Table of Contents

Getting Started
Arranged with Love
A Beautiful Life
Festive Frame
Inspiration Mosaic
Fun Year-Round
Wild at Heart
Branching Out
Buyer's Guide

About the Author

Melanie began stamping in 2003, but has been drawing and paper crafting since she was old enough to hold a pen and scissors! Her passion for stamping and card making led to
opportunities designing cards and illustrating her own line of stamps for Gina K. Designs. Upon publication of this book, she has created more than 60 stamp sets exclusively for Gina K. Designs,with sets ranging from clean graphic to realistic nature images, whimsical animals and decorative elements. Her stamps are used in all the designs featured in A Year of Flowers and Fabulous Stamped Frames from Annie’s, and are some of Gina K.’s best-selling sets and customer favorites for their versatility and ease of use. The sets have been featured on PBS, StampTV and in various crafting publications by numerous designers. Her design work can also be found in the pages of CardMaker, Crafts ‘n’ Things and Just Cards. Check out more of Melanie’s past work and ongoing projects, tutorials and inspiration for hers and other fabulous Gina K. Designs sets on her blog “Hands, Head and Heart”. Melanie lives in Austin, Texas, with her wonderful husband Paul and two sons Jonathan and William, and is grateful to be a stay at home mom who gets to write, create and play with stamps and paper for a living.