Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Fabulous Stamped Frames Hop

Good morning!  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 cardmaking 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.

 Here is what I made:

I have been on a clean and simple kick lately and found that this stamp set allowed me to make quick C&S cards.  
I used some Gina K. designer paper for the banner and then used some punched flowers, which I stamped with the circle stamp from Lots of Dots using blue raspberry ink. I used the same ink on the sentiment.


For this next card, I stamped the mosaic background in black ink on red card stock.  I also stamped it in black ink on white card stock and trimmed out the two rectangles. I stamped the polkadot background from from Lots of Dots using red ink and turned it into a birthday present using Gina K. Ribbon.  The sentiment is from the inspiration mosaic set. 


Finally, I created this card using the sentiment from inspiration mosaic.  I love the sentiment and immediately thought of using the moon from Weather or Not and the star cluster from Wicked.  I colored the moon with copic markers and added stickles to the stars and moon to give it some glitz!
Finally, I created this card for our Pastor's wife who recently celebrated her 50th anniversary as a Deaconess in the church.  I used the sentiment from Inspiration mosaic.  I used the stamp from the latest Theresa Momber set Up and Away. I stamped in the flower bunch in sweet corn and then went over it with white ink, slightly off to give the flowers some dimension. Super simple card!


I hope you enjoyed my samples from this wonderfully versatile set! I love how I can pair it up with some of the other Gina K. sets which I have in my collection.

 Here are the images that are included in the Inspiration Mosaic stamp set:
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There is also a prize! 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.

Please enjoy the hop!  Good luck on winning the gift certificate!  Thanks for hopping today!



What is better than a SALE? Click HERE for the sets at Gina K. Designs included in this special offer:




all items from Gina K. Designs unless otherwise noted




66 comments:

Melanie said...

Great way to incorporate other sets! Love the gift card with the mosaic!

Unknown said...

Cute design

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Unknown said...

Love your work! Simple, yet so inspiring and creative! Great job! -Tina

Barbara said...

Love this card and ideas. This blog hop is so motivating. Just what I needed.

Betty said...

Amazing what a difference those stamps make. Great ideas.

Theresa Momber said...

Beautiful cards, Beth! I love how you showed off the versatility by combining with other sets.

RedGem said...

Great ideas for using the frame stamp sets.

Nana Griffin said...

All are wonderful ideas! Great job.

ET said...

Love how the mosaic frame is used to feature the birthday gift. Many good inspiring ideas.

Directmailscrapper said...

I love how you made one of the rectangles into a gift! Great cards!

Gabi said...

Love, love your cards!!! I'm a CAS girl at heart, and these cards are right up my alley! Every single one of them is just perfect!!

Cat Tidwell said...

And such GORgeous CAS creations, love them Beth!

Verna Angerhofer said...

What super fantastic cards you created. I love the clean and simple look of each. My style indeed!

Dawn S. said...

Wow! So many great cards. Thanks for the inspiration.

Sue D said...

FAbulous CAS designs with these stamps.

Unknown said...

Wow, so many beautiful creations! Like the CAS looks. Really cute present on the mosiac stamp set.
This has been such a fun hop. I have learned something new at each stop. How fun is that?
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the chance to win...anything! LOL

elizabeth said...

Great CAS cards. I especially like what you did with the mosaic one.

Stephanie McKnight said...

Great cards! I just ordered this stamp set, so thank you for your inspiration!

Mary said...

Great cards. Simple and elegant. Ordering this stamp set too.

Carla said...

Great job showing the versatility of these sets!

Susan White said...

Cute cards!!

Judy said...

Really like all three of these cards. More inspiration.

Dottie Watson said...

Your cards are simple yet so elegant. I always feel like I have to "over" embellish. thanks for showing me how to minimize and save work and paper.
Dottie

nzillingworth said...

SO SIMPLE AND CLEAR/GOOD FOR EMERGENCY CARDS OR BEGINNERS/ ALSO COULD ADD SO MUCH TO THEM TO MAKE THEM PERSONAL. YOU HAVE GIVEN ME SOME GOOD IDEAS THANK YOU

Lynne said...

CAS and elegant as well.

Sue said...

simplicity is great.

Dee said...

Love the variety of your cards! So CAS, yet with an elegant look. Great cards!

MsJudyC said...

Love all the cards, so simple but gorgeous.

Bea said...

Simple but sweet.

Unknown said...

of course! using the mosaic background to frame the gift and greeting is inspired!
thanks
Holly

Unknown said...

I love your clean and simple looks with the bold colors. Fabulous!

Doris W. said...

Love your birthday present! Very clever! Great CAS cards!

Judy Inukai said...

All super cards. I love how you turned part of the mosaic into a birthday present. Thanks for the wonderful inspiration.

Carol said...

Beautiful projects! Thanks for some great ideas on this blog hop!

Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

Anonymous said...

WOW! So many gorgeous samples! Love them all! Hugs! Seanie

Unknown said...

Love how you turned it into a present, great work!!

Carole R said...

My favorite is the red but they are all lovely!

Sharyn Polesel said...

All the cards are great! You have given me so many ideas!

Unknown said...

Love the simplicity of your cards, they are all so fabulous! Well Done!

Unknown said...

Absolutely LUV your CAS cards! I can do that thanks to your ideas!

Parker said...

I cannot pick out one that is better than the other cards... they are all done very good.

An'Jenic G. said...

Wow so many beautiful creations. I too find it hard to pick just one. Beautifully done!

TFS An'Jenic

Theresa said...

Great cards! They are simple and do the job they are supposed to!

Unknown said...

Great cards! I especially like that last one.

Unknown said...

So different/unique/and yet touching!

Judys said...

I see how to pair things up with different sets. Great instructions. Thank you.

Unknown said...

I just love what you did with the Mosaic Stamp Set. I'm itching to get this one......

Peggy M said...

sometimes the simple cards are the best..love the stamp sets

Tami B. said...

I love the clean look and all of these cards are wonderful. I especially like the one using the mosaic background stamp.

Mspollycrafter said...

I like all of your cards, but LOVE the red one. Another great way to use this stamp set. You're so clever.

itzamitzi said...

Great clean and simple cards! My favorite is the Mosaic set with the package. How very clever!

Betty Neville said...

These are awesome! Thank you for all of the wonderful inspiration!

Janis said...

Your cards are wonderful!! I esp like the first one.....so clean and fresh!!!
<3 J

Ea Christiansen said...

What great CAS cards.
Hugz
Ea

Brooke said...

These are wonderful designs! I love the simplicity-beautiful!

calamity jane said...

Each of your cards are wonderful! I like the CAS look too! Thanks for sharing!!

windinstarsranch said...

Good work as always. Thanks for sharing.

gobluektb said...

I love the simplicity of your Mosaic Birthday card. Genius!

Unknown said...

Great inspiration here Beth. Love your unique use of the stamp set, thanks for sharing.

Judy Tuck said...

Wonderful cards. Love them all!

Linda w said...

Such great ideas here. Thanks for the instructions also.

gettin' inky...

Kitty said...

Love your ideas, your cards are all just lovely.

Kathleen

Lee said...

Gorgeous CAS designs Beth!!!!

--Marcy said...

Amazing work!

ktstamps said...

Hi Beth...I saw your watermark that you made for Kathy Kartak...I love it...do you still make watermarks? If so, would you make one for me??? My jaw fell opened and I thought it was the best watermark ever!!! You can reach me at: kivonne@ktstamps.com!
Thank you! kt

miatagal said...

Beth, Such awesome clean and simple cards! TFS!!

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