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 setseach 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 got to play with Melanie's beautiful set Branching Out. It has numerous elements in square, circular or rectangle fashion that can be used alone, or other elements from the set added to accent the frames. I love the delicate feel to the set and the numerous elements that you can mix and match together. All the bits and pieces are interchangeable. I stamped the circular framing piece in black adding the pretty perched bird and then all the other coloured flowers and berries with soft peaches and blue-y greens to match this pretty Teresa Collins Summer Stories paper. Just those little bits of dimension really accent the frame.
I've paired it with some metallic black paper, pretty pearls and some button, lace and iridescent twine. I wanted it to have that simple delicate feel because it has that sort of dainty feel to me. Lovely and peaceful isn't it?
Here's what this lovely stamp set looks like:
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And here's where you can hop along to get tons of inspiration from Melanie's sets in the book...enjoy!
Christine Okken (you are here)
59 comments:
Ooh, Christine! I love how the patterned papers and your layout play of the bird's scene! just gorgeous!
Very inspiring! -Tina
WOW! I love the colors you chose! So pretty!
Beautiful beautiful card! Love the colors that you chose. . Did I tell you that it is beautiful?
FANTASTIC layout, colors and use of this stamp set. I never thought of using it that way.
Wonderful card! I love your colors and wonderful pattern papers.
beautiful card... love this stamp set. Tks for the inspiration.
I love your card. I think this is my favorite set.
I like how the framed image coordinates with the patterned papers.
It is just amazing how different you guys all used similar stamps! These blog hops are so great for inspiration. Love your card!
Very pretty card. The popped up flowers and the little bird are just darling!
What a gorgeous collage-y style creation, LOVE it!
Absolutely beautiful! Love the soft colors with the black.
Love the stamp set. Thanks for the chance to win.
Lovely card. I like your choice of papers.
Stunning card. It IS peaceful and serene. Love all the lacy touches, and the glorious sparkly bits.
Wonderful combination of stamping and pp., and gorgeous card!
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the opportunity to win, anything! LOL
Very pretty card.
Christine, yours is my favorite card, as it is do delicate. I think it has some Asian influence as well. Now, I gotta run and order this lovely stamp set! Thank you so much!
Great card with great colors. Love it!
I adore this card. A LOT! I'm going to go look at it some more...
Beautiful card, I love the little pearls in the branches!!
Now, this is my style. Love the design, colors and everything. Would love to see how you finish the inside.
What a beautiful card! Love the patterns and colors used.
HAVE TO HAVE THIS STAMP. LOVE THE COLOURS YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER. SO VERY DELICATE
Beautiful use of many different elements.
I love the colors you used on this card. Very pretty
What a pretty feminine card! Love the soft colors you chose to use.
Very pretty card.
lovely colors! the black really brings out the peach and blue
thanks
Holly
Great pattern and texture choices all put together to make one beautiful card. Lovely!
Gorgeous! Love the added dp with the delicate stamp set!
Gorgeous card. Thanks for the great inspiration.
Beautiful projects! Thanks for some great ideas on this blog hop!
Carol B
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This is absolutely stunning! I love it! :) Sean
Oh what a beautiful card!!
This is such a lovely card. I love the soft, beautiful colors!
Beautiful, love the design and layout!
Beautiful job on this card. so many beautiful layers.
I have this stamp set, and you've definitely inspired me.
Very nice! You have wonderful ideas!
Wow, that is beautiful! I made need to case this card sometime!
Oh, I love the detail you added to this frame set. So very pretty. I'm always at a loss on how to dream these things up.
love this stamp set.. Beautiful card
Very pretty.
Not my style, but I can certainly appreciate the work that went into it.
Gorgeous card! Love the dimension, and the lovely color combo!
Very busy card but pretty colors
gorgeous card Christine.
greetings karin
What a stunning card - love the mix of colors.
Thank you for showing your coloring technique also.
Hugz
Ea
Gorgeous card. I love the layers and papers.
TFS An'Jenic
Lovely sketch and color palette! It reminds me of Art Nouveau.
Very pretty! I love the use of black on this card!
This is fabulous! I love the colors & papers you used! This is my favorite stamp set..so versatile!
Great coordination of all the papers, colors, and textures.
What a lovely card. Love the soft colors with the black, makes for a very striking combination!! Just beautiful, thanks for the great inspiration!
Stunning card. Beautiful stamp set.
Such a beautiful card. I love it.
gettin' inky...
Your card is just lovely
Kathleen
Fabulous!!! What an elegant design!!
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