Monday, May 30, 2016

Gina K Designs - May 2016 Release - Day One!!!

May 2016 Inspiration Blog Hop

Day One

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp sets from the May StampTV Release Party! We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs! Today, we are featuring two stamp sets by Theresa Momber and Melanie Muenchinger.

The first set we are featuring is Country Roads 2 by Theresa Momber. Theresa has created a second set to her popular Country Roads collection. Whether you are a country lover or an animal lover, you will be making creative and fun projects with this wonderful set.

Country Roads 2 by Theresa Momber

The second set we are featuring is Fill It with Flowers by Melanie Muenchinger. Melanie is at it again! She has created another wonderful set that is incredible versatile and fun where the possibilities are endless for making beautiful cards for any occasion.

Fill it with Flowers by Melanie Muenchinger
Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 Gina K Designs gift certificate! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.


I created a colorful background by using watercolors, a spritzer and a craft sheet, then die cut the square shape. I stamped the windmill image with Dark Chocolate ink once the piece had dried. The sentiment is stamped with Sweet Mango and distressed with Kraft and Dark Chocolate and some stamping with the Tiny Textures set.

Stamps: Fill It With Flowers and Tiny Textures
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Kraft, Sweet Mango
Cardstock: Watercolor, Dark Chocolate, Fresh Asparagus


I stamped the paper wrap first, then created a mask and added the flower, made another mask and added the greenery.  The images are colored with colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits. I distressed the edges with some doodling and kraft ink.

Stamps: Fill It With Flowers
Ink: Kraft and Dark Chocolate
Cardstock: White and Sweet Mango

Here are some cards that I shared at StampTV.


I stamped the images in Black Stazon ink then watercolored with Watercolor Crayons.

Stamps: Country Roads 2 and Sending Love
Ink: Black StazOn
Cardstock: Watercolor, White and Black Onyx


I stamped the image with Fresh Asparagus ink. The sentiment is stamped with Lagoon ink. I colored the negative space around the flowers with colored pencils and blended it with odorless mineral spirits.

Ink: Lagoon, Fresh Asparagus
Cardstock: White
Stamps: Fill It With Flowers



I stamped the vase and then the flower, water and ribbon. The water is created with the Tiny Textures stamp set. I used a watercolor pen to highlight areas of the flower and the stem with different colors. I stamped the tiny tag with Turquoise Sea ink and distressed the edges with Dark Chocolate.

Stamps: Fill It With Flowers and Tiny Textures
Ink: Sweet Corn, Turquoise Sea, Kraft, Dark Chocolate
Cardstock: White and Turquoise Sea

Ready for more awesome creations?! Just click on the links below for more from Gina and the Cast & Crew:



Don’t forget to pop over to the Gina K Designs Store and check out all of the new products available this month in the “What’s New” section at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.

Thank you for stopping by!

72 comments:

  1. Allie, your cards are so beautiful! I love all your ideas for these sets!

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  2. Wonderful creations Allie! I love how serene the first card is. Very pretty! I love your creativeness on the others and your glass bottle, well i love how you colored it. <3 :)

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  3. awesome! Love the little elephant - so ivory ella! Love the background on the first card!

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  4. I like your thinking with the spatter to make the bubble texture glass, I'd imagined that when I saw the inventive and also did something similar to look like ceramic glaze on the cup. The addition of that butterfly with the flowers is perfect!

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  5. Beautiful cards! The background on the first one is especially cool!

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  6. Great cards! I especially like the one with the little wooden elephant. So cute.

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  7. Such inspiration here, tons of flowers and ways to show them off.

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  8. Wonderful cards. I love the one with the daisy in the wrap. Great inspiration.

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  9. I really enjoy the look of the watercolor background on your windmill sympathy card! Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards.

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  10. Allie, you definitely have me thinking, I love your cards. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  11. Very nice cards. Love the watercoloring you did!

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  12. Love the coloring that you've done - delightful!

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  13. Great colors. I love the inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. I love all of your cards but my favorite is the Sympathy Card with the stamped windmill. Very soft and heartfelt.

