Gina K. Designs - Illustrator Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to Karen's Creative Mess!

We are so glad you have joined us today in celebrating the New Stamp Sets 

by two of our Illustrators, Melanie Muenchinger & Theresa Momber. 

Melanie has come out with a Pressed Flowers 2 that is a perfect pairing with her 

Pressed Flowers and Fabulous Flowers stamp sets! 

What fun this set is and so many possibilities. 

You will be creating cards with beautiful flowers on them &

There is a Die set for this stamp set that also goes with 

Year Of Flowers 2 stamp set.

Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and 

then comment on each blog for your chance to 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? 

Theresa has a New Scene building set in her 

Framescape series, called Tropical Skies. 

It will defiantly have you dreaming about a Tropical Vacation !  ;) 

Thank You for joining Gina K. & Team

 for this months Illustrator Blog Hop Day 1.

We hope you enjoy the cards the Team has made up and 

get a little inspiration along the way! :) 

 So I'll start with 

Pressed Flowers 2 

by: Melanie Muenchinger

Here is my card using the Tulip:

 On this card I stamped the stem in Black Onyx & the tulips in Red Velvet three times on my panel. I also stamped it 3 times on a piece of scrap and stamped the leaf 3 times using Grass Green Ink. Then cut out the flowers and leaves!
*Stamp Set - Pressed Flowers #2
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Base (White Heavy Weight) cut at 4 1/4" x 11"  Scored at 5 1/2"
           Red Velvet - 4 1/8" X 5 3/8"  White Layering Weight  Image Panel - 3 3/8" X 4 5/8"
           Red Velvet & White strip for greeting
*Patterned Paper Pack - Petite Patterns
*Premium Dye Ink - Red Velvet, Black Onyx, & Grass Green
*Black & White Twine  Bling from my stash

I am so excited to have The New Die Set - 

A Year Of Flowers 2 & Pressed Flowers 2

Here is my card made:

Gina K. Deigns:

*Stamp Set - Pressed Flowers 2 By: Melanie Muenchinger

*Die Set - Pressed Flowers 2 & A Year  Of Flowers 2

*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy   Base & Layering Weight, Red Velvet &     Black Onyx

*Patterned Paper Pack - Petite Patterns 

*Premium Dye Ink - Red Velvet, Black Onyx, & Grass Green

On this third card I used the Sunflower image in this set and 

did a little marker to stamp Watercoloring! 

 Starting with
*Stamp Set - Pressed Flowers
*Pure Luxury Card Stock -White Heavy Base  4 1/4"  X 11" scored @ 5 1/2"
                                         Wild Lilac 4" x 5 1/4"   die cut Wild Dandelion and Wild Lilac
*Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx
*Black & White ribbon and Spectrum Aqua Markers

Next up is:

Framescape- Tropical Skies

By: Theresa Momber

Makes me want to take a nice vacation by some water!  :) 

*Stamp Set - Tropical Skies - Theresa Momber

*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Blue Lagoon, & Black Onyx

*Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx, Wild Dandelion, Honey Mustard 

*Spectrum Aqua Markers and Zig Clean Color Markers

 It would be nice sitting in a hammock watching these two dolphins play in the moonlight!  :)

Gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Set - Tropical Skies  By: Theresa Momber
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Edible Eggplant card base 4 1/4" x 11" scored @ 5 1/2"
                           Lovely Lavender  3 7/8" x 5 1/8", White Layering Weight cut down after
                                         I stamped the frame out.
*Premium Dye Inks - Edible Eggplant, Lovely Lavender, Wild Lilac & Black Onyx
*Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White
*Versa Mark,  Heat tolerant Velum, Added some pearls, and white gel pen.

Thank You for stopping by and remember to comment for your chance to win!  <3 

Are You Ready for some more inspiration!?! 

Just clink on Laurie's link below. 

Have fun and Happy Stamping.  :) 

Are you ready for more Beautiful creations and inspiration? Just click the link below that is up next!  :) 

Gina K

Melanie Muenchinger  - Today’s featured illustrator

Theresa Momber - Today’s featured illustrator

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Chris Dayton
Claire Brennan
Donna Idlet

Juliana Michaels

Karen Hightower
Laurie Schmidlin - Up Next

Rema DeLeeuw
Sean Fetterman
Sheri Gilson
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 and Happy Stamping!  :) 

Find a little time to get inky!  <3