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!


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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Gina K. Designs and My Sweet Petunia Blog Hop!



Hi Everyone! 
Welcome to Karen's Creative Mess! :)
Gina K. Designs and My Sweet Petunia
have joined together for a Super Blog Hop!  
Today we are featuring the BoHo Flowers Mini Kit
From: Gina K. Designs
and the MISTI
From: My Sweet Petunia
So much inspiration and a tip or two along the way!
Do You want a chance to Win a MISTI or the New Stitched Leaves Mini Kit?
All you have to do is Comment on Every Blog in the Hop for your chance to win!
You have until September 5th at Noon Central Time to comment.
Winners will be posted on My Sweet Petunia blog winners page and on Gina K. Blog no later than Friday September 8th.

I used my Original MISTI to help me make this card,
using the BoHo Flowers Mini Kit.
Items used for this card are:
* Original MISTI 
Gina K. Designs - 
*Stamp Set - BoHo Flowers and the Die from the kit to cut the You out
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, & Black Onyx
*Premium Dye Ink - Jelly Bean Green, Turquoise Sea, and Black Onyx 
*Die Set - Large Rectangles Single Stitched
Ribbon from my stash

Here is the link to the video I made to show how I used my MISTI:


I hope you have enjoyed the video,
and there is so much more Creative Inspiration ahead!
So get to hopping and be sure to leave a comment for your chance to win.
Have a good day and I hope you get to get a Little Inky! <3

Next up is - Stephanie Severin
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Gina K. Designs Inspirational Blog Hop Day 2

 Welcome to 
 Karen's Creative Mess!!!

 The Cast and Crew for Gina K. Designs, 
Welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop 
celebrating the new stamp  sets from Gina K. Designs! 
The three sets are Wise Old Owl, Peony Wishes,
 & the new incentive set Grand Greetings. 
 We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects
 as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs!
You will have so much fun creating so many varieties of cards using these images and sentiments. Here is everything that comes in the kit:

 Wise Old Owl:
Peony Wishes:
Grand Greetings:

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 is - Wise Old Owl:
 I used one of the flowers from the BoHo Flowers Kit 
to stamp the background then made a woodgrain panel for the background.

Gina K. Designs: 
  • Stamp Set - Wise Old Owl  BoHo Flowers 
  • Die set - Wise Old Owl
  • Prue Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Jelly Bean Green
  • Premium Patterned Paper Pack - 
  • Premium Dye Ink - Turquoise Sea, Black Onyx, Kraft, Dark   Chocolate                                                                            Other Items - Versa Mark, Twine, Memento-Black, Colored With Copics 



On this one I used a couple of pieces of Patterned Paper
 to add color and fun to this background and added the flourish stamped 
on the Turquoise Sea layer for added interest.
Gina K. Designs: 
  • Stamp Set - Wise Old Owl 
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight White, Black Onyx, Turquoise Sea, & Jelly Bean Green
  • Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx
  • Premium Patterned Paper Pack - Made With Love
  • Fancy Ribbon - White / Gold Ribbon
Versa Mark, Bling 



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Now for the Beautiful - Peony Wishes Set:
I was stuck in a orange flower mode on this flower!  LOL. 
I love this stamp set! <3 


Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set - Peony Wishes
  • Die - You
  • Pure Luxury Card stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight White, Jelly Bean Green, Turquoise Sea, & Black Onyx
  • Premium Dye Ink - Moonlit Fog
  • Fine Detail Embossing Powder - Clear
Versa Fine - Black, Ribbon and Bling from my stash, Colored with Prismacolor Pencils






 Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set - Peony Wishes 
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Sweet Mango, Black Onyx
  • Fine Detail Embossing Powder -  Clear
Versa Fine - Black, Memento Ink - Black, Copics, Ribbon and Bling from my stash




This was a fun one to do the Spot Light Technique on this stamp image!  :) 
Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp set - Peony Wishes
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight 
  • Premium Dye Ink - Black Onyx
Colored with Prismacolor Pencils, and Bling from my stash


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GRAND Greetings!!!!  :) 
I am loving this set <3 


Gina K. Designs: 
  • Stamp Set - Grand Greetings  Incentive Stamp set
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - Powder Blue, White Layering Weight
  • Premium Dye Ink - Dark Chocolate, Kraft, & Powder Blue
Twine, & Bling

 Video - using the Grand Greetings
 Incentive Set and Gina's Floral Stencil




and this is the one from the party! :) 

Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set - Grand Greetings
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - Turquoise Sea, White Layering Weight
  • Premium Dye Ink - Ocean Mist, Turquoise Sea, Jelly Bean Green, Fresh Asparagus, & Dark Chocolate
Spectrum noir glitter pen, bling
Ready for more awesome creations?!
 Just click on the links below for more from Gina and the Cast & Crew:
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Monday, July 31, 2017

Gina K. Designs - Inspirational Blog Hop Day 1


Hi Everyone! 
Welcome to Karen's Creative Mess.  :) 

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs Welcomes you to a inspiring blog hop 
celebrating the new stamp sets by Gina K.
This month, we are celebrating the release of the Boho Flowers mini kit
and three other stamp sets by Gina K Designs.
These sets are Wise Old Owl, Peony Wishes and 
the new incentive set Grand Greetings. 
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 the new Boho Flowers mini kit.

