Gina K. Designs Inspiration Blog Hop: Day 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.

 

This was super fun to make - first I stamped the images (pine branch and pine cone) in blue, then used Gina K. white ink with a watercolor brush, dampened with water and slowly brushed on the snow. I added some glitter to the branches as well, randomly, to give an ice effect.  I used some delicate thread to "dress" the buttons (so they were not naked).  Sentiment in black ink.  What do you think?

 

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

Gina K

Theresa Momber - Illustrator of Peace and Joy

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Debbie Corbari

Karen Hightower

Kendra Wietstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Lee Murphy

Melanie Muenchinger

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler

Our awesome Guest Designers for this month:

Joyce Casaldi

Joyce Evans Erb

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Gina K. Designs Inspiration Blog Hop: Day 1

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.

Today's card features Melanie's stamp set: Fabulous Holiday Fillers

 Apparently, I was channeling Lee! <wink> Pink and bling bling!

 I didn't use the stamp set in the traditional sense that Mel wanted, but loved the circles and filled them in randomly with sequins! The sentiment was perfect!  

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

Gina K

Melanie Muenchinger - Illustrator of Fabulous Holiday Filler

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Debbie Corbari

Karen Hightower

Kendra Wietstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Lee Murphy

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler

Our awesome Guest Designers for this month:

Joyce Casaldi

Joyce Evans Erb

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

paper: stamp Fabulous Holiday Fillers, Pink passion, ink: basic black, misc: sequins 

Stamp Out Cancer Challenge #2: Pretty In Pink

 This card is for the Stamp Out Cancer Challenge #2: Pretty in Pink. 




 It is being hosted by Sean on the Gina K. Design Team.  This card was super easy to make - it is an innocent pink card base with a doily - you see, I finally got around to cleaning my office and found a pack of these suckers and they are so PRETTY and they fit perfectly on an A2 card base.  I stamped the ribbon from the Fight Like A Girl set in pink passion and the sentiment from Keep Calm in black. That is it! Easy Peasy - Lemon Squeezy!  And speaking of squeezy - don't forget to do your monthly squish - and make sure you get your mammogram every month!

Challenge Keyword: STVSOC14SEAN

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Gina K Designs Stamp Out Cancer Blog Hop

rabbit, rabbit, rabbit

Welcome to a very special Gina K Designs Blog Hop! We are so happy to share this new stamp set and patterned paper pack, Fight Like A Girl designed by Gina! Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month we are kicking off the first week with this release and a full week of challenges on Stamp TV. Each challenge has a prize giveaway! And a donation to American Cancer Society for cancer research is made for every stamp set sold! So enjoy the hop and then watch for a new challenge every day in the Stamp Out Cancer Forum on Stamp TV!

 Here is my first creation using the Gina K. designer paper pack along with the butterfly (stamped in white ink) on kraft paper.  Some pink gems along the middle of the butterfly and a sentiment in black complete the design

This second card uses the same layout - but I was able to use the sentiment from Keep Calm because it was perfect!

 Now take a look at what the rest of the design team has in store!

• Gina K
• Beth Silaika (me)
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Karen Hightower
• Kendra Wietstock
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Sean Fetterman
• Tricia Traxler

Guest Designers:

Joyce Casaldi

Joyce Erb

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Gina K. September Inspiration Blog Hop: Day Two

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.

today in NY (upstate) is the first day of school. Is it ever too early to start end of year thank you notes? I think not!

 

Love the outlined leaf for the background - and I was able to use a strip of the new designer paper. This dark chocolate base is so beautiful in real life - so elegant for the fall!

The brick background gives this tomato soup card some texture. I love the simple pumpkin and leaf, along with the elegant sentiment.

This was one of my favorite cards - super simple - one layer, but the autumn colors pop off the edges. I spritzed the ivory base with some glimmer mist to give the plain cardstock some distressed look.

Finally - this birthday card is perfect for that Fall birthday (we have approximately 20 in our family!) -- love the layer of texture with the trimmed up flowers.

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

• Gina K
• Theresa Momber--Illustrator of Always Autumn
• Beth Silaika
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Karen Hightower
• Kendra Wietstock
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Sean Fetterman
• Tricia Traxler

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Gina K. September Inspiration Blog Hop: Day One

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.

Here are my samples:

This first card uses the half circle with line on the top and bottom, with the sentiment from Keep Calm. 

I used versamark and the flower on each side of the sentiment and then added two black gems.

 

my next card uses the circle frame from Melanie's set, along with the sentiment and open fleur de lis from Fleur De Lis. I colored the fleur de lis with spectrum noir markers and outlined it with a sakura gel pen.

 this pair of birthday cards for Sophie's friends (twins) was fun to make using Melanie's framed dotted oval! I used the cupcake and the WISH BIG sentiment from Keep Calm. I experimented with Gina K. white ink and a watercolor brush to give the "frosting" a soft look.

This was my favorite card to make. I stamped the image in black and colored it with spectrum noir markers and highlighted it with a paint brush and white ink. The sentiment is in white ink.

 Finally, this card was super fun to color. I stamped the image in Gina K. black ink and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers.

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

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger - Illustrator of Fabulous Frame Fillers
• Beth Silaika
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Karen Hightower
• Kendra Wietstock
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Sean Fetterman
• Tricia Traxler

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Dog Days of Summer Thanks: Day Two

Day Two of my Dog Days of Summer Thanks would have to be for Summer Birthdays! There are 3 summer birthdays in our house (4 if you count the dog, which we certainly DO!).  Genevieve celebrates her birthday on the same day that her grandma was born!  Although she was not able to ever know her Grandma, Gen certainly loves to brag about how they share a birthday.  They have the same beautiful cheek bones, vibrant personalities and love of music!~

I am so very thankful that I didn't listen to the masses and stop at 5 children - because my life would be so much duller without this little princess. 

The clean and simple card which I created uses some Gina K. designer paper along with the sentiment from Lots of Lines.  Once again, the big sentiment looks so awesome in this purple color. The pop of green and white from the designer paper is so perfect and the button and sheer ribbon just add a hint of class to the card!

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