Gina K Inspiration Hop Day 2

Hello! It's the second day of inspiration from the Gina K Design Team. Today we are featuring three new stamp sets. First is Dogwood and Butterfly, illustrated by me. I just love Dogwood trees and luckily they are plentiful where I live, so I had a lot of inspiration when illustrating this set. More about my card below.

On my next card I combined two sets, Tami Mayberry's Label Borders and another fun duo set, called Friends Are Flowers. Tami's Labels set is going to be so great to use in a variety of ways! I had fun using it in place of a ribbon on this card, but wouldn't it be fabulous for 3-d projects? And I just love this whimsical flower, from the Friends Are Flowers duo. I colored the image with Copics, sponged the background with Memento Cantaloupe while still in the die and used my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder to emboss the lower layer. I also used my Scor-Buddy to score a line on either side of the border image. I layered with Pure Luxury Bubblegum Pink and used Pear Tart for the card base.

For more fun ideas, check out what the rest of the team has to show you...

• Gina K
• Tami Mayberry - Illustrator Label Borders
• Theresa Momber – Illustrator Dogwood and Butterfly
• Tina Gilliland
• Vicki Dutcher
• Carolina Buchting
• Cathy Tidwell
• Deb Felts
• Donna Baker
• Emily Giovanni
• Giovana Smith
• Jimmi Mayo
• Lee Murphy
• Melanie Muenchinger
• Michelle Woerner
• Sharon Harnist
• Suzanne Dean

To color the dogwood branch, I started with Y17 in the centers and then filled in the petals with E00.

Added W1.

Added W3.

Added BV11.

For the stem and leaves, I started by filling in with G03.

Added YG93.

Added YG95. After coloring, I cut out the image.

For the background, I cut a piece of Pure Luxury White with my rectangle Nestabiltities and then sponged Memento Lulu Lavender while still in the die.

Then sponged Memento Grape Jelly.

I stamped the silhouette dogwood branch with Grape Jelly, stamping off on scratch paper first, to make a lighter impression. The sticky note is to mask  the bottom edge that was still un-inked.

For the small butterfly, I started with V06.

Added V04.

AddedRV23.

Then filled in with RV21.

I added RV25 to the bottom and used N3 for the body. After coloring, I cut out the image.

I adhered the images to the background using Pop Dots and layered with Pure Luxury Vibrant Purple and Lovely Lavender. The sentiment is also from Dogwood and Butterfly and I again used my Scor-Buddy to add some score lines.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a wonderful day!

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