Stampin' Away the Day

Hugs

2012-02-10T11:00:00.000-05:00

I have a simple card to share that I made with Whimsical Spring and GKD Patterned Paper Pack - Red Carpet from Gina K. Designs. Love these new paper packs and can't quite figure out which paper pack is my favorite. That is a good problem to have.....right :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

PTI: Happy Birthday

2012-02-09T21:19:00.002-05:00

This is my first (ever) PaperTrey Ink stamp set...I caved when I saw the Simply Jane set that was released last month. I used some Crate Paper patterned paper and some little pearls from Want2Scrap. This is also for the Day 5 PTI Contest to create a new project inspired by a Pinterest image and I chose Dawn McVey's Celebrate card inspiration piece.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Gina's Birthday Blog Hop

2012-02-08T09:00:00.000-05:00

Yes, it is quite a special day for Gina K. Designs fans as Gina has a birthday!! We thought it would be fun to get together and have a day to hop just to celebrate HER birthday!!!
Here is a card I made...

I used the stamp set Special Delivery and Memento ink. LOVE this postal set!

Happy Birthday Gina!!

Your next stop is Jimmi, and here is the complete list if you get lost along the way:

Carolina Buchting

Cathy Tidwell

Donna Baker

Emily Giovanni

Giovana Smith

Jennie Harper

Jimmi Mayo

Lee Murphy

Lori McAree

Melanie Muenchinger

Michelle Woerner

Tami Mayberry

Theresa Momber

Tina Gilliland

Vicki Dutcher

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

A Year of Flowers Book Hop

2012-02-07T09:00:00.000-05:00

Thank you for hopping along today with the Gina K. Design Team!! If you arrived here from Giovana's blog, then you're right where you should be. You can always go to StampTV to start from the beginning. The inspiration for today's hop came from Melanie Muenchinger's new book called, A Year of Flowers.

While you can make every design in the book with Melanie’s all occasion “A Year of Flowers” set, today’s samples showcase her coordinating florals, which can also be used with the book's tutorials and designs, and provide endless options and more value for your money. We are excited to share cards and projects we created using some of our favorite flower sets designed by Melanie! We love her new book and know you will too - don't miss out on getting your very own copy which you can purchase HERE!

My sample uses Pressed Flowers:

I did a bit of kissing with the solid floral image using one of the backgrounds from Timeless Textures. I stamped the flowers with Memento Summer Sky and kissed prior to stamping with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. I added some additional color by using the same "kissing" stamp by stamping randomly using Memento Desert Sand. Melanie's floral stamp sets are amazing and love the detail she gives to these beautiful images.

Hope you're finding some great inspiration and wonderful designs to get your creativity jump-started! You can find the newest stamp sets and lots of wonderful accessories in Gina's Store. And then join us on Stamp TV for the challenges and surprises and crafty videos galore!!!
Go to Lee's blog, to continue the hop!
Leave comments along our hop today to enter to win one of Melanie's coordinating floral sets of your choice. The more comments you leave the more chances to win! Melanie will draw a name randomly from one blog and post the winner tomorrow morning. She is also giving away her Crazy Daisy digital patterned paper FREE if you link Gina's video or her post, please see Melanie's blog for details! Good Luck!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

GKD January Release Inspiration Blog Hop Day 3

2012-02-03T09:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Day 3 of the Gina K. Designs newest Release Inspiration Hop! We are excited to share with you the New One Free with 3 stamp set, Fresh Start released this past Tuesday...

I made this for the Release Challenge I am hosting over on Stamp TV which is a sketch challenge. You can find more info HERE and would love for you to play along!

For even more samples of these new sets, please visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below and leave a comment. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have of winning! Gina will announce on her blog the randomly chosen winners who will each win a fun Grab Bag of stamps from Gina K. Designs.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

GKD January Release Inspiration Blog Hop Day 2

2012-02-02T09:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Day 2 of the Gina K. Designs newest Release Inspiration Hop! We are excited to share with you two new stamp sets that were released last night. First up is Whimsical Spring designed by Theresa Momber:

I love two-step stamping and so this fits me to a "T" (pun intended Theresa, lol!). I stamped the leaves using Memento Pear Tart and Bamboo Leaves ink and popped up the butterfly a couple of times after I sponged him lightly.

