Introducing “Poster Board Sentiments”

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

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There are so many wonderful, sad, trying and celebratory times in our lives and when we go to make a card, sometimes we need to know where to go to find just the right thing to say and not to have to worry about it. There have been times where I need to make a quick birthday card for one of my friends or one of my kid’s friends, and times when I have to make a sudden and unexpected card for someone’s family who has experienced loss. When you only have a couple of minutes, you want those cards to be beautiful. Poster Board Sentiments, and Poster Board Sentiments Cut and Layering Files for the Silhouette will do just that. Make your card beautiful. With a stunning combination of fonts, I have designed a set that can be used on any type of card from trendy (like the card shown above), cute, modern or classic elegance. It just works. Posterboard6 (1 of 1) copy

Pairing Poster Board Sentiments up with Theresa Momber’s new set, The Northwoods, I created a watercolor rainbow background with my copics, and simply stamped using black ink. Matted on a bit of Black Onyx cardstock, this packs a visual punch with very little effort on the part of the stamper. Posterboard2 (1 of 1) copy

Included in this set is a long banner which is shown in the first card in this post. The banner is really great, because it can be used as it was designed for, or turned sideways to make horizontal stripes or even box bands. Also think of the points as arrows pointing in towards the label and sentiment! There are TONS of possibilities! Even cutting them shorter to make flying flags! Here is a nautical inspired card. I loved how this turned out, and it is quickly getting me in the mood for spring break! Don’t those Cherry Red buttons look great?!

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Here I combined the two elements of the horizontal stripes on the Sage cardstock as well as the watercoloring with the copics. Using Melanie Meunchinger’s new set, A Year of Flowers 2, I tried my hand at using a watercolor technique which I really ended up loving doing, I think I just need a bit more practice! We clean and simple stampers tend to be scared of big and scary things like learning new ways to color!

Make sure you hop on over to Stamp TV tonight at 8pm EST, and if you don’t have an account over there, what are you waiting for? There is some serious partying on release night! Can’t wait to see you there! Now go visit the other illustrators!

Gina K

 

 

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Poster Board Sentiments Sneak Peek

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

Hello everyone! I can’t believe it is time to sneak another new set! This month I created something special and far-reaching for so many occasions and made sure it was beautiful and versatile for your stamping needs.  Poster Board Sentiments lends itself beautifully for any style card. The fonts are beautifully crafted together for a timeless look that can take you from modern to formal.  All of the sentiments in this set fit both vertically and horizontally in the label stamp, giving you twice as many options for layouts. And the banner stamp that accompanies this set gives bold stripes a focal point for many different kinds of projects and backgrounds. It isn’t just a banner stamp!

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The combinations of fonts I used for these beautiful sentiments really lends to a chalkboard feel for this set, so I decided to make a chalkboard card today as my sneak peek. I created this effect by stamping the banner and the sentiment and label using detail white embossing powder, and sponging on some color box white chalk ink. I also stamped some borders from the new set this month that will be FREE with 3! These Petite Borders are perfect for all of your cardmaking needs and look so beautiful with Poster Board Sentiments!  Hope you enjoy the other sneak peeks today! Make sure to stop by Theresa Momber’s blog for her sneak peek, as well as Gina’s Blog for all of the up to date sneak peeks for this week!

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Gina K. Birthday Hop!

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

It is without a doubt that one of the most special things about working for Gina K. Designs is Gina herself. I don’t say this to suck up (I am too old for that) or because it will look good to say nice things in a blog post, but because I mean it. I honestly have the pleasure of  working for one of the kindest people I have had the pleasure of knowing. I had to participate in this hop today, not only because I just had to say a big happy birthday to Gina, but that I love her very much. It is my sincere wish that today you would go and see everyone’s lovely well wishes and cards made for Gina, but be sure to go to Stamp TV, Facebook or by any means possible to wish her a very beautiful day on your own. She is a source of beauty in this industry, and I love her very much! Happy birthday, friend! Now make sure you follow the links below to see all of the wonderful birthday wishes!

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Supplies used:

Stamps: “You Say Goodbye and I Say ‘Ello”, “Stamp it Big”, “Simple Hearts”

Card Stock: Pure Luxury White

Ink: Color Companions Ocean Mist

AJ – http://thewillowgarden.blogspot.com/
Becky – http://hemidemisemiquaverdesignblog.com/ <—- YOU ARE HERE!
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/

 

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Illustrator’s Mix and Match Blog Hop

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

Hi friends! The Gina K. Illustrators thought it would be fun to get together a little post to mix and match our sets! I think it is always fun to see how to use them in conjunction with each other, especially if you bought more than one set. This way you may be inspired and get some ideas on how to use them together, and hey, it is just plain fun to see more inspiration, right?

