Hello friends and happy Cyber Monday! I’m very excited to join Simon Says Stamp for their blog hop celebrating the release of brand-new Lawn Fawn Cyber Week Exclusive Friends Forever Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies!
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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 one of my previous cards (from last year) as inspiration for this project – funny giraffe card. I started working on this card by stamping images I wanted to color in Simon’s Intense Black ink onto white cardstock. I colored these using Copic markers as this is what I’m most used to (while I love to color with pencils I have very little experience coloring critters with the colored pencils and feel more comfortable coloring these with markers).
I always tend to use same Copic colors and color combos when I color. I shared my favorite and most used combos in this post here. If you are just starting to collect Copic markers you might find that post useful.
I cut my images out using coordinating dies in my Platinum die cutting machine. There’s no die for the heart, so I stamped it in Lipstick Red and cut out using scissors.
To create a background I used one of the coolest background stamps for the Holiday Season – Falling Snow and heat embossed it in Puff embossing powder onto Simon’s Sea Glass cardstock. I think these two products (the background stamp and puff embossing powder) are just made for each other! Love how I’m able to easily add snow to any project using these supplies.
I adhered my background onto an A2 side folding card base and foam mounted my colored images on top. My sentiment, Here Comes Santa Paws, was heat embossed in white embossing powder onto red cardstock, trimmed into skinny strips with v-shape ends also foam mounted onto my card.
Lastly, I added a generous amount of shimmer to the background using Tonic Aqua Shimmer pen – you can’t see any of it in the protos, but it does show up in the video at the very end.
HOP ALONG WITH US!
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Lawn Fawn Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Kristina Werner
Yana Smakula
Laura Bassen
Nichol Spohr
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!
 Lawn Fawn Cyber Week Exclusive Set Friends Forever Stamp & Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Lawn Fawn Cyber Week Exclusive Friends Forever Limited Edition Stamps Shop at: SSS |
 Lawn Fawn Cyber Week Exclusive Friends Forever Limited Edition Lawn Cuts Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp Falling Snow Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Lipstick Red Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Small Teflon Bone Folder Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# Lipstick Red Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS |
 WOW Embossing Powder WHITE PUFF Regular WP01 Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R20 Blush Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R22 Light Prawn Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R27 Cadmium Red Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker R39 Garnet Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C1 Cool Gray Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C3 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C5 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker E33 Sand Beige Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker E37 Sepia Brown Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker E79 Cashew Dark Brown Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo 2 Pack 888n Shop at: SSS |
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So cute with the little hearts coming up from them.
Such an adorable card! I love that little mouse <3
that is so stinking adorable! I was hoping someone would use the scarf
This is just darling! Love the colors!
Like the coloring, hearts, banner sentiment & dimension of this.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I love color combo too, it looks terrific with a snowy scene. Super cute card!
Your cRd is wonderful as always. Like the feel of the snow!
Love your card!!
Adorable!
I love this, I love that you have used both the dog and the rabbit both with little christmas hats. Can’t wait to see your moving (wobble) card later in the week.
These cards are adorable!! Love these critters! So excited for this set!
Yana, this is so adorable! What a FUN set!!!
Mice and dogs! How cute!
The cards are absolutely adorable!
Thx for sharing!!
❤️
These cards are super
cute!! I’m a big dog
fan…thx for sharing!!
Dana from Quebec
This is such a cute stamp set, I hope they do more mash up sets in the future. Your cars is really cute and I like your videos.
Super cute card….love the background!
I loved your card last year and this year it is just as adorable. This stamp set is a must have! TFS
I so love love this card, so dang on adorable!
This is just too much fun Yana! Love the bright pops of red against that snowy blue background!
Such an adorable card. The background is fabulous.
Sweet card. I love turquoise/ice blue and red for holiday cards.
Love the snow background with puff embossing powder! Fabulous!
I love that you put the dog and mouse together, what a fabulous card!
I love your choice of colours.. they are so unique! Loved the adorable Santa paws!
Love your card! I think the snow is a great touch and love the card base color you chose to balance the red. Great ideas!
Stunning card. Thanks for sharing
Love your adorable card. Thanks for sharing…
So pretty! Love the gorgeous aqua background & those sweet little critters!
Super cute card, LOVE the textured snowy background too!
So so cute!
Cute! Love the colour combo with the snowfall in the background 😀
So cute! Perfection!
gorgeous color combination ….
That is very cute. ( also. . . I love listening to your voice in your videos)
Adorable! Such a pretty background with the soft blue-green cardstock and the embossed puffy snow!
My heart is pitter pattering about your card
That is just the cutest card! I love your work.
Cute as can be! The mouse is my favorite from this set… adorable!
Adorable card. Love the snowfall background to highlight your darling Christmas critters. Thanks for sharing.
Very cute! Everything is perfect!
I love the snowy background scene for these sweet little guys! The layering of the images is fabulous! Adorable card!
I am a sucker for critters and that puppy gets me every time. He is just so darn cute in his little hat and scarf. He stands out so much I even forget what other kind of animal is with him. A mouse, rabbit, I really can’t remember. I just recall it was cute bute not as cute as that darling pup
Such an adorable card!
Awww!!! I’m totally in love for this adorable stamp set!!! Your card is super super cute!!!
Love your card! Super cute and thanks for sharing your tips and tricks!
simply adorable. LOVE how the little hearts are popped up to give them dimension:)
Your cards and photography leave me in awe every time! Thanks for sharing!
So cute! I think I need some puffy embossing powder! But I can see that it probably wouldn’t be great for sentiments, especially small ones. Thanks for the thinks you teach me!
Yana, I love your card! Simple but super cute. I love your idea of creating your own folding banner, I might have to ‘borrow’ your idea. I look forward to seeing your next video when it arrives
I love it. Need to get that paste out of my stash! I love how you make something so simple have a ton of bang for your buck. Love your work. Esp your background patterns:O