Next up is Tami Mayberry's stamp set: Girl Talk...

This set is so fab and the other stamp sets that coordinate with it just makes me "squeal!" Too cute to send a snappy little note to a friend!

Gina K
Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Girl Talk
Theresa Momber – Illustrator Whimsical Spring
Sharon Harnist
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher
AJ Otto
Carolina Buchting
Cathy Tidwell
Donna Baker
Emily Giovanni
Jennie Harper
Lori McAree
Melanie Muenchinger

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

GKD January Release Inspiration Blog Hop Day 1

2012-02-01T09:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Day 1 of the Gina K. Designs newest Release Inspiration Hop! We are excited to share with you

two new stamp sets that were released last night. First up is Stately Flowers 3 designed by Melanie Muenchinger.

I stamped the flower image with Versamark embossing with Clear Embossing powder. Then I sponged it with Memento Rose Bud ink which made the flowers just POP!

And next I have a card to share using Mehndi Wishes:

Absolutely beautiful images and I kept this one to Kraft/Red creating patterned paper with one of the stamp images. I used Stephanie Barnard Strawberry ink and ColorBox Chalk ink in Creamy Brown. I am entering this into the "Pinteresting" Challenge over on Clearsnap as I was inspired by the red/kraft light fixture.

Gina K
Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator Stately Flowers 3
AJ Otto
Carolina Buchting
Cathy Tidwell
Donna Baker
Emily Giovanni
Giovana Smith
Jennie Harper
Jimmi Mayo
Lori McAree
Michelle Woerner
Sharon Harnist
Theresa Momber
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

CFC36

2012-01-25T17:18:00.000-05:00

I made this for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge which is to use Black/White and not a speck more :) I used a stamp set designed by Nina Brackett for The Craft's Meow called Sent with Love and added a bit of Want2Scrap bling.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

PDCC115

2012-01-23T09:54:00.000-05:00

The Play Date Cafe Challenge has a great color challenge this week and it gave me an opportunity to use some of the new Hero Arts stamps: Greetings and Cling Leaf & Flower Background. I used Memento ink (Desert Sand, London Fog and Fresh Asparagus) to sponge the colors over the clear embossed image (again using the new Tsukineko Ink Blushers). I realized I needed something for the bark color from the challenge and used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Pine Cone.

Here is a look at the colors:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

CPS 252

2012-01-22T18:12:00.000-05:00

I made this for the CPS252 sketch challenge. For my card, I used Memento Sweet Plum ink and Versafine Black (which I embossed with clear embossing powder). The stamp set is from Layers of Color.

Hope you can join us for this fun sketch as one random winner will win a prize from Taylored Expressions!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Tuesday Trigger ~ Beautiful Wishes

2012-01-18T23:54:00.000-05:00

I was so inspired by the Tuesday Trigger: Winter Blossoms over on Moxie Fab World. I was inspired by the group of flowers and wanted to do a little bit of masking with two of the flowers in the Dotted Dahlias clear art stamp set from Layers of Color and stamped them with Memento London Fog ink. Then using the Ink Blushers I sponged the flowers with Desert Sand, Cantaloupe and Angel Pink. I embossed a panel of Smoky Slate cardstock, wrapped the panel with lace and The Twinery Stone twine and added some pearl bling from Want2Scrap.

Here is the Tuesday Trigger and hope you can play along (you have until Thursday, January 26th):

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

CPS 251 ~ Warm Hello

2012-01-18T09:30:00.003-05:00

I made this for the CPS251 sketch challenge. For my card, I used ColorBox Chalk Dark Brown, Popcorn and Archival Putty ink from (Clearsnap) and the Sweet n' Sassy Stamps stamp set Warm Hello . Love this cute little snowman and just had to paper piece his scarf.

