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 cool way to use a stencil! I will have to try out embossing thanks for the inspiration .
Yana, I always forget that stencils give such great embossing effects. Love your cards, thank you for sharing.
Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards Yana, thank you for sharing!
Love you cards!
Pretty cards, Yana!!
I love, love, love the use of geometrics and florals together
Hadn’t thought about using stencils to dry emboss…will have to explore this feature with all my stencils! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love how Gorgeous and Stunning this is!!
Awesome color combos and textures!
Yana, I love your card today. Thank you for your tip on dry embossing using a stencil. I did not know you could do this. I love it!! Once again, you give such great inspiration! 🙂
Fabulous cards, Yana! Love that Stripe Faceted stencil!
Love the geometric with the leaves, very pretty
I cards have a wonderful modern look Yana! I love the effect of using the stencil for embossing a background! Thanks so much for sharing.
Awesome use of these geometrics! I have got to try the embossing with a stencil! Love your designs!
Very pretty!!
Yana, these are lovely. I love the leaves and what you did with the stencil on both cards is so inspired. Great job.
Simply stunning! Such a beautiful thank you card!
Lovely cards, Yana. I really like the simplicity.
Love your cards Yana!
indeed very tropica
LOVE your cards and this new release!!!
Wow I actually had no idea you could dry emboss with a stencil. I love the result! Thank you for sharing!
Great cards. I’m enjoying all the versatility of this background stencil, and you’ve shown yet another way to use it. Thank you for sharing.
Love your cards, Yana. I always forget that I can dry emboss using stencils. Thanks so much for the reminder.
Very cool looking designs, Yana!
Love the embossing with the stencil! Your card is gorgeous!
I love the idea of using the stencil for embossing.
Nice card.
Your cards are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.
Love how you embossed with a stencil. I’m off to try it right now!
I love your design. It is simple and elegant and modern.
I love the look of the dry embossing with that stencil! The colors on you’re the best are so striking!
I like that embossed background. It looks really cool. I like that the leaves have a layered look as well. Very nice!
I love how the embossed Stripes echo the ribs of the leaves on your first card!
I love both of what you created using the new releases. You are incredibly talented, and always inspire.
Such lovely cards! the embossing rocks!
Love the embossed stencil. Something I don’t think to do but it looks fantastic with this one.
Gold embossing always adds a nice touch of elegance.
I always forget to do this with my stencils, thanks for the reminder! Love how these cards turned out.
Love these bold cards!
I like the backgrounds on your cards.
These are so pretty! 🙂
Great cards! I like the more masculine designs. Looking forward to the new products.
Really like the striped jumble background stamp. This hop has really been fun.
Dry embossing the stencil is an amazing idea – especially with all the clean lines and angles. Love this!
Such beautiful cards you have created from my favourites products from this release.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful creativity. I am going to give dry embossing a try!!
Fantastic looking cards-love the embossed grey background of the first card!
Both fabulous cards!! Especially love the blue & black background!
Love that stencil- thanks for dry-embossing tip!