Good morning! I’m super excited to be a stop on the hop for the Simon Says Stamp Best Days Release blog hop!!
Have you checked out the new release yet? Here are some of my favorites:
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I’ve already shared a couple of cards using the new release here (along with a personal giveaway) 😉 and I’m sharing another pair of cards today!
I created a video for my two cards today that you can watch below or in HD at my YouTube channel here!
I was very inspired by a recent video from Kelly Latevola where she shares how to use copic coloring over distress oxides and I decided to try a similar technique using distress inks.
This was WAY out of my comfort zone but I’m so glad I gave it a try because I really had fun creating it! I started by smooshing distress inks onto a piece of watercolor paper. After I finished smooshing I stamped the images from Even More Spring Flowers onto the panel and heat-embossed them with detail black embossing powder. Then I added shading using copic markers slightly darker than the distress inks. I finished the card with a sentiment from CZ Design’s Emphatic set, a little bit of spectrum noir clear sparkle, and a few drops of nuvo crystal glaze!
My second card uses the same distress ink color palette but in a MUCH softer way!
For my second card I used masking to stamp and heat-emboss the flowers across the bottom of the panel. Then I used a light wash of distress inks to create an ombre pattern from the bottom of the panel up.
I combined sentiments from Emphatic and Big Thanks Words and stamped them with versamark before heat-embossing them with detail black embossing powder. Finally I added more shimmer with my spectrum noir clear sparkle brush and a few nuvo crystal glaze drops!
And that’s it! Lots of similarities in supplies for these cards but VERY different outcomes! Do you prefer one over the other? 😉
To celebrate the Best Days 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, March 10th! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday. You’re next stop on the hop is the super talented Suzy Plantamura! If you get lost or encounter a broken link, here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kristina Werner
- Cathy Zielske
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Kelly Latevola
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Suzy Plantamura
- Jean Manis
- Heather Ruwe
- Sarah J. Moerman
- Lorraine Aquilina
- Amy Kolling
- May Park
- Kathy Racoosin
Interested 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!!
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Wow – these are both stunning!
Such sweet cards!!! I love how soft your second card is.
Beautiful results, thank you for sharing the techniques. Distress ink is so much fun to play with!
I love the sentiments you chose for your designs! This new SSS release has so many interesting things that it is hard to fully appreciate them all unless we have great cards like yours to point out some of the smaller elements like the words. Thanks so much! Without you I might have missed them.
Gorgeous cards and techniques
Both cards are beautiful!
Beautiful cards. The colors are gorgeous.
So pretty, my favorite is the first one, love the rich colors.
Your cards are always inspiring. I love water coloring with distress inks but never tried shading with darker copies. Can’t wait to experimenting with the techniques in your videos. Thanks for sharing!
Both cards are amazing but I especially like the bright colored one. Those flowers just really pop on that card ! Thanks for sharing this technique!
Wow! those are very beautiful cards!! I think I am going to try that right now..
Love your cards. Your colour choices are so pretty. 🙂
These colors are beyond gorgeous.
Wow! Great job – this would really be out of my comfort zone!
Those distress ink cards never get old!!!
Such beautiful cards. So stunning.
Both cards are so striking! I love that you shared one that is soft and sweet and the other bold and vibrant. So fun to see the flexibility of the products.
Both of these cards a striking. I love the black embossing. Really pops.
Both cards are beautiful! I love how you added definition with your copic markers. Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful! Great techniques, thanks for sharing
Can’t choose between the two cards – they are both beautiful! Love the black sentiments – nice bold contrast to the background colours!
Beautiful cards! Fabulous release!
Gorgeous cards!! That red one is just stunning. I love how you stamped and heat embossed the outline of those beautiful flowers over the watercolouring. Awesome idea!
Love the beautiful and bright colors!
Wow!! stunning cards and gorgeous colors. I love how you used this lovely stamps set. Thanks for the inspiration.