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

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.

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

Allie Gower

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Karen Hightower

Kendra Wietstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Payel Ray

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

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!

Cathy Tidwell

Karen Hightower

Kendra Weitstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Melanie Muenchinger

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

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! 

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 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!

Cathy Tidwell

Karen Hightower

Kendra Weitstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Melanie Muenchinger

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

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

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. 

Ready for more awesome creations?! Just click on the links below for more from the Cast & Crew!

Gina K   

Melanie Muenchinger

Beth Silaika 

Cathy “Cat” Tidwell 

Karen Hightower

Kendra Weitstock

Laurie Schmidlin 

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina K. Designs Blog Hop: The Wetlands

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

This card uses the elements from Theresa's set (The Wetlands)

I love the masculine images from the set - Of course I used them to make some Father's Day cards! I kept them both Clean & Simple so that the image is the focal point! I used a watercolor brush with some chalks for this card! A few embossed lines under the sentiment really keeps with the clean design of the card!  

The images would also make great masculine birthday or thank you notes! Don't you think!  Again - chalked watercolored images with the Dad sentiment.  I emboss framed the main image! 

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

Gina K

Beth Silaika 

Cathy Tidwell

Karen Hightower

Kendra Wietstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Lee Murphy

Melanie Muenchinger

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

Gina K. Designs Blog Hop: Triple Play Fillers

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

This card uses the elements from Melanie's set (Triple Play Fillers) along with the sentiment from Lots of Lines!  Love the new ink and paper colors! This is Lovely Lavender!

This stamp is so fun - so I used a can tab for the zipper pull!  Clean and simple! (not sure how it would mail! ha ha)

This card stock is the new jelly bean green! 

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

Gina K

Beth Silaika 

Cathy Tidwell

Karen Hightower

Kendra Wietstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Lee Murphy

Melanie Muenchinger

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted

CAS Monday: Many Thanks sunset

Another CAS Monday and another thank you note.  I had to make a TON of thank you notes the other day!  Making them with a watercolor wash is super easy, plus you can add just about any sentiment.  This  watercolor base pre folded card is perfect for those quick thank you notes. It is a wash of yellows and oranges, with a few sequins and a black ink sentiment from Lots of Lines. Drying time took a bit of time, so this wasn't a super quick card. But you can easily mass produce this card if you have the pre-folded cards and the patience to watercolor several at a time!

all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted