Gina K Designs March Release Inspiration Hop, Day 1!!

Hey ya'll!! So tickled you stopped in again for a bit of inspiration, I hope! :D

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 deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News Forum at StampTV a couple of days after the hops!!

Up first today we have Melanie Muenchinger's newest set called Wild Flowers..This set coordinates with her previous set entitled 'Wild About You'...but, you don't have to have the other set, this works just as well on it's own! Here is what I did for today with it:



I wanted to do a fun, bright Springtime card...and I always struggle with bright colors for some reason, lol! I stamped the flowers on a piece of sticky back canvas then but it out with oval nesties...I love how stamping on canvas looks, makes it look like you painted to me! That little strip of dp is from the new Petals and Wings StampTV kit, it has papers with the same name that come with the kit...LOVEing it!

Up Next we have Tami Mayberry's newest set called, Masculine Tags....Just in time for those Father's day cards, or brothers out there! This set also coordinates with Spellbinders' Labels 22!! Here are mine for today:



This first one is the full card of the peek I showed yesterday. I wanted to make it look like the start was 'bursting' out and I did this by taking a piece of cardstock, folding it to make it springy, then attached one end to the star and one to the card...I think it turned out pretty neat! :D And here is a super quick and CAS card I did for my brother's birthday coming up in July (wow! Im ahead for once, lol!)



Single layer, easy to mail even with the doodads I put on it! And this card shows that you do not have to have the Labels 22 die that matches...just so a fussy cut on it and it will still look good! Now, to keep up with it for about 5 months, haha!

Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

• Gina K


• Melanie Muenchinger


• Tami Mayberry


• AJ Otto


• Carolina Buchting


• Cathy Tidwell<--You are Here!


• Deb Felts


• Donna Baker


• Emily Giovanni


• Giovana Smith


• Jennie Harper


• Jimmi Mayo


• Lee Murphy


• Lori McAree


• Michelle Woerner


• Theresa Momber


• Tina Gilliland


• Vicki Dutcher

Thanks so much for stopping by today...see ya Monday!, same time, same place!! :D

Card Details:
Card #1
Stamps: Wild Flowers by Melanie Muenchinger from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K Designs
Accessories: ribbon, rhinestones, oval, circle and scallop oval and circle nesties, photo corner punch, pop dots, paper piercer and pad.
Card #2 and #3
Stamps: Masculine Tags by Tami Mayberry from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K Cardstocks, Echo Park dp, This and That
Accessories: star punch, ribbon, brads, metal gears by tim holtz, twine, washi tape, pop dots.

Gina K Designs March Release Invite Blog Hop!!

Hey ya'll!! It's that time of month again....nooooo! not THAT time...it's a GOOD thing! :D



The Gina K. Design Team is excited to invite you to another fabulous Release Party tonight!!! The party starts at 7:00 pm Central Time in the Stamp TV Release Party Forum. Join us for Challenges, Contest Questions, Design Team Samples, Full Stamp Set Reveals and, of course, party chit chat!!! Everything will go "live" at 7:00 pm Central in Gina's Store so there won't be any long wait to start shopping! Hope to see you there!

If you came from the super duper talented Carolina Buchting's blog then you're right where you should be. If not, please go to StampTV where you will find a list of all those participating. Here's a sneak peek of one of the cards I will be sharing with you at the party tonight:



Yea, Im such a tease! :D Can't wait to show you all of it at the party!

Ok, your next stop on the blog path is the awesomely talented Deb Felt's Blog...Hope to see you at the party tonight!

ATC Tuesdays, #3

Hey ya'll!! Welcome to my 3rd ATC Tuesday! I am really enjoying doing this little cards, sometimes so much I forget to take a pic along the way, lol! Here is what I have done for this time around:



As you see, this one is a pretty simple one. Not alot to this one. I actually had 2 ATCs going at once and the one I wanted to show, got carried away and didnt take any extra pics...Here is a pic of that one:



Actually, this one just has a lot of stuff on it. The background is the main thing a created and I did that with a piece of pure copper and Verday, both from Ten Seconds Studio ...I am so loving their products, especially this new Verday, which adds a patina to metals, and also their metal paints, so much fun to play with! Anyways, on to the ATC for today that I remembered to take pics along the way of, lol!



I cut a piece of watercolor paper 2 1/2 x 3 1/2.



I then swiped across the watercolor paper with distress ink pads, direct to paper.


I then misted HEAVILY with water with a mini mister. I did it heavy because I wanted the ink to roll around on the paper. I picked it up after doing this and just tilted it back and forth to spread the inks out all over.


This is what I ended up with after helping it dry with a heat gun.


Stamped flowers onto the ATC with more distress ink.


Added some word stickers.


Sponged the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. As you will see in the next pic though, I did not like where one of the words in that position, so moved it, lol! Also, did some more sponging with distress inks with a scallop edge I had cut out, I used it like a mask.



