Karen's Creative Mess

Monday, May 1, 2017

Gina K Designs –Foil-Mates Inspiration Blog Hop – Day 1


Hi Everyone!
Welcome to our Foil-Mates Blog Hop!  :) 

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to a very special blog hop celebrating the new line of Foil-Mates products with Gina K Designs and Therm O Web. As of Monday, May 1, the entire product line of Foil-Mates products are available in the Gina K Designs Store at www.ginakdesigns.com. We are so excited to show you our projects and inspire you to jump into the foil craze!

Creating cards is never more easy and beautiful when you work with this new line of foil products. From beautiful pre-printed Foil-Mates, to stunning colors of Fancy Foils, when you combine them together the outcome is stunning! Discover how many various combinations of different cards and invitations you are able to create with Gina’s Foil-Mates products. With many of Gina’s most popular signature colors now available in foil, coordinating with Gina K Designs card stock and ink has never been easier! 


Join us and discover ideas that you can take away for your own cards and projects!

Check out these fabulous Die Set!  Wow!!!  They are so wonderful and lots of fun to create with!  <3
And these Wonderful Foil-Mates Backgrounds 

And then Check out the Invitations Sets!  Wow! These will make some Gorgeous Invites!  <3 

Love this set of Sentiments too! 

Then Look at these Fabulous Colors of Foils!!!! 
Recognize the Gorgeous Colors? Yes, They are some of  Gina's Card Stock Colors. 
They are such Fabulous colors! You will love adding the extra shine to your card!  <3 


Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog. We will be selecting one lucky commenter at the end of the hop from a combination of all three days of comments and that person will win a $50 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 couple I made:

New Gina K. Designs Products for Therm-o-Web
Foil-Mates: You’re Invited and Polka Party
Fancy Foils - Sweet Mango and Grass Green (for the Ballons)
Die Sets - Square - Large  Single Stitched  and Small Double Stitched  
     The Star from the Lg. Rectangle Set
Pure Luxury Cardstock - Sweet Mango  and Black Onyx
*On this card - the piece of Sweet Mango foil that I used to foil the dots, I reused it and just glued it to a piece of white cardstock and then added a Black layer behind it. Foiled the Invite in the Sweet Mango and the Balloons in Grass Green then layered with the Black Onyx cardstock as well! 


I used the New Gina K. Designs Products for Therm-O-Web
Foil-Mates: Birthday Essentials  and Stars & Stripes
Fancy Foils - Red Velvet and Silver Sequins
Die Sets - Squares  Large Single Stitched and Small Double Stitched, a candle from the Small Rectangle Set and a Star from the Lg. Rectangle set
Pure Luxury Cardstock - Red Velvet and White (on the inside)
 You can see the Red Velvet lines on the inside, 
that was the piece I used to Foil the Foil-Mate strip piece.
I love how you can use the left over foil of the inside or another layer too! :) 


Thank You for hopping by and I hope you have a Inky day!  :)  <3 

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


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!

78 comments:

Barb said...

Oh My--what great cards! I am so loving Foil-Mates and need to get them.......

creative lady said...

Karen, your cards are beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration!

Melanie said...

These are terrific, Karen! love your photos and choices! The star outline cuts are so cute!

Michele K. Henderson said...

This is amazing! I can't believe the smooth and full coverage you achieved with the foiling! It looks amazing!

Unknown said...

Wonderful cards thanks so much for sharing.

Jackie said...

I love those Stars and Stripes!

Avra Williams said...

Love your cards! All those twinkling stars!

Norine said...

Love the thinking of you so fun

Unknown said...

LOVE this in bold red foil! Such a statement--a happy one! (and between you and I, I think these foils are prettier than the ones I own--so I will have to rectify that!!!)

Sue P said...

Love the bright foiled cards. Can't wait to try it myself!

Wanda said...

Awesome cards. The foil looks great.

Sue Wareham said...

Fantastic card design, yet another fun hop.

Meg said...

Oooh, the Sweet Mango with that pop of Grass Green is stunning! Really pretty projects, thank you so much for sharing!

Jeanne Beam said...

Beautiful and shiny cards. Thanks for sharing...

Dee Earnshaw said...

Love all your amazing looking cards. These foil mates rock:)

terriavidreader (IN-USA) said...

GORGEOUS.

Lynn said...

Beautiful

Patti Bailey said...

Those are AWESOME!! I love the "Thinking of You". Thank you for sharing your ideas!!

Pam said...

Awesome cards! Love love the striped and star foil.

tneudorf said...

Gorgeous !

JillN said...

what fun use of stars and stripes.

The Bakers said...

Love the cards,but very partial to the sweet mango!

Stanlee Runner said...

Beautiful card.

Lori said...

Love these Karen, so pretty!

mylambboys said...

Wonderful cards!

scrappinmommom said...

What a great card, love the colors.

Mary Holshouser said...

