Karen's Creative Mess

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Inspiration Blog Hop Stamp Tv Kit - Painted Autumn Inspiration Day 2!






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.  

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!



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.
This is a fun set to create with using those sweet critters. I just love the Owl. So far she has gotten blue eyeshadow with lots of Wink of Stella on it! LOL :) Love her! <3

Pumpkins

Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set - Give Thanks from the Stamp Tv Kit Painted Autumn
  • Pattern Paper Pack - Give Thanks
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - Ocean Mist, Ivory Layering Weight, Fresh Asparagus, Dark Chocolate
  • Premium Dye Ink - Dk. Chocolate
  • Other Items used - Cheery Lynn Alison’s Ribbons Die, Spectrum Noir & Copics to color, Mementos - Black Ink
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Patterned Papers:

Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set - Painted Autumn fro the New Stamp Tv Kit Painted Autumn
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - Honey Mustard, Red Velvet, Ivory Layering Weight
  • Pattern Paper Pack - Give Thanks
  • Premium Dye Ink - Honey Mustard
  • Bling & Ribbon from my stash
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Masked & Sponged

Gina K. Designs:
  • STV Kit Painted Autumn Stamp Set - Give Thanks 
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - Red Velvet, Ivory Layering Weight 
  • Premium Dye Ink - Fresh Asparagus, Honey Mustard, & Faded Brick
  • Twisted Twine - Dk. Chocolate
  • Other Items used - 3D Foam Square, Mementos, Copic & Spectrum Noir Markers, Wink Of Stella
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This one I showed at the Release Party!


Gina K. Designs: 
  • Stamp Set - give Thanks from the new STV Kit Painted Autumn
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Fresh Asparagus (inside)
  • Premium Dye Ink - Dk. Chocolate, Kraft, Ocean Mist, Fresh Asparagus  
  • Die - Fence By: Gina K. 
  • Other Items Used- Spectrum Noir & Copic Markers, 3D Foam Squares, Wink Of Stella



I hope you enjoyed the cards and hope you have a wonderful day!  :)  <3 

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


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, August 29, 2016

Inspiration Blog Hop Painted Autumn Stamp Tv Kit Day 1






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.

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!




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.

I just couldn't stop creating with this kit!
Here are the ones I created with the New stamps. :)

Flower Garden


Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set -  Painted Autumn from the New STV Kit Painted Autumn
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - Peach Bellini, Ivory Layering Weight 
  • Premium Die Inks - Peach Bellini, Tomato Soup, Faded Brick, Jelly Bean Green, Grass Green, Dark Sage, dark Chocolate  
  • Gingham Ribbon - Dk. Chocolate
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Fall Leafs 


Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set - Painted Autumn from the STV Kit Painted Autumn
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Fresh Asparagus, Tomato Soup, Dk. Chocolate 
  • Premium Dye Ink - Tomato Soup, Faded Brick, Prickly Pear, Honey Mustard, Jelly Bean Green, Fresh Asparagus, 
  • Gingham Ribbon - Dk. Chocolate 
  • Other Items used - 3D Foam Squares, Versa Mark Ink
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Background
I used the Following Gina K. Design Products:

*Stamp Set - Painted Autumn from the New Stamp Tv Kit Give Thanks & More Massive Messages (Incentive stamp )
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Layering & Heavy Base Weight, Wild Lilac
*Premium Dye Ink - Wild Lilac, Lovely Lavender Jelly Bean Green, and Dark Sage.
*Other Items - 3D Foam Squares, bling from my stash


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Water Color


Water Color Background : 
Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set - Painted Autumn from the STV Kit Painted Autumn
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - Honey Mustard, Ivory Layering Weight, Dk. Chocolate (on the inside w/ Ivory) 
  • Premium Dye Ink - Dk. Chocolate
  • Dk. Chocolate Stitched Ribbon
  • Other Items used - Zig Clean Markers, Wink Of Stella, Staz-on Black, Watercolor Paper, 3D Foam Squares
So are you ready for more awesome creations?! 
Just click on the links below for more from Gina and the Cast & Crew:

Karen Hightower- You are Here! :)
Kendra Wietstock- Next Up

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!

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

July 2016 Inspiration Blog Hop Day Two




Hi Everyone Glad to See You've Stopped By! :)
Welcome!

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 I have Beth's Bella Elephant:
Here are the Cards I made using this precious set.
This one is from the release party!
 Here is the list of Gina K. Designs items I used:
*Stamp Set: Bella Elephant by: Beth Silkia
*Pure Luxury Card Stock: Lemon Drop, White Layering Weight, & Black Onyx
*Premium Dye Ink: Black Onyx for greeting
*White Ribbon
Other items- Colored with Spectrum Noir Markers, Mementos Blk. Ink, Bling and printed velum from my stash 

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 Next I have this clean and simple card. I love the little mouse! :) 

This is what I used to create this quick card! 
Gina K. Designs: 
*Stamp Set - Bella Elephant by: Beth Silaika 
*Pure Luxury Card Stock: White Heavy Base Weight and Dusty Rose on the inside
*Premium Dye Ink: Black Onyx
Spectrum Noir Markers, and bling from my stash

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Today I will show case two sets of Claire's: 
So Cool & Sweet Thing

Lets Start with the set So Cool
These sets were really fun to create with and 
made me want some Ice-cream for sure!  LOL  ;)
Look at these cool treats!  <3 

                       
Here are the ones I came up with:


                        This is made with the following Gina K. Designs Products:

