Karen's Creative Mess

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Gina K. Designs August Release Blog Hop Day One!


Hi Everyone!!!
I'm glad you have stopped by today! :) 
Today we are featuring two of the wonderful new sets. 
We have Whimsical Wildflowers Stamp & Die Bundle 
By: Hannah Schroepher
What a Beautiful Set! <3 
and
 Thankful and Blessed
By: Emily Schroepher 
Love these Large Greetings! <3 
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Here are the cards I made using these fabulous new sets! <3 

First up:
Whimsical Wildflowers
By: Hannah Schroepher

This is such a beautiful set and the flowers can be colored in so many different ways. I used Sandy Beach to stamp this flower image on Bristol Smooth Paper and then colored with 
Zig Clean color Markers! 
Gina K. Designs:
Stamp Set - Whimsical Wildflowers & Die Bundle By: Hannah Schroepher
Pure Luxury Card Stock -  White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Black Onyx 
Premium Dye Ink - Sandy Beach
Fine Detail Embossing Powder - Clear
Connect Glue 
Fancy Ribbon - Black & White Gingham
Zig Clean Color Markers, Versa Fine, Enamel Dots

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On this card I wanted to do a single layer card that looked like layers, then had to change it,
 because I stamped the greeting in Kraft Ink and 
didn't use my Misti to do it! (That will teach me) LOL
 I added a panel over the greeting and popped it up!
 So to begin I tore a piece of purple tape long enough to go across the card then tore that in half and masked off the areas so I could sponge the Sandy Beach, Warm Cocoa, and Dk. Chocolate 
along the tore edge and in the center of that area! 
Stamped the flowers and removed the tape. 
Did that for the greeting area and the bottom of the card! 
Gina K. Designs:
Stamp Set - Whimsical Wildflowers & Die Bundle By: Hannah Schroepher
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, and Kraft
Premium Dye Ink - Tomato Soup, Dark Chocolate, Kraft, Sandy Beach,
       & Warm Cocoa
Twine, Foam Squares, Tape to mask off card base

This card is from the release party! 
This is a smaller card  3" x 4 1/2"  

Gina K. Designs:
Stamp Set - Whimsical Wildflowers & Die Bundle By:
   Hannah Schroepher
   & Greeting is in- Skeleton Leaves (Incentive Stamp Set) 
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base and Layering 
   Weight, Black Onyx, & Sea Glass
Premium Dye Ink - Fresh Asparagus, Jelly Bean Green, 
   Tomato Soup, Dk. Chocolate & Kraft
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black 
Background Stamp - Petite Flourish
Fine Detail Embossing Powder - Clear
Connect Glue
Velum, Versa Mark, Bristol Smooth Paper, Black Pearl Bling, Foam Squares



Next is...
Thankful and Blessed By: Emily Schroepher
The Greeting in this Set are Big and Fabulous!
 Love the script and I just had to add a little
 foil sparkle to this card! ;)
Gina K. Designs:
Stamp Set - Thankful and Blessed By: Emily Schroepher
    Also used the Autumn Wreath Builder Stamp Set 
Background Stamp - Gauze
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base and Layering 
   Weight, & Black Onyx
Premium Dye Ink - Sweet Mango, Fresh Asparagus, 
Foil-Mates Backgrounds - Harvest Texture
Fancy Foils - Dazzling Orange 
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black
Circle Large Single Stitched Dies 
Circle Small Double Stitched Dies
Twine, Copics 


On this one I used Thankful and Blessed Stamp Set along with Skeleton Leaves Incentive set!
 These greeting make beautiful focal points! <3 
Gina K. Designs:
Stamp Set - Thankful and Blessed  By: Emily Schroepher
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight and Black Onyx
Artist Choice Paper 
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black
Connect Glue 
Velum, Bling




Shared this at the release Party. This one was made using both sets that are featured today!
I had stamped the flowers and just wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the panel. Then I used the Gauze Background stamp with Sandy Beach Ink and stamped right over the flowers.
 Then it just needed a Big Greeting!  

Gina K. Designs:
Stamp Set - Thankful and Blessed  By: Emily Schroepher
   &  Whimsical Wildflowers By: Hannah Schroepher
Background Stamp - Gauze 
         (One of my Favorite stamps ever) 
Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Layering Weight and Heavy Base Weight, 
        Black Onyx, Sandy Beach & Color Reef
Premium Dye Ink - Sandy Beach, Coral Reef, Fresh 
        Asparagus, Prickly Pear, & Honey Mustard
Amalgam Ink - Jet Black
Connect Glue 
Twine, Black Pearl Bling



Are you ready for some more Beautiful Projects from the team? 
Next up is Lisa! <3 
We also have a Guest Designer on our hop! Welcome Mindy Eggen! SO glad she has joined us this time! <3 



Hannah Schroepher -  Illustrator of Whimsical Wildflowers
Karen Hightower - (You Are Here) 
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107 comments:

Stephanie said...

