Good morning! Today I’m hopping along to celebrate the March release from Pinkfresh Studio and it is full of gorgeous florals!! I’m sharing a card using the pretty Bougainvillea cling stamp!
To start I smooshed distress inks in dried marigold, festive berries, and abandoned coral onto a piece of scrap plastic and then pressed it to a piece of watercolor paper. I repeated the process a few times until I had a soft background. Then I stamped the Bougainvillea cling stamp onto the paper and heat-embossed it with gold glitter embossing powder.
I watercolored the flowers with abandoned coral and festive berries distress ink and the foliage with chipped sapphire and black soot distress ink but realized quickly that I had applied too much color in my first layer and hadn’t given myself much room to go from there. So I switched to using copic markers to add some shading to the leaves and petals. I wish I could have finished the card with watercolors but it’s good to be flexible, right?!
Once my panel was done I trimmed it down to 4″ by 5.25″ and adhered it to a navy card base. I stamped a sentiment from My Favorite Things to Say Volume 2 heat-embossed with gold embossing powder on navy cardstock. Then I added a tangle of gold thread onto the back and adhered it to the panel with foam mounting tape. A few metallic gold sequins finished the card with a little extra sparkle!
And that’s it for me! Make sure to check out the new release and all the giveaway details below!
To celebrate the release, Pinkfresh Studio is hosting several giveaways! They will be giving away the full release on their blog and YouTube channel and ten $25 gift cards! Make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop for the most chances to win! Please comment before April 4th and the winners will be announced on the Pinkfresh Studio blog on April 5th! You can find the hop list below!
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!!
OMG! This is striking! The red and gray… wow! I love your coloring!!!
I’ve been following you on youtube for a long time but have only now visited your blog!
WHAAT?? Anyway, this card is sooo wonderful and the products a game-changer! I do love me some red and gray!
Love that color combination of red and gray and when you add the gold it’s just gorgeous!
Your card is so stunning.. Love your choice of colours on this ❤️
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What more to say other than beautiful.Coloring is really nice, lovely I dont have words to describe the beauty of it. I am going to save it and keep under your name .Tc Stay safe
I love your use of these products. Lots of inspiration.
What a gorgeous card! I love the background, the glittery look of the embossing, and the red/gray color palette.
So pretty!
Gorgeous card. Thanks for sharing your inspiration
Beautiful! Love the color combination. TFS!
Beautiful card, you’re so talented. Love the vivid colors. Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting and attractive colour combination on your card.
Oh, Wow! GORGEOUS card! I love this release!
Dynamic color combination! Thanks for sharing the process & how yo shift gears when things don’t go as planned! Plus appreciate showing a non foil option for using these products !
These are all so beautiful.
Love the colors, love the set, love the technique! Thank you!
Love the darker coloring – more of a fall feel
but still beautiful. Not being much at
coloring, I admire your ability to change
mediums. thanks for sharing
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Your colors are phenomenal. Usually if I use any combo of red, white and blue it comes across as Americana, but your card does not have that feel. This feels artsy, strong and feminine. Very neat.
Gorgeous card! Seeing the design on your card in color really brings it to life! Pretty sentiment too! I grew up in an area where bougainvillea plants were plentiful, so this stamp is a must have!
This color combo is unusual and striking. I need to branch out more on my color combos.
Thanks for sharing Jessica! Gorgeous handmade card! I truly love this release!
Awesome card, thanks for the inspiration!
Ooooo…..I love your use of red! Lovely. Many thanks for sharing.
Such a stunning card.
Just so gorgeous! Love the colors of red and gray and gold. You have inspired me to use that color combo on my next card. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my! I love your coloring.
At first I thought the peonies were my favorite from this release but after seeing your beautiful card, it’s hard to choose. The color combination you used is really stunning!