
Hi there! I’m thrilled to be part of the Simon Says Stamp Hello Gorgeous blog hop on Day 2 of the hop! You should have arrived here from Tina Smith, and your next stop is Jennifer Kotas. You can also start back at the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp Blog. This new Hello Gorgeous release is chock full of fantastic new products perfect for springtime crafting, and I am so excited to have designed a new stamp set for this release: Mother’s Day Tulips. I shared a Copic colored project in this blog post using the new Mother’s Day Tulips set, but today I thought I’d share some inspiration doing some no-line watercoloring, as well as another watercolored project using the Mom’s Spring Flowers set. Let’s get started with the details!

I designed the main floral image in the Mother’s Day Tulips set to cover most of a slimline card front. In my book, the bigger the flowers, the more fun they are to color! These huge tulips are great for really digging down into the nooks and crannies of the image. I began by trimming a panel of Arches cold press watercolor paper down to slimline size, then stamped the Mother’s Day Tulips image using Contour Ink from Hero Arts.

Next, I used the Altenew Artists’ Watercolor 24 Pan Set to paint the tulips a beautiful coral-y red. I love adding lots of touches of contrasting color around the edges of the petals of large images like this, hoping to convey reflections of surrounding colors and add some variation to the images. After I’d painted the flowers their main shades of coral, with touches of lavender shadows, I added some very diluted glazes of bright yellow to the edges of the petals. I also added a wash of cerulean blue behind the flowers, just in the opposite corner and allowing it to fade out completely so that the flowers had a white halo around them.

Once it was dry, I trimmed and mounted the watercolored panel onto a navy blue full size slimline card base. I added a greeting from XL Spring Greetings, which I embossed in silver on some heavyweight vellum and die cut with the coordinating die. The final touch was to add a few Something New iridescent white pearls from Trinity Stamps.

My second project features another new floral: Mom’s Spring Flowers. I thought these looked like wild roses, so I decided to color them in shades of vivid fuchsia and plum using Karin Brushmarker Pro watercolor markers. I began by heat embossing the beautiful floral swag image onto the back of a panel of Arches cold press. I used the slightly less textured “backside” of the super textured cold press paper so that the detail in the flower image would be nice and smooth!

I used some super vibrant shades of purple and pink Karin markers to add tons of intense color to these flowers. With the Karin markers, I like to keep a ceramic palette nearby, so that I can scribble the color onto the palette and pick the color up with a damp paintbrush, then apply it to my watercolor paper. I find that I can get better control over the color and intensity by starting out with the first layers in this way, then going directly to paper with the marker for any areas that I want to make super intense and vibrant, like the petals tucked behind and underneath. I trimmed the watercolored image with my sharp scissors, but there are coordinating dies available!

For the card base, I wanted those beautiful, intense blooms to really pop, so I embossed the floral bouquet a couple of times on a a hunter green card base using platinum embossing powder, the same embossing powder that I used to emboss the flowers themselves, so that they were peeking out from behind my watercolored bouquet. I then used a blending brush to blend Concord and 9th’s Evergreen ink over the embossed corner, adding a touch of extra contrast between the embossed image and the deep green card base. I adhered the flowers to the card front using foam adhesive, then added a greeting from Spring In My Step, which I heat embossed using some more platinum embossing powder onto vellum. The final touch was to add a few Sparkling Champagne Metallic pearls for some shine!
Well, that’s all for my projects today! Now, for some fun giveaway information:
To celebrate the new Hello Gorgeous release, Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop. The winners are selected from the comments section, then announced on the on Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 30th of March. Be sure to check back on the Simon Says Stamp blog and email them if you’re the winner! The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!
Your next stop is Jennifer Kotas. You can also check out the Simon Says Stamp Blog for all of the hop stops, as well as the Day 1 Blog Hop! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

