Simon Says Stamp | Send a Card to a Friend Day! Video

Hello there! Today is a National Send a Card to a Friend day in the USA and I have just the right set of cards to share with you today. All of these feature simple stamping and basic coloring. I am also using a few new-to-me products to create these cards.

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

I thought it would be appropriate to share a video tutorial today showing how to make some quick and easy friendship cards for friends who live far away. Most of my crafty friends live far, some across different US states, others are are outside the US so I wanted to make a few clever cards to highlight some of places where they live.

I’ve filmed a video tutorial where I am sharing everything in detail. You can watch it below or on my Youtube channel.

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CARDS DETAILS

I started working on my cards by stamping “Wishing We Lived Closer Because I Miss You” sentiment from the Sending and Wishing stamp set. I stamped a bunch of panels using black ink (I also stamped one using Hero Arts Pool to Navy Ombre).

I needed to stamp some sort of a map or a city skyline to complete the look I was going for. I found a few stamps in my stash that worked wonderfully with this sentiment.

I used a US map background cling stamp from Hero Arts – this one is a big stamp that covers the entire front of an A2 card and it can be stamped just partially onto a card to create some room for a sentiment.

Other stamps that I really wanted to use for these cards are the Hero Arts Destination stamps. If you don’t have those there are many other map type and cityscape type stamps, I know Neat & Tangled has a very cool origami map stamp that features the entire globe, also Altenew has several stamp sets that feature city skylines of popular cities across the world.

I wanted to do some quick coloring on my cards, simple ombre coloring and I used Tonic Nuvo Creative Pens – these are alcohol based markers, very affordable and they come in packs of 3 so you get 3 shades of one color which is very handy if you don’t want to spend a lot of time deciding and exploring which colors work well together for perfect blending.

These markers are double sided, on one side you have a broad tip that is great for coloring large sections quickly and on the other side you have a fine tip for coloring detailed images.

After my coloring was done I foam mounted my panels onto A2 top folding landscape cards created out of Simon’s glimmer cardstock – I used a few colors of cardstock here to coordinate with my coloring – I was going for a simple monochromatic look.

To finish these cards I used Nuvo Drops is several colors (I am listing specific colors below) and I just added a few dots here and there to complete my projects.

Have fun stamping!

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 Clear Stamps Sending and Wishing Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Cardstock Glimmery Assortment Pack Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Cling Stamp Us Map Background Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Destination Paris H6194 Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Destination London H6195 Shop at:SSS	Hero Arts Rubber Stamp Destination San Diego Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Rubber Stamp Destination New Orleans Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Ombre Pool To Navy Ink AF308 Shop at: SSS	Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS
Misti Creative Corners Positioning Pieces Shop at: SSS	Tonic Caribbean Ocean Gloss Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS	Tonic Rich Reds Nuvo Creative Pen Collection Shop at: SSS	Tonic Woodland Greens Nuvo Creative Pen Collection Shop at: SSS	Tonic Rosy Pinks Nuvo Creative Pen Collection Shop at: SSS
Tonic Apple Green Gloss Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS	Tonic Oyster Gray Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS	Tonic Strawberry Coulis Nuvo Jewel Drops Shop at: SSS	Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS	White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS
Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board Shop at: SSS