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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Beautiful!! I definitely prefer the kraft better!!
Beautiful card!!!
Love the contrasting cards!
What a great release. Thanks for the inspiration
Oh love these simply beautiful cards ! Love your clean and simple designs . Wonderful colouring gives a lovely pop of colour ! Looks great on the kraft too! These are very pretty stamps x
Love your cards for their gorgeous simplicity!
Love your cards for their awesomely beautiful simplicity!
WOW your card is beautiful!!! Love it and this new release:)
Both your cards here are super, the crocuses are so cute and one of my fav first bloomers. I like the look on the kraft CS as well.
Wonderful CAS cards! Thanks for sharing it in kraft too!
I love the white heat embossing and the copic coloring on the kraft cardstock!
Great use of Kraft paper
I think I like it best on white. Having said that the Kraft is pretty too
Crocus are my favorite sign of Spring. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us.
I love crocuses and love how you created the card on kraft cardstock.
I am in love with this release but especially with this stamp set. It is so versatile. Your cards are beautiful.
Both these cards are so pretty – love the different looks of color on white and kraft, but I love the clean and pretty card design! Can’t wait to use this stamp set!
Both of your cards are beautiful. I love the different look even though you used the same copic colors.
outstanding beautiful cards
Lovely card! Love the coloring and love how it looks just a bit different on different card stock.
So pretty.
These cards are so beautiful! I’m really loving the kraft one!
Wow! Love these simple, beautiful cards!
I love the variations you did of the same design on the cards. I love seeing the stamps used with different combinations. Beautiful!
Great cards! Thank you for sharing.