Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Fabulous Stamped Frames blog hop

Hi everyone!  Welcome to a special blog hop!  Today several members of the CardMaker Blog team and Gina K. Designs team are showcasing stamps used in Melanie Muenchinger's newest book Fabulous Stamped Frames, published by Annie's. This card making tutorial book features 36 projects using seven of Melanie's bold and line art frame stamp sets from Gina K. Designs.  These versatile sets each contain a frame stamp large enough to fill an A2 card front, which can be rotated portrait or landscape style, along with coordinating images and sentiments, that allow both beginners and advanced crafters to enjoy endless design possibilities for year-round themes, occasions and styles. Not all sets are needed to get a ton of instruction and ideas from this book!
Melanie challenged us to each put our own spin on one of the sets, so we hope you enjoy what you see today!  She and Gina will be sharing videos as well to show more of the book and some of the stamps in action.

My card uses the set, Fun Year Round. I love the circles in this set and the little image stamps really makes it versatile.  I partially inked frame and filled the circles with a combo of stamped images and paper pieced circles.  The sentiment was cut out from the pattern paper.
Fun Year Round set:

All seven sets frame stamp sets are all on sale for the first time ever, 20% off for a limited time!  Take this opportunity to stock up on your faves or complete your collection.  Now through Sunday night at 12 PM Central.

There is also a prize up for grabs! 
A gift certificate to use on any sets, templates, digital paper or studio cut files in Melanie's line of Gina K. Designs productsTo enter, leave a comment on the blogs in our hop today.   One commenter will be randomly chosen and posted Friday on Gina's Blog.  The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win.  Finally, all seven sets frame stamp sets are all on sale for the first time ever. Take this opportunity to stock up on your favorites or complete your collection.  See full details for the prize and the sale on Gina's blog.

Here is the list of hoppers today!
 I'll leave you with a close up picture.  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop!
 
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69 comments:

  1. This is so flirty and creative, Michelle! Love the fade out and different added elements!

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  2. How cute is this?!! So inspiring! -Tina

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  3. love the card!!!

    spolack@cox.net

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  4. What a fun stamp set, and love how you only stamped part of the circles frame!

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  5. Just concentrating on a few of the circles gives this card much focus. Thanks for the idea.

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  6. As busy as mosaic cards can be - this is very pleasing to the eye - not too *zoinks!* I love it - I love the strip of paper on the bottom and the different colors you used to make it bright!

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  7. Oh - I love this one, too. Oh! Oh! You have made me love them all!!!! I am in t-r-o-u-b-l-e!

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  8. VERY clever use of the frames.

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  9. OMG... I just love this card... I have seen this stamp and never thought of using it in this way! Tks for the inspiration.

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  10. Very cute card! Melanie's sets are always fabulous!

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  11. A nice idea for a different way of using the circles.

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  12. Great card! Love the 'mix and match' way your used the stamp set.

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  13. Why did I wait so long to buy these stamps? Love your card! <3

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  14. How fun with all the circles!

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  15. I just placed an order for that set. So seeing your lovely card using it is a real boon to me. I just adore how you used it.

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  16. What a fun and AWEsome creation with the circles Michelle, love this!

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  17. Great idea. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  18. What a very cool idea! I love your choices of colors and stamps. I am having a great time seeing all the fresh new ways of using Melanie's stamp sets.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  19. Love your card!! I am so glad I ordered that stamp!!

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  20. Michelle, I love your circles card! Endless possibilities with this stamp set. Guess what? I gotta run and order this stamp set! Thanks!

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  21. This is very cool! I like the way you omitted some of the frame.

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  22. Getting a lot of good ideas from this blog hop - really love this card too!

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  23. What a cute card! Bet it was really fun to create!

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  24. SO OFTEN WE JUST FORGET TO SEND A CARD TO SAY HI. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A STAMP FOR THIS USE. THIS WUOLD MAKE ANYONE SMILE ON OPENING IT.

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  25. This is my favorite frame set and certainly on my wish list, and your terrific card has confirmed that it is the best.

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  26. The technique you chose was a great idea with this stamp and I love all the heights and levels with the embellishments you used!

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  27. I've looked at that circle set of stamps and wondered what to do with it, but you inspired me! How neat! Love all the various papers you used to pop up on the card.

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  28. What a very creative use of circles, thanks for the inspiration.

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  29. I was wondering how to use the circle stamp set
    thanks!
    Holly

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  30. Great card. Thanks for the great inspiration.

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  31. Lovely projects, thanks for some great ideas on the blog hop!

    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  32. Fabulous use of the circles, beautiful job!!

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  33. You totally knocked it out of the ballpark!!!! WOW! This is AMAZING!! There is so much to love about this! Hugs! Seanie

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  34. This is adorable! I love the colors you chose. This is such a fun stamp set!

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  35. This is quite a beautiful card. Fun hop, makes me want to order all 7 sets and the book.....eek! lol

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  36. LUV it! Way to think outside the box!

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  37. I almost didn't recognize your card as using the Fun Year Round. You did a great job on this card.

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  38. Such a fun and whimsical card! Thanks for sharing.

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  39. Circles can be used so creatively in so many different ways and you nailed it here! Pretty in pink!

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  40. The circles make this a very fun & cute set and a fun card too.

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  41. I like the set you chose and the way you filled in the circles. I might "need" this one.

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  42. Gorgeous card, Michelle! Beautifully designed!

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  43. Great fun card. I especially like you colors. It'so bright.

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  44. What a great card. Love how you have put dimension on some of the circles - really makes them pop and look more fun.
    Hugz
    Ea

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  45. Cute card. This had to be a lot of fun to play with.


    TFS An'Jenic

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  46. This design is awesome-love the colors and patterns!

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  47. What a fun card!! Your use of this stamps set is great!

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  48. This set always reminds me of soap bubbles. You made them shine.

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  49. Love the stamp and your card. I was intrigued with the Fun Year Round set, but wasn't sure how to use it. Your card provides much inspiration. :)

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  50. Oh, my gosh, love all the textures and elements here. There's something about circles. Wonderful use of this stamp - thanks for the great inspiration!

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  51. Great card. I love all the different layers, and all the circles.. :)

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  52. Fun card. This is such a versatile stamp set!

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  53. I was wondering how to use this set. Thank you for giving me such an excellent idea.

    gettin' inky...

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  54. Your card is beautiful

    Kathleen

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  55. This is so fun and adorable Michelle!!!

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  56. oooo! I really like this card. those pretty papers cut into circles....what a great way to show them off.

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