Sunday, May 21, 2023

Simon Says Stamp Dear Friend release Blog Hop Day 2

I'm so happy to be part of the new Simon Says Stamp Dear Friend Blog Hop Day 2. If you would like to see the entire release just click HERE.
Simon is offering a chance for a $25 shopping spree! All you have to do is leave a comment here to enter.  Leave a comment on each stop of the hop for more chances to win. Good luck! I have made 3 cards for this hop today using some of the amazing products from the Dear Friend release. Each card uses the emboss resist technique with distress inks.
I made this card using an A2 card base from smooth white cardstock. I then stamped one of the beautiful flowers from the Blissful Bouquet stamp set onto watercolor cardstock and heat set it using gold embossing powder. I then water colored each flower and leaf using distress ink and water with a paintbrush. I then die cut them out using the coordinating dies and arranged them on a piece of white cardstock and trimmed off the excess. I then adhered that panel to the card base. I die cut the Fancy Hello die from gold cardstock and popped it up using foam squares. I also embossed the sub-sentiment using gold embossing powder onto a white strip of cardstock.
I made this card using an A2 card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a panel of watercolor cardstock. I stamped the large image from the Modern Quilt Heart stamp set using clear sticky ink and heat set it using white embossing powder. I then pulled out some of my favorite colors of distress ink and a paintbrush and with no rhyme or reason I started to add distress ink mixed with water. I then went in and painted some of the areas with gold paint and used some of that gold paint to add some splatters for a bit of shine. I hot foiled a sentiment from the Elegantly Modern Greetings set using gold glimmer foil and die cut it out using the coordinating die. I popped it up with some foam adhesive. I added some sequins around the sentiment to spice it up.
This last card was also made with an A2 card base from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a panel of watercolor paper to leave a bit of a white border. I stamped the Peony Background image on the panel using clear embossing ink and heat set it using white embossing powder. I then used some distress ink and water to create a bright wash over the embossed image just using a paintbrush. I used the same distress ink to add some splatters. I set it aside to dry while I die cut out the Hey Girl Hey sentiment from white and gold cardstock. I used some foam tape to pop up the sentiment from the water colored panel.

I hope you are enjoying your time hopping with us today! Lots of inspiration and even more if you visit the Dear Friend Gallery. I have provided affiliate links to all the supplies I used to make each card for your convenience. Thank you so much for stopping by! Happy hopping!

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Here is the list of stops on this hop:

71 comments:

  1. Beautiful card! Blissful Bouquet and the Modern Heart Quilt

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  2. I so love the hey girl hey die! Beautiful cards!

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  3. What great cards! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Three stunningly gorgeous cards!

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  5. The last card is my favorite. It's simple and pretty.

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  6. Such beautiful cards. I love the gold sentiment on all of them, but the third card is my favorite with the simple color wash over the embossed bg. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Great cards. The embossed resist gives impressive results every time.

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  8. Love the tumbling blocks in the heart.
    Wonderful group of cards.
    thanks for sharing.

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  9. Love the cards you have made. Love the gold sentiments

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  10. Beautiful cards! Thank you so much for the inspiration today.

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  11. I love the floral card, the colors chosen are just perfect!

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  12. Emily's florals are just WOW, your designs and color choices are also WOW!

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  13. Beautiful cards Barbara. Thanks so much for your detailed notes too. It really helps to understand how you accomplished your projects!

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  14. Fabulous cards - i love your use of watercolour techniques with the new stamps. Thanks so much for the inspiration and chance to win
    Pauline xx

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  15. Beautiful cards, love the flowers on the first one. These new sentiments are so pretty.

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  16. wow stunning work - thanks for sharing your lovely cards

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  17. Beautiful cards, I am loving those sentiments!

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  18. Love the soft summer colors you used! Thanks.

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  19. Great coloring an the cards! I will have to remember to keep track of that little piece for the bottom of the "E" in the first word. I'm forever losing the tittles on the "i" and "j" dies too! LOL

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  20. Your cards are so beautiful! I love the colors and background on the heart card!

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  21. Wonderful cards! So many possibilities with this fantastic release!

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  22. I love your watercolor technique! Gorgeous cards!

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  23. Love the colors (especially the heart!)

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  24. Beutiful cards! I love your color choices Thanks so much.

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  25. These are stunning! I LOVE your colors and designs!

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  26. Each of these cards is stunning!

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  27. Your cards are all really Beautiful!!!

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  28. All 3 of the cards are wonderful, but the mosaic heart speaks to me. Love the coloring.

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  29. Three totally different but equally vibrant cards!

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  30. I love how you painted with distress inks. They are beautiful cards!

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  31. These are all fantastic, great designs - thank you for sharing & inspiring.

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  32. All three of these are fantastic. The modern quilt is my favorite

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  33. Lovely cards, as always, Barbara, and that Modern Heart Quilt is my fave!

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  34. Beautiful card using the Blissful Bouquet stamp. Your water coloring give the card front so much depth.

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  35. Love the watercolor quilted heart card. Gorgeous

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  36. Love the variety of your cards.

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  37. Great cards. The flowers are gorgeous.

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  38. Very beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.

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  39. Your cards are gorgeous!! Love the touches of gold!

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  40. These are beautiful! I love the floral design and the heart, and you ombre background for your Hey Girl card is gorgeous too!

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  41. All 3 of your cards are beautiful. My absolute favorite is the Quilted Heart. It is stunning! I love the c way you used distress Inks to color it. The colors are great together. 🥰

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  42. Love the colors on all the cards. Thanks for sharing.

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  43. Love your gorgeous gold embossed array of cards!! The layering, vibrant colors and choices make up your cards beautifully!!

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  44. Such beautiful cards, love that floral background on the first one.

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  45. These are beautiful! I really love the heart one, the gold is so pretty!

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  46. Love the cards. The colors of the floral card are gorgeous

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  47. Love your use of orange. I rarely use it and it's such a happy color.

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  48. Beautiful cards, I really love the quilted heart

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  49. Wow! Love the colors you used and your blending is beautiful!

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  50. The colors just sing spring/summer, the gold adds class. Love them.

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  51. Each card is lovely! Great release :)

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  52. WOW! Your cards are absolutely GORGEOUS! The bouquet is just stunning!
    Have a wonderful day,
    Migdalia
    Migdalia's Crafts

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  53. Gorgeous cards! Love the colors!

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  54. Your trio of cards are gorgeous. Beautiful, vibrant colors.

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  55. Your cards are so lovely. My favorite is the first floral card- Spring has gripped my desire for beautiful flowers!

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  56. These are just gorgeous! Love them all!

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  57. These are fabulous cards. I especially love the Heart Quilt. That by itself would make a great prize. [Bunny]

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  58. Your cards are beautiful! I really love how you water colored the flowers on the first card :)

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  59. Beautiful cards, anything floral from you is gorgeous!

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  60. That Blissful bouquet is so pretty!

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  61. Nice design shares for the sets.

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