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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Gina K. Designs January 2019 New Release Day 2

Hi Everyone! 
Welcome Back to Day Two of the New 
Gina K. Designs January Release Blog Hop.
Today we are featuring two new stamp sets. 
All Stars by: Beth Silaika
and  Love is all You Need by: Emily Loggans You can create all kinds of fantastic cards with these sets! 
Be sure to Leave a comment on all the blogs for your chance
 to Win a $50.00 Gift Code from Gina K. Designs. 
First up we have the fun and twinkly
 set that will have you seeing stars! 
This is All Stars stamp set by: Beth Silaika.
I love all the stars in this set the designs on the bigger ones. 

First card is done with stamping the little stars all over and heat embossing with Gina K. Designs Fine Detail Embossing Powder. 
I love the Kraft and Blue Lagoon together! 
Then I just had to do the music background stamp as I sang the song while creating this card! 🎶 🌟
Gina K. Designs: 
Stamp Set - All Star
Background Stamp - Music Medley 
Pure Luxury Card stock - White Heavy Base Weight, Blue Lagoon, Kraft, 
   White Layering Weight 
Premium Dye Ink - Warm Cocoa
Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White
Adhesive Dot Runner
Connect Glue
Terrific Tape
Versa Mark, Misti, Twine 

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This is one made for the release party! All the little stars on the background are stamped in versa mark ink.
 Did a little heat embossing with Gina K. Designs 
Sliver Fine Detail Embossing powder to make that star shinny
 then fussy cut it out and popped it up! 
Stamp Set - All Star
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Sliver Metallic,  
        In The Navy
Premium Dye Ink -  In The Navy
Fine Detail Embossing Powder - Sliver 
Connect Glue
Adhesive Dot Runner
GKD Foam Squares
Embossing Magic, Versa Mark, Twine



Did some more heat embossing on this one! This is one of my favorite color combs at the moment! 😊
Gina K. Designs:
Stamp Set - All Star
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Blue Lagoon
Premium Dye Ink - Coral Reff, Blue Lagoon
Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White
Connect Glue
Adhesive Dot Runner
Foam Squares 
Embossing Powder, Versa Mark 


Next is:
 Love is all You Need by: Emily Loggans
Lots of fun and so many cards to be made with this set! 
I really love creating with this set.
 Had to make the grandkids a valentine card. 
This is a small 3 3/8" X 4 1/2" note card. 
With a Video to show how I did the background and the Twine on this card! 




Gina K. Designs: 
Stamp Set - Love is all You Need 
Pure Luxury Card stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Black Onyz
Premium Dye Ink - Dusty Rose, Red Velvet
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black
Adhesive Dot Runner
Foam Squares
Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White




These two were from the release party.
This first one is 41/4" X 4 1/4" and I used Gian K. Designs Crystalline Drops to make the hearts have shine.  
Gina K. Designs: 
Stamp Set - Love is all You Need 
Pure Luxury Card stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Red Velvet, & Black Onyx
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black 
Connect Glue
Chrystalline Drops 
Foam Squares
Twine



Gina K. Designs: 
Stamp Set - Love is all You Need 
Pure Luxury Card stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, & Tranquil Teal
Premium Dye Ink - Turquoise Sea, Tranquil Teal
Foam Squares
Connect Glue
Adhesive Dot Runner




This is the New Incentive Stamp Set. 
For a limited time it is Free with a qualifying purchase.




Gina K. Designs: 
Stamp Set - Lovely Words 
Pure Luxury Card stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Black Onyx, Turquoise Sea
Premium Dye Ink - Turquoise Sea
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black 
Patterned Paper Pack - Bloom & Blossom 
Gingham Fancy Ribbon - Black & White

I hope you have enjoyed the hop so far & the
 rest of the team has some fabulous samples for you!
Next Up is Lisa Hetrick! 💝 


All Stars - Beth Silaika
Love Is All You Need - Emily Loggans
Karen Hightower > You Are Here! 😊

Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment! 
I hope you get to take the time to get a little inky! 
Have a great day. 
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Monday, January 28, 2019

Gina K. Designs January 2019 New Release Blog Hop Day 1


Hi Everyone and Welcome to Gina K. Designs 
 January Release for 2019! 
A New Year and some Fabulous New Sets!  
Today We are Featuring Two Sets.
First up is... Open Book By: Melanie Muenchinger 
and Today and Always By: Lisa Hetrick
Both of these sets have been really fun to create with. 
Oh the ideas floating around in my head! LOL😊
We can't wait to see what all you create with these sets.
What a chance to win a $50.00 Gift Code From Gina K. Designs? All you have to do is comment on each blog. 
A Winner will be picked and announced on Friday 
over @ Gina K. Designs.com  on the blog and in the Facebook group Gina K. Designs & Stamp Tv Friends  
Here is the Stamp Set 
Open Book by: Melanie Muenchinger
This book is Large and you 
can do So Many things with it! 💝
I love looking at all the ideas from the team. 

I did a little Paper Piecing on this card using Grand Garden Patterned Paper Pack on the book mark and pen. I also used Metallic Silver Card Stock for the top, center, and clip of the pen. Then cut foam squares in half to pop the pen up.

