Hello, friends! Today I am thrilled to join Simon’s Encouraging Words Blog Hop and share another project I made using new goodies (more about the hop, new products and giveaway below).
As I started playing with new stencils from this release I wanted to create something and try something I haven’t yet done before (check out this link for some fun stencil techniques and ideas). I looked through my stash and came across Nuvo Mousses – I recently got a few delicious colors and decided to try and use mousse as a paste!
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CARD DETAILS
I went with Citrus Green Mousse (I tried a few other colors and also tried mixing colors and blending them – but didn’t like final results) and Marilyn stencil to create a bold and vibrant background for this card. I applied a very generous amount of mousse onto my cardstock and heat set it with my heat tool to speed up the drying time (be careful doing this as the mousse might bubble up from the heat).
After adhering the background onto an A2 top folding card base, I stamped and watercolored a few simple florals from the Oh Happy Day stamp set, cut them out using coordinating dies in my Platinum machine and foam mounted them onto my card.
To create a sentiment I stamped and cut out “Friends” from the Friends Of Life stamp set and heat embossed “like you are never forgotten”. I foam mounted both sentiment pieces onto the card.
Finally, because I am simply obsessed with Nuvo Glaze these days I coated several sections with glaze. If you look closely, you can spot some parts of the design have glossy shine to them – those are coated with the glaze.
ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION & VIDEO
I have additional inspiration using new goodies to share with you! In case you missed my yesterday’s post – I posted a video tutorial showing how to make these colorful Birthday cards. See full post HERE.
BLOG HOP
The next stop on this hop is Heather Hoffman! You can also start over at Simon Says Stamp blog.
GIVEAWAY
Simon is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comment section. Simon will choose your winners over the weekend and post on our Simon Says Stamp store blog on Tuesday. Comment below and on other blogs participating in this hop for more chances to win!
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!
 Simon Says Stencils Marilyn Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Friends of Life Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Friends of Life Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Friends of Life Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Oh Happy Day Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Oh Happy Day Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Oh Happy Day Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Crystal Glaze Nuvo Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Daniel Smith Watercolor Dot Palette Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 4 Round 300541 Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Black Foam Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Citrus Green Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Shop at: SSS |
I can’t wait to try the new mousse and watching you use them with the new stencil is cool. Plus the flowers are even more colorful against the background.
Love the stencil and the colours you have have chosen.
Great cards ad colors!
Love the background, stencil is wonderful. Nikki
Love the colors you used
In love! Thank you Yana!
Wow, that Marilyn stencil is awesome! And I love the citrus green color you used. Beautiful card.
Love the rainbow of colors in your stitched letters cards.
stunning work as always Yana! I just bought some mousse and can’t wait to try it out with these stencils!
Wonderful card.
Gorgeous card!!
this card is stunning, Yana – thanks for sharing:)
Beautiful card. The Marilyn stencil is my favorite.
Great card! Love the color!
Wonderful cards! Love the colours!
Oh, I have ordered the mousse and can’t wait to get my hands on this stencil to play with both!
Love the effect of the Nuvo mousse with this new stencil! And the color choice is amazing!
Very pretty card. Love the bright colors!
That’s a beautiful card and a cool way to use the mousse. You are so good at combining colors and coming up with interesting designs.
Love using mousse through a stencil the dimension it creates is amazing & your colors make it pop even more!
I love this green and blue card,so pretty.
So cool.
I don’t have any of the Nuvo mousse yet, but you may have convinced me to get some with this card, Yana! Love the new stencils in this new release and the colors you used are striking.
Can’t wait to get my hands on that new stencil!
That background is gorgeous!! I just bought the Nuvo mousse in pearl color, after seeing your videos. Can’t wait to use it.
I like the simplicity of these cards, The gloss on the letters looks faboo.
Must give this technique a try. Stunning background.
Love the details! Keep them coming!
I love your mix of colors and techniques.
Love the new release – the world needs more “encouraging words”
Stunning card! Thanks for the tips!
Great inspiration as always, Yana! Love the green color you chose for the background. I just bought some mousse to try so now I’m excited to use a stencil and mousse it up!
I love this Encouraging Words release! Awesome card, I love the layers and especially the Marilyn embossed background!
What a wonderful card (THANK YOU for the video) and fabulous release!! You’re creations ALWAYS inspire me!
What a pretty color combo. I really like the stencil and I’m becoming more curious about the mousse. After my texture paste runs out, I think I’ll try something new!! Thanks, Yana.
These stencils are so beautiful!!!!
Beautiful card. Love the pretty flowers and the great background with the mousse.
Love that green embellishing mousse. Really does pop on the final card
Beautiful card Yana. Love the stenciled background… so pretty. The flowers are lovely. I also love the stitched alphabet card. Fun, cheerful and bright.
Glad to see something else to do with the Mousse, and I would never have thought about mixing them. Loved your stenciled card. Now I’m off to mix and mousse.
Great color combo and background.
I picked up 6 colors of the mousse at the Scrapbook Expo, 3 pastels and 3 metallics. I I haven’t had time to play with them yet but I’m dying to!!! I wish I have one of these delicate stencils from SSS to try with them but I have a doily stencil from Hero Arts that I think will be close enough, for now 🙂
Beautiful card! Love the color palette you chose. This stencil immediately grabbed my eye when I first saw this release. So glad you did a tutorial using it. I have mousse just waiting to be tested on this stencil.
Love Encouraging Words!
Love the mixing of new items with products from past releases! Looking forward to using my Nuvo mousses more in the future after seeing this beautiful card!
The stenciled card is very pretty.
Happy Cards! I Love it
Hi Yana ~ I totally blame YOU for my latest stencil obsession and this new one is stunning too! Love the color of the mousse you’ve chosen combined with the softness of the watercolored flowers. Thanks for sharing this and all your beautiful cards. ~HUGS~
#kindnessmatters
Yana, I love looking at your creations, and you inspire me, thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Thank you for sharing inspiration. I love the delicate feel to the background.
This is a gorgeous card, love that citrus colour and your use of that fabulous stencil.