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  15. So many great cards and wonderful inspiration! Thanks for sharing.

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  16. So many great cards and wonderful inspiration! Thanks for sharing.

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  17. Beautiful cards, Allie! Love them all!

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  18. Wonderful cards Allie! I love the spritzed BG and the patterned paper you created is a super nifty idea!

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  19. These cards are amazing! I have to say that Allie knows how to give CAS look volume and texture!

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  20. You certainly was a busy card maker. I love all of the designs you made with these awesome sets.

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  21. Wow !!! Wish I could design cards like these but thanks to people like you I can get some wonderful ideas

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  22. Great ideas! I like your sympathy card.

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  23. Wonderful cards, thanks so much for the great inspiration!!!

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  24. I like your cards. I especially like the background paper you made with the hydrangeas. Very Nice.

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  25. Love all of your cards. Each one has a different type of media used and they are inspiring. Thank you!

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  26. Fabulous! Such inspiring work!!

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  27. So many cute cards. Thanks for soo much inspiration.

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  28. Love all the new stamp sets....great cards...thank you

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  29. WOW...beautiful cards, and gorgeous designs! Hopping my way along! Thanks for the inspiration along the way!

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  30. Love your cards, specially the first Sympathy one - stunning! Thanks for sharing.

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  31. Beautiful cards. You have a great eye for color!

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  32. Wonderful card samples and inspiration.

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  33. LOVE your style Allie. These cards are gorgeous!!

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  34. These cards are really pretty w/ a lot fo sstyle.

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  35. These cards are really pretty w/ a lot fo sstyle.

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  36. Beautiful work Allie, it always amazes me how many different ideas come out of one stamp set.

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  37. Very pretty cards, love how you colored the butterfly.

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  38. Wonderful artistic use of the new stamp sets.

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  39. Love the cards and back ground coloring and water coloring. Thanks for sharing.

    Linda D.

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  40. All of your cards are lovely. I really like the background you created for the sympathy card and the clean look of the flower in the glass bottle.

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  41. Greatness as always! My favorite is the sympathy card, but I love them all!

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  42. Beautiful cards! Especially love that first one with the windmill...but all are wonderful!

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  43. Love your fun ideas for using these great new sets!

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  44. The cards are so pretty.
    I have a thing for elephants so I loved
    the wood elephant.
    Wonderful coloring.
    thanks for sharing.

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  45. You do beautiful work! Great Job!!

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  46. All of your samples are super but I especially like the first - the sympathy card. Very cool combination of frilly and farmland scene.

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  47. So many cute cards and the stamp sets are great. Wow!!!

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  48. Allie, these are beautiful cards!!!

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  49. So many cards and inspiration...so very beautiful. Wonderful card designs, coloring and techniques. Fabulous job.
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  50. So many cards and inspiration...so very beautiful. Wonderful card designs, coloring and techniques. Fabulous job.
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  51. Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing!

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  52. Lovely cards! I really like how you distressed and doodled on the second card.

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  53. Allie: Thank you for these cards that are all very inspiring and attractive. I like the butterfly card the best, but think that I would use many different greetings on it, not just the sympathy (but I know that you have to choose one and can't show everyone that could possibly be used).

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  54. Hi Allie ♥ (waving) What a lovely assortment of designs! You know, I have seen others use that background technique "smoosh"? but I still have not tried it. It looks addicting though. Each one of your cards is amazing and inspirational!!!

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  55. Love your designs and colors. Thanks so much!

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  56. I love how you used the hydrangea as a background stamp, and the simplicity of the last card is awesome.

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  57. Love the sympathy card with flowers and butterfly - so pretty!

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  58. Love the corner doily cuts on first card - all creations beautiful! TFS

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  59. Ok every single post I think - these are the best - then I see more - I am so awed by all of your creativity - I love your piggy bank with the quarter - so darn cute!!!

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  60. I love the flower in the bottle card. It is beautiful!

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  61. Beautiful cards with fabulous backgrounds.

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