Tuesday, June 30, 2015

{Gina K Inspiration Hop} The Wetlands


The Cast and Crew of Gina K Designs welcomes you to another fabulous Inspiration Blog Hop! Gina and the Cast and Crew will inspire you with many beautiful ideas! And as you hop through their blogs, make sure to leave a comment on each of them because we will choose a few random comments and those stampers will each win a grab bag of Gina K. Designs products! To see the full list of winners check the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hops.


Today's hop features cards made with Theresa's new set, The Wetlands.  It is such a nice mix of images and sentiments and I love that there are images to color along with silhouettes.  For the card above, I used the two silhouette images, one in the background and another in the forefront.  I made a mask for my sponging by cutting an opening with my deckle rectangle die and sponged through it with inks... I don't remember exactly which ones, but I think Kraft, Prickly Pear, Honey Mustard and Charcoal were some of them. : )  The brownish birds were stamped first in Honey Mustard, then in Kraft, and the other background bird was stamped in Charcoal Brown that had been stamped off once. The bird in the front was stamped with Black Onyx.


This card is a repeat from the release party, but I just love it, so I'm sharing it again. : )  I watercolored the background after I had stamped my silhouette in Versamark and clear embossed.  I colored the dragonfly with Spectrum Noir markers and pencils.



And finally, a clean and simple anniversary card using papers from the Shabby Spring paper pack.  LOVE the combo of Turquoise Sea and Charcoal Brown!!


Well, that's it!!   I hope you've enjoyed today's hop and are all excited to start stamping !!  I'll give you the list of my fellow designers again, in case you're just getting started... otherwise, you can jump right over to the shop to check out the stamps and supplies you saw on today's hop! :)

Theresa Momber – Illustrator for The Wetlands stamp set - http://craftingtheweb.blogspot.com/
Cathy “Cat” Tidwell - http://catdidit.blogspot.com/ 

Thanks for stopping by!

Tricia

49 comments:

Theresa Momber said...

Trisha, your cards are so beautiful! My fave is the dragonfly. I love that you showed the canada goose with no coloring.

Melanie said...

All fabulous but I especially love all your choices on the first card. The deckle masking is fantastic! I need to get those dies out more often.

Karen (TLgirl353) said...

Stunning cards! You did a great job. Thanks for sharing your work.

Karen Hightower said...

I love all these! Love the watercoloring, shadowing, and I love the goose just how she is! Wonderful cards Tricia! :)

Verna Angerhofer said...

What wonderful cards you created with this awesome set of images. I love the dragonfly one especially!

Sherry said...

Fantastic cards love the masculine look of them. Thanks for sharing

Lisa K said...

Wonderful cards. I really like the clean and simple one using turquoise and chocolate brown. They do look pretty together.

Unknown said...

Great watercolor card with the dragonfly.
I just love it!

terrie said...

You did a fantastic job on all three of your cards....
well done and tfs

Macimbalo said...

Your cards are all so pretty, my fav is the first one-just love the look of it!

Bonnie said...

Yes, indeed, Turquoise Sea and charcoal brown are so very special. But the way you choose the paper and then decided on the amounts of colors to show is over the top.

Jill said...

Love all your cards---esp the dragonfly!!!!

Becky said...

Great cards, great color combos. My favorite is the beautiful dragonfly. Thanks for sharing.

annieb said...

A real wetlands look. Liked the technique every so much. #1. Loved the simple duck presentation. TFS. Hope things are better in your life.

annieb said...

A real wetlands look. Loved the technique. Also like the simple duck presentation. Hope things in your life are better.

Nana Griffin said...

Great job on these. Like how you colored the dragonfly, very colorful.

Unknown said...

Very nice cards, I love the dragon fly bullrushes card.

Sharon Kent said...

Beautiful cards. I love the goose stamped with no coloring.

caligurl57 said...

What stunning cards. I absolutely love the Happy Anniversary card. The stamp with no colors is great and I love the colors you used. Great job!!!!

Joyce Erb said...

I LOVE all your cards! But that dragonfly is getting CASED!

AB Rocks said...

Great combinations of light and dark shadows and wonderful colors. It amazes me that designers (such as all of you at Stamp TV) can create such amazing variations on the same stamps. TY for sharing.

kittykat3308 said...

Your cards are beautiful. Thank you for the inspiration

Kathleen

Unknown said...

Very nice!! The first one, ("Happy Birthday" card), is my favorite.

Unknown said...

Very Nice!

Diana said...

Tricia, absolutely love the First Birthday card! It is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!

Brandi R said...

Awesome cards! Love ♥

Sandy said...

Hard to pick a favorite.

cardscookiecarrotcake said...

Great samples showcasing the stamp set. You don't always appreciate a set until you see them in action. Thanks for the inspiration.

Terri (blindstamper) said...

Love, love, love that dragonfly. So wonderfully colored.

ckeller219 said...

Love your shadow stamping. Makes it so real

Joni said...

Great cards. My favorite is the dragonfly.

Pat said...

Love the cards! The first is my favorite, too, and I think it's the genius of setting the silhouette base 'out of the box.' That really impresses me-just that action seems to add another whole dimension to the piece, imo. Hope I can remember that in my stamping attempts. The dragonfly is colored gorgeously; and the goose is presented beautifully. TFS

Judy Woodland said...

Awesome use of the stamp set!!! Love your cards, thanks for the great inspiration once again!

Dawn S. said...

Beautiful cards! Love the colouring on the dragonfly!

L.A. De Valk said...

Gorgeous dragonfly and very nice cards.

Monica said...

I like all of them , but I really like the first one with the deco design

Carol said...

Great projects! Thanks for sharing this inspiration!

Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

Sue D said...

wonderful cards--I really like the one with the dragonfly.

Carla said...

All three are beautiful, but I love the aqua one SO much!

Unknown said...

All these cards are beautiful! I especially like the CAS card. Thank you for sharing!

Unknown said...

I especially like the dragonfly card, great wing colors and the Happy Anniversary card

Laurie Schmidlin said...

Tricia, your cards are all beautiful!! I love the depth and texture you achieve without tons of layers! I keep staring at your aqua card...the colors are amazing and your watercolored background set them off perfectly!

Unknown said...

Beautiful cards! I don't know which I like best.

Unknown said...

Very nice cards, Tricia. I have not kept track, but I think that your designs are usually among my favorites. Everyone always does very nice work, but if I had to rank order them my guess is that yours would almost always be near the top of my list.

Unknown said...

Oh I need to order more stamps. These are so great, thanks!

Linda said...

Your cards are beautiful and love your color choices. It would be difficult to chose a favorite. Thanks.

Linda D.

Marilyn said...

Tricia,

Love the cards, especially the dragonfly in 3d.
Thanks for sharing

MbF

Unknown said...

Great images from this set, I love the different looks of each of your cards! Still thinking good thoughts for you and your hubby! Be well!

Dee Earnshaw said...

Beautiful cards again. Always love to see your work!