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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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Lori said...

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

Miesje said...

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

Carla S. said...

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

Sharri said...

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

buggin2stamp said...

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

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

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

Betty Neville said...

Wonderful Christmas cards Melissa! Love your layout!

stampqueen said...

Both cards are wonderful!!!

Vicki Dutcher said...

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

Payne Holler Cards said...

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

Carolina said...

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!!!

Kris in Alaska said...

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

Sue VanDeVusse said...

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

Unknown said...

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

Theresa Momber said...

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

Cheri said...

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

Kay S said...

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

Pam said...

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

Unknown said...

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

Nana Griffin said...

Beautiful and great idea!

The Vannoy Family said...

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

redwasher1 said...

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

Susan said...

Love both cards. Love the papers and colours used.

Gayle said...

Beautiful cards, Melissa, love the colors.

richardbreaks said...

Love your colors and all the great texture!

KVencel said...

Simply beautiful card designs. I love the chosen colors!

Ina G said...

Both cards are beautiful. Such lovely soft Chrsitmas colours.

Unknown said...

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

The T-Shirt & Tole Shop said...

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

Nancy Jensen said...

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

Sharon said...

So pretty - really like the layout and colors used!

Cheryl S. said...

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

Rosy Newlun said...

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

Valerie said...

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

Patti J said...

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

Bonita said...

Love both your cards. Must try felt. Thanks

dedesu3 said...

Just beautiful cards. Love them both.
Dee T

Jill said...

Very pretty cards. Very elegant.

CraftyJo said...

Both of these are lovely.

Riette said...

Gorgeous layouts!

I'm Carol said...

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

Barbara Colbert said...

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

MizMaryAnn said...

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

cardchemist said...

Great cards, love the colors!

mermaid fenicia said...

Both are very nice cards ^_^

Kim said...

Those sentiment stamps are so lovely as are your cards.

jazy1m said...

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

An'Jenic G. said...

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

Unknown said...

So pretty!

joy said...

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

VCorson said...

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.

Cheryl Wright said...

These cards are just beautiful!

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