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Monday, 6 June 2016

...May 2016 Tiny Textures Incentive set Blog Hop


The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to a special blog hop featuring the new Tiny Textures incentive 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!


Tiny Textures is a fun stamp set that allows you add a splash of something fun to your scrapbook pages or will help you to make a cool stamped background to your card projects. The “Just Because” sentiment from the set is ideal to add the finishing touch to a quick, but thoughtful card!

Now for anyone who is new to Gina K (I know, there's can't be that many of you, but just-in-casey here's how you get your hands on this set:

This stamp set ships free with any $75.00 order placed at Gina K Designs store! 
for more details see the store page here.


Here's the set:

 For my first card today I used the large paint brush mark, I decided to mask off a little strip of card across the front of my front panel and then I stamped the brush mark at an angle using some of my new Gina K inks. I stamped across the top of the mask and then back along the bottom in the opposite direction. I love the coverage I got with these inks, I was using a super smooth cardstock and the ink looks so solid right across the image, great result.

When I peeled back the mask (which was a strip of post-it note) it left me a nice wide space to pop in my sentiment. I used a sentiment from the newly released Coffee set. I trimmed out a little Coffee cup from the set and mounted it on a little foam, stamped the steam and Bob's your uncle.
I used the following inks:  Sweetcorn, Sweet Mango and Kraft - Can I just say that the Kraft ink especially is my new most favourite, I have been looking for an ink to match kraft card stock for a very long time...THIS is the one folks!

Here's the coffee set, it is full to bursting with coffee related stampy stuff - just in case you haven't seen it... ;)

http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=2528&categoryId=16


For my second card, I used the broad brush stroke again and made a plaid background with it using two tones of ink, I LOVE it, such a nice backdrop to any focal point, I added a rose from the Old Country Roses set. Tiny textures is cracking wee set, I haven't even scratched the surface here!

http://www.shop.ginakdesigns.com/product.sc?productId=2526&categoryId=16


So, off you pop - enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then don't forget to 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 day after the hop.

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

Gina K
Allie Gower
Beth Silaika
Cathy Tidwell
Claire Brennan
Donna Idlet
Karen Hightower
Kendra Wietstock
Melanie Muenchinger
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore

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!

121 comments:

  1. Oh you so rock!! LOVE all of these!

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  2. Love the cards, so very clever in the plaid design. The cream in the coffee is awesome.

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  3. These colors together are so tasteful and I love that plaid!! Masking off the sentiment with the swatches looks terrific!

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  4. Great cards and creative use of the tiny textures.

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  5. Oh my gosh, I love how you used the swatch!!! So clever. I MUST make some cards using both of these fun techniques!!!

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  6. I love your creativity on these! I love how you made a plaid background and then masking off the area in-between the ink smears. Beautiful.. <3 :)

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  7. Fantastic. I so look forward to seeing all your new creations.

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    1. lol, ta Joan, I look forward to creating them! :)

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  8. Really, really nice! I love the plaid effect.

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  9. Great cards, and great use of that stamp set. LOVE the plaid look! Thanks for all the inspiration!!!

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  10. Ooo - love these!! What great colors!!

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    1. Thanks Tricia, thanks for stopping by!

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  11. Loved the way you used that swipe differently. I love the plaid, and I love it on the diagonal. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. thanks Becky, yep I'm a bit of a plaidaholic...

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  12. Love the design on these cards, a bit different. The plaid look is fabulous.

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  13. Plaids! Who would have thought? Love it!!!!!!

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  14. Love the colors you used Claire! the sideways slant and plaid designs are creative and fun!

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  15. The plaid background looks amazing, can't wait to try this!!

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    1. cheers Cindy, it makes a perfect wee square for a card background!

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  16. I love your cards! Guess I am a plaidaholic too! Lol I really like the clear freshness look of your cards. Thanks for sharing!

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  17. I love the sideways slant with the paint brush stoke. Both cards are beautiful!

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  18. I am so glad I stopped by. I would never have thought of using those stripes of color to make a plaid or a diagonal design. And, your cards are gorgeous!

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  19. I just love how you used these stamps! I love the diagonal and the plaid is really cool. Great Inspiration- thank you!

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  20. Both cards are absolutely fabulous!!!

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  21. Love the beautiful plaid look you created.

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  22. Love the plaid effect....just lovely...thanks for sharing...hugs

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  23. Loved your cards. So creative and love the color combos you used.

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  24. Love them both, your color choices are beautiful. Would never have tried the plaid with such a wide stripe, thanks for the idea and inspiration.

