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 |
wonderful cards, I like your use of stencil
Oooh beautiful mousse Yana, looks fabulous with that stencil. I don’t have this mousse colour but now I really want it. And I love the addition of the glaze. Super pretty card! I just got the doily stencil from a few months back, and will try that with some mousse today :-). Thank you for inspiring, Lisa
Stunning!
I love blog hops because they inspire me to create!!!
Ireally love what you did with that mousse and that stencil is beautiful .
Thank you for the video alphabet are a way for me to customize sentiments n french
Beautiful cards!
great color combo and the bold letter cards are just perfect fun
Love your cards. Thanks
Beautiful card! I would love to try this technique and your card may just push me in the right direction. Love it!!!
Gorgeous card and thank you so much for the technique video!
So beautiful. You have a great eye for design. Love all your photos.
I love how you used the Marilyn stencil with the nuvo glaze! Makes the card stand out!
Gorgeous card – I love that Nuvo Mousse! I love the spots of glaze you added for added dimension!
Beautiful card! Love the colors! I haven’t tried the mousse yet, but I’m certainly tempted to after seeing this!
Cute card love the color and the flowers.
I love your card! Great background technique.
Beautiful card Yana! That stencil is awesome!!
Thanks for demonstrating how the paste would work with a stencil. I always learn something from your posts.
Beautiful stencil work.
Beautiful card!
Love the stencil, the mousse and I appreciate a video ALWAYS. That NUVO glaze is amazing! Thanks!
Love all your cards!! The flower card is gorgeous, I love the colors
Beautiful, and so lovely paired with the pretty blue flowers 🙂
i just love the new stencils. the citrus colored background is perfect with those blue flowers. love this card
OOoo how lovely are those flowers!! TFS Yana!
Yana you are so creative. I really enjoy seeing your projects. I am definitely going to try the Nuevo paste and stencil technique. Thank you.
Beautiful card Yana! Love the mousse effect! I just love everything that can be done with stencils! Great SSS release! Loving this blog hop with all of it’s talent! Thanks for sharing yours! Love your videos!
That stencil is amazing, love the results you achieved. So pretty!
Love how you used the stencil, fabulous!
Love the color combination and the added shiny is great. Thanks for sharing your card.
Hi Yana
As always your cards are beautiful. Thank you for inspiring me.
Take care
Tracy
Admittedly, I would never even purchase that color of green before, but I love it so much, especially with the color of the flower. Fantastic techniques. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Beautiful! Yana’s projects always make me want to venture into new areas!
Just ordered some of the mousse to see how it works.
Happy to see your example.
Great card.
thanks for sharing.
I really love this card. It is really beautiful, Yana. Thank you so much for your explanations, I’ll try to make one like yours 😉
This release has such a beautiful message.
Stunning background! How does Nuvo Glaze compare to Glossy Accents?
I love this background, such a gorgeous color!
Beautiful card in great colours; I really like it !
I love your “video-card” too ! So happy and colourful !
Summergreetings from Belgium.
Fabulous card! Love the mousse backgrounds with that stencil!
Fabulous card! Love the mousse background with that stencil!
That mousse is pretty neat. I had never heard of it before. I might look into buying it 🙂
Also, #EncouragingWords
Beautiful background! Gorgeous card & style.
Beautiful card and great technique with mousse. What a great release!
The CELEBRATE is beautiful. I think I might need that stamp alphabet. I haven’t bought one recently. Thanks.
Beautiful card!
Love the beautiful green background you have created!
I love this! I haven’t tried using paste or mousse yet, but I have some and want to try!
Love your cards, Yana – as always! Thanks for the video – love the stamp alphabet. Great new release by SSS!
Stunning card!! tfs