Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Gina K Inspiration Hop: What’s the Dirt?


jimmi challenge garden

This is our last day of inspiration hops for the Gina K. April release.  Last up is What’s the Dirt?  This is a fun Spring/Friendship set with many great sentiments.  I made a very busy paper-pieced card for Jimmi’s challenge at the party.  I really had a of of fun making this card with the Echo Park Walk in the Park papers. 

Make sure to visit all the designer’s blogs and leave a comment on each one to increase your chance of winning a free stamp set of your choice ($23.95 value!)   The winner will be posted on Gina’s blog tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card details
Stamps: What’s the Dirt?
Cardstock: White, Sweet Mango, Bubblegum, Cranberry Tart, Chocolate Brown
Pure Luxury
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Wild Honey Distress
Accessories: Orange button, Marvy Flower Punches, Brown stitched ribbon, Copic markers, brown thread

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127 comments on "Gina K Inspiration Hop: What’s the Dirt?"

Theresa Momber on 8:21 AM CDT said...

Love the layered images! Beautiful!

Cat Tidwell on 8:23 AM CDT said...

So gorgeous with those papers Donna! Love it!

AJ on 8:40 AM CDT said...

great colors Donna!! :)

Teri C on 8:40 AM CDT said...

Cute and colorful!

Marsha said...

Cute card.

Melanie on 9:02 AM CDT said...

that card is terrifc, i love the masking and those papers!

Vicki Dutcher on 9:12 AM CDT said...

Love the images cut out~

Geri on 9:31 AM CDT said...

Love the paper piecing. The patterns and colors work beautifully together!

iCreateforfun on 9:49 AM CDT said...

Nice card, very colorful.

Becky on 9:51 AM CDT said...

So cute..Fabulous colors.

Rita on 9:54 AM CDT said...

Bright and springy card! :)

Anonymous said...

Very bright.

Lori on 9:59 AM CDT said...

I love all the colors and papers you used Donna, so pretty!!

mommaladystamper on 10:07 AM CDT said...

This is one amazing card. I just love it. This one I may have to case, if you don't mind. Thanks for sharing your creation. Alice Roushia

Golda on 10:11 AM CDT said...

Great card. I love how you used the same pp from the back panels on the images.

--Marcy on 10:13 AM CDT said...

Those gardening tools are just fabulous - very nice layout, colors and design!

Sue on 10:17 AM CDT said...

Gorgeous card.

Unknown on 10:18 AM CDT said...

Colorful... love the papers you chose, Donna! Great card!

Melody (lacyquilter) on 10:25 AM CDT said...

How beautiful.

Beastybunny on 10:27 AM CDT said...

Simply gorgeous! Love the colors and layout.

Bootybella Designs Inc. on 10:28 AM CDT said...

I love it when people use DSP to "pop" their cards!
This is gorgeous!!!

Karen on 10:28 AM CDT said...

Awww, the paper piecing looks fantastic!

DebraM on 10:28 AM CDT said...

Love the bright and cheerful card...love the papers you used. It is a card that makes you smile and feel good.

Beth on 10:29 AM CDT said...

Cute card!

Jo on 10:34 AM CDT said...

Love the colorful paper you used. Great card!

Debby on 10:35 AM CDT said...

wow....great layering. Very colorful and cheerful.

NanaConnie on 10:50 AM CDT said...

Love all the papers! Great image, too.

lisa808 on 10:54 AM CDT said...

Great papers for the image.

Debi on 10:54 AM CDT said...

I love the layering and papers. Fantastic. Thank you

JessicaK on 10:54 AM CDT said...

Ooh, never would have thought to paper piece these, great effect! Love the inspiration!

Barb on 11:01 AM CDT said...

I love the tools and the papers you stamped them on....very nice.

Crafty Math Chick on 11:04 AM CDT said...

So bright and colorful Donna! It is so cheerful it just makes me smile!
(PS - Make sure you post this on Echo Park Paper's Facebook page - Madison selects one project to highlight on the EP Blog every Friday to win an EP paper collection, and it would give Gina a little shout out to boot!)

Unknown on 11:07 AM CDT said...

Great card Donna. I love the paper pieced images, and the bright colors you used.

Unknown on 11:08 AM CDT said...

Donna great use of dp! Love it!

Verna Angerhofer on 11:10 AM CDT said...

Wonderfully done and so beautiful!

DebbieM on 11:10 AM CDT said...

Love this card! Great paper piecing with the dp on the background. :)

jan farnworth on 11:11 AM CDT said...

cute

Kary on 11:12 AM CDT said...

