Simon Says Stamp | 5 One Layer Christmas Card Ideas to Try. Yippee For Yana Series. Video

Hello friends, welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! Today I have not 1, not 2, and even not 3, but 5 one layer Modern Christmas card ideas that you can make. These are very simple, they don’t require a ton of supplies or special skills and most important – they are one layer, so easy to pop in an envelope and mail to your friends or colleagues.

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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

You will need just a handful of things for these cards starting with colored cardstock of your choice, I’m using various colors from Simon Says Stamp, embossing powder in gold and white (or some other color if you like), you’ll also need other supplies you usually use for heat embossing, a white pen to add accents, Nuvo Jewels drops in bright and cheerful colors (I used 6 different colors), you’ll also need Nuvo Drops in Gloss white to add dimensional white dots and finally – you’ll need clear stamps! I’m using 4 stamp sets for these cards starting with Critter Sweaters, Winter Scene, Tiny Words Christmas and Festive Trees.

This handmade card uses Nuvo Drops as a coloring medium. Want to see 4 other ways you can use Nuvo Drops from Tonic Studios in card making? Check out this article – 5 Ways to Use Nuvo Drops.

I started working on these cards by heat embossing selected images on colored cardstock. Less is more with these simple and modern Christmas cards, so try to add avoid adding a ton of stuff onto your cards. Go with a simple, but meaningful sentiments and one or three images to make a little scene. You can add in the rest using tools such as a white pen on Nuvo Drops to spice up the card design.

To make these cards your own you can try using another color of cardstock for your background and another color of embossing powder for the heat embossing.

I also want to encourage you to always look at your stamps in a different way. Have a simple triangle image? How else can you use it besides it being just a triangle? Can it be used a mini Christmas Tree? Can you stamp 2 tier or even 3 tier trees by layering triangles one on top of the other and have different size trees for your cards?

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 Tiny Words Christmas Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Festive Trees Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Critter Sweaters Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Winter Scene Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Smoke Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Surf Blue Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Smoke Gray Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Lake Shores Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Willow Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Jellybean Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Seafoam Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100 Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS	Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS	Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS	Tonic Gloss White Nuvo Drops Shop at: SSS	Tonic Strawberry Coulis Nuvo Jewel Drops Shop at: SSS
Tonic Sea Breeze Nuvo Jewel Drops Shop at: SSS	Tonic Limoncello Nuvo Jewel Drops Shop at: SSS	Tonic Pale Periwinkle Nuvo Jewel Drops Shop at: SSS	Tonic Key Lime Nuvo Jewel Drops Shop at: SSS
Tonic Orange Marmalade Nuvo Jewel Drops Shop at: SSS	Sakura Classic White Bold Line 10 Pen Shop at: SSS	Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS

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