Good morning! I’m super excited to be a stop on the hop for the Simon Says Stamp You Are Loved blog hop!
Have you checked out the release yet? It’s fabulous!!! It actually went live last month but in the excitement of the holidays we decided to share inspiration with you after the holidays! 😉
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I’ve already shared two cards using the new release here and today I’m sharing another card using the gorgeous So Loved set with colored pencils!
To start I stamped the flowers onto a panel of slate grey cardstock with SSS Barely Beige ink using my MISTI and then I left the stamps on the lid. Then I colored each flower with four caran d’ache luminance pencils. I laid down a layer of white and then used three shades of a peachy red to color each petal. I love the way these pencils blend so smoothly! And the best news: Simon Says Stamp now carries three sets! On a side note, I own and have used prismacolor and polychromos pencils but, hands down, the luminance are my FAVORITE! You can see another card using the luminance here!
Once I was done coloring I placed the panel back in my MISTI and restamped the flowers with versamark and heat-embossed them with gold tinsel embossing powder. Then I filled in the foliage and sentiment. I used the same gold tinsel embossing powder for the foliage and regular gold embossing powder for the sentiment! I love the pop of color and combining grey with gold! I’m looking forward to trying a similar card but with aqua and navy flowers! I hope this inspires you to try using colored pencils on colored cardstock for a vibrant design! And if you have any questions about the luminance pencils please feel free to ask!
Check out the You Are Loved 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 LVE584 on any purchase at Simon Says Stamp this weekend for your free Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink Pad!
To celebrate the You Are Loved 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, January 13th! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday, January 16th. Your next stop on the hop is the amazing 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
- Nichol Spohr
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Suzy Plantamura
- Amy Rysavy
- Lisa Addesa
- Heather Hoffman
- Marge Yoon
- Anna Kossakovskaya
- Karin Åkesdotter
- Bibi Cameron
- Barb Engler
- Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fantastic day, and enjoy the hop!
And some quick house-keeping! The winner of my Seasons Givings blog hop is sdjodoin! Please send me an email to claim your prize via the contact form above! Congratulations!
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Jessica your colored pencil work always blows me away… you are so talented! This card is just so beautiful and I love the pink colors against the dark gray cardstock. You’ve inspired me to try colored pencils on dark cardstock! 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Your color -mix is very beautiful and bright. I like them very much and you inspire me! Thanks for that.
Wow! So beautiful and amazing coloring!!
These colored pencils are amazing on the grey card stock – just beautiful!
WOW, what a fabulous card I love the colored pencils on the darker card stock and thanks for the details on how to achieve it…I’m going to have to order those pencils now haha.
You are so talented; I love what you create.
SQUEAL!! LOVE it!! Just BEAUTIFUL!! THANKS for sharing all of the AMAZING Inspiration and for the chance to WIN!! Have a FABULOUS Week!!
You seem to be just pasting the exact same comment on each blog. It’s really a shame that you are not even making an effort to appreciate the work done. Sorry Jessica, I don’t want to start drama, I just hate it when people don’t take the time to acknowledge an artists hard work.
Your coloring is fabulous. This is a beautiful card. I love the flowers. Thanks for explaining about laying down the white before the other colors.
Your coloring is awesome. I love this new stamp set!! Your choice of color is beautiful!!
Great cards and awesome coloring!
Gorgeous card! Love the gold, grey and peach combo. Your coloring is impeccable.
That is a such a beautiful card – I love the colouring of the flowers, and the elegance of the gold on the gray. Stunning!
Such a beautiful card!! So sweet! 🙂
Always STUNNING! I just love how you colored!
Beautiful colored pencil work on this gorgeous card! Have not tried Luminance pencils yet but hope to soon. Your results are awesome!!
Oh Jessica what a stunningly beautiful card, must admit though I can’t see the difference in the 2 gold EP you used, maybe due to me being on my mobile lol. I never thought of colouring the insides of the flowers in white first, genius, Thankyou for all the inspiration in 2018 and although I don’t comment that often I always see your posts. Happy 2019, xxx
Jessica, the flowers are amazing! The blending is suburb! Very pretty card!
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!! This is just gorgeous. I am going to have to practice with my colored pencils more….
What a great idea to emboss after coloring! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your card is absolutely stunning! Beautiful coloring.
The dark grey background is great with your amazing flowers. I can’t believe that you did that with colored pencils. They look incredible.
This card looks cool with gold embossing, you have got great coloring skills.
Wow! Just gorgeous! I love the coloring and then the gold embossing on top. Thanks for sharing your lovely work. Truly inspiring.
Absolutely stunning! The colors (& gold embossing) are simply fabulous.