Gina K. Pin It to Win it Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Gina K. Designs "Pin it to Win it" Blog Hop!

Today, the Illustration Team has put together a special hop featuring many of their beautiful stamp sets enhanced by the Gina K. Designs patterned paper! As you visit each blog, "Pin" the project to one of your Pinterest Boards and use the words, "Gina K. Designs" in your description. We will search Pinterest for your pins and choose 3 winners who will each win a fun grab bag of stamps, patterned paper and embellishments.

Don't have a Pinterest account? That's okay! Leave a comment on each blog and, on Friday, Gina will choose 3 winners from all the comments too! Wanna' do both? You'll double your chances of winning some fun Gina K. Designs stamping goodies!

AND, from now through Tuesday night, Gina K. Designs is running a special sale- 50% off all stamp set duos, including 6 new ones AND 25% off ALL Gina K. Designs 6 X 6 Patterned Paper packs.

 Here are my cards featuring the patterned paper "Birthday Hoot" and Stamp it Big! stamp set:

Head on over to these awesome blogs for more cards to PIN!
Gina
Becky
Beth
Carolyn (you are here!)
Debbie
Melanie
 Tami
Theresa

Thanks for stopping by!

Playtime!

Hello!  I was playing around with some stamps on my desk and came up with this little number:

Fun?!   I have this punch (vase) that I haven't used in awhile so I pulled it out.  To create this design, I stamped the checkerboard design (from Stamp It Big!) onto a piece of white card stock and then punched the vase from it.  I ran a black marker along the edge of the punched design to give the vase an outline.  Then, I just stamped several flowers in different colors and added rhinestones!  Easy.  Love the fun whimsical look to this!  Might have to make a set of these.

Stamps used:  Stamp it Big! (checkerboard pattern on vase, flowers), A Year of Flowers 2 (Sentiment); Stamp TV Kit- Spring Parade (large flower) all from Gina K Designs.

I love mixing and matching stamps to create a whole new look!

Best Friend

Hello! Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend.   I did--we are FINALLY getting some spring weather here and I spent a lot of the weekend outdoors (except for the few hours I was inside the mall shopping for a prom dress with my daughter :)

As promised, here is another card using Stamp it Big:

I stamped the four checkerboard corners on a square of white cardstock.  Then, I used a black thin-tipped marker to draw a box around them to ground the design.  I stamped the flowers in the set in blue and then added a chipboard heart I had floating around on my desk!  I embossed the word "best" right on the chipboard heart and finally embossed the word "Friend" along the bottom of the card. 

Hope you have a wonderful day.  Oh yeah....more stamps to give away this week:)

Thanks for stopping by!

Guess what?

My stamp set---Stamp it Big! is back in stock :)  Yippee!  I will get working on some more ideas with it asap!   Today, I have this one to share. I made this card awhile ago but I don't think I ever posted it (oopsie!):

I used the Stamp it Big! Stamp set and coordinating Silhouette file (Gina K Designs) to create this.  The popped up elements were cut using my Silhouette and then I stamped the designs onto the cut designs.  Easy!


Thanks for stopping by!

Stamp TV Challenge

Hello! Happy (snowy) Monday! Yep.....we have snow again but I am not going to complain too much since my Alma mater, La Salle University, won their game last night :) woohoo!

This week,  I  am hosting the Stamp TV Challenge!

The challenge is to create a card using red, white and blues for any occasion, except a patriotic card :)
Here is my card:

I used A Year of Flowers 2 and Stamp it Big on this card.  You have a week to play along. All details are on the Stamp TV Challenge link above. One participant will be selected to receive a grab bag from Gina K Designs.  Cannot wait to see what you all come up with.  Remember to link your cards to the Stamp TV thread, not here!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Happy Birthday Gina!!

Today, the Gina K Design team is hopping to celebrate a very special lady!   Here is my birthday card for Gina--

I used Stamp it Big and Sweet Tweets on this:

...and filled it with LOTS of LOVE!   