Wow, Wow, WOW! Gorgeous work!

creative lady said...

Beautiful cards Karen, I love them all but especially love the one with the pumpkins and the foiling!

Janice Ashby said...

Karen, your cards are absolutely gorgeous! The coloring on the first one is spectacular!

Beth said...

Your cards are fantastic Karen!

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

Karen to Karen- just beautiful and so creative!

Joyce Erb said...

I love your coloring and creative designs! Fabulous!!

Melanie said...

The coloring on the first card is perfection! And sooo cool how you colored those skeleton leaves under the vellum!

Lisa S said...

Lovely cards. Wish I could tie bows as pretty as yours are

Jeanne Beam said...

Such a beautiful set of cards.
Thanks so much for sharing...

Beverly Montez said...

As usual, great cards!

Miriam Baker said...

Love both stamp sets.

Arianna Barbara said...

Beautiful cards and choice of colors!!!

PeggyL said...

One is more gorgeous than the next. They are all unbelievable!

Barb’s Kreations said...

I love the color combinations

Sarita said...

Lovely Cards!

Judy Inukai said...

WOW! Karen, you're on quite a roll. Your cards are all gorgeous. I love the Happy Thanksgiving one with the gauze background and the lovely pumpkins.

Mary Kay Werry said...

OMG. Your cards just keep coming and each one is so beautiful!! and such great techniques --- can't wait to try some of them. (and as I read your blog, for some reason I am reading it with a beautiful Texas twang)

Foodista88 said...

How beautiful are those!!!

Kim Klinkovsky.My Kraft Kloset said...

Just stunning! Great new release. Love your colors and designs. Thank you for the inspiration!

Rema DeLeeuw said...

Fabulous cards Karen. That first one is amazing. The bow is so perfect!

Robin said...

Fantastic cards. I would love a tutorial on the first card with the Zig markers.

Debbie Rumpza said...

So many gorgeous cards! I love them all... I really like how you used the velluum on the second to the last card... Subtle and beautiful.

Avra Williams said...

I'm always excited to get to your stop on the hops. Your cards are gorgeous!

Becca Yahrling said...

haha I don't have a Misti so I can't tell you how many times I've had to change my card because of the sentiment! I really need to invest in one.
Your array of cards is just gorgeous! So much to love! The design of the first two, the foiling on the 3rd, the vellum overlay on the next and lastly the gauze BG with the gorgeous flowers. Just lovely!

Joanne Hoffmann said...

I'm in awe of your creativity! Absolutely in awe!! My head is ready to explode with ideas!

Betty said...

these are such fantastic new stamp sets and you've created with them so beautifully, Karen!!

quilt4fun2 said...

So many card ideas and beautiful colors! Fabulous job on all of the cards. Great techniques, coloring and inking.
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Diana S said...

WOW, Stunning cards! Thanks for sharing!

Sherry said...

gorgeous cards!! love them!

Denise said...

You’ve been working overtime, for sure! LOL So many lovely and varied examples - thank you.

Marge Burns said...

Gorgeous cards, love the colors

stamping sue said...

So much inspiration here on your blog!
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Lisa K said...

All so pretty! I really like the background of flowers in a few colors, that you added the texture stamp to. That flower keeps drawing my eye.

Dawn S. said...

These are all gorgeous! I love each one.

Sue Wareham said...

WOW so many cards I am so jealous I barely have time to make one card a week! Beautiful job

Unknown said...

So many great ideas!

Designs By Sky said...

Beautiful cards. Love the coloring on the first and last card. TFS

Billie Sue Woolley said...

So many ideas! I like the vellum overlay-quite striking.

Cyndi said...

Beautiful cards. Your coloring on the first one is gorgeous.

Lindsay Dickason said...

Beautiful cards!! Thank you so much for sharing!

MadeByMeghanK said...

So many gorgeous creations! I love the extra embellishments of the twine and ribbon!

Madge said...

Amazing !! The coloring so perfect , just love the Thankful and blessed card!!

Charlsie said...

All your cards are beautiful. Great bow on the first one. Thank you

Judy Cook said...

Like I said before your cards are beautiful! Thank you for sharing them

Ruth Newbern said...

Beautiful cards! My favorite is the blue card with the orange flower.

Verna Angerhofer said...

So many awesome cards. You certainly have used these sets beautifully..

Lady Bug Stampers said...

These are all so awesome. I think my favorite is the one with the velum on the top but they are all wonderful and such different ideas for the same stamp set!

Sheri Gilson said...

Beautiful cards, Karen! I especially love your Happy Thanksgiving Card!

see mary stamp said...

What beautiful projects! The flowers look wonderful as a background with the sentiment taking center stage in front of them. Just lovely.

Bonnie said...

Your coloring has gotten so good and you make terrific bows, too.

Sandy M said...

Isn't it great when you can make a beautiful card out of a card front with a mistake. Your first card turned out very pretty. All your cards are great. These are two nice stamp & die sets.

Booknplays said...