Gina K. Designs: 
Stamp Set - Open Book
Pure Luxury Card stock -  White Heavy Base and Layering Weight, Red Velvet
Metallic Card Stock - Silver
Premium Dye Ink - Slate, Red Velvet
GKD Foam Squares
Connect Glue
Patterned Paper Pack - Garden Tour


Here is one from the release Party! 
This kitty is so sweet!  
Gina K. Designs: 
Stamp Set - Open Book
Background Stamp - Diagonal Stripes
Pure Luxury Card stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight,  Black Onyx
Premium Dye Ink -  Moonlit Fog, Tangerine Twist, & Key Lime 
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black
Connect Glue
Foam Squares
Adhesive Dot Runner 
Watercolor Paper, Watercolors Daniel Smith 


I thought it would be fun to do a color swatch card! 😊
I think this might be a good way to swatch for my paint splits. 

Gina K. Designs: 
Stamp Set - Open Book
Background Stamp - Gauze
Pure Luxury Card stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, & Black Onyx
Premium Dye Ink - Kraft, & Black Onyx
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black
Connect Glue, Adhesive Dot Runner, Foam Squares 
Watercolor Paper & Watercolors 


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Next up is - Today and Always by: Lisa Hetrick
Oh those Polka Dots... 💖 
I love this set because Lisa made it easy for us to use this set with lots of techniques and styles!  

I thought I would do a large card with this set! 
It mesures 4 1/4" X 7 3/4" I used the jar from her Hello Beautiful     stamp set. Stamped it in Versa Mark on velum and heat embossed it with Fine Detail Embossing Powder. 
Colored the back with Copic Markers and fussy cut it out. 
Stamped the flowers and leaves, fussy cut those too. Stamped the polka dots twice. Arranged the flowers to get a idea where I wanted the greeting. Then stamped the greeting and cut some grass 
green card stock for stems then glued and 
popped up the flowers and leaves. 
I used Gina K. Designs:
Stamp Set - Today and Always 
Jar is from the Stamp Set - Hello Beautiful
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, 
                                          Grass Green & Black Onyx 
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black
Premium Dye Ink - Sea Glass, Turquoise Sea, Tangerine Twist,
                   Wild Dandelion, Grass Green & Fresh Asparagus
Connect Glue
Adhesive Dot Runner
Foam Squares
White Fine Detail Embossing Powder
Twine, Velum, Copic Markers to color the jar, Black Gel Pen, and bling 


The next two are from the release party.🎉

I had a lot of fun making this card! 
The top and bottom area was masked off  
and I used dye inks for the watercolor background. 
Stamp Set - Today and Always 
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, & Blue Lagoon
Premium Dye Ink - Coral Reef, Blue Lagoon, Peach Bellini 
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black
Watercolor Paper, Black Pearls, & Twine





 I Heat embossed the dots and the flower on this one. 
Used some Zig Markers to color the flower 
and I used the Misti & Inked the leaves in Key Lime, 
then added a bit of Grass Green to areas of the leaves. 
Then on part of the edges I stamped some Fresh Asparagus. Stamped the flower and heat embossed it in 
White Fine Detail Embossing powder. 
Colored with Zig Clean Color Markers and fussy cut it out!  

Gina K. Designs: 
Stamp Set - Today and Always
Pure Luxury Card stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Kraft, & Black Onyx
Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx, Key Lime, Grass Green, & Fresh Asparagus
Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White 
Adhesive Dot Runner
Foam Squares
Versa Mark, Zig Clean Color Markers, Bristol Smooth Paper for flower, & Twine



I hope you have enjoyed the cards in todays hop and 
 if you are ready for more inspiration 
up next is Mindy!

Open Book by: Melanie Muenchinger
Today and Always by: Lisa Hetrick
Karen Hightower - You are here 😊
Mindy Eggen - Next Up 🌺

Thank You for stopping by. 💖
and I hope you take some time to get a little inky! 
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Sunday, December 16, 2018

Clean and Simple Christmas Cards!

Hi everyone! 
Sharing a few Clean and Simple CAS cards
 I made for the Holidays! 

Gina K. Designs Foil-Mates™ Holiday Cheer and Fancy-Foils™ Radiant Red.

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Gina K. Designs Foil-Mates™ Holiday Cheer, Fancy-Foils™ Radiant Red, and Gina K. Designs Double Stitched Circles Dies.

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Gina K. Designs Foil-Mates™ Ornamental Holiday & Festive Labels, Fancy-Foils™ Radiant Red and Gina K. Designs Decorative Label Dies. 

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Gina K. Designs Christmas Word Die StampnFoil Holly Jolly, Foil-Mates™ Detail Sheet - Holly Jolly and Fancy-Foils™ Gold Sequins.

Here is a Clean and Simple Card made with Gina K. Designs Christmas Word Die (Die cut 3 out of Heavy Base White and Layered under one cut from some Glitter Paper that was in my stash) and I off set the Cheer greeting from the stamp set Seasonal Sentiments stamped in Grass Green. Added a few stripes of the glitter paper that was cut down and a little Holly that was left over from some other cards using StampnFoil Holly Jolly, Foil-Mates™ Detail Sheet - Holly Jolly and Fancy-Foils™ Gold Sequins. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great day! <3   To shop for Foils > Gina K. Designs 
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