Tada! I have added all the elements on it here. I used a Tim Holtz keyhole, a piece of seam binding ribbon that I had dyed with vintage photo ink and added some white gel pen work to the middle of the flowers and was done!

So, yea, this one was pretty simple, but it looks fantastic in its little home in the tray! :D

I am not for sure about having another ATC Tuesday next week, because I will be getting ready for Gina K Design March Release, on the 8th. It will depend on how quick I get those samples done, lol! But if not next Tuesday, for SURE the one after that!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and hope you enjoyed and got a little inspiration!

ATC Details
Stamps: Springtime Silhouettes from Gina K Designs
Papers: watercolor papers and GIna K cardstock for base
Accessories: Keyhole, word stickers, ribbon. scallop die used as a mask, sponge, distress inks.
2nd ATC
Stamps: Tim Holtz Odds and Ends from Stampers Anonymous
Papers: Gina K cardstocks
Accessories: Verday from Ten Seconds Studio, sponge brush, embossing folder, tulle, old canceled postage stamps, distress inks, Tim Holtz chain and little round trinket (can't remember exactly what they are called! lol)and mini paper clip, grunge board wings painted with crackle distress paint, pop dots, scor-tape. sanding block.

Rustic Daisy

Hey ya'll!! Ive been loving this daisy flower from Melanie Muenchinger's Pressed Flowers set lately! I guess wishing for spring to officially arrive! :D I don't like hot summer weather, the temps in the Spring are fine though. Anyways....

Here is a card I made to enter into the CAS DT search over on SplitCoast Stampers (SCS). We were to do a card with the theme 'The Great Outdoors' and be an encouragement card...here is what I did:



When I think of the great outdoors, I think rustic things and that is the look I was going for with this. The daisy is stamped using white acrylic. I need to that more often, I like how it looks!

I made this card for the CAS challenge, the weekly one, over on SCS. It was a sketch challenge we were to use...I believe the challenge was last weeks. Here is my card:



I used distress inks to stamp the daisy on this, plus did a 'two step' stamping...stamped the solid daisy first then used the open line art daisy to stamp over....and you don't have to be perfect when doing this, to me, it gives it a more 'artistic' look if you arent perfect!! :D

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are having a wonderfully creative week...it's a beautiful sunny 80 degrees weather here today in my neck of the woods so I'm going outside to read! :D

Card Details:
Stamps: Pressed Flowers, A Year of Flowers, Whimsical Spring all from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K and PTI cardstock and dp
Accessories: twine, distress inks, white acrylic paint, paper piercer and pad, sponge, med. dienamics scallop die.

ATC Tuesdays, #2!

Hey ya'll!! Welcome to my 2nd installment of ATC Tuesdays! I was tickled to death to have one of you play along with me...Colleen's ATC was just gorgeous! Here is what I will be making today:



I discovered the Spellbinders Labels 18 die, the 2nd from the largest, its almost just the exact size of an ATC! And I had gotten some of the label in Nestaboard from Want2Scrap, so used this as my base:


Here I have painted the larger piece with Distress Crackle Paint in Vintage Photo, and also painted the next size down with white acrylic paint.


After drying, I stamped on the white piece with distress inks.



Here I have sponged the edges with some Vintage Photo distress inks.


Here I have punched a hole with the crop-a-dile for adding ribbon later.


Added some Nestabling, also from Want2scrap.


Stamped the butterflies with versamark ink then embossed with gold embossing powders.


Colored with Prisma colored Pencils and smudged with my fingers...this gives it a bit softer look.


Cut out the butterflies.


Used markers on the sentiment because I only wanted certain parts of the sentiment to put on my ATC. I then cut out the sentiment I had stamped and sponged those edges too with Vintage Photo distress inks....yes, I go through ALOT of Vintage Photo ink, lol!


TADA!! This is my ATC all assembled! I attached some green tulle behind the white panel...tied some seam binding ribbon through the hole. I decided not to use the big butterfly because it just way to big for this, but saved it to use another time! :D Here is a picture of how it looks in the tray:


And guess what? YOU can win this ATC! I decided to put it in the Fan Mail over on StampTV! Plus there are more awesome creations that you could win too by playing along in our Weekly Fan Mail...check it out! Just click on the link below:

StampTV Forum

You might have to scroll down a bit to see it in the Big News area also.

Ok that's all from me today! I hope you have a wonderfully creative week! See ya next Tuesday for sure! But probably before then, lol!

ATC Details:
Stamps: Whimsical Spring by Theresa Momber from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K cardstock for the sentiments, Nestaboard from Want2Scrap
Accessories: distress inks, sponge, seam binding ribbon, tulle, distress crackle paint, white acrylic paint, crop-a-dile, nestabling, gold embossing powders, versamark ink, prisma colored pencils.