Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Inspiration Hop, Day 2: Dashing and Holiday Frame


Welcome back, friends!  Inspiration from the Gina K. Designs team continues, today featuring stamp sets from myself and Theresa Momber! (Plus a few I couldn't help mixing in, as they all play so nicely together!) :)

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First up, I have a few cards with Theresa Momber's Dashing! I just love how gorgeous Theresa's image looks embossed in gold!  I colored her poinsettia with the Zig Clean Color markers, then cut them out and popped over the white circle I stamped and paper pieced back onto my frame. Card base is GKD Red Velvet.  I also used one of the red markers from the pack to color in the belly band border for a rich, tone-on-tone look.  
Sentiment is stamped in GKD Black Onyx.

Isn't this scene awesome?? The silhouette of the sleigh and reindeer are the perfect beginning and the trail of dust adds a bit of magic. I love how the greeting looks like it's stamped over a big ol' moon in this frame! I reverse masked Blue Denim into the Holiday Frame to create a cloudy, night and accented with my big Pitt White artist pen for falling snow and stars.  Frame is stamped in Moonlit Fog on GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight White cardstock.

This next one was so fast!  I stamped the Holiday Frame and sentiment from the kit in GKD Dark Chocolate, then stamped the music background from the kit right over the frame in GKD Kraft ink. Just about a perfect fit to fill this frame in and perfect enough for me to use these two together a lot! :) I stamped my ornament topper above, colored with white and dotted on a string to hold it up, finishing with some adhesive rhinestones. Easy peasy!


Finally, I believe Gina shared this card in the after party broadcast, I am doing a video on this one! Just wanted to show you something fun with this set *without* the frame. The individual small elements will maker some great scenes on your cards. I love how leaving out his arms in the illustration allows YOU to add back in his arms and then pose him how ever you choose! :)  
What a silly little guy...! :)  
The great big greeting is from Theresa's Dashing set.

I'll be sharing some cards and videos using the wreath elements in this set very soon! And you can bet you will see more Holiday Frame in my samples tomorrow! I love not having to create a new sketch every time!

 Here are today's beautiful sets in full:


Ready for more inspiration? Please enjoy the rest of our team's posts made just for you today!  And be sure to check out the What's New section of the ginakdesigns.com store for any new sets or accessories you may have missed seeing.   
Thanks for visiting!

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator of Holiday Frame
Theresa Momber – Illustrator for Dashing


85 comments:

  1. Oooo I am totally in love with the one on kraft! All are beautiful as usual!

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  2. Oh My Goodness! Melanie, I love all of the cards, the Red w/ the poinsettias is beautiful and the gold is wonderful on the red! I love the second one with santa is really cute & I love the sky. Of course I love the kraft and your shadows on the greeting! And finally the snow men... they look like they are having a great time playing in the snow! LOL :)

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  3. Love all your cards Melanie! I love the Holiday Frames you designed!!

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  4. Great cards. I got my set yesterday (I accidently ordered two of the Holiday Frame sets - oops), so I will be a busy stamper. Thanks for sharing. I love them all.

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  5. Beautiful cards. Those snowmen are so fun.

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  6. Wow. These are fabulous and I hope to play with my stamps today!

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  7. You did it again, such beautiful cards. So happy I bought the Holiday Frames. You are such an inspiration, thanks.

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  8. I love to see the different stamp sets used in combination. Your frames are always the perfect foundation to any card!

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  9. Holy smokes! These are some amazing cards! I absolutely love the santa night scene! So glad I ordered both of these sets! Can't wait to start making cards with them! Thanks for the fabulous inspiration!

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  10. Wonderful cards! The frame stamp is so versatile and I think our frockling snowmen are adorable!

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  11. OMG!! All these awesome options. Love how these sets work together, and the music background over the frame is positively wonderful. I'm still catching up at work after my two days off last week for Christmas in the Village and it was so worth it!), but I'm storing up the ideas in my mind for when I have a few minutes to play with all the new goodies.

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  12. WOW! You can achieve so many different looks! And they are all awesome. You know I just had to have this one, the rest is on my Really Big Wish List! Thanks Melanie for the great inspiration.

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  13. Love all your cards, so fun and festive

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  14. Wonderful variety of cards you created!

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  15. Love all the cards you are making with this frame.

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  16. Melanie, these are awesome! Love the gold frame, and the kraft with the Music. Thanks for sharing!

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  17. Wonderful cards! All different and so pretty and cute. So inspiring too!

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  18. Fab cards. Totally love the snowman one.

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  19. Beautiful poinsettias....love the rustic Kraft one.....and those FUN snowmen lol Too cute!!!

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  20. Your poinsettia card is so beautiful and elegant with the gold embossing! My fav...is the tumbling snow man...over the top cuteness!!!

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  21. Very festive assortment of cards! I love the elegance of the embossed poinsettia card, simple and stunning.

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  22. Thank you for turning your own image on-end and sharing your ideas! So many choices!

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  23. Such a great variety of cards and great ideas!

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  24. Can't decide which I like the most. I love them all!

