Karen's Creative Mess

Monday, December 21, 2015

Gina K. Designs December Inspirational Blog Hop!

Good Monday Everyone!  :)
The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous
 Inspiration Blog Hop! This blog hop is for our December Release! 
We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop along in the hop this month! Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win an awesome grab bag of GKD goodies!!! 
To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.
Today we have two new set to showcase: First Up 
 Beth Silaika's new stamp set: 
How cute is that Hippo?

Here is a watercolored card using Beth's "Hippo Bird Day" Stamp Set
This one is done with the following Gina K. Designs Products:

* Stamp Set "Hippo Bird Day" by: Beth Silaika 
*Pure Luxury Card Stock: White Heavy Base Weight &
           Layering weight, Black Onyx, &Sweet Mango
*Premium Dye Ink: Black Onyx for the Greeting & Peach Bellini 
*Ribbon - Black Onyx Gingham
*Spectrum Aqua Markers

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This one was shown at the Release Party:

This was fun coloring all the hats for the background!
Using the following Gina K. Designs Products:
*Stamp Set "Hippo Bird Day" by: Beth Silaika
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base, 
          Layering Weight, Sweet Mango, & Black Onyx
*Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx 
*Spectrum Noir Markers
*Ribbon - Black Onyx Plaid 
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Next Up:
We have the new stamp set " Twine Time "
by: Melanie Muenchinger
There are so many possibilities using this set!  :) 


On this card I used the following Gina K. Designs Products:
*Stamp Set "Twine Time" - by: Melanie Muenchinger
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Red Hot, Black Onyx, & 
          White Layering Weight
*Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx
*Twisted Twine - Black Onyx & Red Hot

This is the one that was at the Release Party:
Love all the buttons!
I used the following Gina K. Designs Products for this card!
*Stamp Set "Twine Time" by: Melanie Muenchinger
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, Layering
           Weight, & Dusty Rose    
*Premium Dye Inks - Dusty Rose, Passionate Pink, & Cherry Red
*On the Inside I add some PP from the 6x6 Patterned 
           Paper Pack Smitten   
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Thats all from me today!
Thank You So Much For Stopping By! 
 Hope you all have a fun time hopping and
 If you Celebrate…
"Merry Christmas to You and Your Family"
If not, then have a wonderful New Year! 
 :)  <3 (((Hugs)))             

Ready for more awesome creations?!
 Just click on the links below for more from the
 Illustrators and Design Team!!



 Gina K
  Beth Silaika - Illustrator of "Hippo Bird Day" stamp set
 Melanie Muenchinger - Illustrator of "Twine Time" stamp set
Allie Gower
Cat Tibwell
 Karen Hightower - You are here!
 Kendra Wietstock
 Sean Fetterman
 Silke Ledlow
 Susie Moore


Thank you for stopping by!
 Don’t forget to leave a comment for a 
chance to Win some Goodies…. 
And be sure to stop by the Gina K Designs Store
 to purchase these awesome stamp sets at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.

65 comments:

Melanie said...

I was hoping someone would demo a real twine wrap on the pins or spools, haven't tried it yet myself but looks even better than I imagined, great job!! Love how huge and beautiful your photos look, too! :)

Cat Tidwell said...

I love all of these karen! Especially the one with the black checked ribbon!

Unknown said...

Great cards! So cute and colorful! Love them!!!! Hugs! Seanie

Theresa said...

The hippo put a smile on my face!

Deb said...

Cute Cards...especially like the button one!

Unknown said...

So adorable! Thank you!

Linda said...

Great cards and I especially like the Wish Big with the Hippo. The colors are vibrant and he is so cute. Thanks for sharing.

Linda D.

Macimbalo said...

Karen, love your style! Just such great cards!

Unknown said...

Neat idea with the twine wraps. Great cards. Thanks for sharing!

Rose said...

WOW! Just when I thought I'd seen them all and they couldn't be any cuter! Oh my I loved your cards! Thank you!

Becky said...

What fun cards. I love them all. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Wonderful use of the new stamp sets. I love your ideas!

Anonymous said...

I love your use of these stamp sets. Great cards!

Nan0807 said...

Great cards! The stamp sets are so versatile!

Lisa K said...

Love how you added the ribbon to the cards. Such lovely cards.

gobarb26 said...

Adorable cards. great coloring. TFS.

Nan0807 said...

Such cute cards! Love the stamp set because they are so versatile!

My Hyer Space said...

Like your cards. Love to see the different cards made from the stamp sets.

Linda said...

