Gina K Designs December 2016 Release Inspiration Blog Hop

Hey y'all! Glad you stopped by!

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp release for December by our illustrator team! 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 stamp sets by Beth Silaika and Claire Brennan.

These stamp sets are so fun and versatile! You will be able to create amazing card projects using each individual set or by combining the images and sentiments from multiple sets from this release. Have fun and be creative!

Half Pint Heros

and 

Half Pint Heroines

by 

Claire Brennan 

Xavier Zebra 

by Beth Silaika

 

Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 Gina K Designs gift certificate! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop. Ready for some inspiration? Here are a few of the projects I have created for today’s hop:

Up first we have Beth's new set, Xavier Zebra!  How cute is he??  and I hope Beth's son doesnt get too upset with me inking him up in PINK!  LOL!  Here is what I have for this today:

I so love the saying in this sentiment!  I penciled him in a little tongue too, looks like he is blowing raspberries!  haha!  This is a CAS card for me, even though I did do some fussy cutting!  Here is a card I showed at the release party...It's a trifold card!

Front View

Middle section:

 Inside section:

 Fully opened:

This was a fun card to make! I had seen one similar around the web so decided to give it a try myself.  I really do like how this turned out!   Ok,, up next we have Two new sets from Claire Brennan!  First one is from the set Half Pint Heros

 I decided to put my little dude in the submarine...and of course it had to be YELLOW!  (sing with me!  We all live in a yellow submarine, lalalalala)  If you dont know that song, I apologize!  Its a fun song and I get i tin my head everytime I see my card, lol!  The metal around the little windows was made using regular jewelry jumgrings and the bubble is  one of those bubble dome stickers.  Look, he is peeping at you from all angles!

haha!  Cute huh?  :D  Ok, next we have the Half Pint Heroins to showcase for you.  Here is mine I came up with:

I was going for a 'picture on the wall' look, lol!  Its ok, I think you can tell maybe, what I was going for, lol!!

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

Gina K

Beth Silaika -- Illustrator of Xavier Zebra

Claire Brennan -- Illustrator of Halfpint Heros and Half Pint Heroines
Cathy Tidwell  <---------that br="" me="" s="">

Chris Dayton
Donna Idlet
Karen Hightower
Kendra Wietstock
Laurie Schmidlin
Melanie Muenchinger
Sean Fetterman
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore
Theresa Momber

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 bytoday!  I love reading all of your awsome comments!  They truly make my day! 

Gina K Design December Release Inspiration Blog Hop - Day one!

Hey y'all!  Welcome to our hop!  Hope you enjoy!

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp release for December by our illustrator team! 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 stamp sets by Melanie Muenchinger and Theresa Momber.

These stamp sets are so fun and versatile! You will be able to create amazing card projects using each individual set or by combining the images and sentiments from multiple sets from this release. Have fun and be creative!

Holiday Frame Filler

by

Melanie Muenchinger

 Framescape 

by

Theresa Momber

Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 Gina K Designs gift certificate! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop. Ready for some inspiration? Here are a few of the projects I have created for today’s hop:

Up first is a card using Melanie's set, Holiday Frame Fillers.  Here is my creation:

Easter in December!  LOL!  It took a bit to shift out of Christmas card making mode, but this set made it so much fun!  I basically paper pieced those little eggs with some old DP I had laying around.  I created the 'H A P P Y' by stamping and snipping the letters apart.  I usually stamp more than once, because after cutting out one letter, one side for the other letter may not be big enough.  :D 

Next up is Theresa Momber's new set, Framescape.  I can only imagine all of the gorgeous cards Theresa will create with this set and video tape.  For my creation today, I created a Blizzard!  :D

I watercolored the sky, then after stamping everying in black, I used a white gel pen and added 'snow' to the trees...and used a splatter brush to make my 'blizzard'!  The snowflakes are from a die.  There is some sparkle added with some Nuvo glitter paste that I sorta swooshed with my finger onto the sky and ground and just here and there.  The tree branches on the left and the man are both stamped onto acetate to create a clear overlay.  the snow on the limbs was created using Tulip slick puffy paint.  See the little red bird?  LOL!  he is from a die also.

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

Gina K

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator of Holiday Frame

Theresa Momber – Illustrator for Dashing

Beth Silaika
Cathy Tidwell

Chris Dayton
Claire Brennan
Donna Idlet
Karen Hightower
Kendra Wietstock
Laurie Schmidlin
Sean Fetterman
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore

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 today!  I truly love reading all of your comments too!

--cat

Gina K Designs and CardMaker Blog Hop!

Hey y'all!!  Welcome to our Blog Hop!!  Gina K Designs and CardMaker Magazine
 have teamed up to bring you a blog hop...one featuring the Newest StampTV kit, Home For The Holidays !

(If you have come from Karen Hightower's Blog, you are in the right spot)

As usual, this kit is jam packed with all kinds of goodies!  Here are a couple of creations I have done with the kit for this hop:

I have made a card to match a mason jar I have decorated to put goodies in!  This is the card front, using that darling house and oh so cute snowman!

