Good morning! Today I’m joining two of my favorite crafty people: Gina Krupsky and Lydia Fiedler for a mini blog hop to celebrate the March release from Gina K Designs! There’s a giveaway at each hop stop so make sure to check out the details at the bottom of this post! But first off, have you checked out Gina’s fabulous new release?
Here’s what I created using Hello Beautiful and Lettered and Lovely:
This is one of those times that I wish I could show you all this card in person because the camera just can’t capture the shine of that beautiful sentiment!! I started by stamping the flowers from Hello Beautiful with versamark on watercolor paper and heat-embossing them with silver tinsel embossing powder. I used post-it masks to mask the flowers to stamp the foliage. Then I stamped the sentiment from Lettered and Lovely with versamark and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder.
Then I taped the watercolor paper down to my cutting board and started watercoloring! I used just two shades of red (rose madder and permanent rose) and one blue shade (indigo) from my Mijello mission gold watercolors for the background. I started by adding paint to the center of each flower and then using a clean damp brush to blend the color to the edge of each petal. I added a few layers of color to deepen the center of the flowers. Then I watercolored the background following the same basic steps but adding color to the edge of the panel and blending inward towards the center. Once I got a basic wash of color across the panel I went back and added more color around each flower and blended it out.
Once it was totally dry I masked the flowers with post-its and flicked the panel with white paint. I let it dry completely and then went over each flower with my spectrum noir clear sparkle brush. Once that dried I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25″ and adhered it to a dark navy card base. Finally I added a few gems to finish the card with a little more sparkle! Seriously guys, this is such a sparkly card…I so wish I could send it to all of you! 😉
Gina is graciously giving each of us a $25 gift certificate to give away! Leave your comments before 11:59PM EST on April 1st, 2018 and the winners will be announced on the Gina K Designs blog on April 2nd! Here are all the stops on our mini hop! 🙂
Thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!
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Love it! And that is a great sentiment 🙂
I love the technique you used to create such beauty!
Lovely card, the silver sets off the red beautifully. Thanks for sharing.
This is an awesome release set; want all of them. Your card is gorgeous; love the silver and pink color combination.
Great looking card. The new release from Gina K looks awesome.
So beautiful!! The photos do capture some of that sparkly goodness so I can only imagine how stunning your card is in person. This sentiment stamp set is gorgeous and you put it to good use!
Love your color combinations! Thank you for the inspiration, planning to try these techniques soon!
I love sparkly…and this is definitely a sparkly creation! The watercoloring is a wonderful surprise with the silver embossing. Beautifully done!
These are real inspirational cards–such beauty
Beautiful card Jess!
Absolutely beautiful! Love the silver & sparkle; awesome
water coloring. Love it!
Beautiful coloring and love all of that sparkle.
That is a stunning card! Love the embossing!
Your card is stunning – just love the colors you used.
Love your creativity and the stamps
Gorgeous card! Love the colors.
I totally understand how cards look so much better in person, than in a photograph. Yours is still quite beautiful, so I imagine it is just stunning in real life.
The silver embossing really makes this card stand out. Beautiful job!
SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! Such a BEAUTIFUL Card!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Gorgeous card! Love the sentiment, love all the silver, LOVE the flowers ♥
Wow, the silver embossing is amazing. Love the red watercolor flowers which pop against the silver.
fantastic card, I would love to see it in real life !!
I wish you could send it too, because I LOVE sparkly things. My problem is making myself not add sparkles to all my cards [not always sure the guy want them! LOL]. You card is very stunning even without the sparkle showing on everything.
Oh MY!! I love your card. The red and silver are gorgeous together.
Your card is stunning, I can’t imagine how it could be more beautiful in person.