Hi Everyone!
The WOW! Embossing and Whimsy Stamps Design Teams are having a collaborative blog hop today! You should have come here from the fabulous Zsoka Marko blog – Stay tuned until the end of this post for details on the next stop on the hop, PRIZES, and how to win them!
For the hop, I created two cards, both featuring Whimsy Stamps (who were kind enough to send me my products) and WOW! Embossing powders.
My first card uses the gorgeous Whimsy Stamps Cherry Blossom Background Stamp. I inked it up in WOW! embossing ink and stamped it onto WOW! Superior Smooth white cardstock, then heat embossed it in WOW! Mayan Glintz (one of my very favorite embossing powders – such a pretty color. I love all of the glintz range).
I also heat embossed the sentiments from Whimsy Stamp’s hilarious sentiment set Cheeky Sentiments in the same powder and trimmed them out (I finished the sentence inside the card).
I wanted a soft and pretty monochromatic look, so I chose to blend an ink that was very similar to the embossing powder – I used Distress Oxide ink in Tattered Rose and blended up from the bottom, fading out towards the top. The embossing powder resists the ink (and you can give it a quick buff at the end). I also used the Tattered Rose to stamp ‘Brilliant’ inside the card. Distress Oxides stamp really well (much better than Distress inks).
I popped the panel onto a white card base and added some accents to the panel using white gel pen on the stems, and Clear Wink of Stella on the flowers. I also added some Spectrum Noir pink sparkle pen onto some of the flowers. I then popped up the sentiments on foam strips and added a few Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins.
For my next card I used the Speckled Heart stencil from Whimsy Stamps. I overlaid it on WOW! Superior Smooth white cardstock, and blended Catherine Pooler Inks in Be Mine (pink) and Limoncello (yellow), letting them blend together in the middle where they form a really pretty coral color.
When the panel was dry, I used my powder tool to prevent embossing powder sticking where I didn’t want it, then I heat embossed Hunky Dory from Cheeky Sentiments in WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Pale Regular embossing powder.
I also embossed the sub-sentiment in the same powder onto black cardstock, trimmed it out, popped it on a foam strip and then added the whole panel to a white notecard. As a finishing touch I added some iridescent sequins and rounded the corners.
So that completes my cards!
PRIZES – No Blog hop is complete without a prize!
WOW! Embossing Powders has 6 powders of your choosing along with a WOW! carry case to store your powders safely in.
Whimsy Stamps is giving away a $25 gift certificate to their store.
The Winners will be chosen at random in the week of the of 22nd April from the comments left on ALL THE POSTS.
To join this GIVEAWAY you must leave a comment on each blog post to have a chance at getting your hands on the prize. This hop is open internationally.
Your next stop on the hop is the wonderful Verity Biddlecombe. The full hop list in case you need it is below, and I have also listed my supplies out right at the end. Happy Hopping!!
- WOW! Embossing Powder Blog
- Whimsy Stamps Blog
- Jo Herbert
- Alanna Moses
- Jennifer Dove
- Zsoka Marko
- Jenny Colacicco <- YOU ARE HERE!
- Verity Biddlecombe <- GO HERE NEXT!
- Ashlee McGregor
- Jeanette Comerford
- Bev Rochester
- Yasmin Diaz
- Jamie Martin
- Deb Davis
- Dorinda Kaduchak
- Sue Hastead
- Joanne Soukup
- Nicolette Marie
- Michele Kovack
- Karen Reategui
- Dana Gong
Supplies
All of the supplies I use are listed below. If you purchase through my links (here or on YouTube) I receive a small amount of compensation which helps me run my blog and channel to bring you more crafty creations! Thank you for your support.
These are super pretty and love both the colour combos for each card, You have really show cased both campnies well Jenny! Thank you for participating in the blog hop. Hugs Jo
Absolutely beautiful creations Jen 😍😍😍
Such pretty cards. 🙂
Lovely cards Jenny
I’m so happy to be part of this wonderful blog hop, it’s really exciting to see everyone’s fabulous makes!. – your cards are beautiful Jenny…xxx <3
Beautiful cards! I love the scrumptious colors of the embossing powders…. Mayan Glitz is gorgeous on that pretty cherry blossom design!
oh I love that color embossing powder too… what beautiful cards…
hugs
Love the contrast between the soft subtle cherry blossom card and the fun speckled heart card.
The Metallic Gold Rich Pale Regular is a beautiful rich embossing powder. Beautiful cards!
Both of your cards turned out to be stunning. I really am liking that pretty Cherry blossoms stamp…so soft and pretty. And the second card with the heart….it is just so pretty also. Thank you so much for sharing your lovely work today…have a wonderful weekend.
I love the sentiment! I love the ombre orange embossing and card! Just beautiful both of them!
The first card is delicate and the next one is just cool!
The cherry blossom background is so soft, it makes a beautiful and etherial card.
What a great card.
Woow that first card is stunning, love the stamp and color combination, just beuatiful! ♥
Very pretty cards!
Pretty cards. Love the cherry blossoms stamp and that monochromatic look.
Super cute cards
Love this idea for a card! Very pretty!
Just lovely! The embossing adds so much!
Love both cards!
So pretty, Jenny. I particularly love the monochromatic look of your first card. The EP and distress ink are just perfect together.
beautiful artistic cards – thanks for the inspiration:)
Gorgeous cards.
Beautiful cards. I love cherry blossoms so that is definitely a favorite. But that second card is so colorful and fun too.
Wow! I’m totally in love for your beautiful cards! Colouring is great!!!
Gorgeous creations. That cherry blossom is so beautiful and the hunky dory card made me smile! Two fabulous creations. Love them both. Hugs, Wends xoxo
So pretty. I really like the cherry blossoms.
The embossing makes a huge difference in how cards look. Great job.
The cherry blossoms look wonderful. Perfect timing, too.