*******Karen's Creative Mess*******: September 2017

Friday, September 15, 2017

Gina K. Designs Inspirational Blog Hop - Stitched Leaves Mini Kit Back In Stock!

Welcome to Gina K. Designs
Stitched Leaves Mini Kit Blog Hop!
and Welcome to Karen's Creative Mess! :)
We are so excited...
The Stitched Leaves Mini Kit is Back In Stock!

The Team has created some fantastic projects and
we are hoping to inspire you for when you
receive your Stitched Leaves Mini Kit.
We know you will have as much fun as
we have had creating with it!
Here is everything that Gina has put together for this kit.
Check out all the awesome items that come in this kit!

So Kick back and relax and enjoy the hop. Remember to comment on each team members blog for your chance to win a $50.00 gift Certificate from Gina K. Designs.

To see who won, check the

Big News Forum at StampTV

a few days after the hop.

Here is a couple of cards projects I made using this New Stitched Leaves Mini Kit.

This is done with direct ink to stamp

and misted with water. I really like the watercolor effect and even the absent areas of color.

The Background Die cut Friend is in the kit and can be stamped with the big word (Friend) stamp, the stand alone Friend Die you can purchase separately.

Gina K. Designs:

•Stamp Set - Stitched Leaves Mini Kit w/ background friend die

•Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy and Layering Weight, Charcoal Brown, Honey Mustard, & Fresh Asparagus

•Premium Dye Ink - Fresh Asparagus, Honey Mustard, Tomato Soup, & Charcoal Brown

*Gina's Word Die - Friend

Ribbon & Bling from my stash, foam squares and tape runner

The second card made is this falling leaves card!
I had fun coloring this one!

Gina K. Designs:

•Stamp Set - Stitched Leaves - Mini Kit

•Pure Luxury Card Stock- White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Charcoal Brown, Honey Mustard, & Tomato Soup

•Premium Dye Ink - Charcoal Brown

•Stitched Leaves Dies

•Single Word Die - Friend

Color with Copics, Foam Squares, & Tape Runner

Are you ready for more Awesome creations?

Laurie Is up next!

Gina K -Today's Featured Illustrator

Laurie Schmidlin < 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 so much for stopping by and
I hope you will have a little time to get Inky! :)

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Collaboration W/ Gina K. Designs

Welcome Everyone!

We are so Pleased to share in all the excitement of

STAMPtember with Simon Says Stamp!

Today we are sharing a stamp set Created Exclusively

for this STAMPtember Event and

only While Supplies Last,

Simon Says Stamp will be offering this set from

Gina K. Designs called "Warmer with You"

Also Available are Matching Dies!

How Cute!!!! :)

Check out this awesome set! <3

Here is a card I made with this Warmer with You Stamp Set!

and I made a quick little gift tag using the Warmer With You Stamp Set.

Remember this set is a While Supplies Last set

Once they are gone... they are gone!

So Hurry on over and grab this set and matching dies before they are sold out!

Here is Where you can find this set for STAMPtember

https://www.simonsaysstamp.com

Also check out all the wonderful Gina K. Designs items they are now carrying!

Thank You for stopping by.

I Hope you will make a little time to get inky! <3

Hop on over to check out more inspiration with this "Warmer With You" Stamp Set

Melanie Muenchinger Next Up!

Gina K. Designs Inspirational Blog Hop Day # 2

Hi Everybody!

Welcome to Karen's Creative Mess! :)

Gina K. Designs Illustrators and Design Team welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop. 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 3 stamp sets. We have one by Beth Silaika, Claire Brennan and a New Incentive stamp set!

These sets are a lot of fun to create with!

Beth Silakia's - Todd Turtle & Claire Brennan's Perfect Pinesetta

and Nurturing Blooms will have you creating all kinds of cards!

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? Here are a few of the projects I have created for today’s hop:

First up I have Todd Turtle by: Beth Silakia

Such a cute set! <3

Gina K. Designs:

* Stamp Set - Todd Turtle By: Beth Silakia

*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Black Onyx, Turquoise Sea, & Ocean Mist

*Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx

Colored with Copic Markers, Glossy Accents, Versa Mark Ink, Perfect Pearls

Gina K. Designs:

Stamp Set - Todd Turtle by: Beth Silakia

Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base and Layering Weight, & Ocean Mist and Turquoise Sea

Premium Dye Ink - Turquoise Sea, & Charcoal Brown

Foam Squares, Tape Runner, Bling, Spectrum Noir Glitter Pen, Colored with Copics

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I am loving this Poinsettia from Claire Brennan!

