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!
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Wow, gorgeous,
Such a pretty card! Love the new die!
Love these cards!! I would say clean & simple, but still very elegant!! I would love to try the Gemini Jr so I wouldn’t have to hand crank any more but my pocketbook won’t allow it right now!!
Loved this die when I saw it earlier, it’s very beautiful with the backgrounds you created!
I love this die, your cards are beautiful.
super cool cards!!
Lovely! I love the inking techniques
Wow – your cards really pop!
Jessica. Love your use of the cosmos stamp and the Hello Gorgeous die. They are so eye catching.
Gorgeous backgrounds, of course. But, paired with the dies and sentiments, these cards just pop. Thank you for sharing.
Wow….love these cards! That Cosmo Flower Die is my favourite item in the whole release, and it creates a beautiful impact on any kind of background….but the alcohol ink is stunning.
WoW Jess!~ The effect you got with those inks is amazing! Like something out of an art gallery!! Your cards came out fantastic!! Love them! Great blog hop! So much talent here!
Beautiful cards!
I LOVE your card, and I love the alcohol inks, awesome!!
Love this so much!
what a gorgeous card! So excited to hear more about the Gemini Jr.! I sooo would love to own one also! I was hit head on by a drunk driver and live in 24/7 pain and a lot of it is in my shoulders and arms it would be soooo helpful with this. Let us know the scoop! LOL
Great cards. New subscriber here.
Beautiful card! I love using alcohol inks…easy with dramatic effects! And I already have this die so was very excited to see what you did with it. Thanks.
Love the alcohol ink backgrounds. What a great idea to tilt the flower die.
This is really gorgeous! I haven’t tried the alcohol ink on the Yupo paper yet, but it is on my to-do list! Thanks!
lovely cards – I really love the flower dies!!
What gorgeous cards. I love the alcohol ink background. Thanks for sharing….
Love the colours and the dies! 🙂
I love the colorful background that you did. The card is nice also.
I love this die cut and I love how you used it with the alcohol ink background. I always look forward to your cards!