Love the cards.
So bright and cheerful.
The colors are great.
The foils are wonderful.
thanks for sharing.

Diana said...

Awesome cards! Love all of them! Thanks for sharing!

Lisa K said...

Beautiful bright shiny cards! Thanks for sharing.

mbchoj said...

Love your cards. The backgrounds are stunning!

Josie Cox said...

These are so terrific. Just love the polka-dot backgrounds. Love it. Thanks for the inspiration!

Debbie B said...

Gorgeous cards! Loving those foiled sentiments! I really like how you put details inside the card as well! Loving this new line from GinaK! Can't wait to get my order!

The Craft Princess said...

I LOVE Gina K. Designs but I have never tried Foil Mates....WOW!!! The cards you guys are making are just FANTASTIC!!! I love the look :) Hugs...Janie

Sandy said...

Beautiful card! I wasn't too interested in the stripes until I saw your card, now I really need to order them. They are fantastic. Thanks for sharing your creativity with the rest of us.

Unknown said...

I loved how you did the inside the card. And the layering of your cards. But the candle/stripes inside the card makes it extra special.

Unknown said...

Wonderful cards! I especially love the stars!

Johanna said...

Now we can make all our cards look as if professionally printed. Always wanted to do that and could never make it work. Can't wait until my mini order arrives. Your cards are fabulous Karen.

Sandy M said...

I think I like the red card the best. Love the peak of red strips on the inside of the card.

Verna Angerhofer said...

What beautiful designs. I am going to love learning all the ins and outs of using the foils. What little I have done with them I have been thrilled to see the gorgeous results.

Unknown said...

Stunning cards, I really like that you can foil up a card and not have to color anything and have a spectacular looking card. Sometimes you just don't feel like coloring, thanks!

Unknown said...

Your cards are too cute! Love them!

Rema DeLeeuw said...

These cards are awesome Karen!

Mary Kay Werry said...

That red card is just amazing. Leaves me breathless. Wonderful job.

MsJudyC said...

Beautiful cards. I love the new Foil-Mates that I've been waiting anxiously for.

Retta said...

Love, love, love those stars! How festive can you get!!!

Juliana Michaels 17turtles said...

So very pretty Karen!!!

Deb said...

These are so beautiful! Thanks so much for the inspiration, hopefully I can get my hands on some of the foil mates soon!!

Sue D said...

Fun cards--I like all the stars.

quilt4fun2 said...

Your cards are so pretty and I also like how you used the left over foil. I think the sequin foils are my favorite but the solids are so shiny and the colors are awesome. They match the cardstock perfectly! Beautiful job.

Joyce Erb said...

That mango is yummy! Your cards are gorgeous and so shiny!

Miesje said...

Such fun cards, great for patriotic days coming up.

Sheri Gilson said...

Fabulous cards, Karen! Love them both but the Sweet Mango invitation is my favorite!

Judy Woodland said...

Oh my GEEEE - just look at all that shiny goodness. You ROCKED this product, I bet you had so much fun! Can't wait to see what you have for us tomorrow!!!! Oh, and you have done a great job with the photos - it must be really hard to capture that beautiful shine!!!

Unknown said...

Sweet Mango and Grass Green combo is gorgeous !! Waiting to get my hands on these foils tomorrow. Great job!

Unknown said...

Beautiful, just beautiful!

El said...

Wow, love them both. I will definitely be CASing the red one. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us.

maryhansenrn said...

Karen,these are awesome - love your ideas!

Unknown said...

These are so fun and creative! I love these designs! xoxoxoxo Seanie

Jenlyons76 said...

So much inspiration!

Lynn K said...

great ideas......thanks.....love the foils....glad her shop is close....

Gayle said...

Gorgeous and love the mango color...

Lynn K said...

love your cards......thanks for the ideas.....

Robin said...

WOW These are great.

Chris said...

Wonderful cards, Karen!

Sharon said...

Wow I think mango is going to be top of the list just loving that foiled! Your cards are all just beautiful

sammi said...

Wow, these are stunning! Love these new Gina K foilmates!

nancylee said...

Love how you put two colors of foil on one cards, very nice.

Sharon W said...

Great cards!!! Thanks for the peep of the inside...love it❣

creative lady said...

Beautiful cards! Love how you used all the stars.

Scrap Shack Sister said...

I love how festive these foiled cards look - so fun.

Nana Griffin said...

Lovely. A wonderful way to use the stars.

Dawn S. said...

So sparkly! Love the colours of the foil.

Elaine said...

I just love this foiling...pretty cards!

Golda said...

How fun! Those stars look like a "must have", as there is so much you can do with them.

Susie Moore said...

Can I just say that you are amazing! The little touches you add make the cards unique and just so much fun!!

bbaxterj@frontiernet.net said...

Karen, I love your cards. The foil just makes them! Thanks for sharing.

Chark said...

shiny fun!

Nan0807 said...

I am blown away by these gorgeous cards!