Good morning! I’m excited to be hopping along with Simon Says Stamp to celebrate the Friends release! The release went live last month but we’re continuing the celebration with even more inspiration! 🙂
As you probably know I’m a bit obsessed with my alcohol inks these days and I decided to pair some of the new SSS dies with a simple alcohol inked background! I started by mixing alcohol ink blending solution with alcohol inks in wild plum, raspberry, purple twilight, flamingo, and watermelon! I let the blending solution and alcohol ink mix pretty organically and left the sharp contrasts and edges where the colors met. I picked out my favorite areas of the panel and trimmed them down to 4 inch squares. (You can see what I did with the leftover scrap here)! 😉
Then I die-cut the Cosmo Flower frame die from white cardstock but made sure to tilt the die at an angle for a different look. I’m a little bit of a perfectionist when it comes to lining up dies and stuff so purposefully tilting a die takes away the need to make it perfect! 😉 I die-cut the sentiments using the Hello Gorgeous and Happy Birthday dies and black cardstock. I die-cut each twice and layered them together with glossy accents.Then I adhered the sentiments to the card panels and finished the cards with a few black crystals!
P.S. I recently received the Gemini Jr and I used it for this card…holy moly, that thing is AMAZING! I am so excited to not be hand-cranking my dies through anymore…I’ll definitely share more about it soon!
To celebrate Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 gift certificate to EVERY stop on the hop!! 🙂 Leave your comments before 11:59PM EST on Sunday, January 14th and the winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog next week!
Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
If you’ve gotten all the way to the end of my super long post, thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop! If this is your first time at my blog I hope you’ll consider subscribing via the sidebar on the right or visiting me on Youtube or Instagram! Have an amazing crafty weekend, friends! 🙂
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I so want to get some yupo paper to play
Oh my goodness – just absolutely gorgeous. The alcohol ink background is stunning and the die just really sets it off. Wow
Great cards! I need to pull out my alcohol inks
Beautiful cards!
Beautiful! Love that gorgeous flower die and the color!
Your cards popped right off the page! Beautiful! Beautiful!
I, too, love making alcohol ink backgrounds. And that Cosmo frame die is my fav of this release.
what a gorgeous die! The color contrast of this card is absolutely beautiful!
I love your card here and I also love what you did with the leftover pieces! Thanks for sharing your lovely ideas!
In a word… GORGEOUS!!
Absolutely beautiful!
This die is definitely one of my favorites from this release. Beautiful card.
Your cards are very pretty and I love the new dies and stamps from SSS.
I am amaze at the talent on this hop. Thanks for sharing
Lovely card!
love the vibrancy of your card, super contrast with the white diecut and black sentiments, just gorgeous
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.
Those backgrounds are so terrific! I’m also loving alcohol inks, so I appreciate your desire to create with them. Gorgeous cards!
This blog hop release is fabulous! You used the one die I thought about getting and I love it still! Thanks for sharing!
Love this card and my hands would so appreciate that lil Gemini! Lucky you.
I love blog hops because they inspire me to create and I get to see products that I just have to have
I am loving the alcohol inking as well. Time to get the supplies and start making a few myself. Thanks for a great tutorial on how to make these amazing cards.
So gorgeous, Jess! Love the purple!!
Gorgeous cards!! Thanks for sharing your inspiration with us 🙂
I seriously NEED that die! It is the perfect way to accent a gorgeous background and the background is perfect for the die! Wonderful design. Thank you.