Karen's Creative Mess

Monday, May 22, 2017

Gina K. Designs - Fun With Fabulous Foil-Mates Blog Hop


WELCOME! :) 

Hi everyone! 
Gina K and the team have received such amazing feedback 
on the new Foil-Mates, Fancy Foils and dies that we have decided to put together 
a special hop for you today! This blog hop is a blend of a video blog hop featuring tutorials 
from Gina K and a few members of the team and a traditional blog hop 
featuring beautiful cards from other members of the team.  

Over the past few weeks, the Foil-Mates products have been flying off the shelves at Gina K Designs. Please be assured that if they are out-of-stock, they will quickly be back on the shelves again soon. 
In fact, Gina just stocked the shelves with a fresh batch of Foil-Mates, 
Fancy Foils and dies and more will be on the way. 

If you are new to Foil-Mates, they are used to step-up the shimmer and shine in your card projects! 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! 

We would like to thank Therm O Web 
for being such a great partner in the Foil-Mates line of products. 









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 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 few of the projects I have created for today’s hop:

I hope you will enjoy the video I have added for you!  :) <3


Thank You for watching and Please subscribe to my channel.

Here is the card that I made in the video!  <3


This is the finished card project that I made in the video!
I used the following product:
 Gina K. Designs Foil-Mates, Fancy Foils, Sentiments and Dies for Therm -O- Web 
       Foil-Mates: Swirls & Flourishes  — True Friend
       Fancy Foils : Grass Green and Sweet Mango
       Dies : Squares : Small set and Large set
       Sheer Satin Ribbon: White/Gold   I dyed it with Sweet Mango Premium Dye Ink
       Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight        
       &  Sweet Mango
       Copic Markers - YR18, G20, G24


Next I just had to use Gina's new Doily Die to make a circle card:  <3
It is kinda hard to see, but behind the Sentiment I foiled the Stars Foil-Mates and so you can kinda see stars peeking out from behind the Sentiment! You can't always see them, but you know they are there! ;) 


 Gina K. Designs Foil-Mates for Therm-O-Web
        Foil-Mates: true Friend  and   Stars & Stripes
        Fancy Foils : Turquoise Sea, Jelly Bean Green 
         Silver Sequins 
          Deco Foil - Toner Sheets
        Pure Luxury Card Stock - Turquoise Sea
        Gina K.'s New Die-Delightful Doily


Next up!  :) 


Gina K. Designs for Therm-O-Mates
            Foil-Mates : True Friend  and Dots & Strings
         Fancy foils : Turquoise Sea
         Dies : Small and Large Oval Sets Large Rectangle    
                    Set
          Deco Foil - Toner Sheet
           Sheer Satin Fancy Ribbon - White /Gold 
          Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, Turquoise Sea     

Thank You all for stoping by and I hope you have gotten a little inspiration
 and have a chance to get a little inky this week!  :)  

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

Beth Silaika
Karen Hightower  -  You are Here! <3 
Laurie Schmidlin



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!


70 comments:

Silke Ledlow said...

Holy smokes Karen, these are so gorgeous!!! Fab designs!!!

Sheri Gilson said...

Gorgeous cards, Karen! Really loved your tutorial too! Sweet Mango is one of my all time favorites in the collection.

Chris said...

Karen!! These are beautiful!

The Bakers said...

Beautiful cards! Sure would like to know how you made the circle card as I have the die,but need help! Thanks for your good ideas!

Lisa K said...

Beautiful cards! I will watch the video later today and see your gorgeous cards idea in action.

El said...

All of the cards are beautiful. However, the first one is absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us.

Pam said...

Amazing cards and great video! Thanks for the inspiration.

BeckyH said...

Awesome video, Karen. The first card with the mango and grass green is absolutely stunning and I love the little die cut flowers what a wonderful addition to the card. Thanks for sharing :)

Unknown said...

What a great project. Love the cards!

julie said...

Sweet Mango and Grass Green, great color combo!

Deb said...

Fantastic cards as always Karen! LOVE them all, that first one with the flowers is so cute, but wow, LOVE how you used that doily die! May have to try and figure out how to do that myself!!!

Adrienne said...

Beautiful cards. Love the foiled layer.

Barb Thompson said...

Really lovely cards and a great video! You are a really good teacher!

Jeanne Beam said...

Really beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing...

Adrienne said...

Thank you for the video. Very helpful.

Carole said...

Thanks for sharing. Loved the first one shown.

Golda said...

Great work on these! How did you get the perfect foiled borders/edges on some of them?

