Good morning! I am thrilled to be joining some super talented ladies to celebrate the New Beginnings release from Simon Says Stamp! Have you checked out the release yet? Go ahead…I’ll wait! 😉
So I fell hard for the More Spring Flowers set as soon as I saw it. You can find my first card using it here. Today I wanted to go for a set of CAS cards using a pop of color to make a statement! For the first card I stamped the sentiment from Hand Lettered Encouragement with Simon Says Stamp copic-friendly Intense Black ink. Then I stamped the crocus flowers and foliage around the sentiment using the same black ink. In case you’re wondering, I intentionally left the flowers disconnected from the foliage…I tried it both ways and preferred them like this. 😉 Then I used copic markers to color the crocuses but left the foliage black and white so the flowers would really pop.
For my second card I did a very similar design but I used white embossing on kraft cardstock. I stamped the sentiment and florals with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.
After the image was heat-embossed I decided to try coloring the flowers using the exact same copic markers. It resulted in a totally different but pretty look! I don’t think I’ve ever tried using copics on kraft cardstock…but I might have to try it again in the future! 😉
I hope you enjoyed my cards and I’d love to know if you prefer one look over the other! 🙂
And what’s a hop without a giveaway, right? Simon Says Stamp has generously offered a $25 gift card to EVERY stop on the hop!! All you need to do is visit and leave a comment on each blog. The winners will be randomly selected from each blog and announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog! In case you encounter a broken link here is the full hop list:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Kristina Werner
- Laura Bassen
- Yana Smakula
- Debby Hughes
- Nichol Spohr
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Heather Hoffman
- Amy Rysavy
- Heather Ruwe
- Nina Marie Trapani
- Suzy Plantamura
- Kathy Racoosin
- Barb Engler
- Shari Carroll
I also have an instagram giveaway running this weekend for the full set of Simon Says Stamp inks that were released as part of the New Beginnings collection! You can visit my instagram and look for the ink pad photo to enter!
Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous day! If this is your first time visiting my blog I hope you’ll come back! You can subscribe to my blog via the sidebar on the right or find me on Instagram and Youtube. Happy Hopping!
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I love your clean and simple cards…they are so beautiful, they need no other decoration. Thank you.
I like the different look you get using ‘kraft’ and white cardstock. Such a pretty stamp.
Love the look on Kraft. Beautiful flowers.
I love the white outline! Good idea!
Lovely – like the look on kraft cs.
Oooh so pretty! I love spring flowers! In the South, we are so blessed right now; everything seems to have bloomed early. It’s gorgeous here and your cards really capture that spring beauty.
The white against the kraft cardstock looks so striking!
Very nice, like the cas on raft paper look
So pretty…thank you for sharing!
Love ❤️ how simple and elegant your cards are. Beautiful!
Love your cards! 🙂
i’m really liking the kraft cardstock with those beautiful spring flowers and very welcomed sentiments.
Those are such lovely cards – I love how clean looking they are. Thanks for sharing.
Oh so pretty Jessica!! TFS
Love the clean and simple look of the card. Great job!
Love how clean and simple this card is yet so pretty
Love the CAS look of both… but if you are asking for preference I love the white…. don’t get me wrong the kraft is beautiful but the white just pops in this case. Thanks so much for sharing.
Beautiful cards. I like how you colored the flowers.
Both cards are very beautiful!!!
So pretty…love the flower stamps and the sentiments and how you stamped off part of the stamps! Beautiful!
I LOVE the colors on both the white AND the kraft paper. So classy looking!
Thanks for showing us how amazing this flower stamp can look on different types of card background. Thanks for the inspiration:)
Who doesn’t love to see crocus flowers at this time of year? You have paired them with just the right sentiments to send a message simply yet beautifully. Thanks for sharing!
Pretty card!
Like them both very much.