A Day in the Life

Snippet 9 and OH MY GOODNESS!!!

Gina K — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:52:00 GMT

Tonight's snippet is another one I am so excited about! This stamp set comes with a FREE card kit by Jessica Fick and when you see the card stock, patterned paper and embellishments that come in this kit, you're going to freak out! It's so beautiful!

On a personal note (sort of):

Tonight, my computer was acting up and not allowing me to upload photos to my blog (which is why my blog post is so late.)

So, I was sitting on the couch watching TV while waiting for Alicia to get home and I thought I would try it again. I happened to check my email first and there was a message from Jessica that said, "Check it out!" with a link.

Then, I remembered that Cammie had told me to check her blog at 10:00 PM tonight to see a card she made for me. (I had totally forgotten to check in my frustration.)

Well, since I have now dried my eyes from my tears long enough to type, all I will say to you is, "Check it out!" - Start at Cammie's Blog Here.

To my wonderful team and fabulous friends- Thank you for this honor. You guys are the best ever and I love you!
Hugs,
Gina K.

Snippets 7 and 8

Gina K — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:55:00 GMT

I'm so excited about this set! This mix of images and greetings will inspire you!

Is there anything cuter in the whole wide world? I just love this little guy and his friends! Wait until you see!

Any guesses as to the artists of these two sets?

More to come~

Snippets 5 and 6

Gina K — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:48:00 GMT

Spring always reminds me of growing up and playing on the tire swing at my cousins house. Can you guess who drew this image?

I send many cards to friends so a stamp set dedicated to friendship cards and scrapbook pages is something I am so excited for!

More to come~

snippets 3 and 4

Gina K — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:42:00 GMT

Tonight, I am excited to show you two more snippets!

You will love the whimsical style of this set:

And this set will coordinate with a set we released last month. It makes card making and scrapbooking a breeze! And because it's so HUGE, I can only show you a small corner.

So who do you think illustrated these sets?

More to come~

Snippet # 2

Gina K — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:11:00 GMT

Today's snippet is from two sets that work so well together, I just had to show you the snippets together!
Can you guess the illustrator for these fun new stamp sets?

More to come!
Hugs,
Gina K.

Happy Birthday StampTV!

Gina K — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:32:00 GMT

Can you believe it?
StampTV is one year old! And we invite you to celebrate with us!

This month, the Gina K. Designs preview party and release party will be a little bit different and we will reveal a lot more of the fun we have planned over the next few days.

But in the meantime, here are some FUN FACTS about StampTV's first year:

In just one year, StampTV has over 10,400 members.

StampTV gets over 30 thousand visitors each day!

We have given away over $6500.00 in prizes in our first year!

StampTV has given design team opportunities to over 40 designers!

We have over 100 technique and project videos with new video episodes added each week.

StampTV's gallery includes over 31,000 beautiful projects to inspire you.

StampTV offers freebies on our freebies page for anyone who wants them.

There are over 90 individual groups of stampers who are sharing friendship and inspiration at StampTV.

There are brand new challenges 5 days a week for you to try and a prize offer for every single one!

Many new and exciting features will be coming to StampTV in the months to come! Stay tuned!

We have had so much fun developing the website, the videos and StampTV kits throughout the year and this month, we are releasing a brand new StampTV kit with an expanded stamp set that is just HUGE! Also included will be beautiful patterned papers, ribbons, brads, card stock and more in this gigantic anniversary kit.

So let's start the Gina K. Designs March release snippets with a few images from the new up and coming StampTV kit called Spring Mix-

I can't wait to show you all we have to offer this month! Make sure you stop back each day to see new snippets of our upcoming release.

Happy Stamping!
Gina K.

A Special Thank you to our Alumni Challenge Team

Gina K — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:31:00 GMT

Tonight several GinaK Designs designers are joining together to host a special thank you blog hop to our recently retired StampTV Challenge Hostess Team. The four designers we're honoring tonight have provided weekly challenges for the STV members for the entire months of December, January, and February and we are so thankful for their inspiration and hard work!

Shannon Bracken: Monday's Color Challenge
Carolina Buchting: Tuesday's Anything but a Card Challenge
Jennie Harper: Thursday's Sketch Challenge
Selma Stevenson: Friday's Blast from the Past Challenge

To see all the challenges the Retired Hostess team has shared during their term, visit the StampTV Inspiration Category on the StampTV Idea Center . Each hostess has her own category with all the card samples they made along with the links to the Challenge Discussions as well as the gallery samples over on StampTV. Be sure to check out the PDF attached to each discussion as well, as you can save or print out all the challenges to keep for a reference tool for your stamping inspiration! Each participating designer was asked to choose one challenge shared during the past 3 months and make a card to share on their blogs tonight as well as to send that card to the hostess. Visit these links to see all the projects we've prepared for our alumni hostess team:

And, the new StampTV Challenge Hostess team is also joining in on the hop tonight!

