Hey everyone! Happy Monday đŸ™‚ Its summer in full swing in my part of the world! Which means time for some beautiful sunny cards! Today’s Iron Craft will get you in the modd for some summer fun!
I have a special guest today! All my guests are special in their own way ofcourse! But today’s guest is one of those people who bring you their beautiful drawings in stamp form so you can make even more beautiful art with them! Yes! She is Melanie Muenchinger — one of the illustrators for Gina K Designs!
Melanie has illustrated some of my favorite stamp sets! Take a look! I bet most of you own a Melanie stamp set as well. She has a wonderful, soft style and her images are so detailed that it is a joy to color them and create with them. They are versatile too — I have made everything from a thank you card to a sympathy card to even a baby card with the same stamp from some of Melanie’s sets!
So go say Hi if you don’t know her but not before you see what we cooked up in today’s Iron Craft đŸ™‚
You don’t need much guesswork to know that we are using one of Melanie’s stamp sets ofcourse! We are using Gina K Gifts From The Sea today. Its an awesome set showcasing everything summer!
We have another ingredient as well. We decided to use one of Melanie’s cards from her new book Fabulous Frames! Here is the inspiration card we used.
Read on to see what we created with both!
Melanie has a lovely re-interpretation of her card! I use the same frame format on my card and kept it pretty close in sketch to the inspiration. Take a look…
I colored my frame with copics and made the background with some sponging. Drew the black outline along the inside with a sharpie. Wanna know how Melanie made her card? Drop by her blog! But not before you read on for the giveaway đŸ™‚
Melanie is sponsoring today’s giveaway with one of her newest stamp sets –Â Pretty Patterns 2! Thanks Melanie!!!
Just leave a comment here by 23:59 EST on June 7 telling us which of Melanie’s stamp sets is your favorite! I’ll pick a random winner from the comments for the giveaway!
Thanks for dropping by! Hope you enjoyed Iron Craft!!
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Love this stamp set. Thank you Melanie for sharing and being so sweet.
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Melanie’s stamp sets are all gorgeous. I love all her flower sets. Unfortunately I don’t have many of them, but I surely like Basket Blessings, Spring Basket and Holiday Basket!
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Great stamp set! Great cards from you and Melanie! Love the way you both used the same stamp set! I love all of Melanie’s stamp sets but her flowers are my favorite!
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Gorgeous beach cards. I think my favorite set of Melanie’s is Tech Talk.
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I love all of Melanie’s stamp sets, but I have to agree, her flowers are amazing sets. My favorite of her flower sets is the A Year of Flowers 2 set.
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Anything with flowers are my favorite! I really can’t pick just one.
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I love all of Melanie’s sets. They are so versatile. I think my very favorite is Holiday Baskets. I love to color the basket and the flowers are a lot of fun to color too. Pretty Patterns 2 is on my wish list, so I’d love to win it.
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I love the easy, breezy feel of your card with the tilted mat to go with this casual quote! Thanks so much for inviting me to play!
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All Melanie’s stamp sets are on my wish list. And my favorite is A Year of Flowers.
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Oh my – I cannot pick just one set. Since I love love love anything to do with the ocean, I obviously really like gifts from the sea. I have so many sets, some not even on the site anymore – how do I choose just one, there is pretty paterns, basket buddies, just so hippy, just so hoppy, hand in hand, and more…
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Wow! That’s almost impossible to do as I love all of Melanie’s sets. If I have to chose just one, I would have to say Stately Flowers 6. The single rose stamp is really lovely!
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Lovely cards. Hard to pick one favorite but I will go with Stately Flowers 4 since it has my birth state and the current state I live in.
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Great cards! I love Melanie Muenchinger’s stamp sets and her style! Thanks for the chance to win !
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Melanie has such pretty stamps so its hard to narrow it down. right now i am looking for masculine stamps so I like her Pretty Patterns.
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Mel’s fav stamp set at this house? Hand in Hand, State Flowers all 6 but especially the bitterroot as it is so difficult to locate!!! and she pulled it from the mountains and prairies into stampingland! Thanks again, Mel! Iron, this is a great blog with reason. Thank you.
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Love both cards, that IS one of my most favorite sets! Love how you colored your shells, they really POP! Well done!
