Gina K October 2012 Release Inspiration Hops-Day 2

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October 30, 2012

Gina K October 2012 Release Inspiration Hops-Day 2

Hello and welcome back to Day 2 of Gina K Designs October Stamp Set Release Inspiration Hops! Remember, Gina and the Design Team will inspire you today with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through the blogs listed below, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a Gina K Designs Grab Bag that could have anything from stamps to paper to embellishments in it! To see the list of winners check the Big News Forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!

Our October Release featured stamp sets today include Deck The Halls by Beth Silaika:

Simple Snowflakes by Tami Mayberry:

And Mistletoe Memories by Becky Oehlers:

I decided to combine all of today and tomorrow’s fabulous holiday/October Release stamp sets into an Advent calendar! Most of the tags for my calendar use these Gina K 6x6 Patterned Paper Packs – Blizzard and Winter Whimsy:

And new this month, Merry Little Christmas, along with Gina’s Winter Whimsy Cardstock Assortment:

Now, on to the Advent tags I made!

Some general information about all the tags:
The tag bases were made with Gina’s Sandy Beach Heavy Weight cardstock (I love the warm cream color!), layered onto mats of the above colored cardstock. I used a free Silhouette tag cut file that came with my machine, to cut the tags. To make the tags a little easier to assemble, all of the numbers were punched (1” circle) out of a piece of LilyBee Design 6x6 Tiny Tablet-Christmas Cheer patterned paper, but you could easily cut them with your Silhouette or use chipboard or sticker numbers. The numbers were matted with either Red Hot or Fresh Asparagus punched circles (1.25” circle), layered onto a scalloped circle punch (1.50”).

The back of each tag has a fun holiday tradition our family likes doing each year or a task to help keep us on track for the season -- those are noted below each photo (click on any photo for a larger view):

Each day of December until Christmas, a tag is removed from the calendar frame and hung as an ornament on a nearby Christmas tree (sorry, I don’t quite have the tree put up yet for a photo, so this small tree will have to suffice for now!):

Tags #1 & #23 use Deck The Halls:

1-Deck the halls: Decorate the Christmas tree. Silver metallic ink used for ornament hangers and string.
23-Merry & Bright: Drive around looking at Christmas lights. The bulbs were colored with Copic markers and covered with Glossy Accents.

#4 uses the mistletoe from Melanie Muenchinger’s Stately Flowers 5 that we showed you yesterday:

4-Merry Christmas: Hang the mistletoe. Colored with Copics YG91, YG93, YG95 and berries covered with Star Dust Stickles.

#3 & #20 use Simple Snowflakes:

3-Winter Wishes: Take family photo for Christmas card. Silver metallic ink used for large snowflake.
20-Warm Wishes: Go ice skating and drink hot cocoa.

#8 & #24 use Mistletoe Memories:

8-Sealed With a Kiss: Mail Christmas cards.
24-Mistletoe Memories: A kiss (or two!) under the mistletoe Christmas Eve.

I’ll be back tomorrow to show you the remainder of my Advent tags, made with the rest of October’s holiday stamp set releases and the frame that brings them all together!

These Gina K designers also have projects to share with you today:

Thanks for stopping by today and for all your kind comments yesterday!

~ Sharon

{Advent Calendar Additional Supplies}
Cardstock: Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Sandy Beach, Ivory and Winter Whimsy Cardstock Assortment (Fresh Asparagus, Ocean Mist, Red Hot or individual packs)
Paper: Gina K 6x6 Patterned Paper Packs-Blizzard and Winter Whimsy; LilyBee Design 6x6 Tiny Tablet-Christmas Cheer (numbers);
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Love Letter, Bamboo Leaves, Olive Grove, Summer Sky; ColorBox Metallic Pigment Ink Pad-Silver;
Copic Markers: BG45, R24, Y15, YG23 (#23 bulbs); YG91, YG93, YG95 (#4 mistletoe);
Dies & Punches: 1” & 1.25” circle punches, 1.50” scalloped circle punch;
Accessories: Silhouette Cameo machine & Tag Cut File; Red Baker’s Twine; Ranger Star Dust Stickles & Glossy Accents; Scalloped scissors; Copic Foam Tape; Miniature wood clothespins (Hobby Lobby); Red spray paint, 11.50” x 17.50” wooden picture frame

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