Simon Says Stamp | Calligraphy-Like Christmas Cards. Yippee For Yana Series. Video

Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! Today I have Calligraphy-like Christmas Cards to share. Grab a cuppa & enjoy!

Calligraphy is and has always been extremely popular. It looks gorgeous, it’s always very personalized and unique. But calligraphy is also something that’s not given naturally to everyone, it takes time and practice to master. In this video I’ll show you how to fake a gorgeous calligraphy-like Christmas card with the help of clear stamps.

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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

Stamping is easy. There are thousands of gorgeous stamp designs out there and to fake the calligraphy look on my cards today I picked Merry Christmas stamp from Simon Says Stamp. I always like to add a little something to my cards, a little extra message, so here I added one that reads “Wishing you Peace and Joy”.

I have 3 variations of this card design today (be sure to watch my video to see that 3rd idea). I used snowflakes for one of the cards, oversized Christmas lights image for another one and images of gifts for the 3rd one. My favorite is the one with the lights, but I’m curious to learn which of those you like the most?

I gold heat embossed my images on dark blue cardstock panel. To make the “Merry Christmas” sentiment unique I used a white pen and added shadow details. It’s a bit intimidating to do if you are doing it for the first time, but it’s super fun and results are worth the effort. All you have to do is follow the letter outlines with your pen.

I didn’t have a stamp to stamp the string to go with my lights, so I doodled that in myself using that same white pen. I skipped coloring my lights using a traditional medium and coated each with shimmer using a shimmer pen (I added 3 layers of shimmer for some extra sparkle). Lastly, I used jewels from Pretty Pink Posh to embellish these cards. I added a lot of the smallest jewels onto my snowflake card and was very precise with the placement as I wanted these positioned on the ends of the snowflakes.

I also added some large and small Midnight Black jewels to my Christmas Lights card to fill the space in-between the lights.

I loved making these cards. I haven’t really tried anything like this in the past; it was fun stepping out of my comfort zone. I’m looking forward to trying doing faux calligraphy on my cards again!

Have fun stamping!

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 your support!

Simon Says Clear Stamps Merry Christmas Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Merry and Bright Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Tiny Words Christmas Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Frozen Fractals Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Clear Stamps Circle Sayings Holiday Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Merry and Bright Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100 Shop at: SSS	Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS
Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Jewels Shop at: SSS	Pretty Pink Posh Midnight Black Jewels Shop at: SSS	Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS
Sakura Classic White Bold Line 10 Pen Shop at: SSS	Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS	Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS	Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS

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