Gina K Designs: Inspiration Hop Day #1 Coloring Tutorial

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp sets from the July StampTV Release Party! We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs! Today, we are featuring two stamp sets by Therea Momber and Melanie Muenchinger.

The first set we are featuring is French Flair by Theresa Momber. Theresa has created this wonderful set that will leave you feeling like you may be in Paris or strolling around the wine vineyards in Europe! Merci! You will have fun creating with this stamp set.

The second set we are featuring is Stately Flowers 10 by Melanie Muenchinger. Melanie is at it again! She has added another wonderful set to her Stately Flowers collection. This is set number 10 and what a wonderful set it is!  You will be able to use all of Melanie’s flowers sets to fill the seed packet in this set as an adorable way to send the perfect message!  The possibilities are endless for making beautiful cards for any occasion.

Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 Gina K Designs gift certificate! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

My card today features the stamp set called French Flair stamp set by Theresa Momber.  Wow ~ there are so many gorgeous images in this set.  The card I made is actually a tag inside a pocket ... here it is put together.

Here are the pieces shown separately.
Keep scrolling down to see how I colored the grapes with my Spectrum Aqua Markers.

Step 1: Stamp the images in Gold Pigment ink and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.
Step 2: Select color palette.  Using my Spectrum Aqua Markers, I selected Wildflower, Orchid, Olive & Moss.

Step 3: Starting with the lightest purple (Wildflower), add color from the marker to a paint palette & use a waterbrush to add color to each grape.  If color is very watery, use a heat tool to help it dry faster.

Step 4: Next add a dab of the darker color purple (Orchid) with the waterbrush and blend with the Wildflower.

Step 5: Using the brush tip of the marker, add a dot of Orchid to each grape.

Step 6: Lightly blend the colors together and then while it is still wet, dab with a paper towel or a tissue to remove the excess color.

Step 7: Add Olive ink to the leaves using a waterbrush.

Step 8: Add Moss ink directly from the marker and then blend with the waterbrush.

Step 9: Add Chocolate ink directly from the marker pen tip to the stem of the grapes.  Repeat the same process for the other bunch of grapes.  Trim with scissors & add to your project.

Ready for more awesome creations?! Just click on the links below for more from Gina and the Cast & Crew:

Gina K

Theresa Momber – Illustrator for French Flair

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator for Stately Flowers 10

Allie Gower

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Claire Brennan

Karen Hightower

Kendra Wietstock ~ you are here

Laurie Schmidlin

Sean Fetterman

Sheri Gilson

Susie Moore

Don’t forget to pop over to the Gina K Designs Store and check out all of the new products available this month in the “What’s New” section at http://www.ginakdesigns.com.

Thank you for stopping by!