Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Day 1: Cake Toppers and Crafty Notes

Good morning, and welcome to our first day of February hops! Today we are showcasing Cake Toppers, Crafty Notes, and a few other new goodies so let's get to it!  Up for grabs is a $50 gift card to the Gina K. store, so be sure to comment as you hop through for more chances to win!  Winner announced in a few days. Good luck!


First up Cake Toppers by Emily Loggans. There are so many ways to use the different layers and two step elements to stack your cakes, but I decided to use the small medium and large bars on their own to create this fun rainbow cake. (I really am going to make one of these one day in real life, I am! That's the kind of epic project I'll try out on grandkids) No outline gives it a very contemporary feel, but the candles with their flower flames (I love how the dotty two step images make them look like SPARKlers!) It definitely reads "cake", even without a stand! I left a space in between each to suggest some white frosting I used the ink cubes pictured for each layer.  Greeting is stamped in GKD Slate and card base is GKD Pure Luxury Tranquil Teal.



On this next card I used this beautiful new Elegant Oval die for the greeting, and then embossed both the sentiment, two step flower elements and my Arranged with Love background with Versamark and the new Gina K. Champagne embossing powder. Sooo purty and sparkly!  Leaves are stamped in GKD Applemint and flowers in GKD Peach Bellini to match the embossed mat.  I LOVE the Arranged with Love frame with all theme and all greetings in the set, very elegant!  Each sentiment is large enough when popped up on a mat or die cut to cover the floral card in the frame image both portrait and landscape style. Arranged with Love has 8 of its own occasion greetings, but I'm really excited to use these larger ones of Emily's with it!


Card base and die cut are GKD Pure Luxury White.



Next, the Crafty Notes pieces are super fun!  First, here is one I had to try out with the hot glue gun 
AND MY REAL HOT GLUE GUN! 



 I stamped the sentiments in the middle first and glue gun below, then drew on all the glue elements. (If you do the glue first, it may be tricky trying to stamp around it as a large blog might hit it the dried glue.) It was really fun winging this freehand heart and border, but you could trace around a die or draw with a light pencil before to have something to follow. I added the little bold heart from my  Open Book set and stamped off in GKD Red Velvet to match the cardstock base.  I used a gray marker to create shadows on the gun, hearts and word "stick".


This next single layer sample uses the Open Book frame as a base for the Crafty Notes paint palette and greeting. I stamp the book in the new Soft Stone and the image and greeting in Jet Black Amalgam, this combo soften the pages and make the palette image really pop. I colored the paint set with alcohol markers and then used Peerless watercolor and a large and small brush to do the purple, yellow and turquoise treks and the red squiggle. I outlined the word "colorful" with a white gel pen to make to easier to read on the deeper purple. Book is shaded with GG2, GG3, and IB3. Cardstock is Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight White.  I am loving the size of all these crafty saying and images to go with my book! :)



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Emily-Illustrator of Cake Toppers
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82 comments:

  1. Whoa!! I'm the first to comment!! This release is awesome as always and your cards are F A B U L O U S!!! So creative and wonderful inspiration!!

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  2. Melanie! Holy smokes these projects are delightful. And the crafty friends one with the glue... THUD. So good. Thanks so much for sharing. I enjoy your work so much.

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  3. You are always so inspiring Melanie! Your cards are amazing! Thank you!

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  4. Love your cards Melanie! Each one is unique! Love the hot glue one, and the way you used the Oval die too! <3

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  5. Thank you for sharing your talent with all of us- Fun to check out your cards!

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  6. these are fantastic...wish my bank account was as big as my wish list. LOL

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  7. wow these cards are super cool - LOVE how you added the hot glue to your card - so creative:)

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  8. Melanie, I love your rainbow cake and the card you created with an actual hot glue gun, very creative!

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  9. Fun rainbow cake! Creating with an actual glue gun is so creative.

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  10. Very beautiful, creative cards! Love the glue gun! Lots of new ideas! Thanks for Sharing!

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  11. Great cards. Thanks for sharing.

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  12. Love the way you use new sets with ones you already have.

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  13. I love how you always think out of the box. The glue gun heart is awesome. And that Rainbow cake - given the age of your boys making the real thing is quite a few years off, but I'd love to see one IRL. Love how you paired the large sentiment with Arranged with Love - great look.

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  14. Your ‘Open Book’ stamp set is on its way to me. I love your added ideas.

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  15. Great use of the oval die! Gorgeous card!

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  16. WOW, Melanie, I just love your Crafty Notes cards, especially the one with hot glue. So clever to me.
    All along the Hop, Crafty Notes" stamp set is proving to be super versatile.

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  17. Such great cards! I love the glue gun card and the rainbow cake is fabulous!

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  18. I love your cards,especially the flowers being used on top of the cake!

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  19. Fabulous cards. Love the colorful cake and the hot glue card.

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  20. The "stick together" card is one of the most clever cards I've ever seen. So cute. TFS!

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  21. I do love your bright and beautiful cards!

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  22. LOVE the glue gun. Love the whole set. Good job...

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  23. So exciting to see your cards. The birthday card is so simple but a great idea. The second card with the gold background is fairly simple but really makes a statement. And then we come to your book set. The way you made each card read true with each stamping tool and the hot glue on the heart card is brilliant. Love them all.

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  24. I love the rainbow cake and the gold emboss background and the glue gun...oh..all your ideas are so inspiring. You are truly gifted. Thank you for your open heart.

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  25. I love the cake topper cards great ideals

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  26. Wonderful cards, wonderful release. I love the Cake Toppers set and that one is amazing.

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  27. Your cards are stunning...sooo colorful and cheerful!..great release!

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  28. Amazing....love the glue gun and your rainbow cake as well.

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  29. Love the new release! Gina K rocks it again!

    Carol B

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  30. you outdid yourself today on the creativity side, Melanie!!!!! Real glue? Who would have thought to do that but you???? I love the way you show how to use your stamps with the new sets. I just used the Arranged with Love set today. I have embossed it before, but love, love, love how you used it on colored cardstock. I will be doing that tomorrow, for sure. Your rainbow cake is wonderful, too. Just love them all! (Is there a prize for how many times you use the word "love" in a comment?)

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  31. Your cards are all so wonderfully designed.

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  32. You are so talented! I love the colors for the cake and using an actual glue gun adds such a nice touch to the crafty notes card! Thx!

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  33. You never disappoint with the well-executed creations. The glue gun card is so fun and creatively made, esp. with the use of the application of the hot glue. Great job.

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  34. Beautiful! I love your work!!! 😍

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  35. Your glue gun card is very creative but all your cards are great.

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  36. Happy, sweet and beautiful cards! How creative to use hot glue with your glue gun card - fantastic!

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  37. Love your glue gun card. It made me smile!

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  38. Your cards are always wonderful, but these are even better! I would never have thought of a rainbow cake.

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  39. Way to show off those GORGEOUS INKS! I love the bright colors!

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  40. What cute and creative cards! Thanks for sharing!

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  41. Love the release and your cards!! Love your cats in the release before!!

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  42. Lovely cards!! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  43. Your cards are awesome. That rainbow cake is just gorgeous and I love what you did with the crafty notes stamp set and the glue gun. How creative...

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  44. Interesting idea to use the hot glue gun txt way.

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  45. Wow 😮! Great minds ! Love them so much !

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  46. Your rainbow cake is wonderful and the hot glue heart - inspired and so much fun!

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  47. Love your cards! The cake is simple but elegant. And that hot glue heart is ADORABLE!

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  48. Pretty cards! Love your rainbow cake!

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  49. Your cards are so creative. Love your designs.

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  50. Great cards! Such a beautiful new release!

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  51. Love the cards and all the new releases.

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  52. Your cards are so amazing, am truly inspired!!

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  53. Great cards, the glue gun is so clever, just love it!

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  54. Fantastic cards! Such wonderful designs.
    Thanks for sharing...

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  55. Love the glue gun! Very creative!

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  56. such great cards, that will be an epic cake when you bake it someday for your grandkids.
    thanks for sharing
    Barb Housner

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  57. You really inspired me with your color combinations, embossing, and how you put your cards together! I will be back often to your blog. I cannot wait to get my Open Book stamp set.

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  58. I love your work and your cards are beautiful especially the globe one, stunning!

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  59. Can’t wait to get my hands on some of these items!! Great job!

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  60. Fantastic cards. Love the hot glue with
    the glue gun and the stripes to make the
    cake. Such clever ideas. thanks for
    sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  61. Your rainbow birthday cards is awesome. The congratulations cards is stunning. Thanks for sharing!!

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  62. These cards are fabulous!! Who doesn't love a great rainbow of color?

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  63. Awesome creations! I especially love the card with the actual gluegun heart!

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  64. Fantastic cards. I adore the rainbow cake!

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  65. Wow! Gorgeous set of cards!!! I'm in love for the glue gun heart!!!

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  66. Beautiful! I love the rainbow cake and the glue gun elements!

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  67. The Glue Gun Heart was so cool. Great idea. Really love your creative cards.

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  68. I love all the fun color and your creativity. The hot glue gun image with the hot glue trail is ingenious!

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  69. So many creative fun ideas! Thank you for sharing!

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  70. WOW! Your cards are so full of color. Your designs are fun and creative. Love the crafty card using real hot glue. INSPIRED idea!

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  71. Love, love, love your card compositions and cheery color palettes! Thanks for sharing :)

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