Hi there! Today I am part of an amazing new release blog hop! I created three very colorful projects using several new stamps sets from the release. The Ton has 26 new stamps for their 2017 Anniversary Release, which include three free gifts with purchases. For more information on The Ton’s inventive products, head over to The Ton’s blog. All new release products are available now!
Let’s take a look at my first card! I’ll be honest. I thought I messed this up! Big time! I watercolored the beautiful floral image from the Dahliah Close up stamp set with some watercolors (I used the MissionGold watercolors). This image is a breeze to color. I love the close up of the floral.
After it dried complete, I added some glass slipper sequins and some little drops of Nuvo Drops. White Blizzard Glitter drop (has glitter in in) and Morning Dew Crystal drop (translucent). I took a step back and went, CRAP! I just gave this card chicken pox! But once it dried, I fell in love! The sentiment is from the Fresh Cut Poppies stamp set.
Next up – how about some macarons? The Sweet Macarons stamp set is simply scrumptious.
I heat embossed the tower of Macarons in white and then applied a wash of watercolor (Color Burst). Finished it off with some more of those gorgeous Glass Slipper sequins and some twine.
And lastly, how about a rainbow of Morning Glories using the Morning Glory Border stamp?
The fun sentiment is from the City Girls: Special Day stamp set. I adore the whimsical feel of the sentiments from that set… To create the rainbow inking, I used distress inks and added some flicks of my favorite black texture spray.
GIVEAWAY:
Five gift certificates to The Ton’s shop: One $75, two $50 and two $25 gift certificates are up for grabs to those that leave comments on ALL the hop participant blogs. You have until 1/16 to get your comments in! Winners will be announced on The Ton’s blog.
Blog hop order:
- The Ton
- Amy Tsuruta
- Mayline Jung
- Janette Kausen
- Emily Midgett
- Laurel Beard – YOU ARE HERE
- Eunji Jung
- Chris Dayton
- Vera Yates
- Lisa Harrolle
- LauraJane Head
- Amy Kolling
- Isha Gupta
- Jenny Lee Yamasaki
- Justine Hovey
- TaeEun Yoo
- Taheerah Atchia
- Stephanie Klauck
All the new products that are available RIGHT NOW are listed below!
- fresh cut poppies
- fresh cut poppies OUTLINE
- Beautiful Butterflies 1
- Beautiful Butterflies 2
- Beautiful Butterflies 3
- Beautiful Day Bicycle
- Bride Tribe
- Brushed Hugs
- Brushed Love
- Brushed You
- City Girls Park Life
- City Girls Special Day
- Freestyle Stripes
- Poppy Garden
- Scenes: Fountain Terrace
- Morning Glory Border
- Dahlia Close Up
- Macarons
- Party Fans
- Scripty Alpha Lower
- Scripty Alpha Upper
- Sweet Macarons
- The New Pretty
- Thoughtful Poppies
Other supplies used in my projects today:
Love these cards! Chicken Pox??? Ruined??? Heck no! That card is the best one of the three! Thanks for sharing.
You nailed the dahlia background card, Laurel…again!
You were a busy bee, my friend!! I can’t even pick a favorite because all three cards are incredibly lovely!!
Beautiful cards 🙂 love the colors used. The macarons look so yum!! Thanks for sharing
cheers
preety
OMGOSH girl thefirst one is just so rich an stunning.Love the different mediums.Well done.
Gorgeous cards, Laurel!!!
Wow whay an amazing array of beautiful colors!
Super pretty Laurel! Always love your use of COLOR.
Beautiful cards.
Love the macaron cake….
The colors are so amazing!
How fun! Great colors!
Your rainbow of morning glories is glorious and the macaroon card is a stunner but the first card is my absolute favorite!! LOVE the background and the flower blows my mind! Absolutely spectacular! TFS!
An amazing array of cards! Love the colours you’ve used and the stamps look wonderful.?
Beautiful cards!! Love the morning glories border card!! Very beautiful!! The dahlia background is very beautiful!! That macroons card is my fav!
love the white embossing and distress look!
Wowza, Laurel! These beauties are divine!! I love them all!
All of these are gorgeous!! The vibrant colors make me happy 🙂
Beautiful!
Oh my goodness!!! Beautiful cards and colouring!!! Love them!!!
Such gorgeous watercoloring! Love your cards today!
Beautiful cards! I LOVE the colors you chose….so bright and happy!
Beautiful cards! Love the emboss resist 🙂
What lovely watercolored cards. Thanks
I like the techniques you used on these wonderful cards.
Colors are gorgeous and thanks for the succinct list of supplies. I’m a sucker for rainbow colors and watercolor! Just beautiful!
That dahlia card is beautiful!!
Love the cards.
the coloring is wonderful.
thanks for sharing.
Love all the colors of your gorgeous cards! The last one is my favorite and love the ink blending. So pretty! Beautiful job.
The morning glories are a great stamp I need to have it! I too love the sentiments from the city set.
gorgeous cards!!
Beautiful!!!
Beautiful watercoloring on
all the cards and great designs.
Carla from Utah
Outstanding artwork! Each one is unique, creative and down right beautiful!
All gorgeous cards
Beautiful cards! Love them all! ❤
Amazing color combos on your gorgeous cards! Love that fabulous Dahlia Close Up design!
What gorgeous backgrounds!
Love your beautiful deep colors. Thanks for sharing
Laurel ass always beautiful and bright cards. Love them all especially the morning glories. You are a true artist.
Wonderful cards!
Love all 3 backgrounds. The morning glory border stamp is gorgeouus.
What lovely cards…
Wow beautiful colored cards !!
well done Laurel those are really gorgeous watercolored cards, i esp love the last one with that wavy sentiment, perfect fopr a loved one or Valentine’s day
Very colourful indeed Laurel, love all three of them!
