Good morning! I am so excited to be a stop on Ruby’s crafting anniversary blog hop! Back in 2015 I had been posting my cards online for a few months but hadn’t really met anyone. I’d post photos of my cards on Facebook and the only comments would be from my family and students. Ha. Then in late February I joined a design team with Ruby and a few days after joining I got this message on Facebook:
…and yes I scrolled back through hundreds of thousands (literally) of Facebook messages to find this one…we won’t discuss how long that took. Ha.
That one message in 2015 sparked my very first crafty friendship; and three and a half years later, we’ve had our ups and downs (as all friendships do), but we’re still chatting almost daily (mostly in gifs…ha) about life, crafting, food, pets, and shopping! 😉 We only met for the first time in person last January at Creativation but it feels like we’ve known each other FOREVER. 🙂
When Ruby invited me to join her anniversary hop I knew I wanted to make a card that included elements that remind me of Ruby: watercolor, gold, splatter, and a white embossed black label sentiment…plus one thing that is a bit of a trademark in my own crafting: sparkle!! 😉
I’ve shared a video using this technique awhile ago and it’s inspired by another crafty friend, Kelly Latevola! To start I smooshed candied apple, picked raspberry, mustard seed, and abandoned coral distress inks onto a piece of acetate and used my finger to blend the inks together to get rid of any harsh lines. Then I turned the acetate over and smooshed it on a piece of watercolor paper. I let it dry and then stamped the floral arrangement from Simon Says Stamp’s Strangeness with barely beige no-line ink using my MISTI. I left the stamp inside my MISTI so I could restamp later.
Next I took copic markers and added shading to the inside of each flower. I left the leaves alone for a little contrast. Once I was done coloring I placed the watercolor paper back in my MISTI, restamped the floral arrangement using versamark, and heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder. Then I masked the arrangement and splattered it with gold metallic paint. Once that dried I trimmed the watercolor panel down and adhered it to a black card base. I stamped the sentiment from Altenew’s Hello Sunshine onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. I trimmed it down to a label and adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape. I added a little sparkle to the red flowers with spectrum noir clear sparkle and then added a few red jewels to finish the card!
Congrats on four years, Ruby, and here’s to the next forty! 😉
To celebrate Ruby’s crafty anniversary there’s a horde of sponsors and amazing crafty prizes! For a full list of prizes, visit Ruby’s blog and don’t forget to hop along on all the day one stops! You should have arrived from The Stamp Market blog and my friend Nina-Marie is your next stop! Thanks so much for visiting and happy hopping!!
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Your friendship in a card! Beautiful styles combination.
This is such a beautiful card Jessica 😍 Your creations are always so lovely! Thank you for sharing and providing such amazing inspiration!
What a great card. Love the vibrant reds. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, this colouring combination and card design is just jumping of my screen, how awesome! Thanks for sharing this gorgeous inspiration with us!
Oh my!!! I’m totally in love for your stuninng cards!!! Beautiful colouring!!!
Beautiful card!!
Beautiful card!
Absolutely stunning!! I would love to receive a card like this!! You did an excellent job!!
I’m trying this right now!! I love your card.
Wow, Jessica, this is stunning! I mean, unbelievably magnificent! I LOVE this vivid color palette and that beautiful, bold look! This made my whole day!
Congratulations to Rubeena! Love her work. And what an amazing group this crafting world is to sponsor such wonderful prizes. Love your card inspiration too!
Beautiful card! Love the sparkle and how your friendship got started. Thank you for sharing.
The color combination grabbed my attention as did the glitz. I’m gonna try and create something like it using my Copics and distress inks.
FABULOUS card! Awesome!
Your card is gorgeous ! The red is so bright…. just fantastic. Thank you for sharing your creativity.
your card is gorgeous, Jess and love the idea of that technique – must give that a try!!
A lovely post of your friendship with Rubeena, Jessica! And your card is brilliant, literally and figuratively!! Hugs, Darnell
Simply beautiful!
Jessica I loved reading about your friendship with Ruby! She has touched so many lives! Gorgeous card and I love the technique you used, the results are so vibrant–LOVE!
Love how bright and eye catching that card is.
I LOVE that gold sparkle!!!!! This is gorgeous!
Wow! This card is absolutely gorgeous!!! Excited to try this technique! 😍
Your card is absolutely gorgeous.
How wonderful! Crafty friendships are some of the best! Thanks for sharing your story! Your card is gorgeous! I just started following Ruby a few months back and I m glad I did!, thanks for being part of this hop Jessica! Have a wonderful day!
What an absolutely gorgeous card! I love the bright colors! Thanks for the inspiration!