Karen's Creative Mess

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Gina K. Designs - Illustrators Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to Karen's Creative Mess. :) 
And Day 2 of Gina K. Designs Illustrator Blog Hop! 
Today we are featuring two wonderful stamp sets,
The Illustrators are Beth Silakia & Claire Brennan
Beth has created such a fun set named after her daughter.
This time she has Karen Dolphin stamp set,
and it has some sweet ocean creatures in it along with so great greetings! 
Then Claire Brennan has made this Beautiful Lily Set.
It is a easy set to line up for triple stamping and the line art 
can be stamped with the others or stand alone! 
Claire's - Lovely Lilies is a fantastic set that can be used in so many different ways! 

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? 




So I'll start with Beth Silakias
Karen Dolphin Stamp Set




I used Gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Set - Karen Dolphin  By: Beth Silakia
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Blue Denim
*Patterned Paper Pack - Fishy Fiesta
*Premium Dye Ink - Blue Denim, Powder Blue, & Red Velvet
*Single & Double Stitched Rectangles by: Gina K. Designs for Therm-o-Web
Colored with copics


Next I used this sweet Dolphin. I Love the critters in this set!  <3 
On this one I used gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Set - Karen Dolphin  By: Beth Silakia
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Laying & Heavy Base Weight, Ocean Mist
*Premium Dye Ink - Ocean Mist, Black Onyx
*Single & Double Stitched Dies - By: Gina K. Designs
other items - Copic markers to color with, Mementoes - Black ink, & Ribbon






Next is:
This is Claire Brennan's - Lovely Lilies


Claire has put together this sheet to show how to layer the lily!

On my first card here I used the Line Art Image so I could do some water coloring.
On this one I used my Gina K. Designs Inks to watercolor the lilies! 

Gina K. Designs Items used:
*Stamp Set - Lovely Lilies    By - Claire Brennan 
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Ocean Mist & White Layering Weight 
                                       On this one I used Gina K. Designs Inks as watercolors.
*Premium Dye Inks - Sweet Corn, Honey Mustard, Tomato Soup, & Fresh Asparagus 
*Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White and Black
 Other Items - Velum (Heat Resistant), Watercolor paper - (don't have a name for this one) 
   Water Brush, Bling, Versa Mark Ink, & Adhesive
                           

You will see me use this color combination again. 
I love the Blue Lagoon with the Tomato Soup & Faded Brick combo. 
This one is Masked and then fussy cut. Stamped the Lily in 3 beautiful colors and fussy cut it out as well. Popped it up for more dimension! 
For this card I used the Following Gina K. Designs: 

* Stamp Set - Lovely Lilies   By: Claire Brennan   
* Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight & Layering Weight, & Blue Lagoon
*Premium Dye Ink - Blue Lagoon, Faded Brick, Tomato Soup, Peach Bellini, & Black Onyx
Other Items - Therm-o-WEb Foam Squares, Tape Runner, Marker for centers of flowers, 
                      CR-1 Spectrum Noir Marker


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


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 all for stopping by! 
I hope you have a wonderful day and 
are encouraged to get a little inky!  :)  <3 





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Monday, July 10, 2017

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!  :) 

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



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Monday, June 12, 2017

Gina K Designs –Sentimental Summer StampTV Kit Inspiration Blog Hop

Welcome to Karen's Creative Mess! :) 

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fantastic blog hop 
Celebrating the New Sentimental Summer StampTV Kit. 
Contained in the kit are:

  • 24 sheets of Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Card Stock including Passionate Pink, Turquoise Sea, Layering White, Black Onyx, Heavy Base Weight White, Wild Dandelion and Sweet Mango
  • Petite Patterns 6X6 pattern paper pack 
  • Dazzling Dahlia stamp set
  • Your Own Kind of Beautiful stamp set
  • Set of 13 dies that coordinate with images from the two stamp sets

Today, the Cast & Crew has prepared some amazing 
and beautiful projects to share with you! 
Join us by hopping along on all of the blogs 
to see the wide variety of samples. 
These will give you ideas as you create your own projects
 when you receive the set for yourself. 
Make sure to leave a comment on the blog 
because we will be giving away a prize!