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For my card today, I chose to pair my Spoon Me stamp set with Tami Mayberry’s Simple Hearts stamp set. From my set we have the bowling pins and sentiment and from Tami’s set I feature the little xoxo stamp as a runner down the bowling alley as well as the two X and O type keys next to the sentiment, and her circle heart stamp as the bowling ball. I love that it is the perfect size for the ball! Even though this is on a regular 4.25×5.5 card, since the bowling pins stick up you would need to mail it in a 5×7 envelope if you wanted to mail this one out. This allowed me to get some fun dimension as well as use a nice big sentiment.

OK! Go get to the other girl’s blogs and see some more great inspiration!

 

 

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Need a Little Sunshine?

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

It is SO cold here today, I just wanted to pop by and share some sunshine projects with you today. Heaven knows we could use some! I wanted to stop by and let you know that we, the Gina K. Design illustrators, will be popping in tomorrow to share some projects with you using this month’s sets. I wanted to show you some projects today featuring some of my past sets together.

These cards use both American Made as well as You Say Goodbye and I Say ‘Ello  stamp sets.  I really really love how these background stamps compliment each other. They are just so much fun to work with. The sentiment for the first card was cut out on my Silhouette using the Chunk Five and American Typewriter fonts.Hope you enjoy the little bit of inspiration here today!

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Gina K Designs Blog Hop – Sweet Treats and Darling Divas mini sets

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire

you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their 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.

The first card I made is from Debbie Corbari’s Darling Divas series. This is from the Scooter Diva Mini Stamp Set, which I love.  These sets are available in rubber only, and are really fun to play with. I really had a good time coloring this image, and figuring out what papers I would like to use on this card. I went with Authentique patterned paper, and I just really like all of the darker richer colors in this. I also fussy cut this image, which is not necessary since it come with a great array of Silhouette cut files, but for this card I wanted to get a nice close cut up against my background.  Notice the fun smoke from the exhaust are the Gina K Designs Color Companion buttons in Cherry Red! Oh, and also the ribbon is Cherry Red! I love that size of ribbon, too! I LOVE Cherry Red!

My next card is from Sweet Treats. This will be the free set you receive if you purchase three sets from this month’s offerings. Free is GOOD! For this card I got out my black card stock and some white detail embossing powder and after I was done embossing, I colored the image with my copics to make this really fun florescent birthday card! Hope you like it!


 

 

Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

 

 

 

 

 

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Gina K. Blog Hop- Birds and Blossoms, Spoon Me and Simple Hearts

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire

you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their 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.

Well good morning! My first project today is featuring the new set , “Spoon Me” that I designed. I have to say this is one of my favorites sets ever that I have designed and I am super proud to have been able to make it and can’t WAIT until I see what YOU all do with it! Here is the full set of images:


 

Spoon Me is a sweet way to ask your love for a little snuggle, and it is a little sweet and a little sassy. I took a different approach to this sweet little idiomatic expression by making this little M&M gift bag. Super simple and SO easy to recreate for your special Valentine :)

Using a wooden demitasse spoon:

from HERE, I stamped a little heart and filled a glassine bag with M&Ms. With a simple Spellbinders tag, I stamped the Spoon Me sentiment.

I finished it off with some GKD white card stock and the red gingham patterned paper from the Smitten line and some GKD Red Hot gingham ribbon, (which I think I am completely addicted to). Some well place glue dots and you are good to go for this gift! Have fun if you give it a try!

For my second project I bring you Theresa Momber’s new set, Birds and Blossoms. I really like how my project turned out for this card.

A simple white base and some Kraft lends itself to showcasing the little bits of pink, blue, brown and green. Subtle and pretty.  I topped off the die cut image with a Tickled Pink button from the GKD Color Companion line. I decided to then stamp inside of my card for the sentiment.

I really like how this turned out. Don’t forget about the insides of your cards as well!

My final project of the day is for Tami Mayberry’s new set, Simple Hearts. I have to say, when I had this idea for her set, I didn’t know it would come out this well, but I LOVE this card. REALLY love.

Using the small x’s and ‘s and heart stamps, I made a keyboard for this Silhouette cut file typewriter. Now, when I bought this cut file in the Silhouette store it was much smaller than this. I made it bigger and cut out the center so I could fit my keys inside. I just am so tickled about how it came out. Using Tami’s other set, Take Note,  I was able to make the paper for the typewriter.

I sure hope you were inspired today! Let me know what you think! Make sure to stop by the other girls blogs to see what they have in store for you this morning!

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Gina K. Blog Hop – Stately Flowers 6, Lovely Ladybug, Stamp it Big

Posted on January 14, 2013 by


The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Design Team will inspire

you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their 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.

