Monday, February 14, 2011

GKD Spring Flowers and Basket Blessings Preview Hop~



These 2 sets work beautifully alone or with each other, colored or paper-pieced, they are sure to evoke a smile.
Would you like to win one of these fun sets?Here's what to do- Visit each of the blogs listed below and leave a comment.  The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have of winning!
Tomorrow, Gina will announce 4 randomly chosen winners who will each win one of these fabulous new stamp sets!
 Be sure to join the fun on Thursday, the 17th, at StampTV for all the Release Party Festivities!

Supplies:
Stamps: Gina K Designs Spring Basket and Basket Blessings by Melanie Muenchinger 
sentiment on card from this month's Free with 3 - Framed Greetings
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Spring Flowers set), Versafine Onyx Black (Basket Blessings)
Patterned Paper: Sweet Threads by Basic Grey, Dots by BoBunny
Other: Nestabilities Circle and Petite Scallop Circle dies, Pink  ribbon, Copic Markers, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder, GKD Creme de Menthe Stitched ribbon, Cuttlebug Tiny Tags die, Distressing tool, Safety pin, Dimensional foam


Happy Hoppin'!
V.~


177 comments:

Melanie said...

that is such a gorgeous gift set, i love how you layered all the different flowers, heart how you did the candle!!

This baby card is soooo cute, adorable colors and love the stitched ribbon and tag!

catdidit said...

Oh so awesome Val! I LOVE the colors you have paper pieced the little animals in and the little set you have made so rocks!

Theresa Momber said...

Wowza, Val! What a beautiful gift set and that paper pieced baby card is stunning!

jonim52 said...

Oh my what adorable projects. Thanks for the inspiration.

Julie said...

Very pretty, and oh so cute.

walchowDesign said...

Beautiful projects and coloring! The animal is my favourite!

Schim said...

So pretty!

Eleanor said...

Very cute!

Tina Gilliland said...

Oh what a lovely "gift set"!!! YAYYY for the polka dotted animals!!! My fav!!!

Tisha Ann Harms (aka Squish) said...

Adorable stamp sets -- lookin' forward to the release!

Becky Jo said...

Cute projects with the flowers! I love the animal card! You did a great job with everything! T4S Hugs!!

Diana said...

Lovely cards, love your take on the flowers without the basket

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Awesome designs!

Chris said...

Beautiful cards!

Leigh M said...

Beautiful Cards! Thanks for sharing.

Lagene said...

Gorgeous work!!! Love your cards!

Sharri said...

Valerie, Beautiful gift set and I love the pattern paper you used to paper piece those adorable animals!

Joni said...

Pretty presentations.

Teri said...

Just adorable!

Judy said...

Fantastic ideas! TFS

JaniceAileen said...

Absolutely beautiful, Valerie!!!

Donna Phelan said...

Valerie, great card but that gift set is inspiring!

Kary said...

Gorgeous projects!! Love the cards designs and the little gifts.

Joyce Thurston said...

the animals for sure...

Sue McGuire said...

I love the way you used the different flowers from this set.This set is going to be very versatial.
Love the baby card! your colours rock!

DebbieM said...

Gorgeous cards and projects! :) Thanx for showing the possibilities to use these stamps.

Debbie Meijer

Stephani said...

Love the gift set. And the baby card is just too cute.

Bonita said...

So nice. Beautiful cards. Thanks

Jo-Anne said...

Very clean and "simple" - just lovely!

Jean said...

Love them both! Thanks for showing the colors you used to color them in!

Mary said...

Everything you made is just adorable; but the animal image card just makes me squeal with glee!! Lovely!

Jill said...

Beautiful gift set and card. You did a spectacular job on everything!

Cheri said...

Cute, cute, cute, gift set, Val and I love that card. Your creations evoked a smile out of me for sure.

Ali said...

very pretty gift set, and your animal card was precious!

susies1955 said...

Brilliant. :)
LOVE all,
Susie
susies@twcny.rr.com

--Marcy said...

Very clever! Great job!

Di said...

Such great ideas for the stamp and color usage! Thank you!

Lori said...

Awesome gift set!!!

Claudine Poch said...

Lovely projects!

mimucardartist said...

I love these sets and I can't wait until I can get my hands on them. Love your cards too, so much inspiration flowing here. Thanks

Colleen said...

Valerie,
Great gift set with the flowers! I love how you used them on the card. The baby card with the animals is so cute!

Judy McMullen said...

Love your beautiful projects! Great colors!! Thanks for the inspiration!!!

Becky said...

Beautiful gift set Valerie. The baby card is just adorable.

Barb said...

Looks Like Spring is Coming!

Myrna said...

Hi, Your flower basket card reminded me of plumeria flowers.The colors are beautiful! Myrna

Carolyn King said...

love that beautiful gift set! stunning! adorable baby card too!

Shelly said...

I love your vibrant colors! What a great little gift set! Thanks for the inspiration!

Robin said...

The flowers are gorgeous!

Nancy R Grimes said...

