Welcome to our 2nd day of inspiration hops for our April release. First up today is Melanie’s set, Branching Out which coordinates with classic circle and oval nestability dies. I used the image with the circles on my card. This set also coordinates nicely with several cuttlebug folders (used Leafy Branch here). I also used a black pen to create a shadow beneath the leaves since I stamped them with such a light color green ink. I love how it makes them stand out.
Next up is a simple no layer card I made for Mother’s Day. I stamped the circle directly on the card base and stamped the red flowers to create some color. After I added some red gingham ribbon, I felt like the card needed a little something more so I grabbed some red & green scraps and made stripes on the bottom.
Here is the stamp set at a glance; click on the picture to see it in the store. The possibilities are endless with this stamp set – Melanie will have a ton of inspiration on her blog in the weeks to come, including a tip sheet!
Our next set is by Theresa Momber called Follow Your Dreams which is lends itself to beautiful scenes! On my first card, I used just a few stamps: cattail silhouette, smaller dragonfly and sentiment by Ghandi which I love! The card base is our awesome new accent color Key Lime! This is the card I sneaked a peek of last Thursday, so if you didn’t make it to the release party and see it there, now you can see it all.
Next up is a scene card I attempted to sponge and I am no Theresa Momber when it comes to this, but I certainly tried! I hope you like it too. I love that a lot of her sets can be made masculine so it is a Father’s Day card!
Here is the set at a glance and as usual, you can easily mix with other Theresa sets!
Now be sure to visit all the designer’s blogs and leave a comment on each one to increase your chance of winning a free stamp set of your choice ($23.95 value!) 4 winners will be chosen! The winners will be posted on Gina’s blog along with the next inspiration hop.
Thanks for stopping by and thank you for your kind comments, I appreciate each and every one!
- Gina K
- AJ Otto
- Carolina Buchting
- Cathy Tidwell
- Deb Felts
- Donna Baker (you’re here!)
- Emily Giovanni
- Giovana Smith
- Janice Whiting
- Jennie Harper
- Jimmi Mayo
- Lee Murphy
- Melanie Muenchinger
- Michelle Woerner
- Sharon Harnist
- Suzanne Dean
- Tami Mayberry
- Theresa Momber
- Tina Gilliland
- Valerie Stangle
- Vicki Dutcher
Stamps: Branching Out, Say it with Flowers
Cardstock: White, Crème de Menthe, Black Onyx Pure Luxury
Ink: Memento New Sprout, Tuxedo Black
Accessories: White, Black & Green Buttons, Leafy Branch Cuttlebug Folder, Black stitched ribbon
Card#2 details
Stamps: Branching Out, Notes to Mom
Cardstock: White, Key Lime, Red Hot Pure Luxury
Ink: Wild Lime Vivid, Ladybug Memento
Accessories: red gingham ribbon
Card#3 details
Stamps: Follow Your Dreams
Cardstock: Key Lime, White, Black Onyx Pure Luxury
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Aqua Vivid, Wild Lime Vivid
Accessories: black brads
Card#4
Stamps: Follow Your Dreams Special Fathers
Cardstock: Kraft, Turquoise Sea, White Pure Luxury
Ink: Memento rich cocoa, Cottage Ivy, SU! Soft Sky, Cool Caribbean, Vivid Straw
Accessories: Copic markers, cloud template
148 comments on "Gina K Inspiration Hop: Branching Out and Follow Your Dreams"
Wonderful job, Donna!
Great cards, Donna. Love the colours!!
Great cards, Donna. Love the colours!!
Your cards are wonderful Donna. Great use of the stamp sets.
It is obvious you love these stamps Donna -- four cards -- Wow! Super job on all of them.
love the embossed background on your first card, it looks great with this set.
Oh so awesome Donna! Love that little 'pond' you created for the boat especially!
Beautiful stamp sets and projects!
Awesome job Donna. I am so in love with your cards. Thanks so much for sharing.
Oh Donna I love your cards. Colors and techniques are just fabulous!!!
Donna, really fabulous samples! Each one is gorgeous!
Hi Donna, Awesome cards!! Great colours!
awesome sponging...no need to apologize at all it's perfect.
Beautiful cards.
Those are all great Donna - but that Mother's Day card really is just perfect! Great job!
great job!! Love the simple but gorgeous ones!! :)
Donna, such beautiful, beautiful cards. I think your sponging is fabulous!
Beautiful Cards, Donna. Thanks for sharing.
Nice cards.
Donna, these are all fabulous!! I love the embossed background, layout and colors on the first one. The Mom card is so clean and crisp looking!! Awesome shading on the dragonfly card! Love the colors! The Fathers day scene is so serene looking. I'd like to get in the boat!!
