Hello everyone. Welcome to the June 2021 Gina K Designs release. I’m thrilled to be sharing a few cards with you today. The stamp set I’m featuring is the Caring Flowers. I love this stamp set for this beautiful floral image and the wonderful sentiments. During times in our lives we have a tendency to place ourselves last if we need help or just a break. The sentiments in the stamp set remind us that self care is also important.
For my first card I really wanted to pull back out my watercolors and really play with them. The watercolors I used today are from Daniel Smith. To get some of that great details in the flowers I used a glass calligraphy pen. Be still my heart this pen really helps to add details to watercolored images.
For my second card I pulled out my well used and loved Copic Markers. To keep the card clean and bold, I only colored the flowers and left the rest of the image black and white. I love doing this with flowers or floral images as it really makes a striking card.
The beautiful paper behind the flower is Gina K. Designs Mango card stock. How yummy does it look with these Copic colors.
Thanks for stopping by today. Make sure to swing by Gina K Designs shop to pick up this month’s release. You are really going to love it! Have a great day everyone.
Using the Simon Says Stamp embossing folders really helps you create those quick and beautiful cards. One pass through your die cutting machine with or without adding color to the embossing folder and you a beautiful card. I used the same color of cardstock for each of these cards. I started with Simon Says Stamp Fog card stock only for the first card running in through the die cutting machine. The second card I also used Fog card stock. However I brayered on Simo Says Stamp Sunshine and Lemon Zing on the embossing folder prior to using my die cutting machine.
Two beautiful cards with the same design yet strikingly different. Just the hint of yellow really makes the leaf bundle stand out. Pairing the cards with black sentiments and thin strips of cardstock to the outer edge also gives the card some interest.