Regards
Cheryl Espie
Lovely collection
Hi Laurel, your cards are just beautiful, love the soft colours.
Gorgeous cards, love the watercoloring, so pretty and elegant!
Nice Cards love all the new florals stamps in this release.
Oh my – love the florals!!
Love your cards.
Who doesn’t want a tower of macarons.
So pretty, Laurel!
Beautiful work with those new released products!
Lovely watercolor cards!
beautiful watercoloring!
Very pretty colors on your cards!
I’m in love with that floral background, so gorgeous!
Love your gorgeous cards! The last one is so lovely. Rainbows always are my faves.
Love all the gorgeous color! All three are fabulous!
Such beautifully colored cards !
No chicken pox, just beautiful!
Lovely set of card, love the raimbow card.
YOu certainly use these beautiful colors well. Both cards are fabulous. THank you for the bit of snow for me here in Florida.
Great cards, very creative. The flower is awesome. I hope I can make one close to it.
Wow! All three are beautiful! Love the artistic look and unique color combos on the first and the last card!
I love that you watercolored those images, stunning.
Your colors are so dreamy! Beautiful job showcasing these stamps!
Love the use of water colors! Your cards turned out beautiful
Love the Dahlia.
I love the beautiful flowers!
AL 3 cards are beautiful, as usual! The macaroon card reminds me of a princess party…what fun for young ones!
Ha ha, love your description of over embellishing – I know that feeling! But you’re right, it has turned out to be a great card.
All simply stunning Laurel, especially your Morning Glory card!
Lovely cards!
You make it look so easy. I especially love the rainbow card!
Quite simply said the most stunning stamps and projects. Thank you for the inspiration
Love, love, love your creations.
Love your cards!! Your coloring is just fabulous!
Beautiful card designs Laurel!
Those cards are breathtaking! You and the Dahlia stamp were meant to be. I love the glass slipper sequins!!!
What a lovely batch of cards! I especially love the rainbow of morning glories!
Great techniques cards!! I adore the pink one.
Love the way you used such different techniques with the stamps! They are gorgeous! I must try this.
Absolutely stunning cards! Amazing backgrounds.
Love the cards, chicken pox and all.
Laurel your cards are just stunning!!! Your watercoloring is just so beautiful. I am in love with this release. Thanks for the inspiration ?
Three beautiful cards! I especially love the third one – rainbow colours are the best!
All three of your cards are just beautiful!
All cards are very pretty!Thank you for sharing.
Laurel, these are beautiful!! I love the macaroons!!
Amazing bright cards! Love the macaroons one!
All of these cards are lovely, the background dahlia was the opposite of ruined! The macaroon birthday card was so pretty, especially with the contrasting pink colorburst to the dainty macaroons. And that distress inked floral card with the bright center for the sentiment was gorgeous!
STUNNNNNNNNNNNNING! I LOVE your cards! The pink behind the macaroon tower makes me SO happy! Great job!
Awesome cards! Love the colors.
Love these cards.
Very beautiful background.
Your cards are so colorful and pretty! Love them 🙂
Your cards are so beautiful! Love the colors you used on them!
I make some of my best cards during craft-cidents! I love the color wash on your second card. I am going to have to try Color Burst someday.
Great cards. The watercolouring is so pretty. Had a giggle about the chicken pox on the Dahlia card – definitely not poxy
Beauiful, vibrant cards. Really love that reverse technique.
Awesome backgrounds and coloring on your cards!
I really like your cards, they have an ethereal quality to them.
I love your “chicken pox” card & what you have created with the Morning Glory border is stunning!
Such beauty and colors that show us many of the new The Ton releases!
Oh so pretty Laurel Your have such a flair for color and design!
Three great cards, Laurel. You always lay down and blend multiple colors is such a pretty way. Love the platter of macaroons too!
Love the colors on your card lovely
Your cards are gorgeous!!!!
Rainbow happiness!
Wow, loving all three of your cards. The rainbow card is my fav. Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous vibrant colors!
They are adorable all
my fav is the one with rainbow colors
soo adorable you made it…
great post miss lady
super beautiful and adorable cards!
These are breathtaking! My favorite is the Morning Glory border stamp with the rainbow Distress Inks. I really like the sentiment you used.
Nice watercoloring technique! Thanks for sharing some inspiration!
Your cards are all amazing!
Truly beautiful cards! Chicken pox?! You made me chuckle! Thanks for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win!
Fantastic cards, I love your Dahlia card, it is stunning!
Gorgeous cards and great techniques.
Wow! These are amazing! Great techniques!
Beautiful cards, very pretty. Thanks for sharing and for a chance to win.
Wow, what stunning cards Eunji. Love them all thanks for sharing.
Sorry Laurel, your cards are stunning, Posted wrong artist.
I really love your vibrant colors. I am so intrigued by the MissionGold watercolors. i had to laugh over your chicken pox comment. I love how the sequins add so much to the card. I ordered some. 🙂
Your creations are filled with beauty!!!
I like very much the watercolored background with the white design! love your work.
These 3 cards are just stunning!! The colours are so rich and vibrant. Love them!! And that first one is far from ruined!!
Your cards are all so different yet they are beautiful. Thank you for sharing your work.
I’m enjoying the watercoloring on your cards!! I love the look it adds!
Beautiful watercoloring! Love the cards!
Beautiful stamps and such pretty watercolouring techniques Laurel. I love the all. x
Your watercoloring is beautiful! I love how you colored the morning glory stamp outside of the box!
wow, your use of color is great. It just works, I have tried and it looked muddy, yours just works beautifully! It gives me inspiration to keep trying. And the Ton release is fabulous