Happy Wednesday! 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.
We're concluding these series of hops with the Free with 3 set set for this month, Sweet Treats, the Darling Divas Mini sets. First up is a card featuring Sweet Treats.
In this darlin' little set you will find the perfect images to put cards together. I also wanted to use the recently released Gina K. Designs Love Letters Patterned Paper with something other than Valentines and I think this one I used here is one of my favorites.
For this card, I did a lot of paper piecing. I stamped the bird and present on white card stock, colored them, and cut them out I also stamped the same image on the kraft tag and then paper pieced all the pieces together - by doing this is made the bird and present pop. Here's a list of the all the materials used.
Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Sweet Tweets
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Fresh Asparagus and White card stock; Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper: Love Letters
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Gina K. Designs Color Companions Ribbon: Fresh Asparagus Organza; Copics; Pearls; Kraft Tag
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Next up is several cards featuring the Darling Divas Collection by Debbie Corbari. First up is Balanced Diva.
I wanted to go along with the stress-free image and kept the card CAS. The patterned paper is from the Wisteria Lane Patterned paper pack. The ribbon is the thicker version of the Fresh Asparagus organza ribbon I used earlier. Here's a list of the all the materials used.
Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Balanced Diva by Debbie Corbari
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury White card stock; Gina K. Designs Patterned Paper: Love Letters
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Gina K. Designs Color Companions Ribbon: Fresh Asparagus Organza; Copics; Pearl; Edger
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Next up is Scooter Diva.
This one is my favorite of the divas. I love scooters, specially Vespas, and love the way Debbie drew this one. As you go through the hop you will notice that several designers have added things to the back of the scooter such as basket of flowers, balloons, and much more. It's a really fun set and gives you the flexibility to create some really great cards and projects with it. Here's a list of the all the materials used.
Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Scooter Diva by Debbie Corbari
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury White card stock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Gina K. Designs Color Companions Ribbon: Ocean Mist Grosgrain ribbon; Copics; Pearls
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The last darling diva to share with you is Skater Diva.
I made the card base a little larger than the previously shared diva cards. I wanted to be able to fit the image and sentiment. I also wanted a blue and pink theme and I think it worked out perfectly with this image.
The figure 8 is covered with glitter to make it looks more like ice. I also added some pearls to her coat and popped the sentiment up with several layers. The other fun thing to note is the hearts that are coming from her hand.
Stamps: Gina K. Designs: Skater Diva by Debbie Corbari
Paper: Gina K. Designs: Pure Luxury Ocean Mist and White card stock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Gina K. Designs Color Companions Ribbon: Innocent Pink Double-Stitched ribbon; Copics; Pearls; Tag; Scallop Punch; Oval Punch
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Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:
- Gina K
- Debbie Corbari - Illustrator Darling Diva's Mini Sets/li>
- AJ Otto
- Becky Oehlers
- Beth Silaika
- Carolina Buchting
- Carolyn King
- Cathy Tidwell
- Latisha Yoast
- Laurie Schmidlin
- Lee Murphy
- Melanie Muenchinger
- Michelle Woerner
- Sean Fetterman
- Sharon Harnist
- Tami Mayberry
- Theresa Momber
- Valerie Stangle
Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you enjoyed these series of hops! I'll be sharing more creations with the sets through out the rest of the month so stay tuned.
Love how you embellished your cards!
Posted by: Jenn | January 18, 2013 at 08:45 PM
I especially like the hearts coming from the skater diva's hand.
Posted by: Diana Evensen | January 17, 2013 at 08:32 PM
Awesome! Great work!
Posted by: Tammy Winkler | January 17, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Love the cards using the new stamps Sweet Treats, Darling Divas Mini Sets, esp. the use of the ribbon. TFS.
Posted by: sherry b | January 17, 2013 at 08:20 AM
Wonderful samples, Carolina! Lovely designs!
Posted by: Betty Neville | January 16, 2013 at 11:01 PM
That little bird is just too cute!
Posted by: Kris in Alaska | January 16, 2013 at 10:09 PM
Your cards are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them with all of us.
Posted by: Kathleen | January 16, 2013 at 08:53 PM
Beautiful simplicity in your designs! Very nice use of the ribbon as well.
Posted by: Caryn S. (Scrapnsing) | January 16, 2013 at 08:38 PM
I love the simple design of your cards. Perfect!
Posted by: Nancy Mullins | January 16, 2013 at 08:15 PM
Wonderful cards; thanks so much for the inspiration.
Posted by: Gayle C | January 16, 2013 at 07:50 PM
It just makes me happy to look at your CAS cards! They always look so great!
Posted by: Esther Turner | January 16, 2013 at 07:03 PM
Cute, cute cards.
Jean McGee
Posted by: Jean McGee | January 16, 2013 at 06:57 PM
Cute cards.
Posted by: Judy I, St. Louis MO | January 16, 2013 at 06:13 PM
Beautiful cards, Carolina! Love your soft colors (and coloring!).
Posted by: Ann Nye | January 16, 2013 at 05:48 PM
Loved the birthday bird as soon as I saw it, but also liked all the others you created for our inspiration. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Dee | January 16, 2013 at 05:32 PM
These are great!
Posted by: Golda | January 16, 2013 at 05:28 PM
GREAT CARDS, LOVE THE BROWN BIRTHDAY ONE.
Posted by: VERNA GARRISON | January 16, 2013 at 05:10 PM
Pretty cards. I really liked all the purple on that one card. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Mandee | January 16, 2013 at 04:48 PM
It is so great seeing how everyone uses the same stamps but in different ways - I am truly lovin' the Divas - especially Balanced Diva. Great cards!
Posted by: Betty Meyskens | January 16, 2013 at 04:00 PM
wow super cute cards love the colors thanks for sharing
Posted by: Anita Braddock | January 16, 2013 at 03:56 PM
I really like each one of these cards! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Julie S. | January 16, 2013 at 03:16 PM
I have enjoyed seeing all the projects on this hop, the new release is so fabulous!
Carol B
ciaoitaliaq2007(at)gmail(dot)com
Posted by: Carol B | January 16, 2013 at 01:23 PM
I love your use of different textures, combining fabrics and papers! Really beautiful creations, Carolina!
Posted by: Rosy Newlun | January 16, 2013 at 01:04 PM
Carolina - you do have a distinct advantage as you are one of my favorite design gals - always such a clever, artistic eye! The birthday birdie is super cute, and you just sold me on the paper pak = gotta get it!
Bernadet
http://bernadetscraftblog.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Bernadet Rodakowski | January 16, 2013 at 01:04 PM
Great colors, fun cards. Lik the purple the best...not surprising since I love purple.
Posted by: Lynne Ingram | January 16, 2013 at 12:30 PM