It is hot, humid, and sunny outside, yet all I have on my mind is Christmas cards. I’m even humming Christmas tunes when I’m in my craft room. So odd!
I wanted to see if I could use the houses from the Home Sweet Home stamp set from Simon Says Stamp to make a Christmas card (I recently got a coordinating die and was anxious to die-cut these images). Spoiler alert – yes! The houses work rather well to create a peaceful winter village scene.
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CARD DETAILS
I stamped the row of houses twice and colored using W5, W3, and W1 Copic markers for the most part. I also used YG00, YG01, YG25, YG17 to color the trees. Cutting these out with the coordinating die was such a treat! I love to have coordinating dies for my most used, and my most favorite stamp sets.
Next, to add a bit of winter charm to the scene I stamped and cut out Christmas trees using images from CZ Coolest Yulest set in Simon’s Smoke Gray (what? yes, I used gray ink) and Willow. The stamps had some dark green ink leftover on the surface from the previous time I used them, so when I inked them with Smoke ink the impressions I got were of dark green-gray color.
I pulled out a panel of Mist cardstock from Hero Arts (I so love this color of light blue) and arranged the images to my liking. I used the trees to block the images of the fountain next to my houses, the fountains just didn’t work for this card. I foam mounted all of my die cuts onto the panel and next stamped a sentiment using stamps from the Holiday Greetings Mix 1 stamp set.
Next, I used my white pigment ink pad (when was the last time you used yours?) and stamped several white snowflakes in various sizes above my village. To create more snow I used Jane Davenport Story Time Paint Pens and added large and medium-size white dots all over the blue background. I love the result!
Lastly, I embellished the card with Silver jewels from Pretty Pink Posh. What’s the verdict, do you think this makes a good Christmas card? I’m tempted to use these houses more for Holiday projects.
SUPPLIES
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Simon Says Clear Stamps Home Sweet Home Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Home Sweet Home Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Clear Stamps Holiday Greetings Mix 1 Shop at: SSS |
CZ Design Clear Stamps Coolest Yulest Shop at: SSS |
Cz Design Wafer Dies Coolest Yulest Shop at: SSS |
Cz Design Coordinating Set Coolest Yulest Shop at: SSS |
Spellbinders Jane Davenport Snow Queen Story Time Paint Pen Shop at: SSS |
Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Mist Shop at: SSS |
Hero Arts Misti Regular Black Shop at: SSS |
Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Willow Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Smoke Gray Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker YG00 Mimosa Yellow Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker YG01 Green Bice Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker YG17 Grass Green Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker YG25 Celadon Green Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker W1 Warm Gray Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker W3 Warm Gray Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker W5 Warm Gray Shop at: SSS |
Tonic Spring-cut Fine Tip Detail Scissors Shop at: SSS |
Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue Shop at: SSS |
White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Silver Jewels Shop at: SSS |
Another great card. You’ve given me so much inspiration for my Christmas cards over the last few weeks. Thank you. I’m just waiting for my latest Spellbinders order to arrive then I intend to start my Christmas cards.
Love this card Yana! Great use of the stamp set!
The card is amazing. It does look like a peaceful Christmas scene. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Really Beautiful card!!
Really lovely village card, Yana! Love the soft colors you used for this one! I think you are the Master of these little house scenes! Love them!
So beautiful, Yana! Love the soft coloring!
Beautiful card, thanks
Sweet card, I love the color so refreshing