Hi everyone! I love to use lace-like stamps for my cards because they always add beautiful and effortless elegance to my projects. So when I saw the new Bohemian Lace background stamp from Simon Says Stamp from their Sending Sunshine release I immediately wanted to play with it.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
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CARDS DETAILS
I decided I’d try doing tone on tone stamping and also some heat embossing to make beautiful backgrounds for my cards. If you are a subscriber of my Youtube channel & blog and have been following my videos lately you might notice a pattern – I’m doing a lot of monochromatic tone on tone stamping and simple heat embossing these days. I just can’t help it – I love the look, I love the simplicity and and I adore end results.
I used several colors of cardstock for my card – I just pulled a few colors from my stash and did watermark stamping, detail clear and detail white heat embossing. I used Sunshine, Sea Glass, Soft Navy cardstock from Simon as well as Desert Storm by Neenah.
I was in need of thank You cards to I turned all of these backgrounds into quick and pretty much identical Thanks You. I used a stamp from the Big Thanks Words clear stamp set and heat embossed it in white onto coordinating color of cardstock. I didn’t have any Soft Navy cardstock left, so for that one I stamped it in Doll Pink onto white, but it doesn’t look quite as pretty when heat embossed in white.
Next, I used a coordinating die and cut the Thanks Word out in my Spellbinders Platinum die cutting machine.
I also used the same die to die-cut foam adhesive layer for my die cuts. Whenever I can I like to use fun foam and double sided sticky sheets to die-cut identical shapes out and use those shapes to foam mount my die cuts onto the card, especially word die cuts. Some people like to die cut them out of cardstock several times and glue cardstock die cuts together, I prefer to use fun foam instead.
I also stamped and heat embossed an identical sub sentiment for all of my cards and it reads “And Gratitude For All You do” so together with the “Thanks” it forms a one meaningful sentiment. I cut it into a skinny strip and foam mounted onto the card under the large Thanks.
Finally, I wanted to add some additional texture and dimension to my cards so I used Nuvo Drops in various colors and I just added lots of little dots onto my background following the pattern of the lace. I used Carnation Pink, White and Bubblegum Blush.
I love using my Nuvo Drops like this – they really help my backgrounds come to life and whats awesome about the drops is that I can make them in any size I like – they can be as small or as large as I want them to be.
ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION
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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 Cling Stamp Bohemian Lace Background Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Big Thanks Words Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Big Thanks Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah Classic Crest 80 Lb Desert Storm Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Powder Clear Fine Detail Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Gloss White Nuvo Drops Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Bubblegum Blush Nuvo Drops Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Carnation Pink Nuvo Drops Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Spring-cut Fine Tip Detail Scissors Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
 Stick It Adhesive Handy Pack 5 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Adhesive Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
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All 3 are gorgeous but that black n pink….wowza! Stunning! Great job Yana. Great stamp (on my wish list). Fantastic telease
Beautiful cards as always!
Very beautiful cards!! I really love the Kraft and white!! So elegant looking!!
Such beautiful cards. Love the Bohemian stamp!
Thanks for sharing…
Fabulous cards
Love the clean and simple look.
All of the cards are great and enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Nice cards! I like the clean look and it was fun seeing all of the different color combos.
Terrific slick cards!
Love these cards and your talents!
Love the card
Your cards are fantastic! I love the monochromatic look and the pink with the navy also looks amazing. This background stamp is gorgeous and your cards are just as gorgeous!
These cards are perfect Thank you cards, great to do in multiples.
Great card and, I think, my fav is the tone- on- tone, they are all fabulous!
These cards look so fancy!
Love your creative ideas! That’s why I love blog hops–you are fabulous at what you do!!!
Stunning cards!! Love these!
Your cards are beautiful! I am loving the tone on tone!
Love your cards! Thanks for sharing!
Stunning projects indeed!!!
You are an inspiration. Your cards make me want to try using these large background stamps. Keep up the beautiful work.
Love the bohemian lace background new stamp and so glad you used it! Effortless elegance is so true. Love the monochromatic tone on tone cards!! Spectacular!
Very pretty cards! I hadn’t seen that new background stamp stamped out so thanks for showing it. Love, love, love the big words!
Wow!!! Gorgeous cards Yana!!!
Always love your videos and your card designs. These are beautiful!
Beautiful backrounds.
You really bring this beautiful stencil to life. I love the idea of highlighting some spots with nuvo drops.
Love the tone-on-tone look with these background stamps, especially when you add the colourful accents and a sentiment that really pops off the card.
You are such an inspiration Yana! Your cards are always beautiful!
Wow! I love what you did with this background stamp Yana! Fabulous cards! TFS
Absolutely amazing tone-on-tone Thank You cards. I really need to invest in some large background stamps. Perhaps I will wait until SSS has a sale and then invest in some. I have one which is a Marble effect so I think I will try out your idea Yana and then practise with this stamp until I can get some more. I like the idea of creating 4-5 cards with the same or very similar design but with different colours. :O)
Wowzers thank you for sharing your technique and your colors speak volumes to the cards and the awesome ways they each speak to us. I can’t just pick one!
This background stamp is one of my favorites from this awesome release. I love the cards you created with it. TFS 🙂
Very pretty!
Love the tone on tone look – and your use of Nuvo drops! So beautiful!
This lace stamp is one of my favorites in this release. You wonderful examples seals the deal. Nicely done.
Beautiful cards using the Bohemian Lace stamp. You provided some great examples of how to use this great SSS stamp. Thanks for sharing!
All of these are lovely. I like that they are mainly one color, with bits of other colors.
Love the monochromatic cards!
love these cards – the backgrounds are just so inspiring 🙂
Beautiful cards! That lace stamp is so pretty and you have really highlighted it in your designs!
Love all of these card designs!
That’s a beautiful stamp, and your cards are so nice. I’m saving up for a regular size Misti (I only have a Mini Misti). Hopefully I can then start using these gorgeous background stamps.
Love your cards, thanks for sharing. The Nuvo drops add just the right touch.
Fun hop! Love the solar burst stencil and the Bohemian Lace stamp.
Beautiful cards….love the navy and pink!
These cards are beautiful, I think you are the Nuvo drop queen, always perfectly sized.
Your cards are terrific, loved how easy this stamp made it for you to make multiple cards.
Gotta love an intricate large background stamp that does all the work for you.
Amazing how you got such different looks on each of these beautifully done cards!