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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Gina K ~ Inpiration Blog Hop Day #2

The Cast and Crew for Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous blog hop celebrating the new stamps from the February Release Party. We hope to inspire you with some beautiful card projects as you hop along to each of the designer’s blogs!

Today, my card features the new stamp set Genevieve Giraffe by Beth Silaika with a sentiment from the incentive set Scripty Sayings by Gina K.   Keep scrolling down for a tutorial on how I colored Genevieve.

Enjoy the gorgeous inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win an awesome grab bag of GKD goodies!!!  To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.


Step 1: Stamp the image on watercolor paper with Staz-On black ink.  Select Spectrum Aqua markers and add ink to a paint palette (or any slick surface).

TIP: When watercoloring, I either use Staz-On ink or pigment ink and heat emboss with embossing powder.


Step 2: Using a water brush, begin with Desert ink on the face and Chocolate ink on the hair on top of her head, neck,tail and feet.

TIP: If the ink is too dark, add a bit of water and dab off with a paper towel.  If it is too light, add more ink directly from the marker and blend with the water brush.


Step 3: Using the Fawn Spectrum Aqua marker, add color directly to some areas of the stamped image.


Step 4: Begin blending with a water brush.


Step 5: Once the Fawn ink is blended on the giraffe, add Chocolate ink to the spots with a water brush.


Step 6: Continue adding ink to the various areas with a water brush until you are satisfied with the result.


Here is a close up of sweet Genevieve...




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

Gina K – Illustrator for Scripty Sayings
Beth Silaika – Illustrator for Genevieve Giraffe
Kendra Wietstock - You are here!

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!

38 comments:

  1. I love your wonderful coloring, Kendra! Rockin' tutorial!!

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  2. This is so precious! I love the colors on your giraffe along with the kraft background! :) <3 Thanks so much for your wonderful tutorial!

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  3. The colours just mesh perfectly. Great card

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  4. I really like the krafty scene that you made and grass die cut to finish it off!

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  5. Love the card. Thanks for the coloring tutorial. Might need to get myself another set of the aqua markers.

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  6. i just love Genevieve on Kraft - it brings out the beautiful tones of browns! Thanks for the toot!

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  7. Wonderful tutorial. Love the way you watercolored the giraffe.

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  8. Cute card. Thanks for the tutorial.

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  9. Love your stamping on the Kraft card and the wonderful way you colored the giraffe. Great tutorial:)

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  10. Great tutorial on this adorable giraffe!!

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  11. Wonderful coloring of that cute little giraffe. And, thanks for showing how you did it too!

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  12. This is such a beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Sweet as can be! Thanks for showing how!

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  14. Great card and tutorial. Love this little Giraffe and the new sentiments.

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  15. I love this card! And I really appreciate the tutorial!😊

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  16. I love the tutorials and cards! You are so talented!

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  17. Love the giraffe on kraft. Thanks for the tutorial.

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  18. This is so soothing for some reason, must be the colors. Love it all.

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  19. I love your tutorials. I always learn so much. Thanks for sharing.

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  20. Love your use of color!!!! Such a cute card!

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  21. Your cards are beautiful

    KathleenR

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  22. Lovely watercoloring on the giraffe Kendra! Thank you for posting your pictures which markers you used and how you completed the process!

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  23. Kendra, nice lesson on water coloring with a water brush. You make it look so easy everyone should try it.
    I just started but I love it... Fun,fun,fun! Now when I have a Dr.'s app I can pack some stamps and some markers and even a little palette. Love those water brushes and so far... No leaks!

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  24. Great coloring. Thanks for the tutorial.

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  25. Love your realistic coloring of this cute giraffe.

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  26. Ahhh, thanks for the tutorial...love how you have one for us a lot! Cute card too. :-))

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  27. Very very very cute, Kendra! Thank you so much for the step by step on how to create your amazing cards using this coloring technique

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  28. Adorable card! Love your coloring!

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  29. I especially like your choice of "kraft" as a main color for your Genevieve card. She is still whimsical, but a bit more serious than the cards that us "fun colors."

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  30. Lovely card! Thanks for the tutorial.

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  31. Thanks for the excellent tutorial on coloring the giraffe. Terrific card.

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  32. It's adorable! Thanks for the "how to," too.

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  33. Awesome coloring and I love it mounted on the kraft background!

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  34. Beautiful! Thank you for the colouring tips!

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  35. Beautiful and thanks so much for showing us how to recreate them!

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  36. I really like kraft cards and your giraffe goes so well with that cs. Nice coloring!

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