Hello and welcome to another Gina K Designs Back-to-School Special Inspiration Hop by the design team! Remember, you can find a list of all the designers that have projects to share today over at Stamp TV. To find out more details about the special, please see my post below this one or click over to the Gina K store to find all the details and see all three of the free stamp sets you may choose from during this incentive period that ends tomorrow, Monday September 5 at 11:59pm Central.
Today I used "Thankful for You" on my September calendar topper:
The pretty sunflower image was stamped onto Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Ivory Cardstock cardstock and colored with Copic markers (colors listed below). It was cut out and Black Ultra Fine Flower Soft added to the center, then popped up on foam tape over the patterned paper.
The sentiment (love these fonts!) was die cut and made into the flower center of Spellbinders Sunflowers One die. The black patterned paper border at the top is a Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Accents die cut added on top of patterned paper that was machine stitched to the background.
After fully assembling my calendar (which is the download I created, printed onto Gina K's Pure Luxury Ivory Layering Weight cardstock), I decided some type of border cut at the bottom would look nice, so I used Spellbinders Classic Ric Rac Edgeabilities die insert along the bottom. Since I didn't want to run my page with all the popped-up elements thru my Grand Calibur, I just left the top part of my calendar hanging out of the mats, ran it thru the Grand Calibur until I could hear the rollers going over the die, then backed the mats back out of the machine.
I hope you are enjoying the long holiday weekend ... it's finally supposed to start cooling down here in N. Texas and actually FEEL like September, which I'm really looking forward to!
Stamps: Gina K Designs-Thankful for You,
Dies: Spellbinders Sunflowers One & Fleur De Lis Accents, Classic Ric Rac Edgeabilities, Grand Calibur
Paper: Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Ivory; MME Lost & Found Two-Sunshine
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Desert Sand
Copic Markers: Y15, Y17, E33, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97
Accessories: Sharon's Downloadable 2011 Grid 2-Pg Calendar, Flower Soft-Black Ultra Fine, Glue Dots, foam tape, sewing machine + thread
