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 |
Such a pretty card! The embossed stencil adds just the right texture to the card. 🙂
Simply a gorgeous card. Love everything about the design, colours, etc.
Great card! I love how you made the background witg the other stamp set!
Absolutely gorgeous, thanks for sharing!
I love the colour scheme you have used, it is so soft and pretty.
Beautiful Mother’s Day card. I love the colors your chose. Your mother will love it.
Yana, you Mom will love this card–I certainly do. Thanks for sharing it and the great video tutorial. You’ve offered so many helpful suggestions for creating cards.
Such a pretty and sweet card, love the choice of colours and the overall design of the card!
Lovely card. The colors are so pretty.
What a fun background with the make your mark stamp. Live the colors.
I love your layout and those pops of color against the white. Gorgeous!
Your card is beautiful! I love the new products you used and the colors you chose.
I love, love, love everything about this card! It truly calls to me, and the colours are perfect together. I just wish I still had a mom to send this to, but someone else will for sure. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a beautiful card! Thank you for sharing your process for finding color inspiration. I need to get some of those sheets!
I love how you embossed with the stencil for a subtle texture.
Very nice, your colors are perfect and love the embossing. Thanks for sharing
So pretty! I can see that the Make your Mark stamp set could be very versatile and helpful.
This is very beautiful. I love the colors, the design and all the detail!
So much inspiration from this blog hop using the new products-fabulous card!! Oh how will I ever choose what to purchase immediately and what can wait…
Yana you always say you have trouble choosing colors but you always come up with the best combos. Love your cards! Glad you get to play with re-found goodies too.
Like the wonderful background & MOM look.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Your card is lovely Yana.
LOVE your beautiful card!!!
Beautiful work!
Your card is beautiful. I love the palette you used (methinks I need to dig into my paint pin board on Pinterest to get some combos :D)
Beautiful card, the colors are so pretty. Thanks for sharing.
So pretty! Love the pop of the stripes!
So lovely!!! Beautiful colors and layout!
Beautiful card!
Beautiful Mother’s Day card. The colors are so pretty.
So pretty Yana! I always enjoy your inspiration and use of color.
Gorgeous card Yana! Such wonderfully designed layout with great colors, depth and texture.
I love the way you used the dot stencil. I can’t wait to try this technique….
Such a beautiful card! I love the soft colors, just beautiful.
Beautiful card with so much dimension. Great release! Thanks to all!
YANA!! Your cards are always so beautiful! You do a great job and I am always inspired by your work! Thanks for sharing your work!
Love the stripes on the background of your pretty card.
You choose the best colors. Impressed.
Thank you for sharing your lovely cards!
Gorgeous! I envy how quickly you were able to pull a plan together!!! I think it helps when you have a set group of supplies for an “assignment” or project. I know its easy to get overwhelmed with stamp/die/stencil options, then there are color choices like mediums, inks, and papers. Then decisions about techniques or extra products like pastes, glitters, etc. Its a wonder we get any decisions made… or don’t make 20 cards for each stamp set to try all the options out! I spend more time debating my choices than actually crafting 😉 Tfs your process; would love to hear this more often!
Lovely colors and details on your gorgeous card!
Pretty card—I love the Make Your Mark stamp set.
Love the ombre look, nice card.
Beautiful stunning card. Great to see your layout idea and color choices. So beautiful. I am loving the stamps/dies and stencil and colors.
Another beautiful card! You are spoiling your mom! ; – )
I love how you created this card. The background is really simple fun.
I love your pastel colors and the way the word “Mom” pops out on your card. So fun and feminine! Thanks!!!
Yana, you always have such gorgeous cards and this one is no exception. Your details really make the card. I love the faint dry embossing and the stripes. The ombre MOM looks amazing.
Yana, whatever you do to help you pick out color combos, keep doing it! I always like the color combos you use!
Yana – beautiful job with the Make your mark stamp set and the flowers. Beautiful job! Love seeing the different looks of the Make your mark set. I will be putting this on my wish list.