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STAMPtember with Simon Says Stamp + Gina K Designs Exclusive
Today, the design and illustrator teams are super excited to share some fun project inspiration for the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Gina K Designs exclusive release.

Holy Smokes! It’s STAMPtember 2018
I’m super excited and grateful to be participating in STAMPtember this year. It’s a huge stampy celebration. Today, Simon Says Stamp is having a massive STAMPtember® blog party. A party, not a hop. It’s a big honkin’ celebration PARTY!

Gina K Designs: August Release Blog Hop Day 2
Welcome to the Gina K Designs August Release Blog Hop Day 2! Are you ready to get your holiday papercrafting on? The holiday themed wreath builder set is here and holy smokes… just sayin.

Gina K Designs: August Release Blog Hop Day 1
Welcome to the Gina K Designs August Release Blog Hop Day 1 AND… I’m just so stinkin’ excited to share some inspiration and another new tutorial with you. This time… it’s all about flowers and watercolor.

Craft Your Joy Card Tutorial: Whimsical Watercolor + Pattern Stamping
Hi Friends! Welcome to Rubeena’s Crafting Anniversary 2-Day Blog Hop! This hop is epic with more than 70 guests and over $1,000 in sponsored prizes! I have a fun new card tutorial LIVE today and I can’t wait for you to see all the inspiration.

Craft Your Joy Card Tutorial: Color Mixing with Dye Inks
Hi Friends! Thanks so much for stopping by, I’m so grateful you’re here. In this card tutorial video, I’m mix mashing up dye inks to create a new color and achieve dimensional effects. Turquoise Sea and Dandelion make an appearance in this color mixing video and I think you will be delighted to see the new color. This card is simple, fun and big on color pop.

Behind the Bloom: New Online Classroom Launched
I’m so excited to share that my new online classroom is LIVE and ready for you! Friends, it has been a longstanding dream of mine to build a classroom space where I could share my knowledge, tips, tricks, techniques and projects with you.

Craft Your Joy Card Tutorial: Watercolor Marker Mojo Fun!
In this week’s video, I’m having some fun with all my watercolor markers and sharing how to mash them up to create bold, bright colors for your stamping projects. I’m also dropping some knowledge about watercoloring on Bristol paper. It’s a fun one, let’s dive in!

Gina K Designs + ThermOWeb: Autumn Stamp-n-Foil Release
Welcome to the Gina K Designs + ThermOWeb Autumn Stamp-n-Foil Release. This is a super fun autumn release with so many versatile options for florals, autumn leaves, fantastic backgrounds and more.

Behind the Bloom: Developing New Gift Products + Stamps
Hi Friends! I’m so grateful you’ve stopped by. Today, I’m sharing a little behind the scenes look into some new things I’m working on and sharing a bit of insight and a few sneaky peekies.

Craft Your Joy Card Tutorial: Watercolor Stamping on YUPO
In this tutorial, I’m geekin’ out a bit with some watercolor technique fun on YUPO. It’s a fun paper medium, but not so much a paper, that’s super bright and resists buckling with wet watercolor mediums. Brilliantly used by papercrafters and artists with alcohol inks, I decided to have some watercolor fun with YUPO.

Craft Your Joy Card Tutorial: Watercolor with Dye Inks + Gouache
In today’s card tutorial, I’m sharing some watercolor techniques using gouache paint and Gina K Designs dye inks and giving you a little insight into using gouache paint watercolor medium.