Gina K Inspiration Hop

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! This blog hop is for the brand spanking new StampTV kit, Flowers and Frames.!!  And we are so excited to tell you that the kit will be available tomorrow, Friday, 6/4 8AM  CST for you to puchase after being out of stock for a few weeks.   We apologize again that these sold out so quickly!!  So for today, enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then in the AM, add it to your cart and any other GKD goodies you are needing and head on to checkout!!   (And did you know we have a special group that you can join if you are a member of StampTV?  It’s called StampTV Addicts!  Tricia has all kinds of good advice and inspiration in there too!)  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 a  random comment and that stamper will win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

For my card today, I used the new Flowers & Frames Stamp TV kit along with the Fancy Frames Die Set 1.  I also used my lovely Spectrum Aqua Markers for this card and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the result!

Here's how I made my card:

Step 1: Stamp frame in white pigment ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder.  Trim frame with coordinating die.

Step 2: Using a plastic paint pallet, scribble some ink from the Spectrum Aqua into one of the wells.  I used Navy in the photo below.  Then add the color to the frame with a Water Brush.

Step 3: Continue adding ink until you achieve the desired look.   The white embossing will pop out beautifully.

Step 4:  Attach flower stamps to the acrylic stamping block and add color from marker to the stamp images.  Spectrum Aqua Navy is the ink I selected below.

Step 5: After applying the Spectrum Aqua Navy to the base of the flower, add a lighter shade of blue (Aquamarine) to the rest of the flower and green (Moss) to the stems.

Step 6: Spray a light water mist on watercolor paper and then stamp the image on the paper.  Using the Water Brush, carefully blend the ink until you achieve the desired look.

Step 7: Using the circle die from the Fancy Frames Die set, trim the flower image and it will set perfectly inside the frame.

And here is a second card I made where I didn't blend the colors with a water brush.  I simply sprayed the watercolor paper with water and then stamped the flowers to the paper.

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

Gina K

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Karen Hightower

Kendra Wietstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Lee Murphy

Melanie Muenchinger

Sean Fetterman

Tricia Traxler