Love the cards, everyone's are so different. Just shows how versatile these stamp sets are.

Unknown said...

Such sweet creations! I especially love the pretty cut out edge on the "heart on a string" project. So beautiful!

Bonnie said...

First I thought all those colorful hats was my fav but then all those buttons! WOW!

Unknown said...

very cute

Dee Earnshaw said...

So pretty. These cards are beautifully designed and colored. Particularly like your 'twine time' cards as they are so inspirational. Thank you for sharing these with us:)

~ Connie said...

Love your bright cheerful samples! Keep 'em comin'!!!

Judy Inukai said...

Super cards. Even though the idea is you don't have to use twine, I love the card where you did. It is so cute actually wrapped around the clothes pins.

Diana said...

Awesome cards! Love all of them! Thanks for sharing and Happy Holidays!

Paper-Ink-Cards said...

So cool how you used real twine on your cards. I really like all of your creations.

judysusa said...

Great job! Love the second hippo card - the bright colors really make it pop. On your first twine time card, I had to stare at it for a while to see the real twine.

Unknown said...

Super cute cards!! These stamp sets are so adorable, definitely putting them on my wish list.

Andrea Beecroft said...

Just so super cute. I just love your peggy doll card using twine to finish is a great idea. Hugs Andrea

Theresa's Studio said...

Great cards....love the new sets! Very creative use of the stamps!

Sheila said...

You have some really cute cards here! Thanks for sharing your
cards with us.

Unknown said...

Loved the cards and the inspiration.

quilt4fun2 said...

That hippo set is adorable! Nice idea to have the balloons holding the sentiment circle and your hippo card is beautifully colored and has a wonderful design. Your twine cards are so pretty...I love the real twine on the pins with some stamped twine. The twine sentiment and beautiful buttons are so pretty.
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Nana Griffin said...

All of these are cool.

Verna Angerhofer said...

Your cards just blow me away with their designs. You rocked it!

Beth said...

love the designs you created! the hat background is super clever!

Unknown said...

I'm loving these stamps more and more with all of the inspiration.

Golda said...

What beautiful examples! Love the last one with all the pink.

Unknown said...

Love the "you've got my heart on a string" card.

MsJudyC said...

Cute, cute, cute...

Mama said...

Love the balloons hanging from the Hippo's tail. So cute!

Sharon77 said...

I just love these cards. Love the use of ghe button stamps on one of the cards.

Beth Fairweather said...

I really loved all the bright vibrant colors you used in your cards! Awesome!

Golda said...

I love all your layers. The thanks card in pink is so fun, too.

Dawn S. said...

Love the party hats, the little bird, the wrapped clothespins and the buttons!

Sandy M said...

What a cute idea to use real twine rather than the stamp twine. Gave it a completely different look. Love the stamp one too though.
Merry Christmas

Unknown said...

That Hippo is the cutest little guy!

Creative Daisy Crafts said...

wow Karen just got Spectrum Noir markers - looking forward to trying them out with these stamp sets Payday cant come soon enough - hope they're still in stock lol Happy Christmas to you and yours hugs Liz

ajax said...

These are so great, I can't decide which one I want to try first. I think the thanks card with the buttons.

Silke Ledlow said...

Karen, all of your cards are beautiful! Totally love your newest idea with the Twine Set!

Ladyj711 said...

I would not have dreamed how much you can do with that little hat. I love it

Sue D said...

Great designs and fun colors.

Rushd Lady said...

I stopped by to look at your cards and you are clever! Love the buttons and bows!

Unknown said...

How do youall always manage to come up with so many more cute designs??? I really like the birthday hat background.

kittykat3308 said...

Your cards are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them

Blessings,
Kathleen

Unknown said...

Oh Karen, these cards are so adorable!! You did such a great job on them. What a great background of hats! That must have taken some time!! Love your "Hippo" card too. Of course I love them all! :)

CraftyMomFL said...

Your cards are fantastic! Merry Christmas, Karen.

Susie Moore said...

You did a great job using that real twine. I love the look. And your hippo is just plain adorable!

L.A. De Valk said...

Love these cards!

Ladyj711 said...

I am inspired to make a whole card out of stamping the little hats over and over, just love it

Allie Gower said...

I love all your cards, you always have the most clever ideas and you use such bright and cheery color combos!

Gayle said...

So very creative as usual....loving them.

Becca Yahrling said...

Darling cards! Love the hippo with the balloons tied to his tail ... cute!

Country Lady Designs said...

I love your designs. There so nice.