Gina K Blog Hop Day #1: Stately Flowers!

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina, along with the Cast and Crew, will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hops.

For my project today, I am using the beautiful new set from Melanie Muenchinger called Stately Flowers 9.  Below is a tutorial on how I colored my pretty Black-eyed Susan flowers.

Step 1: Stamp the image on the Kraft cardbase and then again on white cardstock.   Color the stems of the flowers with Spectrum Noir Marker DG2.

Step 2: For some variation of color to the stem, add Spectrum Noir Blendable Colored Pencils (058, 059).

Step 3: For the dark brown centers of the flowers, start with EB3 and color the entire area.  Next, add EB5 on the top and side of each.

** Notice the tips of my pens ~ one is the bullet tip and the other I replaced the chisel tip for a brush nib ~ both tips are great ways to color, but I think it is a personal preference.  If you are used to coloring with brush tips, then you may want to switch some of them out on the colors you use the most.  I tend to like using the bullet tips better, but I have changed out a few here and there.

Step 4: Add a bit of TN8 (which is very dark brown) on the very top of each flower center.

Step 5: Working on one flower at a time, use GB7 and add color working from the center of the flower outward.

Step 6: Next, add GB4 overlapping the GB7 so they start to blend.

Step 7: Add GB1 over the entire flower to blend the colors.

Step 8: Add GB6 from the center outward, so there is a bit more contrast.

Here are both flowers finished.

And the Spectrum Noir Colors I used.

Step 9: Trim the colored flowers with detail cutting scissors.

Step 10: Using GB4 marker and color the flowers on the Kraft cardstock.   

Step 11: Attach the flowers with foam dots.  TIP: I like to color the flowers underneath because when I attach the flowers with foam dots, you can see the stamped petals under it.

The view up close...

Ready for more awesome creations?! Just click on the links below for more from the Illustrators and Design Team!!

Gina K

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator of Stately Flowers 9

Debbie Corbari – Illustrator of Knit Wit Diva

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Karen Hightower

Kendra Wietstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Lee Murphy

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler