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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Awesome cards, Jess, especially the sailboat! Love the sentiments in that set!
awesome card
I love your Hello Paradise watercolor card. So pretty!
Wow! That sunset card turned out gorgeous. Thanks for the reminder to keep playing and things just might turn out.
Beautiful coloring, love them all!
Love the bright vibar colorst
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your amazing talents!
Love that colorful, gorgeous sky! The nautical themed products are some of my favorites.
Wow! Your watercolor is wonderful and so colorful. I love your sail boat too. I haven’t done stamping on dark paper in so long. What a great reminder.
wow brilliant watercolouring – love those waves!!
Awesome creations! I especially love the Paradise scene, thanks for the video & the encouragement not to give up on a project!
Oh wow, these are so pretty
Beautiful cards, Jessica! Love the colouring on the sailboat one!
This so unique.. Love the colors in your first card..
Jess, I love watching your videos thank you so much for making one for this stunning card! Those colors you chose are just so vibrant and full of life they jump off my computer screen! Beautiful! 🙂
Ooooh! These are both awesome! I love the bright colorful watercolored card, and I think the second one colored with pencils is amazing! I really like that sentiment!
Beautiful cards! Thank you for the video, mistakes and all. I definitely have more confidence card making now because you and other designers show how to fix them and not give up. Thank you for that!
Gorgeous cards Jessica, your inspiration is as wonderful. Thank you so much for showing.
Each card is unique and beautiful. I love your creative style!
Love your colouring. Wonderful cards.
Love the sunny beach card.
Fabulous creations!
Fantastic patience!
Oh I want to go there!!! Sailing would be fun too!!! Super cards!
Beautiful cards! I really like the sailboat one.