HLS October Watercolour Challenge

Hello and welcome to the start of a new month and a new challenge at Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge.

As you already know it's always Anything Goes with an Optional Twist. This month we would like to see some gold on your projects.

The winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE!

Here is my take on the challenge. I watercoloured the background with Distress Oxides in the following colors, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber. I can not get enough of these inks. This has to be one of my most favorite color combos and I use it whenever I can.

My card also feature images from the following stamp sets, Stitched Leaves mini kit, Fabulous Rose Framed stamp set and Stately Flowers 11 all by Gina K. Designs.

Stop by and see what the rest of the team has created and play along. We hope to see you in our gallery!

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PTI September Blog Hop - Hello

Hello hello my friends!

I'm participating this month in Papertrey Ink's September Blog Hop. Here is the inspiration photo Nichole has chosen to jumpstart our creativity.

As soon as I saw the graphics I thought of the set Spring Woods. I added the "hello" sentiment from the mini set Heart-2-Heart #4. Before I adhered my die cuts and heat embossed my sentiment I die cut my front with one of the Stitched circle dies. As a finishing touch white dots were added to the flowers.

Thanks for dropping by and have a blessed day!

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JUST BECAUSE

Hello friends!

I found some time today to make a quick card and entered it into the Altenew September Inspiration Challenge. Here is this month's graphics.

Here is my take on the challenge featuring their Blooming Bouquet stamp set. The flowers were colored with Prisma colored pencils.

Also entered into:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

( clean and simple )

Thanks for dropping in and have a super day!

Rema

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Ghostly Greetings

Hey there friends!

I created a Halloween card and entered it into the

2017 Card Design Superstar: Clean & Simple Genius 

contest over at My Favorite Things!

Here are the MFT supplies I used:

BB Fab-BOO-lous Friends

Die-namics Circle STAX Set 2
( I used the 2 3/4 " die  to cut a circle on a piece of scratch paper for blending )


Also Entered Into the Following Challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge

( It's Written in the Stars )

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

( Clean and Simple )

Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!

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Gina K Designs Stitched Leaves Mini Kit Inspiration Blog Hop

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new Gina K Designs Stitched Leaves mini kit which will be back in stock TODAY! We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs!
These stamp sets are so fun, versatile and you can make a variety of different cards and projects with or without dies! You will be creating with this stamp set and dies all fall long! Have fun and be creative!

BACK IN STOCK TODAY!

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:

For my first card I did a little water color "smooshing" to my background with the following GKD inks, Kraft and Dark Chocolate. For the leaf I used Distress Oxide inks.

Here I used one leaf image and the "Rock n Roll" technique ( on some of the leaves ) with the following GKD inks, Jelly Bean Green, Dusty Rose and Sweet Mango. Click here to view this technique.

I repeatedly stamped all leaf images in Dark Chocolate GKD ink on kraft cardstock. The die cut and sentiment were stamped in GKD Jelly Bean Green ink.

My last card is one that I showed at the release party a couple of weeks ago. The bottom portion of my card was sponged with Distress Oxide Inks and stamped three times with one of the leaf images. The friend die cut was stamped with Blue Lagoon GKD ink and heat embossed with clear sparkle embossing powder.

Ready for more awesome creations?! Just click on the links below for more from Gina and the Cast & 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 D
esigns Store and check out the entire stamp and die set as well as all of the new stamp sets by the illustrators from this month in the “What’s New” section at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.

Thanks for stopping by and have a super weekend!

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STAMPtember Gina K. Designs Exclusive: Warmer With You

Hello friends and thanks for stopping by!

I'm absolutely thrilled to be sharing with you a stamp set designed by Gina K. Designs exclusively for STAMPtember with Simon Says Stamp called Warmer With You! This set also has coordinating dies that are sold separately.

After I die cut my front panel I masked off the bottom portion and started blending with the following GKD inks, Wild Dandelion, Sweet Mango and Passionate Pink. I was going for a vibrant winter sky.

 Using my MISTI, I stamped the tree image twice with GKD black ink to get a good impression and once with GKD white ink. When I stamped it with the white ink I didn't cover the entire image, just here and there to lighten it up in certain areas. You can't tell very well from the photo but in person it looks like frost is clinging to the trees.

I stamped two snow people, colored them with Zig Real Brush Markers and fussy cut them out. Black lines were added to their scarves.

Lastly, I stamped a sentiment, die cut it out and just ran a black Copic marker around the edges.

I hope you enjoyed my card. This is a limited exclusive design that is only available while supplies last. Get yours today while it's still available.

Check out what the rest of the design team has created!

Gina K.
Beth Silaika
Cathy Tidwell
Chris Dayton
Claire Brennan
Donna Idlet
Juliana Michaels
Karen Hightower
Melanie Muenchinger
Rema DeLeeuw>>>YOU ARE HERE
Sean Fetterman
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore
Theresa Momber

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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. Designs 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 stamps sets by Beth Salaika and Claire Brennan.

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!

Todd Turtle by Beth Salaika

Perfect Poinsettia by Claire Brennan

Nurturing Blooms
(September free mini set with $75.00 purchase)

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:

I did some ink blending on my first card featuring the adorable set Todd Turtle. The sea creatures were colored in with Zig Real Brush Markers and fussy cut out.

I stamped part of the Music Background stamp as a backdrop for Claire Brennans beautiful multi layered set Perfect Pointsettia. I omitted the first layer and just stamped the next two. I also did this with the leaves. I then fussy cut all the images and adhered them to the card front.

My last card features the new incentive mini set Nurturing Blooms. For this one I kept it very simple and created a one layer card and added sequins.

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

Gina

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.shop.ginakdesigns.com/

Thank you for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

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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. 

 Fabulous Rose Frame by Melanie Muenchinger

(coordinating dies pictured below and sold separately)

Fabulous Rose Dies

Fabulous Labels Dies

Wetlands 2 by Theresa Momber

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 I created a "THANK YOU" card with Melanie's beautiful set Fabulous Rose Frame. I colored the roses and leaves with Chameleon markers. It's my first time coloring with them and they are a bit challenging. I will have to practice with them a bit more. I cut the label die with patterned paper from the Petite Patterns paper pack by GKD.

I just love Wetlands 2 by Theresa Momber. It's a perfect set for creating masculine birthday cards like the one I made here. I kept it simple and added just a bit of water coloring to the background with my Gansai Tambi Water Colors.

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
Rema DeLeeuw>>>YOU ARE HERE
Sean Fetterman
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.shop.ginakdesigns.com/

Thank you for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

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