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Friday, November 18, 2011

CSS DT Inspiration Blog Hop

Hello,  tonight my pals and I from the Gina K.Designs CSS Alumni DT are getting together to share creations that we made based on this photo of an advent calendar that Carolina found for us to use. 


You should have arrived at my blog from Lori McAree's blog, if not you can go back to StampTV and start at the beginning.
I was inspired by the reds/greens in the photo and came up with a couple of cards to share.  I knew I wanted to use up some scraps of Authentique Wonder paper that were left over from the class I taught. I put it together with some PL Ivory, Red Hot and Fresh Asparagus cardstocks to create my cards.




I used the same layout for each of the cards, just turned the second one for a little different look.  The sentiment for the top card is from the GKD Blessed is the Season set and the sentiment for the second card is from the GKD Winter Wonderland StampTV kit.  Did you notice?  I used fffffelt snowflakes on the second card.  With my long time aversion to felt, I can hardly believe it myself. :)


Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (November 22), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and the winner will get to pick a GKD stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95


I am going to send you over to Melissa Shultz's blog for some more eye candy. 
Enjoy the hop!
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52 comments:

  1. LoriNovember 18, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    Beautiful cards Melissa!! Love the colors and layouts!!

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  2. MiesjeNovember 18, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    The felt is perfect! Love these a lot. Stunning!

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  3. Carla S.November 18, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    Beautiful card, Melissa! Love the colors and the sentiments!

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  4. SharriNovember 18, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    Gorgeous cards Melissa!! I love the designs and the pattern papers!

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  5. buggin2stampNovember 18, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    Beautiful cards! I love all the green and the texture and dimension on each.

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  6. Karen (TLgirl353)November 18, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    Woo hoo Melissa! Great job on your cards. I love all the texture you used, to show off beautiful colors and images!

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  7. Betty NevilleNovember 18, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    Wonderful Christmas cards Melissa! Love your layout!

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  8. stampqueenNovember 18, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    Both cards are wonderful!!!

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  9. Vicki DutcherNovember 18, 2011 at 8:46 PM

    Oh love the red and green! Awesome take from the inspiration!

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  10. Payne Holler CardsNovember 18, 2011 at 9:06 PM

    love both of them and those felt snowflakes are very cool!

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  11. CarolinaNovember 18, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    Such darlin' cards Melissa! Love the button/tie element on the first and the bit of mesh on the second with those lovely snowflake elements are just the perfect touch!!!

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  12. Kris in AlaskaNovember 18, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    Eye candy is right! I adore looking at Christmas cards and yours are so very lovely! TFS!

    Kris in Alaska
    funamom at yahoo dot com

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  13. Sue VanDeVusseNovember 19, 2011 at 2:44 AM

    Melissa, these are gorgeous! Love the textured background and great colors. Love the 2 different looks of your layout.

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  14. UnknownNovember 19, 2011 at 4:08 AM

    Very nice cards! I am a bit traditional, so the colors are wonderful. Its hard to be traditional with all the great colors and designs that are available these days. I even find myself using purple for Christmas!
    mississaugarobin

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  15. Theresa MomberNovember 19, 2011 at 6:15 AM

    Gorgeous designs, Melissa! Love the layouts and the beautiful paper.

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  16. CheriNovember 19, 2011 at 6:42 AM

    Love, love, love the colors your chose, Melissa and your ffffelt snow flakes are fabulous!!!! Beautiful cards!

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  17. Kay SNovember 19, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    Beautiful! Love the green and red -- so festive and Christmas-y! The dp is perfect on these and the designs are great. TFS!

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  18. PamNovember 19, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    Love your color choices and there is something special about the snowflakes and flowers you added. Love them. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  19. UnknownNovember 19, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Perfect colors, love your layouts too and the ribbon/fiber treatment on your first one is fantastic! Nicely done, Melissa!

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  20. Nana GriffinNovember 19, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Beautiful and great idea!

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  21. The Vannoy FamilyNovember 19, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    Thanks for sharing your projects - always love the CSS Alumni Blog Hops - such inspiration you ladies have! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

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  22. redwasher1November 19, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    Fabulous cards Melissa!!! Love the design on both!!!

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  23. SusanNovember 19, 2011 at 5:46 PM

    Love both cards. Love the papers and colours used.

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  24. GayleNovember 19, 2011 at 6:00 PM

    Beautiful cards, Melissa, love the colors.

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  25. richardbreaksNovember 19, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    Love your colors and all the great texture!

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  26. KVencelNovember 19, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    Simply beautiful card designs. I love the chosen colors!

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  27. Ina GNovember 19, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    Both cards are beautiful. Such lovely soft Chrsitmas colours.

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  28. UnknownNovember 20, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    Very very pretty cards, wonderful PP, and such a pretty green card stock!! Cute snowflake and button, they both go with your cards so well.
    Thanks
    For sharing
    hugs
    Donna

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  29. The T-Shirt & Tole ShopNovember 20, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    like 'em both but love the snowflakes on the 2nd one

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  30. Nancy JensenNovember 20, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    Great card! I like the embossing and the snowflakes on the second card.

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  31. SharonNovember 21, 2011 at 11:00 AM

    So pretty - really like the layout and colors used!

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  32. Cheryl S.November 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    Stunning cards! I love the colors you chose and the layout. These stamps are great.

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  33. Rosy NewlunNovember 21, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    Hi, Melissa,
    But the snowflakes don't even look like felt. They look stiff and shiny like glazed chipboard :) Beautiful!
    aloha, rosy

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  34. ValerieNovember 21, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    Can't tell its felt. Love the paper and your design.
    Great job!

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  35. Patti JNovember 22, 2011 at 5:41 AM

    Ha ha...I especially love those fffelt snowflakes! Thanks for sharing your gorgeous creations, Melissa!

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  36. BonitaNovember 22, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Love both your cards. Must try felt. Thanks

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  37. dedesu3November 22, 2011 at 6:41 AM

    Just beautiful cards. Love them both.
    Dee T

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  38. JillNovember 22, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    Very pretty cards. Very elegant.

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  39. CraftyJoNovember 22, 2011 at 7:06 AM

    Both of these are lovely.

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  40. RietteNovember 22, 2011 at 7:28 AM

    Gorgeous layouts!

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  41. I'm CarolNovember 22, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    Love that you used traditional Christmas colors. Very pretty cards!

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  42. Barbara ColbertNovember 22, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    Beautiful..wonderful color choices...great look!

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  43. MizMaryAnnNovember 22, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    Felt snowflakes? I love them. Both cards are so pretty but my pick is the felt snowflake card.

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  44. cardchemistNovember 22, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    Great cards, love the colors!

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  45. mermaid feniciaNovember 22, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    Both are very nice cards ^_^

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  46. KimNovember 22, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    Those sentiment stamps are so lovely as are your cards.

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  47. jazy1mNovember 22, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    Love both cards. My favorite was the second card. The winter one. Love all the textures. Thanks for sharing.

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  48. An'Jenic G.November 22, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    Wow both of your cards are amazing and the colors are beautiful!

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  49. UnknownNovember 22, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    So pretty!

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  50. joyNovember 22, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    Incredible colors! That green is beautiful and I love the dimensional snowflakes!

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  51. VCorsonNovember 23, 2011 at 4:12 AM

    On your card with "Winter"--lovely use of multi textures and colors. You must have truly had fun making this one. It shows!

    Valerie C.

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  52. Cheryl WrightNovember 23, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    These cards are just beautiful!

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