Good morning! It’s a busy on the blog today and we’re kicking it off with the Pinkfresh Studio Birthday Bash blog hop! I’m so thrilled to be invited to hop along with the super talented Pinkfresh Studio design team to help them celebrate their 4th birthday! And what’s a birthday without prizes?! Pinkfresh Studio has some amazing giveaways going on and you can find all the details at the bottom of my post! I created two cards today using some of their gorgeous stamps…here’s the first:
When I saw this adorable mouse stamp from Happy Everything I thought he’d be perfect for a galaxy scene using the Word Series: Dream set! I started by stamping the mouse with copic-friendly intense ink and then I colored him with copics. I cut him out and added spectrum noir clear sparkle so he’d be sparkly! I also stamped my sentiment onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. Then it was time for my galaxy!
I blended mustard seed, chipped sapphire, wilted violet, picked raspberry, peacock feathers, blueprint sketch, and black soot distress inks onto a piece of bristol smooth cardstock and then spritzed them with water to create stars and galaxies in the distance. Then I smooshed black soot distress ink onto a craft mat, spritzed it with iridescent shimmer spray and water, and pressed the panel into the craft mat to create a little more dimension and texture. I let that dry and then sprayed the panel with shimmer spray, white spray, gold spray, and black spray. I let it dry completely and then stamped the stars with versamark and heat-embossed them with white and silver embossing powder. I also added a few dots of white gel pen to create more stars. Finally I added the tiny mouse and my sentiment with foam mounting tape. I love how he’s looking up at the sky! 🙂
My second card is a little more straightforward but for fun I used the same shades of blues, purples, and yellows from my first card. I stamped the Floral Background stamp onto watercolor paper with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. I watercolored the flowers with my mijello mission gold watercolors and let them dry before going over them with a spectrum noir clear sparkle pen.
Once it dried completely I trimmed it down and adhered it to a black card base. I stamped the sentiment from Word Series: Believe onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. I trimmed that down to a label and adhered it to the card! And that’s it! They’re very different cards and yet they kinda work together which is neat! 🙂
Pinkfresh Studio is generously giving each stop on the hop a $40 gift card to give away to one lucky random commenter! Please leave your comments before 9AM EST April 9th, 2018 and the winner will be announced later that day on the Pinkfresh Studio blog! Here are all the stops on the hop:
- Pinkfresh Blog
- Adrienne Alvis
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Vicky Papaioannou
- Amanda Baldwin
- Amy Tsuruta
- Ashley Horton
- Crystal Thompson
- Melissa Bickford
- Erum Tasneem
- Flora Farkas
- Lea Lawson
- Heather Hoffman
- Kathleen Gramuller
- Lorilei Murphy
- Laura Bassen
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Veera Saarivuo
- Zsoka Marko
- Isha Gupta
- Elsie Robinson
- Elena Roussakis
And there are more giveaways over on the Pinkfresh Studio blog and their instagram so make sure to head over and check them out!!
Thank you so much for stopping by and have a fabulous Monday!
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Very inspiring cards. So much inky-goodness!
Both cards are beautiful, but the galaxy is my favorite. That background is amazing.
Your cards are so pretty. I love the background on the mouse card and the mouse is adorable!
love the galaxy card!!
Love the cosmos background and the cute mouse ! I bought the stamp set because of him ! And the color scheme of the floral card is very pretty , too. TFS
Fantastic galaxy background!
Wow this flowe card is so pretty. Love it so much. Amazing creation.
Awesome cards! Love that adorable mouse and the night sky!
WOW!!! All such gorgeous cards! xo
Lovely cards! I enjoyed the techniques you used!
Fabulous background on
the first card and I love all
that purple on the flower
card!
Carla from Utah
Great inspiration!
Hi Jess, I love your colorful cards! Thanks for sharing these great techniques. Do you have a YouTube channel? ~Bo
Ahhhh love these so much!!! Lovely, beautiful colors!
Both cards are breathtaking. Jess, I just love your work.
I loved the sentiments you have used on the cards , very encouraging ! Beautiful cards .
You always create such amazing cards! I especially love your galaxy background! Thank you for sharing!
Gorgeous😍😍😍 the stamps are sooo cute
That little mouse!!!! Love it.
Cute cards. I did a galaxy background with distress Oxides, so much fun.
Really nice
Beautiful cards!! I love the color choices and the little mouse is adorable!!
Enjoy seeing your designs here and on IG. Great work!
Love your cards as always Jessica! They are always so lovely and unique! Thanks for sharing.
Wow, that paint work is amazing!