Karen's Creative Mess

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Gina K Designs –Inspiration Blog Hop – Day 3



The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp sets by Gina K and the illustrator team from Gina K Designs! 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 My Anchor Mini Kit. 

These stamp sets are so fun and versatile! You will be able to create amazing card projects using each individual set or by combining the images and sentiments from multiple sets from this release. Have fun and be creative!



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 some inspiration? Here are a few of the projects I have created for today’s hop:

This is such a wonderful set that you can create really great masculine cards with.
This is the first one I made.   :) 
I used these products for this card:
Mini Kit  - My Anchor  By: Gina K. 
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Layering & Heavy Weight, Kraft, In The Navy
Premium Dye Ink - In The Navy
Fine Detail Embossing Powder - Clear
 I Did the Partial Embossing that Gina Shared recently 


This card is a small card, measures 3 1/4" X 4 1/4" 

Here are the items I used for it.  
Mini Kit - My Anchor  By: Gina K.    and Stately Flowers 11 By: Melanie Muenchinger
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight 
Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx, and Moonlit Fog

Colored with PrismaColor Pencils 

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




Thank You all for stopping by and checking out what I made with this fabulous set! 

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 & I hope you all get to get inky soon!  :)  

(((Hugs))), Karen <3 


47 comments:

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

K to K----- Both are just fabulous. Your samples are terrific!

Chris said...

Gorgeous, Karen!

Judy Inukai said...

Great cards. I like how you used the anchor as the background with the partial embosssing. Thanks for the inspiration. Love the scene you created too.

Lisa K said...

Nice cards! I like the anchor embossing folder. I like how you combined stamps to get the postcard edge. Love the coloring.

Diana said...

Love your cards! Thanks for sharing!

Avra Williams said...

Awesome cards!

Beth said...

These are amazing! Love the embossed background!

Jeanne Beam said...

Love both of your beautiful cards.

Rose Mary Smalley said...

I loved the anchor card....but the setting on the deck with the other card....reminds me of my back yard...thank you so much for sharing your lovely cards.

Golda said...

Great card. What embossing folder did you use?

Mitzi said...

Love the background on your anchor card, and that saying on the second one always tugs at my heart strings.

Sue Wareham said...

Wonderful inspiration pieces love both of them

Mary Holshouser said...

Beautiful.
Love the anchors on the
background.
The deck scene is so tranquil.
thanks for sharing.

Marilyn M. said...

Very nice cards!

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Lovely cards Karen!

Unknown said...

Wonderful cards Karen, all of them, but I am blown away by the colouring on the 'flowers at the gate' card!! Superb! hugs to you!

Nana Griffin said...

Nice cards.

Unknown said...

Love the embossing

Verna Angerhofer said...

Super wonderful cards. I love both so much.

Cynthia Cole said...

Both cards are lovely!

Sheri Gilson said...

Fabulous cards, Karen! I love the amazing design of your nautical card!! ⚓️

Retta said...

Beautiful cards, Karen! Love your coloring of the scene!!!

Deb said...

Both of your cards are awesome as usual!!

Sandie said...

Love them both, but navy is a favorite of mine in everything so....YES!!

Helen F. said...

LOVE them both, Karen. Especially the sweet cafe scene!

Macimbalo said...

Both of your cards are wonderful!

El said...

Both cards are beautiful. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us.

Bonnie said...

On par with your usual excellence.

Johanna said...

A wonderful use of the stamps and some great ideas. thanks Karen

Shari Dancer-Thomas said...

Love this stamp set!

barb oliver said...


Karen,

Your cards are beautifully colored. Thanks for sharing

Gayle said...

Gorgeous cards, Karen.

Sheila said...

Super cards! Very eye-catching!

Natalie said...

Such a pretty cards. Great job!
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Rosy Newlun said...

Hi, Karen, Wow, the partial embossing turned out so gorgeous that I want to try it! Love the deep, rich hues. The 2ns card - so great to add the postage outline from Melanie's stamp set. Nice CAS feelings to your cards ♥

Cheryl Depler said...

This is a great set for my fishermen friends. Thanks!

creative lady said...

Karen, beautiful cards! I love the embossed background you used on your anchor card....great minds think alike!

Dee Earnshaw said...

Gorgeous cards. Love the embossing folder you used on the anchor card - So perfect:)

Elaine said...

Perfectly wonderful cards!

Joyce Erb said...

I am a fan of yor work:-) You made beautiful...hmmm I mean handsome cards LOL

Robin said...

Wonderful cards.

Pam said...

Amazing cards! Loved them both.

quilt4fun2 said...

I love the embossing...perfect! Wonderful job. This is such a great kit.
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Kjudy1 said...

Love your card designs!!

reeree62 said...

Nice work, Karen. Love them both!!

Chark said...

these are beautiful!

Tracy S said...

Both of these are great. I especially love the anchor one.