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Cheering You On!

19 May

Good morning and Happy Friday!  Popping in with a quick card to share!  A lot of my crafty friends seem to be going through rough patches the last few weeks so I’ve been working on building my encouragement card stash so I can send some happy mail out! 🙂 And this is one of the cheerful cards I created! 🙂

Cheering You On by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Simon Says StampI started by inking the Emma background stamp on my MISTI lid with abandoned coral, picked raspberry, and festive berries distress ink and spritzed it with water.  Then I closed the MISTI lid and carefully pressed the stamp down on watercolor paper.  After 20 seconds or so I carefully lifted the lid and then let the distress ink dry.  I did not remove the stamp from the MISTI so I could use it again.  Once it was totally dry I applied my powder tool to the background and then shifted my watercolor paper just slightly to one side.  I inked the background stamp with versamark and then stamped it on the watercolor paper with the MISTI.  Since I used bumpy watercolor paper I restamped the versamark several times to make sure it would get a good impression.  Then I heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder.  Moving the watercolor paper resulted in a gold embossed “shadow” over the distress ink!

Cheering You On by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Simon Says StampNext I die-cut a black frame using some of the stitched rectangle dies from Simon Says Stamp and adhered heat-resistant acetate behind the frame.  Then I stamped the sentiment with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.  When embossing on acetate make sure your heat gun is SUPER hot before you bring it to the acetate to lessen the chance of warping the acetate!  I also lightly rub a dryer sheet over the acetate before embossing to help cut down on static otherwise your embossing powder will stick everywhere (no matter how much of the anti-static powder tool you use)!

Then I built up a wall on the back of the frame with a double layer of foam mounting tape and filled it with the Sunset mix from Lucy Abrams, metallic gold sequins, and sparkling clear sequins before sealing it with the watercolor panel.  I deliberately used a smaller frame so that a little bit of the embossed design would show around the frame as well as inside it!  I love how bright and sparkly it is and I’m hoping it will make my friend smile! 🙂

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Friday!

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Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp EMMA BACKGROUND SSS101692 Hey Love
Simon Says Clear Stamps HAND LETTERED ENCOURAGEMENT sss101492
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Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad FESTIVE BERRIES Ranger TDP39969
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad ABANDONED CORAL Ranger TDP46769
Little Things From Lucy’s Cards SUNSET Sequin Shaker Mix LB116
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Ranger Embossing Powder GOLD Tinsel EPJ41047
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  1. Tara Prince says

    May 19, 2017 at 9:29 am

    super fun and sparkly!!

    Reply
  2. Heidi says

    May 19, 2017 at 9:43 am

    Gorgeous shimmer and a fun technique. Very elegant.

    Reply
  3. Dianne says

    May 19, 2017 at 9:43 am

    Oh my gosh, Jess…this is beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing the technique!

    Reply
  4. conil says

    May 19, 2017 at 10:50 am

    Oh my, this is just plain gorgeous…

    Reply
  5. cfurr2016 says

    May 19, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    This is SO beautifuk! Thanks for explaining what you did to make this, step by step. I just love it!

    Reply
  6. Patt H. says

    May 19, 2017 at 2:01 pm

    Awesomeness!!!

    Reply
  7. Tracie Pond Designs says

    May 19, 2017 at 5:00 pm

    Sorry to hear a lot of your crafty friends are going through rough patches. This will cheer them up!

    Reply
  8. Celeste Goff says

    May 19, 2017 at 6:16 pm

    Oh, so sparkly and gorgeous Jess!

    Reply
  9. melissaf123MelissaF says

    May 20, 2017 at 9:55 am

    Wow, sooo gorgeous! Love the shaker and the colorful shadow stamped technique. I haven’t done it with colors, just neutrals but I LOVE the colorful “shadow!” Thanks so much for sharing.

    Reply

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