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Easy Watercolored Easter Cards

30 Mar

Good morning!  I have a few Easter cards to share today using the gorgeous filigree dies from the Simon Says Stamp Fresh Bloom release!

Happy Easter by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Simon Says Stamp

To start I used Prima watercolors mixed with a little Ink on 3 Pixie Dust to watercolor a pastel ombre background.  The Pixie Dust really gives the watercolors a ton of sparkle and a little goes a LONG way!  I set that aside to dry while I die-cut the Filigree Egg three times from kraft cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment from Bunny Wishes onto the panel with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  Once the watercolor panel was dry I trimmed it down and adhered it behind the kraft cardstock.  Finally I adhered the panel to a white card base.

Happy Easter by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Simon Says Stamp

For my second card I started by painting an ombre yellow to coral wash on a piece of watercolor cardstock with the same Prima watercolors.  I let it dry thoroughly and then die-cut it with the Filigree Bunny die.  I adhered a piece of acetate behind the bunny and then built up a border around the die with a double layer of foam mounting tape.  I filled it with You’re Peachy sequins and sealed up the shaker.

Happy Easter by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Simon Says Stamp

Next I stamped the sentiment from Dog and Cat Dress Up onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  I die-cut it with the Sentiment Label dies and adhered it to the ombre panel.  Finally I finished the card with a few more You’re Peachy sequins!

Don’t forget Simon Says Stamp‘s awesome Mystery Sale, going on all weekend!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!!

Simon Says Stamp FILIGREE BUNNY Wafer…
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Simon Says Stamp FILIGREE EGG Wafer…
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Simon Says Stamp Sequins YOU’RE…
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Simon Says Clear Stamps BUNNY WISHES…
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Simon Says Clear Stamps DOG & CAT…
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Simon Says Stamp SENTIMENT LABELS…
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Inkon3 LIQUID PIXIE DUST Ultra Fine…
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Prima Marketing VINTAGE PASTELS…
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Prima Marketing WOODLANDS Watercolor…
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Prima Marketing COMPLEXION Watercolor…
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Prima Marketing ESSENCE Watercolor…
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Prima Marketing ODYSSEY Watercolor…
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Prima Marketing SHIMMERING LIGHTS…
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Prima Marketing THE CLASSICS…
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Prima Marketing PASTEL DREAMS…
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Prima Marketing TROPICALS Watercolor…
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Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 0.75…
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Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#…
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Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH…
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Crafter’s Companion HEAT RESISTANT…
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Arches COLD PRESSED WATERCOLOR PAD…
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Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder…
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Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD…
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Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER…
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Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun…
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Ranger GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue…
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3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE…
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3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE…
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MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping…
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MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool…
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Tim Holtz Tonic MAXI GUILLOTINE…
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Crafter’s Companion GEMINI JUNIOR…
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Comments

  1. Celeste Goff says

    March 30, 2019 at 10:21 am

    Such gorgeous cards Jessica!!!

    Reply
  2. Helen says

    March 30, 2019 at 11:47 am

    These are lovely holiday cards, Jessica…I especially like the second card with the filigree bunny–so sweet. tfs

    Reply
  3. Stampin with Sandi says

    March 31, 2019 at 10:29 am

    Cute cards Jess. What kind of a container do you have all your prima watercolours in?

    Reply
    • jessica frost-ballas says

      April 1, 2019 at 10:23 pm

      It’s the empty Mission Gold palette!

      Reply
  4. Tara Prince says

    March 23, 2023 at 1:22 pm

    so beautiful

    Reply

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