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Simon Says Stamp New Beginnings Release

8 Mar

Hello!  I’m sneaking in with a late night post to tell you of the brand new ‘New Beginnings’ release from Simon Says Stamp that’s available right now!  This release is full of gorgeous stamps, dies, inks and embellishments!  Tonight I’m sharing a card featuring my favorite new set, More Spring Flowers!

Hey Sunshine by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Simon Says Stamp

Some of you may have seen me sneak these flowers on Instagram yesterday and I couldn’t wait to make them into cards!  I started by stamping the flowers on to watercolor paper with versamark and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder.  Next I used my zig markers to watercolor the flowers.  I used dark pink and red carmine on the the left flower and sugared almond pink and peach pink on the right flower.  I added a little color to the darkest area of the petal and then blended it out with a damp paintbrush.  I used to use a waterbrush to do this but I’ve since learned that I have a lot more control of the color if I use a damp paintbrush instead!

I used the coordinating dies to die-cut each flower and then set them aside while I worked on the background of my card.  I started by blending distress ink onto watercolor paper.  From the top down I used spun sugar, picked raspberry, abandoned coral, and festive berries.  I dried it with my heat gun and then prepped it with a powder tool.  Next I stamped the foliage from More Spring Flowers and the older set, Spring Flowers, onto the background with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  I also stamped the sentiment from HandLettered Encouragement onto vellum with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  I trimmed the vellum down to a fishtail banner and then adhered it to the back of one of my flowers.  Then I used a combination of regular ATG adhesive and foam mounting tape to adhere the flowers to the background.  Finally I added a sprinkling of sparkling clear sequins to finish the card!

Hey Sunshine by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Simon Says StampI’ll be back to share more cards using products from this release later this week but head over to Simon Says Stamp and check it out!  My other favorites from this release are the beautiful new ink colors, the Starfish sequins mix, Hope Blooms, Somebunny Special, and Spring Seeds!  Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!  Happy shopping! 😉

suppliesInterested 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!

Simon Says Stamps And Dies MORE SPRING FLOWERS Set293MSF New Beginnings
Simon Says Clear Stamps MORE SPRING FLOWERS SSS101703 New Beginnings
Simon Says Stamp MORE SPRING FLOWERS Wafer Dies SSSD111699 New Beginnings
Simon Says Clear Stamps HANDLETTERED ENCOURAGEMENT SSS101705 New Beginnings
Simon Says Clear Stamps SPRING FLOWERS SSS101595
Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad Set BLOOMING MEADOW Set294BM New Beginnings
Simon Says Stamps And Dies HOPE BLOOMS Set288HB New Beginnings
Simon Says Clear Stamps HOPE BLOOMS SSS101729 New Beginnings
Simon Says Clear Stamps SOME BUNNY SPECIAL SSS101716 New Beginnings
Simon Says Stamps And Dies SPRING SEEDS Set290SS New Beginnings
Simon Says Clear Stamps SPRING SEEDS SSS101700 New Beginnings
Simon Says Stamp SPRING SEEDS Wafer Dies SSSD111696 New Beginnings
Simon Says Stamp STARFISH Sequins STRF17 New Beginnings
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SPUN SUGAR Ranger TDP40194
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad ABANDONED CORAL Ranger TDP46769
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger TDP40088
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad FESTIVE BERRIES Ranger Winter TIM32861
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets
Simon Says Stamp VELLUM SSSVEL12 STAMPtember
Tim Holtz 8.5 X 11 DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger TDA53927
Arches HOT PRESSED WATERCOLOR PAD 9×12 inches 012890
Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 4 Round 300541
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker DARK PINK RB6000AT027
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker CARMINE RED RB6000AT022
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker SUGARED ALMOND PINK RB6000AT200
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker PEACH PINK RB6000AT202
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965
EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator 54-04002
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001
Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail WhiteEP2
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 Wagner
Ranger Inkssentials MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Adhesive .5oz GAC27898
Pretty Pink Posh SPARKLING CLEAR MIX Cupped Sequins PPP120
3M Scotch 1/2-Inch by 36-Yard Double-Sided Foam Tape
3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 0.25 Inch Adhesive Glue Gun
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  1. Michael Bakeler says

    March 8, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    So incredibly amazing and gorgeous! I love your work!

    Reply
  2. Kristina "CraftyPaws" says

    March 8, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    This is so beautiful! Takes my breath away.

    Reply
  3. Tami says

    March 8, 2017 at 10:38 pm

    Oh my your watercoloring with the Zig CC Markers is absolutely beautiful! Great work!!!

    Reply
  4. Betty says

    March 8, 2017 at 10:59 pm

    such a lovely card Jess – gorgeous coloring.

    Reply
  5. Candy Robinson says

    March 8, 2017 at 11:47 pm

    Wow. What an artistic Feat! I am truly impressed and wanna buy that stamp set n dies!

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  6. estherpatrick says

    March 9, 2017 at 1:39 am

    This is gorgeous, Jessica! Stunning use of colour, and the flowers are absolutely beautiful <3 Lovely card. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂

    Reply
  7. Dolly (scrapthat) says

    March 9, 2017 at 9:26 am

    Be still my beating heart!! That rose (and your coloring of it!) is SO lovely I can barely stand it!!

    Reply
  8. Shirley Qu-wannabecre8tive says

    March 10, 2017 at 11:41 am

    I love your card. Wow, the roses are gorgeous. Fabulous coloring.

    Reply
  9. Angela V says

    March 10, 2017 at 1:47 pm

    Beautiful bold card – love the depth you created with layering an monochromatic color palette! Fabulous!!!

    Reply
  10. Lillian Child says

    March 10, 2017 at 1:58 pm

    Your coloring skills just take my breath away … stunning results !!!

    Reply
  11. Dottie says

    March 10, 2017 at 4:36 pm

    I love the results of your watercoloring on the kraft paper. Kraft paper is one of my favorite papers to work on and your flowers turned out gorgeous. The other zig colored flowers were simply the tops!!!!

    Reply
  12. rochelle mcgriff says

    March 12, 2017 at 7:57 am

    Beautiful. Nice to see you use the zig pens. Thank you!

    Reply
  13. Celeste Goff says

    March 12, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    Just gorgeous! Such beautiful and vibrant color!

    Reply
  14. Kelly Shields says

    March 28, 2017 at 11:01 am

    Beautiful cards Jess love your work..Video’s??? yeah more video’s..lol..have a great day..

    Reply

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