Simon Says Stamp | Blooming Christmas Greeting Card

The other day I bought a gorgeous red amaryllis flower, I put it in a tall round vase on our kitchen table, and now I admire its beauty every time I walk into the kitchen. Amaryllises are stunning. If you go on Pinterest and look up amaryllises, you’ll end up spending hours looking at all the beautiful varieties, arrangements, growing tips, and so on. I was inspired by the beauty of the amaryllis flower and made a card.

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While I don’t have any amaryllis stamps in my stash, I looked for any large flower I could color red. Simon’s Look for the Rainbow stamp set fit the bill, and so I started to build my floral arrangement and a background for my card.

CARD IDEA

I wanted to create a custom floral background, color it bold, vibrant red, and add a stunning embossed sentiment over top.

CARD INSTRUCTIONS

Follow these instructions step by step to re-create this card:

• Stamp flowers and leaves from the Look for the Rainbow stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock. Use masking paper to mask images and overlap the flowers and leaves.
• Color images and background using Copic markers: R20, R22, R24, R27, R39, R89 (flowers), G21, YG63, G94 (leaves), B99 (background), Y00, Y11 (flower centers).
• Add vibrant red to some flowers using a red pen from Jane Davenport.

• Heat emboss “Merry” over the background in Antique Gold embossing powder.
• Adhere panel to A2 white top folding card base.
• Heat emboss “Christmas” in white embossing powder on red. Trim to skinny strip. Foam mount to card.
• Embellish card with gold sequins and clear droplets.

Have fun stamping!

SUPPLIES

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