Unknown said...

Amazing cards! Especially like the Wedding card :)

Unknown said...

Great video, love the cards!

LauraB said...

beautiful cards. love the color combinations you used and how you off set some of the layers.

Melanie said...

Wow, that foiled doily is impressive!

Sandy M said...

Your flowers bloom card is so pretty. The other cards are very nice too.

Mary Kay Werry said...

Oh My what beautiful colors. Thank you for the video - that combination is just amazing!

Unknown said...

Stunning cards!! Love the color combinations!

Diana said...

WOW, WOW, WOW!!! Stunning cards! Love all your ideas - video is great! Thanks for sharing!

creative lady said...

Beautiful cards Karen! Ok I'm going to have to get that new doe delightful Dollie, I have had my eye on it.

Verna Angerhofer said...

Every card you have made for this hop is absolutely drop dead gorgeous. Wow! How can one not be enthused about the way the foils look? I know I sure am.

Unknown said...

Thanks so much for the wonderful video and the great cards and so many ideas.

Laraine R said...

Gorgeous cards!

Bea said...

Your cards are simply gorgeous!! Great job!

Patty said...

Omg!! These are all so beautiful!! Can't wait to get my hands on some of that foil!!

78nsb said...

You always make such beautiful cards :)

Dawn S. said...

These are beautiful! Thanks for the video.

Retta said...

Karen, your cards are amazing! Just when I think I am making progress in my card making, I see yours and realize I have a long way to go. You always use elements in a way I would never think of. Thanks for the inspiration!

Dee Earnshaw said...

OMG your card are so pretty love them all BUT the round card is drop dead gorgeous:)

Roberta Eldridge said...

Wow! I never would have thought to foil a doily! Each card you made was lovely!

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Such beautiful cards Karen. Love your designs and video!

Annie C said...

Ooh, so pretty!

Unknown said...

Love, love, love your cards and enjoyed your video also.

Judy Inukai said...

Gorgeous cards. Love the Sweet Mango and Grass Green together. The Turquoise Sea doily is beautiful.

Kim said...

Beautiful cards Karen, the doily card is awesome!!!

Johanna said...

As usual you have created some stunning cards and I am so thankful that I get to see them and learn from you at the same time.

Josie Cox said...

Wow that first is such a summery card. Stunning just stunning.

Marilyn M said...

Can't pick a favorite of your three beautiful cards! So, so pretty!

Robin said...

Very beautiful!!

Mary Holshouser said...

Fantastic cards.
Love the round card - the edging is
so pretty. The flowers on the
first are great.
thanks for sharing.

Carol knits said...

So pretty. Love the green and the mango together !!

Gayle said...

Gorgeous cards, Karen.

Mcscrap said...

I love the teal. Beautiful!

Patty said...

Beautiful cards!!

Sandy said...

Karen, your cards are fantastic. My favorite and I want to make it, is the I with blooming flowers. That one just caught my eye. Can't wait to try making it.

Natalie said...

Such a pretty cards. Great job!
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Unknown said...

I just love the extra punch you get with the Foil-Mates!

Unknown said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE! Awesomeness!!!

Joy Golinski said...

Your cards are amazing! I just love that turquoise sea!

mary said...

Love your cards, beautiful.

Judy said...

Very beautiful cards and I love them all. Great layouts and love colors you used. Thanks for sharing.

Unknown said...

These are gorgeous Karen! and what a fabby video!!

Unknown said...

Stunning! I think the turquoise is my favorite foil color but I love them all. I want to foil everything!

Linda said...

Beautiful cards and I love the colors on the first one. Very striking. Thanks for sharing,

Linda D.

Sue Wareham said...

Your cards are fantastic looking forward to watching the video. thanks

Unknown said...

I keep coming back to look at your wonderful cards!

quilt4fun2 said...

I like how you combined embossing with foils, coloring with foils and the doily die. Great job.

The Craft Princess said...

Beautiful cards...and it was great to watch your process video...TFS :) Hugs...Janie

Judy Woodland said...

My, oh my, oh my!!!! All your creations are simply amazing. Gorgeous colors and wonderful designs. Thanks so much for all the great inspiration!!

Sarah Biswabic said...

Your cards are so stunning! Love them.

Sue D said...

Very pretty and elegant foiled cards.

Nana Griffin said...

Very pretty colors and just gorgeous.

Dellamano Designs said...

I love the green and peach together! Just beautiful :)

Linda said...

Beautiful, gorgeous cards. Love your foiling