Hi there! I’m so excited to be part of Simon Says Stamp’s Yay You blog hop today, celebrating their newest collection release. You should have arrived here from Bibi Cameron, and your next stop is Miriam Prantner. You can also start back at the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp Blog in case you get lost! I have a trio of wedding-themed projects to share with you today, all with a coordinated feel but each their own unique finished product. Let’s get started with the details!
My first projects feature several of the stunning new hot foil goodies from the Yay You release. I came a little late to the hot foil game, only recently becoming slightly obsessed with the magic that is hot foiling, and these gorgeous new floral hot foil plates are just making me love it even more. I have found that the Pinkfresh Studio Solid Hot Foil Plate is an absolute game changer when it comes to hot foil. It allows you to get twice as much mileage from your hot foiling products, and it creates such an incredibly unique look with the solid foiled pieces.
For this first project, I wanted to create some bold matte gold floral images, so I combined the new Sketched Anemone hot foil plates with the Solid Hot Foil Plate to create some matte gold foil ephemera for my card front. I also created some foliage using the Eucalyptus Stem hot foil plate, as well as a few vellum Sketched Leaf Branches for some textural variety.
I die cut a Domed Arches die from some Lawn Fawn Pencil Eraser cardstock, which I find to be a most unique shade of pink-something that I truly have never seen before amongst my (somewhat copious) collection of colored cardstock! I placed the arch die cut on the Detail Mandala die and ran it through my die cut machine to add some subtle interest to the background. I popped the pierced dome die cut up on an A2 card base made from Pencil Eraser cardstock with some foam tape. I arranged the foiled floral swag on the dome die cut, then added a greeting from the new Happily A Lifetime. Such a gorgeous sentiment set! A few iridescent pearls finished the project off and added one final bit of textural contrast.
My second project features several of the same products used on the first project, as well as an identical color scheme, but this project features a completely different layout. I began this project by hot foiling the beautifully detailed new Intricate Floral hot foil plate onto some more Pencil Eraser cardstock using Aura foil from Spellbinders. This was my first occasion to use the Aura foil, and its iridescent gold shimmer does not disappoint in the slightest! The combination of the iridescent foil impressed into the unique melon pink background makes my heart flutter.
I trimmed the foiled background down slightly and added a strip of glittery gold along the edge, then mounted that on a full size A2 Pencil Eraser card base using foam adhesive. I heat embossed another greeting from Happily A Lifetime onto some more pink cardstock using white embossing powder for maximum contrast, then popped the greeting and some golden foiled eucalyptus die cuts up using a double layer of foam adhesive for tons of height and contrast. A few more iridescent pearls finished the project off.
My last project for today features the gorgeous, gigantic new Happily Ever After die. I thought the romantic font and sheer size of this die would work beautifully with my Celebrate Rose Corner stamps. Roses+weddings go together like peanut butter+jelly, right? I stamped the Celebrate Rose Corner using Contour Ink from Hero Arts, then did some no-line watercoloring on the roses using Holbein watercolors and Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper. Once I’d finished watercoloring, I die cut the large image using the coordinating die.
For the card base, I trimmed down an A7 card front from some more Pencil Eraser cardstock, which coordinated beautifully with the muted mauve-y pinks in the roses. To add a bit of interest to the background, I blended some Magnolia ink using a blending brush, then splattered some handmade shimmery gold watercolor on blended the background. I popped up the watercolored roses using foam adhesive, then added the glittery gold Happily Ever After die cut. I also tucked a couple of Eucalyptus Stem hot foiled vellum die cuts for added textural interest, as well as a few rose gold gems for even more sparkle. The sparkles and size make it super festive for a wedding card, but the soft colors and pretty flowers are so romantic, don’t you think?
Well, that’s all for my projects today! To celebrate their latest release, Simon Says Stamp is generously giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop, selected from the blog comment section. Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 18th of May. The more comments you leave along the hop, the more chances you have to win!
Simon Says Stamp is also offering a fun gift with purchase freebie! Simply add code BEAUTY at checkout to receive the Beautiful die set for free!
