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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Gina K. Designs February 2016 Inspiration Blog Hop: Day 2 (Genevieve Giraffe & Scripty Sayings)

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamps from the February Release Party. We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs!

Today, we are featuring the new stamp set “Genevieve Giraffe” by Beth Silaika and the incentive set “Scripty Sayings” by Gina K. 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.

Genevieve Giraffe was inspired by Gina telling me "do another set like the hippo! People loved it!" I really love giraffes, and decided this one was as cute as a button, so I named it after my youngest daughter Genevieve. She likes ducks, so I added the cute little bird (which kind of looks like a duck!)

This first card has a tag and sentiment banner. Tags are great fun to make, and coordinating the color with the green designer paper from Gina K was fun! Next time you are stuck somewhere (say a three day swim meet), bring some stamped images and markers to color. You can always add them to cards later! Makes the time go quickly!

Window cards are fun to make - I simply stamped the images multiple times and trimmed them and put their faces in the windows!

Here is another version of a window card. The giraffe is easy to pop into a variety of places on cards!

This window card has some nice bold graphic Gina K. paper in it! I punched out a scrap with a heart punch for the corner of the card.

It is fun to experiment with nontraditional colors with Genevieve. There are some great sentiments for baby's - so you can make your own personalized baby cards!

Next, the Scripty Sayings incentive set goes with all the stamps released this month! I put the little bird on the edge of the scripty saying!

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

Gina K – Illustrator for Scripty Sayings

Beth Silaika – Illustrator for GenevieveGiraffe

Don’t forget to pop over to the Gina K Designs Store and check out all of the new products available this month in the “What’s New” section at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.

Thank you for stopping by!

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Monday, February 29, 2016

Gina K. Designs February 2016 Inspiration Blog Hop: Day 1 (Year of Flowers 3 & Birds & Blossoms 2)

Thanks for LEAPING over to the Gina K. Blog Hop!

Today, we are featuring the new stamp set “Year of Flowers 3” by Melanie Muenchinger and the “Birds & Blossoms 2” set Theresa Momber. 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.

Theresa's Birds & Blossoms 2 set is really fun to play with. I really enjoy the silhouette birds!

I stamped the image and sentiment in black and then stamped the flowers on white, trimmed and adhered to the branch.

The silhouette images work so well with a watercolor background. I love the script sentiments which are included with this set!

Next up, Mel's new set! Melanie's Year of Flowers 3 has a great selection of flowers and stems, with a few sentiments to enhance your card!

The coneflower is so pretty, I simply stamped it at two angles and bent the stem!

The rose is stamped in a variety of angles here as well, with some leaves and "baby's breath" thrown in for good measure! I love orange roses, so those were my inspiration!

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

Gina K

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator for Year of Flowers 3

Theresa Momber – Illustrator for Birds & Blossoms 2

Allie Gower

Beth Silaika <you are here now>

Don’t forget to pop over to the Gina K Designs Store and check out all of the new products available this month in the “What’s New” section at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.

Thank you for stopping by!

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Monday, February 1, 2016

Gina K. Designs Incentive: Coffee Therapy Set

Welcome to the Gina K. Designs Incentive (Coffee Set) blog hop!

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to a special Inspiration Blog Hop featuring our new incentive stamp set called, “Coffee Therapy”. With this stamp set you will be able to make fun friendship cards to send to your favorite coffee buddy! We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs!

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.

This coffee set is FREE with a $75 purchase at Gina K. Designs. Do you have anything on your wish list? As a little temptation, I have included a bonus card....

I made this clean and simple card with the latest StampTV kit and a sentiment from my Fleur De Lis set! I love this sweet simple sentiment against the bold colors of the designer paper. It uses the awesome designer paper from the kit and the new apple green color card stock. I used some brads which I colored with my spectrum noir markers.

Don’t forget to pop over to the Gina K Designs Store and check out all of the new products available this month in the “What’s New” section at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.

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

Kendra Wietstockhttp://kendrawietstock.blogspot.com/2016/02/gina-k-inspirational-blog-hop-with.html

Thanks for stopping by!