I have worked with Gina for lots and lots of years now and I am such a fan of hers.  She is such an AMAZING person--in both the way she handles her business and the way she puts her family first.  I am so grateful to have her in my life. 

xo Happy Birthday Dear Friend xo

Here is the list of the rest of the team who are birthday hopping today:
AJ - http://thewillowgarden.blogspot.com/
Becky - http://hemidemisemiquaverdesignblog.com/
Beth - http://silaika.blogspot.com/
Carolina - http://creativepad.typepad.com/
Carolyn - http://myblogbycammie.blogspot.com/
Cat - http://catdidit.blogspot.com/
Debbie - http://doodledesignsonline.com/
Latisha - http://www.crafteebee.blogspot.com/
Laurie - http://www.justgivemestamps.typepad.com/
Lee - http://luvleestamper.blogspot.com/
Melanie - http://melaniemuenchinger.blogspot.com/
Michelle - http://stopandstamptheroses.blogspot.com/
Sean - http://www.cardcraftyclub.blogspot.com/
Sharon - http://paperfections.typepad.com/
Tami - http://tamimayberry.blogspot.com/
Theresa - http://craftingtheweb.blogspot.com/
Valerie - http://valeriestangle.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamp It BIG on Stamp TV...and a Giveaway!

Today, my new Gina K Designs stamp set---Stamp it BIG! makes its television debut on StampTV.  You can check out Gina's video HERE!

I am so excited to see what Gina came up with.  I was inspired to grab my set and create a few new cards as well---->

For my first card, I wanted to do a Subway Art inspired card.  Here is what I came up with:

To create the main design, I used a piece of pure luxury white cardstock and then lightly added some lines across to help me keep the design straight. (Even though they are clear stamps, when you are stamping lots of different sentiments and images you can mess up the design if one is even just a little off kilter.) NOTE: the Wish sentiment is part of the "Wishes" stamp in the set, I just inked the front part of the word for this card.

To help keep the sentiments perfectly straight, I lie down the sentiment on scrap paper as I want it to stamp and then...

I place my clear block right on top of the stamp.  This puts it on the block perfectly straight.  If you place larger sentiments on the block by hand, they can move a little and you will notice the image being a little off when you stamp. (Disregard the unclean block and stamp :)

Next, I used the Stamp it Big cut file for the large speech bubble and small hearts.  I embossed the thanks sentiment on the speech bubble and popped it up on the card.  I stamped the little dog from You Say Goodbye and I Say Ello! (by Becky Oehlers) on the bottom :

 And, finally...another thanks card:

For this card, I stamped the black lines along the bottom using the striped block from the Stamp it BIG set.  I added a strip of washi tape (that I received for Christmas from a dear friend--Thanks Michelle!) on top of it.  I stamped the thanks sentiment in  Memento tuxedo black ink and then underneath, I stamped the large flower from the set.  Using another piece of white cardstock, I stamped the polka-dotted block stamp from the set twice and the small flower once.  I used a small circle punch to punch the circles from the stamped designs and covered them with old brad covers I had from Stampin' Up!  They look really shiny  IRL!

Here is a close up of the brads:

That is all for today!  I hope you liked the projects today and the video Gina shared.  I so appreciate all the sweet comments you all have posted the past few weeks.  So, I would love to gift a Stamp it BIG set to one of you today. So...just leave me a comment below by Sunday, February 10 at 8 a.m. EST time.  Random.Cara will pick a winner (and if you already purchased the set---you will be able to pick a different set from Gina K Designs!)  The winner will have three days to contact me after I post before I select a new winner.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Valentine Friend

Hi there!   I was just playing around with my new stamp set, Stamp it Big, and had a few of the pieced from the Stamp it Big Silhouette cut file sitting on my desk.  Some were stamped and some weren't and I thought they looked pretty cool just piled up.  So I ran with that and created this:

I used these Silhouette cut pieces from the Stamp It Big cut file (smaller flower, hearts, larger flower, star) and strung the elements along the twine, popping some up for added interest.  I used the same elements in the stamp set and stamped on the pieces using these Gina K Designs inks:  Ocean Mist, Red Hot.   I used a die cut heart and stamped the checkerboard pattern block on the inside of it.  I stamped the large "Friend" sentiment on the bottom. 

I added a strip of Black Sticker stitches (SRM Stickers) along the top of the card to finish it up!