How sweet!!! Lovely card & love the paper piecing.

Margaret on 11:13 AM CDT said...

It does look like it was fun to make. Love everything about it.

mp8tz on 11:18 AM CDT said...

Love all the layers and your use of color.

Sue Alger on 11:18 AM CDT said...

Dimension and color--what not to like. This stamp set really goes well with Echo Park papers.

Dottie Watson on 11:26 AM CDT said...

Love the colors. Very nice.
hugs, Dottie

Susan on 11:28 AM CDT said...

LOVE all the wonderful colors on this card. Terrific job!

Anonymous said...

What a fun, colorful card...love this one!
crafty teacher

Patti J on 11:37 AM CDT said...

Very pretty, Donna! Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

Love how you used the different prints, beautiful.

Lynn B. on 11:40 AM CDT said...

Love the bright colors. And all that paper piecing! You're a patient woman, Donna!

Carol on 11:41 AM CDT said...

Amazing project! Love the colors!

Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

TiaKeas on 11:44 AM CDT said...

I love spring and your card shouts spring! Thank-you!!

Debbie Bradford on 11:46 AM CDT said...

I enjoyed looking at all of the different elements in this card. It is lovely.

nannapat on 11:51 AM CDT said...

What lovely bright summery colors -this is a 'happy' card! Pat x

Lagene on 12:01 PM CDT said...

Very Pretty...spring is in the air!

Rosie Guiher on 12:02 PM CDT said...

Great card,love the papers! and layers!

Butterflyjewel on 12:11 PM CDT said...

OOh, So pretty! Thanks for sharing!

Barbara on 12:11 PM CDT said...

Donna, I love your "very busy paper piecing" card. It really works well. Your colors and DP are so fun. Love your card!!

Gerry on 12:18 PM CDT said...

Great use of all the papers & colors

Sarita said...

What a fun card, like the layering.

Sue D on 12:38 PM CDT said...

Great use of patterned paper.

Fay Chave said...

Beautiful card, very springy with the colors and butterfly paper.

annieb on 12:52 PM CDT said...

Ooooooh bright colors....like that.
TFS

Colorado Crafter on 1:12 PM CDT said...

Great card!!! TFS!!

bernietom47 on 1:53 PM CDT said...

this card just screams SPRING! Love all the lovely colors and the piecing is superb.
Blessings Bernie

terri d on 2:03 PM CDT said...

very nice.... great colors

Sue on 2:28 PM CDT said...

All your cards are beautiful.. I want every single new release set from Gina K and you "bloggers" are the cause of that with your beautiful projects! :)

cjgusloff57 on 2:43 PM CDT said...

Very pretty card! I like everything about it! Great job!

Unknown on 3:10 PM CDT said...

I love how bright & cheerful a lot of you are making this set look. The colours you are choosing & the pretty accents, they make me wish I was over there with you as spring approaches rather than here where we have our autumn splendour. But then again, I'm now stating to see this set with some autumn colours... so, that you've used Deb, with your orange, yellow & red, perfect.
TFS

Unknown on 3:33 PM CDT said...

Love the DP you used for this challenge card. Nice and Bright! Just lovely, Donna!

Kathryn on 3:36 PM CDT said...

Nice way you combined the variety of papers to make it all work together so well!

Ravengirl on 4:02 PM CDT said...

Fun paper and fun piecing Donna!

Teresa on 4:16 PM CDT said...

Love the butterfly paper...just saw two butterflies in my garden yesterday!! Love the card. Hugs, Teresa E.

Jill on 4:17 PM CDT said...

Like the design papers--very cute card

Janeen on 4:22 PM CDT said...

and i was just thinkin...nice blend of DP you got goin' on there.

jean w. on 4:30 PM CDT said...

Donna great card!

Auntie Em on 4:43 PM CDT said...

So pretty! Love the pretty butterfly paper and the great design.
Thanks for sharing! :)

Jenny McGee on 4:50 PM CDT said...

Great patterns and color choices.

Laura's New Place on 4:57 PM CDT said...

So different from the other, very nice!

Carolyn King on 5:01 PM CDT said...

love the pieced pots! What a fun and HAPPY spring card!

Marsha on 5:05 PM CDT said...

Cute, bright card.

Unknown on 5:09 PM CDT said...

very pretty card and all so the color
thank for showing

Kay S on 5:16 PM CDT said...

What a fun, happy card! Love all the colors and the dp.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful and Bold...love it!

crotnem on 5:48 PM CDT said...

