Monday, March 4, 2013

Gina K Designs February Release Inspiration DT Hop, Day 1!!

Hey y'all!! Welcome to this month's Inspiration Hop!!



The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team 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 Stamp TV a few days after the hops.

Today we have 2 brand spanking new stamp sets to showcase for you. Up first is Tami Mayberry's newest set called All Occasion Tags 2...I loved the first one and love this one too! This is what I did for today with it:



I love this tag set, it adds such a fun touch to a simple card. I added a bit more on this card, but to me, the tag would have been just fine on it by itself, without all the foo-foo I added! But I wanted to add a bit more to it this time so hopefully it will help the recipient 'get well soon'! :D

Up next is Melanie Muenchinger's newest set called A Year of Flowers 2...yep, Mel finally did a sequel! This are such fun sketchy flowers! Here is my card for today with this set:



I decided to do a bit of watercoloring. I used some Twinkling H20s on this...IRL, it sure sparkles! Then I just fussy cut the rose out and attached to my card design. I really like how this turned out, just wish I could have captured the sparkle for ya! And remember, you do not have to be a 'colorer' to get this set...Mel does an awesome video on her blog (link is below to Mel's blog) showing you how to quickly and easily color these flowers!

Ok, ready for more awesome eye candy? Here ya go, links to my fellow DT:


Thanks so much for stopping by today!! We have two more days of hops for you to join us in, hope to see you back for those too!!

And thanks so much for the wonderful words of encouragement about my reject!! I never know what the magazines want...sometimes they love me and sometimes they dont, lol! Its all part of this wonderful little hobby of ours! I do this mainly because I enjoy and love doing what I do....if a card I make just happens to get picked, well, that's like icing on the cake...or maybe the Ice cream!??!! LOL!
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Card Details
Card #1
Stamps: All Occasion Tags 2 from Gina K Designs.
Papers: Gina K Designs cardstocks, Carta Bella 'True Friend' Designer Papers.
Accessories: silk ribbon, zipper flower, lace, brads, SB tag dies, scor-tape, glut dots, pop dots, corner chomper.
Card #2
Stamps: A Year of Flowers from Gina K Designs.
Papers: Gina K Designs cardstocks, water color paper, twinkling H2os, pearl stickers, seam binding ribbon, SB oval dies, pop dots, scor-tape stick pin.

94 comments:

  1. Your cards are so beautiful, Cat! Love that zipper rosette Gorgeous details!

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  2. phenom cards Cat! Love the details! that rosette is so cool!

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  3. love the roses today, twinkled and zipped!! :)

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  4. Love the first card! Zipper rocks!

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  5. I love the zipper flower - so sweet!

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  6. You make such lovely cards and these are no exceptions.

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  7. Very pretty colors and the zipper flower on the first one and the watercoloring and die cuts on these second.

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  8. Thanks for the great inspiration. Your cards are beautiful.

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  9. Beautiful cards! Aren't the H2Os fun to use!

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  10. WOW! These are magnificent samples! You are the master Cat! Hugs! Sean

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  11. Very pretty cards Cathy. I think you were going for the "vintage" look!!

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  12. Wow blown away didn't notice Rosette was a zipper till I read comments.....amazing so creative.

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  13. love the soft colors and lace on the first card. gorgeous!!

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  14. Love the cards. All are beautiful.

    Scrappin' Hugz,
    Dee

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  15. Beautiful cards! Love with you did with the Twinkling H20s!
    NancyP

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  16. Beautiful cards, Cat! I love the flowers and the way you do that crinkly ribbon!

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  17. cat great deigns on these cards that really focus on the stamps

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  18. Love those twinkling H2O's. So cute.

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  19. Lovely cards. Thanks for sharing, and making my day!!

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  20. Great cards--love the "foo-foo" ;)

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  21. So pretty! Love the zipper flower and that beautiful lace! Yowza!

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  22. What amazingly wonderful beauties you have created. I love them all.

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  23. Beautiful cards again that you have created. This has been a very inspirational hop!