Easy, quick and fun! Thanks for stopping by!

More Stamp It Big Inspiration

Hello! Happy Friday!  I have two more cards to share today using my new stamp set Stamp It Big (Gina K Designs).  

For the first card, I used the coordinating Stamp It Big Silhouette Cut file to cut the outline for the word "Friends" and then I stamped the word inside.  I stamped the stripes along the bottom lining up the striped block.  I cut a scalloped border from the silhouette file to add under the orange paper and stamped "forever" onto it.  I stamped the flowers along the top of the sentiment and added some hand stitching (drawn lines using a marker) between the flowers.  I finished it off with some Mandarin twine from The Twinery.

The next card is a CAS card using Stamp it Big.  I punched the hearts using a heart punch and then stamped the square patterns on to them in Lady Bug and Bahama Blue ink.  I tied some Caribbean baker's twine and added it to the card and then added the hearts and some Ocean Mist buttons (new to the Gina K Store).  The final touch was stamping the sentiment along the bottom and adding a black accent.

That is it!  Hope you are being inspired with different ways to use this set!  I am having lots of fun sharing my ideas!  I would love to see yours---if you bought this set and have a card you would like to share, please email me :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina K Inspiration Hop Day 3!

Welcome to the Gina K Designs fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! We hope to inspire you to create with the new Gina K Releases! And, as you hop through the blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose  a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.
Today we are sharing projects using Sweet Treats (One Free with 3! set) and Darling Divas Mini Sets. All of these sets can now be purchased in the What's New section of the Gina K Designs store!

First, my card using Scooter Diva!  I paired this set with Stamp It Big stamp set to create this:

 I used the Scooter Diva Silhouette Cut file and Stamp It Big Silhouette Cut file on this as well!

Next, I combined the sentiment from Stamp It Big with the image from Sweet Treats to create a simple-to-mass produce thank you note that would be great for kids (big or small!):

That's it for me today!
Head on over to these blogs to see more ideas using these sets:

• Gina K
• Debbie Corbari - Illustrator Darling Diva's Mini Sets
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Beth Silaika
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Valerie Stangle

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina K Inspiration Hop Day 2!

Welcome to the Gina K Designs fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! We hope to inspire you to create with the new Gina K Releases! And, as you hop through the blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose  a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.
Today we are sharing projects using Birds and Blossoms, Spoon Me and Simple Hearts!  All of these sets can now be purchased in the What's New section of the Gina K Designs store!

First up---a card with Birds and Blossoms.  This card was easy to make by making and stamping the elegant images in Versamark--I white embossed the scene. I paired it with a large sentiment from Stamp It Big.  This card also uses a button from the new Gina K Color Companions Collection:

Next, a card using Spoon Me and the coordinating Spoon Me Silhouette Cut file.  I also used a sentiment from Stamp It Big on this along with the Stamp It Big Silhouette Cut file:

Next, Simple Hearts.  I used the speech bubble from the Stamp It Big Silhouette file for this. All stamps are from Simple Hearts:

 That is it from me today!

 Please visit these blogs for more inspiring ideas:

• Gina K
• Theresa Momber - Illustrator Birds and Blossoms
• Becky Oehlers - Illustrator Spoon Me
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Simple Hearts
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Valerie Stangle

Thanks for stopping by!

Gina K Inspiration Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the Gina K Designs fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! We hope to inspire you to create with the new Gina K Releases! And, as you hop through the blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose  a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a few days after the hops.
Today we are sharing projects using Stately Flowers 6, Lovely Ladybug, and Stamp It Big! All of these sets can now be purchased in the What's New section of the Gina K Designs store!

Here are my samples with these sets:
First, a card with Stamp It Big and the Coordinating Stamp it Big Silhouette Cut File:

 and one without the Silhouette file. This card also uses some of the new ribbon:

Finally, a simple elegant card using Stamp it Big:

Be sure to check out the posts below for more ways to use this set!

Next, a card using Stately Flowers 6 paired with a sentiment from Stamp it Big:

Finally, a card using Lovely Ladybug! I used the set in a different way for this one--used the pattern as a phone dial (because that is what it resembled to me!)  The sentiment is from Lovely Ladybug and the large one is from Stamp It Big!

