Simon Says Stamp | Christmas Night in Watercolors. Video

Hi everyone! Welcome back for another episode from my by-monthly Yippee For Yana video series for Simon Says Stamp Blog! Today’s episode is all about watercolor! I’ve always been a fan of dark, bold colors so to create the card I’m sharing in this video I picked my favorite Lunar Blue and Indigo colors from Daniel Smith and watercolored a background.

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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

I used Stained Glass Greetings stamp set from the latest release from Simon Says Stamp To create a sentiment for this card – “Wishing You Love, Peace & Joy at Christmas”. I heat embossed it in white embossing powder onto Arches Hot Pressed watercolor paper.

Next, I pulled out my watercolors (I used colors you can find in my exclusive Daniel Smith Yana’s watercolor palette) and watercolored a night sky. Be sure to watch my video tutorial to see the process from start to finish.

I also added lots of pearlescent splatter onto the background mimicking snow. I used my Finetec watercolors for this and also later added a lot of white dots onto the upper part of the card using a white gel pen.

Once my coloring was done I heat embossed several pine branches from the Holiday Boughs stamp set from WPlus9 at the bottom part of my card. You can go all the way around your sentiment and frame it with these heat embossed branches or you can also stamp branches in black ink for a silhouette look.

I trimmed my background to 4 x 5 ¼” and foam mounted onto an A2 side folding card. While this card took quite a bit of time to make (the watercolor process took about an hour) I had a blast making.

I hope you’ll give this idea a try. 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 Stained Glass Greetings Shop at: SSS	WPlus9 Holiday Boughs Stamp Set Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Daniel Smith Yana’s Set Watercolor Palette Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS	ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS	Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Cobalt Teal Blue 5ml Shop at: SSS
Daniel Smith Indigo 5ml Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Duochrome Oceanic Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Ultramarine Turquoise Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Lunar Blue Shop at: SSS	Daniel Smith Sodalite Genuine Shop at: SSS
Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 8 Round Shop at: SSS	Ranger Studio Paint Artist Brushes Shop at: SSS	Jack Richeson 9 X 12 Inch Hardboard Panel Shop at: SSS	Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS

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