Good morning! I’m super excited to be a stop on the hop for the Simon Says Stamp Best Days Release blog hop!!
Have you checked out the new release yet? Here are some of my favorites:
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I’ve already shared a couple of cards using the new release here (along with a personal giveaway) 😉 and I’m sharing another pair of cards today!
I created a video for my two cards today that you can watch below or in HD at my YouTube channel here!
I was very inspired by a recent video from Kelly Latevola where she shares how to use copic coloring over distress oxides and I decided to try a similar technique using distress inks.
This was WAY out of my comfort zone but I’m so glad I gave it a try because I really had fun creating it! I started by smooshing distress inks onto a piece of watercolor paper. After I finished smooshing I stamped the images from Even More Spring Flowers onto the panel and heat-embossed them with detail black embossing powder. Then I added shading using copic markers slightly darker than the distress inks. I finished the card with a sentiment from CZ Design’s Emphatic set, a little bit of spectrum noir clear sparkle, and a few drops of nuvo crystal glaze!
My second card uses the same distress ink color palette but in a MUCH softer way!
For my second card I used masking to stamp and heat-emboss the flowers across the bottom of the panel. Then I used a light wash of distress inks to create an ombre pattern from the bottom of the panel up.
I combined sentiments from Emphatic and Big Thanks Words and stamped them with versamark before heat-embossing them with detail black embossing powder. Finally I added more shimmer with my spectrum noir clear sparkle brush and a few nuvo crystal glaze drops!
And that’s it! Lots of similarities in supplies for these cards but VERY different outcomes! Do you prefer one over the other? 😉
To celebrate the Best Days release every stop on the hop is giving away a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp! To enter, leave a comment on all the hop stops before 11:59PM ET Sunday, March 10th! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday. You’re next stop on the hop is the super talented Suzy Plantamura! If you get lost or encounter a broken link, here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kristina Werner
- Cathy Zielske
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Kelly Latevola
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Suzy Plantamura
- Jean Manis
- Heather Ruwe
- Sarah J. Moerman
- Lorraine Aquilina
- Amy Kolling
- May Park
- Kathy Racoosin
Interested in the products I used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!!
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So beautiful! Thank you for sharing your talents! ❤️
Your cards are inspiring! So much color! I’m in awe of what you have done. My cards never turn out that way.
Beautiful use of color
Beautiful!
I LOVE THE COLORS! Such an amazing job!
Lovely cards. Love the colors
Love your cards and thanks for the video
Loved both cards. I like the first one so much I thought I wouldn’t like the second but I love it too.
Beautiful stamps, super good video.
Both of your cards are beautiful but I especially like the darker one that you colored with Copic markers.
Both cards are lovely! I’ve never used distress inks AND copics together but will try after seeing you use them so effectively.
Beautiful cards – the splashes of colour around the lines of the bloom give a very artsy effect@
Wow! Both cards are super pretty!
The card with the deep red flowers is striking.
Love you colored these pretty images!!
These are just beautiful! Especially that first one. LOVE how striking it is!
Both cards are so different but equally lovely! I think that stamp set is my favorite of this release.
Beautiful bright colors! Can’t wait to try this technique!
Beautiful bright colors, can’t wait to try this technique
Stunning cards. Love how you can use the same products over again and get a totally different card.
These are so colorful and pretty.
Both these cards were simply GORGEOUS!
Beautiful… I love the new More Spring Flowers set
I can’t wait to try this! Your cards are stunning!
very artistic cards, I especially like the second one.
Stunning! It is the best I can come up with but does not fully describe these cards! I will definitely be giving these techniques a go. Love what you have done with the flowers, my fave of the release.