Hello everyone and thank you so much for joining us today for a fun Card Making Therapy Blog Hop! I don’t know about you, but I find cardmaking to be both relaxing and therapeutic. I love to turn to cardmaking after a long day working on the computer or in the evening after doing the housework. I especially love to color using various mediums. I’ve been sharing lots of projects lately colored using pencils, but today I have a Christmas card colored using watercolors!
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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 project by stamping a custom background using Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia stamp set onto Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor paper. Be sure to watch my video above to learn how I made this background without the use of masking. I stamped 6 flowers and also added a few leaves next to each poinsettia.
Once my background was done I taped my watercolor paper onto a board and started coloring it using the wet on wet technique. I used colors that are now available in my exclusive Daniel Smith Yana Smakula palette at Simon Says Stamp and colored poinsettias using Pyrrol Red and Bordeaux. I colored all of the flowers with Pyrrol and when doing the second layer of color mixed in a bit of Bordeaux and made 3 of the flowers darker.
To color leaves I first used Sap Green and later came in with Undersea Green to darken the colors. I also painted the background for this card as I didn’t want to keep it white. I know now everybody is a fan of dark backgrounds but I can’t get enough of them lately. I used Indigo and Lunar Blue colors for the background.
Once my coloring was done I trimmed this panel to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ and foam mounted onto an A2 card base. To create a sentiment I used Simon’s Stained Glass greetings stamp set and coordinating dies.
HOP ALONG WITH US!
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GIVEAWAY!
There are 10 prizes to be won during this hop! Six 20$ gift cards to the Simon Says Stamp store (one for each stop on the blog); A 25$ gift card to Concord and 9th; A 30$ gift card to Pretty Pink Posh; A 25$ gift card to Waffle Flower; A coloring class by Kit and Clowder.
Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on all the posts on this blog hop by 11:59pm EST on October 17th and will be announced on Amanda’s blog on October 19th.
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 Poinsettia Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Stained Glass Greetings Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass Greetings Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Stained Glass Greetings Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Daniel Smith Yana’s Set Watercolor Palette Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Sap Green 5ml Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Undersea Green 5ml Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Indigo 5ml Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Pyrrol Red Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Bordeaux 15ml Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Lunar Blue Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 4 Round 300541 Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 8 Round Shop at: SSS |
 Jack Richeson 9 X 12 Inch Hardboard Panel Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
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Yana, you make the most beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing!
Yana, what did you splatter with over the top? Did I miss that? 🙂
So, so gorgeous, Yana.
Simply stunning!
Very beautiful vivid colors. Just my kind of card. Nice Christmas card. Great shading.
Inspiring as always. Beautifully watercoloured card.
Yana – this is a gorgeous card! I love the vivid coloring, including the background. This card makes me love poinsettias even more!
This card is beautiful with the rich gold embossing and deep colors. It reminds me of batik. I’m going to make one like this now!
Yana, you never cease to amaze! Love the colors and gold highlighting. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us!
Yana I just love watching you watercolor. You are so inspiring. I can’t wait to get your palette. Those colors are really gorgeous, as was your card. Thank you.
Yana you’re always an inspiration to the card making world. Our wish for world peace is constant and hopefully one day will be realized. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card! There’s nothing quite so relaxing as making cards!
Your card is amazing! I can’t wait to get your watercolor plate from SSS. I enjoy watching your card making videos on YouTube. Great ideas for days!!
Love your work! How cool to have a Daniel Smith watercolor palette of your own! I love card making, too. I can’t even adequately put in to words what it does for my spirits! Thanks for sharing!
Such a beauty! Your coloring is just stunning! And I totally agree, cardmaking and coloring is so relaxing 🙂
What a beautiful bright holiday card. Thanks for the video an sharing how to make this gorgeous card. Also thank you to be one of the blogholders who particitat in the Card Making Therapy Blog Hop, cardmaking is therapeutical!
Simply gorgeous!!! Wow
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! I love watching your videos and they inspire creativity in me :). Your watercoloring is beautiful.
What a beautiful card!! I wish I could watercolor like you. I think I am going
try to improve this coming winter— practice makes perfect (or a little better.)
Thank you so much for the inspiration.
Really love the poinsettias on this card. They are so beautiful, and I love the background colours too.
This is an amazingly beautiful card !
Hi…what a marvelous card! I love ot!
Hug Daniela
I love this stamp set. I live in a place with no snow so poinsettias mean winter time to me.
Wow such a beautiful card!! I’m so glad this blog hop was created to really show people how card making can really be therapy! It can help you through tuff times. Thank you so much for participating in such a great cause.
So beautiful! You never disappoint!
Gorgeous. Love the blue background just makes the foreground pop to life. Thanks for sharing.
Wow … your card is stunning. Fabulous inspiration for holiday cards.
The first word that popped into my mind when I opened your page, was “WOW”! I absolutely love the colors you used and how it looks so 3D. Thanks, as always, for sharing!
Your cards are always elegant.
Beautiful card, Yana!
Beautiful card as usual Yana!!
Such a beautiful card!
Love your beautiful card!
Beautiful colors on your daniel smith palette. Gorgeous watercoloring.
This is so beautiful. Love how you did the background.
Such a stunning card Yana. Yes I totally agree I love the darker background. Will be trying this on my next watercolor card.
Yana, thanks for sharing your beautiful card, love the darker background. Stunning as always!
As always, Yana, your coloring amazes me! I love the richness of your card and the addition of the flecks makes your card pop!
Gorgeous and festive all in one!
WOW! Your card is spectacular and festive! I really love it.
Gorgeous card and great blog hop!
A beautiful card Yana! Your watercolouring and layout designs are wonderful 🙂
Love your card.
This is the most beautiful card. The colors are amazing. I ordered the Daniel Smith Yana paint pallet from SSS and can’t wait for it to come after seeing this!
Love poinsettias and the gold embossing on this card is beautiful. Not proficient in water coloring but I might give it a try.
lovely card and definitely improved by having the blue background.
Lovely watercolored card. Thanks!
Exquisite details. Thank you so much for sharing how to do this without masking.
The indigo background is a winner, thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful!!!!