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 |
Love all the textures.
Beautiful designs!
Such a beautiful card.
*encouraging words* are great!!
Great use of the stencil from “Encouraging Words” release. Love the mousse 🙂
Beautiful. The celebrate one is my favourite.
Gorgeous card. Love the color scheme.
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ your fabulous background! Such a beautiful card and fantastic release! TFS!
Awesome new stencils… beautiful card!
Lovely card!Thank you for the inspiration!
Cheerful and lovely. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us.
I love the background that you’ve made, it looks so elegant.
Your card is gorgeous!
Beautiful card. I love the background.
I just love your ideas and inspiration. Beautiful card!
This card is lovely!
What a beautiful card! Love the colors and how you used the stencil. Thank you for the chance to win!
Such a beautiful card Yana!!!
Love those new stencils – love the glazing – love it all!
The color of that mousse is just divine! Gorgeous!!!
Love the color combo to show off your stunning work!!
Luv this card. That citrus green mousse color is to die for! And, paired with the turquoise flowers – just heaven!
Love your card and how you used the stencil it’s fabulous!
Love the bright cheerful party cards
Wow that is really gorgeous! Well done!
That card really has a wow factor!!!!
Such a pretty color combo!
Right now my nails are the color of your card! The nail polish color is called Lime but it looks like your color. Lately I have been loving stencils and I love yours. What a great card and I like the sentiments and flowers too. Thank you for showing us your card and thanks for giving us a chance to win something. I am loving the cards on this hop!
Stencils add so much to cards!
love the blue pop on that amazing stencil background …
Such a lovely card!!
Love it, the detail of the little pop up parts is just great. Love it
Gorgeous card! Love the way you coloured the flowers.
That’s a beautiful alphabet set and you colored them in such a fun way! Love them!
“Encouraging Words”
I’m in love for your stunning card!!!
Cute 🙂
I love how you colored the alphabet!! Thank you so much for sharing your creativity!!
Love the card, use of the mousse (in my favorite color!) and stencils. So gonna try this one, Yana! As always, Thanks so much for sharing!
I’m just discovering the Nuvo products. Thanks for sharing this.
The Citrus Green Nuvo mouse that you chose makes the stencil pop. Good job!
Beautiful card!
Nuvo Mousse. wow.
Just gorgeous! Love how you colored the flowers!
I just love your use of color!! So pretty. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the use of the mousse to add texture to the card. Also, the background really made the flowers pop! Super card!
Just love the background! Great use of the new stencil and mousse to add texture! Perfect example of how a wonderful background can make a card pop!
What a cool background for these fab Encouraging Words!
I love all of your cards, Yana! That stencil is a must-have – absolutely gorgeous! I enjoyed your video too – such a cool idea to reverse the E for some interest – I never think to do anything like this! You are an inspiration!
Very pretty colors! They look great together.
Love your cards and the video. The stencil card is gorgeous!