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  25. Love the music stamp. The snowmen card is so cute!

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  26. OMG... Fabulous cards ...from fabulous stamp sets. Love the card with the sleigh across the bottom of the moon. It makes me want all of the new card sets. LADYJS711@yahoo.com.

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  27. Love, love, love! You make the most striking cards and stamp sets! I always look forward to your releases and own many of them!

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  28. Love the versatility of the holiday frame set

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  29. Melanie, you are an amazing artist

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  30. I love these examples using the frame set! They are all so different and love that they are one layer!

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  31. Love all of your cards and designs

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  32. I love all these cards and chuckled at the snowmen as I found it really amusing. That frame is fantastic and I want it and the stamps.

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  33. All gorgeous cards and can hardly wait till I can get items to try some

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  34. Great cards. Love the sleigh and reindeer stamp

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  35. These cards are lovely, I really do love these stamp sets.

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  36. I love all the cards you made. The red velvet card stock looks amazing. I need to add that to my list as well as these stamp sets. I'm looking forward to watching the video you'll be making with the snowmen and I'm in love with the silhouette of Santa & his reindeer in front of the moon. Very clever using the round part of your holiday frame as a moon.

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  37. Beautiful Cards love to see stamp sets used they make more sense that way. lol

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  38. Melanie, I am so excited to work with your new set. Your cards are a great inspiration.

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  39. The cards are so sophisticated and elegant!!!

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  40. Beautiful work and inspiration!!!

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  41. Love the Merry Christmas ornament on the Kraft.
    It's plain and simple and so pretty.
    The snowmen playing in the snow are darling.
    All of the cards are great - hate to just
    pick out a couple.
    thanks for sharing.

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  42. Melanie, I love, love, love this frame stamp!!!!! I knew it would be perfect for flowers, but especially love the ornament card - and that "moon" is perfect! Love them all - and you, too!!!!

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  43. Melanie, your cards always inspire me and your stamp designs are always favorites!

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  44. Love the gold embossed flowers - they are beautiful!

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  45. Beautiful cards, Melanie! My favorite is the framed the poinsettias with gold accents. Love your new frame set!

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  46. The Poinsettia card is absolutely gorgeous! Love all of your cards.

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  47. So many wonderful cards! Love the poinsettias!

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  48. I love all of these cards. I must get this frame set!

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  49. The frame and musical notes card is SO classy, love it. The whole collection is very special.

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  50. All are so fantastic. I can't pick a favorite as I love them all.

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  51. Love these cards going to have to put the stamps on my wishlist

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  52. Love these gorgeous examples! Great way to make the circle into an ornament.

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  53. Always love your cards. The active snowman on kraft paper is my favorite.

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  54. I love the silly snowmen. But, I think my favorite is the ornament

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  55. Wow, you have created some extra ordinary cards which have given me so many ideas for cards. Thanks for sharing your talents with us:)

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  56. I pondered and pondered over what to order....limited funds and finally decided on your new set, Melanie. I'm so glad I did after seeing these gorgeous cards. I need to CASE all of them....

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  57. Beautiful cards! I feel like pulling out my poinsettia stamp and doing some gold embossing with it. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  58. I love the holiday frame set. What a clever idea. Also, the snowmen card is so cute.

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  59. The cards are really creative! I love how versatile the frame is.

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  60. The cards are really creative! I love how versatile the frame is.

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  61. I just received an email saying my set has been shipped out today. yay can't wait to start playing. so excited :-) All the cards are so pretty and how many which ways one can use this frame. Can't wait!!!!!

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  62. Wow, Melanie! Not sure where to begin ... Long-time fan of your florals, so the poinsettia stole my heart immediately! Then I realized you did some mixing and oh my word! Beautiful goodies ... well done indeed!

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  63. Gorgeous cards! Love the poinsettia card!

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  64. Wow! Such awesome designs! Wonderful Melanie 😍

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  65. These cards are gorgeous. I especially love that Holiday Frame die cut! And those poinsettias! Beautiful.

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  66. Your cards are stunning! The frame you designed is amazing! I am so in love with all the ways to use it. So inspired after seeing your work. Thanks for sharing! :)

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  67. Love them all but oh my goodness that little snowman is too cute!

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  68. All your cards are gorgeous, but I am especially smitten with the chocolate one!!

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  69. I really like all the cards.. they are so beautiful

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  70. Love the cards and the different ideas you came up with! Very Pretty!

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  71. LOVE your cards!! The gold embossing is so beautiful. Each card is perfect!

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  72. Stamping in Moonlit Fog was such a great idea, and the magic just kept happening.

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  73. Love how you combined other sets with your own release. The tumbling snowmen make me smile. Can't wait for the video on that one. Thanks for the inspiration Melanie!!

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  74. The red and gold poinsettia card is really beautful. Love them all!!

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  75. Four more beautiful cards. What a great release!

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  76. Your cards are always so beautiful and inspiring. I really love the snowmen

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  77. Beautiful cards Melanie! It's hard for me to pick my favorite, but I love the one love your new frame set!

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