I am trilled to be participating in the Spellbinders New Collections Inspiration Blog Hop today!!! You should have arrived here from Svitlana Shayevich’s blog. If you want to start at the beginning or get lost along the way, you can find a complete list on the Spellbinders blog.
I had the pleasure of working with two sets from the Inked Messages Collection by Stephanie Low: Bloom Where You Are Planted & Fair Thee Well. These sets both come with the red rubber stamps & the dies to match!!!
I have two cards to share with you today…
My first card uses the Bloom Where You Are Planted set only for this simple card…
To begin, I cut a piece of Bristol paper slightly smaller than A2 and stamped the flowers from Bloom Where You Are Planted with Versamark Ink and heat embossed them in white. I colored the flowers and the background with Zig Clean Color Markers, adding black splatters after the panel was dry. The sentiment was white heat embossed onto black cardstock and cut with the coordinating die included in the set. I also die-cut the sentiment shape from black fun foam and adhered the sentiment to it, for some added dimension. The watercolored panel was matted onto a black piece of cardstock that was cut to an A2 size. Easy peasy!! This was so much fun to color!!
The second card is a little more involved and combines both sets…
I began by stamping the flowers from Bloom Where You Are Planted & the good luck image from Fare Thee Well onto white cardstock with Momento Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored all the images with Copic markers, die-cutting the flowers with the coordinating dies. The good luck image was fussy cut, as I needed it to be smaller than the die. The black cardstock was temporarily adhered to the card base and the coordinating die for the good luck die was cut from both layers. The flowers were adhered to the black panel, trimming off the pieces that hung off the edges. A white piece of cardstock that was edged with black was adhered to the inside of the card. The fussy cut good luck image was adhered with foam adhesive onto the inside of the card, centering it in the middle of the die-cut opening. A white gel pen was used to add some dots to the card front, tying it all together and adding some interest.
Next up on the hop is Rubeena Ianigro. Make sure you leave comments along the way to win some fabulous prizes!!!
Giveaways:
To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to a lucky winner. Please leave a comment on Spellbinders blog by Sunday, August 19th 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Tuesday. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.
Spellbinders also generously offered to give away a $25 gift certificate to the Spellbinders store to one lucky reader from my blog!! Please leave a comment by Sunday, August 19th. The winner will be notified on Tuesday, August 21st. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.
Thanks for stopping by & good luck!!!
Your cards are so full of life and color and are so pretty!
Love them both!! I love the font of the ‘bloom’ word!
More beautiful cards using black as a main color.
I really need to start using that color more.
These cards are so vibrant and I love all the flowers. Thank you for all you do for us. We are blessed to have you in our crafting community.
Your bright colors are amazing. They look Nordic.
Oh my word, your cards are brilliant! The colors just jump off that black background. So vibrant and beautiful! Thanks so much for the chance to win.
Please don’t ask me to choose a favorite! I love them both ways, and I so appreciate seeing the side-by-side comparison so that I can see exactly how versatile this is! Thank you.
These cards are just gorgeous! Love the one with the black card base.
Beautiful cards!! Absolutely love your coloring!! I wish I could color like that!! The colors are brilliant!!
Your black card is my favorite. Love the colors.Great job.
Beautiful projects. Love the colors.
There are some lovely stamps and dies in these collections. That Oval trellis die from Marisa is particularly beautiful! And your card inspiration is wonderful – especially love that black flower card.
Wonderfully happy and vibrant cards! Beautiful designs.
I love the bright colors on the black background — very striking. Beautiful cards.
Great to see two different colorings
of the same stamp set. Love the bright
colors on the black. The other is restful
and very pretty. thanks for sharing
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Both cards are stunning and this Spellbinders collection is amazing, I love it all! 🙂
Reminds me of the 60’s. All the bright colors. Happy cards.
Love your pretty cards. They are so alive with color.
Oh the Fare Thee Well could work really well for St. Patrick’s day. Love the wonderful colors. Nicely done.
Oh the Fair Thee Well could work really well for St. Patrick’s day. Love the wonderful colors. Nicely done.
Beautiful cards!. The die-cut opening is so clever! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards.
Thanks for sharing…
Love your beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing…
Love the contrast of the two cards. Very clever and very beautiful.
Great cards showcasing the new stamps!
Your cards are beautiful but I really love the black one.
I LOVE the bright colors again st the dark backgrounds! GORGEOUS!
Love the bright colors!
I love your cards! The black one is really eye-catching and I love the way it opens to the main image, which is beautifully colored. Super job!
Love the use of the negative on the good luck card and the markers really pop! Absolutely gorgeous!
The stamped backgrounds are just beautiful and I love it on black card stock!
I love the new release. And the inspiration cards are absolutely gorgeous!
Such different looks from the same images! Very well done! I love the color choices you’ve made. TFS!
Nice backgrounds!
Beautiful cards with gorgeous backgrounds. Really like the cut out feature on the 2nd card. TFS!
Your cards are stunning!! And very clever. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Pretty and colorful card designs.
Awesome release, awesome projects! I especially love the peekaboo window in the card with the black background!
Your cards are beautiful! Love the colors on black cardstock! Adding the black splatters and the white dots really finish off the cards! tfs Hugs, Christine
Super beautiful set of cards! Love the colors! 🙂
I really love the bright colors of your second card and that genius move of using the negative die-cut and raising it above the die-cut itself… sooo cool!
Love the bright vibrancy of your cards. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful cards! Love these gorgeous designs and your pretty color combos!
Both cards are great. But I ❤️. the way you put the Tatoo inspired image inside the card peeking through the window. So fun!
A very different look with the same elements – nice!