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 |
The color combination is absolutely beautiful – the stencil is gorgeous – the entire card is Amazing!
I absolutely love that stencil! The Nuvo Mousse is fabulous, such a great color.
So pretty! Love the color combo and the background! TFS YAna!
You have inspired me to pull out my stencils and mousse. Very pretty card.
Love the cards and video. I am really liking the new stencils they are coming out with and my favorite stamp in the release has to be the letters
Tonic Crystal Glaze Nuvo…need to get some of this. Looks like it levels better than glossy accents.
Beautiful card! I love what you’ve done with the background. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Love the stencil and mousse color!
“Encouraging Words”
Love the color you went with, really makes the stencil pattern stand out!
So beautiful and thank you for sharing the techniques
Always great tcchniques
Love your use of colors in all these cards. And as usual, I’ve learned from your good instruction.
The stenciled background, and your card, is lovely and I really like all the dimension and shine the mousse gives the card.
I love seeing Nuvo Mousse with SSS stencils. They look fabulous together! Thanks for sharing another card made with them both! Now I just have to use my Mousse with my Stencils to make my own cards!
Love your bright and beautiful cards, Yana.
Great cards as always Yana! I would love to have that alphabet set!!
I just love all your designs! You make it look so effortless! Now I really want to get this alpha set!
Love this stencil and the colour of mousse you used. Great card!
Love that lime green mouse on your pretty card!
LOVE the way the mousse looks on the card. And the colorful and quick to make birthday cards are definitely that – LOVE them too! Super cute and fun.
Gorgeous card! Love the Encourage Words blog hop!
GORGEOUS!!! That stencil is so elegant by itself, but you kicked it up a notch by using the mousse!! The dimension and texture are fabulous!! And the flowers are beautiful, too. We all need “encouraging words” now an then. : )
Your background is just stunning.
Beautiful cards! You’re very inspiring! I think this new release from Simon Says Stamp is awesome!
Encouraging words…I love the alphabet cards! They are so cute and simple! Gorgeous!
Beautiful card. Love the colors.
That texture is great!
I love that stencil! Your background is gorgeous!
I love this stencil! The whole release is awesome
I’m always looking for new ways to use stencils and love how you made your card. The Nuvo glaze in spots added the perfect touch. So glad to see how it’s used. Thank you for sharing!
Love your use of the stencil!
Grest stencil. Love your card.
Such a wonderful stencil to create a card with! The color combination of the card is great too !
Such pretty flowers on that interesting background!
Some gorgeous stencilling!
I love the colors you used with the card and can’t wait to try the stencil with mousse. Thanks
Stunning cards thank you for sharing
So beautiful! I need to use my SSS new stencil–you’ve inspired me!
Beautiful card…lovely color combination…
I really like the whole design! The sentiment is also very touching! Makes one stop to consider the blessing of friendships!
Beautiful cards!
Love the dimension the technique achieves. I quite like the idea of bubbling it up with the heat gun too.
Fabulous! I love your bold use of color. The combination of the citrus green and teal is stunning.
I love the stencil idea with the Nuvo Mousse. I have not purchased any yet but they are on my wish list. Thanks for sharing.
Love the texture the Nuvo Mousse adds. Beautiful card.
The two new stencils caught my eye int his release. Love how you used one with Nuvo mousse. I need to buy a few colours of this mousse to try.
I love the texture on your card. That stencil is beautiful.
I really like the bright colors and simple design (except the backwards “E.” I’m sorry. I just can’t handle that one letter being backwards. I’m OCD like that I guess)
I love the color of the flower!