Simon Says Stamp | Simplistic Christmas Cards. Yippee For Yana Series. Video

Hello friends, welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! Lately I am all about simple and doable card making and also cards that feature very basic and beginner techniques. So for today’s video I have a simplistic Christmas card idea what features just some heat embossing and ink blending for stunning results.

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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

The card that I am sharing today is using just the sentiment stamps – “Joy, Love, Peace, Believe, Christmas” message that is shaped like a Christmas tree from the Christmas Wishes stamp set and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” from the Tiny Words Christmas set.

My idea here was to gold heat emboss these images using Antique Gold embossing powder from Simon Says Stamp on Green Leaf panel that’s cut to 4 1/2 by 5 1⁄2”.

Once my heat embossing was done I added ink blending to the edges of the panel to help embossing pop. I used Evergreen ink to blend darker green color around my heat embossed tree in the center of the panel. I want the edged to be darker and direct the eye of the recipient to the center of the card where the focal point is.

You can do this on white cardstock, but it is so much easier to blend this kind of look on colored paper. Because my paper already has color I don’t have to do additional blending and add a base color to it, a light green. If you were to heat emboss this on white and add ink blending on top, you’d have to start with the light green first to have that spotlight in the center where the heat embossed tree is.

To darken the edges even more I used Hero Arts Navy ink pad, this is very deep blue color and I added a bit of this color around the edges. You can also try using black.

I adhered my panel onto an A2 white side folding card base and dressed the tree up using some Clear Jewels from Pretty Pink Posh. Less is more on cards like this. I hope you guys will give this idea a try. 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 Christmas Wishes Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Tiny Words Christmas Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Green Leaf Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Evergreen Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Navy Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Circle Replacement Foam Shop at: SSS	Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS	Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS
Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Jewels Shop at: SSS	Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS	Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS	Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS

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