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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I like both cards so much.
So different but beautiful colour combination.
Thanks for this opportunity.
Nunzia
Both cards are amazing! I love the galaxy background and the floral colors and design of your second card.
Beautiful cards. I love the mouse and the saying. Is great.
Love the mouse!
Great cards – that mouse is too die for!!
Beautiful night sky and watercolor florals on your cards
1. adorable and 2. gorgeous coloring!
Love the mouse card! I want to use that technique!
Your floral card is gorgeous, but I am just in love with your mousy and galaxy!
Blues, purples, yellows… Oh my! Gorgeous floral card!
Love the colors in the second card and your galaxy background in the first card.
Great cards – love the mouse and the galaxy background.
Your galaxy is gorgeous and the mouse is adorable!
I ALSO LOVE THE MOUSE IN YOUR CARD! tHE GALAXY IS REALLY AMAZING ALSO! GREAT CARDS!!
Love both your cards Jessica! I especially love the addition of the mouse to your galaxy card! Your galaxy is amazing!
Love the galaxy card with all the layers and textures.
Such unique and amazing cards!!
Great creativity and I especially love your floral card! That background is gorgeous!
Jessica, your little mouse card is so cute! Your background is amazing!! Your flower card is so beautiful! Your water coloring is superb…love it!!
Your cards are very beatiful! I am just getting into card making and your work is very inspiring 😁
The mouse card is adorable. It would be good for a graduation card.
Love the little mouse!
Galaxies, litle mice, stars and flowers! How absolutely random, but what lovely cards you have created! ( I LOVE that little mouse!)
Your floral card is very pretty & feminine but that galaxy background in your first card is amazing!
Hi Jess,
Oh I love the Dream Big card, that little mouse and that sentiment are perfect. Thanks for the inspiration and the good advice.
Take care
Tracy