Beautiful cards Emily, I can’t decide which I like best. Love your choice of colours.
These cards are both gorgeous! These are my favorite stamps from the new release and you used them so beautifully!
Lovely card ideas. They are very unique!!
Your gorgeous cards are a wonderful sample of the the Hello Gorgeous release. Absolutely stunning cards!
I LOVE the vivid colors you used on the tulips!! GOrgeous!
Beautiful job on your cards. The flowers look 3D . and the tulips look so real. Great great job tyfs 🙂
Wonderful floral coloring as slimline or reg and embossing.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Love your color choice. The second card flower is, I believe, a clematis vine. The color is spot on from a plant I have growing in my yard. I Need to buy this!
Both cards are lovely, but tulips are my favorite!
WOW! I luv the rich vibrant colors! Absolutely breathtaking on watercolor paper just so pretty
I especially love your Tulips, my favorite flower. You colored them wonderfully.
These are beautifully colored and gorgeous cards!
the coloring is fantastic. Wish I could
do as well. thanks for sharing
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Beautiful florals; love the colors!
Beautiful cards!
Great choice of colors! Thanks for the beautiful inspiration!
Beautiful coloring Emily! Gorgeous cards!
Beautiful and vibrant cards – thank you for sharing.
Love the colors of the florals!
I love your cards. Your coloring is beautiful.
Your coloring is incredible! Just so inspiring.
Loved your bold colors on your cards, Emily! Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
You made these flowers look so realistic on your cards. Just lovely and the colors blew me away. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.
Both of these are beautiful! Awesome colors and coloring.
Your cards are beautiful! Especially love your coloring on the tulips! Wow!
What lovely floral cards!
Gorgeous cards with such vibrant colors!
Gorgeous cards. I love the colors. The Mother’s Day Tulips set is definitely one of my favorites from this fantastic release.
Just gorgeous. Love the colors.
The colors on these are so bright and bold! Nice job.
Love the tulip stamp. The colors are beautiful.
Both of these are so pretty. The tulips card is my favorite.
Lovely colours especially the purple.
Wonderful cards….your water coloring made your tulips come to life for me.
Bold and vibrant is the way to go!
Wow! Amazing coloring!
Such springy cards. Just made me smile.
Really great cards.
Your watercoloring is so pretty with the vivid colors you have chosen. Love bother cards.
Stunning cards!
My favorite is the Purple combined with Pink and the heat embossing gives it that little something extra!
Hi, Emily – It’s astonishing to me that you can make flowers look so life-like. These are gorgeous!! I love both cards. Thanks so much for sharing your exceptional talents w/ all of us!!
Lori S in PA
Gorgeous tulips. Great job with the water coloring.
Gorgeous cards Emily. Love the water coloring and those rich colors. Thanks for the inspiration!
Both cards are just so beautiful.
Wow! beautiful lovely flower cards!
Beautiful cards! I really love the colours in the second card!
Beautifully colored flowers and cards.
Love the tulips and vibrancy of your cards!
Such great results with the mediums you used. Would love to be able to watercolor like that.
Beautiful cards. Love the tulips.
Beautiful cards. Love the spring sentiments
Gorgeous cards and as always, I’m thrilled with your color choices.
I love your design and watercoloring!
Gorgeous! Your coloring is amazing.
Stunning cards! I am in love with how beautiful the purple and dark green look together! They are so perfect!
The painting of your flowers is simply fabulous!
Your watercolor cards are stunning! I really like the saying on the tall card too.
Amazing! Gorgeous cards! I am in awe. I especially like the purple flowers. Stunning!!!
Your cards are beautiful!
Boldly beautiful cards and gorgeous coloring!
Girl, those purple flowers took my breath away! 💜💜💜
Beautiful coloring of these lovely floral designs! Gorgeous cards!
Purple florals on a green background YES PLEASE!!!
Amazing spring florals! You’ve made your flowers really come alive. Thanks for sharing your creative card designs.
Beautiful cars Emily, great watercolouring!
Gorgeous cards! Love the tulips with that perfect sentiment! Happy Spring!
Just so beautiful! I struggle with no line watercolor (ok… I struggle with watercolor in general!) but love the look! Thanks for the inspiration to go and give it another shot!
LOVE these beautiful cards, Emily! The vibrant colors really pop.
Stunning creations!
I am in awe of you fabulous designers who can water colour or use markers etc to create such beautiful cards!
really gorgeous cards- so vibrant!
So beautiful and your coloring is amazing!
That green & purple card is awesome!
Beautiful cards! Love the amazing colors.
Thanks for sharing.
Wow!!! These are Stunning cards!!!!
Both cards are so gorgeous and I especially like the slimline tulip design. Your color choices are perfection
Wow! Beautiful watercoloring! I love your cards!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing
i love your beautiful cards. The flowers look so real!
Stunning cards Emily! I love the wonderfully vibrant colours you used to bring the flowers to life!! Thanks so much for the great inspiration! Take care! 🙂
Beautiful floral cards–great choice of colors.
Wow, the texture is unbelievable, almost as if they are falling off of the page. Beautiful!
These are both stunning, Emily! WOW!
Beautiful cards, I love the way you colored the flowers.
Wonderful card. Thanks for taking the time to post
I think I need to get myself these tulip stamps
Wow, love how those colours pop off the evergreen cardstock!
Love the florals, the coloring and the sentiments — Thanks for the inspiration.
Your artwork are showpieces.
wow, absolutely stunning.
Absolutely love the TULIP set… has to be my favourite. So yeah I have ordered it with dies and waiting patiently to receive it. Can’t wait to play!