Gina K May Release Inspiration Hop Day 2

Welcome to Day 1 of the Gina K. Designs May Release Inspiration Hop!  We are excited to share with you two more stamp sets which were released last Thursday.  First is Dreams, illustrated by Tami Mayberry:

  I used Kraft and Pumpkin Spice cardstock and several Distress inks and Memento markers for this design.  I wanted to keep it rustic so added some Jute twine (love this stuff and so inexpensive!!)

Next up is Birthday Bash, illustrated by Rupa Shevde:

 I paired it with some Echo Park A Walk in the Park patterned paper and since I am not the best "colorer" I paper pieced this cute bear.  The balloons were colored with watercolor pencils.

 

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!  Tomorrow Gina will announce on her blog the randomly chosen winners who will each win one Gina K. Designs stamp set of their choice!

• Gina K
• Giovana Smith
• Janice Whiting
• Jennie Harper
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Donna Baker

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

Blessings,

CAS: Congrats

A quick card to share that I made for the CAS-ual Friday's Challenge which was to create a clean and simple graduation project.  I used the stamp set Words2Color from The {Stamps} of Life and kept the color scheme to Navy and Black.

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

Blessings,

Gina K May Release Inspiration Hop Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of the Gina K. Designs May Release Inspiration Hop!  We are excited to share with you two more stamp sets which were released last Thursday.  First is Vogue Vases, illustrated by Theresa Momber:

I used some of the patterned paper from the Vintage Chic Stamp TV Kit and rubbed Peach ink directly onto it to create matching dp, love this techinque!

Next up is Border Bling, illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger:

Here I used some of the beautiful peach cardstock Gina is now carrying and must say LOVE it!!  I used Melanie's other stamp set: Bring the Bling to create patterned paper and just love how it pops!! I just had another idea and will be trying something else soon. :o)

 

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!  Tomorrow Gina will announce on her blog the randomly chosen winners who will each win one new Gina K. Designs stamp set of their choice!

• Gina K
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Donna Baker
• Giovana Smith
• Janice Whiting
• Jennie Harper
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• 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,

GKD Release PartInvitation Blog Hop

We are very excited to extend an invitation to Gina K. Designs May Release Party. We have a fun evening planned for you - chatting, prizes, challenges, stamp sets reveal, design team shares, and most importantly, at the end of the party you will be able to go shopping!

If you came from Lee's blog, you're at the right place. If not make sure to head over to StampTV where you will find a list of all those participating in today's hop.

Here's a peek at one of the cards I will be sharing at the party.

It features a new stamp set illustrated by Theresa Momber.  And that color cardstock you see....is NEW!!!  Just a dreamy color....

Hope to see you at the party, here are all the details:

• When: Today, Thursday, May 26
• Where: StampTV Release Party Forum
• Time: 7 PM to 9 PM (CST)

Head on over to Janice's blog to see what sneak peek she's sharing with you today and see you back here tomorrow for the beginning of our four day Inspiration Blog Hop series for May!

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

Blessings,

CFC3

I made this for the CAS-ual Friday's challenge which was to use Bling!  I used the stamp set Lawn Fawn Happily Ever After and added bling to the waist of the dress.  Quite a CAS design for me :o)

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

Blessings, 

CPS219 ~ Thinking of You

I shared this over the CPS blog using CPS219.   When I saw the sketch and the oval I immediately thought of Layers of Color cling art stamp Garden Wall.  I stamped it on Sweet Corn cardstock and colored/highlighted with Copics.  The sentiment is from Sent with Love.  Sure hope you can play along with the CPS challenge this week...it is a fun sketch!

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

Blessings,

A Cup of Coffee

Here is a super quick card using Coffee4two from The {Stamps} of Life.  I paper pieced the image with some Echo Park A Walk in the Park patterned paper.  This card also fits the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #89 which is to create a card or project with a tea of coffee cup or pot.

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

Blessings,

Free For All Friday - DIY Patterned Paper on Stamp TV

 I am hosting the Free for All Friday Challenge on Stamp TV this week.  I love to use stamps to create a patterned paper and my challenge is DIY Patterned Paper using Stamps.  I used Branching Out, Timeless Textures and the sentiment from Follow Your Dreams.  I used Ivory and Innocent Pink card stock and the center of the flowers was made using pink Liquid Pearls.  Here is a close-up of the patterned paper I created....

Quite a fun design and one I use again with other colors.

