Good morning! I’m super excited to be a stop on the hop for the Simon Says Stamp Blossoms and Butterflies blog hop!!
Have you checked out the new release yet? It’s FANTASTIC!!!
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I’ve already shared two cards and a giveaway using the new release (find more details here) and today I’m sharing three more cards!
My first two cards feature the stunning Floral Mix background stamp! If some of these flowers look familiar it’s because they were featured in the older Spring and Summer flower sets! I just love how it’s been arranged to create this gorgeous layout! I stamped it onto white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. Next I colored it with copic markers. It took a few hours to get it finished but I love how it turned out!
I trimmed the panel down to 4″ by 5.25″ and added a black cardstock mat before adhering it to a white card base. Next I die-cut the sentiment outline with vellum and the sentiment with black cardstock. I wanted to keep the card simple and allow the panel to shine so I just adhered the sentiment over the panel and left it at that!
Meanwhile I took the panel leftovers and matted it with black cardstock. I adhered that to a card base for a CAS card. Then I used the same word die but this time I used black and white cardstock. I adhered them together and added them over the floral stripe.
I love when I can get two cards out of one panel; and especially with the time put into this card I didn’t want to waste any of it! 😉
Next I kept up my colorful vibe and thought a little out of the box with the new Wake Up and Make Up set! I decided that some of the tubes looked a little like paint tubes and decided to go in that direction! I stamped them with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. Then I watercolored them with Mission Gold watercolors and set them aside to dry.
Once it was dry I added a little copic coloring to the tubes to add shading and then covered the labels with a layer of spectrum noir clear sparkle! Then I stamped the sentiments onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. I die-cut them to a thin label with the Sentiment Label dies and adhered them to the card with foam mounting tape to finish the card!
Check out the Blossoms and Butterflies gallery on the Simon Says Stamp blog for even more crafty inspiration! And we have a special gift for all of our blog hoppers this weekend!! Use the code BLSM999 on any purchase at Simon Says Stamp this weekend for your Unicorn Glitter Dust!!
To celebrate the Blossoms and Butterflies release EVERY stop on the hop is giving away a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp! To enter, leave a comment on all the hop stops before 11:59PM ET Sunday, April 14th! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday, April 17th. Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Suzy!! If you get lost or encounter a broken link, here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Cathy Zielske
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Nichol Spohr
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Suzy Plantamura
- Lisa Addesa
- Heather Ruwe
- Amy Rysavy
- Heather Hoffman
- Lea Lawson
Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fabulous day, and enjoy the hop!
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Great cards – I especially like the second one with the thinner panel – that incredibly vibrant colouring you did really gives a huge amount of oomph to that card, with that thinner panel. Gorgeous. Also, your craft room looks fab – I ended up on your house tour post somehow and I love the colours you chose – I went with something similar – the white shelves, the bright blue walls (Benjamin Moore’s Tropicana Cabana), and gray/silver accents.
Love the vibrant colors!
Your first card made me say WOW out loud. The colors are stunning!
Wow! The coloring on the floral mix background stamp is amazing! Love the colors and card.
Your cards are beautiful! I love how you colored everything. The the new Wake Up and Make Up set is so fun. 🙂
Beautiful, eye-catching designs!
Wow! Amazing coloring!!
Awesome cards!
OMG! I like that you thought out of the box with the Wake-up & Make-up set. You are so right, they do look like paint tubes and you did one fine job on that card…. well on all of them, but that is my favorite.
Love your awesome cards! Especially the use of an extra cut to make a second card! Love your bright happy color choices!
IT’s a very brighten and colorful card. Well done! 🙂
I’m really loving the background stamps in this new release and yes…HELLO…. your cards are GORGEOUS!
Your cards are fabulous!! My favourite is the panel one. How wonderful that it was created using your leftovers from the first!!
Your cards are gorgeous! The colors are so bright and the coloring is is amazing. What a beautiful collection of stamps and dies and stencils in this collection. I love it all!
Love your cards. Beautiful use of colours. Great SSS release.
Lovely ideas. Thanks for sharing!
Your cards are all lovely, but the colouring on that first one is stunning!!!
I hope the recipient appreciates all the time it takes to do that gorgeous coloring. Breathtaking work!
In love with your cards, amazing and picture perfect coloring!!!
SO CHEERFUL
Absolutely love your coloring, great inspiration!
Great cards! The coloring on your first card was eye-catching! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Stunning card! Love the bold colors.
I love how your cards just pop! Stunning!
WOW the coloring on both of your cards is awesome!