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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Very pretty cards. Love the versatility of that stencil!
I also thought that stencil design felt very Scandinavian. so pretty!!!
Thanks so much for showing us these cards. Love how different they all are using the same stamp. You’re amazing. Am loving this new Love release.
I love the different things you did with one stencil.
Great post. Love the 4 different presentations!!! Read all the details. Appreciated.
Love how you created different looks with the same stencil. It shows how to stretch my supplies. I especially like that you left in the not so successful attempts! Even the pros aren’t perfect!
Love the idea of the Scandinavian blue and white color scheme and the various ways you used the stencil!
I love these cards! I think the one with the colored dots is my favorite, but using the stencil to emboss is pretty brilliant.
So beautiful, LOVE the blue and white.
Beautiful cards, love your colors!
These cards would be perfect for my Mom, she loves blue and white. Thank you for the inspiration.
This stencil caught my eye right away. It’s my favorite item in this release. I love all the techniques you used today—I frequently dry emboss with my stencils but haven’t colored them first.
As for sponge daubers, I hadn’t used mine in awhile and when I took them out of their container, the sponge part disintegrated. I’ve not had that problem with makeup sponges.
I absolutely love the white on white… such an elegant look
Such a beautiful set of cards! Thanks for the inspiring ideas on using the pretty stencil. Love them all!
Your cards are beautiful, Yana. I love it when mistakes are left in videos; it makes me feel better about my own! I think my favorite card is the one with the yellow and red Nuvo drops. They look fabulous with the blue ink. Thanks for sharing.
Love the blue and white. Great use of the stencil too!
Wow, love the Fold Dance stencil and the wonderful card you made.
Such a pretty stencil and the blue/white colour combo suits it so well. Great ideas for using stencils!
Great ideas with the same stencils. Each of the techniques is lovely.
Creative work!! Love it. 🙂
These are all so beautiful, especially the stenciled card where you did selective stenciling and made the border. I am so going to try this. Well done Yana.o
Thanks for sharing a different way to use stencils!
Love the floral background!
Love how you highlighted the different ways to use the stencil – great versatility.
These are gorgeous! Love the similar looks with one product!
The blue is very eye-catching! Your cards are charming. Thank you.
So inspiring–love every card!
Blue and white is my favorite color combination and I love the Scandinavian look so I just LOVE your cards!
Love the blue and white? So pretty. Thanks for showing things that don’t work too!
Each of these is so gorgeous!! I love how each of them has a different look even though you used the same stencil. Thanks for the inspiration, I’m never quite sure what to do with the stencils I have.
Love all the variety with one stencil. Beautiful cards!
I love the beautiful simplicity.
Love the pop of yellow! These cards are so pretty!
Love the blue/white. Your dry embossing has inspired me!
Wow! I love all the cards!!
Awesome cards! Love how you masked the stencil to create a different look.
Your cards are gorg-eous!!
So, so pretty, Yana! Thanks for the inspiration for stencil use!
Some really great tips here. Well done
Beautiful techniques on your cards. Love the new releases!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing these techniques.
Gorgeous cards. Love the folksy stencil and blues.
These are so pretty! Love the designs and colors!
Yana, these are gorgeous!! I saw your cards on SSS Facebook Live video. I was thinking it might be yours. I love the variety you creates with this lovely stencil.
OMG I love them all, so beautiful!
Beautiful cards! Love the blue and white combos that you’ve chosen. But my favorite is the white on white with just a pop from the blue sentiment banner … so clean and simple! Gorgeous cards! Thank you for the great stenciling ideas.
Love your cards, Yana! Blue has always been my favorite color. Thanks for sharing your different ideas. Great inspiration!
Such lovely cards! Love the texture and dimension you get with the embossing paste.
Awesome cards! Thanks
That is such a beautiful stencil and I love all the different ways you’ve used it – especially embossed and with the paste! The blue is just perfect!