Gina K Design April Release Inspiration Hop Day 2!

Hey ya'll!! Welcome to day 2 of our Inspiration Hop for this month!

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 Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

Up First today Is Tami Mayberry's newest set called Vintage Notes ....what fun this stamp set is and oh the different uses for it! Here is a card I did with it:

I used the lined image in the stamp set and this set also coordinates with the Spellbinders die, 'Office Supplies' BUT, it can be used without the die of course, very easy to cut out too! This card is for a friend who has claimed to be 29 for about the last 15 years, lol! And I also used this set with my Smashbook...here is a page I did in it:

I just wrote on these and attached to the pages! See? Oh so many possibilities with scrap pages and journals!

Ok, next up is Theresa Momber's newest sweet set, Sweet Strawberries ...and yes, I do mean sweet! Makes your mouth water! :D Here is a card I made:

Those strawberries are just FUN to color! I had to put this set down, I loved coloring it so much, lol!

Ok, ready for me awesome inspiration? Here are the links to my fellow DT...don't forget to leave comments on all to increase you chance of winning an awesome grab bag of stamps from Gina K!!

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Vintage Notes
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator Sweet Strawberries
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell<---You are here!


• Deb Felts


• Donna Baker


• Emily Giovanni


• Giovana Smith


• Jimmi Mayo


• Lee Murphy


• Lori McAree


• Melanie Muenchinger


• Michelle Woerner


• Sharon Harnist


• Suzanne Dean


• Tina Gilliland


• Vicki Dutcher

Thanks again for stopping by today! And we have one more day of hops for you tomorrow so be sure and come back! Have a wonderfully creative day! Card and Smashbook Details: Stamps: Vintage Notes by Tami Mayberry from Gina K Designs Papers: Gina K cardstock, Echo Park dp Accessories: Spellbinders Office Supplies die, tim holtz idea-ology clip, ribbon, distress ink and sponge tool, brads, pop dots, scor-buddy. Card #2 details: Stamps: Sweet Strawberries by Theresa Momber from Gina K Designs Papers: Gina K cardstocks, October Afternoon dp Accessories: nestabling from Want2scrap, copic markers, twine, pop dots, Spellbinders fancy tag die, rick rack die.

Gina K Design April Release Inspiration Hop Day 1!!

Hey ya'll!! Welcome to our Inspiration Hop for this month!

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 Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

Up first today is Melanie Muenchinger's newest set called Basket Additions 2. This first card is one I showed at the party:

I made a little beach scene on this one! I tucked the basket 'down' in the sand by cutting a little oval slit to put it in. This will work for a few teachers I know, lol! Here is another quick card I made, showing you that you do not have to have the basket stamps of Melanie's...you can make a cute card without it!

I used those cute flags in the set and the greetings! How cute is this? And for a friend of my sister's that was turning 39, she loved it my sister said! :D

Ok, next is a super fun set called Lacy Borders. Here is a card I showed at the release party yesterday:

This was another super quick card! These borders look SO real! On this one, I have heat embossed it in white and it really pops doing that!

Ok, ready for more awesome eye candy??

Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator Basket Additions 2
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure and leave comments on all the blogs for your chance to win a grab bag of awesome stamps too! And see you back here on Monday for sure for more Inspiration with Gina K Design's new stuffs!! :D

Card Details:
Card #1
Stamps: Basket Additions 2 by Melanie Muenchinger and Timeless Textures (for the sand) both from Gina K Design
Papers: Gina K Design and SU!
Accessories: Spellbinders Ribbon Tag trio, brads, copic markers, sponge and sponge applicator, distress ink, pop dots.
Card #2:
Stmaps: Basket Additions 2 by Melanie Muenchinger from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K Designs
Accessories: copic markers, word window punch, ribbon, metal letters from tim holtz idea-ology line, brads, Spellbinders Labels die.
Card #3
Stamps: Lacy Borders from Gina K Designs
Papers: Gina K Designs
Accessories: paper flower by Prima, ribbon, versamark ink, white embossing powder, heat gun, Nestabling from Wants2Scrap, Spellbinders Fancy tag die, pop dots.

Gina K Design Release Party Invite Hop!!

Hey ya'll!! It's FINALLY here! GKD April Release!! YAY!

The Gina K. Design Team is excited to invite you to another fabulous Release Party!!! The party starts at 11:00 am 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 11:00 am 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 Carolina Buchting's Awesome Blog, If not, please go to Stamp TV 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:

Yummmmm!!! Strawberries! This uses Theresa Momber's newest set that you will be able to purchase in just about 3 hours!! :D

Ok, now to hop on over to Deb Felts Awesome Blog!! To see what she has for us!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and see you at the party!!

ATC Tuesday #9!

Hey ya'll!! I never did get that ATC post up last week did I? It was just tooo hard to put down the GKD new release stamps though, lol! We have our Release Party this Thursday, look for the invite hop that same day too! But for today, I wanted to get up this post for the ATC. This one really doesnt have many pics, not much of a tutorial on it, just mainly showing how I made the metal flower attached to it.

I have used cans to make my flower for this. I think one was a Coors beer can and the other one a Diet DP can. I used the Tattered Florals Sizzix die to cut these out.

Here I have cut down the petals toward the middle. This step is necessary to do the next step.

Roll the edges of each petal under is what I have done. I used the end of a paintbrush. This is what will give the flower more dimension.

Here are the both flower shapes rolled and a hole punched in the middle to put a brad through.

I also cut out a leave with the TAttered Leaves die. I trimmed it down some, and added the lines with a stylus.

TaDa!! Completed ATC. I used some corrugated paper, taken from a box I tore apart specifically for this reason. The butterfly stamp is an Inkadinkado that I got a set of clear stamps on clearance at HL for 5 bucks I think it was. Most of the stamps in this set will fit perfectly on an inchie, which is what I used on this one. I used distress inks on the stamp. I also attached a clear acrylic piece on top of the inchie with some Crystal Effects. The word 'discover' is in that same stamp set. The tissue paper that is under the image is a find that HL has started carrying, in on a roll like wax paper, LOVING this stuff!! The silver piece is a washer that I found in hubby's stuff, lol. He hates when I go prowling in his tool box, haha! And that's about all! Most of the stuff was attached with the Crystal Effect to make sure it stayed on. Although the flower was attached with the brad through all layers.


Ok, that's all for today from me! Ill be sure and see you Thursday!! Have a wonderfully creative day...I am!!


Oh yea...notice the new blog look? Im not sure if it will stay or not...will do more tweaking after the GKD release and our hops next week! :D



ATC Details
Stamps: Inkadinkado clear stamps, set of 23 (cant find a name on them!)
Papers: inchie, corrugated paper from a box
Accessories: Distress inks and sponge, washer, metal is from cans, tattered florals and leave dies by Sizzix, crystal effects, tim holtz tissue paper, twine, brad, stylus, paintbrush.

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Just seeing how stuff is showing up! Still just ignore me, lol