Hello there! Thank you for stopping by to help celebrate the new release from Simon Says Stamp – all about Love! I’ve already shared one card & video tutorial on my blog yesterday – check it out for more inspiration and have 4 more projects to share today!
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
As always, I filmed a video tutorial showing how to create this project from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARD DETAILS – INK BLENDING + DRY EMBOSSING
I love working with stencils as there’s just a ton of things that they can be used for. One of the ways to use it, the most common way, is to apply ink through the stencil to create a beautiful background. I used Simon’s Deep Sea ink, it’s a nice deep blue, and blended color through the Folk Dance stencil onto my paper to create a bold background.
This particular design looked very Scandinavian to me, and I associate blue with this style so I knew I wanted to use a lot of blue, mainly blue color for my cards today. I blended this ink rather heavily onto the paper and I just went with one solid color. If you have smaller ink blending tools, like little daubers, you can do selective ink blending and blend the flowers in red and yellow and keep the leaves blue.
You can also dry emboss with the stencil – its like en embossing folder, it can emboss your paper but the impression is not going to be as deep. I used my Platinum die cutting machine from Spellbinders to dry emboss my ink blended background as well as just a piece of white cardstock with the help of the stencil.
I just love this look of white on white – there’s just nothing quite like it. You can also try it on colored cardstock, but white is a winner in my book.
CARD DETAILS – TEXTURE PASTE
Another thing I like to use my stencils with is texture paste. I used texture paste from Ranger and applied a very heavy layer of my paste onto Soft Navy cardstock from Simon Says Stamp – still going for that white and blue look.
I loved the result, I got dimension, I got texture – I basically got everything I wanted from this background with this paste.
CARD DETAILS – ALTERING THE STENCIL WITH MASKING
One last thing I wanted to share is using just parts of a stencil. I masked some areas of my stencil so that I could change up the look. This stencil has a pattern to it – there are repeating elements on it, and I wanted to break it up apart without actually physically breaking the stencil; I wanted to use these elements separately to create a different arrangement on my background. I still used the same elements, I simply changed how they were arranged on my background.
This handmade card uses Nuvo Drops to create flower centers. Want to see 4 other ways you can use Nuvo Drops from Tonic Studios in card making? Check out this article – 5 Ways to Use Nuvo Drops.
I blended the same Soft Navy ink and formed a floral frame keeping the central part of my panel white. I think I had the most fun creating this background – as it gave me a completely different look to my card.
I also added a bit of color this background by using my Nuvo drops in yellow, red and gray. I used gray for the filler dots – so any blue dots that weren’t flower centers I coated a lot of those in gray and than used yellow as the flower center for large flowers and red for the small flowers. And I loved how I was able to easily add color to this background. And this also helped me to cover up some of the imperfect blending spots that I had on my card.
The sentiments for all 4 of my projects came from an older stamp set from Simon – I heat embossed them in white embossing powder onto blue cardstock, trimmed into strips and foam mounted onto the cards.
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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 Folk Dance Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Kind Flowers Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stam Deep Sea Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Magnetic Handy Mat Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
 Tsukineko 6 Sponge Daubers Tools Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Texture Paste Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Metal Palette Knife Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Oyster Gray Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic English Mustard Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Red Berry Gloss Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
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These are beautiful! I love all your cards!
Something about the color blue isn’t there? Stunning cards!
i love the blue on white , it reminds me of the Delft blue pottery we make in my town (delft lol)
Everyone of them is stunning, but my favorite is the white on white embossing!
So gorgeous! LOVE them all!!!
I always love your work! Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful cards Yana. Dry embossing is my favorite
omg, Yana, you’ve done it yet again! You’re just brilliant. LOVE THESE SO MUCH!!!
Wow, Yana, your cards are so beautiful. Thank you for such creative ideas using stencils.
Gorgeous Scandinavian cards, such a fresh look!
Love your choice in color(s), I agree has a very Scandinavian look to it. I think the texture paste card is my favorite
I love this Folk Dance stencil! Beautiful! I love all of your techniques!
Stunning love your cards.
Love seeing how a stencil can be used in such different ways. I’ll definitely try them all, but my favorite is your white embossed card…. so fresh and lovely!
Pretty examples! Thank you for all your hard work!
You have so many brilliant ideas. This stencil is so pretty. I love the blue and white contrast.
Your cards are always so beautiful!
The stencil caught my eye for how pretty it is. You had so many amazing idea’s to stretch the use of a stencil that I will try them with stencils I have.
Love this set of cards and how you can use the same product in so many ways!
Love the blue and white and in so many different ways. It really pops and I like the added color with the Nuvo drops! The texture paste is so great, I must get some and work with it – thanks for sharing.
That blue ink is so gorgeous. Beautiful stencil usage too TFS
Love your cards and a wonderful color choice for this stencil. Thank you for sharing..
Wow, such great ideas and stunning cards. Thanks for the helpful video!
Your cards are so pretty, I love the blue!!!!!
gorgeous – gorgeous – gorgeous – did I say “gorgeous” 🙂
Wow, such beautiful cards! The blue is so pleasing to the eye!
Beautiful card! What a gorgeous idea.
Wow!!! Can I just say that adding the Nuvo drops to the center of the flowers made it POP! Its so beautiful, as are all the cards. I just thought those were such a good idea and really adds the cherry on top. Thank you!!
As always I love your cards. The bright blue flowers remind me of Spring, which can’t get here soon enough for me.
Absolutely gorgeous. Love the pretty blue color and the awesome stencil. My wish list is growing.
Thanks for those ideas Yana. I’d never have thought to mask off part of the stencil to use it as you did. Great idea. Love the blue ink.
I sure love the colors you chose to use. Beautiful cards and beautiful products.
Your cards are so pretty.love them all
Wow! Great cards. Thanks for the video and showing us how you did them. Lovely cards!
Thanks for showing us so many ways to use a stencil. The cards are so pretty.
Those are beautiful! One of the reasons I love stencils is because there are different ways to use them. Thanks for the tips!
These are amazing
Great use of a stencil. Your cards are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I am always amazed at how you seem to effortlessly get so much mileage out of such few supplies! Beautifully done cards. Thank you!
Yana I just loved your process video. Thanks for sharing such wonderful card ideas, I just love the blue you used, just gorgeous. I love how you keep it real in the video.
The white paste on blue cardstock is lovely. lol. I tried to purchase some of the cardstock. It is already sold out. You indeed are very inspiring.
<3 the blue with the pops of color in the middle of the flowers! beautiful projects!
I appreciate your sharing of what didn’t work … and the reminder to just play and let go of the outcome. I especially like the card where you brought in the stencil along the edges and used drops to add more color. Thanks, Yana!
wonderful cards and ideas, Yana – love the darker blue with this stencil!
Stunning! I love that dry embossed card.
Ya a your cards are fantastic! I especially love the navy blue card❤️ I need that stencil!
Spell check ugh! Yana sorry..
Love the blue with this stencil, so pretty
Beautiful Blues! Love the card.
Your samples show the value of tutorials. This stencil is not one that would catch my eye at first glance, but your tutorial made me realize how versatile this stencil can be. Thanks.
Stunning cards. I love the classic blue and white colour combination.