Carolina's Creative Pad

Gina K. Designs: May Release Party Invitation Blog Hop

 

The Gina K. Design Team is excited to invite you to another fabulous Release Party!!! The party is tomorrow, Thursday, May 31 at 11:00 am Central Time in the Stamp TV Release Party Forum. Join us for Challenges, Contest Questions, Design Team Samples, Full Stamp Set Reveals and, of course, party chit chat!!! Everything will go "live" at 11:00 am Central in Gina's Store so there won't be any long wait to start shopping! Hope to see you there!

If you came from AJ Otto's blog, then you're right where you should be. If not, please go to Stamp TV where you will find a list of all those participating. Here's a sneak peek of one of the cards I will be sharing with you at the party:

My sneak peek is an image and sentiment from the new StampTV set called Hello Sunshine - I will share the entire card and details during next week's inspiration hop.

Next on the hop is the extremely talented Cathy Tidwell's blog, thanks so much for stopping by, and see you tonight at the party!

Gina K. Designs Patterned Papers are Sew Fun Blog Hop

 

Happy Thursday! The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to a Patterned Papers are Sew Fun blog hop. For this hop we will showcase the fabulous Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper line, stamps, and some fun sewing techniques! The DT Members have all used the wide variety of stamps and paper in this hop to inspire you to get inky too!! Come play along with the Current Challenges at Stamp TV!!!

I'm kicking off the blog hop, so you're right where you should be. If you get lost along the way or want to start off where you left off, please go to Stamp TV where you will find a list of all those participating.

I decided to combined two sets from the last release, Sweet Strawberries by Theresa Momber and Vintage Notes by Tami Mayberry. I just love it when I can do that! Here's what I came up with.

In wanted to have the patterned paper be the focus so kept the addition of color to a minimum. Here's how it came together.

1. Create a top-folding standard size card out of white card stock.
2. Adhere a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of patterned paper to the card front by sewing around the edges with a zig zag stitch.
3. To make the bottom pocket, cut a 2" x 4-1/4" piece of white card stock and emboss it with the polka dots embossing folder. Sew it onto the card front - just three sides, making sure you leave the top open to use as a pocket. 
4. Add pearls to the top corners of the card front; tie some ribbon towards the bottom of the card front on top of the pocket; and finish it off with an embellishment in the middle (I made a flower out of wire and thread a pearl in the middle of it). Set it aside.
5. Stamp the note image  and Just a Note sentiment (from the Vintage Notes set) onto white card stock. In the middle, stamp the birthday sentiment (from the Sweet Strawberries set) and highlight the word Sweet with a pink and red Copic marker. Cut it out and adhere it to a slightly larger piece of red card stock. Place it inside the pocket on the card front. Set it aside.
6. Stamp the flower image (from the Sweet Strawberries set), color it in, cut it out, and adhere it to a paperclip. Add paperclip to the note and with that, you are done!

 

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Sweet Strawberries by Theresa Momber and Vintage Notes by Tami Mayberry
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Lipstick Red and White card stock; Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper: Berries & Vines
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Polka Dots; Wire; Paperclip; Pearls; Ribbon; Copic

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Next on the hop is the amazingly talented Cathy Tidwell. She'll have more Gina K. goodness to share with you!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Gina K. Designs April Inspiration Hop Day 3: One in a Millon

Happy Tuesday! 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 deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!!

 

We're concluding these series of inspiration hops with the "One Free with 3" stamp set called One in a Million. Here's what I came up with.

Here's how it came together.

1. Create a side-folding standard size card out of white card stock.
2. Stamp the sentiment with black in the upper right corner.
3. Stamp the flower image towards the bottom of the card front, color it in, and add pearls to the middle of the flowers. Set it aside.
4. Create a pot out paper or tissue, add a bow with a pearl in the middle to the middle of the pot and adhere it all to the card front.
5. Thread a strip of ribbon through a pearl buckle, adhere it around the card front, and with that, you are done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: One in a Million
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury White card stock; Handmade/textured paper.
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Ribbon; Pearls; Pearl Buckle, Copics

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Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration: 

• Gina K
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Gina K. Designs April Inspiration Hop Day 2: Vintage Notes and Sweet Strawberries

 

Happy Monday! 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 deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

 

We're continuing these series of inspiration hops with two sets Vintage Notes and Sweet Strawberries.

First up is a 3D project with Vintage Notes  by Tami Mayberry. Here's a photo of just the tin.

Here's a photo of the tin with the mini envelopes and tags.

I thought these would make a great teacher gift, a room mother gift, or even a gift for friend. I started of designing it as kid's lunch notes, but it can really be used for so many things. Here's how it came together.

1. Add a piece of patterned paper to the top of the tin, a handle on its side with some ribbon tied to it, and a strip of trim around the bottom of the tin. set it aside.
2. On a piece of Kraft card stock stamp the paper image and the phrase Take Note using black ink. Tear the bottom edge and distress all around. Set two eyelets on the left side and tie some ribbon through them. Finish it off with a paper clip and adhere it to the front of the tin. Set it aside.
3. Stamp the phrases Top Secret and Just a Note on the envelopes with black ink. Add them to the inside of the tin and with that you are done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Vintage Notes by Tami Mayberry
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Kraft card stock; October Afternoon: Report Card patterned paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Altoid Tin, Ribbon, Trim Eyelets, Tim Holtz Handle; Melissa Frances' Super Mini Envelopes and Tags; Paper Clip

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Next up is a card with the adorable new set Sweet Strawberries designed by Theresa Momber.

This set is so fun and fresh...perfect for summer! Theresa did a wonderful job of coming up with some clever phrases to go along with the images. Here's how my card came together.

1. Create a standard size top-folding card base out of white card stock.
2. Add a 1" x 5-1/2" strip of patterned paper towards the left of the card front.
3. Stamp and color the strawberry image. Add some stickles to the strawberries and set it aside to dry.
4. Stamp the flower image on Ivory card stock, cut it out, and add a pearl in the middle of the flower. Add the flower to the image on the card front.
5. Tie a strip of ribbon around the card front and into a bow. Set it aside.
6. Stamp the small strawberry and flower image on white card stock, color it in and punch it out. Stamp the image again this time on ivory card stock, cut out the flower only, and add a pearl in the middle of it. Adhere the ivory flower on top of the image.  Punch a hole towards the top and thread a jump ring through it and through the middle of the bow on the card front. 
7. Stamp the How Sweet of You sentiment on the upper right corner. Add a string of pearls under it and with that, you are done!

Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Sweet Strawberries by Theresa Momber
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Ivory  and White card stock; Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper: Petals & Wings
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Pearls; Ribbon; Jump Ring; Stickles (black diamond); Martha Stewart Punch 

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Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

Gina K

Tami Mayberry ~ Illustrator Vintage Notes

Theresa Momber ~ Illustrator Sweet Strawberries

AJ Otto

Carolina Buchting ~ you are here!

Carolyn King

Cathy Tidwell

Deb Felts

Donna Baker

Emily Giovanni

Giovana Smith

Jimmi Mayo

Lee Murphy

Lori McAree

Melanie Muenchinger

Michelle Woerner

Sharon Harnist

Suzanne Dean

Tina Gilliland

Vicki Dutcher

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!