Simon Says Stamp | Mirrored Holiday Card Design. Simple Christmas Heat Embossing Idea

Hello friends and Happy Halloween! I don’t actually have any Halloween projects to share today, instead I have a clean & simple Christmas card idea. This project was actually inspired by this image I spotted on Pinterest. I got intrigued by it and wanted to use my supplies to re-create it. After digging through my stash of stamps and stencils I found just the right tools for the job!

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CARDS DETAILS

I wanted to do a quick tutorial for this project, but truth be told – I simply ran out of time. It is a relatively easy card to make and the hardest part to figure out (for me) in this design were the diagonal stripes. I used a Diagonal Stripe stencil from Simon Says Stamp, I made several measurements on my panel and applied white pigment ink through the stencil partially to create these lines. I removed the stencil, added white embossing powder, heat set it and repeated this on each of the 4 sides.

I used white pigment ink instead of my Versamark simply because my white pad is a lot juicer and allowed me to ink up the paper through the stencil faster. You can use either one – white pigment ink or embossing ink.

Next, I looked for a sentiment to include in the center section. I settled on Coolest Yulest from Cathy Z from Simon Says Stamp and I white heat embossed a simple “Wishing You a Merry Christmas”.

To fill the rest of the space in, I used a small tree image from the same stamp set and white heat embossed it above and below the sentiment (flipping in upside down). My favorite part of making this this card was dressing up the tree! I used jewels in Sea Glass from Pretty Pink Posh and added them as little ornaments onto both of my Christmas tree images. Love the look!

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!

CZ Design Clear Stamps Coolest Yulest Cz11 Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Stencil Diagonal Stripe Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Envelopes Metallic Sea Glass Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Pretty Pink Posh Sea Glass Jewels Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS	Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Stamp Platform Shop at: SSS
Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS	Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS

SAVE ME/PIN ME TO PINTEREST

Like this card idea? Be sure to save it to one of your Pinterest boards for future reference!