Hope you can join us for this fun sketch...one random winner will win a prize from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

I Love You

2012-01-15T15:00:00.003-05:00

Today I have a card to share that I made with some favorite new Hero Arts stamps for the Ellen Hutson LLC Hero Arts Wood Take 'n Make. I used the Cling Zig Zag background stamp and embossed it with Versamark prior to sponging. On this card again I used those fab Ink Blushers from Tsukineko and sponged with Memento Sweet Plum and Rhubarb Stalk ink. I have had a couple of questions about the Ink Blushers... They are a package set of 8 little sponges (you can see the package HERE), pink in color with very small pores (if you could call them that). I dab them lightly onto my ink pad to pick up color and working in a circular motion apply to my cardstock/image. I can repeat (as necessary) depending on depth of color desired. Ink Blushers can be washed and are reusable. I intend to have at least one for each color of ink (as I am a bit lazy to wash between colors applied, lol!) The Patterned Heart I stamped with Memento Rhubarb Stalk and popped up with dimensionals on the sponged Labels Fifteen die. The sentiment is from Year Round Sentiments. This fab color combo I found on the Play Date Cafe Challenge (PDCC114 ~ Burgundy, Gold and Plum). Not much gold to be seen (obviously) and used just a touch with the gold circle clip that I tied some twine on.

This also fits the Moxie Fab Cool Tools Week: The Cutting and Trimming Challenge as I trimmed the heart to place on the die cut.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Kindred Spirits

2012-01-14T15:57:00.003-05:00

Today I received a new product from Tsukineko: Ink Blushers...Eeks, love them!! For this card, I used the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps stamp set: Together Silhouettes. and the a stencil. I am a huge fan of stenciling and wanted to use an Ink Blusher on the Daisy Cluster stencil from The Crafter's Workshop. LOVE how this turned out and the ink blusher from Tsukineko spread the Memento Angel Pink ink beautifully on the white cardstock. These are re-usable and washable. Really just a wow product!! Hoping they are in stores soon as I need at least one for every color ink.

I am also entering this into the CAS-ual Friday's Challenge (CFC35) to use scallops!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

CPS250 ~ LOC Happy Birthday

2012-01-12T10:37:00.001-05:00

I made this for the CPS250 sketch challenge. For my card, I used Clearsnap ink and a stamp set from Layers of Color.

Hope you can join us for this fun sketch...one random winner will win a prize from Whisker Graphics!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

My Heart Blooms

2012-01-10T11:37:00.001-05:00

I wanted to share a card I made late last night (the results of of a Venti Skinny Vanilla Latte with an extra shot of expresso at 5 pm...so not wise!!). I used the True Love Stamp TV Kit and created my background with the berry and leaves stamp which I stamped in Memento Black Tuxedo. Then colored in the leaves and berries with Faber-Castell artist big pen big brush markers (Permanent Green Olive, May Green, Pink Madder Lake and Pale Geranium Lake) on White Luxury cardstock. The colors move so beautifully when applied one after the other. The label and sentiment from the same kit were stamped using Memento Rose Bud and Bamboo Leaves ink. I added a button (due to a smudge, lol!) and some pink pearl bling from Want2Scrap. Super easy and fun to make create!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Blessed Beyond Measure

2012-01-06T11:46:00.000-05:00

I have another Layers of Color card to share...this one I made using Sweet Silhouettes. I stamped the label on patterned paper using Memento Black Tuxedo. After die cutting I sponge the edges lightly with Memento London Fog. The silhouette image was popped up on a dimensional.

Did you hear about the amazing sale at Layers of Color? Definitely not to be missed and Laura has an exciting blog post here... stop by and see the great news for Layers of Color customers and fans, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Layers of Color Storewide Stamp Clearance Sale

2012-01-04T12:44:00.002-05:00

Did you see that Layers of Color is having an AMAZING sale?? It is a Storewide Stamp Clearance (50-75% off) and the prices are unbelievable. I made this card using Dotted Dahlias and did a little emboss resist. Love the quality of Layers of Color and if you are looking for Christmas stamps for next year...check this out!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

GKD Release Inspiration Blog Hop Day 3

2012-01-03T09:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Day 3 of the Gina K. Designs newest Release Inspiration Hop! We are excited to share with you what we created using the new True Love Stamp TV Kit. Here is what I made:

I used Black Oynx, Ivory and Good as Gold metallic cardstock and embossed Delicata Golden Glitz ink from Tsukineko. I tied it together with some Pure Luxury Gold-lined Organdy ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

GKD Release Inspiration Blog Hop Day 2

2012-01-02T09:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Day 2 of the Gina K. Designs newest Release Inspiration Hop! We are excited to share with you

two new stamp sets that were released last night. First up is Special Occasion Tags illustrated by Tami Mayberry:

I stamped the flower image from the True Love STV kit with Memento Cantaloupe ink and spritzed it with some Goosebumps Texture spray. It gives such a nice bumpy glossy finish to the stamped cardstock. I do not have the dies that coordinate with this stamp set and find them quite easy to just cut out by hand (until I get my hands on those dies of course).

