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Friday, September 24, 2010

CSS September Inspiration Hop

Hi there!  Tonight I am hopping along with some of my fellow Stamp TV Center Stage Alumni for a yummy inspiration blog hop.  See those gorgeous cupcakes?  That is the inspiration for tonight's hop.  I took my card idea from the pretty pink and brown cupcake.  The swirls on top reminded me of a snowflake, so I ran with that idea.  You should have arrived at my blog from the Kay's  amazing blog, if not you can go back to StampTV and start at the beginning.  You wouldn't want to miss a thing!

 There are no fancy techniques to this card, just lots of luscious layers and some pretty ribbon.  The stamps I used were from the Gina K Designs Blessed is the Season set. The card recipe is listed below.  The next stop on the hop is Melissa's awesome blog.

Recipe:
All images/cardstock are from Gina K. Designs
Layer a piece of Passionate Pink cardstock to an embossed piece of Innocent Pink cardstock.  Tie ribbon around the right side of the pink pieces and layer to a Chocolate Kiss card.
Stamp snowflake in Rosebud Clearsnap ink randomly onto a PL White panel.
Layer snowflake panel to a Chocolate Kiss panel and layer to the left side of the embossed panel.
Stamp snowflake in  Clearsnap Chiffon White (really light pink) ink on a scrap of white cardstock and overstamp sentiment with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.  
Add sentiment panel to a Chocolate Kiss panel that has been punched with an edge punch.  Layer to image panel.
Add rhinestones to image and sentiment panels.

24 comments:

  1. Beautiful holiday card, Melissa! Wonderful way to use the color inspiration!

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  2. A pink Christmas card is always pretty and fun!! and your card is fantastic!

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  3. Melissa, Gorgeous!!! I love the layers and the embossing. Beautiful colors for a Holiday card!

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  4. You are always so creative with design, Melissa. I love this card. It almost has a vintage look. Very lovely.

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  5. Lovin' the pink Christmas card! You're background is delightful and love how you saw snowflakes from this...beautiful take on the inspiration photo!

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  6. Ooooo a pink and brown snowflake card!!! One of my FAVES!!! Stunning!!

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  7. Beautiful! I love the layout and the way you stamped the sentiment panel. Great additions with that ribbon, rhinestones, embossed layer and that scalloped border.

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  8. Love the different colors for a Christmas card!

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  9. Awesome, Melissa! Love the untraditional Christmas colors!

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  10. This is FAB-U-LOUS Melissa! I love the pink snowflakes. And the non-traditional colors you used for the card are awesome! I will be CASEing this one for sure.
    Melissa {buggin2stamp}

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  11. Very pretty card. It doesn't really hit you as "Christmas" until you pause and take it all in. Lovely.

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  12. what a fun card! love the embossing!

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  13. This is such a lovely card. I like the techniques you've used to anchor your sentiment.

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  14. What a fantastic holiday card, Melissa! Love the non-traditional colors and all the details.

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  15. Love these lacy pink snowflakes, the way you brought the light and dark and the dots into your work! Great take on the inspiration!

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  16. Melissa, I love the card. I really like pink and brown, now after seeing all the cards from the blog hop. Thanks for sharing and your inspiration.

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  17. Eeks, love this Melissa! the pink snowflakes are so cute and love the brown/pink color scheme for a holiday card. Great job :o)

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  18. Wonderful Christmas card Melissa! Love your layout!

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  19. Gorgeous card Melissa...

    Hugs Rhonda

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  20. So pretty for Christmas! This is a great idea, I love snowflakes for my cardmaking - just not the actual stuff! LOL Thank you for sharing.

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  21. I just love your Card. Thank you for sharing. Mary

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