Friday, March 9, 2012

Gina K March release inspiration blog hop: Day 1


Hi everyone!  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 commentors who 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!!

Today we are spotlighting the sets, Wild Flowers and Masculine Tags,  illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger and Tami Mayberry respectively. First up is a card using Wild Flowers illustrated by Melanie.  These flowers are 2 step stamping, meaning you can stamp the flower in one color and the flower centers and stems in another.  I used a small piece of washi tape (across the bottom) as my color inspiration for this card.  The bottom detail is from the new Spellbinders Classic Decorative Six inserts.
Next I have a simple Father's Day card using Masculine Tags illustrated by Tami.  This set is designed to coordinate with one of my FAVORITE Spellbinders labels, Twenty-Two.  LOVE.  I used a strip of GKD pattern paper from the Pool Side pack.  I also used a Spellbinders Edgeabilities insert for the black strip pattern and used 2 of the negative pieces to accent the Father's Day sentiment.  I love the masculine images in this set, a go-to set for guy cards for sure!!
Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:
 Thanks for stopping by!  I will leave you with some close up pictures.  Be sure to come back Tuesday when I showcase the Stamp TV Kit, Petals and Wings!! 

Card Deets: 
Stamps -  Wild Flowers
Ink - various ColorBox cat eyes pigment ink

Cardstock -Pure Luxury White cardstock
Accessories - Spellbinders E8-014 Classic Decorative Six Edgeabilities inserts and tag is from S5-094 Labels and Tags, washi tape (Chickiedoddle Etsy store), burlap string (May Arts), 2 and 3mm topaz rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), stardust stickles

Stamps - Masculine Tags
Ink - Tuxedo Black Memento ink
Cardstock - Pure Luxury White and black cardstock
Accessories - Spellbinders S4-346 Labels Twenty-Two and E8-004 Classic Ric Rac Edgeabilities insert, 2 and 3mm topaz rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty)

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85 comments:

  1. Wow, wow, wow - you nailed these!

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  2. I love your cut out flowers and border on the wildflower card!

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  3. Your wild flower card is gorgeous. Love masculine card too. Great inspiration.

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  4. Love these 2 cards they really give me inspiration and new ideas! Thanks keep up the awesome work!

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  5. Gorgeous wildflower card! Love the way you used the negative pieces on the Father's Day card. Brilliant!

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  6. Awesome! You are so clever...thanks these are inspirations!

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  7. Ooooh, those layered flowers are stunning! Love the CAS masculine card, too!

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  8. Those are very lovely cards you made ^_^

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  9. What a beautiful flower card...so much dimension. And, love that masculine one too. I thank you for sharing your talents.

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  10. WOW...your cards are really beautiful!!!

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  11. love love this little nosegay of flowers, so girly, great colors!!

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  12. I love the 2 step stamp flowers! Sweet card.
    the Father's day card is cool!!!
    xxx
    Dutch Tulip
    Marja

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  13. I love the way your flowers have fallen together in the bottom. So pretty. The guy card really pops with the beautiful colors you used together.

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  14. GORGEOUS bunch of flowers and I love the Tag card as much!!

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  15. Love those fussy-cut wild flowers. They just make me smile. Your masculine card has such a classy look to it, too. TFS

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  16. What a fun way to use flowers on your Wild Flowers card and I love the layering you did on the car card!

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  17. Lovely. The flowers are so beautiful!

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  18. These are great Michelle! My daughter and I LOVE the cut flowers.

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  19. Wonderful, the first card is a work of art, and I love what you have done with Tami's set :-)

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  20. Wonderful! Love how you cut the flowers out.

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  21. Great cards! I really love the wildflowers and think that the father's day card is so timely! It makes me think I need to start on those.

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  22. They are so gorgeous!! I love the colors and design of the Wild Flowers card!!

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  23. Love all the layers on both cards. Lots of fussy cutting but soooo worth it!

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  24. Love the popped cutout flowers. The new masculine tags is so great for the guy card and such.

