Gina K. Holiday Labor Day Blog Hop

How cute are these images which Gina K. is releasing this Labor Day weekend?

 Penguin Joy * Ornamental Holiday * Snowman Wishes * Merry Tree

 these stamps are available in deeply etched rubber only.

I hate to rush through the Fall - it is one of my most favorite times of year here in Upstate New York.  The leaves have already started turning, we did our school classroom walk-through this week. The nights are getting cooler. Christmas stamps are coming out!

You know what that means: Labor Day weekend is upon us!

You know what else that means! LABOR DAY SALES!!!! 

All stamp set duos are 50% off including the four brand new duos, so you can get a jump start on your holiday stamping projects. These duos are available in deeply etched pre-cut rubber only.

All Gina K. Designs patterned paper packs are now 25% off including the brand new BLIZZARD & WINTER WHIMSY! Stock up now and save!

Sale good from Thursday, 8/30/12 through Monday, 9/3/12.

STOP BY GINA K. DESIGNS, LLC for stellar savings!

I made a few cards with these adorable stamps:

Ornamental Holiday

Snowman Wishes

Snowman Wishes Close Up

Penguin Joy

Check out what the other design team members created: Hop along this Labor Day weekend!

• Gina K
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika (that's me)
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Giovana Smith
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Green Ornament card:
stamp: Ornamental Holiday
paper: grass green, white
ink: black, copics
misc: bakers twine


Red Snowman card:
stamp: Snowman wishes
paper: red hot, black, white, hello sunshine DP
ink: black, copics
misc: stickles, nesties, buttons, square punch



Red Penguin card:stamp: Penguin joy
paper: red hot, white, grass green
ink: black, copics
misc: stickles, button, nesties

Farewell Summer 2012!

It is hard to believe that the summer is nearly over! We have had an incredibly busy summer here in the house. 

 

My six swimmers enjoyed a fun and exciting summer swim season with Knolls swim club! There were many cold mornings in the pool, but they had FUN!

The oldest 5 immediately proceeded to participate in the Summer Theater Camp production of The Music Man. My oldest, Karen, had the role of Marian the Librarian. Xavier was Winthrop. Victoria and Isabella were pick-a-little ladies (and Victoria also doubled as the Town Constable). Sophia was Gracie Shinn, the mayor's daughter. What a great show!

This past weekend, we celebrated one year since the accident that nearly took the lives of my husband, Todd and my oldest daughter, Karen. Luckily, they are both healing and healthier than they were last year. Here they are in Acadia National Park in Maine.

 I had a few thank you notes to make, so I thought I would create one with my stamp set: Stippled Nature.

 

I used a tomato soup card stock base with the new Sun-kissed autumn designer paper pack from Gina K. The sentiment is from Assorted Greetings. I added some buttons from the stash on the side and rounded one corner. Super simple & easy!

 What do you think? 

So what was your favorite memory of summer 2012?  Stay tuned tomorrow for a special hop with Gina K!

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

paper: tomato soup, sun-kissed autumn dp
ink: versamark, gray flannel
stamps: stippled nature, assorted greetings
misc: buttons, corner rounder

Gina K. Blog Hop (Day 3) Stippled Nature: Sincere Thanks

Thank you so much for all your wonderful feedback yesterday. I am sorry that the post was so crazy - blogger was giving me such a hard time!

This was a super simple thank you note which I created with a bunch of scraps of designer paper from the Wisteria Lane pack. I used a scrap of ribbon and a button from my stash, along with the sentiment from Stippled Nature.

 

 The sentiment is stamped in olive. I love the look of the green and purple together! What do you think?

 

 Here is ANOTHER sample (am I overloading you?)

This is really not as hideous in real life - I PROMISE!

I used a turquoise base, cut it with my cutter and added a strip of white. I stamped the flower and dot with versamark, added the sentiment and added the orange Prima flower with button and bakers twine. Simple card which only took a few minutes to make!

It's time to start hopping here:

You came from Gina K's blog

Beth Silaika – *THAT'S ME!* Illustrator Stippled Nature

Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Lighthearted Wishes

AJ Otto

Carolyn King

Cathy Tidwell

Deb Felts

Giovana Smith

Jimmi Mayo

Lee Murphy

Lori McAree

Melanie Muenchinger

Sharon Harnist 

Suzanne Dean

Theresa Momber

Tina Gilliland

Vicki Dutcher

Then see the AMAZING samples from my Fabulous Four Design Team:

Debbie

Cindy

Cindy

Valerie

And stop back TOMORROW for MORE samples!!!

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted
STAMPS: Stippled Nature
Ink: distress ink: Olive
paper: designer paper/Wisteria Lane, gina k. white
misc: ribbon and button

STAMPS: Stippled Nature
Ink: versamark, black
paper: turquoise sea, gina k. white
misc: prima flower, bakers twine (orange) and button

Gina K. Design Team August Blog Hop: Stippled Nature

Welcome to my Gina K. Designs Blog Hop!

