Good morning!! I am thrilled to be a stop on the Simon Says Stamp Love Release Blog Hop today! Simon Says Stamp just released a fabulous new collection of dies and stamps and if you haven’t checked it out yet you really should!!
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For the hop today I used the gorgeous Folk Dance stencil along with some BRAND NEW distress oxides!!
While at Creativation last weekend I was given the brand new distress oxide colors and I couldn’t wait to play with them! I decided to pair them with some shimmery nuvo glimmer paste for a glittery, ombre design! I started by taping the stencil down over a piece of Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy cardstock. Then I blended shaded lilac, blueprint sketch, and wilted violet distress oxides over the cardstock. Unlike the original distress inks, distress oxides will show up on dark cardstock! After I finished blending, I spread a thin layer of nuvo glimmer paste in moonstone over the stencil and then lifted the stencil to reveal the design.
The iridescence of the glimmer paste did AMAZING things to the distress oxides…I wish I could capture the shimmer of this card in a photo…it’s absolutely stunning! After I finished staring at the panel I set it aside to dry while I worked on the rest of the card. I recently received a Gemini Jr and have been playing around with it to see exactly what it can do! It was one of these experiments that led to this look. I folded a scrap piece of soft navy cardstock in half and ran it through the Gemini Jr with the Kindness Matters die. I did not include the thin metal shim in the plate sandwich. If I had the Gemini would have easily cut through both pieces of cardstock. Because I didn’t, the top layer cut beautifully but the bottom layer was left with a heavily dry-embossed design. I could have achieved a similar look using an embossing mat but it wouldn’t be quite so defined.
Really, if you’ve been looking for a new electric die-cutting machine I cannot recommend the Gemini Jr enough. I was already excited about it but after visiting the Crafters Companion booth at Creativation and seeing ALL the things this machine can do…I am so SO thrilled that I have one!
Once the stenciled panel was dry I trimmed it down and adhered it to a soft navy card base. Then I added a tangle of metallic silver thread behind the sentiment and then popped it up with a layer of foam mounting tape. I traced over the letters with a spectrum noir clear sparkle pen and added a few iridescent clear sequins for a little more shimmer. The purply-aqua shine of the sequins matches the card PERFECTLY and I love that the sentiment stands out but doesn’t take away from the background!
And that’s it! 🙂
To celebrate the Love release Simon Says Stamp is giving away $25 to EVERY stop on the hop so make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop for the most chances to win! Please your comments before 11:59PM EST on Sunday, January 27th and the winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog next week! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kristina Werner
- Laura Bassen
- Yana Smakula
- Debby Hughes
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Nichol Spohr
- Suzy Plantamura
- Jessica Frost-Ballas
- Heather Ruwe
- Lisa Addesa
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Love this stencil – so versatile. Thanks for the inspiration.
Loved the look of glimmer paste on black, wonderful card !
So beautiful!! I MUST TRY. You do amazing work, and spotlighted these products so well.
I love sparkle. I wish I could see this one in person too, it looks beautiful.
This is just gorgeous Jessica! Love that beautiful sparkle paste picking up the colours of the distress oxides. I can’t wait to get my hands on the new colours! Love the cool effect you achieved with the sentiment Die too — I’m hearing so many great things about the Gemini cutting machines, I’m sorely tempted to order one 🙂
Love this technique. Can’t wait to receive my Simon order for some of the new Distress Oxide colors.
Really Beautiful card!!!
This card is just stunning. Love the sparkle!
Thank you. Beautiful work!
Gorgeous use for that stencil!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
This stencil is really spectacular and I love what you did with it!
LOVE this! Adding that paste to my wish list.
What a gorgeous card! I really love the colors you used 🙂
Love the effect of the glitter paste and this stencil. Lovely card
Love this Folk Dance stencil more and more. Fabulous card!
Very creative! Love what you’ve done with this card!
Love the colors!
You’ve inspired me to get back in to the flow. I badly want to win so I can attempt to recreate this card. Thx for the chance.
So beautiful! I love this card!
Wow! I really love the distress oxides mixed with the glimmer paste, I could stare at your card for hours!
Beautiful card, Jessica! Love this stencil and the glimmer paste just makes it so much prettier. Can’t wait to get the new distress oxides.
Beautiful card–love the glitter shine of this card.
Oh I love that paste…the card looks awesome.
Beautiful card – now I really want to get some glimmer paste and play with the oxide inks!
You can’t go wrong with glimmer paste or oxide ink!