Good job Donna. I especially like the second one. Simple but elegant.
Gosh, all of your creations are great, but the first one is my favorite. The buttons are adorable and I like how you did the embossing...great job as always.
looks like a watercolor painting
WOW, I love all 4 cards. Great colors.
OOOHHH!!! AAAHHHH!! WOW!!! You are one creative lady!!
Wonderful cards, Donna -- you did a great job with your sponging!
Beautiful! Love the colors.
Love your treasures - so clever!
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Wow! four cards & every one is stunning. You have been busy! Pat x
Love them all! :)
Beautiful cards Donna! Especially like the Happy Birthday card!
My favorite card is the mothers day card. Love the soft and simple look of that card. Very nice job on the sponging technique you used on the fathers day card.
Oh, Wow! That first card is stunningly beautiful. I love the colors and the use of the embossing folder. Thanks for sharing your lovely talent.
These are lovely..I really like these stamp sets...they have great possibilities with designs!!
Beautiful cards. These new stamp sets are just so versatile.
Wow...these are all so beautiful!!!
Lovely cards, Donna! The branch emboss folder is perfect on the first card.
Beautiful cards! Love these new stamp sets.
we forget sometimes simple is wonderful Yours are...
Loved what you did!!
Very pretty cards!
Very nice cards!!!
Beautiful cards.
So much inspiration!
Such incredible cards! Love your sponging work, and your gentle color palette on the first card. Perhaps that one is my favorite! :-) Both these sets are on my list to buy.
yoou've been so busy!! I love the shadowing on the card with CB Leafy Branch, that is great touch with the pen!
The shading adds so much to the flowers and the gingham is an adroable touch!
You should do realistic sponged scens moe often, thee are really great!! :)
hugs!
These are great! I am really beginning to love these sets after seeing all these wonderful ideas.
Lots of work here. Thanks for all of the great ideas.
Great cards!
Oh, these sets are fabulous! All of your cards are terrific but the first on is striking!
Beautiful as usual!! Really like the embossing.
Fabulous cards. I am loving the new images and how all of the designers are using them.
I love your Gandini quote card. I love how the eye is drawn into the quote.
Very pretty cards! Thanks for sharing.
My fav color is green--both cards are fabulous
All elegant and cute! Great job!
All are so very pretty. Great job!!
So pretty, your presentation of these sets are great.
You did a beautiful job sponging! Love them all... lovely! TFS!
Kris in Alaska
funamom at yahoo dot com
it looks like you are having lots of fun with these new images..great work!
linda patti tpatti@windstream.net
Great cards Donna!
Great cards, love how beautiful these images stamp!!
Wonderful cards! I especially love the simple one layer card, gorgeous! thanks
Love the colors. Both cards are beautiful. Thank you
Loved the simple elegance of your cards. These stamp sets lend themselves to that.
Donna, these are beautiful! Love that angled ribbon - great idea! Thanks for sharing!!!
Oh my, I love all your cards. I love the Mother's Day card. I love simple yet beautiful. Okay, I love the fact that they coordinate with the classic oval and circle spellbinder shape. I really use this set because I have those two shapes. Yeah. I love the Follow Your Dreams set, too. Thanks for sharing.
The CHANGE card is so gorgeous. I love the coloring on it...really makes it pop, that's for sure.
Wonderful cards, lovely, especially for me I love the 3rd one the most, an awesome job of blending your inks, such a warm pretty color!! All the cards are terrific!
Thanks
Donna Przy....
What beauties! TFS!
Very, very beautiful cards Donna! Love them. :)
Your cards are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
kim
k1i2m3@cox.net
Luv the birthday card, the colors are very striking...very classy. Thanks for sharing the inspiration.
Beautiful! I love the addition of the shadow liner on the first card!
Your cards are just gorgeous. Love the black with the green!!
Beautiful cards -- the use of the detail black pen on the first card really makes it pop.
So delicate and dainty!!! I just love the branch folder with Mel's new set!!
Love the colors that you used on the cards. Can't wait to see what you come up with next. Thank you for the inspiration.
There hasn't been one card I didn't love seeing today, what a great way to start a Monday!
What creative uses for these wonderful new stamps sets!! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us.
Both of these new sets are terrific and so versatile.
Beautiful, Donna!
Love all your cards, you did a great job on your fathers day card.
Love your cards and your sponging and colors are beautiful...very nice.
Great cards! I especially like the birthday card!
Donna! Donna! Donna! I just adore the Mom card! I might have to scraplift at least one thing off that card! *smile* Thanks for the inspiration.
