Simon Says Stamp | Stretch Your Stash – Slimline Christmas Card with non-Slimline Products. Video

Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! Today, once again, similar to my previous video, I’m creating a Slimline card using non-slimline products. Last time I did the opposite – I used the slimline products on A2 cards, do watch that video if you haven’t already. Any ideas about what you’d like the next video to be? Let me know in the comments below!

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

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CARD DETAILS

So what products are we going to be using? I have two clear stamp sets from Simon – a newer set with a darling Christmas village called Santa’s Sleigh Ride Slider. You can use this stamp set to make interactive slider cards and have your Santa ride above the village, but I’m just going to use the village stamp, and in fact, I’ll only use a portion of this stamp.

Next, I have an oldie but goodie stamp set – Holiday Greetings Mix 1 set. This stamp set is from last year, it has lots of fabulous sentiments for Holiday cards, some of which are just perfect for slimline cards! They are tall and skinny and even that peaceful sentiment can work on a landscape slimline card.

If you don’t have these exact stamps, go through your stash, look for similar design products, look for a Christmas village and look for a tall skinny sentiment to make this card.

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

• Stamp village image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a panel of white cardstock that measures 3 1/4 x 7 3/4”. Use a MISTI stamp positioner or similar tool.
• Heat emboss the sentiment in white embossing powder above the village.
• Add color to the panel using Copic markers and ink blending.
• Color the Christmas village scene using Copic markers: YG93, YG95, and YG99 to color the trees; R27 to color the ornaments on the trees; W5, W3, and W1 to color the buildings; E33, and E37 to color the roofs; Y11 and Y15 markers to color the lit windows; B99 to color the dark windows; B000 to color the snow.
• Create a mask using masking paper and mask the colored village.
• Ink blend the sky using various inks in blue. I used the following colors going from the bottom up: Speckled Egg Distress, Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide, Hero Arts Navy, Hero Arts Intense Black.
• Clean up the white embossing using Ultra Clean Stamp Cleaning solution and a clean ink blending sponge.
• Create a slimline card base using red cardstock. Foam mount panel onto the card.
• Heat emboss a sub sentiment for this card using detail white embossing powder. Cut the sentiment out and foam mount onto the card above the village and below the sentiment.
• Add “falling snow” using Nuvo Drops in Gloss White and 3 different pens to make 3 different size dots on the background – Storytime paint pen from Jane Davenport and Sakura White pen.

That’s it from me for today! I hope you’ve found this video useful. If you make a card inspired by this video, we’d love it if you shared your project and tagged us on social media – we always enjoy seeing what you make!

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 Santa’s Sleigh Ride Slider Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Clear Stamps Holiday Greetings Mix 1 Shop at: SSS	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS
Simon Says Stamp Lipstick Red Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper Shop at: SSS	Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS
Misti Cut-align Tool Ruler Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad 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	Spellbinders Circle Replacement Foam Shop at: SSS
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Embossing Powder White Fine Detail 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	Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS	Spellbinders Jane Davenport Snow Queen Story Time Paint Pen Shop at: SSS
Sakura Classic White Gelly Roll Pens Set of 3 Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y11 Pale Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y15 Cadmium Yellow 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	Copic Sketch Marker E33 Sand Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker E37 Sepia Shop at: SSS	Tonic Spring-cut Fine Tip Detail Scissors Shop at: SSS