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  25. These are really great. They make the background stamp look fabulous!

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  26. WOW! These cards are amazing! I just love your "style". Can't wait to see more of what you do with the new sets. Love the roses! Thanks for sharing with us.

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    1. thanks Diana, I appreciate the kind words!

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  27. Wonderful cards! I can't decide which one I like more. And they are made from two stamp sets, that I am definitely going to order next time I am shopping at Gina K. Designs. I hope they will still be in stock, the feather one went out so fast. I discovered your blog just weeks ago and was looking at the cards and reading about what has got you inspired to do the coffee set. I loved that old black coffee pot! And the card with the sugar bowl. But what really attracts me to this stamp set is the coffee beans:) I wanted to make a card with a coffee bean background the minute I saw them. And the roses set is just timeless.

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    1. Etta, thank you so much for taking the time to leave such a nice comment!

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  28. Great plaids. Beautiful cards.

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  29. I love how you created the plaid background. Great cards!

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  30. These are great designs Claire, I wouldn't have thought to use that stamp that way, thank you!

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    1. cheers Lori, can't wait to see what you do with these!

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  31. A absolutely beautiful - and I love your color choices - very eye appealing! TFS and for the hop

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  32. Fabulous cards, Claire! I really love the second card...need to CASE how you created that fabulous plaid background!

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  33. Love everything you do!!! Love the cards using these sets.

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  34. How creative Claire!! Love the colors and how you used the Tiny textures set!! You are always so inventive!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how you combined them with your charming sets too!! Beautiful work!!

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  35. Great cards and beautiful colors. Love that plaid!

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  36. I LOVE what you've done with this set. I wanted it before, but now it's a must have!

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  37. Wow! I love this stamp set and your cards! Thanks for the opportunity to win.

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  38. Claire, I like how you made the brush mark look like plaid. Great idea. I really like that idea. Thanks so very much. I appreciate it so much. Have a great day.

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  39. Love how you used this set in your creations. They are gorgeous!

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  40. I love all of your cards and the way you used the stamp set to make a plaid as well as the simplicity of the first card. Simplicity is my favorite at this time.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Linda D.

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  41. Claire, these are fabbo CAS designs!!! I still have to ink up your awesome coffee set :) !!!

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  42. Love the plaid design.
    The colors are great.
    thanks for sharing.

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  43. I would never have thought of using them the way you did. Love your cards.

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  44. Love your plaid look and the stripes are so cool too.

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  45. Beautiful cards! Love how you used the stamp set, thanks for the inspiration!!

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  46. Wow, these took my breath away! 😍So pretty!

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  47. I like those. Nice inspiration.

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  48. Oh my love what you did making the plaid effect!! Would love this stamp set!!

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  49. I never would have thought about using it on the diagonal - love that look! Thanks for another great idea!

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  50. Love how you used this stamp and the colors.

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  51. Your cards are beautiful. I like the bright cheerful colors you used. I like the clever way you made a plaid with the texture stamp. The textures look awesome with your beautiful stamp sets.

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  52. Love how you did the brush strokes at an angle on the first one!

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  53. Fabulous cards. Love how you created the plaid background. It goes perfectly with your beautiful rose.

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  54. I like the way you stamped the background on an angle. The coffee set is too cute! Great cards!

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  55. Very pretty cards, very sweet.

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  56. Love the colors you used. Thank you

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  57. Both cards are fabulous! The plaid is very clever!

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  58. I love your card with the rose. It's beautiful

    Blessings,
    KathleenR

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  59. Claire,n I love love the card with the angled textures.
    Great way to use them.

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  60. I love the unusual orientation on the diagonal! Really great cards - thanks for sharing.

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  61. WOW! You did so much with so little. Your cards are just lovely, and the colors are just yummy.

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  62. Love how you've masked that stamp in the first card Claire - so clever!

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  63. I love what you did with the stamps, the masking and making that cool plaid look, fantastic! It combines so well with your other sets too!

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  64. What fun and creative designs.

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  65. Beautiful card, love your images :)

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  66. WOW... all of your cards are Fantastic! Love your creativity of creating those backgrounds. Love them!

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  67. How creative! I love the masking idea.

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  68. Wow! Claire, I love all of your cards....thanks for the inspiration!

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    1. I love your cards so much. What great ideas

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  69. Neat cards, Claire. I like the diagonal cards best.

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  70. love love love love love!!!! The new set is fabulous, and I am over the moon that Country Roses and the Coffee set are available as I completely missed getting them before and was utterly gutted : D.

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