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!!!
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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!
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Love the coloring and composition on your fun card.
Love your use of the watercolors. Excellent and so beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
All 3 cards are so bright and cheerful!!! Just lovely!
The coloring on your floral card is insanely beautiful!!
Wow! your coloring is freaking amazing!!
The time it took to color all the flowers on the first card was definitely time well spent!! The TWO cards you got from it are absolutely stunning! The colors are so vibrant! The cards are show-stoppers! And the last card is as fun as the others are beautiful!!
What a great collection to celebrate this new SSS release!
The colors are AMAZING. I absolutely LOVE the “hello” card with the simple, vibrant strip of floral on the white card base… So simple, yet so impressive.
Wow, Jessica, what FABULOUS cards! Such beautiful colors. You always rock it, girl. =)
Your coloring on this floral background is stunning! It was worth the time it took, so pretty. Fun idea to use the tubes as paint, so cute.
Stunning cards. I love the vivid colors and the beautiful styles. Your coloring is amazing.
Beautiful and gorgeous. I like the vibrant colors.
What a lot of talent there is in this blog hop!!! My goodness woman….I love how you used color…..every card is just gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful work today. Have a wonderful weekend. Hugs!
I can’t stop looking at your floral cards. WOW.
Love the Floral Mix background stamp and your coloring makes it jumps off the page. So beautiful.
Love your cards!
What fun and fabulous cards. You colored them perfectly.
I love when you can get more than one card out of something you spent a lot of time and effort on.
I would love to know the Copic colors used in this card. Stunning!
I love the bright colors and the stamp set is awesome. Your cards are just beautiful!
Beautiful cards. Those flowers look fantastic against the blue background. I really like the strip added to the white card.
Love the flower card! The colors are amazing!
Your cards are so dynamic and vibrant! Beautiful job. Great use of the SSS products. Thanks for sharing your creativity!
Wow! Gorgeous!
Very bright and vibrant cards. This release has so many lovely stamps and dies
Wow! The coloring you did with that floral mix stamp is amazing and so vibrant. Like the way you used the leftover piece to create a border for the second card. Thanks for sharing!
Such a “eye candy” card. Love all the intense colors. Great job.