Hello everyone! Today I am participating in a Caring Hearts Card Drive Blog Hop (more about this great cause and hop below). I created several simple to mass produce and easy to replicate Holiday cards. I have also filmed a video tutorial to walk you through the creative process and explain everything in detail.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
I’ve created a video tutorial where I am sharing everything in detail. You can watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARDS DETAILS
I wanted to stamp a modern looking pattern featuring several Christmas trees. I started going through my stash looking for images I could use and I ended up picking trees from 3 different stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp.
I practiced my stamping on a piece of printer paper (when I do test stamping I always use cheap printer paper and never my good quality cardstock). Once I was happy with my idea, design and colors of ink I picked I moved onto stamping actual pattern onto card fronts.
I wanted to make multiple cards so I used my mini MISTI stamp positioner to make it easier to do my stamping. I also double stamped all images to have the most vibrant and smooth ink coverage. I used 2 Christmas Trees from the Gifts of Love stamp set (its a set from one of Simon’s Card Kits), one tree from a last year Christmas Graphic set and one last tree image from this year Color Me Trees stamp set (I’m linking to all supplies I used at the end of my post).
For my color combination I went with Green Apple, Willow and Evergreen. I also used my Simon’s Intense Black ink to stamp the outline trees and blended Fog as well as Lake Shores and Scuba.
To dress these trees up a bit I heat embossed several dashed swirls from the Cute Snowflakes stamp set (this is another card kit stamp set) in Antique Gold embossing powder.
The sentiment for these cards, Thinking of you at Christmas, came from yet another set, Christmas Essentials. I wanted these cards to say more than just Merry Christmas and I think the sentiment I picked it very suitable for this occasion.
My stamped panels were adhered onto A2 top folding white card bases, I also foam mounted my sentiments and adhered several clear droplets.
CARING HEARTS CARD DRIVE
Today we are celebrating the 7th annual Caring Hearts Card Drive with a fun blog hop! The purpose of this card drive is to collect handmade holiday cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes around the world. Since 2010 we have been bringing joy to many nursing homes throughout the US, Canada and Australia. And this year, we are branching out to the UK! What better way to share our love of card making than to bring joy to others, right?
We hope you’ll join us in supporting the card drive. Details for the card drive can be found at: Vera Yates Blog & Jennifer McGuire’s Blog.
CARING HEARTS BLOG HOP
Join us for an inspirational blog hop!
Vera Yates
Jennifer McGuire
Laura Bassen
Shari Carroll
Debby Hughes
Heather Ruwe
Julie Ebersole
May Sukyong Park
Yana Smakula – you are here!
Ruby Ianigro
Jessie Frost Ballas
Wendy Ramlakhan
Kathy Racoosin
Amy Lee
Simon Says Stamp
GIVEAWAY
No hop is complete without fun giveaway, right? Simon Says Stamp has generously offering $150 gift card for this hop. All you need to do is visit and leave comment on each blog. Winner will be randomly selected from one of the participant blog. You have till midnight Thursday, 11/17/2016 to leave comment. Winner will be announced on Vera’s blog on Friday, 11/18/2016.
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 Gifts of Love Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Cute Snowflakes Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Christmas Essentials Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Color Me Trees Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Color Me Trees Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Color Me Trees Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Christmas Graphic Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Evergreen Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Willow Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Fog Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Lake Shores Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Scuba Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Green Apple Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# Lipstick Red Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh 6MM Clear Droplets (medium) Shop at: SSS |
 Best Creation Big Squares 3D Foam Tape Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
 Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS |
Lovely modern cards! Thank you for the video!
Lovely cards! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love your color choices! Great cards!
A reminder to keep an ‘open mind’ and think outside the box.
Beautiful cards, really like the use of different stamps. Nikki
So darn cute, thanks for sharing.
I love this modern take
Great card and great tips for mass producing
Really good ideas for using multiple images and mass-producing cards.
What a great design for mass producing! I love the idea of using similar stamps from multiple sets!
Lovely creative cards. Thanks for sharing.
I love the modern twist and the colors you chose. Pretty!
These are stunning!
Cute idea of mixing; cards came out great!
Love your card, so fun!
Beautiful cards!!!
So pretty!
i absolutely love the graphic look. wonderful cards 🙂
Beautiful card. Thanks for the technique for quick coloring of the trees.
Wonderful cards for a wonderful cause! Thank you for the excellent video and for your inspiration and helpful tips. Happy World Kindness Day!
Super cute cards Yana. Love the red tag with the greeting… shows up nicely on the stamped background. Those trees are so cool! Great cause and blog hop.
Great design and the gold swirls add the perfect extra punch.
Love those trees, fun card!
Bold and fun card. I love the dashes!
Beautiful card.
These kind of Christmas tree stamps always remind me of the scene in Charlie Brown Christmas special when Charlie and Linus go to the tree lot. I love them! The red accent with sentiment is perfect!
A fantastic card! Love the colors – bright and happy!
Great color and design!
I’m excited to try this out, Yana! thanks for such a beautiful design!
Love how you mixed and matched up the different trees! Great card!
Such beautiful cards !
What a great idea!! I keep seeing everyone using the misti and I am thinking I am going to have to get one soon!!!
Great card and wonderful video. Thanks!!!
You always have such great ideas. Thanks for sharing
what a sensational card – love, love, love it!
I lived through the era, and your cards are Perfectly mid-century! Colors and style and all. Thanks for the video! Caring Hearts is a wonderful project.
Thank you for sharing your video with us. I love watching you create. You are always so inspiring.
what a beautiful card. . . .great for mass producing. . . .
The graphic trees you used are so modern and clean. I love it! Thanks for sharing.
Classy and festive! Love the clean, fresh look!
Love this set and a great idea to cut the masks from card stock to colour in the trees with the ink blender.
Fun, modern cards. Love you choice of non-traditional colors.
Love this design and the bright colors!
This is such a clever way to use stamps you already own. Love your cards !!
Great Cards. Thank you for making the video and sharing your ideas and techniques.
Wonderful cards! Love the design, I’m a big fan of your work! Thanks for sharing!
Love the looks of this card! Fun!
Love these cards! Great for mass producing,thanks for sharing.
it’s so fun to match sets together.
Wonderful cards! Loved all the awesome tips on your video! The modern look on these cute trees is great!