Welcome to our first of 3 days of inspiration hops for the new Gina K release! I hope you were able to make it to the party last night – they are always jam packed full of lots of fun!! My first card using Stately Flowers 3 is one I shared yesterday. I wanted my big magnolia flower (Louisiana) to take center stage and pop off the cardstock so I kept my design clean & simple. I love coloring on cardstock with my colored pencils so I stamped my image with Memento rich cocoa ink on kraft pure luxury cardstock. I used gold lined ivory organdy ribbon and a simple pearl brad for embellishment. You’re going to love the next 4 state’s flowers along with beautiful sentiments in this next set! Louisiana/Mississippi (Magnolia), Montana (Bitterroot), Alaska (Forget-me-not). Once you collect a few (including Make a State-ment), you will find yourself with endless possibilities with sentiments for the outside and insides of your cards!!
Next up is my card using Mehndi Wishes by Rupa Shevde. For those of you who are not familiar with the word, here is a link for you to read up about it. Basically it is Indian Henna tattoos. I have always been intrigued by them, I think they are so elaborate and gorgeous! And since they are not permanent, I’m sure they would appeal to those who wish not to permanently alter their skin/bodies. I wanted to color my fish image with colored pencils as well. So this time since I was stamping on chocolate cardstock, I used white craft ink and colored directly on the ink with blue & red pencils.
I used gorgeous new pure luxury pattern paper that Gina K is now
manufacturing/printing in her shop and this one is called Red Carpet which coordinates nicely with chocolate, red hot white, wild dandelion, turquoise sea cardstock. Isn’t it divine? Just wait until you feel the texture – it’s just pure luxury, silky smooth. As you hop through the designer’s blogs, make sure you leave comments on each one for a chance to win a grab bag full of a dozen assorted stamps!! We will randomly choose two winners so the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win.
The Winners will be announced on Monday in the forum Big News on StampTV!
- Gina K
- Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator Stately Flowers 3
- AJ Otto
- Carolina Buchting
- Cathy Tidwell
- Emily Giovanni
- Giovana Smith
- Jennie Harper
- Jimmi Mayo
- Lori McAree
- Michelle Woerner
- Sharon Harnist
- Suzanne Dean
- Theresa Momber
- Tina Gilliland
- Vicki Dutcher
94 comments on "Gina K Inspiration Hop Day 1"
Both are so awesome Donna, I really love the coloring on kraft too! Hope you computer woes get fixed soon!
What wonderful cards, love the use of kraft on the first one, and the way you have stamped the sentiment around the image on the second one is wonderful :-)
great designs! love the technique for the fish and how it goes with the DP!
Both cards are so very pretty Donna!!
So beautiful, Donna! Love the magnolia on kraft!
Great card and nice paper.
Nice work!
Beautiful cards. I love the magnolia.
That magnolia is beautiful! Both of your cards are fantastic.
Wonderful cards!! Great job with Mehndi!
would not have thought of doing the flower on the kraft. Really like it
Very nice...TFS!
Beautiful cards Mehndi.
love all the new stamps. Thanks
awesome cards. thanks for sharing with us.
Nice job on your cards! Very creative using the sentiment stamp as an outline on your card!
Great job, love both cards. The way you colored the card in the second stamp reminds me of the designs on the gift boxes of smoked salmon they sell in alaska, very cool.
I really like the flower card project. The mehndi card is so colorful!
Lovely coloring on the Magnolia flower and the Mehndi fish is super cool!!
What lovely creations. I love your coloring and layouts. TFS.
Those are very lovely cards ^_^
Such wonderful cards with great coloring.
Very pretty cards, Donna
wonderful cards!
love how CAS your fist card is Donna! the colors really pop on the kraft!
Very pretty cards.
I love the idea of coloring on kraft paper which I would never have thought of! Both your cards are beautiful and I'm glad to be able to check out your blog.
Beautiful cards. I love how you colored the fish on the second card. Beautiful colors.
I love the elegance of your first card and the colours you used on the Mehndi Wishes card.
Beautiful Cards love the flowers wow the new stamps are great. love the papers and the color you chose. great job. thanks for sharing and for the chance to win
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Don't use my Kraft cardstock enough, you have given me inspiration to use it more!
Luv the take with the kraft cardstock....like your colors on the second one! Thanks for your inspiration.
Great cards!
Love them both! So many creative ideas... so little time!
Kris in Alaska
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Beautiful cards. My first thought on the magnolia was that it looked like it was a canvas painting. The mehndi designs remind me of my Zendoodles days. Henna designs were often used. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cards. My first thought on the magnolia was that it looked like it was a canvas painting. The mehndi designs remind me of my Zendoodles days. Henna designs were often used. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cards Donna! Love your gorgeous white magnolia, and the cool design of your Mehndi card!
Two very beautiful and unique cards...love them.
The statements surrounding the Mehndi card are so unique, never thought to do something like this. I'll have to try it :)..Thanks
Simple stamping on Kraft paper is really nice. TFS :)
Beautiful magnolia. Thanks for a chance to win.
I must try that coloring on white ink, I like the effect. Since you and Cat have used white pencil against colored cardstock to such good advantage will try that, too. Thanks for the inspiration!
I like both of the cards, love the colors on the Mehndi card1
Gorgeous coloring today! Your magnolia card is breathtaking and I love the technique you used on your fish!
I love them both Donna! Love that magnolia!
Great cards--I really like the elegant simplicity of the magnolia card.
I have got to try those flowers on craft cardstock...who would have thought it would look so pretty? I love it.
Stunning! Your magnolia is perfectly colored, and I love that it is the focal point of the card. really like your bright colors and the new patterned paper on the second one.
Beautiful Donna! Who would've thought a fish could be a stunning central image ;D
Donna! Your coloring!!! Are you using Prisma or which ones? The colors are glowing and blended to perfection. And your Mehndi fish still reminds me of Tlingkit art in southeastern Alaska!!! I so so so love them - your faraway fan :D
Beautiful cards Donna!! Your magnolia is perfect and love the fab colors on the Mehndi one!!
Nice work love the cards
Beautiful colors. I love the multi sentiment stamping on the front of the card
Beautiful cards...thanks for the chance to win.
Wonderful cards, love how beautiful the CAS magnolia is!
Another great idea! I wouldn't have thought to color on the ink with colored pencils. Thanks!
Gorgeous magnolia card-love it stamped on Kraft!
Great job on your cards. Love the stately flowers stamp. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com
WOW, loved your Mehndi card when I saw it last night, gorgeous!
Beautiful cards! Great job on coloring the magnolia just love it.
Absolutely gorgeous artwork. I love the bright and colorful Mendai fish card.
Love your 1st clean and simple card; just finished a C&S class and this is very similar to what we did in class. Awesome floral image.
Beautiful cards, love the mehendi card, so gorgeous
Love the blog hop and all the inspiration!! The flowers are gorgeous but I think the menhdi stamps are beautiful! Love the sentiments on the card an the bold colours!!!
Beautiful cards, Donna. Love the colors.
I love what you have done with the new colored patterns... very nice!!
Love both of the cards but that magnolia is so beautiful. Looks great on the Kraft card stock.
Fantastic work! I love the way you used the sentiment around the edges on the one.
Great cards; love the simple magnolia card. thanks for sharing.
On your second card you "colored on the ink" WOW!!! That's the first time I heard of that - gotta try that one. Your coloring of the flower is wonderful.
Jean McGee
Very nice! I esp. like how you did the colored pencils on the white ink, coordinating it with the papers!
Very pretty! Love the magnolia.
Fun colored pencil technique. Awesome job. They look great.
Cool cards. Love the 'tattoo' one especially!!!
Love the cards. Great job!
Love the richness of your Mehndi card!!!
Lovely work Donna, so so pretty!! Thanks for sharing your so creative works!
Hugs
Donna
All gorgeous examples! love the tattoo! Hugs, Jennifer
wonerful coloring on your magnolia . elegantly clean and simple
Love the cards, thanks for sharing
Using kraft really made the magnolia stamp stand out. Beautiful!
Using craft is very beautiful I love youre cards.
Beautiful. I really love the first one.
So simple but oh so pretty!
I love the flower on the Kraft card stock. It looks beautiful.
Thank you for coloring with pencils instead of Copics! I always love to see coloring on stamps but I like coloring with pencils (and can't afford the Copics!) and there just aren't enough examples of this. Your cards are beautiful!
Your cards are pretty. :) Michelle
Nice...I love the color combos...i have to get that coordinating paper pack with the turquoise and red! (Red Carpet)
Beautiful cards! TFS
That magnolia looks so pretty stamped on kraft cardstock and you showcase Gina's new Red Carpet patterned paper collection so beautifully!
I like the coloring with the pencil on the magnolia - so pretty. I always forget about my colored pencils - need to bring those out and try something new. thanks for the inspiration
You've used another technique I often forget about--coloring over white ink. I really need to get in my craft stuff and play!
Love these cards - the one that emulates Henna tattoos is so creative. TFS
Lovely cards! I really like the colour combo of the second card! Very striking!!
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