Good morning! The Good Vibes collection from Simon Says Stamp is live now and it is FULL of must-haves! I have over 17 cards to share with you over the next few days but I’ll start with just four today (plus a giveaway at the bottom of this post)! Also, as a fun side note – the Dude card in the above photo is mine! 😉 Anyway, here’s a look at the amazing release!
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And here’s my first card using one of most gorgeous and unique floral stamps I’ve ever seen:
Isn’t that beautiful?! I love the unique combination of thick and thin lines. I started by using my MISTI to stamp the arrangement from Strangeness onto white cardstock with intense black ink. Then I simply colored it with copic markers! It took quite awhile but I love the end results! I used the following copic markers: R000, R20, R22, R24, R29, YR0000, Y21, G03, G16, and G19.
I didn’t want to take the focus off my floral arrangement so I simply die-cut the Big Friend word with black and white cardstock and stamped the rest of the sentiment from Vacation Time onto black cardstock with versamark before heat-embossing it with white embossing powder. I adhered the friend die with regular adhesive and used foam mounting tape for the rest of the sentiment.
Next up are a pair of cards created with Suzy’s Good Vibes watercolor prints!
I love using these watercolor cards for easy coloring! They’re perfect for this month’s The Daily Marker Coloring Challenge!
For the first card I watercolored the ocean print using distress inks. I used peacock feathers, mermaid lagoon, blueprint sketch, and chipped sapphire for the waves and squeezed lemonade, scattered straw, mustard seed, and dried marigold for the sun!
Once it was totally dry I added chunky glitter and prisma glitter along some of the image lines. I also added nuvo crystal glaze to some of the waves and sprinkled a little extra glitter onto the wet glaze. The shine and sparkle on this is SO much fun! To finish the card I simply trimmed it down and adhered it to a white card base!
For my second card I also used distress inks to color that adorable rainbow doodle. I used rainbow shades to continue the ROYGBIV from the actual rainbow to the sentiment. For this card I used candied apple, carved pumpkin, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, mermaid lagoon, blueprint sketch, dusty concord, and wilted violet distress inks. I also used a little hickory smoke to create shadows around the image.
Once it was dry I added prisma and chunky glitter to the lines of my rainbow and heart. I also added a few accents with a white gel pen. Then I added nuvo crystal glaze to the entire sentiment and sprinkled the wet glaze with a little bit of chunky and prisma glitter! Once it was dry I adhered the entire panel to a white card base.
My last card today uses another one of my release favorites, the Hibiscus Frame die:
I LOVE this hibiscus die…believe me, you’ll see it again from me VERY soon! 😉 For this card I decided to stick to some distress ink blending! I started by blending carved pumpkin, picked raspberry, and candied apple distress ink in a circular pattern on strathmore bristol cardstock. I also blended lucky clover distress ink onto another scrap of strathmore bristol cardstock. I die-cut the hibiscus frame die once from black cardstock and once from each of the blended cardstock pieces and once from gold glitter paper.
Next I applied a piece of stick-it adhesive to a white card base and then placed the black cardstock hibiscus frame die-cut over it. Then I inlaid the hibiscus flower, leaf, and background using the blended panels and gold glitter paper. I also die-cut the stamen from gold glitter cardstock and adhered it with foam mounting tape.
To finish the card I die-cut the Big Friend die from gold glitter paper and black cardstock and adhered it to the card panel. Then I stamped the rest of the sentiment from Vacation Time onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder. I trimmed that down to a thin label and adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape.
If you couldn’t tell, I’m head over heels for this release and I hope you are, too! I’ll be back tomorrow for a giant blog hop but I encourage you to head over and shop the Good Vibes release early because I’m guessing several of these awesome products will sell out pretty quick! 😉
To celebrate the Good Vibes release I’m giving away a $50 shopping spree to Simon Says Stamp! 🙂 To enter simply leave a comment and let me know what your favorite product is from the new release! Leave your comments before 11:59 PM EST on June 22nd, 2018 and the winner will be announced on June 24th!
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!
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Beautiful cards Jessica! I especially love the Hibiscus one! My favorites of this release are the Hibiscus Frame Die and the Debra Die.
Wow, Jess, all of your cards are AMAZING! My favorite item from the new release is the Hibiscus Frame! It is so unique! Can’t wait see more!
WOW.. 17 cards! You must have really been inspired! I can’t wait to see them all. My favorite from this release is the Strangeness and the color cards.
Beautiful & vibrant cards. It’s so hard to pin point one favorite product because I love so many of them, but I’ve really enjoyed seeing the creations made with the Beachy Wave stamp.
Wow! As always your cards are simply amazing! Fantastic use of colors! My fav is Hibiscus Frame Wafer Dies! <3
For me it’s a toss up between the Debra di and the Hibiscus Frame. Can you tell I like floral things? Your cards are fabulous. Love all the different techniques you used and the bits of sparkle make them shine. My fave is the last one.
Oh my, all cards are gorgeous, but I especially love the first floral card and the sunshine & good vibes card! Such beautiful coloring and bright colors… swoon! My favorite product from this release is the Strangeness set. <3
Hi Jess! Your friend card is A-MAZing! Love the Suzy’s paintables too. They are always one of my favorites in each release. I’ve already ordered them. 🙂
Awesome cards such vibrant colors love the strangeness stamp but I’m not good at coloring.
These cards are beautiful, but the inlaid hibiscus is amazing!
My favorite product from this release is the Hibiscus Frame Die. And I absolutely love the card you made with it!
Love the Debra Wafer Die and Friend die set.
Love your gorgeous cards! Your used of the glitter is amazing!!! Such a great set of cards!!
Beautiful
Hello HIbiscus die. I love this design and how bright your colors are.
Love the sun and the waves cards! The hibiscus card is stunning!
You’ve been a busy crafter! Your cards are great, as is the release. Everything is fun, but my favorites are the Good Vibes stamps and watercolor sheets and the beachy background stamp.
I don’t know how I can pick a favorite—-I’ve already placed two orders for six of the new items (along with several older things)!!! Love your floral cards, especially the white on black friends sentiment on top of the white card—stunning!
Love your pops of glitter!! I like the Debra die… so intricate!
Wow, such fun and creative cards! Loving this new release from SSS. I think the Debra Die might be one of my favorites, but there are so many wonderful products. Can’t wait to see more of what you make!!
I love your creations with this collection and look forward to seeing more. I am new to paper crafting so your detailed instructions make it much easier for me to follow along and learn new (to me) techniques. I am really loving the entire collection but the HIBISCUS FRAME is definitely my favorite, so many color/style combination you can do with this one. I can’t wait to get started!
Such an awesome release, the hibiscus flower is my favorite !
Fabulous cards! I love the glitter highlights and your amazing colouring!
Fabulous cards!
I think the Strangeness set and the Hibiscus Frame are my favorites. Love what you have done with both of them. The colors you chose to ink blend are beautiful. I am going to make note of that combo and give it a try. TFS.
OH MY!! These are all fantastic cards, and that last one with the hibiscus frame is a stunner!!