Hello, stampers! Happy Saturday! I’m joining Simon Says Stamp blog hop today celebrating the release of their Cheer & Joy collection. I think it’s one of my favorite product launches from them to date, there are a lot of great products with incredible designs, I have many favorites and I’ve already shared some in a previous post HERE.
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CARD DETAILS
I love the big Outline Christmas Bulb background stamp. It makes creating a fun card background an easy and enjoyable task. The minute I saw it I fell in love with the design because it reminded me of a card I shared last year – Calligraphy-like Christmas Cards where I used a single bulb image to create a partial background for a card. I’m really looking forward to trying this background in the same colors – gold and deep blue with just a hint of shimmer.
For the card I’m sharing today I heat embossed the background in Antique Gold embossing powder on Sea Glass cardstock. I picked a light blue background as I prefer to have colored backgrounds for my cards and I often tend to stay away from plain white.
I used several Copic markers to color the bulbs green and red. The colors are used are YG03, G94, G99; R22, R24, R27, R39; C5, C7, C9. I can’t say I did anything special in terms of coloring, just added some shading around the edges and kept the center lightest.
To create a sentiment for this card I heat embossed “Wishing You A Merry & Bright Christmas” in the same color embossing powder on the same color cardstock and foam mounted on my colored background. The background was trimmed down just a bit and adhered to an A2 white side folding card base revealing just a hint of white border around it.
Finally, I used my Tonic Studios shimmer pen (I love it!) to add a generous amount of shimmer to each of the bulbs and coated select bulbs with glossy accents. My plan was to coat all of them, but I actually run out of glossy. Those that have been coated look a lot more vibrant on the card. I do like that not every bulb was coated providing a difference in color.
ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION
I have 2 more card ideas featuring products from the new Cheer & Joy Release as well as a video tutorial. You can check them out here or watch the video below.
VIDEO TUTORIAL:
BLOG HOP
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If you arrived from Laura Bassen the next stop on this hop is Nichol Spohr. You can also start over on the Simon Says Stamp blog.
GIVEAWAY
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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 Rubber Stamp Outline Christmas Bulbs Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Holiday Greetings Mix 1 Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Glossy Accents Glue Dimensional Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R22 Light Prawn Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R24 Prawn Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R27 Cadmium Red Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R39 Garnet Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker G94 Grayish Olive Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker G99 Olive Green Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C5 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C7 Cool Gray Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C9 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS |
I absolutely loved the Christmas bulbs but then when you did that simple background with the Merry Christmas saying you blew it out of the park, I have to buy that background and the word stamp set that is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Super nice coloring
The gold embossing is beautiful.
Love your card!! Beautiful coloring!!
Really like the Christmas bulbs!
You did an awesome job on all 3. I love that you only used Glossy Accents on some of them even if it wasn’t originally planned that way, and I really love the look of the Merry cards.
Beautiful job as always, Yana! I always love when you do cards that feature heat embossed background stamps and colouring. The gold looks so elegant!
Fabulous cards!! Love your classic red and green ornaments with the gold embossing. Your Merry cards are lovely!
Always LOVE you coloring! What a fun card. Thanks for the inspiration.
Yana, your cards are always so beautiful. Definitely going to try to recreate this one. Thank you for all your inspiration
Beautiful cards thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous! Stunning coloring and wonderfully festive card design.
Adorable Yana!
I love your style, Yana! So beautiful!
wow – beautiful work – the coloring on these lights is fantastic
Sort of a happy mistake to run out of Glossy Accents, even in photo the texture difference looks neat & fun. Love your coloring too!
The lights are colored beautifully Can’t wait to see the one with blue. Great videos too
Your coloring is amazing! Love your cards.
Wow, just wow is all I have!
I love the Christmas bulbs so much they should be in my mailbox very soon.
Did you do the gold heat embossing after you colored with Copics?
Love the bulbs as a background.
Amazing card!!!!
I love your coloring on the Christmas bulbs. Thanks so much for including the Copics used and the wonderful videos. Your coloring is always awesome.
So beautiful and realistic looking lightbulbs. Love it!
Gorgeous!
WOW such a beautiful card!!!
Simply gorgeous cards, Yana! The Christmas bulbs look so real!!
Beautiful! I love all the background stamps in the new release, and the Christmas bulbs is such a fun one. You did an awesome job coloring them. I can’t wait to watch your process video. TFS all your talent and ideas.
Such beautiful cards, I especially like the “ Merry” card.
Your cards are so bright and beautiful!!
I never think to use a colored card stock for the base when I’m using Copics. Fun variation!
Awesome coloring! I remember my parents decorating with bulbs like those – fond memories! Great cards – lots of goodies in this new release!
Love the cards. These are such great stamp sets.
Great card!
Love the coloring on the lightbulbs. I wish I could come even close to that. Great card
Beautifully done! TFS
Another gorgeous card Yana! Your coloring is just stunning, beautiful job!
What a wonderful coloring job you did on these bulbs. Christmas lights are one of my favorite parts of the season so this stamp is awesome. TFS 🙂
Wow! Your cards are gorgeous! I love the gold embossing. Love the style of both cards and the christmas lights are colored beautifully.
The bulbs look like a photograph! Great job on the finishing details. Your leaves and berries cards are gorgeous! I’ve ordered those stamps and can’t wait to experiment with them. Thanks for the great ideas!
Love those background stamps! Beautiful cards!
I love all of your cards! The dimension in the bulbs is amazing.
As always, beautiful, beautiful!!!
As always Yana, your cards are gorgeous!!! And yeah I went back and looked at last year’s cards that you made as well. I think I might have found inspiration for my cards this year! Thank you so much!
Beautiful cards! Love the coloring on your bulbs!
I love how the colored bulbs stand out against that pale background. I think I love this idea of not using stark white. Very nice and its gorgeous. TFS
I love the colors you chose and had not considered using colored card stock but it’s beautiful
What a gorgeous use of that stamp set. Beautiful colouring.
Beautiful cards! Love your copic coloring of the Christmas lights.
Wonderful card! I love those big light bulbs. So colorful.
Yana, I love this card, I always love how you make wonderful backgrounds. I would love to see you use this stamp with gold and blue like last year’s card — because those are the colors of my university alma mater. 🙂