Nice coloring! Thanks for the picture of what number copic markers you used.

HandySandy41 said...

What a cute gift set. Great ideas. Thanks SandyT

Cynthia said...

Adorable projects, Valerie!

Cheryl said...

Lovely cards, and such beautiful coloring!

Miesje said...

Very, very pretty! Your colors are so soft = love it!

golightly23 said...

Wonderful cards! I love the colors of the stuffed animals. Beautiful!

golightly23 at msn dot com

Barbara Colbert said...

BEautiful gift set!! NICE work!!!

And the animals..too cute!!!!

Great!

buggin2stamp said...

Beautiful gift set and card.

Anonymous said...

Love what you did with these 2 sets! Fantastic!!!!

Bev, Pine Mtn Club, CA

Jacqueline Smith said...

Love thouse cards, thanks for sharing.

Peggy said...

Wonderful!

Crafty Math Chick said...

What a lovely gift set Val! I like how you demonstrated how pretty Mel's basket 'fillers' look on their own. I especially love the stuffed animals card and how you used dots to tie it all together. Happy Valentine's Day Val!

mitch1066 said...

very nice,a great set.

mitch1066@gmail.com

dsood said...

Great set you made, It so beautiful.

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

Wow- you blew me away with your projects! Stunning creations!

Sue VanDeVusse said...

Super set, so pretty and those little paper pieced animals are adorable.

Mrs Ham said...

Your samples are just beautiful.

Debbie Bradford said...

Very Nice! I know a very lucky baby will adore the "sweet baby card".

Beastybunny said...

Those are just gorgeous! I love the little gift set.

Laraine said...

what an inspiration you are

sprgstn16 said...

Love the way you used those stamps! Thanks for sharing the Copic colors too!

Anonymous said...

Wonderful ideas.

genquilt52-online said...

Love your projects. The baby card is to die for. And I enjoyed seeing some of the stamps used in ways other than on cards. Thanks!

Amy said...

Great cards! Great coloring!

Christine from FL said...

Gorgeous gift set! Cute baby card!

Beth said...

Lovely! Thanks for the chance to win!

Anne said...

These are amazing! What wonderful projects and cards!!

scalder said...

Can't get enough of the baby card. It is so dang cute!! Love the colour combo!

Sherry Kushibab said...

Details and colors are just beautiful. This has been a fun blog hop with all this beautiful work.

Bunny said...

Nice colors

Queen Mary said...

Love what you did with the stuffed animal trio! Love the idea of them sitting on a baby blanket!

Sue D said...

Fabulous projects! I like all the polka dots in the baby card.

Kay S said...

Love the flower set -- so pretty, and the baby card is just darling!

Deana said...

OMG. That baby card is too sweet.

Mickie said...

Such sweet projects!

Bernadet Rodakowski said...

Love seeing projects with the stamp sets that are beyond cards. Fantastic!

Lynda said...

Great cards! Love your technique.

Sue said...

What a gorgeous gift set.

Sharon Mattingly said...

Great cards. Really like the soft colors.

Sheahasu said...

What is it with Melanie's flowers? They always look great! I can't color for anything, but I think I'd have to give it a try with these.

Debbie said...

Beautiful card ready for any sweet baby. Great job!

Terry B. said...

Lovely card/gift set...would feel privileged to receive one of them knowing the time and effort it takes to make them! Great job.

Anonymous said...

The set is just gorgeous.
crafty teacher

Jackie B said...

great color choices on the stuffed animals card.

gingerbaby said...

I love the vibrant colors you used with the animals. Great ideas using the flower stamps.
hugs,
Brooke

Booknplays said...

I love the colors you chose. Great projects.

Donna said...

Neat cards, I like the different way you displayed the flowers...and your little animals are so cute.

Anonymous said...

what fun it has been to see all the projects with the sneak peeks,
thanks for sharing your awesome talents!
linda patti tpatti@windstrream.net

Carole said...

Such an amazing job with these cards. What an inspiration.

kathy i said...

so creative

Lorraine said...

Oh what beautiful creations! Love the paper pieced animals!

Karen said...

Oh so very very pretty. I love the flower gift set and the paperpiecing of the 3 friends is spectacular.

Marcia Bilkoski said...

Love your cards and the polka dot animals

Susan said...

What a beautiful spring gift set! The baby card is so sweet. You were obviously inspired by Melanie's new sets!

Carla S. said...

Wonderful spring projects, Valerie! I love the colors and papers! Terrific inspiration for Mel's sets!

Pam said...

A smile is exactly what your projects evoked. Thank you for sharing your inspiration.

naneruth said...

Wonderful!

harrahx2 said...

Love the little animals...Love the colors.

Cibele Glazer said...

What a great gift set! TFS!

Vicki Dutcher said...

So love the projects with the matching card! Such a great hostess gift! Your stuffies are adorable also!!

Pat Jandacek said...

Such pretty treatments for the gifts and a cute stuffed animal card. TFS

Lynda said...

