Melanie Muenchinger

I began stamping in 2003, but have enjoyed a life-long love affair with paper crafting (and flowers!) In 2008, I started working as a senior designer and illustrator for Gina K. Designs. Upon publication of this book, I will have created almost 50 stamp sets exclusively for Gina K. Designs, with sets ranging from clean graphic to realistic nature images, whimsical animals and decorative elements. "A Year of Flowers" is one of the best-selling sets for Gina K. Designs, and has been featured on PBS and on projects in various crafting publications. My design work can often be found in the pages of CardMaker and Crafts n' Things magazines. You can check out more of my past work and ongoing projects, tutorials and inspiration for all my stamps and other fabulous Gina K. stamp sets on my blog "Hands, Head and Heart". I live in Austin with my husband and two sons, and am grateful to be a stay at home mom who gets to draw and play with stamps and paper for a living. It was a joy to write this book and create designs that will inspire and educate others. I pray this book is the first of many!