Simon Says Stamp | Heat & Embossing & Stenciling with Coordinating Products. Video

Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In this episode, I will show you how to create a stunning Christmas card using a background stamp and a coordinating stencil for an effortless yet beautiful background. I love how Simon Says Stamp now has not only background stamps and not only stencils but stencils that coordinate with those background stamps. That opens up a lot of creative possibilities and really stretches the use of our supplies.

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CARD DETAILS

I am using the beautiful Outline Winter Floral background stamp. I’ve heat embossed it in Antique Gold embossing powder on a sheet of Adriatic cardstock from Hero Arts. Of course, other colors can be used for this technique, I happen to love this color of paper and so I’m using it for nearly every project I make these days.

This background stamp is very beautiful and it works really well for the Holiday cards. I think it looks both stunning just simply embossed in a pretty color of embossing powder or stamped in black and colored using watercolors or markers. I, for example, don’t always feel like coloring, so I appreciate it when images look fantastic even without the coloring.

Next, I used a set of stencils from Simon, the Winter Floral Layering set. I used just one stencil from here, the one with the flowers. When using all 4 you can add color to every section of this stamped image. After positioning the stencil on the background and aligning it with the flower I used using my ink blending tool and dark blue ink to add shading and color to the flowers.

Having colored or rather ink blended the background I trimmed it to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2”, this will make the front of my card. Next, I used Tonic Studios Aqua shimmer pen and added shimmer over the ink blended sections and also onto the leaves. This adds a really nice touch of shimmer and sparkle to this card and makes festive.

To create a sentiment I’ve decided to combine stamping with stickers. I want to spell the first word of the sentiment using puffy letter stickers and heat emboss the rest in the same Antique Gold embossing powder. The sentiment I picked reads “Warm Holiday Greetings”. I heat embossed “Holiday Greetings” and added “Warm” using stickers. This sentiment comes from the Tiny Words Christmas stamp set.

After trimming the sentiment panel to size I adhered it onto a piece of mirror cardstock from Tim Holtz to give it a bit of a frame.

Next, I added the background to the A2 white top folding card base and used foam adhesive squares to foam mount the sentiment panel on top. Finally, I used gold confetti from Simon and scattered them around the card going diagonally from the top right to the bottom left corners. If you like to add additional accents you can also use a white pen, for example, and color the berries white.

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 Cling Rubber Stamp Outline Winter Floral Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Stencil Winter Floral Layering Set Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Adriatic Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Navy Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamps Tiny Words Christmas Shop at: SSS	Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Large Grid Pad Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 X 8 Paper Stash Metallic Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Stay Gold Sequins Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS	EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS	Pebbles Inc. Jen Hadfield Anne Foil Foam Letter Stickers Shop at: SSS
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Circle Replacement Foam Shop at: SSS	Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS	Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS
Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue Shop at: SSS	White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS	Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS