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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Beautiful card!Love this Stamp set!
So beautiful!
Like the softness behind the gold
Love the encouraging sentiments in this set, your card is just lovely.
I am so inspired by all the beautiful cards on this blog hop.
Your card is lovely with the pink colors and of course, the shine from the gold embossing and the sequins, adds just enough sparkle.
I love this! The soft look you’ve achieved with this technique, along with the sparkly gold embossing, is so beautiful. One of my favorite interpretations of this stamp image so far.
Jess, your card is sssooo pretty. I love the colour and the colouring.
Very pretty card. I like the added color around the edges to soften the look.
Great card! I love the subtle color added after the embossing.
Gorgeous!!!
That is a gorgeous card. I love the soft coloring. This is such a beautiful stamp with wonderful sentiments.
So soft and sweet! The gold is beautiful. I love this stamp set!
Gorgeous card, I love the gold embossing over the soft beautiful colors. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the sweet look of this card. So nice!
Beautiful card! Love the gold on the pink.
Jessica you make it look so easy and your card is so gorgeous in the pinks with blue coloring!!
So lovely!
I love the pink backgrounds it makes the gold embossing pop! I am loving the stamp!
Beautiful card, Jess! I love the soft colors with the gold embossing!
so beautiful