I wanted to do the Bokeh Technique,

but I wanted to do it with lots of color.

Gina K. Designs:

Stamp Set- Perfect Poinsettia By: Claire Brennan
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight and Layering Weight, Dark Chocolate
Premium Dye Ink - Kraft, Dark Chocolate, & Fresh Asparagus

I used Watercolor Paper on this card, FoamSquares, & Tape Runner

Gina K. Designs:

Stamp Set - Perfect Poinsettia By: Claire Brennan
Premium Die Ink - Black Onyx, & Innocent Pink
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base and Layering Weight, & Black Onyx

Ribbon, Watercolor Paper, Colored with Zig Clean color Markers, bling

Then we have the New Incentive Stamp Set.

Nurturing Blooms

It is Free with a $75.00 Purchase.

After the storm came through our area, I know I needed to make this card. The Greeting was perfect. It can be used for so many things in Life! <3

Items Used -

Gina K. Designs:

*Stamp Set - Nurturing Blooms By: Gina K.

*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight,

I used White Layering Weight & Blue Denim on the inside

* Premium Dye Ink - Blue Denim & Red Velvet

*Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White

Then my final card for the hop is...

This card made with some really pretty fall colors!

Gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Set - Nurturing Blooms By: Gina K.
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy & Layering Weight, Black Onyx & Fresh Asparagus
*Premium Dye Ink - Fresh Asparagus, Honey Mustard, Prickly Pear, & Tomato Soup
*Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White
Versa Mark, Ribbon and bling from my stash

I hope you have a wonderful day and have enjoyed the hop! I know you are ready to see some more beautiful creations from the rest of the Team... Beside to leave a comment for your chance to win that $50.00 GC from Gina K. Designs

and Next up is Laurie... <3

Gina K

Beth Silaika - Today's Featured Illustrator

Claire Brennan - Today's Featured Illustrator

Donna Idlet

Laurie Schmidlin < 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, September 5, 2017

Gina K. Designs Inspirational Blog Hop Day 1

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to Day 1 of Gina K. Designs
Inspirational Blog Hop!

Gina K. and the illustrators along with the Design team are all excited to share with you some projects that we have been working on! We hope to inspire you as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs! Today we are featuring the stamp sets Fabulous Rose Frame by: Melanie Muenchinger and
The Wetlands 2 By:Theresa Momber.

Enjoy all the fun and creative 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.
Here are the card projects I have created for this Release & Hop.

First up I have -
Fabulous Rose Frame By: Melanie Muenchinger
I used the matching Die set on this card &
it is colored with Prismacolor Pencils

Gina K. Designs:

*Stamp Set - Fabulous Rose Frame

*Dies - Fabulous Rose Frame Dies

*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base and Layering Weight, and Black Onyx

*Artist's Choice Card Stock

*Premium Dye Ink - Charcoal Brown, Moonlit Fog

Other Items - Bling from my stash, Prismacolor Pencils, Foam Squares, tape runner

This was a lot of fun to paint!

I used some of my cold brew Coffee to paint it! ;)

Gina K. Designs:

*Stamp Set - Fabulous Rose Frame by: Melanie Muenchinger

*Die Set - Fabulous Rose Frame

*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Ivory

*Premium Dye Ink - Kraft

*Colored with Coffee on Watercolor Paper

Other items: Ivory Bling and Ribbon, Tape Runner

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Next I'm sharing a couple of card projects using

" The Wetlands 2 " By: Theresa Momber

This set is a wonderful set to create a scene and to make masculine cards! <3

Gina K. Designs:

Stamp Set - The Wetlands 2 by - Theresa Momber

Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Layering & Heavy Base Weight, Charcoal Brown

Premium Dye Ink - Charcoal Brown, Ocean Mist, Sweet Corn, & Sweet Mango

Foam Squares, Tape Runner, Bling from my stash

My Second card project, you can mask off with tape or make a
templet and sponge on some color then stamp the image
in the corner and add a little ink spatters or drips.
I love the silhouette images for this design.

Gina K. Designs:

Stamp Set - The Wetlands 2 by: Theresa Momber

Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base and Layering Weight, & Black Onyx

Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx, Wild Dandelion & Sweet Mango

Other items -Twine, Tape Runner

I hope you have enjoyed the cards and I want to Thanks You for stopping by!

Remember to take a little time to get inky! ;)

Ready for some fantastic creations from the rest of the team?!
Just click on the links below for more from Gina K. and the Cast & Crew:

Gina K

Melanie Muenchinger - Today's Featured Illustrator

Theresa Momber - Today's Featured Illustrator

Laurie Schmidlin - 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!