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  24. Wow, Wow, Wow! Love your cards and the way you've showcased these stamps.

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  25. I am always excited to see what you have done. It is always your own and always gorgeous.

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  26. Great cards - I love the rosette too!

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  27. Great color combinations on your cards.

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  28. your cards ooze femininity. love them! thanks for sharing.

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  29. I love all the Foo Foo on your card.

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  30. all the foo-foo is great!lovely c ards
    thanks
    Holly

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  31. What splendid cards you made, Cat!
    Your bows are just amazing!

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  32. So creative and fun! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  33. Love the "foo foo" makes the cards special

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  34. Love your cards, as always, Cat. Very sweet, and so you!!! Beautiful inspiration, thanks so much!!

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  35. Oh yes. I'm talkin' style here. What great ideas for these AWESOME stamp sets! Thanks for sharing!

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  36. Great imagination! Love your work!

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  37. My, oh my!I'm outta here....Cat, what 'in there' opportunities you snatched creating lovely sentiment twinkling rosey card greetings! Yeah! Gina K team, C, M and T! mt23stamper atyahoo Keep Looking UP!

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  38. Fabulous cards! Love the details on both.

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  39. Love the cards, especially the flower with love card.

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  40. Great cards! Well done Cathy!!! Love the zipper flower also!

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  41. Love these beautiful cards and the stamps you made them with! thanks for sharing your creativity and talent!

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  42. I like the one with the pink ribbon. Looks very romantic.

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  43. Oh Cat...these are just so extra chicalicious!!! That first card is a jawdropper!!!

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  44. Stunning cards! I love seeing how each designer uses these stamps in such different ways!

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  45. Gorgeous cards!
    Dawn
    DeeGeeScraps at gmail dot com

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  46. I love these cards!

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  47. I have been wanting to break out the h2o's and this is just the inspiration I needed. Thanks.

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  48. Your cards are very nice, and your watercoloring is great!

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  49. Love the watercolor! Both cards are beautiful!

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  50. These cards are incredibly gorgeous! Especially like the colors on the first one.

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  51. OOOOOOOOOOOOO I do like your get well card - very pretty. I can imagine the twinkle on the rose because I also have twinkling H2os.
    TFS ! !
    Jean McGee

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  52. Your cards are both so pretty.. The light blue and pink combo is so pretty, and so is your water coloring.

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  53. Lovely cards and awesome ribbon

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  54. Love the 'foo-foo' on the first card and really like that layout and what you've done with it. The second card has a real Victorian flavor to it. Both are lovely.

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  55. If your cards are rejects Cat, then I'll take all your rejects. They're gorgeous!! The tags are of course lovely, but I really love the "foo foo" you added. I like how you incorporated the Spellbinder dies on your second card. Thanks for sharing.

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  56. Just beautiful, Cat! Love the foo-foo!

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  57. Gorgeous samples. Minature works of art. I love the zipper flower

    Kathleen

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  58. These are both really elegant cards. Love the zipper flower.

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  59. Beautiful cards! The colors in your first card are my favorite!

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  60. Gorgeous cards, Cat! My favourite is the first one - and I do love that zipper rosette!! So clever!

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  61. Great cards! Love that fab bow on the first one!

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  62. What beautiful work! Love the big bows.

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  63. Stunning and amazing! i love how you layer the images. Thanks for sharing.

    marianneDOTwanhamATgmailDOTcom

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  64. Loving this new set - Mel makes it look sooo easy

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  65. Your get well card would cheer anyone up. Bravo.

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  66. "With Love" is sooooo beautiful! Keep up the awesome work.

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  67. Thank you for sharing your beautiful creations! There is so much inspiration in this blog hop!

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  68. Love the cards! Nice coloring and layouts!

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  69. Quick and easy colouring? I like the sound of that! Your cards are lovely!

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  70. Love the sweetness of your first card - perfectly to cheer someone up! The second has such a vintage romantic look about it, just delightful in every way.

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