Gina K Designs May 2012 Release Inspiration Hop 3!

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!!

Our first set being featured today is the huge, fabulous and full of Summer goodness, brand new Hello Sunshine StampTV Kit!

Anyone who knows me knows how much I love my flip flops … I wear them about 9-10 months of the year down here in the warm south! So I was thrilled to see the wonderful flip flop stamps in this set and they inspired me to create a large flip flop shaped card!  It measures 5” x 4.25”:

Again, I put my new Silhouette Cameo from Gina’s store to work and cut a flip flop card, then decorated them with two of the great sentiments from this kit.

The flowers from the kit were stamped with the rock-n-roll technique, using Memento Tangelo & Potter’s Clay ink pads on Gina's Ivory cardstock.  The flip flops were cut with my favorite colors of Gina's cardstock -- Ocean Mist & Turquoise Sea. They are accented with Star Dust Stickles.

Next up is Birthday Greetings -- what a fabulous well-rounded birthday set, lots of great sentiments!

One of the sentiments from this set, “A birthday is the first day of another 365 day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip!” reminded me of the book/movie “Around the world in 80 days”, so I went with a hot air balloon theme!

The card measures 5" x 5.50" and fortunately, the Happy Birthday sentiment fit perfectly on the banner!  Once again, my favorite Gina cardstock colors were used: Ocean Mist, Turquoise Sea, Innocent Pink and Chocolate.  Twine connects the banner to the balloon's basket.

And inside is that wonderful saying:

Our final featured set today is the new One Free With 3 stamp set-Life's a Beach -- Wow, can you believe this set great is FREE with the purchae of 3 other stamp sets?!!

Once again, I couldn’t resist making a shaped card -- this one a sandcastle! I love that I can make any shape into a shaped card, with the flexibility of the Silhouette!  The card measures 5” x 5.50”:

I used Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Cardstock in Kraft and Soft Sand for the sandcastle and Ivory to stamp the sand bucket and pinwheel. They were colored with the Copic markers listed below.  Love that “Build Your Dreams” sentiment! Here’s a view of the card open:

Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration from these Gina K Design Team members:

• Gina K
• AJ Otto
• Carolina Buchting
• Carolyn King
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Lori McAree
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist < You are here!
• Suzanne Dean
• Tami Mayberry
• Theresa Momber
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop!

~ Sharon

{Flip Flop Relax-Enjoy Card}
Stamps: Gina K Designs Hello Sunshine Stamp TV Kit,
Dies: Silhouette Cameo, Flip Flops by Sarah Bailey Silhouette Studio file
Paper: Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Ivory, Ocean Mist, Turquoise Sea;
Ink: Memento Tangelo & Potter’s Clay ink pads; ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink-Creamy Brown
Accessories: Copic High-Tack Foam Tape; Ranger Star Dust Stickles;

{Birthday Balloon Card}
Stamps: Gina K Designs Birthday Greetings,
Dies: Silhouette Cameo, Echo Park Air Balloon Silhouette Studio file,  
Paper: Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Ocean Mist, Turquoise Sea, Innocent Pink, Ivory;
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad;  
Accessories: Copic High-Tack Foam Tape; Twine

{Sandcastle Build Your Dreams Card}
Stamps: Gina K Designs One Free With 3-Life’s a Beach, 
Dies: Silhouette Cameo, Sand Castle by Echo Park Silhouette Studio file,
Paper: Gina K Designs Heavy Base Weight Cardstock-Kraft, Soft Sand & Ivory; 
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad; ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink-Creamy Brown 
Copic Markers: B21, B23, E35, G12, G21, R22, R24, V15, YR21, YR23, YR31 
Accessories: Copic High-Tack Foam Tape; Ranger Star Dust Stickles; 

Comments

[Theresa]

1.

Oh my gosh, I am loving all these shaped cards, Sharon! So creative ad fun!

[TINA GOSTLING]

2.

Now, you put the "C" in clever! The hot air balloon is so sweet! Those flip flops take me to the beach!! So cute!! Oh, the sandcastle is perfect! You sure do know your stuff! Thank you so much for the inspiration! Wow!

[Carol Beuth]

3.

Those are so well done! You really can't find birthday cards like those in the store.

[Teri]

4.

3 cute card! Love shaped cards!

[Jenny]

5.

These cards are too cute! You have inspired me to make a few shaped cards. All these stamp sets are great!

