Gina K Designs Illustrators June 2014 Blog Hop...and You're Invited!!

You're Invited!!

Tonight is the night! We are all so excited to party with you from 7:00- 9:00 PM Central Time in our forum at StampTV.com! All of the fun starts right here:

StampTV Release Party Forum

Today, the Illustrators and some of the Design Team have put together a little invitation hop for you! This hop features stamps that will be released tonight! So come hop along with us and don't forget to add a comment on each blog...we will pick an random winner to win an awesome grab bag of Gina K Design Goodies!!

Start hopping and be sure to leave a comment!!

My card is very clean and simple, with just a touch of bling

I used pink passion card stock and black ink.  This set allows for MASS production of cards because you can layer the stamps on a large block together if you wish to use one color of ink, like I did with this card:

you will be seeing a LOT of this color combo with this incredible patterned paper - tomato soup, ocean mist and black (or chocolate).  This one uses Theresa's Vertical Greetings 2 and Debbie's Let's Talk.

 

I will have plenty more samples with ALL the sets this evening on the blog hop! In the meantime, Hop on over to see what everyone else has in store!
Gina K.
Beth Silaika (me)
Debbie Corbari

Melanie Muenchinger

Theresa Momber

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Gina K. Designs: Here Comes The Sun Design Team Hop

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina, along with the Cast and Crew and Guest Designers, 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 ONE winner and the prize is a Grab Bag of fabulous Vintage Cuts and Shapes that match the Here Comes The Sun STV Kit plus some other

embellishments and goodies that match the kit!!!! To see the winner, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

 

There are an endless supply of ideas for creating with this kit!  I created a few more samples to share with you for today!

I have used this color combination before (sweet corn, ocean mist & wild lilac).  I had coordinating bakers twine in the lilac and ocean mist, but had to custom create the bakers twine in the sweet corn (see this post for the technique)

I saw the sun sentiment in the kit and decided to use the Sun from Weather or Not to create a clean and simple birthday card! Think about what stamps you have in your collection that would pair nicely with new sets and it makes your current collection even more valuable!  Dust off those old sets!!!

 

The new patterned paper is delightful and works with with the nautical themed cards! Wouldn't this be cute with pink and red stripes for Valentines day?

I made this card for the musical director at the elementary school. He puts so much time & effort into his job and the kids wanted to thank him with a card and a gift certificate to a local restaurant. I put one little sparkle gem inside the middle circle to give it a hint of bling.

Nautical themed cards are fabulous for so many themed events! Baby showers, weddings...They are also great masculine cards.  Here two simple strips of navy paper looks so crisp against the kraft background.  A hint of red pops too! Isn't this a great Father's day card?

Thank you for hopping by and checking out the cards which I created! Now hop on over to see what everyone else has in store:

Gina K.
Beth Silaika (me)
Cathy Tidwell
Debbie CorbariKaren Day Hightower
Laurie Schmidlin
Lee MurphySean Fetterman (shout out for the new blog)
Tricia Traxler



All items created with supplies from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted.

Gina K. Designs: Here Comes The Sun StampTV Kit

Here are some samples which I created with the May, 2014 StampTV kit called Here Comes The Sun

I love the colors with the kit! What great combos, especially on the patterned paper.

This first card uses grey and sweet corn inks. I use a piece of grey satin thread that I found on my desk (sometimes I find ribbon in random places in the house and it ends up on my craft desk - anyone else have this hoarding problem?) 

 This next card uses a new color combo for me - Bubblegum pink and In The Navy.  I used a piece of pink bakers twine (it looks a lot darker in the photograph)

This is truly a great kit! It has some wonderful combinations for masculine and feminine cards and projects!

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

May 1: Mixing Lots of Thanks & Fabulous Fleur de Lis

When I created Fabulous Fleur de lis, I thought it would pair nicely with Lots of Thanks, using both the sentiments & the images! Today I wanted to share a few creations with both sets! Hope you like it!

Click on photo to purchase Fabulous Fleur de lis

This card uses grass green, sweet corn & edible eggplant inks for the images and grey for the sentiment. Clean and simple! My favorite!

paired with "thanks a million' sentiment from Lots of Thanks

 This is a sweet corn base, sweet corn fleur de lis image and then I used grey ink with the Merci sentiment. Simple, yet elegant!

paired with 'Merci' sentiment from Lots of Thanks

Finally, I used sweet corn, ocean mist and wild lilac inks for the images. I used the small fleur de lis and dots from Lots of Thanks, paired with the dotted, script & scroll fleur de lis images from Fabulous Fleur de lis. The Thank you sentiment is stamped three times with black ink. Rounded off the corner and added a few sequins!

