Good morning! I’m super excited to be a stop on the hop for the Simon Says Stamp Rest and Refresh blog hop!!
Have you checked out the new release yet? It’s FABULOUS!!!
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Here are two cards I shared yesterday using the new release (find more details here):
And today I have two more cards to share as well as a video! 🙂
You can watch the video below or at my YouTube channel!
This was one of those projects I didn’t think would ever see the light of day. Things went wrong right and left but I’m really glad I didn’t chuck it in the trash can because I really love how it turned out! I started by watercoloring the sky, sun, water, and sand with distress inks.
Then I went back and colored the palm trees and birds with copic markers. I also used copics to add accents and details to the water and sand. I initially made a mess of masking my clouds and when my first fix didn’t quite work I decided to just add glitter! 😉 I added a thin layer of nuvo crystal glaze to each cloud and sprinkled them with chunky and prisma glitter. I also added accents with a white gel pen and a posca marker. Finally I added a thin layer of crystal glaze to the sun and reflections in the water! I trimmed the panel down and adhered it to a card base!
My second card is also ocean-themed but in a not-so tropical way!
I used some simple no-line pencil coloring and the beautiful Your Light set for my second card. I started by stamping the clouds and sailboats onto a piece of dark navy cardstock with unicorn white pigment ink. I quickly used my heat gun to dry the ink and then colored the images with luminance pencils.
Once I was happy with the way the sailboat looked I stamped the sentiment onto white cardstock and heat-embossed it with red embossing powder. I die-cut the sentiment with the sentiment label dies and adhered it to my card with foam mounting tape to finish the card!
And that’s it for today! Check out the Rest and Refresh gallery on the Simon Says Stamp blog for even more crafty inspiration! And we have a special gift for all of our blog hoppers this weekend!! Use the code CRL898 on any purchase at Simon Says Stamp this weekend for your Simon Says Stamp exclusive Coral Reef ink pad (while supplies last!)!!
To celebrate the Rest and Refresh release EVERY stop on the hop is giving away a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp! To enter, leave a comment on all the hop stops before 11:59PM ET Sunday, June 9th! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday, June 12th! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Simon Says Stamp
- Cathy Zielske
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Amy Rysavy
- Suzy Plantamura
- Lisa Addesa
- Heather Hoffman
- Gayatri Murali
- Ankita Gupta
- Barb Engler
- Marge Yoon
Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fabulous day, and enjoy the hop!
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Each of your cards has a unique style. The sailboat on black is striking.
Gorgeous cards highlighting this gorgeous kit!
I love your Paradise card! Gorgeous coloring and the sailboat is soooo unique! Great kit!
You inspired me…and now I want to go to the beach!!
This card is so striking! I love the pencil look.
Great cards, beautiful colors!
Just love the Wildflowers and Paradise cards. Your technique and coloring is so beautiful. If you made mistakes on the Paradise card I couldn’t see them. Saved the video for later.
Absolutely gorgeous palm tree scene!
Fantastic cards! What a beautiful bright scene the first one is! 🙂
Love how all of these cards turned out! 🙂
Love your cards, especially the paradise one! I also appreciated your video; sometimes I just have to walk away from a card design and come back to it later to appreciate the work I’ve done. Thanks for the encouragement.
I’m glad you kept at it too. It turn out so pretty. Great lesson, thanks.
Beautiful cards, especially your first one, it is stunning!
Great cards.
Amazing! You are so talented!
I don’t know where to start all those cards are stunning! But the sail boat on the black card stock with the crayons is amazing! I have tried to do this a couple times myself, and it has turned out ok, but I can never get the amazing look you do with your pencil crayons. Jess know just where to place shading and add colour to bring it too the next level.
Your video on the first card was amazing. Your second card is just WOW on the black cardstock!!
Love what you created with this new release. I like your pencil coloring on the sailboat card.
Wow!!
Gorgeous cards….I especially like the last one with the colored pencils on navy.
Wow, these are beautiful! I specially love that sort of “reverse silhouette” you created with the wildflowers stamp.
You are so talented!
Fabulous and beautiful cards. I love the ‘paradise’ card – so pretty & full of color!
And I really love the look of colored pencils, very nice!
I love your first card. So glad you persevered! Your sailboat card is darling too!