Friendship Vineyards- the gift of wine

I am so excited to finally begin our pre-party previews!

Today's preview is a tutorial on one of the many ways to use a brand new stamp set that will be released on November 1st called "Festive Labels." (This set is so huge it would take at least four tins to store it! So, this one is packaged in a resealable plastic bag because it's just too big!! It's about the size of two "Stamps for a Cause" stamp sets. The equivalent of two large Stampin' Up stamp sets.)

"Festive Labels" helps you create beautiful gifts of food, wine, bubble bath and more to give to your friends, co-workers and neighbors.

To begin this project, select two bottles of your favorite wine. Open one and pour yourself a glass. Now you're really ready to begin. LOL!

I chose a Merlot mostly because I love the deep dark color and flavor and it's good for your heart! (Silly, I know.)



This project uses our new Gina K. Designs "Waterproof Labels," (available November 1st) that are exclusive to Gina K. Designs! These labels are repositionable but they NEVER peel off of glass, metal or plastic unless you want them to. They are a true miracle. We will have these in packs of thirty labels with a worksheet.

These labels can be punched out, die cut, trimmed, stamped, printed on with an ink jet printer, or anything else you can do with regular cardstock. But once you apply ink to them, even regular Stampin' Up dye ink, they will not run when they get wet. You can even soap them up, which makes them great for creating custom hand soap dispensers and bath and body products. I even poured a little Merlot wine on my finished project to see what would happen. Nothing happened. And, if you rub the wet label with a towel, it won't pill! They are amazing.

Back to the project.

I got my products assembled.



Then, I peeled one label off the sheet and placed it on the enclosed worksheet. This is a sheet that allows you to work with the label without getting any ink on any of the other labels. Ink won't stick to it so you can wipe it off when you are done. Your label will peel right off of this sheet when you are finished stamping it.



I used my Stampin' Up creamy caramel ink pad and just rubbed it face down all over my label.



The color really grabbed around the edges. That gave it a very antique look.

Then, I used the ornate border stamp in the set. I stamped it with cranberry ink. This stamp is huge!!!



Next, I chose one of the greetings to stamp inside. This one is my favorite for wine bottles. It says, "Friendship Vineyards, aged to perfection." I stamped it with my black Palette Ink.



I gave the label a minute or two to thoroughly dry and then I placed it right over the existing label that was on the wine bottle that I purchased.


 
 I added a little hemp and a Stampin' Up piece of HodgePodge hardware and the bottle of wine is ready for gift giving.

Anyone can bring a bottle of wine to a party, but yours can be embellished from the heart.

Tomorrow I will post another sneak peek sample for preview day 2! I hope you enjoyed this project idea! Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Gina K.



Posted by Gina K at 10/28/2007 8:49 PM
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