Hello friends! Are you ready for the Holiday Season? Today marks the release of brand-new Holiday products from Simon Says Stamp and that means we better get working on those Holiday cards! I’ve been making mine since about mid June of this year so I already have quite a few, but since I love cardmaking so much I never mind creating a few extras!
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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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EXCLUSIVE YANA SMAKULA DANIEL SMITH WATERCOLOR PALETTE
I’m very excited to introduce a special Daniel Smith Palette that includes 18 of my most favorite colors to paint with. This palette is available exclusively at Simon Says Stamp.com. Learn about this palette here or on Youtube:
CARD DETAILS
The card I am sharing today uses 3 new products from Simon – Kaleidoscope Center Cut Background stamp, Stained Glass Greetings stamp & die set and my very own Daniel Smith Yana Smakula Palette featuring 18 of my favorite watercolor colors. I am thrilled to have had the chance to put my favorite watercolor colors into one handy palette! Thank you, Simon!
I started working on this card by heat embossing the Kaleidoscope Center Cut background stamp (I took out the central part of the stamp) in Simon’s Antique Gold embossing powder onto Arches Hot Pressed watercolor paper.
Next, I used colors from my palette and started coloring (I used: Indigo, Lunar Blue, Duochrome Oceanic, Cascade Green and Sodalite Genuine). I wet the background first and did a wet on wet coloring allowing the water to move the pigments on my background. I waited for the background to dry and added a second layer of colors; this time I didn’t pre-wet my paper and painted onto a dry surface.
Once I was happy with my background I once again let it dry. I used my Finetec watercolors and added pearlescent droplets to make this background look a bit messy. Next, I trimmed it to 4 x 5 1/4″ and foam mounted onto an A2 card base.
To create a sentiment for this card I used the Stained Glass Greetings stamps and coordinating dies and heat embossed “May Your Christmas Be Filled With Love”. Lastly, I embellished this card using gold confetti from the Rainbow Confetti Mix.
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 Center Cut Kaleidoscope Background Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Stained Glass Greetings Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass Greetings Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Stained Glass Greetings Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 8 Round Shop at: SSS |
 Finetec Mica Watercolor Pearlescent Paint Shop at: SSS |
 Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Indigo 5ml Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Duochrome Oceanic Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Cascade Green Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Lunar Blue Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Sodalite Genuine Shop at: SSS |
 Jack Richeson 9 X 12 Inch Hardboard Panel Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Rainbow Confetti Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Daniel Smith Yana’s Set Watercolor Palette Shop at: SSS |
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Beautiful work, Yana! I am always inspired by your artwork and photography.
Gorgeous card!! Your colouring is amazing and your card designs are just always so unique. Almost every time I read your blog post or watch a video of yours I’m inspired greatly. Thanks for thinking outside the box and pushing the creativity limits and inspiring us to do that too!!
Beautiful!
Wow! What an amazing card!! Gorgeous!
Very pretty, love the colors. Off to watch the video now
You always make it look so easy. LOL (I am sure for you it is.) However, this is one gorgeous background and the sentiment looks amazing on it!
I love this card so much!!! The background is brilliant and beautiful!!! Thank you for sharing with us Yana!!!
This background is stunning. My hubby just bought me the 238 dot chart, which includes the colors you mention in the video. I can hardly wait to try it out!
Just lovely!!!!
I absolutely love this stained glass card and what a great way to try out watercolors. Thank you!
WOW such a beautiful card Yana.
This is Amazing! I looked at the Poinsettia first and loved it but this one is so appealing to me! I adore the contrast between the light in the gold accents and the deep blue hues in the painted area. Stunning…again…
Wow – love the watercolor results, and I’ve always loved stained glass.
Absolutely beautiful!!
What a gorgeous card. Thanks for sharing…
This is just lovely, love the gold!
This is such a gorgeous card!
What a beautiful background! And I love the idea of a background stamp with room for a sentiment!
Oh, my goodness, Yana! Your card is stunning!!
Gorgeous card – love the color choices. Always stunning work!
This is just gorgeous, Yana. It’s nice to see the cards you’ve been teasing on instagram so long!
Absolutely beautiful, Yana! The colors are wonderful & the design is stunning. Love this one!
Your watercoloring is so gorgeous, Yana! Love your palette choices too.
This is an amazingly luxurious Christmas spirit card !
Your Christmas card is stunning!!
I spent over a $100.00 for supplies from SimonSays to make this card and a Christmas tree card. None of which even remotely look like what you demonstrated. The kaleidoscope stamp was hard to get image onto my hot press paper as you recommended, which isnt cheap. It took six times to finally get a good image having to reink stamp and wasting 5 sheets of paper. The watercolors also not cheap when i opened tubes paint came gushing out all over me and wasting the paint, and none of them looked like your demo either. Your demo looks really easy and, and frankly it’s not. Makes me wonder how many re-takes you had to make on this video. I am disappointed at spending this amount of money and not getting good results. I have a feeling your a spokesperson to make money for SimonSays. TV znd videos sell.