Love your bright colors.

Linda on 5:53 PM CDT said...

Loved the design and the colors. Very cheerful! Thanks!

Lynne on 5:59 PM CDT said...

a fun card with great dp.

scrappinmommom on 6:22 PM CDT said...

So very pretty and uplifting colors. Very nice.

Anonymous said...

Love what you did --- beautiful card!

Donna on 6:31 PM CDT said...

Very prety, love the colors used and The PP is also very pretty, wonderful design!!

Donna Przy....

jazy1m on 6:36 PM CDT said...

Love your card and the colors are awesome.Thanks so much for sharing.

Kris in Alaska on 6:37 PM CDT said...

Love your paper choices! TFS!

Kris in Alaska
funamom at yahoo dot com

Barbara Burgess said...

Very pretty, bright and colorful!

Janet L. on 6:53 PM CDT said...

Pretty, pretty card!

Ronda C. on 7:00 PM CDT said...

Pretty card!

Sharon in Arizona on 7:04 PM CDT said...

BEAUTIFUL!!! Love your choice of papers!!

Darla on 7:12 PM CDT said...

Very nice, nice colours and papers.

Bertha W on 7:26 PM CDT said...

Really like your paper piecing.

Traci on 7:40 PM CDT said...

OMG. It's nice to see lots of patterned paper used. Nice layers. Thank you for sharing. ;0)

Linda E on 7:47 PM CDT said...

Donna, it is a busy card, but in a good way. Makes me happy to look at it.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful cards. Thank you.

Karen (TLgirl353) on 7:58 PM CDT said...

Donna-great card! Love the colors and the way it looks so happy!

Sandy on 8:15 PM CDT said...

Love the layering and the sentiment!

Gayle on 8:33 PM CDT said...

Lovely with all the designer paper and paper piecing. Great Job

marilynwillauer on 8:42 PM CDT said...

Great card. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Colorful. Bright. Cheery.
Jean McGee

Linda on 9:06 PM CDT said...

Gorgeous card!! I love this stamp set, thanks so much for sharing. Thanks also to Gina K for a chance to win one of your amazing stamp sets.

richardbreaks on 9:08 PM CDT said...

Terrific! Love the colors and patterns!!

Barb Ghig on 9:08 PM CDT said...

Hi Danna, I love your color palette for your card! So, so pretty!!!

Kelly on 9:45 PM CDT said...

Fun card Donna!

Brenda on 9:47 PM CDT said...

Beautiful card Donna!

Sharon on 10:06 PM CDT said...

Very busy means very pretty in this case! Lovely card

Laurie M. on 10:45 PM CDT said...

Beautiful card and love,love,love the colours!

Claret Belle on 10:48 PM CDT said...

Donna, this is so sweet! Thanks for sharing. Love the colors!

Diana on 10:49 PM CDT said...

Beautiful card, very bright colors

Unknown on 10:52 PM CDT said...

So colorful!! Perfect colors for this set. TFS
Jackie
jmpresearch@gmail.com

Betty Neville on 10:59 PM CDT said...

Bright and beautiful card Donna!

Susan on 11:14 PM CDT said...

I like all your paper piecing and your great use of DP's!

Debbie Rogers on 11:17 PM CDT said...

Love the layers with all of the different prints. Very nice!

Lorraine on 11:20 PM CDT said...

What a beautiful "spring" creation!

stampqueen on 11:33 PM CDT said...

Cute card - love the paper piecing!!

Valerie on 12:47 AM CDT said...

Very fun and bright card, great design!

Holly AKA KopyKat on 1:02 AM CDT said...

This is so adorable, love it

Neesey on 1:05 AM CDT said...

What a pretty card. So bright and cheerful.TFS.

Sue VanDeVusse on 4:28 AM CDT said...

This is so cute! Love the paper piecing and great layout.

Joan V on 5:41 AM CDT said...

Oh Donna, how pretty. I love that paper and how you used it to paper piece the card. Thank you for showing another way to use that fabulous stamp set from Gina K.

luvhymns on 6:06 AM CDT said...

WOW what a wonderful array of beautiful colors for gardening!

Vintage Rose on 2:32 PM CDT said...

What a sweet card, love the papers you chose.

ReNae Allen on 4:24 PM CDT said...

You have made a very interesting card using the What's the Dirt stamp set! Using a variety of cardstock colors, and accessories like buttons and ribbon your card shines!

Jessie/knightrone on 10:07 PM CDT said...

This is so pretty!!

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