Simon Says Stamp | Slimline Christmas Village Greeting Card

I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy Slimline cardmaking this much! If you haven’t tried it yet – I encourage you to give it a go. It is fun, it is fresh, it is liberating (you have all this extra size to work with). Plus, it is always fun to try new things, wouldn’t you agree?

My today’s card combines a slimline product with a regular-sized stamp set for a beautiful snowy village Christmas card. This project is not hard to make and it uses simple cardmaking techniques, more on that below.

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CARD DETAILS

I used a couple of new favorites for this project – a sentiment set with stunning handwritten-like sentiments and a village set with pretty houses and homes.

Follow these instructions step by step to re-create this card:

• Using a MISTI stamping tool (or a similar stamp positioner) stamp the village image from the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock. I stamped one image in the center of the 3 1/2″ x 8″ panel. Next, I stamped a partial to the left and another partial image to the right stamping it 3 times in total. I didn’t do any masking (I did try, but it looked much better without the masking).

• Stamp the word “Merry” from the Holiday Sparkle Greetings stamp set above the village in clear embossing ink. Cover with White Detail embossing powder and heat set.
• Color the village using Copic markers. I used the following colors: W1, W3, W5, YG93, YG95, YG99, R27, Y11, Y15, B000. Color some windows using yellow markers, but color most using a dark blue, I used B99, this will make it look like there is nobody home.
• Create a mask for the village using masking paper. To do so – stamp the image onto masking paper and cut out using scissors. Position the mask over the colored image. This is probably the most tedious part of the process, but once you make the mask, and if you are careful, you can re-use it several times. So it is worth it. I made one mask and just re-positioned it when doing the next step.

• Ink panel with various shades of blue ink. I used the following: Distress Oxide Speckled Egg, Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon, Hero Arts Navy, Hero Arts Intensified Black. You can achieve the same background using other ink pad colors. I prefer to blend with Oxides, but I have a limited collection, so I use what I have and make it work. I worked from the top down making the top of the panel (the top of the sky) much darker and the bottom of the panel (closer to the horizon line) much lighter.

Hero Arts inks will leave a residue on white embossing. To clean that up I spray a cloth with Hero Arta Ultra Clean stamp cleaning solution and gently wipe the embossing. It remover the ink. It can also remove the ink from the paper, so be careful doing this.

• Stamp “Wishing You A” in black ink next to the “Merry”. I don’t remember which stamp set I used for this, there are many sets with similar sentiments. I also white heat embossed “Christmas” on red cardstock, cut it out and foam mounted under the “Merry”.

• Create a Slimline card base from red cardstock. I took a Letter sheet, scored it at 4″, folded and trimmed creating a 4″ x 8 1/2″ card base. Trim background panel to 3 1/2″ x 8″. Foam mount to the card base.
• Use White Nuvo Drops to create falling snow on the card. Add smaller “snowflakes” using a white pen. Make sure the snow goes all the way down covering the buildings and trees to make it look cohesive.

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 Santa’s Sleigh Ride Slider Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Holiday Sparkle Greetings Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Misti Regular Black Shop at: SSS	Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Navy Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad Speckled Egg Shop at: SSS	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad Mermaid Lagoon Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Ink Pad Intens-ified Black Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Circle Replacement Foam Shop at: SSS	Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS
EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS	Tonic Gloss White Nuvo Drops Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Ultra Clean Stamp Cleaner Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker Y11 Pale Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y15 Cadmium Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker R27 Cadmium Red Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker B99 Agate Dark Blue Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker YG93 Grayish Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker YG95 Pale Olive Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker YG99 Marine 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 Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS
Sakura Classic White Gelly Roll Pens Set of 3 Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue Shop at: SSS	White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS