Monday, October 17, 2016

Gina K Designs October Release Inspiration Blog Hop - Day1!

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 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 a  stamp set from the kit and the new ‘Tis the Sea-Sun stamp set.

“It’s Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas” around Gina K Designs! Gina K and the illustrator team have been extremely busy preparing the most fun stamp sets with a variety of images and sentiments to make so many incredible cards and holiday projects!

 Tis the Sea-Sun! stamp set and

 STV kit LOADED with goodies...Plus all you see here! Home for the Holidays!  Oh the fun you can have with this set! :D

 Here are my cards using these sets:

First up is one using one of the kit stamp sets:

This set also uses the new incentive stamp (Merry Christmas).  I used the musical bg stamp to create my background!  :D  The trees were created by using some banner dies and star punch.  I created the background by heat embossing the music stamp in white and then swished over it with a glitter pen in the turquiose color for some sparkle.  The Merry Christmas is heat embossed in gold on vellum.

I also made this card:

I had to let the little fairy flutter around a bit!  :D   She is sprinkling Christmas wishes around for all!  :D  She's my little peppermint fairy!    I colored her with copic markers and she also had some glitter pen swished on her, mainly her wings.  I so love the designer paper in this set too!  I guess i'm getting better...I dont like freak out when I would try to use designer paper like I used to, lol!

Up next is the oh so adorable little penguin set, 'Tis The Sea-Sun'.




Arent they too cute?!  This card is a backward easel card.  It will prop up and look awesome on some one's mantel!  :D  This is how it looks laying flat and then:

...this is how it looks as the easel.  Fun set for sure!

Ok, ready for some awesome eye candy from my fellow DT?  Here ya go!


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 all sooo very much for stopping by and the wonderful comments!  It makes my day for sure!  Come on back by tomorrow too because we will have Theresa and Melanie's set to show case for y'all!!

Be good!  or at least be good at it!  :D

--cat




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Saturday, September 10, 2016

Cat played in a challenge! :D

Hey y'all!!  Yes!  I played along in the Color Throw Down Challenge for this week:

I SOOOOoo love these colors together!  And I saw my fellow Gina K DT gal, Susie, and  her card inspired me to go have a look on the CTD blog....and since I just loved the colors, had to play!

I busted out the Gelli Plates for this card, its been a long time since I did some true mixed media.

This was alot of fun to make!  I just love the Gelli plates too.  I was doing a technique using package tape (card with that later on!)  and this piece of cardstock is what I would roll my brayer off on to remove some of the paint!  It was so pretty had to use it too, lol!  I stamped the big vine from Theresa Momber's Vine and Butterfly Stamp set and heat embossed it.  I do this when stamping over acrylic paint, heat emboss, so it wont smear.  I used a stylus to add some dots here and there...painted the daisy with the same acrylic paint and stamped the sentiment on some Washi paper and then tore it instead of cutting.  who needs scissors..right?  haha!  I distressed the edges with my new Tonic distress tool (omg I love this thing!!) Attached the daisy and sentiment using pop dots.  Did some layering and ta da!  all done!






Thanks for the fun challenge ladies!  I think it has been like years since I played along in a challenge!  LOL!  I enjoy them, dont know why I quit doing them...oh well, gonna try to keep that up!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!  It's suppose to be cooler here and I cant wait!  I love to go camping when it first cools off, before its too cold for Billy! haha!  I dont think it can get too cold for me!  LOL!

--justcat

All products can be found at Gina K Designs /  
except for the washi tapes  and the Tonic distressing tool  I purchased both on Ebay.The little heart and acrylic paint are from Michaels.
#ctd409#colorthrowdown#ginakdesigns


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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Gina K Designs August Release...StampTV kit, Painted Autumn Inspirational Blog Hop, Day 2!

Howdy Y'all!  Glad you stopped back by!





The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new Painted Autumn StampTV Kit! 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 second set in the Painted Autumn StampTV Kit.  



Today’s set, we are featuring Give Thanks. In this set, you will find fun and cuddly critters, acorn, leaves and fun sentiments to make the most adorable card projects!  There are so many possibilities with these sets!

 Up first with this set I have this card:

I took some air dry clay and rolled it pretty flat then used the leave stamp to make the impressions.  This doesnt hurt the stamps, I always just wash really quick with mild soap and water and they have been fine over the years!  :D   I then painted with Spectrum glitter brushes (loving those!)  And the little pieces hanging..I never throw any broken jewelry away and those are from some broken pieces!  And then this card:

I stamped the circle image, then used that as a guideline to stamp the leaves to make it look like a wreath.  This was super quick and I almost didnt use it, but my fellow DT and friend told me to! :D  I did a bit of distressing and sponging on the edges.  I punched two holes to tie my bow and all done! 

And here is a card I have to show ya, it used the new incentive stamp set, More Massive Messages that is the new Incentive this time around...I have to show it  because its Billy's pick of the Release!  :D  AND  to tell you to stop back on Thursday for a fun Blog candy Ill be doing!  :D

I used some distress inks on this...like watercoloring.  Added water and then just swooshed them on.  I heat embossed the sentiment in white and then carefully outlined it with a micro pen.Love how it turned out! 

Ok, thats all from me for now! 

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


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 again to all of you for stopping by!  LOVE your comments!  Make a girl feel good!  :D  Dont forget! THURSDAY, BLOG CANDY, HERE!!  You wont want to miss out for your chance to win!

 Cat

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Monday, August 29, 2016

Gina K Designs August Release...StampTV kit, Painted Autumn Inspirational Blog Hop, Day 1!!


Hey Y'all!! So Glad to see you this month!  :D

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new Painted Autumn StampTV Kit! 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 one of the stamp sets from the kit.

Today’s set, we are featuring Painted Autumn. In this set, you will find beautiful floral and leaf images where you will be able to create the 3 or 4-step stamping technique! You can create one floral image or an entire bouquet of gorgeous autumn flowers. This set will be great to use all year long!



Ok, first today I have this card  using the Painted Autumn set in the kit (yes,  set has the same name as the kit, in case I was confusing you there, lol!)
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I totally LOVE this sentiment...what it says and the font and just everything, lol!  I took the flower image, the solid one in the kit,  and stamped in white ink, then did the outline stamp in black...LOVE how it turned out! I struggle with two-step and threee-step stamping so much!  BUT, Gina shows how to do it perfectly!  Here is a link to one of her examples she shows:

Two step stamping made easy by Gina!

And here is another with this set:

And again, I just colored these flowers, lol!  I heat embossed them in white, then used watercolor to color them with.  The lattice is all shiny with Deco foil that Gina carries too.  I used a toner sheet of paper to cut it out with then ran it through my minc machine.  The butterfly is also done like that and then has an overlay of vellum.  I splattered using acrylic paint also.  (scroll on down to see my mess card!)

OK, ready for awesomeness?  Just follow these links below! 
And Be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate!!  Just ckeck the  Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.




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.

I posted a little snippet of this card on FaceBook yesterday.  I threw it into the trash, then decided I didnt have enough with the floral images, so dug it out and tried to make it work.  I think it's like, OK...what ya think?


I accidentally dropped some black paint on it.  I used the set Tiny Textures  too on this too!  I already had the flower and was going to put the sentiment where the checkered bow is but that is where the paint plopped down on!  LOL!  So I used a die to cut that part out, then added more splatters.  And this is it!  :D
Thank you sooo very much for stopping by!  YOU are my inspiration!  :D

Cat
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Gina K Designs July 2016 Release Inspiration Blog Hop!! Day 2~~




Hey y'all!!  Glad to see ya here!  ;)

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp sets from the July StampTV Release Party! 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 two stamp sets by Beth Silaika and Claire Brennan.

The first set we are featuring is Bella Elephant by Beth Silaika. Beth has created a super cute set with the sweetest images and matching sentiments to make the perfect card project! Claire Brennan is releasing four amazingly beautiful stamp sets this release month! My Island is like a tropical get-away, Petite Patisserie is a sweet shop of goodness, So Cool is packed with yummy ice cream treats and Sweet Thing is a cupcake lovers dream! Beth and Claire have created some serious ‘cuteness overload’ in these sets!

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.




First up today is Beth's newest set, called Bella Elephant...which is just sooo stinking cute!  Here is what I have for this:





I made her sitting on some crass in the cool sun!  LOL!  really a super fun and quick card on this one!  I watercolored on this one.  The sun was made from a die that matched one of our STV kits images way back and then used the faces from one of Claire's sets so sun would be a happy sun!  :D
Next up is Claire's newest ...I was suppose to two of her sets but I did a card from each one, lol!  so, first one up is Petite Patisserie...

I totally love this set!  This card is Billy's Pic of the Release!  I showed this at the release party, but didnt show this tile I made...here it is:

This is like a trivet, 6" x 6".  But when I sell these I will say they are only for decorative purposes only.  I used copic markers, stayz on inks and some of GKD inks too.  I will put some kind of sealer on this, just not for sure which kind yet!  LOL

 Ok next up is is Claire's Sweet Thing stamp set:






i made a fun and festive creation! for someone's birthday!  I watercolored this also, although I kind of ended up covering it up!  but swooshed on some background and the cupcake cup?  I stamped it onto a sheet of that ink toner for foiling and then cut out the shape..I think scored the lines on it, it looks lots better IRL though!  lol.

And the next is Claire's My Island set:





For this  card I used some distress paints to do the background behind the black rays of sunshine.  I did a bit of distressing on the vellum sheet and the little image.  I love how this one turned out!  :D

Ok, that's all from me for now!  Ready for more awesome inspiration?!!  here ya go! 


Beth Silaika – Illustrator for Bella Elephant
Claire Brennan – Illustrator for My Island, Petite Patisserie, So Cool and Sweet Thing



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!  I LOVE reading all the comments too!  Way to swell my head! haha!  Ok, at end of this post ill post a few more cards...ones that i showd at the release party! 
 ~~cat

From Claire's Petite Patisserie:
 



From Claire's So Cool set:

 From Claire's Sweet Thing set:

 From Claire's My Island set:

 And last but not least!  LOL!  From Claire's My Island set again! 
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