Happy Saturday! Today I’m excited to join Simon Says Stamp for their Sunny Days Ahead Release Blog Hop. I have a simple ink blended Mother’s Day card to share today using several new products.
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CARD DETAILS
I started to work on my card by dry embossing the stencil into a panel of Fog cardstock using my die cutting machine and embossing sandwich. Watch THIS video tutorial for the how-to.
Next, I ink blended white pigment ink over the design, I used a light hand and applied a bit of ink onto the panel. Once the white ink was applied I used colored ink and added color to this design. I used Lemon Zing and Sunshine for the yellow flower, Jellybean and Green Apple for the leaves and Hollyhock for the pink flowers.
I trimmed my panel to 3 3/4 x 5″ and foam mounted onto A2 white card base. Next, I stamped a sentiment in black ink from the new A Moma’s Love stamp set and cut it out using a coordinating die. I also die-cut additional layers from plain white cardstock, stacked them together using glue and used to create dimension for this sentiment.
I adhered the sentiment in the center of the panel. Next, I added splatter using Hero Arts white shimmer spray and embellished the card using sequins and Nuvo Drops in Ivory Seashell.
Find more inspiration in the Sunny Days Ahead Gallery over on Simon Says Stamp.
BLOG HOP
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Laura Bassen
Yana Smakula – you are here!
Amy Rysavy
Heather Hoffman
Bibi Cameron
Gayatri Murali
Vicky Papaioannou
Preeti Chandran
Sidnie Des Jardins
JD Collins
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Amanda Korotkova
Debby Hughes
Karin Äkesdotter
Yoonsun Hur
GIVEAWAY
We’re giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from your blog comment section. We’ll choose winners over the weekend and post on our Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 29th of April.
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 Stamp Stencil Rose Trio Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps a Mama’s Love Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp a Mama’s Love Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies a Mama’s Love Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Lemon Zing Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Hollyhock Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Jellybean Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Green Apple Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer Spray Shop at: SSS |
 Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Circle Replacement Foam Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Ivory Seashell Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue Shop at: SSS |
So soft and pretty. I like how you barely colored the card….so soft.
Love the beautiful soft colors. Thanks for sharing
Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing!
I love the beautiful card. Such soft and elegant coloring.
Beautiful Mother’s day card.
Haha, this card is gorgeous, like all your work!
Sorry, that wasn’t supposed to say Haha, it was supposed to say Yana.
So lovely! Can you tell us why you put the white pigment ink on first, then the colors? Was it to make the colors softer?
Super soft pretty card, great use of white pigment ink.
Love this beautiful card. The colors are so soft and pretty!
This card is really pretty… love the soft colors. Will have to try blending over white pigment ink.
What a great idea for using stencils and blending inks! Thanks, Yana
Beautiful and sweet card! Love the light and airy feel – so fresh.
Beautiful card! I love the dry embossing technique, it gives such subtle texture.
Beautiful soft colored card. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful and delicate combinations from colors to embellishments. This is a fun technique. Thank you for sharing!
Your card is so soft and lovely. Beautiful Yana!
I love the soft colors and GORGEOUS accent pearls and gems!
Lovely soft flowers and the dimension on that sentiment – perfect.
Love the soft colors in your card.. loverly
Omg it looks awesome!!! Love the soft colors and the dimension!!
Very pretty, such soft but cheery.colors.
Love your cards Yana!! You are so talented and inspirational!
Love me some pastels!!
This is beautiful! I love the dry embossing concept – I haven’t done that in quite a while!
So soft, spring-like and lovely! I need to try that dry embossing technique!
Lovely card! I like the sweet softness.
Beautiful card, I can see how versatile this stencil can be! Great release!
Pretty mothers day card
This is awesome. I love the way you used the stencil to emboss and colored over it, giving another great use for the stencil. I love these floral stencils from SSS and this one is going on my wish list! 🙂
I love this card. It’s just beautiful
Beautiful Yana! You always make awesome cards!
Beautiful card,I love the softness
Beautiful!
Gorgeous card! I love the soft colors.
Awesome Sunny Days Ahead Release! Awesome creation! I love the dry embossed & colored flowers!
Such a pretty card!
As soon as I saw the stencil, I had to get. Many thanks for showing the beautiful card, Yana!
Simply sweet card…soft, springy color palette! Love your technique idea…
Fantastic shading. Beautiful
flowers. thanks for sharing
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Yana, I love the technique of the script, using multi layers to add dimension. That man’s it easiest for new crafts to make theirs look more professional!!!!
So pretty! Thank you!
Yana, your card is absolutely gorgeous! The soft yet bright colors really set it off, and the combined fonts SSS used in that sentiment stamp are awesome looking!
Gorgeous Mother’s Day Card! Love the pearl accents!
Beautiful as always, Yana. Thanks!
This is a lovely card, so soft and pretty!
Love the soft colors of the Mom’s Day card. Lovely.
very pretty – love your color choices!
Beautiful card! Thanks.
Lovely Mother’s Day card.
Any Mom would love this card! Soft colors highlights the card!