Gina K Inspiration Hop Day 2

Hello! It's the second day of inspiration blog hops for Gina K Designs. Today the team are featuring projects using Celebrate the Season and Home Is. First up is Celebrate the Season, illustrated by me. I started planning this set as soon as I finished The Giving Tree last year. I wanted to do a branch set, with accessories that would work with either set. Most of the smaller images in both, The Giving Tree and Celebrate the Season,will work will the other. More details about this card below.

Next is such a fun set, by Tami Mayberry, called Home Is. The cute, whimsical images in this set will be perfect for coloring or paper piecing. I used Copics to color the house and tree trunk, then paper pieced the tree boughs using GKD's Springtime Sihouettes pattern paper. After stamping on the pattern paper and cutting out, I used Copics to add some shading. I used a Pure Luxury White card base and sponged a gentle hill, then adhered the images using Pop Dots. I stamped the sentiment, then used my Scor-Pal to score two lines to border it.

For more inspiration featuring Celebrate The Season and Home Is, be sure to visit the following Design Team blogs...

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry – illustrator Home Is
• Theresa Momber – illustrator Celebrate The Season (you are here)
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Donna Baker
• Giovana Smith
• Jennie Harper
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher

I started by stamping the larger butterfly with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used Copic markers to color, beginning with YR07.

I added YR04.

Then I added Y17.

Filled in with Y11.

I stamped and colored a second, smaller butterfly and cut both out with my Cutterbee Scissors.

 

I cut a rectangle, using my rectangle Nestabilities, then sponged Memento Summer Sky ink.

Sponged lightly in the center with Memento Cantaloupe ink and sponged lightly at the top with Memento Paris Dusk.  

Sponged from the bottom with Memento New Sprout ink.

I sponged at the bottom with Memento Bamboo Leaves.

I used the little berry twig, inked with Bamboo Leaves and stamped off on scratch paper, to add some foliage to the bottom of the background. I re-stamped several times, stamping off each time after inking up.

I used my Memento Bamboo Leaves stamp pad to ink up the leaves of the branch, then used a Memento Rich Cocoa marker to ink up the branch.

I huffed on the stamp to re-moisten the ink, then stamped onto my background.

I stamped the butterflies and sentiment using Memento Tuxdedo Black ink. I needed to stamp the butterflies so the antenna would show up after adhering them, since I had cut those off.

The butterflies were adhered with Pop Dots. I added a Pure Luxury Black Onyx layer, cut with Scallop Rectangle Nestabiltities and used a Creme De Menthe card base. The finished size of the card is 5.5 by 4.25 inches.

Thanks for stopping by. I'll see you tomorrow for another inspiration blog hop. Have a great day!