Hello there and welcome! Thank you so much for stopping by today to help celebrate Simon Says Stamp Special Holiday Release Week (more about new products and blog hop below). I am very excited to share a simple Light Up The Town card and video today.
I am always fascinated by various house and building stamp images so naturally I was most drawn to the Christmas Town stamp set from the Advent Plus release. If you’ve been following me for some time you might have noticed I have a thing for houses (if not, check this post and this one, oh and this one too). I also incorporated a little light up element – Chibitronics Lights from Simon’s December Card Kit. These lights are perfect to adding an unexpected WOW element to any project!
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
I’ve filmed a video tutorial where I am sharing everything in detail. You can watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARD DETAILS
I started by heat embossing a sentiment from the mini Advent Sentiment stamp set in Antique Gold embossing powder onto a panel of Audrey Blue cardstock. I wanted to have various houses placed around the sentiment, so I needed to start by stamping the sentiment first and I went with Christmas Time Is Here.
Once I had the placement of the sentiment figured out I stamped houses around it. I used my MISTI stamping tool and double stamped images to have perfect ink coverage (you really don’t need to do this, this has become an impulse for me). I also blended Audrey Blue ink around the edges of my heat embossed panel to darken the edges and keep the center lighter.
Lastly, I added a lot of white gel pen details to mimic snow. I love this get pen – I haven’t had a single problem with it and it always gives the best opaque white coverage.
BLOG HOP
Simon Says Stamp
Tim Holtz
Shari Carroll
Kristina Werner
Debby Hughes
Nichol Spohrs
Laura Bassen
Yana Smakula – you are here!
Jessica Frost-Ballas – next stop
Wanda Guess
Nina-Marie Trapani
Heather Ruwe
Amy Rysavy
GIVEAWAY (NOW CLOSED)
I have a $50 gift card to Simon Says Stamp store to giveaway to one lucky winner! Leave a comment below and let me know which product is your most favorite! You have until 5PM New York time, Sunday to comment. Winner will be announced on Monday.
Thank you all for your comments!
The winner is: Barbara Lassiter. Congratulations, Barbara! Simon will be in touch with you
NEW SIMON’S RELEASES
There are 3 great releases from Simon Says Stamp – December Card Kit (already sold out, but you can still pick up the stamp set HERE), Advent Plus Release – fantastic goodies and Limited Edition Card Kit (I am yet to play with it!)
 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month December 2016 Merry and Bright Shop at: SSS |
 Advent Plus release Shop at: SSS |
 Limited Edition Simon Says Stamp Holiday Card Kit Christmas Shop at: SSS |
SUPPLIES
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Christmas Town Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Advent Sentiments Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month December 2016 Merry and Bright Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad Audrey Blue Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Audrey Blue Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Vellum Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Clear Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel White Two Pack Shop at: SSS |
 Misti Precision Stamper Stamping Tool Kit Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
 Chibitronics Circuit Stickers Intro Pack Shop at: SSS |
Beautiful card!
What a wonderfully fun card! I’m excited to have the Chibitronics lights as part of the kit, can’t wait to try them. Never realized what a difference a white gel pen can make and never would have thought of putting snow on top the sentiment. It’s brilliant!!! Thanks for sharing.
I love the Christmas Town stamp set.
Those Christmas Town stamps are super cute! I really like how you used those stamps.
Like the sparkle & shine.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Your card is beautiful!!
Love your cards ideas!
Lovely card! Really like the blue used. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Preety
Pretty card! Love the snowy accents.
Love the lights!
Beautiful cardQ Thanks for sharing!!
Wish I could pick just one favorite product! Love it all!
Christmas town stamps are great. Pretty card. Like the snowy accents
Great card!
I love the Christmas stamp set with the buildings. They made a beautiful card with the embossing and inking. Thanks for sharing.
Love this awesome card, Yana! thanks for all the great tips on your video also! I will be trying some of those lights soon.
Your “building” card is awesome! As far as products used, besides all included in the kits, would be the Misti – I am intrigued because it is just too simple! Thanks for sharing your technique.
LIGHTS ARE SO COOL!
Your card is amazing, thanks for the inspiration. My favorite is the Christmas town stamp set.
I really like the Christmas town stamp set. It reminds me of the great holiday cartoons.
So creative
Adorable. I love everything you make!
This card is so cool! Love it!
So fun! Can’t wait to try them. Thank you for sharing
What a great card – love your special touches – and the lights!! Thanks so much!
So beautiful! Love it!
Charming card! Love these designs from the Christmas Town set! They look fabulous the way you have stamped and embossed them! Awesome colors and details… love the lights!
Beautiful card. I especially love the gel pen snow. It adds so much to the buildings!
Your lighted card is so cool! Love it!
Nice card! Denise
The Christmas Town is my favorite. I love the aqua and gold together on your beautiful card. The white details are perfect!
What an amazing card!! I LOVE that it lights up – I have never seen such a thing before! LOVE IT!
Your card is so sweet looking and I like the color you used on it..Thanks..
I love this style and the white got me to look at all of the details.
Wow, such a great card, thank you for sharing.
Fabulous card. I like your design looks like you are staring up at the sentiment in the starry sky. Those lights are great fun.
I think I like the stamp set with the Santa head the most 🙂
What a beautiful card. Looks so deceptively simple, but has so many incredible layers of special touches.
oh i so need this!
Love it all!
Beautiful card! I love the embossing you did.
Love your card, the color is beautiful. It is so much different from the others on the hop.
Lovely card. I do mostly journals but may have to start doing some cards. The light up card is pretty cool.
I like your houses card with the lights. Will try to make one when my kit arrives.
Your card is awesome!! So so pretty!
I really like what you did with the box of goodies! Thanks for sharing!
I love the Christmas Towns stamp set! Your card is just beautiful too!
Awesome card! My favorite product is the MISTI because it makes stamping so fun and easy. I’m not great to begin with, so this helps me in the process. If you’re asking for a product from the kit, I haven’t received it yet, but I love the vintage Santa stamp set. Thanks for sharing on the blog hop!!
Great card. I love how you added your snowy accents. I’ll be sure to try it out on some of the Christmas cards I will be making.
I just joined the blog hop at Laura’s blog, so I haven’t seen the entire kit, but my favorite so far is that sweet deer die.