless camping pictures that need to be scrapbooked and I'm not the only one in the family that scrapbooks. My hubby also scrapbooks our camping, hiking and vacation pictures. He was excited to see this set coming out! Theresa's illustration style is right up our alley! Details, details, details! So lifelike and pefect for what we like to use on our outdoorsy type of pages.
I started out with a piece of green cardstock that I swiped around the edges with Mellow Moss craft ink, then stamped along the bottom edge with the large fern from the Tropical Flowers set and also along the top with the large flower cluster (from the same set). I clustered the flowers together to make it look like leafy trees hanging over the photos like the large apple tree in the photos. I stamped off a few times with the ink to get the varying shades of green.
I used the new Pure Luxury Soft Sand cardstock (which you'll be able to purchase on Thursday night when the release goes live) to mount my photos and also for my journaling block.
I stamped the sign from the Happy Camper set onto the cardstock and then added the words, "Gone Fishing," to the sign. These words are separate so you can mix and match the words to fit what you want the sign to say.
I also stamped a couple fish from this set on Soft Sand cardstock, positioning them next to each other and then cut them out. I threaded a piece of linen thread through the middle of the tail fins and then punched a couple of small 1/16 inch holes above the sign and threaded the linen thread through to the back and secured it. This gives the illusion of the fish hanging from the sign.
I used my Koh-i-noor pencils to do the coloring on the sign and the fish, as well.
Make sure to check out what the rest of the design team has done with these sets and check back in again tomorrow morning for Day 2!
Gina, Carolyn, Cathy, Cindy, Donna, Emily, Jessica, Joanne, Kurtis, Lee, Lynn, Melanie, and Theresa We are also thrilled to have a couple of our CenterStage Spotlight Design Team join us in our previews this morning: Carolina Butching and Jennie Harper