Good morning! I’m super excited to be a stop on the hop for the Simon Says Stamp Sending Good Vibes blog hop!!
Have you checked out the new release yet? It’s FANTASTIC!!!
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I’ve already shared four cards using the new release here (with a giveaway! 😉 ) and today I’m sharing a trio of bright and colorful alcohol ink cards using the beautiful Hibiscus Frame die!
I thought a gorgeous tropical die like the hibiscus frame called for some bright tropical colors and one of the easiest ways to achieve a super vibrant look is with alcohol inks! Add a little gold foil and we’re good to go! 😉
To start I took a 9×12 piece of yupo and added alcohol inks in red pepper, flamingo, watermelon, wild plum across the page with a little blending solution. I forgot to press record when I started this project but you can find instructions for a similar alcohol ink blended background and foil accented card here! I also added botanical and limeade alcohol ink to one corner. I moved the ink around with a camera air puffer until it was almost dry and then pressed a sheet of rose gold foil over the panel. I used a brayer to press the foil into the paper and then peeled it off. The foil sticks to the wet alcohol ink with no additional adhesive needed! Look at this shine!!
For my first card I die-cut the Hibiscus Frame die from the main alcohol ink panel and reserved the negatives. I die-cut the leaves of the Hibiscus Frame die from part of the green section. I also cut the same die from a piece of white cardstock. I laid the white die-cut outline guide over a white cardbase and used liquid adhesive to carefully inlay each negative pieces of the alcohol inked hibiscus. Once all the pieces were in I carefully removed the white outline guide and then placed a stack of clean acrylic blocks over the alcohol ink design while it dried.
While it was drying I die-cut the center of the flower and the sentiment with gold glitter paper. After it was totally dry I used foam mounting tape to adhere the flower center and liquid adhesive for the sentiment! The glitter paper perfectly matches the foil!
My second card uses the leftover alcohol ink die-cut outline to create a shaker card! I adhered a piece of acetate behind the alcohol inked hibiscus, added a double layer of foam mounting tape and filled it liberally with rose gold, red, yellow, orange, iridescent clear sequins, and clear confetti before sealing it up with a panel of red glitter paper.
I adhered the shaker to a black cardstock panel. Next I die-cut the Good Vibes sentiment and the flower center from black and gold glitter cardstock and adhered them to the card. I used regular adhesive for the flower center and foam mounting tape for the sentiment.
My last card might be my very favorite! I die-cut the Hibiscus Frame twice from my alcohol inked background and reserved the negatives. Then I die-cut the frame offset twice from a panel of black cardstock. I liberally applied adhesive to a white cardbase and then adhered the black cardstock panel over it. Then I carefully inlaid each alcohol inked piece into the frame openings to complete the flower. Then I die-cut the frame twice from gold glitter paper and once from the green alcohol inked section, inlaid those pieces, and then trimmed off the excess.
Next I die-cut the sentiment from Everett Solid Letters once using gold glitter paper and three times using black cardstock. I adhered them together to create a thicker embellishment and then adhered it to the card. Finally I added a few nuvo drops to finish the card! Definitely puts me in the mood for a tropical vacation! 😉 What about you?
Check out the Good Vibes 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 PUFFY on any purchase at Simon Says Stamp this weekend for your gift!
To celebrate the Good Vibes 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 24th, 2018! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday. Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Amanda!! If you get lost or encounter a broken link, here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kristina Werner
- Cathy Zielske
- Nichol Spohr
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Amanda Korotkova
- Suzy Plantamura
- Kathy Racoosin
- Anna Kossakovskaya
- Bibi Cameron
- Elena Salo
- Heather Hoffman
- Gayatri Murali
Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fantastic day, and enjoy the hop!
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Loved how you used the negative pieces from the hibiscus frame die on your card.
Your alcohol inked piece is just amazing. I love the vibrant rich colors! It was so perfect with the hibiscus. Wonderful cards
Jess, this is my favorite post on both hops! OMG you just blow me out of the water with your creations! You’ve got mad talent!
Thank you Jessica!
A lot of ways to use a great die!
Loved the White background hibiacus with Miss you sentiment! That red really pops!
Gorgeous cards! I love the bright reds for that gorgeous die cut! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your three cards are absolutely beautiful Jess, they have blown me away! This is such a pretty die but the way you have created three different looks is amazing. I don’t have time to visit everyone’s blogs, but I couldn’t not come over here and leave a comment for you. I love your cards, you rock! Lisa x
Alcohol ink with foil is the first way I have ever used alcohol ink and I can’t imagine it without the foil. I love how your projects turned out, yes, especially the last one, but I personally would have had a very hard time cutting my beautiful alcohol panels up with the die. I will get over that fear soon…lol. Love your cards; thanks for the inspiration!!
Those cards are beautiful!
Love, love, love the black card with the inlaid flower! Absolutely gorgeous!
Wow!! You are really rocking this new release with all your amazing cards!!
These are beautiful! Love the alcohol ink piece for the flower.
Jessica your cards are gorgeous! I love the vibrancy alcohol inks yield. Thanks for sharing with us.
love love love the hibiscus
These are so beautiful! I love the good vibes one too.
WOW your cards are fabulous
Like the wonderful vibrant colors of the creations.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Beautiful, bold cards! You did a great job highlighting the hibiscus die.
Wow! You really created a great background to use with the new SSS die!! So much color and shine! And it really looks fantastic with the gold glitter paper!!
Gorgeous cards, that’s such a pretty die 🙂
These cards are amazing! I honestly thought I didn’t like or need this die, but you may have just changed my mind! This was a great idea for using this die!!!
Fabulous cards! Fabulous release and hop!!
Jess,
Gorgeous flowers cards. I can almost feel the texture of the flowers. Great choice to use the alcohol inks.
Amy
ooooooh, I love your glittery, sparkly cards!