Good morning! I am thrilled to be helping Picket Fence Studios celebrate their first birthday!! It’s hard to believe they’ve only been around for a year!! All month long they’re celebrating their birthdays with lots of guest designers and giveaways! At the end of my post I’ll share how to enter to win a $100 gift certificate to their shop! Anyway, I’ve created two cards today using one of their newer stamps and one of their older! Let’s start with the older Little Coral Girl!
Isn’t she adorable!? I started by stamping her on white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed her with clear embossing powder. Then I colored her with copics and die-cut her with the coordinating die. I also stamped the sentiment from Vortex of Fish onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder before die-cutting it to a thin label. I added a little crystal glaze to her tail, top, and flower and then sprinkled it with chunky and prisma glitter. I set her aside to dry while I worked on the rest of the card.
Next I created a fun swirly alcohol ink background using copic refills in BV02, BV04, and BV08 along with alcohol blending solution. While the ink was still wet I added touches of silver foil by pressing the foil to the sticky bits of ink. Once the panel was totally dry I inked the Vortex of Fish with alcohol lift ink and stamped it on the panel. I blotted off the excess ink and then rubbed the panel with a soft cloth to reveal the fishy pattern! I adhered the mermaid and sentiment with foam mounting tape to finish the card!
Next up is this stunning Botan Peony!! I love the huge size for coloring! I stamped the peony and a sentiment from A Dose of Vitamin Sea onto canson montval cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. Then I scribbled red and orange watercolor markers onto a piece of acetate, spritzed it with water and pressed it to the watercolor paper to create a soft background. I let that dry completely and then I watercolored the flower vibrantly with watercolor markers and a damp paintbrush!
Once the panel was dry I added a little darker shading with copic markers. Then I spritzed the panel with water, blotted the excess, and then splattered it with pink, black, and white paint to add a little contrast. Finally I added a few sparkling clear and matte black sequins with clear drops to finish the card!
I highly encourage you to check out Picket Fence Studios! They have a wide range of fabulous products and I’ll definitely be sharing more from them this month!
Picket Fence Studios has generously given me a $100 gift certificate to give away! I’ve decided to host the giveaway on my instagram account and you can find that at @jessicafrostballas! If you don’t have instagram please feel free to leave a comment here letting me know and I’ll include in you the giveaway as well! 🙂 The giveaway will close at 11:59PM on May 5th, 2019! Good luck!
Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous day!
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Both cards are fabulous. But the mermaid is my favorite. She’s so beautiful!!
Both cards are just lovely. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Such pretty cards! Thank you for the inspiration!
Fantastic cards!
Happy 1st birthday Picket Fence! I thought you only did brushes😀 I love discovering new companies and products. Thanks for allowing those of us without Instagram to be able to still be in the running for this amazing prize.
wow your cards are gorgeous – LOVE the coloring on the flower!!
I don’t have an instagram account but would love to be entered for the giveaway!
Your cards are always so lovely!
Been apprehensive at wanting to branch out and work with alcohol inks other than copics… You’ve inspired me to give it a try. I’ve got nothing to lose!
I don’t have an Instagram account, and LOVE Picket Fence! Please enter me for the drawing! Thanks, Rhonda
Absolutely love the techniques you have done to create these amazing cards. Just stunning. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Jessica,
Oh my! Your cards are fabulous…each so different and beautiful! Thanks for sharing your technique too – I am inspired to try that alcohol lift ink.😉
I’m not able to comment on Instagram…so here I am!😻
Her sparkles look just perfect for a mermaid. Love everything about this!
You are just great at coloring hair-it is shiny, and shows the light reflecting off of it. The water and fish are a great background for her too.
Jessica, that mermaid looks like you a little bit. So adorable. Great cards.
Your mermaid is adorable and I love how you used the vortex of fish around her. Gorgeous color on the peony — thanks for sharing your creations!
Beautiful cards.. Amazing coloring.. Thanks for the inspiration..
Love the darling
Mermaid and the
flowers are gorgeous!
Carla from c
The print is amazing! Thanks for sharing your technique. Can’t wait to try it!
Beautiful cards, Jessica! The mermaid is so pretty with the sparkle added to her tail and flowers. I love what you’ve done with the alcohol ink background, especially the technique used to add the fish – really cool! I don’t have an instagram account but would like to be included in the giveaway.
I love the fishy background for the mermaid card! Your second card has stunning colouring! Please include me in the giveaway – I hadn’t heard of Picket Fence Studio until today and I am so glad I’ve found them now!
Your cards are so pretty! I love how you addedthose fish on the first card. 🙂
That little mermaid is simply magical with all the shimmer, Jessica … and the bold bloom is stunning, there’s such a wonderful sense of drifting movement about it! I’m not on Instagram … but would be delighted if you would include me in the draw! Anita 🙂
Beautiful cards!! I love your backgrounds!! Amazing!!
FABULOUS card
No Instagram. Love your cards. What a lovely little mermaid and subtle fish in the background. Beautiful!