Inspiration Blog Hop: Day 2 (Simply the best & This and That)

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HAPPY OCTOBER! 

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! This blog hop is for  our September Release!  Boy, do we have some treats for you this month!  We hope to inspire you with some eye candy as you hop along in the hop this month!  Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win an awesome grab bag of GKD goodies! !!   To see who won,  check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

Today we are showing off cards with Simply the best and This and That.  This and That is my latest stamp set and I really love it! I hope you do too!

This card uses a sponged top half of the card! It reminds me of sitting out watching the Super Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse! Who else did that? Woohoo!

I love this card. So simple. Could be a great graduation card! 

There is no birthday as anticipated as the the 21st. Don't you think? This has an dry embossed background and glitter window!

This sweet 16 card features the vine background from Theresa's set and the sentiment from This and That.

So this was the male version of the sweet 16 card. I had to make it for boy/girl twins.  I thought the stitching and the circle looked more lacrosse-ish (I know that is not a word) so this was the masculine version!

Who just needs a pick-me-up every once in a while? Line up these sentiments on your big lined stamp set and put the you in a different color to make it pop!

Here it is on blue card stock! Sometimes all you need is a note telling you that you are all these things to turn your day/week/month around!

 

This and That paired with some holiday lights from Deck the Halls

This card uses the image from Delicate Damask along with the sentiment from This and That.

Ocean mist base with black and turquoise sea inks.  While the fabulous was still wet, I sprinkled it with glitter embossing powder. 

Close up: you can see the glitter fabulous! 

I made this for Curt & Tim's wedding a few week's back. 

what is nice, you can mix and match the sentiments to suit your needs, such as matching the wedding colors!

This card features Mel's Triple Play Holiday set with This and That. Some days I grab 4 colors of ink and just stamp a collage background. I cover it up with the sentiment strip and it looks so clean!

This card is so elegant I cannot even stand it! Someone better get married soon so I can use it! It uses Theresa's vine background - stamped in versamark and embossed in silver. I used the mr. & mrs. mix and match sentiments from This and That and some silver ribbon. 

Ready for more awesome creations?! Just click on the links below for more from the Illustrators and Design Team!!

Gina K – Illustrator of Simply The Best

Beth Silaika – Illustrator of This and That

Allie Gower

Cathy Tidwell

Karen Hightower

Kendra Wietstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Melanie Muenchinger

Payel Ray

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Show Me The Stamps!

It's time again for Show Me The Stamps with my Fabulous Four!

This month I combined both Deck The Halls and a sentiment from Sentimental Holiday to create this card! It was so simple - two layers of Ivory card stock - I stamped the wire and lights, colored them with copics and used glitter pens to give them some bling!

 

Now Hop On Over to the Fab Four!

• Anita Recksiedler
  Cindy Coutts
•  
  
• Debbie Corbari

  Valerie Stangle

   

And here is some FUN NEWS!

Tomorrow, the GINA K ILLUSTRATORS ARE hosting a BLOG HOP WITH PRIZES!

 They will be giving away a $50 GKD gift certificate 

To be eligible, you can get one entry for a comment on each of the Illustrator blogs 

But wait!
There is a bonus entry for becoming a follower of the illustrator blogs.

there are more than TEN chances for you to win!

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Sentimental Holiday, Deck the Halls
Paper: Ivory
ink: Black, copics, ladybug red
misc: glitter pens, corner rounder, foam squares

Gina K. Designs Inspiration Hop: Deck The Halls, Simple Snowflakes & Mistletoe Memories

 

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!!

 I love snowflakes and this set is so wonderful to work with! I stamped the snowflakes on the base card and kraft strip. I used some of Gina's new ribbon too! Love the ribbon!

 Love Becky's new stamp set! The big bold sentiments are so perfect! I used the berry trio with versamark on the base, then used the sentiment on the red - love the bold black letters against the red! A hint of white and green with some Gina K. ribbon finish off the card.

 

 The cards were difficult to photograph. It's getting dark and WINDY here in NY!  This is a simple card with the lights in greens and red. I added some stickles to the lights!

 I used the branch from Stippled nature to hang the ornaments on this card. Every Christmas day, we go on a walk in the wooded park in our community. We hang ornaments (plastic, not glass) on the walking paths for people to enjoy! This reminds me of those family walks!  

I created this simple card with some of the Merry Little Christmas pattern paper from the latest designer pack at Gina k. I used the snowflake ornament and deck the halls sentiment from Deck the Halls and a little ribbon which Gina is now carrying.

 Be sure to stop by all the other design team member blogs to check out what they have created with this sets!
 

• Gina K
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Beth Silaika
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
•  and please do not miss these FABULOUS designs from 
• Anita Recksiedler (our newest FabFour member)
• Valerie Stangle

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted


Snowflake Card:

stamps: simple snowflakespaper: christmas pine and kraft
ink: versamark, northern pine
misc: gina k. ribbon

Happyx3 Holiday Card:

stamps: Mistletoe Memories
paper: turquoise sea, white, cherry red, jellybean green
ink: black, versamark, pistachio
misc: punches, ribbon

Deck the Halls, Lights Card:

stamps: deck the halls
paper: jelly bean green, white
ink: ladybug red, bamboo leaves, pistachio, black, grey flannel
misc: stickles



Deck the Halls, ornaments Card:

stamps: deck the halls, stippled nature
paper: Kraft, white
ink: ladybug red, bamboo leaves, pistachio,chocolate, grey flannel
misc: corner rounder




Deck the Halls, ornaments Card:

stamps: deck the halls
paper: white, Merry little Christmas designer paper
ink: peanut brittle, northern pine
misc: custom cut file, Gina K. ribbon

Bending The Rules With Clear Stamps Video on StampTV

Did you see this awesome video on StampTV, Bending the Rules with Clear Stamps! This is a great CAS card created with Deck The Halls (my latest Gina K. stamp set).

 To watch the video- click here: 

 http://stamptv.ning.com/video/bending-the-rules-with-clear-stamps




all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Sneak Peek: Deck The Halls

  
It's release day at Gina K Designs and StampTV. That means the stamp illustrators are having a release party and all new stamps will become available later today. I hope you can join us at the party, over at StampTV, this evening, 7-9pm Central. 

 My latest stamp set is called Deck The Halls. It combines some great fonts and holiday images which are sure to be used over & over on your card and scrapbook projects.

Here is the first card which I made with Deck the Halls, now available at Gina K. Designs. I used some buttons from my bucket of buttons. Ocean Mist base with a hint of cherry red!

 This is another quick card which I made with Deck the Halls. Cherry red base with some dark chocolate and jelly bean green.

Hopefully you started hopping here:

Gina K.

Becky Oehlers

and now you are here!

 so hop on over to....

Melanie Muenchinger

Tami Mayberry
Theresa Momber

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Merry & Bright card:

paper: ocean mist, cherry red
ink: black
stamps: Deck The Halls (Gina K. Designs)
misc: buttons


Merry & Bright card:

paper: dark chocolate, cherry red, jelly bean green
ink:ladybug red, chocolate
misc: embossing folder, bakers twine, nestabilities

October Sneak Peek!

This month I will be showcasing this new set!

 

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted