Good morning! I’m super excited to be a stop on the hop for the Simon Says Stamp Blossoms and Butterflies blog hop!!
Have you checked out the new release yet? It’s FANTASTIC!!!
|
I’ve already shared two cards and a giveaway using the new release (find more details here) and today I’m sharing three more cards!
My first two cards feature the stunning Floral Mix background stamp! If some of these flowers look familiar it’s because they were featured in the older Spring and Summer flower sets! I just love how it’s been arranged to create this gorgeous layout! I stamped it onto white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. Next I colored it with copic markers. It took a few hours to get it finished but I love how it turned out!
I trimmed the panel down to 4″ by 5.25″ and added a black cardstock mat before adhering it to a white card base. Next I die-cut the sentiment outline with vellum and the sentiment with black cardstock. I wanted to keep the card simple and allow the panel to shine so I just adhered the sentiment over the panel and left it at that!
Meanwhile I took the panel leftovers and matted it with black cardstock. I adhered that to a card base for a CAS card. Then I used the same word die but this time I used black and white cardstock. I adhered them together and added them over the floral stripe.
I love when I can get two cards out of one panel; and especially with the time put into this card I didn’t want to waste any of it! 😉
Next I kept up my colorful vibe and thought a little out of the box with the new Wake Up and Make Up set! I decided that some of the tubes looked a little like paint tubes and decided to go in that direction! I stamped them with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. Then I watercolored them with Mission Gold watercolors and set them aside to dry.
Once it was dry I added a little copic coloring to the tubes to add shading and then covered the labels with a layer of spectrum noir clear sparkle! Then I stamped the sentiments onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. I die-cut them to a thin label with the Sentiment Label dies and adhered them to the card with foam mounting tape to finish the card!
Check out the Blossoms and Butterflies 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 BLSM999 on any purchase at Simon Says Stamp this weekend for your Unicorn Glitter Dust!!
To celebrate the Blossoms and Butterflies 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, April 14th! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday, April 17th. Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Suzy!! 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
- Cathy Zielske
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Nichol Spohr
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Suzy Plantamura
- Lisa Addesa
- Heather Ruwe
- Amy Rysavy
- Heather Hoffman
- Lea Lawson
Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fabulous day, and enjoy the hop!
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!
|
Gorgeous cards! I love the bright, bold colours on the flower cards!
Love both cards and your coloring is fantastic, as always!
So glad you’re part of this hop. I just found you via the link in the SSS email and love your work!
Your floral background is amazing!
Absolutely fabulous, Jessica! The vivid colours on the flowers just make them pop! LOVE!
Wow! The flower cards are spectacular. And you get two cards rather than one. Brilliant idea to use the tubes of makeup stamps for tubes of paint. Love it.
WOW! These cards are gorgeous!
What a clever take on the “wake up and make up” tubes! I love to think outside the box, keeps the creative juices going.
I love them all but that full floral, oh my! Gorgeous. Great job Jessica💜
Bright cheerful flower cards using the flower background stamp and the rainbow lipstick card is so smart.
i love them all!! i think of you almost every day as I go into my craftroom and see your cheery hello card hanging there. And then I stamp some more chrysanthemums and life is PERFECT lol. makeup. . .paint tubes . . . it’s all kind of the same thing. . .
Nice cards. I liked the leftover scrap hello the best.
Love all of your colorful cards!
Beautiful coloring. Amazing cards.
Wow, the color on that top card is stunning! Great job Jess!
Awesome cards Jess, I love the bright colours and colouring of your flowers. What a great idea what you did with the leftovers, that card is also awesome.
Thank you so much for sharing and have a great weekend.
Gorgeous coloring!! ❤️💙
Gorgeous coloring on your first card and I love your out-of-the-box thinking with the second one!
Love that the background stamp was developed from prior individual stamps. You’ve given me a few wonderful ideas to make cards.
I love the vibrancy of your cards.
I love, love, love the coloring you did on the flower cards! Wow! You give me something to work towards. I would love to get some of the flower stamps in this release! Thanks for sharing your talents!
Stunning! I love how you have colored these. So beautiful!
That floral background… wow! So beautiful!! 🙂
Beautiful colors! Love your cards!
Such vibrant, beautiful color. And the paint tube card, genius. Love your designs, always!