Hope you can play along with my challenge, you have until 8 pm (CST) Thursday, May 19th to upload your card to the STV gallery and tag it: STVFRIJH1

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

Blessings,

CPS 218

I made for this week's CPS sketch using The {Stamps} of Life set words2color and Echo Park Paper Summer Days.   Quite a bright card for me, but I like it :o)

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

Blessings,

Hey Chickie!

Creative Clear Stamps is one of the first design teams I was on nearly 2 years ago (ack, has it been that long...) and CCS has the cutest little chick stamp set called What's Shakin'.  The images and sentiments are just so fun and BIG thanks to Linda for letting me know it was on a sale a couple of weeks ago...thanks!  I paper pieced the shakin' chicks with Echo Park A Walk in the Park patterned paper.

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

Blessings,

GKD Sew Fun Blog Hop

Welcome to another GKD Blog Hop!  The members of Gina K.'s Design Team have come together to host a hop with sewing as the center theme. Along the hop you will find a variety of sewing techniques from hand sewing to faux sewing!

If you came from Janice's blog, you're at the right place. If not make sure to head over to StampTV where you will find a list of all those participating in today's hop.

Here is my card featuring the appearance of stitching using stamps...

The card base is In the Navy and I layered it with White which I embossed with the Cuttelbug Polka Dots folder.  The stamped stitches is In Stitches and I used a sentiment from Sew Pretty, which I thought was quite fitting :o)

The flowers I dyed with Distress stain and added a pearl to each center with Liquid Pearls White Opal.

Head on over to Lee's blog to see what she's sharing with you today!  I am thinking it will be something sparkly, and possibly pink :)

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

Blessings, 

Garden Wall

 A quick card using some Layers of Color stamps.  For this card I used Garden Wall cling art stamp, as well as Sent with Love art stamp set.   I layered the Labels 14 die with Grommet Tags.

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

Blessings,

CFC1

I recently won some stamps from The Stamps of Life and had to get Scream4IceCream inky right away.  This card is for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge.  Love this new challenge blog and this week the challenge focuses on "text."  I stamped the ice cream cone and scoop on A Walk in the Park patterned paper (from Echo Park) and adhered it over the text I created from sentiments in the stamp set.

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

Make a Splash and an Invite!

This card uses the stamp set Make a Splash and Cosmo Cricket Salt Air patterned paper.  I colored the octopus with Copics and added some Ruby Red Liquid Pearls for a bit of bling without being actual bling, lol!. The design for this card is from Theresa's sketch challenge over on Stamp TV today.  Sure hope you can play along as one random winner will win a brand new GKD stamp set of their choosing.

This card also fits the Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC80 of using Red, Orange and White:

Busy weekend coming up...Tomorrow I will be doing demo's at Betty's Stamping and Scrapbooking Store in Greensboro, NC for an all day National Scrapbook Day event.  There will be lots of Make & Take's plus Demo's FREE, so if you get a chance and are in the area please drop by!!  

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

CPS216

 Just a quick card to share today that I made in under 20 minutes.  I find that it helps to start with a sketch and have an idea of color scheme which I based on this beautiful new patterned paper from Pink Paislee called Butterfly Garden.  I used the stamp set Garden Silhouettes (which is the one free with Three stamp set from GKD this month).  The sketch is from CPS216. I added some Flower Soft to the center of the flower.  This card also fits the Flower Soft Spring Challenge. 

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

STV: Mix It Up Challenge

 

Stamp TV has some brand new challenges hosted by the GKD Design Team every Monday and Friday.  This week Carolina is hosting the Monday challenge with this beautiful inspiration challenge:

 I would love to have this as my table setting...ahhhhh...  You can find more details on the challenge HERE.

Here is my card based on the inspirational piece above:

This card features the newest set by Melanie, Branching Out.  I used Ivory and Green Grass cardstock and layered it with some Pink Paislee Hometown Summer patterned paper.  The flowers were stamped with Cantaloupe ink and then rocked (inked edges of floral image) with Lady Bug before stamping onto die-cut circle.  I added some Ruby Red Liquid Pearls to the center of each and love the dimension it gives.  

Sure hope you can play along with the challenge. One random winner will win a brand new GKD stamp set of their choosing.

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

Blessings,

CP113

Layers of Color is sponsoring the Card Patterns Sketch 113 this week.  One lucky randomly picked participant will receive both Embroidered Butterfly and Warbler cling art stamps. 

I used Prima Recollections patterned paper and the cling art stamp Embroidered Butterfly on my card.  The sentiment is from Sent with Love.  The sketch was so fun to figure out and I went with the Spellbinders Lacey Circle dies for the top. The butterfly was sponged with ink and popped up on pop dots. 

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


Blessings,