HLS May Watercolour Challange

Hello and welcome!

 

There is a new water color challenge up at Happy Little Stampers. As you all know it's always anything goes with a twist. This month we would like to see the color red. This is totally optional.

 

 

Here's what you could win!

 

 

Please welcome our guest designer Helen. Stop by and see what she has created and leave some comment love!

 

 

Here is my take on the challenge featuring Butterfly Birthday by Happy Little Stampers. The Hello is a die by PTI. The butterflies are heat embossed and the background was water colored with Gansi Tambi water colors. Sequins were added as a finishing touch.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

We hope to see you in our gallery! 

 



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Papertrey Ink April 2017 Blog Hop

Good morning all!

 

I've been a bit absent in the Papertrey Ink community lately but found a bit of time to play along this month in their April Blog hop.

 

Here is the lovely photo Nichole has chosen for inspiration this month.

 

 

I went with a clean and simple design featuring the Cutaway Tags spring stamp set and a sentiment from Botanical Blocks. Black Nuvo drops were added to the centers of the flowers.

 

Thanks for dropping by and enjoy your day!

 

 

 

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Altenew April 2017 Inspiration Challenge

Hey there!

I'm playing along in Altenew's April 2017 Inspiration Challenge. Here is this month's graphics.

 

 

Here is my card featuring the newly released Layered Floral Cover Dies. I chose a sentiment from Hennah Elements.

 

Thanks for dropping by!

 

 

Also entered into :

 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Showers and/or Flowers 

 

 

 



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Christmas Card Challenges #11

Good morning all!

 

It's week #11 and we have a color challenge for you. It's totally optional if you choose to use the color palette we have provided for you.

 



 

 

 

Here is the card I created this week using most of the colors and an embossed image from Christmas Greenery by Gina G. Designs. The sentiment is from the set On Ice by Papertrey Ink. The background was sponged with Moonlit Fog and Powder Blue GKD dye inks.

 

Stop by and play along. We would love to see your take on the challenge!

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ATSM Challenge # 238 - Holiday

Hello and welcome!

 

This week we would like to see Holiday cards.



 

For this challenge I chose to make a Christmas card. I kept my card clean and simple by die cutting  a sheet of patterned paper from the Home for the Holidays paper pack by Gina K. Designs and adding a heat embossed sentiment from the set On Ice by PTI.

 

Come and play along. We would love to see your take on the challenge!

 

 

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Gina K Designs – Inspiration Blog Hop – Day 3



The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp sets by Gina K and the illustrator team from Gina K Designs! 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 My Anchor Mini Kit.

Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 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:





After I stamped the lighthouse and did some masking, my entire background was sponged with the following GKD inks, Kraft, Blue Raspberry, Wild Dandelion, Dusty Rose and Powder Blue. Lastly, I added a sentiment, the birds and some highlights in the water

For the above card I smooshed the background with Blue Raspberry and and Blue Denim. After setting it aside to dry I stamped the anchor and the sentiment.



For my last card I did some masking and stamped the truck image three times across the top half and added a sentiment and a thin piece of cardstock.

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

Gina K
Beth Silaika
Cathy Tidwell
Chris Dayton
Claire Brennan
Donna Idlet
Juliana Michaels
Karen Hightower
Laurie Schmidlin
Melanie Muenchinger
Rema DeLeeuw  - You are here!
Sean Fetterman
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore
Theresa Momber

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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Gina K Designs –Inspiration Blog Hop – Day 2

 

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp sets by Gina K and the illustrator team from Gina K Designs! 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 stamp sets by Beth Silaika, Claire Brennan and the Botanical Blocks Incentive set.  

 

These stamp sets are so fun and versatile! You will be able to create amazing card projects using each individual set or by combining the images and sentiments from multiple sets from this release. Have fun and be creative! 

 

Vicky Mermaid by Beth Silaika 

 

Cottage Garden by Claire Brennan

 

April 2017 Incentive Stamp Set - Botanical Blocks

 

Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 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 I have a couple of cards featuring Vicky Mermaid by Beth Silaika. For the top one I did some reverse masking with various GKD inks and then stamped a sea plant. The seahorse was stamped on watercolor paper and colored in with distress markers. I fussy cut him out and adhered him to the front. I find that it's easier to cut images from water color paper than regular card stock. Its thicker, sturdier and doesn't bend as easily when cutting around intricate areas.

