Good morning! I’m super excited to be a stop on the hop for the Simon Says Stamp You Are Loved blog hop!
Have you checked out the release yet? It’s fabulous!!! It actually went live last month but in the excitement of the holidays we decided to share inspiration with you after the holidays! 😉
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I’ve already shared two cards using the new release here and today I’m sharing another card using the gorgeous So Loved set with colored pencils!
To start I stamped the flowers onto a panel of slate grey cardstock with SSS Barely Beige ink using my MISTI and then I left the stamps on the lid. Then I colored each flower with four caran d’ache luminance pencils. I laid down a layer of white and then used three shades of a peachy red to color each petal. I love the way these pencils blend so smoothly! And the best news: Simon Says Stamp now carries three sets! On a side note, I own and have used prismacolor and polychromos pencils but, hands down, the luminance are my FAVORITE! You can see another card using the luminance here!
Once I was done coloring I placed the panel back in my MISTI and restamped the flowers with versamark and heat-embossed them with gold tinsel embossing powder. Then I filled in the foliage and sentiment. I used the same gold tinsel embossing powder for the foliage and regular gold embossing powder for the sentiment! I love the pop of color and combining grey with gold! I’m looking forward to trying a similar card but with aqua and navy flowers! I hope this inspires you to try using colored pencils on colored cardstock for a vibrant design! And if you have any questions about the luminance pencils please feel free to ask!
Check out the You Are Loved 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 LVE584 on any purchase at Simon Says Stamp this weekend for your free Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink Pad!
To celebrate the You Are Loved 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, January 13th! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday, January 16th. Your next stop on the hop is the amazing 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
- Nichol Spohr
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Suzy Plantamura
- Amy Rysavy
- Lisa Addesa
- Heather Hoffman
- Marge Yoon
- Anna Kossakovskaya
- Karin Åkesdotter
- Bibi Cameron
- Barb Engler
- Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fantastic day, and enjoy the hop!
And some quick house-keeping! The winner of my Seasons Givings blog hop is sdjodoin! Please send me an email to claim your prize via the contact form above! Congratulations!
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Beautiful card! I love the pink against the grey.
Gorgeous results, and you make it look so easy!!
Great design and pretty card!
Beautiful! I’ve been using my colored pencils a lot more lately—for accents over markers, on colored card stocks and to color tiny areas. I love the outline leaves cluster die in this release.
Beautiful card, love the bright colors on dark cardstock.
I love to see coloring on black (or this case, dark gray) and the gold embossing was the perfect finishing touch.
I❤️your card! The gold tinsel embossing powder looks fabulous!!
Jess your colouring is stunning. This card looks brilliant. Thank you for inspiring me.
Your card and coloring are amazing.
This is soooo pretty! I just love the coloring and embossing.
Your the bestest for sharing your lovely work. Thank you so much.
SO ELEGANT, Jessica!!! WHAT EXACTLY IS IT, that you like these new colored pencils over Prisma & Faber Castell Pencils? LOVE WHAT YOU’VE DONE with them!!! 😉
Oh Jessica…this card is gorgeous! Now I’m going to have to check out those pencils (and learn how to use them) because it’s amazing the way this turned out!
Hi Jess – your card is amazing and so beautiful. I really love it! Am also loving this release, but I think you’re my favourite. TFS.
Absolutely love this! Will have to check out those pencils.
Your cards are absolutely gorgeous. Love color pencils on dark cardstock. So very beautiful. The gold embossing really adds so much. Thanks for sharing your art.🐧
Jess I find the colours you used so very appealing, especially against the darker grey cardstock. I never would have thought to colour the image first & then use versamark & heat emboss. Plus, I’ve never heard of lumanence pencil crayons either. If I buy them will I be as good as you? lol Such a fabulous card & a great release.
Wow Jessica. Your card is simply gorgeous with the flowers and the gold embossing on the gray cardstock. Thanks for sharing with us.
This card is stunning and elegant! Love the pink and gold on the grey cardstock. I hope you show it when you try it with aqua and navy.
Your work is beautiful!!
Beautiful card! Love your coloring. I may have to dig out my colored pencils a s give it a go.
Wow!!! Your card is absolutely stunning! and beautiful! I have never heard of these pencils before, and have been looking for something better. Thank You.
So beautiful and elegant!
Stunning card. Love the coloring and the shades of pink on the darker cardstock.
Absolutely stunning.