Carolina's Creative Pad

Gina K. Designs/Card Maker Magazine Spring Parade StampTV Kit Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday! Gina K. Designs and Card Maker Magazine designers have come together to host a fun blog hop featuring the recently released Spring Parade StampTV Kit. This kit has got to be one of the best ones yet. If you haven't had a chance to see the introduction video Gina put together, make sure to do so in order to appreciate just how much you get in this kit. You can find the link to the video here - Spring Parade StampTV Kit Video and you can purchase the kit over at the store via this link - Spring Parade StampTV Kit.

I wanted to take a different approach with this kit for this hop. Though I love every single image that is include in this kit, I wanted to highlight some of the sentiments that are included in this kit along with the patterned paper, card stock, and ribbon. For each of the cards I put together I used only items from the kit with the exception of the punches I used to punch out the sentiments and the ink (which by the way is Gina K. as well!).

Here's a close up of each card with the name of the mini set below each photo:

Featuring: Shine On

Featuring: Sweet Friend

Featuring: Blossom

Featuring: Dreams Take Flight

Here are the steps I took to create each card:

1. Create a 4" x 4" top folding card base out of card stock.
2. Adhere a 3-3/4" x 3-3/4" piece of card stock in a different color to the card front.
3. Add a strip of ribbon across a 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" piece of patterned paper and adhere it all to the card front. Set it aside.
4. On a scrap piece of white card stock, stamp the sentiment, and punch it out.
5. Use a larger punch to punch a piece out of the same color card stock you used for the card base and adhere the sentiment to it. Adhere it to card front with a pop dot, just under the ribbon.
6. Use a strip of ribbon to create a bow and adhere it just above the sentiment. With that, you are done!

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Ready to continue the hop?! I promise you will have a blast and make sure to leave a comment as you hop along...a lucky commenter will be the recipient of a $50 gift certificate to the Gina K. Designs store! Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

• CardMaker
• Sean Fetterman
• Lee Murphy
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting - you are here!
• Cathy Tidwell
• Becky Cowley
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Michelle Woerner
• Christine Okken
• Sharon Harnist
• Valerie Stangle
• Ivanka Lentle
• Beth Silaika
• Carolyn King
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Debbie Corbari
• Theresa Momber
• Gina Krupsky

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Gina K. Designs: Spring has Sprung Sale!

Happy Saturday! Ready for some spring shopping?! Don't miss out on getting the newly released Stamp Set Duos (as well as previously released sets) at 50% off. Also, while you're there, why not stock up on some GKD Patterned Paper which is at 25% off. Head over to the  Gina K. Deigns store to start shopping, sale ends on Tuesday, April 16!

Here are all the details:

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Gina K. Designs Spring Parade StampTV Kit Inspirational Hop Day 2

Happy Thursday! The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to day two of the Spring Parade StampTV Kit Inspirational hop. We are hoping to truly inspire you with many beautiful creations and ideas! And as you hop along, make sure you leave a comment on all blogs because we will be choosing a winner from each day (2) to win an awesome grab bag of goodies from Gina K Designs! Just check back in a couple of days on StampTV and check the Big News forum to see if you are the winner!

It is the release day of this lovely kit, so make sure not to miss out on getting it - you'll be able to find it HERE! I am so in love with the patterned paper that I'm already going to pick another pack up - trust me, you'll love it as well! For my card today I wanted to go a different route than the one I put together yesterday. I wanted to show you that you can also have the ability to create a CAS card as well as an elegant card. Almost everything you'll see below I created with items from the kit (except for the embossing and pearls).

As soon as I saw this flower bunch, I knew I wanted to emboss them. Here's how my card came together.

1. Create a side-folding card out of White card stock.
2. Add a slightly smaller piece of Black Onyx card stock onto the card front and then a slightly smaller piece of green striped patterned paper from the Spring Parade Patterned Paper Pack on top of that. Set it aside.
3. Stamp the sentiment from the Blossom mini set onto a piece of White card stock with black ink. Adhere it to 1/2" bigger piece of Black Onyx card stock.
4. Add four brads, two white and two black, towards the bottom left and dhere it all towards the bottom right corner on the card front with some pop-dots and set it aside.
5. On a piece of Black Onyx card stock, stamp the flower bunch from the Blossom mini set with VersaMark ink and emboss with white embossing powder.
6. Adhere it to a slightly larger piece of green striped patterned paper from the Spring Parade Patterned Paper Pack, that to a slightly larger piece of Black Onyx card stock, and finally that to a slighly larger piece of White card stock.
7. Add a strip of black gingham ribbon around the image stacked piece. Create a bow with the same ribbon and add it to the strip. Add a buton with a brad in the middle to the middle of the bow.
8. Add the sentiment piece to the card front at an agle using pop-dots. With that, you're all done!

