This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!
Hi friends! I am hopping along with my friends at Simon Says Stamp to share inspiration with you using the new You Are My Favorite Release! You should have arrived here from Lisa Addesa, and your next stop is Emma Williams. You can also start back at the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp Blog for the full hop list! I was just in love with the beautiful new 3D embossing folders and gorgeous fonts in this release, so I decided to combine them with some ink blending to create this colorful Mother’s Day card. Let’s get started with the details!
*I have gathered links to all of the products used at the bottom of the post for your convenience, using affiliate links. Thank you for shopping with my links! I truly appreciate your support for my work!*
To begin, I used the new Fantastic Florals Embossing Folder to emboss the gorgeous floral background on a panel of white cardstock. I then used blending brushes to blend a pretty combination of Pawsitively Saturated Ink in shades of Carnation, Raindrop, and Mist. I blended the pink directly on the flowers, keeping a light hand and concentrating the color in the center of each flower. After I had made the flowers pink, I used blending brushes to lightly blend the Mist ink all around the edges of the card, then I blended Raindrop ink around just the edges of the card, creating a gorgeous turquoise halo around the delicate pink blooms.
To “gild” the florals, I used some super shimmery iridescent watercolors along the edge of each petal. The addition of the glittery watercolors on the edge of each petal has the added bonus of adding some dimension and differentiation between the petals on the flowers with their simplistic blending. I also added some sparkly gel pen to the centers of each flower for the stamens.
For the greeting, I used the new Mother’s Day stamp set and Mother’s Day die to create a super shiny and iridescent sentiment. I die cut the detail layer of the Mother’s Day die from some super shiny foil cardstock and the shadow layer from some heavyweight vellum, adhering the two together with liquid adhesive. I embossed a sentiment from the Mother’s Day stamp set with some super shiny Iridescent Blue embossing powder onto some strips of coordinating bubblegum pink cardstock, then adhered the sentiment components in the center of the sparkling blended card front with thin foam adhesive. I also used the same Iridescent Blue embossing powder to heat emboss a few solid butterflies from Mother’s Day stamp set and fussy cut them with my sharp scissors. I popped up the butterflies with some foam adhesive squares and added a few Bubblegum Pawsitively Dazzling Gems for some added sparkle!
Well, that’s all for my project today. Now for some fun giveaway and freebie information!
To celebrate the new You Are My Favorite Release, Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from your blog comment section. Winners will be selected and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 30th of April. Winners can email Simon Says Stamp to claim his/her prize 🙂
You can also receive a fun freebie with purchase for a limited time! Simply purchase $30 from the new You Are My Favorite Release and receive the beautiful Sunny Fern Emboss & Cut Folder with your order for free! What a fun incentive to go shopping, right? (As though most of us really need an excuse, ha!)
Your next stop on the hop is Emma Williams. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!
