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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Love this elegant card!
Beautiful! I love the red coloring of the flowers with the gold embossing.
The gold embossing and your coloring are just so beautiful. Love this card.
So pretty with the gold!
Your card done with colored pencils against your gray background is stunning. Beautiful color choices. Thank you so much for sharing
Stunningly beautiful card, love the gold embossing with the coloured pencils on grey cardstock. Very inspiring!
I love Love LOVE your Stunning card!!
Jessica, your coloring is stunning. This is beautiful. I followed back to your two previous cards with this release and they too are amazing
One of the prettiest!
How elegant and LOVEly!!! This should be framed!!
What a gorgeous card! Love how you created it on the slate Cardstock.
Thanks for sharing…
The pinky-red colors of the flowers are beautiful, especially on the grey cardstock! Your coloring is always amazing, no matter the medium you use.
Stunning! I could frame your card, it’s so beautiful! Love colored pencils on dark card stock and the gold outlines. Wow! TFS
Fantastic card! I love the gold on the grey – beautiful. And such wonderful colouring.
GORGEOUS!! Your use of colour is always stunning Jess, that shows this card again. Thank you so much for sharing and have a wonderful weekend.
Wow, this is just gorgeous – that gold on the dark Cardstock is stunning
Love the dark grey background and the way the pink flowers pop against it. This card is really gorgeous!
What a gorgeous card! I love the beautiful color combination!
Absolutely beautiful!! Love those colors on the dark card stock!
Absolutely gorgeous! Love the coloring on dark card stock! So pretty!
Love the one layer cards. I would never try
one with this amount of coloring though – my
coloring sucks. thanks for sharing
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Oh, no….don’t tell me that the Luminance pencils are now your favorite. I just can’t….but wow, your card is, well, glowing.
So pretty! I love the gold embossing.
The gold embossing on that grey paper, and then colored with those amazing pencils? This card is over the top for me! So gorgeous!
Awesome You Are Loved release! AWESOME creation! I especially love your layout and coloring with the pencils!