Stamps. Paper, Ribbon: Gina K. Designs:  Shine on StampTV Kit
Ink: VersaMark Ink; Memento Black Ink
Accessories: Brads, Pearls, White Embossing Powder

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Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

• Gina K
• 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
• Theresa Momber
• Valerie Stangle

 

REMINDER: Sean sounds like he's in good spirits and I'm sure all the love and support he's receiving is helping. I hope you'll be able to send him a card and in case you do, I just wanted to share the address where you can send it:

Sean Fetterman
C/O Gina K. Designs
4916 Triangle Street
McFarland, WI 53558

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Gina K. Designs Spring Parade StampTV Kit Inspirational Hop Day 1

Happy Wednesday! The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop which is being dedicated to our fellow design team member Sean Fetterman who is in the hospital recovering from a heart attack. Sean is one of the sweetest man I've ever met and I feel so very blessed to have him in my life. You can go to Gina's blog for a bit more history on Sean and if you would like to send him a get well card, you can do so to the following address.

Sean Fetterman
C/O Gina K. Designs
4916 Triangle Street
McFarland, WI 53558

Hope you'll be able to put a card together for him, trust me, he will cherish every single one! Now onto the new StampTV Kit - Spring Parade.

This time we are featuring the brand spanking new StampTV kit! We are hoping to truly inspire you with many beautiful creations and ideas! And as you hop along, and make sure you leave a comment on each of the blogs along the way because on Friday, we will be choosing one lucky blog hopper who will win this whole kit! And don't worry if you purchase it on Thursday morning- we will just refund your money if you win!

This amazing kit is a first for Gina K. Designs. It actually consists of four mini sets rather than one large one. Along with the stamps, you will get the very yummy Spring Parade Patterned Paper Pack, you will also receive coordinating Spring Parade Card Stock Assortment, gorgeous ribbon, and some brads. This is a kit you will want to make sure to add to your collection, so make sure not to miss out on it!

Here's a card I put together using images from the Shine On mini set and the sentiment from the Sweet Friend mini set. 

I couldn't think of a better card to send to Sean than this one. As I mentioned above he's truly a wonderful person and goes above and beyond on everything he does. I don't think I've thank him enough and let him know how grateful I am for his friendship! Here's how my card came together.

1. Create a top-folding card out of White card stock.
2. Place a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Turquoise Sea card stock in the middle of an embossing folder of choice (I used the cloud embossing folder from Stampin' Up!) through your cutting/embossing machine and adhere it to card front.
3. Add a piece of ribbon around teh card front and secure with adhesive.
4. Create a bow out of the same ribbon and tie it in a bow. Add bow to a button and it to the card front.
5. Stamp the sentiment with black in and the hearts with Gina K. Designs Cherry Red Color Companion ink. Punch it out with a label punch, add a rhinestone to each hert and the tag to the button. Set it aside
6. Stamp three clouds on a scrap piece of white card stock, add some Liquid Applique to each one, heat them up with the heat gun, and set them aside to dry. 
7. Stamp the bird image on a piece of White card stock, the rain above the rain and color the image.  Cut it out with a Spell binder's die and use the scallop oval on a piece of Sweet Mango card stock. Adhere oval together and adhere it to the card front.
8. Add a rhinestones to the bird's eye and Stickles to the polka dots on her umbrella and boots as well as some on the rain.
9. Once the clouds are dry, add them above the oval and with that, you are done!

Stamps. Paper, Ribbon: Gina K. Designs:  Shine on StampTV Kit
Ink: Gina K. Designs Color Companions Ink: Cherry Red; Memento Black Ink
Accessories: Rhinestones, Stickles; Spellbinders Oval and Scallop Oval dies; Label punch; Cloud embossing folder; Button (Ocean Mix); Copics; Liquid Applique

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Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

• Gina K
• AJ Otto
• Beth Silaika
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Debbie Corbari
• Latisha Yoast
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Theresa Momber
• Valerie Stangle
• Sean Fetterman

Thanks so much for stopping by and see you back here tomorrow for day 2 of our inspirational hop!