Karen's Creative Mess

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:

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!


52 comments:

Theresa said...

Love all the soft colors on your cards. Those pink/peach flowers are stunning!

amymwz said...

I love the landscape scenes. All these great cards make me think I can do it too. But I don't know. Wow. Tbey make great cards.

Melanie said...

Just love the curves and folds you created with your pencils on those roses and how you continued the leaves onto the die! And you know how I feel about the coffee card, genius and perfection! The scene cards are wonderful!

Bevb said...

Stunning the flowers look real. Nice job, thank you.

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

Karen, So many creative cards! TFS.

Unknown said...

Oh my goodness, the shaped floral card is gorgeous.

Mary Jane Blahnik said...

Beautiful cards

Lisa K said...

Beautiful cards! Amazing that you actually used coffee to paint. Looks great! Love the scene cards also.

Teresa Doyle said...

These are all so gorgeous Karen, however, I am still stuck on your cold brewed coffee???? Do you mean you actually painted that Fabulous Rose with actual coffee? It IS A STUNNER!

SandyK said...

Lovely cards.

Judy Inukai said...

Gorgeous cards as always Karen. I love the one you did with the Prismas. It is just amazing. Can't wait to play with my sets.

Debbie said...

Very nice cards!! Love the colors you used.

Dee Earnshaw said...

lovely cards. so fresh and very inspirational:)

Unknown said...

Karen that coffee card is outstanding, serious genius!! I LOVE it. Your pencil coloured flower frame is just fantastic too, so beautifully done. I love the little scene card and I am super impressed with how you put a funky modern spin on the dragon fly card, so fresh!!

Cheryl Anne said...

Love the colours of that beautiful THINKING OF YOU card. Also I like the wetlands stamp set, nice for male cards.

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Fabulous cards Karen!

Sue D said...

Very pretty creations!

Retta said...

Beautiful, as usual, Karen! Love the antique look with the coffee! That last card is my favorite. So simple, but so stunning!!!!

Diana said...

Love all your cards! I've had coffee on my cards before but not on purpose! Got my Happy Mail today, off to play! Thanks for sharing!

Carol said...

Beautiful projects, love the new sets!

Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

Charlsie said...

Thank you for the beautiful cards

Verna Angerhofer said...

Fantastic card designs Karen. I am loving all of them and I thank you for the inspiration!

Betty McDougal said...

Beautiful cards. Lovely colors.

Joy Meadows said...

Gorgeous cards! Love each one. thanks for the inspiration.

Karen Gerek said...

All of your cards are pretty. I'm especially drawn to your colored pencil coloring. WOW, so beautiful.

Johanna said...

Always a delight to see what you come up with.

Jean said...

Such beautiful cards!

Unknown said...

Love them! I especially like the pink roses and the Happy Birthday one!

Nicole B said...

I like the card made of the Rose Frame cut out. It's a great stand-alone card shape, and I really like the muted coloring. (Did you really paint it with coffee? If so, that's awesome. I wonder if I could do the same thing with tea...) ;)

Gayle said...

So cool and clever...love the antiqued card (coffee??really) You are the best.

Unknown said...

Love the monochromatic card. So lovely!

Tara said...

Like your feel better soon card

Carolyn Sharkas said...

Karen, These cards are so beautiful, the colors soft and soothing. Thanks so much for sharing.

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Pretty cards with super sweet colors!

Angela Walters said...

Your cards are so pretty! You did a wonderful job with the colored pencils coloring in the new floral frame set!

Nana Griffin said...

Great ideas and nicely done.

quilt4fun2 said...

Beautiful job on all of your pretty cards! I really like the yellow dragonfly...so simple and the speckles are a great touch.

Lydia Hallum said...

The Dragonfly card with the soft background is wonderful.

Sharon said...

Great designs and techniques! Love the soft colors!

Andre M. said...

I love the two versions of the Rose frame card. Great cards with gorgeous colouring. Thank you for the inspiration.

Mary Holshouser said...

Fantastic cards.
The two with the flowers are
wonderful - love how the second
is cut out.
thanks for sharing.

Margaret said...

Love all your cards, but the scene cards are my favorite. Great job.

Laraine R said...

Wonderful cards

FD91354 said...

Lovely card designs. Those flowers look so lovely in that champaigne color.. wow.. classy

Karthikha said...

Beautiful creations! Love your coloring and the first card is just fabulous!

k ostgard said...

Very nice cards thanks for sharing.
Nice inspiration.
Have blessed day.
Kimberly

Arianna Barbara said...

Wow!!! Gorgeous cards!!!

Golda said...

These are great. Love those frames and the fun centers you made.

Beth said...

Simple and beautiful cards. Love them

D.Ann C said...

What a lovely bunch!! I especially love the Wetlands cards!

wannabcre8tive said...

I love all of your cards. The first one is my favorite. I love the soft and pretty colors. You did a great job coloring it.

Marjorie DUMONTIER said...

Very pretty cards, delicate and elegant.