STAMPtember is officially here and it’s time to celebrate! I’ve said this in the past and I’ll say it over and over again – STAMPtember is my favorite time of the year in the stamping community. I love to see all the various stamp manufacturers come together and unite during the month of September at Simon Says Stamp store and blog.
This is going to be the 4th STAMPtember for me and it’s bound to be filled with loads of creative inspiration! I know one can feel overwhelmed to see so many new products so if you are not planning to do any shopping – do stick around for numerous videos, tutorials, and just plain good fun!
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CARD DETAILS -YOU MAY NOT BE THERE YET
I have two cards to share with you today using the new Kaleidoscope Leaves background stamp. If you’ve seen my post from yesterday and watched the video tutorial you know I mentioned I’ll be sharing more examples featuring kaleidoscope coloring. If you haven’t, here’s a link to my yesterday’s post and I’m sharing that video below, too.
The idea behind these two cards today is very simple – heat emboss the background, color it using one or two (or more if you prefer) colors of markers and coat some of the non-colored shapes with Nuvo Glaze (or Glossy Accents). Stay tuned as I’ll be sharing more ways to color these later during the month.
I started working on this card by heat embossing Kaleidoscope Leaves background in Gold embossing powder onto white cardstock. Next, I used a single C3 Copic marker and colored in a portion of the background taking care to leave some (identical) shapes free from coloring.
I trimmed my background to 4 x 5 1/4″ and foam mounted onto an A2 card base. I also heat embossed a sentiment from the new You Got This stamp set in same Gold embossing powder, trimmed it into a strip and foam mounted onto my background.
Finally, I used Nuvo Glaze and coated some of the white noncolored shapes to create a raised dimensional effect.
CARD DETAILS – HOPE IS STRONGER THAN FEAR
Here’s another card example using this technique. Same background stamp, but different color embossing powder – Antique Gold and 2 colors of markers this time (BG15 and BG11). The sentiment, Hope Is Stronger Than Fear also comes from the You Got This stamp set.
A few more detailed shots:
Have you ever tried this look before? You don’t have to use Nuvo Glaze for this, Glossy Accents from Ranger and Dimensional Magic from Plaid also work great for this technique.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
Here’s a video tutorial from yesterday showing this technique with a similar, but previously released product – Kaleidoscope Background. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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HOP ALONG WITH US!
The next stop on this hop is Kay Miller. You can also start over at Simon Says Stamp Blog.
GIVEAWAY! (NOW CLOSED)
Simon is giving away a $50 coupon to every stop on the hop from blog comment section – this is double what they usually do for blog hops because STAMPtember® is special! Comment below for your chance to win!
Winners will be chosen over the weekend and will be posted on Simon Says Stamp store blog on Tuesday.
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 Stamp Kaleidoscope Leaves Background Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps You Got This Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100 Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Crystal Glaze Nuvo Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker BG15 Aqua Blue Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker BG11 Moon White Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C3 Cool Gray Grey 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 |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
This Kaleidoscope BG stamp is my favorite of the release. Your cards are very pretty & quite elegant with the gold embossing. Love the beautiful dimension from the Nuvo laze.
Beautiful cards with a fabulous background.
You pick the best color groups and have some of the most beautifully designed cards.
LOL until the end of the video I thought you had die cut the area where you used the Nuvo glaze. Stunning card
Thanks so much. I will need to take a closer look at this stamp. Your technique is lovely.
Love this technique – turns your card into a piece of artwork!
This is an awesome stamp and I wouldn’t have thought to use it the way you did! Beautiful cards and thank you for the inspiration!!
Awesome cards! Thank you for the inspiration.
You created a very sophisticated look out of a busy background stamp, wow!
Yana, you are such an inspiration. These cards are absolutely gorgeous! That gold embossing powder and the colors you chose.. amazing 😉 thank you !!! Happy STAMPtember !
wow.. What stunning cards!!!
I love your cards – the work is so detailed and beautiful!
Yana, always love your cards and instructional videos. Yours cards are gorgeous.
Simply beautiful cards with beautiful words! I love them y’all! Great idea with leaves!
these backgrounds look like fun. Turned out very pretty.
Gorgeous cards. Loved the gold heat embossing!!
Yana loved how you used that background stamp, the colors and Nuvo Glaze looked awesome!
Your card is absolutely stunning!
I love your cards. Something new for me to try.
Just gorgeous. Love seeing your designs.
Thanks for the beautiful card.
Oh my, such beautiful cards. Love the colours and your attention to detail.
I seem to collect background stamps and then don’t use them. I love your technique and can’t wait to try it. Thanks for the great tutorial.
Wow, Yana! These are insanely gorgeous! I love what you have done, and your colour combinations! Your originality in all of your card making blows me away. Such great inspiration! Thank you!
I find it’s always hard to use a busy background but somehow you managed to make it look perfect. Looks like I need to do some more practices. Thankyou for the ideas!
So so pretty! Love it 😀
I love your work, amazing cards as always! Thank you for the inspiration!
I love your card and the great tutorial.
These cards are absolutely gorgeous.
Lovely cards. Interesting technique to try. Thanks
Wow!!!! Your cards are stunning!!!!!
Beautiful cards, great release!
The colors and backgrounds on these are lovely!
B-E-A-utiful!!
Love, love, love your cards. Beautiful!
It’s such a beautiful card and amazing that you can create something so stunning with stamps, just one Copic marker and gold embossing powder. Thank you.
Love, love, LOVE how you used this background stamp!
Stunning, classy card. Thanks for sharing
Absolutely stunning!!!
Beautiful card. I never would have looked at this stamp until seeing what you did.
Love the cards!
Loving the Stamptember new items!
Love your card.
These cards are so elegant and lovely! What a fun technique. Thanks for the inspiration!
Gorgeous cards. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent…
It’s always amazing to me how when I see a stamp that I’m not particularly fond of I change my mind when I see it used! That goes for this stamp!! I didn’t think much of it but now having seen you use it and the pretty results … I LIKE IT!!!! Thanks, Yana.
Wow, Yana, these cards are stunning! I didn’t buy that background stamp in my order yesterday…. now I wish I had…. Hmmmm may have to put another order in soon!
What gorgeous backgrounds! I will have to try this technique with some of the bacgrounf stamps I have. Thanks for sharing!
Love the sentiments you chose! Very inspiring!
Stunning and elegant results from the gorgeous new Kaleidoscope stamp and a few supplies. Yana, your attention to detail is amazing and with the glaze dimension here and there….definitely a wow effect!