Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share a bit about my creative cardmaking process from coming up with an idea, picking out products, deciding on a color scheme and actually creating my card. I hope you’ll find this useful!
I am making a card for an upcoming Mother’s Day for my Mom using several products from the Fluttering By release by Simon Says stamp.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
As always, I filmed a video tutorial showing how to create this project from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARD DETAILS
I started working on this card by stamping a colorful background using a stripe image from the Make Your Mark stamp set in Duckling, Green Apple and Hollyhock inks from Simon.
Next, I die-cut the word Mom out of white cardstock and I used my mini MISTI tool to stamp the corresponding image. I used pigment inks from Avery Elle for a soft ombre look and I went with Pixie and Raspberry colors.
I needed to stamp flowers so I used my Simon’s Intense Black ink and my mini MISTI again and I stamped 4 flowers from the Mom Flowers stamp set. I went with Copic markers and I picked my usual go to color combo for pinks – RV14, RV13 and RV11. I cut these out with the help of coordinating dies.
I arranged everything on my background and stamped additional sentiments “Happy Mother’s Day” and “All that I am is because of you” in black ink. Next, I used the stencil and added dry embossed detail using my die cutting machine. I foam mounted the large Mom die cut as well as the flowers and embellished this card using several Butterfly Kisses sequins.
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SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for
 Simon Says Stencils Tap Dance Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Make Your Mark Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Mom Flowers Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Bold Mom Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Mom Flowers Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Kisses Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Duckling Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Hollyhock Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Green Apple Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders – Platinum Magnetic Platform Shop at: |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV11 Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV13 Tender Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV14 Begonia Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS |
 Avery Elle Raspberry Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Avery Elle Pixie Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Love this card, esp the Make Your Mark stripes and the embossed stencil. Just watched your craft room set up. Glad you’re settling in. I still can’t believe your packing video—so much to organize for a big move.
Love the paint —really adds to the card
Love the ink colors you used!
Thank you so much for sharing your process with us! I know I can sometimes get discouraged because ideas do not jump out of my head fully formed like Athena from Zeus, so it’s nice to be reminded that creating is always a process, even for the pros. And your card turned out lovely. How fun to have an extra something to give to your mom along with all the presents from the States. Thanks so much for sharing with us!
Fabulous cards! Love all the colors, textures and layers.
Yeah so happy to be able to tell you that your cards are beautiful. I was unable to comment on the two previous Hops, Tracy Freeman and Lea Lawson, so I almost didn’t stop by so glad I did. I was amazed your coloring technique is fantastic. Moms card is so sweet. The streaks of color look like candles I think this would be a cute Birthday card also.
Your card is tender and delightful <3
I'm definitely in love with the flowers from this stamp set !!
Beautiful card with such an easy technique,…thanks for sharing!!
Such a beautiful card!I think the flowers are so beautiful! Wonderful job!
I like how you select your colors. Your card design is amazing too. Yana, I really swoon over your cards.
Love your card. I love your tip about the colour combos on Pinterest.
Amazing design! Love how colorful your card is, Jana. :o)
Yana, you always make such amazing cards, and this one is no exception. Beautiful!
Your card is gorgeous! I really enjoyed seeing your process this time, I struggle with color combinations too and loved seeing your color inspiration cards! Can you describe where you found these and how you printed them? I would love to do the same.
I just loved the stamp sets you used, and the colors were so perfect!
Yana, what a beautiful Mother’s Day card….love the colors and the dimension! Thanks for sharing your inspiring creativity with us!
Wow !! This is such a gorgeous card !! The color combo is so sweet.
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Beautiful! Love the colours you used, and the stencil looks fab too 🙂
What a beautiful card for your mother! I enjoyed seeing your process – especially how you select colors. I struggled with that and your idea of keeping an array of combinations is a great one for me. Thanks!
OH MY YANA!! What a stunning creation!! You never disappoint!!
Amazing card Yana. I am always inspired by your creations. Thank you for sharing your process. That was so helpful.
Such a beautiful card! Love the color combo you chose and the details you added, especially the paint stripes!
Really beautiful card- your Mom will love it!
What a gorgeous card. The subtle brush stripes on the embossed paper….great combo!
I like the stripe and dots. They break up the usual flowery Mother’s day cards.
Such a pretty card! Love how you used those brush strokes!
Beautiful card! Love all the detailed layers and textures.
Love this card and how every time I look at it I notice a new detail! Great work. Would make any mom happy to receive a card like that.
That mom card is so beautiful.
What a pretty card…love the design with the background stripes.
You do beautiful work and this release is awesome.
This is just gorgeousness!
Love the ombre, Yana.
Lovely card – you have such a wonderful talent! Thank you so much for your video!!
A beautiful card for your Mum Yana, I did not know that you could dry emboss with a stencil, I will definitely be giving that a go with my stencils on future projects thank you. I love it when a craft resource can be stretched and used in a different way. :O)