Inspirational Blog Hop: Day 3 & announcement

For some CRAZY reason, I could not upload this to blogger to announce Anita joining my FabFour Design team. It was taking FOREVER and A DAY. Well, today is a new day...and it finally works!

Please welcome Anita Recksiedler to the Fabulous Four!

 Yesterday she posted a beautiful card with the Deck The Halls set on her blog!

Thank you Anita for joining my personal design team! YAY!

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 Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

The first set I am playing with today is City Of David (part of the Stamp TV kit). I LOVE this set! LOVE IT!  Here is my favorite card. I love the designer paper from the Merry Little Christmas pack. 

 Same stamp set (City of David) with some of those adorable images. I love the sentiment. I used copics to create the dawn scene....I imagine them walking across the cold desert....

 Oh my gosh, this Holiday Tags set is so SUPER cute. I love this little penguin. I was attempting (for about 10 minutes) to take pictures of my cards. I must have a half dozen of the card flipping over...Thank you Sandy! This was the best I could do. I put the penguin on some stickle/ice...I love him!

 Finally, a clean and simple card with the Merry Little Christmas set ALSO in the Stamp TV kit! TWO SETS? Wahooo! This one was so super simple. I stamped the holly berry twice - once directly on the card and once on a scrap piece and layered it on top. Super simple and clean, and I love the sentiment in chocolate brown! 

 Are you ready to see what the other ladies have in store for y'all?

• Gina K
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika (that's me!)
• 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

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

City Of David Swirly Card

stamps: City Of David (Merry Little Christmas Stamp TV kit)
paper: Merry Little Christmas, honey mustard
ink: peanut brittle, chocolate, black
misc: custom cut file

City Of David Sunrise Card

stamps: City Of David (Merry Little Christmas Stamp TV kit)
paper: sweet corn, sweet mango, white
ink: black, copics
misc: custom cut file


Holiday Tag Penguin Card

stamps: Holiday Tags
paper: white, fresh asparagus, cherry red, jelly bean green
ink: black, bamboo leaves
misc: custom cut file, circle punch, swiss dots folder, stickles


Merry Little Christmas Holly Card

stamps: Merry Little Christmas Stamp TV kit
paper: ivory
ink: bamboo leaves, chocolate, copics
misc: corner punch, red bling gems

Gina K. Sept Inspiration Hop - Take Note, Wicked & You Say 'Ello

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 Gina K. Designs Grab Bag that could have anything from stamps to paper to embellishments! To see the list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

First up is Tami's Take Note set! It is really a versatile set which can be used for the ever popular Project Life stuff which is ALL THE RAGE! Today I made a love note for Todd. As much as he gets frustrated with the stamping -- he LOVES getting cards!  I used a heart punch to tell him I <3 him....
This is a great tween/teen set too - they can make little notebooks for friends...start their own memory lists or top ten lists!

 

The green grass and the turquoise sea seem to really go well together. The bamboo ink with the teal zeal mesh well too! A couple of buttons and a top edge punch keep this very simple & clean! 

Here are my samples from Becky's new set "You say Goodbye, I say 'Ello!" I had to work with the french bread! He is so dang cute. Don't you want to rip off a piece and dunk him in some fondue!?! I used a 4.25 square card base and added some designer paper from the Poppy Prints collection. The images are easily cut out with the coordinating silhouette cut file. I colored the bread in with copics and even stamped the background pattern on the cut file and just attached that as well. The beret is glittered with a spica gitter pen. Such a fun set!

 I had some of the remaining cut files for the set on my desk and was stamping and coloring in images. My daughter came running out with the coffee cups squealing with delight. "LOOK AT HOW CUTE!" she screamed....Make these into a card! Here is that creation for my latte-loving-soon-to-be-fifteen year old. I used the spica gel pens on the cups to give them a little more character and bling.

 My set "Wicked" has some really fun images. I will be sharing more of the fun images this week (I went to go make treats and realized that the 7 year old had discovered the Hershey's Nuggets in my office, so they were ALL GONE. Gasp! Almost a whole bag! Sophie G....she keeps me on my toes!)...I digress... 

I turned to creating just a card for today...I used a kraft base, some fun designer paper from the Hello Sunshine pack and some die cuts with my silhouette. I love the stamped candelabra on this with the sentiment over the top! I cannot wait to get this in the mail to someone special!

Finally, the coffin with the web attached.  The web cut file is available {here} for less than $1. It goes so well with this stamp set!  I created a coffin box (which I was going to fill up with nuggets...but THANKS TO SOPHIE...It's EMPTY! I created a quick tag with the bat and Boo! sentiment from the set. The coffin is created with some black card stock, spritzed with pearl glimmer mist. It sparkles....a May arts ribbon is tied around to keep the coffin tag in place!

I will get to the store to get more nuggets this week...and then I will share more ideas from the wicked set! The monster is one of my most favorite images....and I have yet to create with it!

 So check back often!

Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

Gina K

Beth Silaika – Illustrator Wicked

Becky Oehlers – Illustrator You Say 'Ello

Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Take Note

• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher  
• Cindy Lawrence: The Creative Closet 
• Valerie Stangle: {stampin' gal val}
• Debbie Corbari: Doodle Designs
• Cindy Coutts: Cindy Coutts Designs

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Truth is <3 card:

stamp take note (You sentiment from Assorted Greetings)
paper: white,grass green, turquoise sea
ink: bamboo, teal zeal, black
misc: buttons, heart punch, edge punch


Ello Bread card:

stamp You say goodbye & I say Ello 
paper: white, poppy prints dp
ink: chocolate, black, copics
misc: silhouette cut file, spica gel pen

Ciao Coffee card:

stamp You say goodbye & I say Ello 
paper: white, turquoise sea, jelly bean green
ink: black, new sprout, copics
misc: silhouette cut file, spica gel pen

Candelabra Halloween:

stamp Wicked!
paper: kraft, black, sweet mango, hello sunshine designer paper
ink: tangelo, black
misc: silhouette cut file, buttons


Coffin Box:

stamp Wicked!
paper:  black, sweet mango, white
ink:  black
misc: silhouette cut file, ribbon, punch, glimmer mist


 

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!!!

Introducing the Fabulous Four

 The time has come for me to share some BIG news with you all! As you know, I recently became a member of the Gina K. Designs family. I will be introducing my stamps each month with Gina K. and I am really excited for this opportunity!

  One of the BEST things about this industry is the friendships which you form, both online and in real life. I have been incredibly blessed to be surrounded by the most incredible women in this industry. So much of my success is because of the support of my friends in this new adventure.  I asked four BEAUTIFUL, TALENTED ladies to help me use their incredible creativity to showcase my stamp sets. I would like to now introduce you to the Fabulous Four (in no particular order):

 

 

 

You can check out their blogs here:

Debbie Corbari: Doodle Designs

Cindy Coutts: Cindy Coutts Designs

Valerie Stangle: {Stampin' Gal Val}

Cindy Lawrence: The Creative Closet 

Stop by and give those ladies some LOVE!