Great gift set! Love your color choices.

BarbStone4 said...

Your ideas are just amazing!! Beautiful flowers! Thank you.

Gailanne said...

Great gift set...who wouldn't be thrilled to receive that. Very cute baby card too.

StampinDi said...

Amazing gift set!

deannavanzee said...

Awe the embossed paper again, love it. Thanks for the inspiration

Joanie said...

Great cards!

Joanienp

Cheryl G said...

Great ideas!

Lee (LuvLee on SCS) said...

Oh I love that gift set!!! And all the polka dots are so perfect on the cute little animals!!

calamitypam said...

Love your cards....thanks for sharing and your inspiration!!!

Tamara said...

I Like your Thank You card the best, But The Baby card is soooo Cute!!

nannapat said...

Oh Val, that gift set is awesome & I love the paper pieced cute little animals. tfs your talent. Pat x

AUSTINSGRAMM said...

Gorgeous gift set and beautiful card. Love your colors and thanks for sharing your copic colors that you used.

hugs
bobbi

Sharon in Arizona said...

beautiful set....the animals are so adorable. thanks for sharing

Linda said...

that is such a gorgeous gift set!

Kim Marie said...

Tremendous projects! I think the baby card colors are stunning!
Love them all!
Kim Marie

jan farnworth said...

love it

Gayle C. said...

The stuffed animals are so vibrant and fun looking and love the gift set. Great works and thank you.

Helen said...

A neat set of items....marvelous gift....

Kate Stockman said...

What a cute gift set! Love the card

Ravengirl said...

Those are too cute!

judybob3 said...

really cute! :)

Margaret Sims said...

Gorgeous colour combinations!

Dee in N.H. said...

Oh my! These are both just amazing!!

Newbie said...

SWEET cards. I especially like the first one with the flowers. Like how you did the flowers on the card and then in the nestie. Really stands out that way. And the little critters are really cute. Excellent coloring on both. GREAT job!

Cheryl S. said...

I love your gift set- very nice. The baby card is adorable and I love the bright colors!

pakosko said...

beautiful work.

Barbara Bryant said...

This has got my creative juices flowing this is awsome and the copic colorin great job

annieb said...

Thanks for sharing your talents.

Rema Timm said...

very nice!

peggy wainman said...

What a pretty gift set!

Jennie said...

Beautiful ensemble using Melanie's floral set and such a cute paper pieced baby design.

Sharon said...

Beautiful.

Darla said...

That baby card is too cute and that gift set is gorgeous!!!

lisa808 said...

Such a cute trio of animals image.

Kathy Harrison said...

I just love these sets and your ideas are a great inspiration

marie said...

Love the gift set idea! And your colors on the baby card --- I just may have to "borrow" that idea. Very nice!

Saints Rule! said...

I love this gift set. What a creative and thoughtful idea! Loving the blog hop...

Karen said...

I really enjoyed seeing your creations. Very inspiring.

ecpiercy said...

What wonderful spring colors! TFS.

Dale Talley said...

Too cute, both of your cards. My hat is off to you.

cgargus said...

Very, very cute! Thanks so much for sharing!

Donna said...

Love your projects and loving these sets! TFS!

Betty said...

Love the way they work together.

gale.sewell said...

beautiful items

Giovana said...

Both creations are excellent Valerie!

Sue Bridges said...

Wonderful ideaas! Thanks for sharing!

Lynne said...

Great gift set and adorable animals.

Colleen said...

your gift set is Gorgeous and the animal card is so cute.
ColleenB.

Lindsay M. said...

Love those animals!!! sooooo cute!!! great job on your cards!!! they are stunning!!!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing your creative cards with us. They are so cute and I would love receiving one!

KF250 said...

Just love your baby card.

Marsha said...

Very cute projects!

Nan G said...

WOW! A beautiful set and love the little animals sitting on a blanky!

Kelly said...

Very cute cards! Love those paper pieced animals!

Golda said...

Beautiful!

Sharon Jones said...

Great job with the cards, Val! I know I'm gonna love these sets!! Can't wait until they debut to order!! I'm itchin' already!

Rita said...

Sweet cards!

Sonia said...

I love the colors you used on the stuffed animals- and the flower card is beautiful!

Terri E. said...

Your animals are to die for!

It's a good life!
Terri E.

Barbara said...

thanks for the ideas. someone please tell me how we made cards before nestabilities. I like the patterned paper edge under the circles. Barbara

Betty Neville said...

Beautiful gift set Valerie! And the baby card is so cute!

Erica said...

Those animals remind me of stuffed animals and they are too cute.

Marsha said...

What a great gift set!

Kris said...

Love those flowers and animals both! TFS!

Kris in Alaska
funamom at yahoo dot com

joanne said...

Love your paper piecing with the animals - they are my favorite.

Nancy said...

I love your gift set and baby card. Very nice!

MaGoooo said...

Your flower card is GORGEOUS & the Baby card is just ADORABLE!!

stampandweave from SCS said...

Very nice!