Your next stop on the hop is Miriam Prantner. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!
Gorgeous layers and background! Love the gold!
The flowers and leaves are very pretty; but I love the sentiments.
Such gorgeous cards! I love the colored card stock!!
Love the gold against the beautiful
color of the background. thanks for
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Dear Emily
All three cards are super beautiful but I fell in love with the final card with the roses as your coloring is more than perfect. You have done justice to the SSS Yay You release with your talents in coloring and crafting. Love the pencil eraser card stock you used on the cards as well as the big bold sentiments. Tc stay safe
I love the color of the paper eraser card stock..such a great background for the beautiful florals!!!!
Oh my goodness! Your cards are so beautiful! TFS 🙂
Wonderfully beautiful cards, love the gold!
WOW! Love your cards and that you used colored cardstock!
Beautiful cards Emily! Your Happily Ever After card is just stunning!
I love the tone in tone background with the stitched arch.
Love the gold with that Pencil Eraser paper! Perfect! I like how you used the detail mandala die with the domed arches. I wasn’t sure when I first saw the arches dies if I would use them but they look great in that card.
Beautiful cards!
“Pencil Eraser” is an odd name but certainly is a beautiful colour! I adore the large rose you used & your no line colouring is superb.
Your cards are gorgeous and I know if you do send them to anyone, they will be thrilled and will keep forever….
Beautiful cards, love the sayings
Wow! Simple and elegant!
Gorgeous cards and an amazing color combo.
Wonderful arrangement, colors, sentiment placement and more.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
So beautiful, all of them!
Such lovely cards, Emily! Love the colors and the foiling.
The solid gold is nice against that pink.
Gorgeous cards. I love those colors and the unique designs.
Gorgeous coloring!!!!
I like the colored flower the most! I thought it was a brown yellows color on the other card! I think the gold needs the right angle, or my iPad needs help!
Absolutely stunning..the rose and gold color combo is lush. I, too, love foiling so I’m so excited for this release.
Beautiful cards! I really love the gold on the pencil eraser cardstock. And your flowers on the last card are gorgeous!
I love how beautifully your cards turned out, Emily. Wonderful inspiration.
Gorgeous cards!
thanks for the inspiration.
I really like your cards! Such talent!
The gold foil background on the 2nd card is beautiful.
Your watercolouring is exquisite! Both cards are beautiful!
I love the colors you used!
Gorgeous cards! Love the gold foil.
Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.
These are beautiful! Love the designs and the colors are amazing!
Girl, your coloring is out-of-this-world! You’re awesome!
Beautiful designs and dimension! Lovely cards!
Oh I adore your colors and designs, these are beautiful!
Love the color pallette of these cards
I think I have to break down and get a foil machine. These are so pretty!
Whoa!!!! Stunning cards!!!! I love your foiled flowers!!!
Your cards are exceptionally beautiful and artistic. I especially appreciate your commentary. Thank you for sharing and inspiring us.
Such lovely cards! Your watercolour is stunning on the roses!
Beautiful cards, gorgeous roses!
The roses on the second card are breathtaking. I love them with the sparkly sentiment.
These are all beautifully done! I have not started hot foiling yet but I am acquiring the supplies so that when I have time (starting in June), I should be able to get started. Love the look of all three cards, esp the last one with the rose.
Lori S in PA
Great color choices! I love these.
Stunning cards!
Absolutely gorgeous ❤️
Nice design shares. Great ideas for color and layers.
Beautiful cards. Wouldn’t you know, I need to make a wedding card. Thanks for the inspiration and for taking the time to post.
Stunningly beautiful!! Thank you for the inspiration!
So pretty. I like the backgrounds and foiling.
I wanted to comment on the debossed arch but your roses steal the whole show! Stunning.
So beautiful, I love your design and flowers.
Wow! Those are absolutely gorgeous Emily! LOVE the first two on the coloured cardstock, they look striking and elegant and fabulous, but oh be still my heart, that last one, with I’m assuming one of ‘your’ blooms on it, sigh, magical! Stunning creations all. Have a beautiful day, Wends xoxo