Friday, January 13, 2012

StampTV CSS Alumni January Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to another StampTV CSS blog hop. Hopefully you have arrived here from Betty's blog. If not be sure to start at the beginning Here on StampTV so you don't miss any of the beautiful creations from the rest of the CSS group. Today we are using this sketch that Melissa Cash designed for us.



Here is my first card.  I used the butterfly from Dogwood and Butterfly and the sentiment from Follow Your Dreams, both sets from Gina K Designs.
For my second card I used Mountain Wilderness From Gina K Designs.
Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (January 17), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!  Your next stop is Carla.  Thank you for stopping by.

131 comments:

  1. Both cards are gorgeous, Brenda! Love the stamps you chose!

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  2. Brenda- I like both of your cards, I especially like the first one in bright colors and a beautiful butterfly!

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  3. Both are outstanding, Brenda. I absolutely love the butterfly with the swirl of foliage for a bg.

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  4. Bren, both of your cards are gorgeous!!But love the colors of the top one.

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  5. So, so very pretty! Love the butterfly one for the bright happy color and really like the second one because it evokes a feeling of serenity!

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  6. Well, Miss Brenda this is the third try at commenting. I love both cards, they are fantastic!

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  7. Love the luscious yellow tones you were able to achieve on your first card - just beautiful in every way. The addition of the punched leaves on your second is such a nice touch!

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  8. Stunning bflies!! You just rocked this sketch~

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  9. Hi, Brenda-
    Your coloring is stunning! The butterfly card is bold and now I am an orange lover (thank you!) and the bottom is more quiet, great for a manly man! I'm copying your stamped PP :D

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  10. The cards are great! I love the mildness of the first one. )

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  11. Both are gorgeous but the colour of the butterfly card is stunning.

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  12. Brenda, that butterfly card is one of the prettiest ones I've ever seen. It gets a 5 out of 5 rating from me. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  13. What beautiful cards... The Thanks card is especially lovely... Thank you!

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  14. Great cards! I really love the butterfly one, beautiful colors and design!

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  15. These cards are stunning! I love the way Gina K stamps coordinate with each other. They all seem to go together beautifully.

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  16. Both cards are great, but my fav is the first one - a combo of beautiful design and colors I love. TFS!

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  17. Love the both but I'm partial to the wilderness one because I live in Alaska!

    Kris in Alaska
    funamom at yahoo dot com

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  18. Those are lovely cards ^_^ I wish I have the stuff to make something like it ~_^

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  19. great background ...love both cads

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  20. Hi Brenda, your cards are beautiful and very colourful

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  21. great cards; I love how you made a feminine and masculine one from the same sketch! thanx for the inspiration and blog hop opp!

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  22. Love the thank you card. I am often looking for more ideas for them.

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  23. I love the colours of the butterfly card...the sentiment is wonderful.. the thank you card is so tranquil. Thanks for you inspiration

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  24. I love both cards! I'm glad that I don't have to pick a favorite! They are both gorgeous!

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  25. I always hated orange a bit but not anymore. Thank You Beautiful cards.

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  26. so beautiful,I don't know which I like best! Both are so pretty! Great job!

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  27. Your unique color choices made awesome cards!

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  28. Love your cards, they are awesome!

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  29. Both cards are amazing! i love the vibrant colors in card #1, yet i find myself feeling very serene in card #2!

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  30. Those are both beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing. I am wondering about the background in the first one - is it just stamped and then inked over? Lovely. The second card would be a great masculine card, which is always a challenge for me!
    thanks again!

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  31. I'm in love! That butterfly card is gorgeous!! The mountain scene is pretty cool too. :)

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  32. Love the muted double stamping applications!

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  33. Awesome cards, Brenda. I especially love your butterfly.

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  34. Beautiful cards Love. Great way to use your color on your 1st card. Love the little pine tree your used on the 2nd card.

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  35. Brenda-I like both of your cards. The colors you chose for the butterfly card are beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

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  36. Both are great cards! I especially like the colors you used on the first one.

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  37. Thanks for sharing your lovely cards. I especially like the first, butterflies are my favorite.

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  38. Wow what great cards. I love them both.

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  39. Both are so very pretty! Love the butterfly and the little greenery spray!

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  40. Both cards are stunning. My favorite is the butterfly card. Love that butterfly and the colors.

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  41. These cards are wonderful. Like the layering effect.

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  42. Wonderful cards. Thanks for sharing.

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  43. I love both of the cards, but I was really inspired by the butterfly.

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  44. Wonderful cards - love the butterfly

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  45. Both cards are beautiful. It's nice to see how the same sketch can look so nice with diffenent images.

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  46. Oh my goodness, Brenda! These are both absolutely gorgeous! Love that beautiful butterfly and the simplicity of the second one.

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  47. Both cards are absolutely gorgeous. The wildress stamp set is a gotta have set. Great job on both.

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  48. your butterfly card is very beautiful. Great coloring and a nice design for this sketch.

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  49. Lovely cards, but my fav is the butterfly, it looks so realistic!

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  50. Both cards are beautiful, but the first is my favorite. Love the verse.

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  51. Love BOTH cards! Good job! Judy

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  52. Great job on both cards. Love the coloring of the butterfly on the first card.

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  53. One spring, one winter - nice!

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  54. Great cards...love the nature look best, although they both are about nature! lol

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  55. Great cards...love the nature look best, although they both are about nature! lol

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  56. I love both of these cards! The first one is using one of my favorite colors and so wish everyone could read the sentiment. The Thank you card is gorgeous and love the double stamping of the trees!

