Mix and Match Blog Hop & Tutorial

Hello! The Gina K Designs illustrators are hopping today to share some fun ways to combine the new release stamp sets. Hope you will join us as we Mix and Match! I combined my new set, Birds and Blossoms, with Tami Mayberry's new Simple Hearts set. They are totally different styles, but I love the pairing of the nature images with the graphic background I made using Simple Hearts.

For more inspiration be sure to stop by the other Gina K Designs illustrators blogs…

Becky Oehlers

Beth Silaika

Carolyn King

Debbie Corbari

Melanie Muenchinger

Tami Mayberry

I stamped the bird on a post image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I didn't worry about getting the complete image stamped because I only intended to use the bird on my card.  I challenged myself to only use three Copic markers to color the bird this time. I started with B24.

Then I went over the blue areas with my blender pen, letting the blue bleed into the white areas.

I added YR65 to the belly.

Then used my blender pen to push in some highlights.

I used B24 again, to deepen the shading.

Then just a bit more shading with C3.  After coloring, I cut out the bird.

Next I cut and embossed Pure Luxury White card stock, using Spellbinders new A2 Curved Matting Basics B, then sponged Gina K Powder Blue ink.

Sponged very lightly with Memento Tuxedo Black just along the bottom.

Stamped one of the silhouette branches with Memento Tuxedo Black.

Then stamped the second branch.

I stamped the branch a few more times, this time using Gina K Powder Blue, to create some background foliage.

My card base is Pure Luxury Powder Blue. I scored my fold line with my Scor-Buddy, then masked off one side using sticky notes. Then I stamped the circles, from Simple Hearts, using Gina K Powder Blue and Ocean Mist inks.

For the sentiment layer, I cut a circle with Spellbinders Classic Circles SM, then sponged Gina K Powder Blue ink around the edges. After removing from the die template, I stamped the sentiment.

I layered with a piece of Pure Luxury Black Onyx, adhered the bird and sentiment layers, then added a few Color Companions buttons to accent.

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