 And a bookmark pairing Lovely Ladybug and the large "Smile" sentiment from Stamp it Big:

That is it from me today!
Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration on these blogs:

• Gina K
• Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator Stately Flowers 6
• Beth Silaika - Illustrator Lovely Ladybug
• Carolyn King - Illustrator Stamp It Big
• AJ Otto
• Becky Oehlers
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Michelle Woerner
• Sean Fetterman
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber
• Tami Mayberry
• Valerie Stangle 

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamp it Big--Available now!

If you made it to the Gina K Designs Release party, you know what an incredible (and fast-paced!) night it was---
Gina introduced her new Color Companion line and all the stamp sets and new products were unveiled and are now available to purchase.  You can check them all out HERE in the store!

 This is my new set using some of the NEW INKS available at Gina K!
 Here is my new set, Stamp It Big:

And the coordinating Stamp It Big Silhouette Cut file that you can purchase if you own a Silhouette machine to enhance the set can be found HERE!

Finally, here are some tips on using the set (I am sure you will think of even more ways to use the combination of large words and fun elements together!)

Stamp It Big Tip Sheet

-This set features lots of larger sentiments and some smaller add-ons that form these sentiments and more:

Thanks

Thanks so much

Thanks friend (this is made by making a cut in the Friends stamp. By slicing off the “s” you can use that stamp to make the word “Friend” or piece it together to spell “Friends”

Birthday Thanks

Smile

You make me Smile

Smile   I love you

Smile Friend

Wishes

Holiday Wishes

Best Wishes

Birthday Wishes

Friends

Friends forever

Best Friends

I love you

love you

love

I love you so much

I love you Friend

I love you forever

I love you Best

You make me {heart}

{heart} forever

Birthday {heart}

-The sentiments will also go nicely with sentiments from other Gina K sets that you can mix and match fonts to get a fun look.

-Replace the ‘i’  in the larger sentiment with the heart , star or flower designs.

-Stamp the larger sentiment in multiple colors by inking each letter with a water-based marker, huffing on the stamp and then stamping on paper.

-Emboss the large sentiments in white on darker colors for a bold statement.

-Stamp a large sentiments in a row with bright colors for a fun/easy note card.

-Make mini flags by stamping the pattern blocks on card stock and then adhering them to a toothpick.

-Create fun grid designs using a variety of the patterns blocks and shapes.

-Stamp the scallop stamp repeatedly on the card in different colors, add sentiment along bottom of card.

-The cube patterns work well by themselves and joined together to form rows or entire backgrounds.

-Punch shapes and stamp the pattern on.  (For example, have a small heart punch?  Turn it into a checkerboard heart by stamping the design on the punched shape.)

-Use the patterns to stamp kiss the larger sentiments to add interesting textures to your words.

-Punch a shape (or use one from the Silhouette file) and stamp pattern over it to create a negative pattern on the card.

-Cut squares to stamp patterns on (or use one from the coordinating Silhouette file). Adhere squares to the card and pop up some of the patterned squares using foam tape.

Silhouette file + Stamp it Big Set

-There is a coordinating Silhouette file available through Gina K Designs that contain outlines for the larger words and for all the shapes.   Used together, there are endless possibilities for different combinations for the words and designs.  Don’t have a Silhouette?  Not a problem---the set works well on its own and/or with punches you may already own (See above!).

-The file also contains a large speech bubble and thought bubble that you can pair with the sentiments.

-The smaller shapes have cuts to be used as a mat that you stamp onto OR cut the shape that is the exact size as the stamp and stamp the pattern design on it.

Here are a few more cards that I shared using Stamp It Big during the release party on StampTV last night:
First, I stamped the larger heart in several colors repeatedly on this and then added the smaller heart stamped by the small sentiment:

Next, I used lots of the elements in the set to create this fun graphic card:

Finally, I made an easy thank you by repeating the large "Thanks" sentiment and adding the tiny flower design:

Be sure to check out all the other samples using this set from previous posts this week.  Also, join us for the design team blog hops Monday-Wednesday of next week to see all the new card stock, ribbon, inks, and stamps in action!

Thanks for stopping by!