Pairing with 'thank you' from Lots of Thanks

What do you think - don't they pair nicely together?

Which is your favorite?

 

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Gina K. Designs April Inspiration Blog Hop: Fabulous Fleur de lis & Golf Diva

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina, along with the Cast and Crew and Guest Designers, 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 StampTV a few days after the hops.

this sweet corn and grey combo is one of my favorites!

how about Ocean mist and black onyx with a sentiment from Lots of Lines

sweet mango, in the navy & ocean mist paired with images from Lots of Thanks (sentiment, small fleur de lis & diamond)

pink passion, white and black with buttons and gingham ribbon!

Here is another diva sample paired with my set Weather or Not!

This is a great set to create those golf themed cards for the man or woman in your life who likes to hit the links! This one was copic colored! 4x4 card base

course be with you card: ivory and designer paper, black onyx, sweet corn and grey ink, copic markers, golf diva stamp set

tee-rific birthday card: christmas pine & white card stock, black onyx ink, copic markers, golf diva stamp set

 Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration with these sets:

• Insert Specific Illustrator(s) Here
• Gina K

• Beth Silaika - Illustrator Fabulous Fleur de lis
• Debbie Corbari - Illustrator Golf Diva
• Cathy Tidwell
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Sean Fetterman

April Guest DT Links:

 Judy Woodland

Karen Hightower

Nancy Leppek

Gina K. Designs April Inspiration Blog Hop: Out West 2 and Flowers Bloom

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina, along with the Cast and Crew and Guest Designers, 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 StampTV a few days after the hops.

This super simple card features the horse images from Theresa's Out West 2 set.  I used the dotted image from Melanie's set between the image and sentiment. 

 

 This next card was fun to make for my dad for his birthday last week.  It reminds me of the Sedona area of Arizona!  I used copics to create the main image and stamped the cacti in dark chocolate. 

 

Rupa's set features some great vases and floral bunch images, which can be used as backgrounds (like I did here with the leaf image and versamark on kraft). I paired it with a sentiment from Fabulous Fleur de lis (because, honestly, I didn't leave enough room for the sentiments from her set).  Sometimes you have to change things up!

I love the red, white and kraft combo with this card!

 Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration with these sets:

• Insert Specific Illustrator(s) Here
• Gina K
• Theresa Momber - Illustrator of Out West

• Beth Silaika
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman

April Guest DT Links:

 Judy Woodland

Karen Hightower

Nancy Leppek

wild horse father's day card: tomato soup card stock, black ink, out west 2 and lots of letters 2 stamp sets

wild west happy birthday card: kraft, ivory and tomato soup card stock, dark chocolate ink, copic markers, button, out west 2 stamp set

hello vase card: ivory, black onyx and kraft stock, versamark, dark chocolate and black ink, copic markers  and flowers bloom and fabulous fleur de lis stamp sets

flowers bloom card: white, red hot and kraft stock, red hot, white and black onyx inks, and flowers bloom stamp set




all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Gina K. Designs April Inspiration Blog Hop: Lots of Letters 2

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina, along with the Cast and Crew and Guest Designers, 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 StampTV a few days after the hops.

The lots of letters 2 set by Melanie features so many images and a full alphabet to create some really fun cards.  I love making the rainbow cards, especially when I have matching sequins! I paired it with a sentiment from Lots of Lines.

 

This card was so simple and fun to make - I used sweet corn, sweet mango and red hot inks for the circles with a pop of black onyx ink for the sentiment from Lots of Lines

 This card uses fresh asparagus and ocean mist inks on an ivory card base!

 

 Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration with these sets:

• Insert Specific Illustrator(s) Here
• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger- Illustrator of Lots of Letters 2  
• Beth Silaika
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman

April Guest DT Links:

 Judy Woodland

Karen Hightower

Nancy Leppek

 



all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted



sequin star thank you card: white card stock, black onyx, red hot, sweet corn, sweet mango, grass green, in the navy, wild lilac and pink passion inks, sequins, lots of letters 2 and lots of lines stamp sets
circles thank you card:ivory  card stock, black onyx, red hot, sweet corn, sweet mango inks,  lots of letters 2 and lots of lines stamp sets
hi flower card: ivory card stock, ocean mist and fresh asparagus ink, lots of letters 2 stamp set