The Sweet Simple Things...

Good morning! Today I am joining in as a special guest of Melanie Muenchinger in the Gina K Designs October Inspiration blog hop, showcasing the newest stamp set from Gina K Designs, Stately Flowers 5.  Stately Flowers 5 is the fifth in a series of hand drawn official state flowers, and is available for purchase in both premium quality clear photopolymer and red rubber. 

This set includes flowers for Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Kansas, but the mistletoe and sunflower have been specifically grouped together with all your upcoming fall and winter holiday cardmaking needs in mind, and the sentiments to match!

When I first saw Melanie's new set, I literally gasped out loud!  It is SO beautifully illustrated, and I just love how versatile this set is! I am so honored and excited to share with you what I made using this set!

I knew right away that I wanted to use this gorgeous sunflower!  I stamped the sunflower onto some cream cardstock and then colored it in with Copics.  I added some die cut embellishments, machine stitching, ribbon, and a giant rhinestone.  What's hard to see in this photo is the glitter I added to the center of the sunflower.  It's a tan colored glitter so the effect is subtle but so pretty in real life!  :-)

I really love this quote (included in the Stately Flowers 5 set) but I didn't have room on the card front.  So, I decorated the inside and added it there!  I also carried over a few of the design elements that I used on the front.

Be sure to visit the illustrator of Stately Flowers 5,

Melanie Muenchinger

today for more samples with her set, 

as well as inspiration from the lovely talented  

Beate Johns

who is also guest designing for Melanie this month!  

For a full link list of participating designers, 

see Gina K's blog   

Thank you for stopping by!

Stamps:  Stately Flowers 5 (Gina K Designs)
Paper:  Cream cardstock, Comfort Cafe Designer Series Paper (SU!)
Ink:  Soft Brown Shadow Ink, Rich Cocoa Memento Ink, Classic Kraft (PTI)
Accessories:  Fleur De Lis Accents (Spellbinders), Copic Markers, White Gel Pen, Giant Rhinestone (Glitz Design), Pearls, Sewing Machine, Designer Label PUnch (SU!), Fawn Glitter (Art Glitter), Crumb Cake Scalloped Tulle Ribbon (SU!), Wrinkled Seam Binding Ribbon