I always love your cards. I especially like the colors.

Ann said...

I love all the cards, but that first one is so vibrant, it really caught my eye. Such great inspiration pieces for the new sets. I don’t think you made a mistake, you just created something differently than planned 😊

Dana M said...

Wow, amazing collection of cards! Beautiful coloring, designs and techniques. Your cards are all so rich in details - gorgeous!

Pat said...

Wonderful as always!

Mimi's Craftroom said...

They are all beautiful, but that small card really lets that daisy pop.

Jbee said...

Thank you for sharing your beautiful cards

Deb said...

Beautiful Cards, I especially love how you colored the flowers on the first one though, just so pretty!

Bea said...

Just beautiful!!!

Kellylynn322 said...

Absolutely love the Hello card I keep scrolling back to it. Love it.

Jaycee C. said...

Thank you for all of the wonderful card layout/design ideas. You can always do so many things with florals.

None None said...

Wow! What an amazing collection of cards!! I love the pumpkin card and the card with the vellum overlay - so striking!!!

Judy Woodland said...

Oh, oh, oh, be still my heart!!! These are all beyond stunning and simply fabulous in all their gorgeousness. Thanks for the awesome inspiration!!!! I LOVE them all!!!

MaggieM said...

Love all your cards! The plaid bow was a great pop for that card!

Carol said...

Love the cards!

Gayle said...

Always a wow from you and your cards, Karen. Beautiful work.

Sue D said...

Wow--your cards are so pretty!

Bonnie T said...
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Jean said...

Wow -these are all lovely and creative!

Treva Grett said...

Absolutely beautiful!

Conniecrafter said...

Wow these are all amazing, love the fall colors and pretty bow on the first, like the torn look on the second, sweet thanksgiving card, like the softness of the vellum!

Laurie said...

So many great designs! Thanks so much for your ideas!

Unknown said...

Your cards are stunning! I love all your color combinations.

KnT Designs by Teresa said...

Oh my gosh! Such fabulous eye catching cards anyone would absolutely love to receive. Great job.

Melanie said...

Your cards are so pretty. Really love the no line coloring that you did.

Debbie said...

Stunning cards! Thanks for sharing.

Twylia said...

Really beautiful cards.

Amy M said...

Love your cards...but the one colored with zigs is my fav.

Leanne said...

Amazing cards! Love them all.

Jan said...

These are absolutely amazing cards!!!!

Theresa's Studio said...

Wow! Beautiful cards! Such great inspiration!

Nana Griffin said...

Your flowers are lovely and the pumpkin one is cool.

amymwz said...

Oh you have so many great cards with this set. All beautiful and so different from each other. So much great Inspiration. Thank you

Denise Terry said...

I just love how you mixed the Gauze background with the foil on the Thanksgiving card!

Eileen said...

Wow, you had so many ideas for these cards. Sometimes you can just look at a stamp or color and the creative process takes over. Thanks for the inspiration!

Mary Holshouser said...

A great collection of beautiful
cards. Love the layering on
the Happy Thanksgiving card.
thanks for sharing
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sharon g said...

Your first one really caught my eye. Your coloring is amazing!!

Retta said...

You out did your self today! So many gorgeous cards. I just love the way you colored the first card. Those colors are amazing!

Arlene said...

Your cards are all beautiful Karen!

El said...

Gorgeous. They are all so, so pretty

Golda said...

Each of these is fun and beautiful. For some reason, the first one really stands out to me. Beautiful work.

Susie Moore said...

Karen - your designs are so inspiring. Thanks for sharing all that you do!

Kathy S said...

Love your cards. Thank you for the inspiration.

Dee Earnshaw said...

gorgeous cards - LOVE your coloring:)

Karthikha said...

Wow!! Wonderful set of cards! The first one is super gorgeous with your coloring!! <3

Johanna said...

You amaze me with your talent and all you create.

Janet said...

Lovely cards!

Kathy Mc said...

Karen, I’m in love with every single one of your cards on this post. You made Hannah and Emily proud with how well you showcased these two great sets. Your Zig coloring is AMAZING.

Marianne said...

Gorgeous cards ... your zig-coloured florals look amazing!

JoAnneRIL said...

I am so in love with this release. Autumn is my favorite season.

Your cards are gorgeous. Love the torn ink border.. I've had a few cards that have turned dimensional on accident. :-)

Unknown said...

Beautiful cards - I loved the beautiful flowers! Gorgeous!

Andre M. said...

You've shared a gorgeous range of cards that beautifully showcase these new products. Thanks for the inspiration.

arlsmom aka Lynda said...

Gorgeous cards!

cardscookiecarrotcake said...

OMG Karen, your cards are awesome!

Jean said...

Such gorgeous cards!!!

Denise Bryant said...

Wow... gorgeous cards! Love the beautiful floral designs! Awesome release!

Marjorie DUMONTIER said...

Oh my !! You made such a perfect set of cards for fall ! Thanks for sharing.
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