Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Gina K. Designs & CardMaker Blog Hop!




Hello! Today several designers from the Gina K. team are joining up with the Cardmaker Blog Design team to showcase the newest StampTV Kit from Gina K. Designs, Home for the Holidays!  I am excited to participate and eager to see what everyone has done with the fabulous goodies in this kit!
Home for the Holidays StampTV Kit

I made two cards today, both using the kit's "Music Background" stamp and the "Holiday Greenery" set with it s gorgeous trees, elemental winter foliage and greetings!  I stamped my Holiday Frame stamp on each Kraft card base first in Gina K. Fresh Asparagus ink to create the two sketches, and then added the other stamped elements.  Music was reverse masked into the frame with GKD Kraft ink. All other details are stamped in GKD Black Onyx, Faded Brick, and Charcoal Brown.

White gel pen accents for the snow, wreath highlights and drop shadow on the fun hand-lettered sentiments make everything pop!

Love this one especially! (I *might* be persuaded to do a video next week...) ;)

Next stop on the hop is Daniela Dobson! (Full link list is on the Cardmaker Blog)

Thanks for visiting today!

Fun addition, breaking news! After you finish the hop,  Gina K is releasing a brand spanking new Incentive stamp...free with $75 purchase! It's called Handmade Goodness...is a picture of the set:

  AND one more thing...Gina is going to give away a Gift Certificate to the store!  Here is what Gina says on her Blog:

Leave a comment on my blog here and I will choose a random winner who will receive a $25 gift certificate to our online store!  I'll announce the winner back here on my blog on Friday morning! Stay tuned!

Time to shop! Glad I hadn't finished out my order and left my stuff I need to stock up on(cardstock, foil etc) so I can get this set! Fun!


45 comments:

  1. I love the white accents on these cards---makes them pop! Thanks for being a part of the hop, Melanie!

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  2. Wonderful cards. Love the elements on the Kraft CS. The are wonderful in the circle of the frame. Yes Yes, a video on this one please. Thanks for the great inspiration.

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  3. Melanie, These are fabulous but I absolutely love those trees!

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  4. I just bought this kit and am loving it. Your cards have inspired me in a new direction. They are so elegant. thanks for sharing

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  5. Wow beautiful card Melanie! I love how you accented the sentiment and all the elements on your card in white. The trees look so real. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  6. Melanie,
    These cards are so amazing! I love how the stamps work so well with the Holiday Frame set too! XOXO

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  7. Lovely cards. I like the use of kraft and the white gel pen.

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  8. Love your second card - the white on the Kraft really makes a stunning impact:)

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  9. You never disappoint. Love these!!!

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  10. I'm in love with both these cards. The white gel pen makes them pop. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  11. Beautiful cards, Melanie! You rocked these one layer cards....thanks so much for the inspiration!

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  12. Melanie, love your use of craft cardstock for Christmas cards. Really makes them stand out, and of course, your stamping is wonderful. Thanks for the design tip on using the music background.

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  13. I love both cards! I may have to purchase this new set your yours to make my card making that much easier. Would love to see the video on that second card.

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  14. Such vintage goodiness!!! Love'm!!!

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  15. oh i love the white accents, how you did that! Awesome creations Mel!

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  16. Love your cards! Will look forward to the video next week!!!

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  17. I love the kraft background on these two beautiful cards.

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  18. Love your cards! The kraft background is awesome!! TFS

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  19. I am Lovin' both of these cards! I love the kraft and both the focal images are awesome! I Love the Tree card and I'm so loving the white gel pen accent on the letters! May I borrow that please! ;) <3 Love your work! <3 Yes Please! A video on this! <3

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  20. Beautiful! Your cards are always so elegant!

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  21. What beautiful cards....I cannot wait for my kit to arrive....Love those beautiful trees....and the selection of the Karft card base was so lovely and soft looking .....beautiful!! Thank you so much for sharing....Happy Holidays!!!

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  22. I {heart} Kraft Holiday cards! These are gorgeous! Your tree one is so pretty, so serene....so magical!

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  23. Beautiful designs Melanie and love the use of Kraft cardstock! The white hightlighting on the Christmas sentiment just pops!!

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  24. Hi Melanie! These cards stamped on kraft are fabulous! I must case these...

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  25. Love your beautiful kraft cards. My favorites. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  26. I love the way the trees look in your fame. The touch of white makes it look so nice.

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  27. Oh wow! These cards are just gorgeous! And now I need that Holiday Frame set!

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  28. The Christmas ornament is just so gorgeous!
    A perfect card!

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  29. OMG! Love how this stamp set can be used in alot of different ways.

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  30. Beautiful cards...not sure how you did the Music Background, it does not look just masked. A video would be fun to see! I love the white accents...so pretty!

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  31. Beautiful cards! Love the pretty ornament and the beautiful trees!

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  32. I am glad this stamp set is back in stock. I have been trying to order it for a bit now. Love all the different cards in the blog hop.

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  33. I always love your cards... but that tree one in circle frame is my new favorite! TFS

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  34. Melanie, I can't tell you how much I love this stamp set! Love, love, love these cards!!!!!! Heading to my craft room RIGHT NOW!

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  35. I love the use of the kraft paper.
    Beautiful cards.
    Looking forward to a video for
    making them.
    thanks for sharing.

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  36. What stunning cards! Love your amazing work on the kraft cardstock. Really beautiful!

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  37. Love these cards done on kraft card stock!!
    The new freebie set is adorable!!! Always enjoy your work, Melanie!

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  38. These are so pretty! Love the circles and layout design!

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  39. Hi Melanie, I miss the blog, but I still wanted to see what you guys had done with the new kit. I do want to encourage you to please do a video of the second card I want to see how you made your snow it looks really really good. I was looking at a car that I had done last year and I had made snow on it Too and I cannot remember how I did it this is so irritating so maybe you can help. Thanks Janie
    Ldyjs@outlook.com

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  40. Very nice cards. Love the coloring on kraft and the nice designs!

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  41. Please do a video. I love them both!

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  42. I love the second Christmas card with the trees. . .maybe that's because we lack pine trees here, and that is why I have a pine smelling candle in winter :-)

    You ALWAYS make awesome cards!

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