You will have so much fun creating so many varieties of cards using these images and sentiments. Here is everything that comes in the kit:
Hop along Enjoy all the cards that the Designs Team has created to share with you, 
and  we hope to inspire you along the way.  :) 
Don't forget to Comment on each blog for your chance to 
Win a Generous $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. Ready for some inspiration? Here are a few of the projects I have created for today’s hop:

This first card I have to share I used one of Gina's Stencils - Foliage and the Bokeh Technique. <3 

Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set - BoHo Flowers. From the BoHo Mini Kit
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base and Layering Weight, Black Onyx, & Turquoise Sea
  • Premium Dye Ink - Turquoise Sea, Jelly Bean Green, Fresh Asparagus, and Black Onyx
  • Premium Pigment Ink - White
  • GKD - Art Stencils - Foliage
  • Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White 


Next up is the singe Die - You (cut 3 times with 3 different colors and glued together) and the BoHo Flowers stamp set! :) The bottom part of the focal layer is sponged with Lovely Lavender.
Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set - BoHo Flowers Mini Kit
  • Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base & Layering Weight, Edible Eggplant, & Lovely Lavender
  • Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White
  • Premium Dye Ink - Lovely Lavender & Edible Eggplant
  • GKD Fancy - White & Gold Ribbon
  • Die - You




Next up is a watercolor panel that I almost threw away. (Yikes! LOL) 
 So a little tip... If you don't like a panel that you did, just let it sit overnight and then the next day, you may like it or find a good reason to use it!  :) 
Gina K. Designs:
  • Stamp Set - BoHo Flowers Kit 
  • Die - You
  • Pure Luxury Card stock - Heavy Base Weight White, Black Onyx, Tomato Soup, White Layering Weight
  • Fine Detail Embossing Powder - Clear 
  • Premium Dye Ink - Red Hot & Wild Dandelion                                                              Other items - Versa Fine - Black, Watercolor Paper, Black Soot Distress Ink - to use as splatters



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 and Don't forget to leave a comment!
Happy Stamping and I hope you get to have a little inky time! :) <3

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Gina K. Designs - Illustrator Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to Karen's Creative Mess. <3  
 Day 3 of Gina K. Designs -  Illustrator Blog Hop!
We have two new set that we hope will inspire you with some beautiful card projects! 
Today, we are featuring Chris Dayton’s first stamp set Sentimental Cala Lily
 and the June Incentive set “Happy Mail” by Gina K. 
Both of these sets are fabulous! 
Chris's set is wonderful for making cards for many occasions 
and the Cala Lilies are Gorgeous and elegant!  <3 
Gina's Incentive set is perfect for some great happy cards 
and fantastic envelope messages! 




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 let's start with Sentimental Cala Lily 
 by: Chris Dayton







Gina K. Designs:
*Stamp Set - Sentimental Cala Lily
*Pure Luxury Card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, & White Layering Weight
*Premium Dye Ink - Moonlit Fog
*Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White
  Other items - Versa Mark, bling, velum, added a little color to the back of the velum with comic markers


These flowers are so lovely!  :) 

For this card I used the following Gina K. Designs Items:
*Stamp Set - Sentimental Cala Lily  By: Chris Dayton
*Pure Luxury card Stock - White Heavy Base Weight, & Blue Lagoon
*Fine Detail Embossing Powder - White
Other items - Heat resistant Acetate, Zig Clean Color Markers, watercolor paper


  Next up is This month Incentive Stamp Set - Happy Mail
I used this set to decorate my envelopes!   :) 


Stamped in Black Onyx and sponged with Dusty Rose Premium Dye Ink
I added one of the Cala Lilies from Sentimental Cala Lily stamp set. 


This Envelope is sponged with Ocean Mist and Stamped with it too!
Added the cute little Dolphin to the back and colored with Copics.

This one I used Melanie Muenchinger's Pressed Flowers 2 set to add a flower to the front of the envelope albion with the Happy Mail Greeting!  :) 

Thank You so much for hopping by and I hope you have enjoyed all the cards and Happy Stamping!  
Remember to take a little time to get Inky! <3 (((Hugs)))

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

Chris Dayton - Today’s featured illustrator


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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