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Monday, January 25, 2016

January 2016 Inspiration Blog Hop

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! This blog hop is for our January Release! We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects 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.

here is a quick and simple card! White yardstick with a strip of the fun new designer paper from the kit! Love this new ink!

I used some of the fleur de lis stamps on the background with the beautiful sentiments!

This is the new lipstick color, which I toned down with white ink (sponged) with the heart stencil!

Not a traditional valentine!

This is probably my favorite of the cards! I love this green!

This makes me long for a trip to Hawaii!

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

Thank you for stopping by! Don’t forget to stop by the Gina K Designs Store to purchase this awesome STV kit at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Monday, December 21, 2015

Gina K. Design December 2015 Inspiration Hop

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! This blog hop is for our December Release! We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projections 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.

Hip! Hip! Hooray! It's Inspirational Blog Hop Day!

Here is a card I made with both Mel's set and mine. I used her set for the background with some versamark ink. The Hippo image was stamped in black and colored with spectrum noir markers. The 100 on the balloon is from my this & that set. I made this for the swim coach who just had a milestone record win for the boy's team.

This card uses the santa hat from the Stamp TV kit. I stamped the hat (from the owls) and trimmed it up and then colored it. The holidays sentiment is from the kit too.

I dug deep in my stash of Gina K. Designer papers for the next few cards. This first one uses the designer paper for the background. It's so bright and festive. Perfect for a birthday card!

This next one uses the paper from the poppy prints pack. Simply stamp the images on the designer paper and trim.

This one uses the paper from the same pack, but look at how cute the hippo is in plaid!

This card has hearts in various sizes from the this & that set. I stamped them in versamark on the ocean mist background.

Full watercolored background with the cake and candle image along with the wish big sentiment!

Mel's Twine Time set is great for all you sew fanatics out there!

This is literally me this month - tied up cutting paper and misplacing the scissors and tape while wrapping!

This is a fun thank you card using some watercoloring and sequins!

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

Gina K

Beth Silaika – Illustrator of Hippo Bird Day <=me!

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator of Twine Time Photos

Thank you for stopping by! Don’t forget to stop by the Gina K Designs Store to purchase your StampTV Kit at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Monday, November 2, 2015

Sparkling Christmas StampTV kit Inspiration Hop

Welcome to the fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop with Gina K's Design Team! This blog hop is for the brand spanking new StampTV Kit, Sparkling Christmas. The colors in this kit include: edible eggplant, fresh asparagus, prickly pear, cherry red, lovely lavender and white! There are some great designer paper options and the super fun snowflake dies!

Here are the Monthly Incentive Stamps!

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.

Card 1:

Would you like to see some of those "Incentives" in action? I used the 3D foam snowflakes and Snowflake sequins along with a sparkle button from my collection on this first card. Simply place the foam snowflake on your card and add any other embellishment you want (I added a light blue sparkle button to the center of the snowflake). Then you simply sprinkle it with glitter. I stamped the sentiment from the kit in white and added more glitter (the white ink grabs the glitter!) The base is edible eggplant!

Card 2:

The great thing about the kit is you have the perfect base colors to get paired with the designer paper. I used the tree paper along with the fresh asparagus and cherry red. I used white ink on the punched circle!

Card 3:

The next two cards are done with white and kraft. This first one has a splash of red, which just POPS! I stamped the tree images along the bottom, then took a wet watercolor brush (almost drippy wet) and picked up the white color left on the stamp. A couple of flicks of the brush and it created a nice snow effect. I doused the wet white ink trees and droplets with glitter. I stamped the sentiment on white with cherry red ink. (little secret, I tried to stamp it right on the card, but it smeared when the ink hit the glitter. instead of tossing the card, I simply added a small white sentiment block. YES~! Card saved!). I love the hint of red in the bakers twine!

Card 4:

When you have another half of the card cut, why not make another white and kraft card. I wanted to make a blizzard background. There are a few cute snowflakes in the kit, so I stamped them all over the background and then again, wet my watercolor brush and picked up the white from the stamps. I flicked the water to create spots which really filled in the blank spaces. A sprinkle of glitter and boom - blizzard effect! I stamped the sentiment in kraft ink on the white card stock. I used a piece of white velvet ric arc under the sentiment and then tied on a piece of rustic twine.