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 |
SQUEAL!! SUPER SUPER SUPER AWESOME Release and Cards!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Absolutely stunning card! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful depth! Thank you.
Love this stencil and I just ordered a bunch of mousse too!!
Super. I watch your videos for a long time. Always a great inspiration. Thanks
Y:our cards are great. Now you will have all of us thinking up 9 letter phrases. The glaze really makes these cards special.
I need to do this
Cool card. Love the stenciled background.
Absolutely gorgeous use of the Encouraging Words release.
Love that stencil and the way you used it. Amazing.
Love your work <3
Love your cards, fabulous work.
This release is awesome!! Love you work can’t wait to try stencil with Nuvo!! Thanks fr sharing!!
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Pam Allen
Love your use of the Mousse. I think I need those stencils
A beautiful background and I really like your card.
Love the colors! Beautiful, fun idea.
Beautiful card!
Oh gosh that mousse is gorgeous. I’ve resisted texture paste backgrounds, but that is really nice.
Lovely card, your second card is so cool! Love the colors!
I absolutely love the background and the color! This is really a gorgeous card! I’d frame it!! It’s really lovely!
I just love the texture and shine on the beautiful Marilyn stencil! So pretty.
I love the texture of your green background, must try this stuff!
Beautiful card! Love the effect of the mousse with that stencil.
Yana, this is gorgeous!!!
Oooooh I love all of your cards today! Thanks for including the added inspiration. What a fun way to use that alphabet set!
Love the stenciled background. Thanks for sharing.
These cards are simply beautiful and fun!
Very Pretty “Encouraging Words”! Thanks and God Bless! ILuvTheEucharist @ aol dot com
I’ve never really known how to use a stencil. I may have to try it now 🙂 I think I own one or two, you have given me a bit of the encouragement to try them!!
I love your card! I love all your cards! All so beautiful! Thank you for sharing your ideas and talents with us!
I’ve always loved your cards and this one is no exception.
That green background is to die for. Love how you’ve kept it really minimalistic with the flowers
Gorgeous cards!! The citrus green mousse background is stunning!
Gorgeous card, so feminine and elegant!
I love your results with the Nuvo mousse and a stencil – stunning!
Lovely card. Thanks.
I think I’m going to have to try the Nuvo mousse. I love this.
I really like the alphabet cards!
Love the way using mousse made the stencil look! Gives a little more dimension! I haven’t tried the mousse yet-will have to try it! Thank you for sharing your talent!
Encouraging Words!
Love the stencil technique & pretty green. Green is my favorite color! Gorgeous card!
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia
Crafting with Creative M
The colour and texture from the mousse is so gorgeous.
I love the texture and color combo on this card! Beautiful.
What a gorgeous card!! 🙂
Love this stencil in the Encouraging Words release!! The texture is amazing !
Love the cards!! Very creative!! Love the Encouraging Words release!
This mousse looks like such fun! Beautiful work as always!
I struggle with templates. This helped me a lot.
Such a clean and simple design yet filled with depth and eye-popping color!
This stencil makes an amazing background. Love the colors you used.
Creative use of the Encouraging Words release.