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I like the shells in “Gifts from the Sea” very much, but I really love the sentiments in this set.
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When I made my previous post, I listed an incorrect website. This has the correct website. Gifts from the Sea is still my favorite set. The shell stamps are cute, but the sentiments are fantastic!
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Love the cards..your stamps are always so great. You make it hard to pick a favorite. Thanks for your beautiful work.
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Very pretty cards! Love the beach scene with shells and the sentiment. I have many of Melanie’s stamp sets. I love all the Year of Flowers and Pressed Flowers sets, but my favorite is the Spring Basket. I have made many cards with this set.
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Love all of Melanie’s sets. My favorite one is baskets sets I have most of them. my wish list set is the gifts from the sea set and newest flower set. I came from Melanie’s blog it was nice to find you.
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I love all of Melanie’s stamps but I agree my favorite are her Year of Flowers
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I love this stamp set and all of Melanie’s stamps, I don’t have any of her stamps yet — I really like A Year of Flowers 2. Thanks for a chance to win set.
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Melanie,
I don’t want to sound like a “suck up”, but, I like everything you do, really. I also have your first book and if I can’t think of what I want to craft I refer to it.
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I love all of Melanie’s flower sets but my most favorite set is Inspiration Mosaics. It makes my mind churn with ideas.
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Everything that Melaine does is just beautiful she has such a gift for designing her stamps love them all
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I love a year of flowers and the basket sets.
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I love all of Melanie’s designs; but my all time favorite is “A Beautiful Life”. Thanks for the opportunity to win Melanie’s new book!
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I really like ‘Gifts From The Sea’…the sentiments and designs are perfect for summer cards! TFS and for the opportunity to win a set!
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I have many of Melanie’s sets and it is hard to pick. But if I have to, it is A Year of Flowers. I used it all of the time.
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It is so hard to choose just one set but since I live in Florida near several beaches I guess it will have to be Gifts From The Sea.
Blessings,
Kathleen
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The cards are gorgeous, and how could they not be! Melanie’s stamps are to die for. Thanks for a chance to win!
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Love the look of the frame card! Gina K stamps are great! Thanks Melanie, love your blog!
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Hi, Forgot to add I love Melanie’s Flower Stamp set and use it all the time! Easy to color with copics or just leave blank!
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I love flower stamps, so the stately flowers set is right up my alley.
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What a gorgeous card! Oh my it is so hard to pick just one! There are actually several that I really like well love: Buds and Vases,Spring Basket,Basket Buddies,Holiday Basket,Basket Additions,(because of the crafts),Stately Flowers 1, Basket Additions 2,Stately Flowers 4 ,Stately Flowers 5 ,and Hand in Hand! I’m sure I have missed a few but as you can see I can’t pick just one!
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I love all of the basket and basket addition stamp sets.
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I am a follower of Melanie’s and came here from her blog. She’s such a tremendous designer. Of all her stamp sets, I covet all of the sets from “A year of flowers.” They are all so beautiful.
I’m looking forward to learning more about “Fabulous Stamped Frames.” The card you shared today is beautiful, and I can’t wait to see more.
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I’m also a follower of Melanie’s blog and love all her stamp sets. I have a couple of her sets, but I don’t have any of her flower sets which are my all time favorite. Your card is beautiful, I like everything about it, but I admire the black outlines you drew. It makes the shape of the card stand out. Thanks for a chance to win and for the inspiration.
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I love Melanie’s stamps, but to just pick one…. Well, I can’t! I will just say I love All of her flower stamps!!!
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wow love love love the pretty patterns 2, this is so my taste! Fabulous work to you both and thanks so much!
Lisa
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Beautiful cards!! Really difficult to choose a favorite of Melanie’s sets – I think maybe “Spring Basket”.
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Both cards are so pretty! I love the image and it totally reminds me of summer which I love! Fabulous job!
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I couldn’t go wrong with any of Melanie’s sets but either Arranged with Love or Pretty Patterns 2.
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so hard to pick a fave—
there are several that I REALLY love!
Beyond baskets and basket additons
Where your heart is
any of the border
and the list goes on…..
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for the chance to win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There is nothing like the ocean for your eyes, sand for your feet, wind for your ears and a shell for your hand to bring you peace. I love your ideas and your website. Beautiful and calming.
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