[Parker]

6.

I'm now a "shaped card" fan after seeing your cards here.

[Patty from FL]

7.

The sand castle is so cute! Love it!

[howdyheidi]

8.

I love the shaped cards! The flip flop with the flower on it is so cute!

[Anita Braddock]

9.

Super cute cards love the all but the flip flop is cool.
love the colors and the layering great job. thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.

[Lee Reed]

10.

All your cards are very, very clever. And soooo cute!

[Deb]

11.

LOVE all these shaped cards! SO fun! I gotta get my Cameo hooked up! Can't wait!

[Tami B]

12.

These are great. I love the sandcastle!

[Marie-José]

13.

Great cards! I love the shapes!

[Kathryn]

14.

Those shape cards are so cute. I may have to invet in a Silhouette one day...

[Glenda Kerr]

15.

Gorgeous as usual!! WOW

[Mary-Anne V.]

16.

Cute cards...so well done.

[Patricia]

17.

Just an outstanding job on all 3 cards. You're a whiz with the Cameo! These cards are truly inspirational. Thank you so much!

[Debbie Bradford]

18.

WOW! You totally nailed all of the cards with the shapes! Great detail and design.

[Wide Eyed Stamper]

19.

Fab shape cards~ wonderful detail

[Mermaid Fenicia]

20.

Those are lovely cards you made. ^_^

[Verna Angerhofer]

21.

Oh, wow! What delightful cards. Love the shaped ones. You are so clever and talented.

[Marcy]

22.

Nice shapes! Always forget to do that - TFS the ideas!

[sherry s.]

23.

Great shaped cars, love the hot air balloon. thanks for sharing.

[Rosanne]

24.

Now you just having too much fun with that Cameo! My husband wants me to get one....I telling him I am not ready!! You not helping!!

[Joyce Evans Erb]

25.

Love your creative card shapes! The balloon and the castle are really really cool!

[Tammie Rice-Doughty]

26.

Wow thanks for doing something different

[Carolyn King]

27.

Look at you with those gorgeous shaped cards. LOVE them.

[Susan]

28.

Really cute cards.

[Cat]

29.

Such awesome cute cards Sharon! Another reason I NEED that machine! LOL! I really love the sand castle..to cute with the pinwheel for its 'flag' LOL!

[Miss Boo]

30.

WOW! I absolutely adore all of these shape cards! So creative and darling!

[AJ]

31.

fun cards Sharon!

[Dottie Watson]

32.

Great creativity. Love the castle and balloon. Thnx for sharing. Hugz, dottie

[Giovana]

33.

Your shape cards are great! I need a Cameo :)
Fantastic job!

[Keri Parish]

34.

Your snapped cards are too cute! I just love the balloon ad sentiment.

[Keri Parish]

35.

Shapped cards, darn auto correct

[Natalie]

36.

The shaped cards are very unique. Lucky recipients!

[Darlene Oudette]

37.

OMG love just love the summer stamps ... definetly on my I want list ....

[divinity]

38.

i love shaped cards -- these are awesome! love love love the castle! :)

[Toni Storie]

39.

These are totally fun! Fabulous shaped cards!

[Mary]

40.

Wow ! very clever shaped cards

[Joyce Thurston]

41.

love your shaped cards. each one so different and unique

[Linda R]

42.

beautiful cards. I love the sand castle.

[Lisa]

43.

Love how you made the shaped cards--so clever and fun. Don't know that much about the sillouette (sp?) but want to learn more. Your comment about being able to make any shape into a shaped card has piqued my interest. Can't afford a new machine right now, but I'd still like to know more about it.

[Lynn Brookside]

44.

What phenomenal cards, Sharon! I love that you're having so much fun with your Silhouette. It makes me want one, although I'm such a techno-phobe that I'll probably drag my feet for a long time before I get one.

[Lagene]

45.

WOW!! What fun cards!!!

[vicki dutcher]

46.

ADORABLE shaped cards! Way to use your Silhouette!!

[Angela]

47.

Love, love, love the shaped cards, especially the sandcastle one!! Too cute for words!!

[terri]

48.

Wow! These cards are so nice. I love the creativity you put into each one

[Janet Castle]

49.

You are sooooo clever! Love all three!
Paper Hugs,
Jan

[Holly]

50.

love your shaped cards!
thanks
Holly