Good morning! I am thrilled to be joining some super talented ladies to celebrate the New Beginnings release from Simon Says Stamp! Have you checked out the release yet? Go ahead…I’ll wait! 😉
So I fell hard for the More Spring Flowers set as soon as I saw it. You can find my first card using it here. Today I wanted to go for a set of CAS cards using a pop of color to make a statement! For the first card I stamped the sentiment from Hand Lettered Encouragement with Simon Says Stamp copic-friendly Intense Black ink. Then I stamped the crocus flowers and foliage around the sentiment using the same black ink. In case you’re wondering, I intentionally left the flowers disconnected from the foliage…I tried it both ways and preferred them like this. 😉 Then I used copic markers to color the crocuses but left the foliage black and white so the flowers would really pop.
For my second card I did a very similar design but I used white embossing on kraft cardstock. I stamped the sentiment and florals with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.
After the image was heat-embossed I decided to try coloring the flowers using the exact same copic markers. It resulted in a totally different but pretty look! I don’t think I’ve ever tried using copics on kraft cardstock…but I might have to try it again in the future! 😉
I hope you enjoyed my cards and I’d love to know if you prefer one look over the other! 🙂
And what’s a hop without a giveaway, right? Simon Says Stamp has generously offered a $25 gift card to EVERY stop on the hop!! All you need to do is visit and leave a comment on each blog. The winners will be randomly selected from each blog and announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog! In case you encounter a broken link here is the full hop list:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Kristina Werner
- Laura Bassen
- Yana Smakula
- Debby Hughes
- Nichol Spohr
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Heather Hoffman
- Amy Rysavy
- Heather Ruwe
- Nina Marie Trapani
- Suzy Plantamura
- Kathy Racoosin
- Barb Engler
- Shari Carroll
I also have an instagram giveaway running this weekend for the full set of Simon Says Stamp inks that were released as part of the New Beginnings collection! You can visit my instagram and look for the ink pad photo to enter!
Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous day! If this is your first time visiting my blog I hope you’ll come back! You can subscribe to my blog via the sidebar on the right or find me on Instagram and Youtube. Happy Hopping!
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I love it!
Beautiful cards! Love the florals in this release! Amazing talent here on this blog hop! Thanks for sharing yours!
I am always amazed at the different effect things have on kraft card stock. Love these wonderful flowers and am really loving the stencils and new ink colors. Thanks for a chance to win a very cool prize.
I just love the clean look of your cards! Fantastic!!!
Love the simplicity of the colored flowers with leaves as just outlines. Super
Lovely, as always!
gorgeous cards 🙂
I love the idea of making a statement with just one colour! Fabulous cards as always, Jess!
Kraft is one of my favorites – you out did yourself on these beauties – thanks for sharing your art work and talent on this hop! Blessings, Gail
These new stamps from Simon Says Stamp’s new collection are so fantastic that they don’t need a lot else happening around them to make a great design! Great cards!
Love how the color turned out on the Desert Storm paper! Favorite color is purple, so I am a big fan of this card!
The kraft cardstock one is very unusual, I think I might even like it better than the white one.
I love this “more spring flowers stamp set” too. Gotta have it!
Absolutely beautiful!
They are both beautiful but I really like the kraft one! The white really pops and I love how the purple looks!
I love the simplicity of your card. The kraft cardstock makes the design so stunning and different from white cardstock. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I love the white on the kraft cardstock and how you didn’t color in everything.
These cards are simply beautiful!
Your cards are gorgeous.
I really like the simplicity of the cards!
Such lovely cards. I’m in need of some quick yet elegant cards and think something like these will fit the bill! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the colouring! Beautiful!
Both are beautiful!
Gorgeous! Love your coloiring ♥
Wow. Beautiful purple flowers. Loved the purple on kraft paper too!