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Good morning! I am so thrilled to be helping Concord & 9th celebrate their first birthday! It’s hard to believe they’ve only been in the industry for a year because they’re everywhere (in a good way)! 😉 Greg and Angie are ridiculously kind and I love how supportive they are of crafters and other companies! I’m so thankful for the opportunity to join in on their month-long birthday bash! And, as with all great parties, there are prizes! You’ll find more information on that at the bottom of my post! 🙂
I’ve been a big fan of Concord & 9th ever since Kymona introduced me to them last September! Here are some of my favorite cards using their stamps and dies:
And here’s what I created for their birthday bash!
I wanted something bright and cheerful and I had a lot of fun getting distress ink all over my fingers (and some on my cards)!
For the first card I blended festive berries, picked raspberry, abandoned coral, and dried marigold distress ink onto a piece of cardstock. Then I flicked water over the card twice blotting the first drops after 10 seconds and the second drops after 30 seconds. Once it dried completely I flicked white paint over the card and let it dry overnight. The next day I prepped it with a powder tool and then stamped the flowers from Wildflower with versamark and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. Then I went over the flowers with a spectrum noir clear glitter brush for a little extra sparkle. Can you see all that shimmer?
I stamped the sentiment from Beautiful Words and Layers of Love onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. I fussy cut it to down to a label and adhered it to my card with foam mounting tape. To finish the card I added a mix of clear droplets and sparkling clear sequins.
For my second card I used seedless preserves, mermaid lagoon, and salty ocean distress ink. I used the same Wildflower stamp set for the background and Layers of Love for the sentiment.
So, happy birthday Concord & 9th!! I wish you MANY MANY more years of success!!
Concord & 9th has quite the birthday bash planned this month! Every day of August there’s a special guest (or two!) who will be giving away a $20 gift card to Concord & 9th! Leave a comment on my post before 11:59PM EST on August 8th for a chance to win! You can also visit the Concord & 9th blog to enter everyone’s giveaway each day! 😉
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FABULOUS -wonderful -amazing ! No other words than these!
Love the richness of the bright colors on these beautiful cards. Thank you for sharing!
I love the “know that you’re loved” sentiment. Have to do that one myself. Both cards are lovely!
Love your backgrounds with the flowers.
I love the variety of beautiful cards you made.
Gorgeous color choices and I love the Wildflower stamp set. Beautiful!
Gorgeous cards!!!
Gorgeous, love the backgrounds! Love the shimmer and sentiments. Congrats and a Happy 1st Birthday Angie and Greg!!!
Stunning color choices and beautiful designs.
Jessica, once again you created beautiful cards!!! You inspire me with your talent! Congratulations on being a part of this celebration, and thank you for the giveaway opportunity!!!!!
both cards are just gorgeous!
Hi Jessica ~ I. LOVE. THESE. CARDS!!! Distress Inks are one of my crafty addictions and the blending you’ve done with them here is absolute perfection. The (Happy Birthday!) Concord & 9th flower stamps are perfect for this style of card. Thanks so much for sharing and a BIG Happy 1st Birthday to Concord & 9th!! ~HUGS~
These cards will make anyone happy. The colors are perfect.
What beautiful pairing of colors!! Both new cards are terrific!!
Both cards are simply stunning, Jessica!!! Sending you lots of hugs!
I love the colors you’ve chosen for your Distressed backgrounds. They are stunning and display the Concord and 9th flowers so beautifully! This stamp set is one that I pull out time after time – so versatile and those flowers just make me smile! Great way to celebrate a very fun company!
Beautiful colorful cards, love them!
The cards are fab! I love your products and ideas.
Jess, these cards are FABULOUS, GORGEOUS and ELEGANT! I love your designs a lot 🙂
Love these cards and stamps!!
Ooooh love blended Distress Inks!!!!!! Gorgeous cards Jessica!
All your cards are STUNNING!! Love!
Beautiful cards!
Hey Jess, Your cards are so beautiful!! Your blending is SO good!! I have a such a hard time and it looks splotchy when I’m done. Do you have any tips for me?
I love your blog! I think you were the first person that I followed and I still love it!! If I don’t have a lot of time I make sure I read your blog. I don’t want to miss a thing!!
Thanks for sharing!
Fabulous cards!