Karen's Creative Mess

Monday, February 29, 2016

Gina K. Designs Inspirational Blog Hop!!! :)


Good Monday Morning Everyone!  :)
The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous
blog hop celebrating the new stamps from the February 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 the new stamp set 
“Year of Flowers 3” by Melanie Muenchinger and the
“Birds & Blossoms 2” set Theresa Momber. 
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.
First Up I have a few cards made with
Melanie's New Stamp Set:
"Year Of Flowers 3"

The following Gina K. Designs Products were used:
*Stamp Set - "Year of Flowers 3"  By: Melanie Muenchinger 
*Pure Luxury Card Stock- White Heavy Base Weight, White Layering Weight, 
  Black Onyx on the inside
*Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx (stamped off for background & greeting)
*Spectrum Noir Markers
*Velum,  Memento - Black and bling from my stash 
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On this second card I used these wonderful sunflowers in
 Melanie's new Stamp Set.

Along with the following Gina K. Designs products:
*Stamp Set - "Year of Flowers 3"   By: Melanie Muenchinger
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, Black Onyx,
  Fresh Asparagus & White Layering Weight
*Premium Dye Ink - Sweet Mango & Black Onyx
*Ribbon - Black Onyx Gingham
*Spectrum Noir Markers
*Bling from my stash, die cut 2 panels, embossing folder
Here is the stamp set.
Look at all the flowers!  :)

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Now lets play with Theresa's New Stamp Set
"Birds & Blossoms 2"
The following Gina K. Designs Products were used for this card:
*Stamp Set - Birds & Blossoms 2  By: Theresa Momber
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Peach Bellini, Moonlit fog, & White Layering Weight
*Premium dye Ink - Moonlit fog
*VersaMark
*Gray dots from my stash
*Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
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For the second card, I sponged inside a frame templet and added the images and greeting.
 It was a real quick card to make!  :)

Here are the following Gina K. designs Products that were used:

*Stamp Set - Birds & Blossoms 2  By: Theresa Momber
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, Powder Blue
*Premium dye Ink - Black Onyx, Powder Blue, Grass Green, & Dusty Rose
*Bling - Pearls
Here is Theresa Momber's Stamp Set
Look at the beautiful cherry blossoms and the bird!  :)

Wow!  Both of these sets are so much fun to work with.
 So many techniques can be used with them!  :)  <3 
Thank You stoping in and don't forget to leave a little love behind. <3 
So are you Ready for more Awesome Creations?! 
Just click on the links below for more from the Illustrators and Design Team!!

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator for Year of Flowers 3
Theresa Momber – Illustrator for Birds & Blossoms 2
Karen Hightower - You are Here!

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 for stopping by!

Monday, February 1, 2016

Gina K. Designs Incentive Inspirational Blog Hop Coffee Therapy!



Well Good Morning !!!
:) So Glad You have stopped by!

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to a special Inspiration
Blog Hop featuring our new incentive stamp set called, “Coffee Therapy”.
With this stamp set you will be able to make fun friendship cards to send to your favorite coffee buddy! We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop
along to each of the designer’s blogs!

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.

Are you ready for a little fun!
This is a super sweet stamp set and look at all the coffee cups!
<3 <3 <3 

Here are a couple of cards that I made using: 
"Coffee Therapy" :)


The following *Gina K. Designs Products were used!
* Incentive Stamp Set: Coffee Therapy
*Pure Luxury Card Stock: White Heavy Base Weight, White Layering Weight, & Grass Green
*Patterned Paper Pack:  Made With Love From the New Stamp Tv Kit "Made With Love"
*Premium Dye Ink: Grass Green, Black Onyx, & Moonlit Fog (for the steam)
  Wink Of Stella on the coffee cup, Ribbon & Pearls from my stash

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Next I used one of the leaf images from the Better With You stamp set 
that is in the Made With Love - STV Kit
The leaves kind of reminded me of coffee beans.  :) 
Maybe it was because I had coffee on the brain!  LOL!!!
Made this one using the following *Gina K. Designs Products:
*Incentive Stamp Set:  Coffee Therapy 
*Stamp Set:  Better With You - from the New Stamp Tv Kit "Made With Love"
*Patterned Paper Pack: Made With Love
*Pure Luxury Card Stock: White Heavy Base Weight, White Layering Weight, & Grass Green 
*Premium Dye Ink: Grass Green, Cherry Red, & Moonlit Fog (steam)
*Twine: Black Onyx
*Spectrum Noir Marker: BG3 for shadow, DR3, LG2, LG4
  Bling from my stash





Thank You All for hopping by!
 Have a blessed day and Have Fun getting Inky!  <3 

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

Gina K. - Illustrator
Beth Silaika
Cathy Tidwell 
Karen Hightower - You are Here.  :)
Kendra Wietstock
Laurie Schmidlin
Melanie Muenchinger
Sean Fetterman
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore

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 for stopping by!