Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Inspiration Hop Day 1

Hi everyone!!  Did you have fun last night at the release party?  I always do, they are so much fun and don't like when they end!!  First up I have a card to share with you from Melanie's new set Stately Flowers 3, another fabulous set in her series!  I chose to color the Forget Me Not's, fun!!!

Next up is from Rupa's new set Mehndi Wishes, gorgeous set!  I  did a bit of research before coloring this image and found most of them aren't colored but I couldn't help myself!!  Normally I am not a big horse person but this image spoke to me!  My sketch is from last weeks challenge on SCS which worked perfectly as I wanted to use 2 types of dp!!  I just love this paper, I hope you had a chance to order some!


You'll want to hop and see all the fabulous Inspiration the Design Team has in store!!  And don't forget to leave comments along the way!!  2 commenters will be chosen randomly to win a Grab Bag of fabulous Gina K. stamps!!

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90 comments:

  1. Gorgeous Lori! I really love your brown horsey! Wonderful designs!

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  2. Two lovely cards, particularly love that horse :-)

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  3. Lori, that is so pretty in PINK!!!

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  4. Gorgeous cards, Lori! I love the delicate bow!

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  5. Love these Lori! That embossing on the first one is really pretty!!

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  6. Lori, the cards are perfect! Love the horse!

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  7. Awesome! Love that horse card with the checkered bg!

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  8. Both cards are beautiful, but I really like how you've done the horse. Great masculine card. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  9. Great job on both of these beauties. (Although I really shouldn't call the second one a beauty since it's so masculine/handsome.)

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  10. So pretty! I often have a hard time thinking that these cards are really hand done - they are so perfect!

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  11. Nice cards! I especially like the flower one. TFS!

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  12. like both these cards, but the horse one is excellent as a masculine card.

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  13. Lovely cards, loving that flower.

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  14. needed inspiration using the horse stamp. Thanks

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  15. Lori, your cards are just gorgeous! I especially love the first one. The colors you chose are spectacular! Thanks for sharing.

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  16. Stunning...very beautiful...I loved the first one soooo much...pretty color choice....thanks for sharing...

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  17. Pretty cards, great color combination and layout.

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  18. Beautiful...Stately flowers...so soft & pink. Love the Mehndi design....great for a mans card! Thank you! Hugs Lori R.

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  19. oh! I do like your style. What a great masculine card! And those flowers ... so soft and pretty.

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  20. Really like the first card!

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  21. great cards Lori!! love how you colored the flowers on the first!!

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  22. Gorgeous both cards. Lovely combination of colours.

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  23. I really like both your cards, but I have to say that the first one with the pretty pink flowers and the embossing is my favorite!

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  24. Gorgeous cards love the papers and the colors. they way you have layered and added The beautiful Ribbon and adding the bling adds that special pop factor. thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.
    abbraddock@msn.com

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  25. Both cards are wonderful but I really like the pink flowers! Really enjoy the combination of embossing and paper for a background.

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  26. I think these are my favourite cards so far in this blog hop. Your cards make me smile.

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  27. Beautiful cards! Love the horse and the background paper - a perfect combination!

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  28. Beautiful..love the forget me not background!!!

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  29. Great cards, love the color choices.

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  30. Gorgeous cards. Love your color selection on these.

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  31. Love that you colored the horse, goes so perfect with the checked paper!!

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  32. Awesome. I love the blue and brown! Thanks for a chance to win.

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  33. Beautiful coloring on both cards!

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  34. Great cards Lori! Love your use of the DP!

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  35. Your cards are beautiful. The designer paper you chose for both of them was perfect. I love how you colored the forget-me-nots.

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  36. That flower is awesome! What a stunning set.

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  37. Fabulous cards Lori!!! Love how you colored the flowers and great design on the Mehndi one. So glad to have you part of the GKD DT!!!!

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  38. Such pretty pink flowers! The brown and blue combo on the second one is really perfect with the horse.

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  39. Hi, Lori - just like Gina mentioned, why not color Forget me Nots in PINK! and love your purple ribbon that blends into the brown horse's sash! So creative :)

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  40. Nice job..love the horse in your second card...seems to be flying right on by.

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  41. What a great masculine card. Beautiful.

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  42. Love your pink forget-me-nots! What color pink copic did you use. I have some of that same striped DP and I'd love to match it as perfectly as you did.

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  43. Beautiful flower card and wonderful horse card!

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  44. Beautiful cards! But my favorite is the forget me not awesome job coloring it!

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  45. Great cards, love the look of both of them. BTW your flowers at the top of your blog reminds me of Gina's new paper, Wisteria Lane......love it!

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  46. What wonderful cards and so love that horse one. The pattern papers work great with it. Great masculine look.

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  47. Beautiful floral card; pretty sheer bow really adds to it; the horse card is great - can see it for a male or a child.

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  48. Sweet cards, I love the pink ones

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  49. Lori, such beautiful cards. The Mehndi horse is so regal...love it.

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  50. thanks... love your colour choices. Gina's new patterned papers are great and you have used them wonderfully.

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  51. Very pretty cards. Love your color choices.

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  52. How very pretty. The first is elegant and all girl and the second is good for anyone.

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  53. Great cards; thanks for sharing

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  54. Beautiful cards and images! This is a fantastic hop. TFS

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  55. A feminine card and a masculine card - great job.

    Jean McGee

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  56. Fabulous Lori! Beautiful colors and design!

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  57. Beautiful! Love the simple, but elegant look to the cards.

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  58. Two good looking cards. TFS and allowing for another chance at the grab bag.

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  59. Thanks for a masculine card...at least that's what the horse says to me:) One frilly and one not...very nice!!!!!

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  60. Very pretty cards, especially that first one.

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  61. Very nice looking cards!

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  62. All gorgeous examples! love the colors you have used! Hugs, Jennifer

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  63. Lori, just love the cards, first one is so stunning and as my granddaughter and I both love horses, I really like the second one as well.
    Terrific work, thanks for sharing
    Hugs
    Donna

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  64. Lovely job! Thanks for sharing your creativity!

    Kris in Alaska
    funamom at yahoo dot com

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  65. Great cards thanks for sharing

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  66. Both cards are great but I just really love your Mehndi card Lori!

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  67. The pretty papers that you used to accent both stamped images are fantastic and I love the coloring on both stamps!

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  68. Fabulous cards, Lori. Love your gorgeous pink flowers. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

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  69. I love your cards, especially the thinking of you. So pretty :)
    Michelle

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  70. Lori I love these....I especially love the pink and black together...yummy

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  71. I love the plaid with the horse Mehndi, and the color and textures in both cards are wonderful.

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  72. What a gorgeous contrast - one light and feminine (LOVE that ribbon!) and one textured and masculine - I love those new Casual Friday papers Gina released! They're terrific, perfect for masculine (or dog themed heh heh heh) cards!

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  73. Great cards, as always. The pink flowers remind me so much of spring!

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  74. great job on ALL the samples for the hops - but my personal favorite is the forget-me-nots, just gorgeous!!

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  75. So lovely! The brown horse card is is interesting, different!
    Thanks for the inspiration!

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