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  25. Great cards. I have got to get the labels 22 die set.

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  26. Oh, I love your flower card. What a great way to use the set. So sweet and feminine. And your masculine one is fabulous!

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  27. Michelle, I love the 3D effect on the flower card. I have to say that the masculine card you made is anything but simple looking. It is stylish and fabulous all at the same time.

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  28. Love how you cut out and layered the flowers. The dimension makes the card so special.

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  29. Beautiful flowers. They look like a nice bouquet! Love how you created the masculine card - very clean but strong looking. Perfect Father's Day card.

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  30. Oh those flowers look so pretty cut and layered!

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  31. What a gorgeous bouquet of wild flowers! Love that geometric strip and the way you used the negatives on your guy card!

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  32. Beautiful cards. Love that classic car image, you did a great job with it.

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  33. awesome cards. both are perfect.

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  34. Wow you have made Beautiful Cards love the way you layered the flowers and the colors are soft and perfect. the masculine card is great we dont see many out their. thanks for sharing
    abbraddock@msn.com

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  35. Love the bouquet of flowers. Thanks for sharing your art with us.

    Gayle
    gaylememories@sbcglobal.net

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  36. Wow! Both cards are perfect for the stamp sets! I love them both!

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  37. Love your flower bouquet - how soft and pretty with the scallops.

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  38. I REALLY like your masculine card! The neutral colors and that gorgeous plaid paper - AWESOME!

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  39. Really beautiful designs and I love how you cut and layered the flowers

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  40. Really like the look of the card with the cut flowers. Really nice, really nice masculine card.

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  41. Hi, Michelle - love the delicate nature of the floral card :) and your bolder masculine car card is quite nice as well!!!

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  42. What a beautiful flowered card and loved the masculine card!!!

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  43. Michelle, love the masculine card from the different dies used to....well everything about it.

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  44. love your attention to detail

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  45. Gorgeous designs...I LOVE the popped up flowers!!!

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  46. Those cut out flowers are beautiful. I really love how the punched strip on the masculine card mimics the eyelets. Cool!
    ~ky

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  47. The coordinating with the washi tape is inspired!

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  48. Well done! Love the flower card!

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  49. Wow! These cards are gourgeous just love the wild flowers one and the masculine card is amazing! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  50. These are beautiful, I love that design of mostly clean and simple with a 3D element in the bottom corner!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  51. Fab designs Michelle and love how you did the flowers.

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  52. Cutting out the individual flowers is such a neat idea. It really is so pretty! Thanks for sharing both cards!

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  53. Love your cards Michelle. Thanks for sharing.

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  54. Loved your wildflower card. It's so cute with the flowers popped up. I can think of so many ways to use the model-T stamp!

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  55. Great cards, but black and white are my go to colors....

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  56. Thanks for sharing your great ideas and beautiful cards.

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  57. Both beautiful, but the wildflower one is my fav!

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  58. TFS both your cards. Love the spring colors and clean design of the first card and the use of the Pool Side paper your Masculine Tags card.

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  59. Lovely cards, love he layered flower look, gorgeous

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  60. Beautiful cards! The masc one is perfect!

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  61. Lovely work! Can't wait to see what you do next! TFS!

    Kris in Alaska
    funamom at yahoo dot com

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  62. These cards are great! Thank you so much for sharing your talent.

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  63. Great cards! I love how you "piled" the flowers in the corner- I have to try something like that. Nice, neat masculine card!

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  64. Really like these CAS cards. The colours are fabulous!

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  65. Fabulous cards! Beautiful bouquet of flowers, and what a perfect masculine card!

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  66. Love the layered flowers. The black and white with tan is very effective onthe other card. Thanks

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  67. What gorgeous new stamp sets! Love your cards--thanks so much for sharing.

    Hugs,
    Jennifer

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  68. Lovely cards. I really like the clean design of your cards.

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  69. Beautifully done - both of them! Love the bouquet of flowers and the layering of the Father's Day (still CAS) card.

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  70. these are both great, love that old time auto

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