Next up is the new One Free with Three set, You've Got Style:

I stamped the image, embossed, and colored the image using Touch Twin markers. Then I went over it with a Stardust Glitter pen to add some sparkle. I stamped the sentiment on a Grommet Tag and lightly sponged with Antique Linen distress ink. I added a bit of bling from Want2Scrap and the patterned paper is Times and Seasons from Echo Park Paper.

Gina K
Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Special Occasion Tags
Carolina Buchting
Cathy Tidwell
Deb Felts
Donna Baker
Giovana Smith
Jennie Harper
Jimmi Mayo
Lee Murphy
Melanie Muenchinger
Michelle Woerner
Sharon Harnist
Theresa Momber
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Fairy Wishes

2011-12-31T09:37:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year! It is hard to believe we are at the end of 2011 today...

A quick card to share today that I made using Fairy Wishes and The Love Chapter (script) from Layers of Color. I used Memento Tangelo and Versafine Onyx Black ink from Tsukineko.

Today I am taking down my Christmas decorations for the start of a new year tomorrow. Quite a bit of reflecting as well on all the Lord has done for me this past year. I am not a resolution type of person, but certainly contemplating areas in my life that I need to change and make better with His help.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

GKD December Release Inspiration Blog Hop Day 1

2011-12-30T09:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to Day 1 of the Gina K. Designs newest Release Inspiration Hop! We are excited to share with you

two new stamp sets that were released last night. First up is Stately Flowers 2, illustrated by Melanie:

I used some Tim Holtz distress ink (Peeled Paint and Victorian Velvet) to liberally sponged the stamped floral image. Then I sprinkled the cardstock with a bit of water and set it with a heat gun to make the fun water spots.

And now for a card using Mountain Wilderness, illustrated by Theresa:

I used the Cuttlebug folder Polka Dots and some Memento Ink as well as Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink.

Gina K
Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator Stately Flowers 2
Theresa Momber – Illustrator Mountain Wilderness
Michelle Woerner
Sharon Harnist
Suzanne Dean
Tina Gilliland
Vicki Dutcher
Carolina Buchting
Cathy Tidwell
Deb Felts
Donna Baker
Giovana Smith
Jennie Harper
Jimmi Mayo
Lee Murphy

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Nature's Greetings Blog Hop

2011-12-15T09:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to another Gina K. Design Team blog hop. Today we are sharing cards and projects using the Nature's Greetings set. If you came from Giovana's blog, you're at the right place. If not make sure to head over to StampTV where you will find a list of all those participating in today's hop.

Here's what I came up with today:

The leafy image in this set lends itself to so many fun techniques and colors...I wanted to keep the color scheme rather subdued so stamped it in Memento Rich Cocoa on Ivory cardstock. The wording background is from Vintage Backgrounds and stamped using Memento Summer Sky for a nice subtle color. I stamped/cut/sponged twice the flower image and layered with a dimensional dot.

Head on over to Jimmi's blog to see what fabulous project she is sharing with you today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Reindeer Noel

2011-12-12T16:10:00.001-05:00

I had to get my stencils back out again as it has been some time since I last used them... my favorite Layers of Color stencil (I think, lol!) is Vintage Medallion. I used Memento Bamboo Leaves to stencil the medallion and then stamped over it with the script from The Love Chapter using Memento Lady Bug. I sponged the bottom as well divided the card up using some wide red double-stitched ribbon. I used Versafine Satin Red ink for the reindeer (from Reindeer Waltz) and the Noel sentiment (from Christmas Verses) and embossed them both with red embossing powder.

Here is a close up of the reindeer within the Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Accents die:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

CPS248

2011-12-11T06:00:00.000-05:00

I made this for the CPS248 sketch challenge. For my card, I used Memento ink and added Flower Soft Diamond Range - Ruby to the sprigs of holly. I used several Layers of Color stamp sets: Christmas Blessings, Christmas Verses, and Vintage Postcard cling art stamp.

Hope you can join us for this fun sketch...one random winner will win some awesome Flower Soft products!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,