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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Great cards! The floral set is one of my favorites and you painted it beautifully!
Gorgeous cards! Love the watercolored flowers. The first card….wow what a night sky. Fabulous ♥
both cards are great but that night sky is just fabulous!
I love both sentiments!!! the mouse makes a darling focal point!
I like how bold and eye grabbing your cards are without adding a whole bunch of embellishments. The galaxy background spoke me, I love stars and when I noticed the mouse it reminded me of a children’s book I love called “Frederick” by Leo Lionni check it out your card really channels that book.
WOW! I am not brave enough to try mixed media yet lol! Your card is stunning and inspiring! Thanks for sharing!!!!
I’m loving your galaxy little mouse!
Oh my! Love so much your beautiful cards!!! IO’m totally in love for the background of your first one! <3
Wow! That galaxy background is just gorgeous with that adorable mouse! And the floral card is very pretty 🙂
your cards are just gorgeous – thanks for the ideas:)
I love all things galaxy themed!
Great cards and love the mouse!
Both of your cards are gorgeous Jessica 💕. Love your galaxy card with positively encouraging sentiment 😍. So inspiring 💕
Love the galaxy background — it is amazing! And the little mouse is so cute. The floral card is more intense with the colors you used, very different. Thanks for sharing.
What a great and unexpected way to use the mouse. Sometimes I’m so caught up by what an image is surrounded by on a stamp set that I forget I can do whatever I want with it! And the flower card looks like a galaxy of flowers on one card–so beautiful. Thanks for sharing these lovely ideas and cards with us!
Mouse is so cute but both your cards beautiful.
Gorgeous cards! Your galaxy background is amazing!!! I love the sentiment on that card and that you glittered up the mouse.
holy smokes—what gorgeous cards!!!
Both cards are gorgeous, Jess!
The little mouse is so cute, but I’m a purple fan, so love the flowers on your second card!
Such lovely cards! Thank you for the inspiration!
Love both cards…the flowers are a winner.
Love the sparkle! Thanks for the awesome giveaway opportunity!
I love both of your cards but the galaxy background is stunning! And the little mouse is adorable!