Gina K Inspiration Hop ~ Day #1

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamp release for December by our illustrator team! 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 the stamp sets by Melanie Muenchinger and Theresa Momber.

These stamp sets are so fun and versatile! You will be able to create amazing card projects using each individual set or by combining the images and sentiments from multiple sets from this release. Have fun and be creative!

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. Ready for some inspiration? 

Here's the project I made with Theresa's set called Winter Trees.  I also included a tutorial for coloring my image with the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

Step 1: Stamp image with white pigment ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder on watercolor paper.

Step 2: Using the Zig marker in Haze Blue, apply ink from the marker to the sky.

Step 3: Using a waterbrush, blend the ink color.

Here's what mine looked like after I did the blending.

Step 4: Add a darker blue (Shadow Mauve) to the corners and edges of the trees.

Step 5: Once again, blend with a water brush.  Add more ink if needed.

Step 6: Add Emerald Green and Green ink to a palette, and use a waterbrush to apply to the trees and ground.

Step 7: Using a water brush, add just a little bit of English Lavender to the sky.

Here's a close up of the watercoloring and I added a touch of Stickles to it.

The colors I used and a close up.

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

Gina K

Beth Silaika
Cathy Tidwell

Chris Dayton
Claire Brennan
Donna Idlet
Karen Hightower
Kendra Wietstock
Laurie Schmidlin
Melanie Muenchinger
Sean Fetterman
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore
Theresa Momber

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.

Thank you for stopping by!