Hello and welcome! I’m very excited and honored to be joining Simon Says Stamp today for their Let’s Connect Release Blog Hop. The Let’s Connect release is filled with fun products, there’s is something for everyone. I have already shared a take on my 2 favorites yesterday – Reverse Crackle Background and floral set Summer Roses, you can see that post/card HERE.
My today’s project takes a look at the Spring Flowers Background stamp, Copic coloring, and jewels!
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CARD DETAILS
What you probably can’t see on the photo of the card above, are the tiny black jewels I added to the negative part of the background. I enjoy using this trick lately, adding jewels to the backgrounds of my cards to diversify them (see another example/idea HERE). They provide quite a wow to my cards and also add a nice tactile experience to the project.
I made this card by Gold heat embossing the Spring Flowers Background stamp on Neenah 80lb cardstock. Next, I used my Copic markers and colored the flowers and the background.
If you are afraid to color with Copic markers over heat embossing, there’s is a workaround I share. You’ll need a MISTI stamping tool for that. See the workaround HERE.
I used the following marker colors: C9, E00, E02, R20, RV10, RV11, R83, Y08, Y15, Y17, YG01, YG03, YG17. Once my coloring was done I adhered the panel onto the A2 white card base.
Next, I added a sentiment using Simon’s pre-printed sentiment cards. Finally, I adhered a bunch of black jewels from Pretty Pink Posh over the black colored negative space of the card.
Find more cardmaking inspiration featuring these products in the Let’s Connect Gallery over on Simon Says Stamp.
BLOG HOP
If you arrived from Nichol Spohr, the next stop on this hop is Amy Rysavy. Start over at the Simon Says Stamp Blog.
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GIVEAWAY
We’re giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from your blog comment section. We’ll choose your winners over the weekend and post on our Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 12th of August.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Simon Says Cling Stamp Spring Flowers Background Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips Thinking of You Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Misti Regular Black Shop at: SSS |
 Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh Glossy Black Jewels Mix Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker Y08 Acid Yellow Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker Y15 Cadmium Yellow Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker Y17 Golden Yellow Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV10 Pale Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV11 Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R20 Blush Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R83 Rose Mist Violet Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG01 Green Bice Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG17 Grass Green Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker E00 Skin White Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C9 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker E02 Fruit Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue Shop at: SSS |
 White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
I love what I am seeing here. Great Design
Love your card — the coloring is really pretty and those jewels!!!
Gorgeous card and your coloring is wonderful…bling galore!!
Nice addition of the jewels to the spaces. I like the tactile feel of cards as well.
This is beautiful! I love the flower colors and gold outlines, and the jeweled background is gorgeous!
gorgeous gold embossing and colouring!
SWOON!! Such a BEAUTIFUL Card!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
wow, gorgeous!!
Love this card! The jewels are a nice, subtle touch. Amazing as always!
Love, love, love this card. Color makes me happy! I’ve never colored an entire background with dark/black copic so that is something i’ll have to work up my courage to try. lol
I absolutely adore this card!! The jewels on the background give it such a lovely subtle texture and the flowers just pop off the black background. Thank you so much for sharing it.
What a beautiful and striking card! Love this use of the background stamp.
Yana, I love this card! The style, the colors, everything about it. You are so talented.
Very eye catching card
Love your card. I made some cards using the stamp and I wish I had embossed the design. I may take the time to color in the white space with a black copic marker.
This is really beautiful
Very pretty card
Wow, fantastic colouring! I love the black background!
Hi Yana 🙂 Your card is lovely!!! Thanks for inspiring me 🙂