CFC41: Kissing Frogs

I made this for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week which was Jest for the Pun of it!  I used Fairy Tales and paired it with some GKD Patterned Paper Wisteria Lane (just love all of those circles!!).

Sorry I have been MIA quite a bit...alas, various virus' have hit our household and while I don't want it to hit us all at once, getting us one at a time (and lingering) is getting old! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

CPS 254

I made this for the CPS 254 sketch challenge and the sponsor this week is Lil' Inker Designs.  I used the stamp set Snow Mouse and paired it with Echo Park Paper Holly Jolly patterned paper for the layers and his cute little scarf.

Hope you can join us for this fun sketch as one random winner will win a prize from Lil' Inker Designs!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

CPS253 - The Twinery

 I made this for the CPS 253 sketch challenge.  The sponsor this week is The Twinery.  I used the stamp set All Occasion Tags from Gina K. Designs and paired it with Jillibean Watermelon Gazpacho patterned paper.

Hope you can join us for this fun sketch as one random winner will win a prize from The Twinery!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Touch Twin Markers Challenge: Friends

Touch Twin Markers has a great new challenge with the theme of Animals.  I know you *don't have to* use their markers (at this point), however, I really wanted to and with my limited number of Touch Twin Markers could either have about anything pink (...wouldn't Lee be happy, lol!) and then realized I had the perfect Touch Twin markers for a giraffe from Zoo Animals!!! I used one brown: BR94 and two yellows: YR21 and YR33.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Remember...I Love You

   

I made this for the CPS 5th Anniversary Challenge.  I hosted Day 11 and used The {Stamps} of Life .  For my card, I used two sets list2write and love2hug, as well as Stephanie Barnard inks and love how it turned out.  You can find more details on the challenge HERE.

It has been a great celebration over at CPS these past 15 days and hope you have played along.  Those   readers who completed all 15 sketches featured throughout the Anniversary celebration will be entered into the grand prize drawing! This prize pack includes a prize from all of our CPS Anniversary sponsors!  Last I checked it was 19!!!!  So excited to see who wins and you have until midnight Saturday, Feb. 18th to play along so there is still time :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Hugs

 I have a simple card to share that I made with Whimsical Spring and GKD Patterned Paper Pack - Red Carpet from Gina K. Designs.  Love these new paper packs and can't quite figure out which paper pack is my favorite.  That is a good problem to have.....right :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

PTI: Happy Birthday

 
This is my first (ever) PaperTrey Ink stamp set...I caved when I saw the Simply Jane set that was released last month.  I used some Crate Paper patterned paper and some little pearls from Want2Scrap.  This is also for the Day 5 PTI Contest to create a new project inspired by a Pinterest image and I chose Dawn McVey's Celebrate card inspiration piece.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Gina's Birthday Blog Hop

Yes, it is quite a special day for Gina K. Designs fans as Gina has a birthday!!  We thought it would be fun to get together and have a day to hop just to celebrate HER birthday!!!
Here is a card I made...

 I used the stamp set Special Delivery and Memento ink.  LOVE this postal set! 

Happy Birthday Gina!!

Your next stop is Jimmi, and here is the complete list if you get lost along the way:

Carolina Buchting

Cathy Tidwell

Donna Baker

Emily Giovanni

Giovana Smith

Jennie Harper

Jimmi Mayo

Lee Murphy

Lori McAree

Melanie Muenchinger

Michelle Woerner

Tami Mayberry

Theresa Momber

Tina Gilliland

Vicki Dutcher

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

A Year of Flowers Book Hop

 Thank you for hopping along today with the Gina K. Design Team!! If you arrived here from Giovana's blog, then you're right where you should be. You can always go to StampTV to start from the beginning.  The inspiration for today's hop came from Melanie Muenchinger's new book called, A Year of Flowers.

