Hello crafty friends!
Welcome to Day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp Sunny Days Ahead Release Blog Hop! If you arrived here from talented Karin Äkesdotter’s blog you are on the right track! Sadly my parcel hasn’t arrived yet so I will share my Mother’s Day cards using previous released (and my favourite) products with you today. I hope it will arrive soon!
For my first card, I used the Botanical Heart stamp set & the Script Mom die.
I stamped large sized flower image from the Botanical Heart set onto watercolour paper panel with Faded Jeans Distress ink.
As many of you already know, Distress inks react with water so I just freely brushed part of stamped image with water brush as shown in the picture.
I painted my flowers with Faded Jean Distress ink as my main colour, then added Crushed Olive, Fossilized Amber and Mowed Lawn Distress inks.
For the sentiment, I used the Script Mom die & the Tiny Words Encouragement stamp set.
I love this “artsy style” so much!! :D
Here is another Mother’s Day card, I used the Floral Mom Frame die & the Love Friendship stamp set.
I die cut the Floral Mom Frame from watercolour paper first, and then lightly inked on the flowers & leaves with some Distress inks:
Flowers: Festive Berries, Fossilized Amber, Seedless Preserves
Leaves: Crushed Olive, Mowed Lawn
I decorated the part of the word “MOM” with PPP Valentine Jewels.
Here is a closer look:
I will make & share my cards with brand new Sunny Days Ahead products soon!
GIVEAWAY & BLOG HOP EXCLUSIVE PROMOTION!
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop. The winners will be chosen over the weekend and post on Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 29th of April. ONE MORE! Get a FREE Intense Black ink pad with the code sssink (while supplies last!) at checkout when you purchase at Simon Says Stamp Store.
BLOG HOP LIST:
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Laura Bassen
Yana Smakula
Amy Rysavy
Heather Hoffman
Bibi Cameron
Gayatri Murali
Vicky Papaioannou
Preeti Chandran
Sidnie Des Jardins
JD Collins
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
IN ADDITION – the following ladies will be part of the hop featuring previously released Mother’s Day, Graduation, and spring floral Simon Exclusive products:
Amanda Korotkova
Debby Hughes
Karin Äkesdotter
Yoonsun Hur (Me!!)
Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a safe and healthy weekend!!
Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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I am going to try using Distress Ink for stamping an image, and using it to watercolor the image later today. This is such a great idea, and I’ve never tried it. THANKS.
Beautiful cards and I love the mom frame die and how you colored it. Thank you
These are soooo elegant and beautiful! I LOVE the die and I love how you did the blue floral MOM
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Beautiful cards. Thank you for sharing.
Wow, absolutely stunning cards! Beautiful and elegant designs – WOW!
Hope your package gets there soon, but in the mean time – these are so beautiful!
very pretty cards!
Both really lovely!!!
Love your cards. I especially like the Mom frame die card. The embellishments and color combos were lovely.
Beautiful! I love how you colored the Floral Mom frame!
I totally love the Mom Frame card! Gorgeous
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Gorgeous cards!!!
Beautiful cards, your work is so lovely!
The floral frame is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work.
That floral heart is just stunning!!
Gorgeous cards!
Wonderful cards. Love the heart
filled with flowers. the second with
the flowers sprinkled about is
great. thanks for sharing
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I’ve used Distress Inks for no-line water coloring, but never have I used them in this manner as on the first card. Your card is stunning and I definitely will try this. The second card is equally beautiful and these cards encourage me to use my distress Inks more. They are still favorites in my craft room! :)
Awesome Sunny Days Ahead Release! Awesome creations!
Beautiful cads!
Both cards are so beautiful but I think my favorite is the floral heart in blues and greens, so pretty. Stay safe and healthy.
Love the blue card! Great technique!
Thanks for sharing this technique, love what your created!
OH MY!! Gorgeous cards! Love your card designs, color palettes, and techniques!!
Very loving cards. Sorry your shipment was late…not sorry for me cuz I enjoyed these cards very much. The blue is a hug from a heart lovely! THANKS for these inspirations and please stay healthy!
Your card is beautiful. Love that technique!! The blue is so gorgeous!!
Lovely cards, but then I admire all the cards you make!
Thank you for the inspiration!!! I really need to watercolor more.
Your cards are amazing!!!
Awesome cards.
Love the sweet coloring on the framed MOM die. Thank you for sharing.
Lovely cards! Thank you for sharing photos of your painting technique!
What beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing..
Your cards are so pretty! I really like the way the texture of the watercolor paper on the first card shines through as part of the focal image.
Gorgeous cards. I especially love the first one. The blues are beautiful and the technique is wonderful.
Both the cards are stunning. Love the floral mom frame die, pretty choice of colours.
Such beautiful cards! Amazing colors.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Beautiful cards. The watercolouring technique looks like something I should try out.
Beautiful cards! I need to try using distress inks for watercoloring, love the look.
These cards are gorgeous! Love the watercoloring you did on the blue one.
These are all so pretty! Thank you for participating in the blog hop!
Love the heart filled with flowers stamp. Such pretty cards.
The mother’s day frame card is really special@
Your cards are beautiful! I love the first one. Great release from SSS.
your cards are just gorgeous – I always love your creativity – thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards for mom! Love how you watercolored the blue heart!
I love the blue flower card. Blue is my favorite color and the flowers in the heart reminded me of my bouquet from my wedding two years ago.
These are both such lovely cards.
What beautiful cards! The detail in the second card is amazing!