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 from all of the comments and that person will win a $50.00 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 is my Sweet Mango - Thinking Of You card.  :)


For this card project I used Gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Tv Kit - Sentimental Summer - 
            Stamp Set - Your Own Kind Of Beautiful
*Sweet Mango Fancy Foil 
*Patterned Paper - Petite Patterns
*Dies from the kit
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - Sweet Mango, Black Onyx, & 
                                       White Layering Weight
*Premium Dye Inks - Black Onyx & Kraft
This set is great for building a scene as well.
On this card I used the following items:
Gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Tv Kit - Sentimental Summer - Stamp Set - Your Own Kind Of Beautiful
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight & Layering Weight
*Premium Dye Ink - Ocean Mist, Jelly Bean Green, (Wild Dandelion-stamped the sun), (Kraft, Warm Cocoa & Dark Chocolate for the fence)
*Fine Detail - Clear Embossing Powder


I love these beautiful flowers in this set!  <3  Dazzling Dahlia
Here are the items used for this card:
Gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Tv Kit - Sentimental Summer - Stamp Set - Dazzling Dahlia
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, & Ocean Mist
*Dies from the kit and Gina's Double Stitched & Single Stitched Rectangles 
                                for Therm-o-Web
*Fancy Foils -  Turquoise Sea for Therm-o-Web
*Patterned Paper - Petite Patterns
*Sheer Satin Fancy Ribbon - White / Gold   for Therm-o-Web  
                                                           colored with Turquoise Sea Ink
*Premium Dye Ink - Ocean Mist, Turquoise Sea, Jelly Bean Green, 
                              Fresh Asparagus
*Fine Detail Embossing Power - Clear 

This is the one I made for the Stamp Tv Kit Addicts Group - Friday Funday Tutorial
Here is the link to the tutorial over at > Stamp Tv Addicts Group Post 
On this fun project I used the following Gina K. Designs Items:

*Stamp Tv Kit - Sentimental Summer  - Stamp Set - Your Own Kind of Beautiful 
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight
*Premium Dye Ink - Wild Dandelion
*Dies from the Sentimental Summer Kit
*Clear Fine Embossing Powder
*Staz-On, Zig Clean Color Markers, Acetate, Bling, Versa Fine Black Ink, 
*Card Base is 5" X 3 1/2"   scored at 2 1/2"  so when folded your card base is 2 1/2" X 3 1/2"  


And for a limited time you can get this beautiful incentive stamp set Rose Bouquet - free with a $75.00 purchase. 
 I loved coloring this beautiful image! 
It will have a home on the desk to get used many more times. <3 
Here is what I came up with. :) 
Here are the wonderful items used for this card! 
Gian K. Designs - 
*Incentive Stamp Set - Rose Bouquet
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, Black Onyx, & Ocean Mist 
*Patterned Paper Pack - Petite Patterns
*Fancy Foil - Turquoise Sea
*Sheer Satin - Fancy Ribbon - Black / Gold 
Zig Clean Color Markers

Thank You for stopping by and visiting! :) 
I hope you will take a little time to get inky and have fun!  <3 
(((Hugs))),
              Karen 


Now, are You Ready for more awesome creations?! 

Just click on the links below for more from Gina and the Cast & Crew:



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!

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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!

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Friday, May 12, 2017

Stamp Tv Kit Addicts Friday Funday!


                                     

This week I am host the Friday Funday Tutorial and I 
will show you how to add a little xtra color and detail to a solid stamped image! 
Here is the Link to the tutorial, just click below 
Stamp Tv Kit Addicts Group
I am in Love with Gina K. Designs New Foil-Mates for Therm-O-Web 
and this Bold & Blooming Stamp Set! 
Have a blessed day and Happy Stamping!  <3 
and Remember take a little time to get Inky! 

These items are available over at  http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com
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