Tina Gilliland: Monday's Color Hostess
Karen Knegten: Tuesday's Anything but a Card Hostess
Vicki Dutcher: Thursday's Sketch Hostess
Sharri Seffens: Friday's Blast from the Past Hostess

Thank you ladies so much for your time, dedication and fabulous challenges from all of us at Gina K. Designs and StampTV! We love you so much!
Hugs,
Gina K.

Congratulations to our new Center Stage Designer!

Gina K — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:51:00 GMT

I absolutely loved looking at all of the beautiful projects that were submitted for the Illustrator blog hop and Center Stage Design Team Contest! This was truly one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make.

I would like to take this time to introduce you to the March release Center Stage Designer:

And this is the card that inspired me to choose Jennie for the month of March.

I want to thank everyone who participated in this challenge. You work was truly amazing! I am excited to tell you that we will be doing this every month! So, for those of you who would like to participate again, we will be doing another Illustrator Blog Hop/Center Stage Contest coming up after our March release.

And huge congratulations to Jennie Harper. I can't wait to see how Jennie inspires all of us throughout the upcoming month. Stay tuned because the March snippets will be starting soon!

Hugs,
Gina K.

Spring Florals Blog Hop

Gina K — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:59:00 GMT

Tonight, check out all of the beautiful inspiration our Card Kit Design Team, along a few of our CSS girls, have put together for you using our new set, Spring Florals!

To feel inspired, click on these designer's blogs:

Jessica Fick
Brenda Turner
Bev Gerard
Colleen Schaan
Sankari Wegman
Suzanne Dean
Sharri Seffens
Tina Gilliland
Giovanna Smith
Melissa Cash
Carolina Buchting
Jennie Harper

There are many more projects that can be found in the StampTV gallery by clicking on this tag: springflorals

Enjoy all the samples tonight! If you haven't purchased this stamp set yet, please take note that the free Card Kit will be included with each purchase until March 18th. At that time, the next card kit stamp set will be released.

Hugs,
Gina K

Illustrator Blog Hop Challenge and more exciting news!

Gina K — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:25:00 GMT

For this month's Illustrator/Design team challenge, I challenged our illustrators and design team members to a color challenge. I asked them to make a project using any two of the new Spring Assortment Pure Luxury Card Stock colors.

They were allowed to add these colors to their project in any way they wanted- card stock, buttons, ribbon, patterned paper or other embellishments.

Here is my challenge card featuring the newest stamp set by Rupa Shevde called Oh Baby!

My two colors featured are Innocent Pink and Ocean Mist. I added one of the Stamps from the Lovely Labels set by Nina Brackett as a backdrop for my collection of paper pieced images.

Card details:
Stamps: Oh Baby!, Lovely Labels
Card Stock: Innocent Pink, White, Fresh Asparagus
Buttons and Ribbon: GKD Spring Assortment packs
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Ducks in a Row.
Ink: Memento Black and Vivid Vintage Green

To see the rest of the team's challenge projects, check out their links here and get ready to be inspired!
Jessica Fick
Nina Brackett
Melanie Muenchinger
Theresa Momber
Carolyn King
Tami Mayberry
Cathy Tidwell
Lee Murphy
Donna Baker
Kurtis Amundson
Erika Martin

And tonight, we begin the hunt for our newest Center Stage Design Team member and we will be doing that a brand new way from now on!

We invite you to play along with the illustrator/design team color challenge tonight using any of the new release stamp sets which include:

Hope is Faith
Lovely Labels
Pressed Flowers
Hang in There
Oh Baby!
Dream Birds
Inside and Out
Spring Florals

Make sure to use two of the colors shown above. You may enter multiple times but you must use a different stamp set from our new release for each entry.
The deadline for entering this challenge is Wednesday, March 3rd at 8:00 PM central time.

I will look at each entry throughout the entry period and choose one winner who will join the Gina K. Designs Team for the month of March.

That designer will have the opportunity to participate in our previews, release party and design team/illustrator blog hop challenge and will receive our entire new release including the new upcoming StampTV kit, card stock and all 10 stamp sets from our upcoming March collection!