*Stamp Set - So Cool by: Claire Brennan
*Pure Luxury Card Stock: White Heavy Base Weight, Black Onyx, & Wild Lilac
*Premium Dye Ink: Black Onyx for the Greeting
*Twisted Twine: Black Onyx
Other items Mementos- Black Ink, Copic & Spectrum Noir Markers, bling from my stash and Black ink to splatter


The Second Card I made with this So Cool set is:

I have enjoyed coloring all these cool images!  ;)
Here are the products I used from Gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Set - So Cool by: Claire Brennan
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Layering Weight, & Dusty Rose
*Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx for the Greeting
*Gingham Ribbon - Black Onyx
 Other Items used - Corner Round, Die, Bling, Spectrum Noir & Copic Markers

Next up is the Sweet Thing Stamp Set:            
    
 I have these two from the stamp set: Sweet Thing!  :)
I loved creating this background with this set for that yummy cup cake!  <3



Here are the ingredients for this one!   ;)
Gina K. Design:
*Stamp Set - Sweet Thing by: Claire Brennan
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, & Black Onyx
*Plaid Ribbon - Black Onyx coming back to the store soon
Other items used - Vellum, Oval Stitched Die, Copic & Spectrum Noir Markers, Black Small Tip Marker, & 3D Foam Squares



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And the last one:

Using the following Gina K. Designs Items for this fun card.
*Stamp Set - Sweet Thing by: Claire Brennan
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Wild Dandelion, Wild Lilac, & Lovely Lavender on the inside, Black Onyx, & White Layering weight
*Premium Dye Inks: Black Onyx, Lemon Drop, Wild Lilac, & Eggplant 
*Ribbon - Gingham
 Other Items Spectrum Noir and Copic Markers for the candles, embossing folder and 3D Foam      Squares 
Thats all for me today, 
have fun getting Inky and have a Wonderful Day! :)  <3 


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

Beth Silaika – Illustrator for Bella Elephant
Claire Brennan – Illustrator for My Island, Petite Patisserie, So Cool and Sweet Thing
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, August 1, 2016

July 2016 Inspiration Blog Hop Day One




Welcome, come on in
and join the fun,
I hope you have your coffee 
or what ever you enjoy while hopping. :)
<3
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 Therea Momber and Melanie Muenchinger.

The first set we are featuring is French Flair by Theresa Momber. Theresa has created this wonderful set that will leave you feeling like you may be in Paris or strolling around the wine vineyards in Europe! Merci! You will have fun creating with this stamp set.

The second set we are featuring is Stately Flowers 10 by Melanie Muenchinger. Melanie is at it again! She has added another wonderful set to her Stately Flowers collection. This is set number 10 and what a wonderful set it is!  You will be able to use all of Melanie’s flowers sets to fill the seed packet in this set as an adorable way to send the perfect message!  The possibilities are endless for making beautiful cards for any occasion.

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.

Here is a look at Theresa's stamp set:
French Flair
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 I enjoyed creating with this set.
The one from the release party
Here is the Gina K Designs items used:

French Flair Stamp Set by: Theresa Momber

*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Fresh Asparagus, Eggplant & Ivory Layering on the inside

Other items used - Distress Inks, Twine and metal bling from my stash,
 Wink Of Stella, and Watercolor Paper
I really love doing cards like this. :) Has the old world feel to me! <3
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Next, Lets have a glass of wine!  ;)


Here are the Gina K. Designs Items I used to make this card project:
*Stamp Set - French Flair by: Theresa Momber
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Prickly Pear, Edible Eggplant, & White Layering Weight
*Premium Dye Ink - Prickly Pear
*Twine Time - Edible Eggplant
Other items are Mementos - Black Ink, Versa Mark Ink, Spectrum Noir & Copic Markers, bling
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One more. I had to do a Kraft & White Card.  LOL
So here is what I came up with! :)

For this one I used the following Gina K. Designs Products: 

*Stamp Set - French Fair - by: Theresa Momber
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, & Kraft
*Premium Dye Ink - Kraft, Dark Chocolate
*Twisted Twine - Kraft
  Other Items - 3D Foam Squares, Embossing Folder

Next Up is Melanie Muenchinger's Gorgeous Stately Flowers 10 Stamp Set!  <3 
 Here is a look at this newest set!
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Here is the one I showed at the Release Party. <3 

Here is the list of Gina K. Designs Products used to create this card project:
*Stamp Set - Stately flowers 10  by: Melanie Muenchinger
*Pure Luxury Card Stock -  Heavy Base & Layering Weight White, Lemon Drop, & Black Onyx
*Premium Dye Ink - Jelly Bean Green, Fresh Asparagus, & Black Onyx
*Pure Luxury Patterned Paper 6x6 paper pack - Cold Snap    I Love this Gingham  <3 
 Other Items - Spectrum Noir Colored Pencils, Spectrum Noir Markers, 
                        Cherry Lynn Circle Dies for the Black Circle Boarder, bling from my stash


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Did this watercolor card using that wonderful dogwood image. <3 

I used the following Gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Set - Stately Flowers 10 by: Melanie Muenchinger
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, Innocent Pink
*Premium Dye Ink: Black Onyx
  Other Items - Zig Clean Color Markers, Dies, and bling from my stash

Thank You for stoping by & looking. 
Have a Wonderful Day
and I hope you get the chance 
to get Inky soon! <3 :)

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

Theresa Momber – Illustrator for French Flair
Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator for Stately Flowers 10
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!