While you can make every design in the book with Melanie’s all occasion “A Year of Flowers” set, today’s samples showcase her coordinating florals, which can also be used with the book's tutorials and designs, and provide endless options and more value for your money. We are excited to share cards and projects we created using some of our favorite flower sets designed by Melanie! We love her new book and know you will too - don't miss out on getting your very own copy which you can purchase HERE!

My sample uses Pressed Flowers:

I did a bit of kissing with the solid floral image using one of the backgrounds from Timeless Textures.  I stamped the flowers with Memento Summer Sky and kissed prior to stamping with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.  I added some additional color by using the same "kissing" stamp by stamping randomly using Memento Desert Sand.  Melanie's floral stamp sets are amazing and love the detail she gives to these beautiful images.

• Hope you're finding some great inspiration and wonderful designs to get your creativity jump-started!  You can find the newest stamp sets and lots of wonderful accessories in Gina's Store.  And then join us on Stamp TV for the challenges and surprises and crafty videos galore!!!
• Go to Lee's blog, to continue the hop! 
• Leave comments along our hop today to enter to win one of Melanie's coordinating floral sets of your choice. The more comments you leave the more chances to win! Melanie will draw a name randomly from one blog and post the winner tomorrow morning.  She is also giving away her Crazy Daisy digital patterned paper FREE if you link Gina's video or her post, please see Melanie's blog for details! Good Luck!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

GKD January Release Inspiration Blog Hop Day 3

 Welcome to Day 3 of the Gina K. Designs newest Release Inspiration Hop!  We are excited to share with you the New One Free with 3 stamp set, Fresh Start released this past Tuesday...

I made this for the Release Challenge I am hosting over on Stamp TV which is a sketch challenge.  You can find more info HERE and would love for you to play along!

For even more samples of these new sets, please visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below and leave a comment. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have of winning!  Gina will announce on her blog the randomly chosen winners who will each win a fun Grab Bag of stamps from Gina K. Designs.

• Gina K
• Giovana Smith
• Jennie Harper
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

GKD January Release Inspiration Blog Hop Day 2

 Welcome to Day 2 of the Gina K. Designs newest Release Inspiration Hop!  We are excited to share with you two new stamp sets that were released last night.  First up is Whimsical Spring designed by Theresa Momber:

 I love two-step stamping and so this fits me to a "T" (pun intended Theresa, lol!). I stamped the leaves using Memento Pear Tart and Bamboo Leaves ink and popped up the butterfly a couple of times after I sponged him lightly.

Next up is Tami Mayberry's stamp set: Girl Talk...

This set is so fab and the other stamp sets that coordinate with it just makes me "squeal!"  Too cute to send a snappy little note to a friend!

For even more samples of these new sets, please visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below and leave a comment. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have of winning!  Gina will announce on her blog the randomly chosen winners who will each win a fun Grab Bag of stamps from Gina K. Designs.

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry – Illustrator Girl Talk
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator Whimsical Spring
• Sharon Harnist
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni
• Jennie Harper
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

GKD January Release Inspiration Blog Hop Day 1

 Welcome to Day 1 of the Gina K. Designs newest Release Inspiration Hop!  We are excited to share with you

 two new stamp sets that were released last night.  First up is Stately Flowers 3 designed by Melanie Muenchinger.

 I stamped the flower image with Versamark embossing with Clear Embossing powder.  Then I sponged it with Memento Rose Bud ink which made the flowers just POP!

 And next I have a card to share using Mehndi Wishes:

Absolutely beautiful images and I kept this one to Kraft/Red  creating patterned paper with one of the stamp images.  I used Stephanie Barnard Strawberry ink and ColorBox Chalk ink in Creamy Brown. I am entering this into the "Pinteresting" Challenge over on Clearsnap as I was inspired by the red/kraft light fixture.

For even more samples of these new sets, please visit each of the GKD Design Team blogs listed below and leave a comment. The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have of winning!  Gina will announce on her blog the randomly chosen winners who will each win a fun Grab Bag of stamps from Gina K. Designs.

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator Stately Flowers 3
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jennie Harper
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lori McAree
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,