Good morning! Today I’m hopping along to celebrate the March release from Pinkfresh Studio and it is full of gorgeous florals!! I’m sharing a card using the pretty Bougainvillea cling stamp!
To start I smooshed distress inks in dried marigold, festive berries, and abandoned coral onto a piece of scrap plastic and then pressed it to a piece of watercolor paper. I repeated the process a few times until I had a soft background. Then I stamped the Bougainvillea cling stamp onto the paper and heat-embossed it with gold glitter embossing powder.
I watercolored the flowers with abandoned coral and festive berries distress ink and the foliage with chipped sapphire and black soot distress ink but realized quickly that I had applied too much color in my first layer and hadn’t given myself much room to go from there. So I switched to using copic markers to add some shading to the leaves and petals. I wish I could have finished the card with watercolors but it’s good to be flexible, right?!
Once my panel was done I trimmed it down to 4″ by 5.25″ and adhered it to a navy card base. I stamped a sentiment from My Favorite Things to Say Volume 2 heat-embossed with gold embossing powder on navy cardstock. Then I added a tangle of gold thread onto the back and adhered it to the panel with foam mounting tape. A few metallic gold sequins finished the card with a little extra sparkle!
And that’s it for me! Make sure to check out the new release and all the giveaway details below!
To celebrate the release, Pinkfresh Studio is hosting several giveaways! They will be giving away the full release on their blog and YouTube channel and ten $25 gift cards! Make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop for the most chances to win! Please comment before April 4th and the winners will be announced on the Pinkfresh Studio blog on April 5th! You can find the hop list below!
Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!!
Your cards are very colorful and creative.
Love this release!
I love this card, the colors are a little different than normal, but again, I love it; also, the sentiment expresses a beautiful thought in a poetic way. Perfect. Thanks for the inspo.
stunning watercolouring, love the touch of copic shading too!
Beautiful card, Jessica!
Your card is so lovely…the color combo is striking. tfs-stay well.
So many ideas in one great card! I really appreciate the great inspiration! And your colors…!
Beautiful inspiration!
Stunning color palette, so elegant!
Love your choice of colors, so different but beautiful.
Beautiful card. I like your use of the gold thread to add more interest.
Such a different and unexpected color palette, but such an oh-so striking result!
Love the color combination.
Absolutely stunning!!! TFS! Big Hugs!
What a dazzling card. That red really stands out with the beautiful gray.
I love this striking card, Jess! Gorgeous vibrant colours on the flowers and soft background!! Thanks so much for the great inspiration!! Stay safe! 🙂
Beautiful watercoloring. Stunning card.
Your cards are always beautiful!
A lovely card and yes, it’s good to be flexible! Thanks for the inspiration. 😍
Stunning!
So lovely! Cute and gorgeous card!
Valerija xx
Jess you always hit the ball out of the park! Beautiful card!
Beautiful card!
Just a gorgeous card! The colors you’ve chosen look beautiful together, & the gold glitter embossing is so pretty. Lovely!
Your card is stunning!!