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Pinkfresh Studio March 2021 Release Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAYS!)

29 Mar

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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!!

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Comments

  1. Connie Johanns says

    March 30, 2021 at 10:06 am

    Fantastic release!!!

    Reply
  2. gspresser says

    March 30, 2021 at 10:10 am

    Beautiful card and colors. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  3. Liz E says

    March 30, 2021 at 10:21 am

    LOVE you color combinations – beautiful! Your design enhances the beauty of this stamp set.

    Reply
  4. Beth Caruso says

    March 30, 2021 at 10:22 am

    Beautiful job of making a background stamp into a beyond stunning card. Your colors are amazing.

    Reply
  5. Connie Johanns says

    March 30, 2021 at 10:33 am

    Great release!!! Love this company.

    Reply
  6. Misty O'Barr says

    March 30, 2021 at 10:58 am

    Love those colors! Very eye-catching. And the sentiment is just lovely.

    Reply
  7. Patty A Eifert says

    March 30, 2021 at 12:59 pm

    Beautiful card! Love your colors!

    Reply
  8. Mayumi O says

    March 30, 2021 at 2:39 pm

    Such a pretty card! I love it♥

    Reply
  9. Jennifer N says

    March 30, 2021 at 4:03 pm

    Those colors — love it!!! Beautiful use of those amazing products!!

    Reply
  10. Nicki Baxley says

    March 30, 2021 at 4:33 pm

    I can’t get over these colors!! Just gorgeous

    Reply
  11. Julie B says

    March 30, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    So pretty!!!

    Reply
  12. Kristina Gentle says

    March 30, 2021 at 5:36 pm

    These colors. Who am I kidding you seem to always have the BEST color combos out there! Thank you for always thinking outside the box. Great inspiration, brilliant release.

    Reply
  13. Dana M says

    March 30, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    Beautiful! The smooshed background is such a creative and fabulous background. Love your bold colors – fantastic!

    Reply
  14. Evelyn Larson says

    March 30, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    Hello from Malta, New York. I love your card, I love your ink smooshing. I need to do that more. I love this new release from Pinkfresh Studios. Thank you for your inspiration.

    Reply
  15. Evelyn Larson says

    March 30, 2021 at 7:24 pm

    Hello from Malta, New York. I am in love with this new release Pinkfresh Studios did an amazing release. Love your card. Thank you for your inspiration.

    Reply
  16. Dee Earnshaw says

    March 30, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    stunning – LOVE the red on your flowers – really pops

    Reply
  17. Sheri Kempke says

    March 30, 2021 at 7:49 pm

    Your card is gorgeous Jess! I love the foiling and the lovely red! What an awesome new release from Pinkfresh!

    Reply
  18. Becky Reames says

    March 30, 2021 at 9:19 pm

    This new release is amazing and I love your card!

    Reply
  19. Nancy Colpitts says

    March 30, 2021 at 9:36 pm

    Red, my favourite color!

    Reply
  20. gabmccann says

    March 30, 2021 at 10:10 pm

    Really gorgeous card

    Reply
  21. Lauryne Cunningham says

    March 30, 2021 at 10:32 pm

    I love the bold colors on your card! The red is lovely!

    Reply
  22. r says

    March 30, 2021 at 11:35 pm

    I was so so with this stamp set but now seeing what you did with it, I am sold, 😀. Such a beautiful card, and I usually don’t favor red either. You have converted me 100% with this card ! Thanks!

    Reply
  23. Julie Urban says

    March 30, 2021 at 11:36 pm

    Gorgeous card…absolutely love the vibrant colors along with the soft background. So beautiful!

    Reply
  24. Mirka K. says

    March 31, 2021 at 2:29 am

    Oo, this one looks so pretty! I love the colors. Greetings from Finland!

    Reply
  25. Amy Kolling says

    March 31, 2021 at 2:30 am

    the gold glitter embossing is the perfect touch!!!

    Reply
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