My first card is made with Melanie Muenchinger’s  Stately Flowers 6. I wanted to give this card a wintery feel, and achieved it by using fine white embossing powder on the entire image of the pine cone. I really love how this translates on vellum and decided to also color in the open parts of the pine cone with my copics to bring out the natural browns.

Adding a large button and the larger sentiment helped to balance the card’s design. I decided on the Gina K. “Christmas Pine” card stock as it rounded out the pine tree colors. Simple, but effective.

My next card features Beth Silaika’s Lovely Ladybug set! This fun set allows for so many different ladybug creations.

I decided on making a sweet and playful baby card with this set. Using the new Innocent Pink and Cherry Red Color Companion inks and buttons, I was able to match my accessories for this card perfectly!

Using the new “Smitten” patterned paper, I was able to make this simple strip up the side of the card and top it with a little banner flag. What is really wonderful was how amazing the Red Hot Gingham Color Companion ribbon matched the paper. I had to use it for the inside of my button! Isn’t it perfect?

For my last card today, I got BOLD with Cammie’s new set, “Stamp it Big”. These are nice large sentiments for your cards along with some great building pattern elements.

I got really bold and bright with a great purple and yellow color combo. I masked out the area where I wanted to have the sentiment so I could stamp the striped design element diagonally. When I was done making my pattern, I then added score tape in between the pattern and used some yellow glitter to outline my pattern. I then stamped my sentiments and made another pattern at the top of the card. This is a wow card, especially in real life!

Make sure to hop through all of the new design team’s blogs today!

Monday, January 14th — Stately Flowers 6, Lovely Ladybug, Stamp it Big

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Introducing “Spoon Me”

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

Welcome to the Illustrator’s Blog Hop for Gina K Designs for January, 2013! We cordially invite you to the release party this evening over in the Stamp TV forum at 8pm EST where there will be videos, contest questions, and a lot of chatting!

 

 

 

Available for purchase NOW at Gina K. Designs:

 

“Spoon Me” Clear Stamp Set

“Spoon Me” – .studio Silhouette Cut Files

“Smooth Operator Phone Card” – this is my special file for this month. A phone card shape to go with the phone dial image in the Spoon Me set.

Now onto the projects!

I shared this great phone shape card with you the other day. This card features the phone dial image and the “Smooth Operator” sentiment as well as the smallest heart from the Spoon Me set.

This card is another card I featured in my sneak peeks for you all. This features the spoon and “Spoon Me” sentiment from the set. There are many different hearts that can be used for the center of this image. Polka Dots and chevrons to name a few! Oh, and how about using a REAL wooden spoon for a more masculine feel? No problem. Got that covered!

 

Another fantastic image I designed for this set is the Polaroid camera replete with the picture which fits perfectly in the slot! I also designed varied heart sizes that you can put them in all sorts of fun places on the camera. You’ll never be short of finding different ways to use this image.

Another great image? Oh yes! How much fun is this bowling pin? Add hearts where you want, and it also comes with a great separate chevron band for around the top of the pin. This matched so well with the background stamp from “You Say Goodbye and I Say ‘Ello” stamp set, that I just HAD to use them together. This features another great sentiment from the “Spoon Me” set, and a big huge wonderful Gina K. Button!

Can it get any better? I don’t know, you tell me? How about these excellent spectacles to make your heart go pitter patter! Oh? The sentiment looks like an eye chart you say? Why, your eyes haven’t deceived you in the least! Did someone say reading glasses?

Why, OK! And how about some brand spanking new red gingham ribbon that is now carried at Gina K. Designs in TWO widths! This is the skinnier width. Oh, yes! It comes W-I-D-E-R, too!

Make sure you hop on over to Stamp TV tonight at 8pm EST, and if you don’t have an account over there, what are you waiting for? There is some serious partying on release night! Can’t wait to see you there! Now go visit the other illustrators!

Gina K

 

 

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Gina K. Designs Sneak Peek “Spoon Me”

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

TODAY ROCKS! I finally get to sneak peek my new stamp set, “Spoon Me”. I have been waiting so long for today! Woohoo! Spoon Me has so many options and a TON of really cool images that are bold and striking! In conjuction with my smooth operator telephone dial in this set, I have created the “Smooth Operator Phone” .studio shape card file which will be available for purchase for only $.99 on Thursday night! Now onto my card using the new cut file!

Isn’t it PRECIOUS? Raise your hand if you think that is some serious fabulousness!Well, I can’t leave you hanging about the title “Spoon Me”, so I have included another fun little peek today.

Have I showed too much? Believe me, there is WAY more where that came from! Come back here on Thursday morning, when the Gina K. Designs Illustrators will have our blog hop before the Thursday night release night over at Stamp TV. Can’t wait until you see the rest!

Make sure you also go check out the sneak peeks from Tami Mayberry today!

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