And here is the jar.  I have painted the jar in red chalk paint and stamped some snowflakes on it too with stayz on ink in white.  I was going to make peanut butter balls to put into this...BUT,I burnt the chocolate while heating it up..hahaha!  yep!  lol!  So I stuck some peppermints in there!  :D  This is so cute in person!  I even like it!  And thats saying alot! ha!

Quick picture of the top of the jar.  Its easy to screw open and closed too.

AND Gina K is releasing a brand spanking new Incentive stamp...free with $75 purchase! It's called Handmade Goodness...is a picture of the set:

  AND one more thing...Gina is going to give away a Gift Certificate to the store!  Here is what Gina' says on her Blog

Leave a comment on my blog here and I will choose a random winner who will receive a $25 gift certificate to our online store!  I'll announce the winner back here on my blog on Friday morning! Stay tuned!

(You need to comment on Gina's Blog for a chance to win the gift certificate!)

Ready for more inspiration?  next up on the list for you to hop on over to is.....

Kelly Gettelfinger!!

If you happen to get lost on the way, you can always return back to the beginning at the CardMaker Blog!

http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/blog/

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Looking forward to start seeing EVERYone'a creations!)

~Cat

Gina K Designs October Release Inspiration Blog Hop - Day 3!!

Hey y'all!  Welcome!

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new Home for the Holidays StampTV Kit and a number of gorgeous stamp sets by our illustrator team! We hope Nordic Winter, Noel, Festive Foliage and Compliments of the Season. Beth’s set, “Ian Moose” is the most adorable moose with cute accompanying images and fun sentiments! Claire’s stamp sets are the best in classic and traditional stamps celebrating this holiday season!   

 

 

Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 Gina K Designs gift certificate! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

Up first today for you I have Beth's new set, Ian Moose!  He is definitely one of the cutest mooses (Meese?) out there!  Here are a couple of cards I made with this set:

I used some water color pencils to make the background.  I had first stamped the tree, then masked it to do the water coloring.  I then doodled lines around my square shape of watercoloring.  Ian is fussy cut and popped up there on the corner! The ornaments hanging from the sentiment were stamped then filled in with those tonic Nuvo crystal drops.  And since I already had these supplies out, I also made another similiar style to this one:

Basically same thing, just added some extra sparkle by using Spectrum Sparkle Markers.

Next are Claire's sets...

First I did this one...was going for a 'crazy quilt' look!  :D

I used Claire's Noel set. The 'stitches are made using the ribbon die template.  I like how they turned out!  :D  

This set uses a bunch of the new sets, but the main image creating a frame of the snowy scene is from Claire's Festive Foliage set.  It is stamped onto acetate with stayzon ink then heat embossed...I love the effect this gives this card, like you are peeping out a window and spy that deer!  :D  Also used on this  card was Theresa's set, Dashing, and Christmas Greenery by Gina.  I used some white acrylic paint, and green too on the trees.  And the rest is done with inks and my fingers, lol!  

Ok, ready for more awesome eye candy?  Just hop onto the links below!

Gina K

Beth Silaika – Illustrator for Ian Moose

Claire Brennan - Nordic Winter, Noel, Festive Foliage and Compliments of the Season

Cathy Tidwell

Donna Idlet
Karen Hightower
Kendra Wietstock
Laurie Schmidlin
Melanie Muenchinger
Sean Fetterman
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore
Theresa Momber
Chris Dayton

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!to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs!

I so appreciate all of your comments!  They mean so much to me!  

Gina K Designs Ocotober Release Inspiration Blog Hop, Day 2!!

Hey y'all!  Welcome!

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new Home for the Holidays StampTV Kit and a number of gorgeous stamp sets by our illustrator team! 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 Melanie Muenchinger’s new “Holiday Frame” stamp set and Theresa Momber’s new “Dashing” stamp sets. Both Melanie and Theresa have hand-drawn these beautiful images that will allow you to make a card that is personalized with images that you will not find anywhere else!  

Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 Gina K Designs gift certificate! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

Up first today from is  this super fun set by Melanie!  Here is one card I made with this set:

I created a fun little scene like a snow globe!  This set I know just SCREAMS for you to do a snowglobe, lol!  BUT, that's not all you can do with this set, you will see on my fellow DT blogs too!

Next up is Theresa's Dashing set:

 

And here is one I have made with this set:

 

I love to throw in a color that is not the traditional  red/green/gold colors for Christmas.  And pink is a favorite of mine to use for that!  I heat embossed the poinsettias in white and then colored with copics and then added some sparkle using a Spectrum Noir sparkle marker.  The snowflakes and distressed frame around the main image also has some heat embossing in white too. 

That's all from me for today!  But just follow the links below for some awesome eye candy from my fellow DT!!

Gina K

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator of Holiday Frame

Theresa Momber – Illustrator for Dashing

Beth Silaika
Cathy Tidwell

Chris Dayton
Donna Idlet
Karen Hightower
Kendra Wietstock
Sean Fetterman
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore

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.

Thanks sooo very much for stopping by today! We have one more day of inspiration from this release for you, so be sure to come on back tomorrow for that!  :D

--cat