The Ton is celebrating 4 years this month and Effie has introduced 9 new designs for this release. There are some free gifts with purchase promotions ongoing. Head over to The Ton's blog for more details. You should have arrived from the blog of my friend Vera Yates.
With so many pretty products in this release it was hard to decide what to play with. I chose the Smiling Cosmos stamp set.
I love to color and do beautiful shading with Copic markers with this type of image but sometimes that can be intimidating or time consuming. So I decided to show three ways to create with this image that does not take a lot of time and coloring.
My first card heat embosses the image in white on kraft cardstock for a striking image with very little effort.
I stamped the floral image on Neenah Desert Storm cardstock using Versamark and heat embossed it with Hero Arts white embossing powder. A stitched rectangle die was used to it the piece down and it was matted with a very thin margin of black cardstock. The rest of the card used white cardstock that was crimped with a Fiskars paper crimper, My Favorite Things patterned paper and more black cardstock. Heating embossing was used for the greeting and I added a May Arts twine bow.
My second card used a "new to me" product -- Tonic Shimmer Powders. Oh my goodness these are fun to use and allow you to create a stunning background really quickly and easily.
To create this card I stamped the image using Versamark ink on Canson Watercolor paper and heat embossed with Hero Arts white embossing powder. I sprayed some water on the surface and then lightly tapped on the bottom of the bottle of Nuvo Shimmer Powder. (I used blue, green and yellow). Then I sprayed more water to get the colors to bloom. If they pooled too much then I used a paper towel to dab some off. Then I let it dry. This stuff if so fun and I can't wait to play with them again.
The rest of the card was pretty self-explanatory to make -- I added some embellishments at the end to finish the card.
For my last card I did what I call partial Copic coloring.
I stamped the image in black on Neenah Solar White cardstock. Instead coloring the whole image and shading I chose a light color and colored just part of the image, leaving some white showing. This adds a hint of color but goes very quickly. I covered the flower centers with Nuvo clear drops and outlined all of the image with grey Copic to create a shadow and a bit of dimension. The striped paper strip is from My Favorite Things and I stamped the Hello in black in on a little banner I cut out.
I hope you will visit all of the blogs in today's mini-hop and show the artists some love:
- The Ton
- Amy Tsuruta
- Renee Day
- Lea Lawson
- Janette Kausen
- Vera Yates
- Jana Millen - You are here!
- Laurel Beard
GIVEAWAYS: There are also giveaways everyday on these mini hops! Win a stamp of choice from The Ton's new release. To enter, leave a comment on each blog each day. Effie will choose one winner per day (4 winners total) and announce the winners on The Ton's blog by January 12. The comment period for these giveaways will close on January 11 at 7pm EST.
Now head on over to Laurel Beard's blog and see what inspiration she has for us today.
Thanks for showing how to use an intricate stamp design in such beautifully simple ways!
Posted by: Suzanne Russell | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 09:17 AM
Beautiful cards!!! I love the watercolor blue/greens with the white embossed flowers! Thank you for sharing!!!
Posted by: Angie Hollins | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 09:19 AM
Loving all three creations!
Posted by: Cynthia Cole | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 09:27 AM
Jana, I'm loving all your color palettes. Gorgeous projects.
Posted by: ~amy~ | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 09:36 AM
The tone on tone is so striking but so is the last one. Amazing to see how different the same set can look. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Vicky D | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 09:42 AM
Ooooo all are gorgeous! I just love the blue/teal smile one sooo much!
Posted by: Meghan Kennihan | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 10:30 AM
Your cards are so VERY pretty!! Love to see the different ways to use this lovely set!
Posted by: Kathy Schweinfurth | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 10:34 AM
Oooh! Love your cards... The first one caught my eye with the neutral colors. And I love the textures behind the flowers in your blue card! So pretty!
Posted by: Debbie Rumpza | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 10:54 AM
Gorgeous! The embossing on Kraft turned out beautifully!
Posted by: jessica kerr | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 10:57 AM
Great ideas for getting different looks from the same stamp. Gorgeous!
Posted by: Stanlee R. | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 11:07 AM
My absolute favorite card is the teal and green one with the nuvo shimmer powder. I am so excited to try this out. I love the sentiment and the card is stunning!
Posted by: Rachel Duong | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 11:12 AM
Love the layering.
The muted colors are
wonderful. Great
cards. thanks for
sharing.
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Posted by: Mary Holshouser | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 11:24 AM
Thanks for sharing these beautiful cards.
Posted by: Vivian C | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 11:29 AM
Love how you made these cards. :) Great job!
Posted by: Kelsey Thomas | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 11:37 AM
Love your cards!
Posted by: Terri (Blindstamper) | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 11:42 AM
Such a lovely set of cards!!
Posted by: Cheryl Rigney | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 12:33 PM
What a fabulous set of cards, all very gorgeous.
Posted by: Michelle Murray | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 12:43 PM
All are awesome looks with this beautiful cosmos flower stamp! Great ideas for different ways to use the stamp! The white embossed image on kraft cardstock is fabulous!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 12:45 PM
Wow, these are so gorgeous, I especially love the first one - not a colour combo I would normally go for myself, but I should - it looks amazing!
Posted by: Mirella Rogan | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 12:48 PM
WOW!!! Your cards are beautiful! Thank you for sharing!!! Loving The Ton New stamps!!
Posted by: Deb Flagg | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 01:03 PM
All are striking and show the versatility of this stamp set. TFS
Posted by: Lesliediana | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 01:06 PM
Your cards are beautiful - great use of this lovely stamp
Posted by: glennis f | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 01:13 PM
WOW! I love all the techniques you used with this lovely image. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Toni L | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 02:27 PM
WOW!!! I DEFIANTLY "NEED" some of those powdered water colors to use with my Ton Stamps! LOL GORGEOUS WORK on ALL THREE cards!!! ;)
Posted by: Becky Green | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 02:40 PM
Pretty cards.I love all the different tecniques .Great stamp release from the Ton.
Posted by: Tema | Saturday, January 05, 2019 at 02:40 PM