Good morning! It’s a busy on the blog today and we’re kicking it off with the Pinkfresh Studio Birthday Bash blog hop! I’m so thrilled to be invited to hop along with the super talented Pinkfresh Studio design team to help them celebrate their 4th birthday! And what’s a birthday without prizes?! Pinkfresh Studio has some amazing giveaways going on and you can find all the details at the bottom of my post! I created two cards today using some of their gorgeous stamps…here’s the first:
When I saw this adorable mouse stamp from Happy Everything I thought he’d be perfect for a galaxy scene using the Word Series: Dream set! I started by stamping the mouse with copic-friendly intense ink and then I colored him with copics. I cut him out and added spectrum noir clear sparkle so he’d be sparkly! I also stamped my sentiment onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. Then it was time for my galaxy!
I blended mustard seed, chipped sapphire, wilted violet, picked raspberry, peacock feathers, blueprint sketch, and black soot distress inks onto a piece of bristol smooth cardstock and then spritzed them with water to create stars and galaxies in the distance. Then I smooshed black soot distress ink onto a craft mat, spritzed it with iridescent shimmer spray and water, and pressed the panel into the craft mat to create a little more dimension and texture. I let that dry and then sprayed the panel with shimmer spray, white spray, gold spray, and black spray. I let it dry completely and then stamped the stars with versamark and heat-embossed them with white and silver embossing powder. I also added a few dots of white gel pen to create more stars. Finally I added the tiny mouse and my sentiment with foam mounting tape. I love how he’s looking up at the sky! 🙂
My second card is a little more straightforward but for fun I used the same shades of blues, purples, and yellows from my first card. I stamped the Floral Background stamp onto watercolor paper with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. I watercolored the flowers with my mijello mission gold watercolors and let them dry before going over them with a spectrum noir clear sparkle pen.
Once it dried completely I trimmed it down and adhered it to a black card base. I stamped the sentiment from Word Series: Believe onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. I trimmed that down to a label and adhered it to the card! And that’s it! They’re very different cards and yet they kinda work together which is neat! 🙂
Pinkfresh Studio is generously giving each stop on the hop a $40 gift card to give away to one lucky random commenter! Please leave your comments before 9AM EST April 9th, 2018 and the winner will be announced later that day on the Pinkfresh Studio blog! Here are all the stops on the hop:
- Pinkfresh Blog
- Adrienne Alvis
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Vicky Papaioannou
- Amanda Baldwin
- Amy Tsuruta
- Ashley Horton
- Crystal Thompson
- Melissa Bickford
- Erum Tasneem
- Flora Farkas
- Lea Lawson
- Heather Hoffman
- Kathleen Gramuller
- Lorilei Murphy
- Laura Bassen
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Veera Saarivuo
- Zsoka Marko
- Isha Gupta
- Elsie Robinson
- Elena Roussakis
And there are more giveaways over on the Pinkfresh Studio blog and their instagram so make sure to head over and check them out!!
Thank you so much for stopping by and have a fabulous Monday!
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Love this little mouse and the galaxy background is so gorgeous!
The little mouse looking at the solar system
is darling. The colors in the sky are fantastic.
thanks for sharing.
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I love how diverse these 2 cards are…may favourite is the first one as I just love anything with stars
Beautiful cards!! Love the little mouse and gorgeous background!!
Your cards are lovely. I’ve not been successful embossing with white so I suppose it’s practice, practice and more practice. Thanks for sharing and for a chance to win in the hop.
Fantastic cards! Amazing background on the first and gorgeous floral composition on the second.
The flowers are really pretty and I love your sky.
Your cards are beautiful !
Love both cards. The Floral Background stamp is gorgeous, and your bold coloring is beautiful.
Your first card is just adorable. I love the galaxy background. Your flower card is beautiful. I have not tried watercolors yet. Thanks for sharing your supply list.
Just ordered a bunch of Distress inks! Going to use these ideas!
That little mouse is just THE sweetest! Your galaxy BG is so awesome. And the florals, well, I love purple, so I’m smitten with that pretty card.
The mouse is too cute!
Beautiful cards Jessica! Love that sweet mouse!
Beautiful floral card!!
Wowww es un fondo increible el que ha logrado con las tintas es impresionante y los sellos pintados con acuarela quedaron fabulosas muchas gracias por compartir su creatividad saludos desde Chile
Your card is so beautiful, thanks for sharing!
Oh, that tiny mouse is too adorable! Love the fun galaxy background he’s gazing up at, too. Your second card is gorgeous with all those rich purple hues. Thanks for sharing these inspiring projects!
Beautiful cards as always !!! Just one query… Why does a mouse look so cute on card and so frightening in real ?
Nice cards! I love the encouragement!
The galaxy card is super – I’ve been wanting to try that technique. And love the purple shades in the floral card. Thanks!
I loved your cards! I’m a purple kind of girl, so the color palette for both cards was beautiful!
These cards are so fun.
Fantastic galaxy!!!! All of your work is amazing!!