 The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop!!! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, 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 grab bag of deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

My cards are done with my first stamp set, released in July with Gina K. designs. The first set puts me in a back-to-school mood. I love the apple, and since it is two step, you can easily add the stem in another color. Rock and Roll technique would work beautifully with this stamp. I am going to put this card in my stash for the end of the school year.

 I used a kraft base and some wisteria lane designer paper, along with a strip of the red hot card stock! I used a small brown button from my big button stash! 

 

 This second card was created with a kraft base and some of Gina K.
luxury white card stock. I used the distress honey, rust and mustard inks with the flower from the Stippled nature set.

 A trio of buttons from my stash on the sentiment die cut finishes the design.

Here is a super simple birthday card. I stamped the flower on white three times with teal zeal ink and then the leaves with pistachio ink.  The sentiment is stamped in teal zeal ink on the kraft base.

There is a clear dew drop in the center of the flower. I added a small hint of bling with a sakura gel pen.  

  Here is a card with an autum feel using the new card stock, ribbon and designer paper from Gina's collection. I used the acorn and sentiment from Stippled Nature. 

  Finally, I made this super easy card with some fun designer paper from Gina K. I don't normally make purple cards, but I thought that the flower would look great in this color!

  The flower is attached with a foam square - with a small purple button in the center.

I am going to be sharing MORE samples of Stippled nature tomorrow - so stop back tomorrow morning for another few samples!

Thank you so much for hopping by here and checking out the cards! Have a great day - be sure to stop by the next blog on the list:

So start hopping here:

You came from Gina K's blog

Beth Silaika – *THAT'S ME!* Illustrator Stippled Nature

Becky Oehlers – Illustrator American Made

Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Lighthearted Wishes

AJ Otto

Carolyn King

Cathy Tidwell

Deb Felts

Giovana Smith

Jimmi Mayo

Lee Murphy

Lori McAree

Melanie Muenchinger

Theresa Momber

Tina Gilliland

Vicki Dutcher

Then see the AMAZING samples from my Fabulous Four Design Team:

Debbie

Cindy

Cindy

Valerie

And stop back TOMORROW for MORE samples!!!

Gina K. Blog Hop: Stippled Nature birthday

 This is a super simple card which I created for a little girl's birthday since her favorite color is blue!
White scalloped circle is dry pressure embossed and adhered with foam dots to the card base. Double looped some may arts ribbon under the focal point. The sentiment banner has some pearl dew drops on each side!

Paper is Gina K. white and turquoise sea.

This is my FIRST blog hop with Gina K's crew! I hope you have your coffee cup full and your laptop charged! HERE WE GO!

Gina Krupsky

Melanie Muenchinger - Illustrator Basket Additions 3

Theresa Momber - Illustrator Country Roads

AJ Otto

Beth Silaika (THAT'S ME!)

Cathy Tidwell

Deb Felts

Giovana Smith

Jimmi Mayo

Lee Murphy

Lori McAree

Sharon Harnist

Tami Mayberry

Tina Gilliland

Vicki Dutcher

Stay tuned for more inspirational blog hops coming up tomorrow FEATURING "Stippled Nature"! My Fabulous Four will have some wonderful samples for you to see!

 Thanks for looking!




 

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

STAMP: stippled nature
paper: white, turquoise sea
ink: broken china, black
misc: may arts ribbon, pearl dew drops, scalloped circle, birds & swirls embossing folder, corner rounder

Stippled Nature: Thinking of you

Here is a simple card which I created with the Stippled Nature set and some Gina K. paper. I used a scored line on the oval to ground the bird. 

 Paper is turquoise sea and the strips are scraps of Gina K. Hello Sunshine designer paper.

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted
stamps: Stippled Nature
paper: turquoise sea, hello sunshine
ink: barn door, tumbled glass
misc: punches (oval, square - to make v-cut), foam squares

Stippled Nature: With Sympathy

Here is a simple card which I created last week. The sentiment is from Stippled Nature. Large leaf bunch stamped in versamark. Designer paper is from Gina K's red carpet collection. Small butterfly with dew drop. Stickles used to create the trail.

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Stippled Nature
Ink: versamark
paper: dark chocolate, red carpet
misc: oval punch, butterfly punch, dew drop, white embossing powder (sentiment)

Happy 9th Birthday Xavier

So there's this boy,  he kinda stole my heart.... he calls me Mom

This boy keeps me on my toes, makes my hair grey, but fills my heart will love. Last night, he told me "When I go to college, I am going to skype you EVERY day, because I love you so much!" Then he got tears in his eyes and said, "Mommy, I'm so happy, but I feel like I am going to cry". I told him it was perfectly normal and that he was my most special boy in the world.  This boy is part of my heart & soul. 

He grounds me and he is so very spoiled by his sisters!

Happy August everyone!