The winner will be announced on Thursday, March 4th, here on my blog, and their package will ship out by priority mail the next day so they will have ample time to participate as a design team member!

Isn't that SO exciting!!
Do you want to play along? Link your challenge project in the Mister Linky box below. Please use a direct link to your project, not just your main blog link, so that when we click on it, the challenge project will be up. All links that do not go to a challenge project will not be considered.

Show us what you've got! We can't wait to see your creations!

And, just when you thought it couldn't get any better, we have a shopping special for you!

*Please note that if you choose Spring Florals as your free set, the free card kit will not be included.

This special starts right now and goes through 11:59PM on this Sunday night so stock up now and get some fabulous free stamp sets!

Have a wonderful weekend and happy stamping and shopping!
Hugs,
Gina K.

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger and StampTV

Gina K — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:01:00 GMT

This week's Tuesday Trigger on the Moxie Fab World Blog shows some beautiful yellow projects along with a pretty row of embellishments.

Luckily, I had planned to use some yellow on StampTV this week for the new episode on Creating a Decorative Edge with the Scor-Pal.

I changed up the embellishments from a long row to a short one and created this card that reminds me of looking out a window and seeing a beautiful butterfly.

The butterfly image is from the StampTV Organize It! Kit. I stamped it on some Origins Patterned Paper and popped it up using pop-dots. And of course, my scored frame was created using the Scor-pal.

To watch this week's StampTV episode, click here:
Creating a Decorative Edge with the Scor-pal.

Thursday night, we are having our huge Illustrator's Blog hop.
All of our illustrators- all in one huge hop and there will be a special challenge for you that just might land you a spot on our design team! More about that tomorrow!

Oh, and there are two great giveaways going on! One here on the Moxie Fab World Blog- you can get some great Gina K. Designs stamps just for leaving a comment for Cath!

And, one here on StampTV. We are celebrating our 10,000th member with a $200.00 shopping spree giveaway. Come play along.

Have a great day!
Hugs,
Gina K.

Moxie Fab!

Gina K — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:48:00 GMT

Have you visited the Moxie Fab World Blog yet?

You have to check out the amazing Cath Edvalson and this fun blog, full of challenges, inspiration and everything Papercrafts!

It's Stamp it! Cards week and Cath has tons of fun planned for you at Moxie Fab and at Papercrafts Connection.

We are so excited to be sponsoring a giveaway over at Moxie Fab World where Cath is giving away 8 of her favorite Gina K. Designs stamp sets! Two lucky winners will each take home 4 sets so make sure you hurry over and check out this week's Tuesday Trigger and play along!

And leave Cath a comment about what you like about this week's Tuesday Trigger and a whole bunch of new stamps may be coming your way!

To get to the Moxie Fab World Blog and check out all the action, click here: Moxie Fab World

One of the eight sets that she is giving away is Retro Boutique, one of my all-time favorites too!

I pulled out a card I had made some time ago to kick off the celebration. Nothing like celebrating in style!

For more inspiration using these Moxie Fab Sets, check out these designer's links:

Asela Hopkins
Cathy Tidwell
Carolyn King
Donna Baker
Jessica Fick
Kurtis Amundson
Lee Murphy
Lynn Mercurio
Melanie Muenchinger
Nina Brackett
Tami Mayberry
Theresa Momber

Thanks so much to Cath Edvalson for having Gina K. Designs as part of the huge Stamp It! Cards Celebration week!

Tomorrow, an all new episode of StampTV!

Hugs,
Gina K.

Hope is Faith . . .

Gina K — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:03:00 GMT

"Whenever I look at a butterfly, I get a sense of Hope. Caterpillars curl up to die, not knowing the majestic beauty that they will become. It gives me hope that, even in the darkest hours, there is a plan that we are not aware of."

This is the paragraph and photo that I sent to the Center Stage Alumni Team over at StampTV. I challenged them to use these words and this photo to create a project for tonight's CSS Hope is Faith Blog Hop.

I am so excited for you to see what our fabulous team has created!
And remember, $2.00 of every sale of the Hope is Faith mini stamp set will go to the Red Cross to help them with the work they are doing in Haiti. (Donations will be made on sales throughout the month of February. After that, this set will go into our regular inventory.)

To purchase the Hope is Faith stamp set, click here: Hope is Faith

And here are the designer's who are participating in this very special hop:

Jessica Fick

Diana S. Queen

Tina Gilliland

Pam Imholz

Carla Suto

Cheri Weston

Jennie Harper

Joy Hadden

Shannon Bracken

Karen Knegten

JenMarie Taylor