Good morning! The Good Vibes collection from Simon Says Stamp is live now and it is FULL of must-haves! I have over 17 cards to share with you over the next few days but I’ll start with just four today (plus a giveaway at the bottom of this post)! Also, as a fun side note – the Dude card in the above photo is mine! 😉 Anyway, here’s a look at the amazing release!
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And here’s my first card using one of most gorgeous and unique floral stamps I’ve ever seen:
Isn’t that beautiful?! I love the unique combination of thick and thin lines. I started by using my MISTI to stamp the arrangement from Strangeness onto white cardstock with intense black ink. Then I simply colored it with copic markers! It took quite awhile but I love the end results! I used the following copic markers: R000, R20, R22, R24, R29, YR0000, Y21, G03, G16, and G19.
I didn’t want to take the focus off my floral arrangement so I simply die-cut the Big Friend word with black and white cardstock and stamped the rest of the sentiment from Vacation Time onto black cardstock with versamark before heat-embossing it with white embossing powder. I adhered the friend die with regular adhesive and used foam mounting tape for the rest of the sentiment.
Next up are a pair of cards created with Suzy’s Good Vibes watercolor prints!
I love using these watercolor cards for easy coloring! They’re perfect for this month’s The Daily Marker Coloring Challenge!
For the first card I watercolored the ocean print using distress inks. I used peacock feathers, mermaid lagoon, blueprint sketch, and chipped sapphire for the waves and squeezed lemonade, scattered straw, mustard seed, and dried marigold for the sun!
Once it was totally dry I added chunky glitter and prisma glitter along some of the image lines. I also added nuvo crystal glaze to some of the waves and sprinkled a little extra glitter onto the wet glaze. The shine and sparkle on this is SO much fun! To finish the card I simply trimmed it down and adhered it to a white card base!
For my second card I also used distress inks to color that adorable rainbow doodle. I used rainbow shades to continue the ROYGBIV from the actual rainbow to the sentiment. For this card I used candied apple, carved pumpkin, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, mermaid lagoon, blueprint sketch, dusty concord, and wilted violet distress inks. I also used a little hickory smoke to create shadows around the image.
Once it was dry I added prisma and chunky glitter to the lines of my rainbow and heart. I also added a few accents with a white gel pen. Then I added nuvo crystal glaze to the entire sentiment and sprinkled the wet glaze with a little bit of chunky and prisma glitter! Once it was dry I adhered the entire panel to a white card base.
My last card today uses another one of my release favorites, the Hibiscus Frame die:
I LOVE this hibiscus die…believe me, you’ll see it again from me VERY soon! 😉 For this card I decided to stick to some distress ink blending! I started by blending carved pumpkin, picked raspberry, and candied apple distress ink in a circular pattern on strathmore bristol cardstock. I also blended lucky clover distress ink onto another scrap of strathmore bristol cardstock. I die-cut the hibiscus frame die once from black cardstock and once from each of the blended cardstock pieces and once from gold glitter paper.
Next I applied a piece of stick-it adhesive to a white card base and then placed the black cardstock hibiscus frame die-cut over it. Then I inlaid the hibiscus flower, leaf, and background using the blended panels and gold glitter paper. I also die-cut the stamen from gold glitter cardstock and adhered it with foam mounting tape.
To finish the card I die-cut the Big Friend die from gold glitter paper and black cardstock and adhered it to the card panel. Then I stamped the rest of the sentiment from Vacation Time onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder. I trimmed that down to a thin label and adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape.
If you couldn’t tell, I’m head over heels for this release and I hope you are, too! I’ll be back tomorrow for a giant blog hop but I encourage you to head over and shop the Good Vibes release early because I’m guessing several of these awesome products will sell out pretty quick! 😉
To celebrate the Good Vibes release I’m giving away a $50 shopping spree to Simon Says Stamp! 🙂 To enter simply leave a comment and let me know what your favorite product is from the new release! Leave your comments before 11:59 PM EST on June 22nd, 2018 and the winner will be announced on June 24th!
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!
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I would have to say my favorite is Strangeness – of course, I could never color it as beautifully as you do, but it looks like SO much fun!!
What a fabulous assortment of beautiful cards. All very different but equally gorgeous. I think my favorite of the new release is the hibiscus frame. I love those flower frames anyhow but this one is super beautiful
This !s an amazing release and you did a beautiful designs with it
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As always, your colors are vibrant and your cards are great! I love the Strangeness clear stamp and the grass edges…one is just plain beautiful and the other will come in handy while making Spring/Summer cards. TFS. 🙂
These are beautiful! I love the strangeness stamp set
What beautiful cards! I’ll have to say the hibiscus frame die has to be my favourite! It is so beautiful and I can see so many different ways to use it. I love how you used it to make such a bright and beautiful design!
Your cards are fabulous!!! Wow! I loved the friends die as soon as I caught my first glimpse of this amazing release but after seeing your hibiscus card I think I need that gorgeous floral die too!
I love the new release and the Strangeness is stunning but I really like the hibiscus and what you’ve done with both. The friend die is on my list as well. So enjoy following your coloring and inspiration. TFS
The hibiscus bouquet Die is my fav from this awesome release! I love the glitter accents you added to the watercolor cards so cool! All of your cards are full of inspiration!
I like the SSS Hibiscus Frame Wafer Die the best. I can’t wait to get my hands on one. I like the orange/red color you used, real summery.
Great cards! I’m torn between the Strangeness stamp set and the Friend die. I might have to get both ;p
😍Wow all new products are amazing, but I think the Strangeness Stamp is my favorite.😍 I‘m also in love with the new hibiscus die set.😍
Many thanks for the chance to win and your wonderful inspirations.
I really like hoe you used the watercolor card to make your cards, especially the sun and waves. Beautiful!
Jessica, love all of your cards! This new release is so much crafting fun! My favorites are Jazz stencil and the Everett alphabet dies! But the ocean is my happy place!
Your hibiscus frame die card is gorgeous. I think that’s my number 1 item from the new release. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, wow, wow! The images are so big and bold! And your cards just pop! I would love to see a video of the hibiscus frame card. It’s my fav!
I absolutely LOVE your Hibiscus frame card!! And I think that’s my favorite from the release. Although the Strangeness stamp set might be tied with it…
Wow! Such amazing cards! I love the rainbow card!
I wasn’t going to get another floral stamp. I WAS NOT going to do it. But now I see your card using Strangeness and *sigh* I know I have to. Needless to say, that is my favorite. That and the Good Vibes sentiment die. Because it’s awesome and I can use it on so many fun cards.
Gorgeous collection of cards! The Strangeness set is stunning.
Amazing cards, JESS! Love the added glitter to those watercolor prints & the vibrant colors. Strangeness is now at the top of my wish list. So beautiful!
Wow, all of this just screams summer! The Hibiscus frame die is so unique. My favorite of this release is the Vacation Time stamp set.
Love the rainbow doodle card, but I love Suzy’s Good Vibes watercolor prints… Also the hibiscus card is GORGEOUS!
Wow!! Love all of these today. Bright and vibrant and soooo happy. I love the word dies and hibiscus frame. Thanks for a chance to win.
Oh my, this hibiscus frame is to die for, love your creativity with it!