Gina K Blog Hop Day French Flair and Stately Flowers 10

Hello and welcome to the Gina K Designs blog hop for July. Today we are featuring two new stamp sets : French Flair, illustrated by myself, and Stately Flowers 10, illustrated by Melanie Muenchinger.

First up is French Flair. This set is filled with images inspired French iconography. There are many versatile ways to use the elements in this stamp set.  In the card above, you can see how the eiffel tower image can be used to create a scene card. (video coming soon).

Here you can see how some of the images can be used to color and create a vignette.

And in this card I layered a variety of the images to create and eclectic assemblage on a single layer card.

Here is a video tutorial to show you how I created the butterfly card.

Next up is Melanie's latest, Stately Flowers 10. This is the 10th in this popular series and contains such beautiful images. 

I always love Melanie's flowers and I adore the fun new "seed packet" image she created to go with this set. 

Here is another card I created with Stately Flowers 10. For a photo tutorial to see how I made it, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post. 

Enjoy the inspiration samples from the team and then comment on each blog for your chance to win a $20 Gina K Designs gift certificate! To see who won, check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop.

Ready for more awesome creations?! Just click on the links below for more from Gina and the Cast & Crew:


Gina K

Theresa Momber – Illustrator for French Flair

Melanie Muenchinger – Illustrator for Stately Flowers 10

Allie Gower

Beth Silaika

Cathy Tidwell

Claire Brennan

Karen Hightower

Kendra Wietstock

Laurie Schmidlin

Sean Fetterman

Sheri Gilson

Susie Moore

To make the dogwood card, start by stamping the dogwood image onto white cardstock, using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Begin coloring with Copic marker YG93 in the center of the flowers.

Use BV13 for the darker areas on the petals.

Add BV11.

Add BV00, leaving some areas uncolored where you'd like the petals to be highlighted.

Use YG95 for the stem and leaves. Use a colorless blender pen on the leave tips to push a bit of color away, leaving the tips a bit highlighted.

Use scissors to cut out the image.

Cut and emboss white cardstock using a rectangle die template. Sponge around the edges using Gina K Black Onyx ink, very lightly. I tapped off the sponge dauber on scratch paper to get the excess ink off before sponging.

Sponge around the edges again, using Gina K Wild Lilac ink.

Stamp the dogwood sentiment using Black Onyx ink.

Stamp the birthday sentiment on a narrow band of white cardstock Adhere the image to the sponged background and layer with pieces of Pure Luxury Black Onyx and Lovely Lavender cardstock. Adhere the layers to a 4 ¼ by 5 ½ inch Sandy Beach card base, adding a large strip of dark grey cardstock. I used some burlap paper that I had on hand to add some texture. Adhere the sentiment and tuck some rolled string behind one corner of the layers. 

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you have a great day!