Gina K. Designs February Release Inspiration Blog Hop!

Hey Y'all!  Glad you stopped by!

We are so very excited to be sharing a New Mini Kit, Wreath Builder, a new set by Alicia K., Stippled Flowers, and a new incentive called Doodle Sayings.  OH!  and a little Tidy Towel to clean up all that stamping you gonna be do with these new sets!  :D 

You should have come from Rubeena's Blog,  one of our awesome Guest Designers this month!  And if you get lost on the way, you can always go back to Gina K. 's Blog and start over or figure out where you were at!  :D  

Wreath Builder at Gina K. Designs

 Stippled Flowers at Gina K. Designs

 Incentive, Doodle Sayings at Gina K. Designs

 Tidy Towel at Gina K. Designs

Be sure also to follow along on the blog hop and to comment on each blog because we will be picking a winner for a $50 Gift certificae to Gina K. Designs!  You can check the Big News Forum a few days after the hop to see who won!

Up first for you today, I have the new mini kit, Wreath Builder.  And I cannot come close to telling you how much I am totally loving this set!  I have stamped up so many things with the template and images!  It is a Blast to play with and easy learning curve, if any!  Here is what I have for today:

and the inside:

I used Gink K. cardstock in Warm Cocoa and Peach Bellini.  I used the template to stamp out the wreath in the first photo and also used the same images to stamp the inside to tie it together.  This card took me maybe 5 minutes!  And I'm a slow card maker, lol! 

Next up for me is the Stippled Flowers by Alicia K. and its sooo much fun!!  Here is my card for today:

For this card, I used an embossing folder on the upper part of the base and then drew the lines on bottom area with the Scorpal.  I colored the flowers and the base with copics and pencils.  I love these flowers in this set...omg so fun!!  You know a stamp is drawn good if you take and color and it makes a beautiful image without much effort!  :D

And one more from me today with the new incentive set, Doodle Sayings:

I ordered some markers that were suppose to be metallic looking even on black, and they are!  I LOVE how this flower coloed out in white!!  I loved coloring them on black i did a whole bunch! haha!

They are so pretty and shiny!  I also used the same flower to make the background with...stamped and then heat embossed that image in clear to create the bg.  Very subtle but pretty little touch i think!


 

Ok, ready for more eye candy?  Just follow these links below and leave my fellow DT and Guest Designers a comment on their blogs so we can get you entered to win the gift certifiate!

•  Gina K
• Jennifure McGuire 
• Arjita Singh 
• Justine Hovey 
• Rubeena Lanigro 
• Cathy Tidwell (you are here)
•  
• Donna Idlet
• Karen Hightower
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Rema Deleeuw
• Sheri Gilson
• Susie Moore

Next on your hop is  the oh so talented Donna!

Thanks once again for stopping by today!  I so enjoy reading your comments!  They truly inspire me!
~cat

Cards from last night's release party in case you missed!

Furry Friends Blog Hop! from Gina K. Designs!

Hey Y'all!  Glad to see you today!

Today, we will be featuring two new sets from Alicia Krupsy!

Frisky Felines Bundle (also available seperate)

Playful Pups Bundle (available seperately)

Both of these sets are so much fun to stamp and play with!  And of course, I'm a bit partial to the kitties...being known as the Cat Lady to some, lol!  So up first, is a card with the Frisky Felines set:

 

I tried my hand at no line stamping.  I used Prisma colored pencils and gamasol to color the kitty with.  You cant see it very well but the vellum piece has clear embossed paw prints across it too.  I think I do like how my no line coloring turned out...took me forever though I think, lol!  But do need more practice!

Next up, the Playful Pups set.  Here is what I did with that one:

I also used Foil Mates by Gina K. from ThermOWeb.  This doggy was, or I should say I TRIED to color him like all of the cute pomeranians out there!  My sister has one, and I know Gina K. has one too, Teddy!  I used the colors of those poms, red haired.  There are sooo many variations of poms out there!  Im going to be coloring a bunch of them soon!  For this card also, the closure is a fold over, and I tucked the top part of the card behind the little Pom.  Here is a pic:

and I also decoreated the inside:

I used the paw print and also used the fancy foils and fancy foil mates.  This card is a bit smaller than the normal A2 size, but still mailable (is that a word?? LOL)  I love making cards a bit different shaped every now and then.  And love how this turned out! :D  It s so fun to use stamps and the foil mates....makes it so fun to create with!  :D

Ok!  Dont forget to make the hop to all of the sites listed below!  A few days after the hop we will have a randomly chosen winner drawn for a  $50.00 Gift Certificate to Gina K. Designs!  You can check back at StampTV in the Big News Forum To see if you were the winner!

Ok, thats all from me for today.   You should have came from 

  Beth Silaika's Blog ! 

 So your next hope will be the oh so talented

 Donna Idlet's Blog

And here is the full list of blogs to hop too!  And if you get lost, you can also go back to Gina's Blog and hop from there where you got lost at.  

ok, get to hopping!  :D

•  Gina K
• Beth Silaika  
• Donna Idlet
• Karen Hightower
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lisa Hetrick
• Melanie Muenchinger 
• Rema Deleeuw
• Sheri Gilson
• Susie Moore
• Theresa Momber

The kitty in the card above was inspired by my grandkitty, lol.  My daughter Holli's cat.  Not just like, her, but somewhat:

Her expression cracks me up on this picture, lol!

And of course, got to show off my ShadyCat!!

And the last one, thats how I work most of the time!  :D  Look for a card with a kitty, colored like my Shady!

Thanks again for stopping by!  Means so much to me!  I have added an affiliate link at the very top right.  If you are so inspired to purchase at Gina's store, you can click that and it will not cost you a penny more!

~cat

Share The Love! With Foil Mates!

Hey Y'all!  Glad you stopped by!

Today, we are spreading around some love, Gina K. Design way!  Along with Therm o Web! We have the new line of Gina K Designs from Therm O Web  and its oh so sparkly and full of love for Valentine's Day!  Or anytime you feel like sending some love!  :D 

For today, I have created some super fun and quick cards! I wanted to show how these products work without any stamping!  Here is my first card:

For this card I used Sweet Expressions Foil Mates and Bubblegum Pink Fancy Foils.  I cut the circles using Dies from Gina K and ThermoWeb also.  For the heart background, I did use some white foil that I had from ThermOWeb.  I then took some Distress Oxide ink and sponged it all of the paper, then wiped it off with a baby wipe that wasnt real wet.  IRL, the hearts are a shiny white!  I love how it turned out...Ill have to experiment a bit more though with this method I think!    

Now for my next card I used Background Love and Kisses  and more of the Bubblegum pink Foil  (LOVE it!)

For this card, used some circle dies and some dies I got off of ebay, that take forever to get and I dont think ill order again from there...(another long story I need to tell about!  LOL)  But this die was just so cute to put with these foils and foil mates...I had to use it!  Perfect for my Valentine of the last 36 years!  (hey, REAL men love pink cards!  :D)

Ok, thats all from me for today.   You should have came from 

  Beth Silaika's Blog ! 

 So your next hope will be the oh so talented

 Donna Idlet's Blog

And as always, there is a prize for hopping and commenting on all blogs!  One randomly chosen winner will be drawn for a $50 gift certificate!  Wooohoo!!  You can check the 

Big News Forum on StampTV 

a few days after the hop to see who the winner was! 

Ok, get to hopping!  And enjoy!

•  Gina K
• Beth Silaika  
• Donna Idlet
• Karen Hightower
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lisa Hetrick
• Melanie Muenchinger 
• Rema Deleeuw
• Sheri Gilson
• Susie Moore
• Theresa Momber