Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share a bit about my creative cardmaking process from coming up with an idea, picking out products, deciding on a color scheme and actually creating my card. I hope you’ll find this useful!
I am making a card for an upcoming Mother’s Day for my Mom using several products from the Fluttering By release by Simon Says stamp.
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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 started working on this card by stamping a colorful background using a stripe image from the Make Your Mark stamp set in Duckling, Green Apple and Hollyhock inks from Simon.
Next, I die-cut the word Mom out of white cardstock and I used my mini MISTI tool to stamp the corresponding image. I used pigment inks from Avery Elle for a soft ombre look and I went with Pixie and Raspberry colors.
I needed to stamp flowers so I used my Simon’s Intense Black ink and my mini MISTI again and I stamped 4 flowers from the Mom Flowers stamp set. I went with Copic markers and I picked my usual go to color combo for pinks – RV14, RV13 and RV11. I cut these out with the help of coordinating dies.
I arranged everything on my background and stamped additional sentiments “Happy Mother’s Day” and “All that I am is because of you” in black ink. Next, I used the stencil and added dry embossed detail using my die cutting machine. I foam mounted the large Mom die cut as well as the flowers and embellished this card using several Butterfly Kisses sequins.
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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
 Simon Says Stencils Tap Dance Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Make Your Mark Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Mom Flowers Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Bold Mom Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Mom Flowers Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Kisses Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Duckling Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Hollyhock Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Green Apple Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders – Platinum Magnetic Platform Shop at: |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV11 Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV13 Tender Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker RV14 Begonia Pink Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS |
 Avery Elle Raspberry Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Avery Elle Pixie Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
So beautiful! I absolutely adore the mom stamp and coordinating die. x
What a beautiful, colorful card, I love the stamped background!
So pretty with the flowers and the striped background.
Gorgeous card!
This card is absolutely beautiful.
So sweet! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Beautiful card, Yana!
Yana, this is too beautiful ! I have always love the colors you chose and this one is no exception. Your mom will be so touched when she receives this ! Thank you for sharing your amazing talent with us !
LOVE the ombre “Mom”…beautiful. You always have such nice color coordinations; I’m glad I’m not the only one who struggles with this!
love the colors and design on you card – thanks for the inspiration:)
Love the layers with the embossing and stripes.
A beautiful card. Love the Spring colors and design. Thanks for sharing.
Oh Yana!!! Soooo Beautiful!!
Great card..lovely mother’s day card 🙂
SO Pretty!
I’m always inspired by your cards! So beautiful!
Absolutely love the colors. This card is perfect for Mother’s Day. Thanks, Yana, for sharing your talents.
Great background, beautiful.
Absolutely stunning! Always love watching your process.
Yana your work is ALWAYS amazing – love this background so much – I get so inspired when I come here – TFS
This is beautiful!
I’m a sucker for flowers & having the matching dies
is a joy!!!
I absolutely love all of your cards, this one is no exception!! Great colors too. I’m ordering everything so I can make this for my mother !!
Such a sweet and colorful card; love it!
Beautiful card! I love the texture and the colors…..Thank you for sharing your process!!
Beautiful!
Stunning!
Love your cards
Stunning! Love the background you made for the card.
I love all the artistic details you add to your cards. You inspire me to add details to my cards. The card is beautiful. Thanks
love those stripes on the background, very pretty and colorful, happy mother’s day card
Beautiful card Yana. Great tips for laying out the design to picking colors.
Love the background striped one! Thanks for sharing Simon Says cute new stuff with us!
Love your card and video!
Gorgeous card! I love the colors you picked and the color combo cards you’ve printed, what a great idea! Love this stamp set too! Thank you for the inspiration!
love your card, such beautiful soft colors, great video
thanks for sharing
Lovely card!
Great color scheme and so many helpful tips! Thank you so much. I really like the way all your elements come together to create a beautiful package.
Beautiful cards. Love the colors and floral looking feel of it.
Great card and video. I enjoyed seeing how you choose a color combination for your card.
Stunning card, love the colour scheme and your tips and techniques, thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing such a pretty card.
LOVE this! Gorgeous card. The colors and design are absolutely fabulous ♥
Beautiful Mother’s Day card!
Beautiful project. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for the beautiful card.
Such a pretty card. Love everything about it.
Thanks for the inspiration.
I enjoyed your video and love your pretty card!
Beautiful as always. Your mother will love it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing your thought process in designing this card! The card is beautiful!