Good morning! I was honored to guest-design for Maria and Krumspring Stamps last spring and am so excited to be a stop on the Anniversary Blog Hop! There are 8 new stamps sets available now and I’m using the fabulous Drinks Are On Me for my card!
We’re reaching the end of the summer here but tropical drinks are good all year long and this stamp set is perfect for making a bright and cheerful cocktail card! I started by stamping the glasses across a piece of distress watercolor paper with versamark and then heat-embossed them with silver embossing powder. Next I watercolored the drinks with picked raspberry, abandoned coral, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, and peacock feathers distress ink. I concentrated the color on the left side of each glass and then used water to blend it out to the other side of the glass resulting in a little bit of soft shading! Next I applied spectrum noir clear sparkle to each drink and then added a layer of nuvo crystal glaze to each glass. I set that aside to dry overnight while I worked on the rest of the card.
Next I stamped the little citrus slices, straws, and hibiscus flowers on a scrap piece of watercolor paper and heat-embossed them with the same silver embossing powder (on a side note, the orange slices appear to be heat-embossed with gold embossing powder but I think that’s just a result of slightly sloppy watercoloring…oops). I watercolored them with distress inks, let them dry, and then fussy cut them. The next morning I stamped the sentiments onto black cardstock and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. I trimmed them down to labels and adhered them to the (now dried) background panel. Then I used a mixture of regular adhesive and foam mounting tape to add the slices, straws, and flowers to my drinks. Finally I applied a layer of nuvo crystal glaze to the drink decorations and let them dry completely. Once everything was dried I trimmed my panel down by an 1/8th of an inch on both sides and mounted it to a black card panel. This wasn’t the fastest card to put together but I really love how it turned out. All those extra applications of crystal glaze and spectrum noir clear sparkle were totally worth it! 😉
To celebrate the first anniversary of Krumspring Stamps Maria is giving away a $10 gift certificate for each stop on the hop! Leave a comment on each stop for 16 chances to win a $10 gift certificate OR the grand prize – which is a Prize Packet containing lots of Krumspring Stamps! The giveaway ends August 23rd at 12 pm Central European Time (7AM EST). Winners will be announced on the Krumspring Blog later that day! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Krumspring Blog (Maria)
- Vera Rhuhay
- Michelle Short
- Amy Yang
- Tina Krauer
- Niki Bee
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Anna Kossakovskaya
- Kathy Racoosin
- Amy Lee
- Natalie Elphinstone
- Mayline Jung
- Keeway Tsao
- Amy Kolling
- Birka Reinitz
- Dana Gong
Thank you so much for visiting and have a fabulous day! If this is your first time stopping by my blog I hope you’ll come back again soon!
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!
 Krumspring Stamps Drinks Are On Me Shop at: KS |
 Versamark Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Tim Holtz Abandoned Coral Mini Distress Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Mini Distress Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Picked Raspberry Mini Distress Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Squeezed Lemonade Mini Distress Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Mini Distress Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Silver Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Tim Holtz 8.5″x11″ Distress Watercolor Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Fiskars Titanium No. 5 Micro Tip Scissors Shop at: SSS |
 Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS |
 Wagner Precision Heat Gun Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Round 4 Shop at: SSS |
 Mini MISTI Precision Stamper Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios Crystal Glaze Shop at: SSS |
 Scotch Foam Mounting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Scotch ATG Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
I am in love with all the colors on your card! It is beautiful! Thanks for sharing your talents.
This so colorful. I want to drink a cocktail. 😀
Greetings Danie
Love all the colours. Makes me happy!!
Such an awesome card Jess, it’s a party on a card!
P.S. Thank you so much for the awesome pretty mail!!!
LOVE this stamp and your creation. Drinks on Me would work for so many of my friends LOL!
Great card!
This card is truly amazing ! The colours are exquisite and totally takes me away to a tropical island where I could sip colourful drinks on a beach aaaaall day long 😉 thank you so much for participating Jessica. xo Maria
Such a happy colourful card.
So colorful! Beautiful and thanks for the inspiration!
The coloring is fantastic.
Great card.
thanks for sharing.
I think this card can be used any time of the year because these drinks are always welcome! And they make beautiful art 😊!! It would be great in the winter for someone going on a cruise (that’s really the only time I had drinks like this🍹🛳🏝) or tropical vacation. Love your coloring, thank you.
I loved this fresh n juicy card a lot !
and cheers to you for a great card!
How fun! The bright colors and details make this card extra special.
I never knew that drinks could be so colorful, but I like your pallette! A cool and summery breezy card. Thanks.
Love your drinks… I find it so hard to color “something in glasses”, but you did an amazing and inspiring job…
What a fun card! It looks fantastic with your colourful colouring. TFS!
So pretty and beautifully coloured card.
What beautiful colors. Makes me long for Hawaii.
Love the coloring on this fun card! The Drinks are on Me set is so cute… love it!
Fun, summery, girly, colorful, birthday card. What’s not to love 😍
There is always time for some party! 🙂 Colourful summer card. I like it!
For sure I’ll come back soon, ’cause your colouring is amazing 🙂