Monday, July 9, 2012

Gina K Inspiration Hop


The Design Team for Gina K. Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop!!! Gina and the Design Team will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of deeply etched, pre-cut Gina K. Designs stamps! To see the full list of winners check the Big News forum at Stamp TV a couple of days after the hops!!

Today, we're sharing projects made with Melanie's Pretty Patterns and Tami's Grand Tags.  


Pretty Patterns is perfect for quick, graphic card designs!  I've had these buttons in my stash forever, and was happy to find that they're the right sizes to fit these circles!  I used my markers to color in some bright colors, and added some twine for texture.  The sentiment is from our new "One Free with Three," Assorted Greetings.  Reminds me of the 70's and beads hanging in the doorway!


Grand Tags is obviously a great set for cards for the grandparents, but it's great for any occasion and works as fabulously for vintage as it would in other styles.  Here I used an ivory and black color scheme with a little scrap of music paper and a pretty gingham bow.  This would be a great card for either one of Matthew's music teachers!  

Notes:
Grand Tags, rubber or clear
Pretty Patterns, rubber or clear
Assorted Greetings, rubber or clear

Check out all the amazing designs and inspiration:

74 comments:

  1. Beautiful cards, Deb! Love the button accents!

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  2. Awesome cards! I love them both!

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  3. I really like how you used the buttons, it adds that special touch:) Your grand card is just that GRAND!!

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  4. Love your cards---esp love the button accents on the first--genius!

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  5. LOVE that first card - all that white space with pops of bright colour - my favourite!

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  6. I just LOVE BOTH of your cards! You did a WOW job!

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  7. Grand Tags and Pretty Patterns are great sets
    and an assess to anyone's collection of stamps.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  8. Love the piano card! Super ideas!

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  9. I am soooooo "needing" those pattern stamps! Your card is so bright and adorable. And your piano card is very elegant.

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  10. I love the buttons on your card!!!! The Grand piano card is so elegant. It should be displayed all the time!!!

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  11. LOOVEEEE The buttons!!!!! The piano is totally beautiful!!! My fav with this set!!

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  12. Cute idea with the buttons! Great cards! Love the bow on the second card!

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  13. Oh wow! LOVE the piano card!!!

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  14. Great idea to add the buttons, I hadn't thought of that and I have tons of them!!! Second card is gorgeous, love the color scheme!!

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  15. Great buttons! love the colors. the piano card is perfect for music teacher! great dp and music.

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  16. Ackk buttons and twine, i love it, great idea! Bead curtain, hee, groovy...

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  17. Love those buttons, at least yours arent nakkid like mine, lol! Gorgeous creations Deb!

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  18. The buttons are so cute on the first card with the pattern and the second card looks like a professionally done music announcement or invitation. Beautiful!

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  19. Both of these are beautiful. Love the use of the buttons, so cute.

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  20. The buttons were meant for this stamp! Very cute! The other card is "Grand"! I love anything with a music theme :)

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  21. Love the buttons on the pattern card. Absolutely love the vintage look on the piano card.

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  22. Great cards and such clever embellishments! TFS!

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  23. Great cards! I love the use of the buttons.

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  24. Love how you added the buttons. Great cards.

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  25. Wow, what a great card and use of the grand tag set, thanks for sharing.

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  26. LOVE the use of a sheet of music behind the piano image, so beautiful!

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  27. I like the buttons on the first card and the vintage look on the second.

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  28. Love the buttons and the baby grand piece, I would frame and hang. Great job!

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  29. Oh my! Can't decide which one I like best - both are sooo fab! Love the buttons ' CAS' design on first one & the second is just gorgeous with that beautiful bow & image. Thanks for the inspiration !

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  30. Fabulous cards! I love how you used the buttons. The piano card is wonderful. Love the background and the bow.

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  31. Fun pattern card and elegant tag card! Love the baker's twine w/ the buttons..looks great! :)

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  32. I love both of these cards! I love the bright colors on the first one, and the music with the piano.

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  33. Love both of these cards! The buttons are so cute and bright on the first one. The piano card is beautifully done.

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  34. So pretty...love the bright colors and buttons on your first card and adore the vintage feel of your second! Nice work!

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  35. Wow! Gorgeous!! Love your use of the buttons on the first card.

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  36. I love the buttons! Great idea! The music sheet adds a great touch too!

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  37. Great use of buttons!! Love the added music sheet

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  38. Nice cards, the piano-card is really great.
    Christina P.

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  39. Great cards! Love buttons and the piano card is very elegant. Thanks for sharing.

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  40. I love the buttons on the card using Melanie's stamp set and your color choices for the tag set is beautiful

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  41. I love that button idea. Cute cards!

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  42. great cards! love the button one!

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  43. gotta love it....buttons and sheet music!

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  44. I just love the buttons! It is so obvious, but I would never have thought of it! So pretty,

    The label card is great in the black & ivory. My favorite so far,

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  45. Wow, buttons! How perfect! I adore your vintage piano card as well!

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  46. I love buttons on cards and I forget to use them. Sooo pretty. Thanks

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  47. Wow, Deb, gorgeous cards...from the CAS with the buttons added to that creative addition of sheet music.

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  48. Love the buttons on the first card and the second card is oh so elegant.

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  49. Stunning cards! Love the buttons, surely you don't remember hanging beaded curtains LOL. Fantastic vintage piano

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  50. Your cards are both amazing. I love what you did with those wonderful stamp sets.

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  51. Love your cards! great ideas thanks

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  52. Wow way to show off these stamps sets, love your second card in particular!

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  53. Fabulous! Love the buttons with the lines and circles. Buttons are one of my favorite embellishments and this is such a good way to use them! The vintage feel of the second one is great!

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  54. Great new sets and some fab ideas for using the stamps!

    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  55. The first one is fun and the second is so elegant. Beautiful work!

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  56. WOW! Both cards are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.

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  57. Love the buttons and then the musical card!

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  58. How cute is that stamp with the buttons added. Great idea. Like all those layers on the piano card too.

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  59. Beautiful cards! Feel so spoiled on this blog hop today!

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  60. Love those buttons and your piano cards is very elegant! tfs

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  61. Nice circles card! I was just thinking yesterday of how nice it would be to have beaded curtains in the doorways. :)

    S. Carter

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  62. love the card with the buttons on it.very inspiring design.

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  63. Completely clever, Deb! Your buttons fit right into the circles - very creative! And yes, I agree with the piano stamp - great for almost anything!!!

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  64. Wow what amazing designs, it must of taken ages to find buttons to match the circles, and as for your Grand Tags card, stunning :-)

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  65. The buttons are a cute accent to the first card.I love the sheet music background for the second caard. Thanks.

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  66. Love the button idea and the piano

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  67. 2 great cards! I love how you used the buttons on the first- such fun. I love layers so the second cards is Grand to me.

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  68. Wow! Your cards are just amazing...the design of each card is beautiful...your use of the stamps is perfect!

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  69. I love how you added the sheet music behind the Grand Tag, it looks marvelous!

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