Hello friends and happy Saturday! Today I’m joining Simon Says Stamp for 2-day blog hop celebrating their new Believe in You release. I’m excited to share a simple modern thank you card featuring some easy cardmaking techniques.
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CARD DETAILS
To create this card I dry embossed Faceted Stripes stencil on Smoke Gray cardstock. It’s very easy to create an embossed background using a stencil and results are always beautiful. All you need for this is a die cutting machine and rubber embossing mat.
Next, I stamped two monstera leaves from the Tropical Leaves stamp set in the following colors of ink: Key Lime, Evergreen, Black. The black doesn’t actually look like black here, it looks more like deep dark green, but that layer was in fact stamped in black. The panel was foam mounted onto a background. I antique gold embossed “Thank You” and “Grateful For You”, cut them out and foam mounted on the card.
The card was decorated with Sunken Treasure and Girl’s Best Friend sequins.
MORE INSPIRATION
I have more inspiration to share using new products. Check out my You’re The Best card using Stripe Jumble Background and  Greetings Mix 1 stamp set.
BLOG HOP
If you arrived from Debby Hughes the next stop on this hop is Nichol Spohr. You can also start at the beginning on Simon Says Stamp Blog.
GIVEAWAY
Simon is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comment section. Winners will be posted on our Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 31st of July.
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 Stamp Stencil Faceted Stripes Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Thanks and Encouragement Mix Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Thanks and Encouragement Word Mix 1 Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Word Mix 1 Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Tropical Leaves Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sequins Sunken Treasure Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Smoke Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Evergreen Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Key Lime Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sequins Girl’s Best Friend Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
What a great idea – never used my stencils to emboss before. Thanks for the inspiration.
Elegant and beautiful cards! Love the subtle background created by using the stencil to emboss.
Love your cards!
Love the embossing technique with the stencil. Such an easy and elegant look! Fabulous card! Love the gold embossed sentiment!
Thank you for sharing the card idea.
Unique idea.
Love the look of the dry embossing on this card!
Lovely cards!
Dry embossing with stencil – genius!
Wonderful cards. I love the dry embossed Faceted Stripes stencil on the first one — such a lovely background.
great ideas for the background.
I don’t think I would have picked that background with the tropical, but it certainly works!
Tropical themed cards are one of my favorites and your is so elegant! Very creative!
Great cards as always. Thank you for the inspiration.
Your card is soooo Pretty!!!!
Wow very different & very inspirational. I always forget to emboss with dies & stencils- it looks great
Love the new stencils in this release and your use of embossing with them. Great cards.
Great cards – I love the texture on the base for the first and the bold black and blue of the second.
Oh Yana – so beautiful as always! I love the idea of dry embossing with that stencil! Thanks for sharing!
Nice cards. I think the stencil you used on the first card is very cool.
Wow, gorgeous cards!
Beautiful cards.
Love the faceted stripes as a background.
the blue card is fantastic – it really pops.
thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful!!
Love all your tropical cards! The stencil embossed background is perfect!
such beautiful cards
Your cards are so beautiful! The blue, gold and black look stunning!
Great idea to emboss with a stencil. Your card is very pretty with the big tropical leaves as the main focal point.
I really like both of them!
Thank you for sharing such creative ideas! Beautiful
I always love your videos. Embossing the stencil – great idea.
Love, love the gold.
I have been following your works of art for some time. Always beautiful and great inspiration.
great designs! luv how the lines of the leafs mimic the lines of the background!
Great cards!
You’ve shared some lovely cards with these new products. Thanks for sharing this inspiration.
Beautiful cards! Stunning job!
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia Rodriguez
Migdalia’s Crafts
Fun way to use the stencil!
Beautiful cards, love the leaves on both and will try embossing with my stencils! The blue card is so striking!
You always have so many great ideas for cardmaking. You are just so creative!
Lovely colors on your cards.
The embossing is fabulous.
Carla from Utah
Dry embossing was the key to that stencil!
These are great cards!
Love the embossing on your cards! You always have beautiful cards!
Terrific cards, Yana! I really like the background you created using the stencil. I haven’t yet tried that technique but I want to do so. I always appreciate learning how to stretch my supplies and use them in new ways.
I always admire your creations, Yana. Beautiful set of cards!
Did not know you could emboss a stencil and the effect is pretty on your card. I will give it a try.
Love it. I never think about embossing with my stencils.
Very nice cards.
I love the dry embossing on the first tropical card…wonderful use of the stencil today.