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Friday, October 2, 2015

Inspiration Blog Hop: Day 3 (Bella Craft Event stamp sets)

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.

I made these cards so long ago that I nearly forgot about them!

This is a kraft base with violet and green inks. I love the way the colors look on kraft!

this card uses the wild blossoms set for the background - white on the deep green card stock!

This first card is a watercolor pre-folded square card. I stamped the flower image in white ink, then embossed with a glitter embossing powder. I watercolored the card and tried to use some of the fall colors which you see this time of year. The muted reds, oranges, yellows and greens. Then I added the sentiment from This and That.

This second card features the same flower (which I love) with white ink on the green base. I love the way the white pops off the green. A clean and simple card - switch out the sentiment and it is perfect for any occasion!

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

Gina K – Illustrator of Wild Blossoms, You’ve Got a friend in me

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Thursday, October 1, 2015

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

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HAPPY OCTOBER!

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

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Inspiration Blog Hop: Day One (Triple Play Holiday & Vines and Butterflies)

Theresa's set includes some great sentiments, some adorable butterflies and this really awesome background vine!

this first card is on ocean mist card stock. I shadow stamped with ocean mist ink and then stamped the butterflies with grey ink. I used the 29 and forever from my set: This and That

This vine background is great for backgrounds and looks awesome embossed. I embossed in in white on pink passion card stock. I paired it with some this and that sentiments. Would make a cute valentine!

Genevieve requested purple and pink for her best friend's birthday card. I used that awesome vine in versamark and the sentiment from Theresa's set!

Mel's set features some images and sentiments for fall and winter. I paired the diamond pattern with the cute little pumpkin. I stamped everything in black ink, but colored the pumpkin in with spectrum noir markers.

The next card uses a variety of inks with the leaves in the triple play holiday set. The leaves are starting to slowly turn here in NY! It's my favorite time of year!

A little ocean mist tied string and the sentiment makes for a quick clean and simple card!

I saw an ornament and added the sentiment from This and That in black.

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

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator of Triple Play Holiday

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Autumn Wishes Stamp TV Kit Inspiration Blog Hop, Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop with Gina K's Design Team! This blog hop is for the brand spanking new StampTV Kit, Autumn Wishes. Shout out again to the Stamp TB group you can join if you are a member of StampTV? It’s called StampTV Kit Addicts! Tricia Traxler shares all kinds of good advice and inspiration in there too!

Today, Gina, along with the Cast and Crew, 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 random comment and that stamper will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

I created a few more cards for this kit release!

The first card uses a watercolored tag which I created with part of a die. I stamped the images in Gina K black ink.

These adorable stamps allow for quick & clean card designs, which I love to make!

Here is a super quick card for my stash! This year, Karen had many friends leave for college, so I want her to be able to send a note to them as a pick me up! The wings shimmer with a sakura stardust pen!

Ready for more awesome creations?

Just click on the links below for more from the Design Team!

Gina K

Allie Gower

PayelRay

Beth Silaika <= that's me!

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Autumn Wishes Stamp TV Kit Inspiration Blog Hop, Day 1

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! This blog hop is for the brand spanking new StampTV Kit, Autumn Wishes. Did you know we have a special group that you can join if you are a member of StampTV? It’s called StampTV Kit Addicts! Tricia Traxler shares all kinds of good advice and inspiration in there too!

Card Stock Colors - Dark Chocolate, Ivory Layering, Ivory Heavy, Honey Mustard, Cranberry Tart, Fresh Asparagus and Prickly Pear

Today I am sharing some cards which I created with this StampTV kit.

This kit reminds me of the reason why I started stamping. I saw a card made with this awesome leaf set WAY back when and fell in love with the details of the leaves. I loved how the colors of the inks changed the look of the stamps. This card is what my September and October look like. The cool August and September nights are upon us which causes the tint in the leaves. I love the cranberry base making the leaf colors pop!

this card uses square punched pieces with the leaves from the StampTV kit on a kraft base

This card uses a small strip of the designer paper from the August Wishes paper pack! It is a great card for a fall boy birthday!

This simple pick me up to send to a friend uses ivory paper and some spectrum noir markers.

Ready for more awesome creations? (ps, don't forget to stop back tomorrow too)

Click on the links below for more from the Design Team!

Gina K

Allie Gower

Payel Ray

Beth Silaika <= that's me!

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Monday, August 17, 2015

Back To School With StampTV

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to a special BACK TO SCHOOL blog hop! Gina, along with the Cast and Crew, will inspire you with many fun cards and projects for your favorite student, their teacher or your friend that are in the teaching profession!

As you hop through Gina and the Cast & Crew blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a random comment and that stamper will win their choice of a Gina K Designs stamp set with a value up to $23.95!

To see you are the winner, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

There are a number of stamp sets from Gina K Designs that you can use to create a welcome, thank you or back to school. Today, our featured sets are Melanie Muenchinger’s Basket Additions 3 and Beth Silaika’s Keep Calm. There are some great stamps to color and the perfect sentiment for Back to School!

Melanie’s Basket Additions 3 stamp set

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Beth’s Keep Calm stamp set

It’s not too late to make your project or special cards because students and teachers will be back in the classroom.

WAIT!!! DID SOMEONE SAY BACK TO SCHOOL???

In our house, we have a child that considers the "s" word forbidden in the summer! She hates the early back to school commercials on tv and the radio! I'm not even telling her about this hop! Ha ha!

I created this first card on the new jelly bean card stock. I love this color green! I stamped the apple {from Stippled Nature} in the jelly bean and then stamped the sentiment {from Keep Calm} in black! What a great card for your kid's lunch bag for the first day of school! This is a 4x4 square card.

Wouldn't this next card be cute for your child to hand to their new teacher on their first day of school? This apple is from Bounty of Blessings and the sentiment is from Keep Calm! Both were stamped in black, but the apple was colored in with spectrum noir markers.