 

 

After randomly stamping various images I water colored the background and left the images untouched. I lightly sprayed the front with shimmer mist and added sequins. The sentiment was heat embossed on vellum and stapled to the front.

 

 

 I only had time to make one card featuring Claire Brennan's set Cottage Garden. After stamping and masking the fence image I lightly sponged the background with Wild Dandelion, Peach Bellini and Blue Lagoon GKD inks. I added Kraft towards the bottom. The bird and sign were fussy cut out and adhered to the card.

 

 

My last card features images from April's mini incentive stamp set Botanical Blocks free with a separate $75.00 purchase. A very quick and easy one layer card. I love the sentiment on this one.

 

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

 

Gina K 

Beth Silaika  - Today’s featured illustrator 

Claire Brennan - Today’s featured illustrator
 Cathy Tidwell 

Chris Dayton
 Donna Idlet 

Juliana Michaels
 Karen Hightower
 Laurie Schmidlin 

Melanie Muenchinger 

Rema DeLeeuw -You are here
 Sean Fetterman
 Sheri Gilson
 Silke Ledlow 
Susie Moore 

Theresa Momber

 

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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Gina K Designs - Inspiration Blog Hop - Day 1

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp sets by Gina K and the illustrator team from Gina K Designs! 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 stamp sets by Melanie Muenchinger and Theresa Momber. 

These stamp sets are so fun and versatile! You will be able to create amazing card projects using each individual set or by combining the images and sentiments from multiple sets from this release. Have fun and be creative!

Please join us in welcoming Juliana Michaels to the Cast & Crew for Gina K Designs. Juliana has been a project designer in the paper craft/scrapbook industry since 2007 and has worked for many top manufacturers in the craft world.  Her projects have been published in a variety of magazines and idea books. You will instantly fall in love with her projects! 
 

Stately Flowers 11 by Melanie Muenchinger

 

Daisy Delight by Theresa Momber

 

Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 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, I have a couple of cards featuring Melanie Muenchingers beautiful new set Stately Flowers 11. The top card was water colored with Peerless Water Colors. The bottom card was masked and sponged with GKD inks. I sprayed shimmer mist to the card front for a bit of sparkle. 

 

 

Next up I have two cards using images from Theresa Momber's Daisy Delight.

 

 

 I immediately fell in love with this huge daisy and couldn't wait to start water coloring it. I also water colored the ladybug and fussy cut it when it was dry. Before I adhered it to my card I stamped it where I wanted to place it on the flower. That way I didn't have to draw in the legs.

For my last card I created a CAS one-layer sympathy card. I did some masking and sponged peach bellini GKD ink to form a wide strip across my card front towards the top. Before I removed the masking I stamped my image and sentiment. Flowers were colored with Zig water color brush pens.



Ready for more awesome creations?! Just click on the links below for more from Gina and the Cast & Crew:
Gina K
Melanie Muenchinger  - Today’s featured illustrator
Theresa Momber - Today’s featured illustrator
Beth Silaika
Cathy Tidwell
Chris Dayton
Claire Brennan
Donna Idlet
Juliana Michaels
Karen Hightower
Laurie Schmidlin
Sean Fetterman
Rema DeLeeuw - You are here!
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore

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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Christmas Card Challenges #10

Good morning!

 

 This week we have a photo challenge and we would love to see your take on it.

 

Here is what I came up with featuring an image from last year's Holiday Make-It-Market kit by PTI called All Through the House which is not available anymore. The sentiment is from the set Love Lives Here: Holiday also by PTI.

 

Come see what the designers have created and play along.

 

 We would love to see you in our gallery!

 

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Atsm Challenge #236 - Anything Goes

It's "Anything Goes" this week at ATSM.

 

Here is my take using this cute image from the set Xaviar Zebra by Gina K. Designs. I did some masking and stenciling and heat embossed the zebra with black embossing powder.

 

Stop by and see what the rest of the team created and play along with us!

 

 

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