These are all gorgeous! I love how you pay attention to little details.
I love the raised effect on the first card. Borrowing that idea okay? Thanks!
I have come back to your page several times, I just think your cards are great!!!!Thank you, Thank you,Thank you for sharing and the inspiration I get from you.
Beautiful cards! Love those stamp sets!
Wow--fabulous cards!
Love these sets. I has been fun seeing all of the different cards one can make with them. Thanks for sharing.
All the cards are lovely. The first is my favorite.
God bless,
PeggyS
I think I need these stamps. Beautiful
Oh My the embossed background on your first card goes perfectly with this stamp! Stunning! Wonderful cards.
Blessings Bernie
Beautiful cards, Donna. Love the colors; great job.
What a great stamp set and love how you used the small leaves with the Cuttlebug embossing folder leaf pattern.
Wonderful cards. Since green is my favorite color, I'm partial to that one.
You have really outdone yourself today Donna, so many terrific cards! I love how the cuttlebug folder coordinates so well with Melanie's set and your CAS card is so pretty.
Donna, love these cards! Very beautiful, love your creative use with the ribbon on the first card.
Donna, good golly on crack. I don't even know where to start! That birthday card and its greens, well, I absolutely stinkin love it!! That Mom card is way beyond beautiful and elegant in its simplicity, and both of those cards with the gorgeous backgrounds, well, I'm running out of adjectives that won't make me sound like I'm spouting straight from the dictionary. Four projects and each outstanding.
Beautiful cards Donna!
Great cards.
Jean McGee
Both of your cards are amazing. I love the combination of the Leafy Branch embossing folder with the stamp sentiment. Wonderful.
I have been trying to do the inking on embossed areas. I keep getting ink everywhere!! Any ideas or what you think I might be doing wrong. They are good impressions, not pressing hard..yet I get it everywhere - any advice?
Thanks
Jackie
jmpresearch@gmail.com
Loved your first card - loved the inking of the embossed areas. Nice touch.
Nice use of the color green..Love your lovely cards.
Hugs,
Dottie
Like your cards, colors and designs!
Oh Donna these are all beautiful. LOve the color combo of the first.
crafty teacher
The first card is my favorite and all are wonderful! Thanks for sharing your talents and joy with us.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Oh Donna I love these cards! Kathie
You've sure put Branching Out and Follow Your Dreams stamp sets to work! Great job, and thanks for sharing.
These are fabulous!!! That shadow you drew on the branch and leaves really makes them pop!! Gorgeous!!!!
All of your cards are just beautiful!
Both just blow me away! Great job.
Gorgeous cards!!
Beautiful coloring. Like the way you highlighted the leaves on the embossed leaves.
Great cards. Love how you coordinated the cuttelbug folder with the stamp. Beautiful job on all the cards.
Your cards are both beautiful!! Love the scene on the second card! Gorgeous!
Beautiful cards.
Gorgeous cards. These are wonderful stamp sets!
Wonderful job. So appreciated. Thank you for sharing. ;0)
WOW! Your cards are Awesome!
Donna- Your cards are all beautiful! Great job!
Beautiful job Donna!
I love all of your cards Donna! I think the first one is my favorite though. I love how it coordinates with the cuttlebug folder!
Very nice cards! I have that same Cuddlebug folder, guess I had better buy the stamp sets! Great job!
Beautiful projects! Thanks for sharing!
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow four cards Donna! You are some creative woman! thanks for sharing them!
all that green is so refreshing.
Love your cards - especially the first two.
mmlmn at polarcomm dot com
I really like the colors you achieved in your cards. Beautiful.
Love your cards! They are all beautiful. This hop is so long, I'm at least an hour in already. LOL
These are all beautiful Donna! Great job showcasing these sets!
Donna, you've done some great work & given me some more ideas. TFS
ahh- GMTA!! Except I do not have that MOM sentiment- I had to use stickers!! :)
Wow, amazing work Donna. I am especially loving your outlined leaves and your Ghandi quote card!
Such gorgeous cards!
Wonderful cards. Love the soft colors.
Lovely cards. So lovely and a great use of color.
Wonderful set here, Donna. The leafy embossed background with the Branching Out circle, I think that's my fave - so classic and pretty. And could be a gift to a girl or a boy :D.
You certainly outdid yourself. Love all of these cards.
Your sponging is fantastic, WOW! Beautifully done!
Love the cards you made. Keep it up and thank you.
Loved your cards, especially liked the one with the embossed branch as the background
Wow, four beautiful creations! I love the ones where you created the scenes!
What a great bunch of cards!!!
Wow, girl!! They are all fabulous!!
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