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  57. What gorgeous and fantastic cards you designed. I am loving this sketch too.

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  58. I especially love the second card. Those colors are so tranquil.

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  59. Brenda, both cards are really nice and look like they would be easy to design/make. Just my style!!

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  60. Lovely cards. So peaceful.

    Smiles Sher
    ShersL84bed@aol.com

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  61. Such creative use of the sketch, they are wonderful!

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  62. I especially like the winter scene. Great job.

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  63. OOOOOOOOOO W O W ! ! !
    B-U-TEEE-FULLL cards.
    Jean McGee

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  64. Awesome cards! I wouldn't want to be required to choose between these cards!

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  65. both of your cards are wonderful. love the colors you chose for both as well and the branches on the second card just added the right touch.

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  66. Gorgeous cards! Love the butterfly!

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  67. These are both great! Girly and manly.

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  68. Both cards are wonderful designs. Love your colors!

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  69. Butterfly cards seem to always be eye-catching and more feminine (for me), and the woodsy card is perfect for a guy's card. Lovely!

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  70. Lovely cards... Love the butterfly and the colors you used to create this card.

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  71. Very nice job... Love the colors on the butterfly one...

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  72. I especially like the card you made with the butterfly. The colors really make it stand out.

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  73. Gorgeous card. Love both of them but the butterfly card is stunning. The deep, rich color really makes the image pop.

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  74. So pretty! I really like the dies you chose for your layering.

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  75. Both are fabulous, but IU am partial to the butterfly stamps (My friends have placed a moratorium on my butterfly stamp purchases, LOL. Friends don't let friends obsess!) Beautifula color and combinations of designs.

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  76. These are both beautiful cards. I just love the butterfly and sentiment on the first card and that stamp on the second card is great. TFS.

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  77. Both of your cards are beautiful and really show the versatility of a sketch in creating such completely different pieces of art. I can't imagine finding dp to match so perfectly, so I'm assuming the background paper for the butterfly was created by you using the same leaf stamp that's used on the expression.(?)

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  78. Absolutely beautiful cards. I have to say the butterfly one is STUNNING!
    Cheers
    Sharon Ling

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  79. Fantastic cards! I love how they are similar and yet completely different.

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  80. Love those bright orange colors. Beautiful projects.

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  81. Beautiful cards. I really like the coloring on the butterfly.

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  82. love both of these cards. I am partial to butterfies but the trees are awesome.

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  83. Love the butterfly card and especially the bright colors since I am so looking forward to spring!

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  84. Both cards are beautiful, great colour choices, love the stamped fern back ground on the butterfly

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  85. Love the colors in both cards. The butterfly is beautifully colored. Thanks

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  86. Both your cards are very pretty, but the butterfly is just GORGEOUS!! Love the colors! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  87. Absolutely gorgeous. Love them both!

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  88. Both of your cars are just gorgeous!!

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  89. Two beautiful cards. TFS!

    SouthernMrs
    at verizon
    dot net

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  90. WOW that butterfly is perfectly colored!!!

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  91. Beautiful cards. My favorite is the orange one with the beautiful butterfly and quote. Thanks
    Debbie T
    debt0526@yahoo.com

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  92. I really like the cheerful colors of the butterfly card. Both are beautiful.

    www.stampersjoy.typepad.coom

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  93. Gorgeous colors and butterfly on the first card. Love the muted tones that you have used on the layers and trees on the second card.

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  94. I love the colors on the butterfly card, it is beautiful, the wilderness is pretty too

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  95. Beautiful projects!



    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  96. I really both of the cards Brenda, but that butterfly is gorgeous!! Thanks for the inspirations!

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  97. i love the pine boughs, such a clever detail

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  98. These are gorgeous, Brenda! I love the vibrancy of your
    butterfly card; and your second card is perfect for either gender! Great job!

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  99. Hi Brenda - both of these cards are so beautiful! I love the bright orange with the butterfly and the woodsy card is a great masculine thank you! Awesome inspiration!!

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  100. Oh my goodness! I love both of your cards! I absolutely love your butterfly card and the second card is great for a male recipient (we know how hard it is to come up with ideas for them...lol)

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  101. Both cards are great - love the butterfly :)

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  102. You picked my favorite colors.....orange! It is sooo pretty!!!!

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  103. LOVE the colors on the butterfly card...absolutely beautiful

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  104. Both cards are wonderful, love the warm colours of the first, and the combination of stamp sets on the second :-)

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  105. Both cards are lovely! Great take on the sketch!

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  106. Love the trees and dimensional snowflake.

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  107. Love both of the cards that you made, but I love, love, love the butterfly one beautiful paper you chose they just pop with that butterfly on top. Awesome job!

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  108. Both cards are beautiful, especially like the dogwood and butterfly card.

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  109. not seeing my comment so trying again... both cards are great -

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  110. both cards are beatiful, I like having different looks to help come up with a design.

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  111. what gorgeous cards...the butterfly is my favorite...

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  112. Brenda, Both cards are beautiful!! I love the colors your used on both and the butterfly on the first is gorgeous!!

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  113. Wow I love those cards....the colors are beautiful too! Nice job!

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  114. Very pretty cards. I, too, like the butterfly card the best. Very nice job.

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  115. Lovely - especially like the way you made the background for the butterfly card.

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  116. Both cards are gorgeous. I really like the butterfly one. Love the colors and the sentiment. I really need to get that stamp set.

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  117. Beautiful cards!!! I especially love the warm colors of the first one!!!

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