Good morning! We are honored to be partnering with our good friends over at Pinkfresh Studios to release this amazingly gorgeous stamp set, You Make a Difference, as part of our ongoing 45th Anniversary celebration!
Here’s what I created using You Make a Difference:
I love the softness of the floral image and decided to to create a somewhat impressionistic card using soft blending and soft edges with a pop of sparkly gold. To start I placed the stamp in my MISTI and stamped it with a no-line ink onto strathmore bristol cardstock. I left the stamp on my MISTI lid and removed the cardstock. First I started by blending worn lipstick distress oxide ink around the edges of the stamp fading to light pink and white in the center.
Then I took tiny pointed cotton swabs, dipped them in various colors of distress oxide ink and used the tips to apply color to the flowers in light circular motions. I focused more of the color on the centers of the flowers and faded out to the edges. The edges aren’t perfect but that’s not what I was aiming for…I wanted that soft, unfocused look that just hints at the idea of flowers and foliage! Once I was happy with the color application I placed the panel back in my MISTI and restamped it with versamark before heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder. I also stamped the sentiment in the center with versamark and heat-embossed that with gold embossing powder to make the smaller words a little easier to read. Finally I trimmed the panel down, adhered it to a white card base, and finished the card with a few metallic gold sequins!
And that’s it!
To celebrate the release we have three great prizes! One random commenter will win the You Make a Difference stamp set, one will win a $25 gift card to Hero Arts and one will win a $25 gift card to Pinkfresh Studios!! Leave a comment on all the hop stops by Sunday, August 18 at 11:59pm PST and one winner will be chosen randomly from a hop stop and announced next week on the Hero blog!! You should have arrived from Jennifer and Kelly is your next stop!
Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fabulous day, and enjoy the hop!
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You always have such great designs, and this one is no exception. Really love this card.
Beautiful card Jess and I love the pink ink blending with the gold embossing. So pretty,
This card is beautiful – the details on this stamp are remarkable!
Jessica, such a beautiful encouragement card. I love the soft colors and gold embossing detail! The collaboration with Pink Fresh and Hero Arts is also an example of encouragement! Thank you for sharing your creativity with us!
Oh WOW!! Gorgeous , gorgeous card! I am loving this hop with all the different examples that you can use this stamp on!!
Very beautiful. Seems pretty easy to make this card.
This is so pretty with the ink blending and the embossing.
Lovely card! Thanks for sharing.
Simply beautiful! Sometimes we get so wrapped up to complex creations. Thanks for bringing back simple.
The gold and pastel pink are beautiful.
Beautiful card! I really like the technique…so unique and cool:)
This is lovely. All the pink with just the bits of color on some of the flowers is beautiful.
I love the look using the swabs. So soft. Beautiful cards.
What a beautiful soft card! I love the look!
Your card is beautiful, delicate and “sensitive.”
This card is elegant, delicate and “sensitive.” The stamp set is wonderful, too.
Love the soft colors you used for this beautiful card! Clever of you to use cotton swabs to color some of the flowers. Thanks for sharing!
Love this stamp set
Absolutely beautiful, Jessica! Love the ink blending and the gold embossing.
i recently found your blog. I am learning more about Pinkfresh and Hero Arts. Thanks for all your efforts.
OMG, how stunning is this card?! I love the beautiful softness and the gold embossing. The sentiment is my thoughts exactly I am a big fan of your creations.
Your card is so beautiful Love the pink and gold.
I really like the pink background. It is so soft. Great job.
I love the colors you chose with the gold embossing. So pretty!
The embossing is just fabulous. I love it.