Hello all and thank you so much for stopping by today to help celebrate Simon Says Stamp “Believe in the Season” Holiday release. There are lots of great products included in this release that will help you jump start your holiday (and everyday) cardmaking.
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I am very much inspired by non-traditional Christmas colors lately, and aqua being one of my favorites colors made its way onto this simple Christmas card.
I used my regular size MISTI and stamped the Holiday background in Simon’s embossing ink onto a panel of white cardstock. I added white embossing powder and heat set it to melt. I used two colors of Simon’s dye ink to add color and did a resist ink blending technique. I started with High Dive at the bottom and Spring Rain at the top. I’m not going to lie, this background was heavily inspired by Laura Bassen.
I am also in love with the new Poinsettia stamp set. They are like snowflakes, you can never have too many! I stamped it in Simon’s Intense Black ink onto X-press It Copic Blending paper and colored using several Copic markers. There are coordinating dies available and I used them to cut my images out.
I foam mounted the poinsettia and the leaves onto the ink blended panel which I had previously adhered onto an A2 top folding card base.
I didn’t want to add any additional sentiment as the background says it all. I did however add a few small and medium clear droplets from Pretty Pink Posh as little dew drops to finish this card.
ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION & VIDEO
Check out my other project using products from this release. Click on the photo to see the entire post and a video tutorial:
VIDEO TUTORIAL FOR THE MASCULINE CHRISTMAS CARD – learn how to watercolor this wood slices background:
Like this video? Please give it a big thumbs up and share with a crafty friend! Drop me a comment too, I love hearing from you!
SHOP SSS BELIEVE IN THE SEASON RELEASE
 Simon Says Cling Stamps Circle Doodle Background Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Magical Christmas Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Magical Christmas Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Magical Christmas Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad Merlot Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Believe in the Season Water Color Paintable Prints Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Hybrid Ink Pad Cube Set Regal Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad Barely Beige Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad Barely Blue Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad Deep Purple Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad Evergreen Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Die Set Snowflakes for the Season Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Aubrey Snowflake Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Marissa Snowflake Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Peyton Ornament Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Northern Lights Snowflakes Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Bubble Breeze Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Snowglobe Landscape Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Corbel Ornament Collage Wafer Die S404 Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Corbel Tree Collage Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmas Script Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Happy Holidays Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Snow Flurries Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Anna Snowflake Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Cling Stamps Holiday Background Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Christmas Essentials Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Christmas Essentials Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Christmas Essentials Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Holiday Message Strips Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Happy Christmas Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Believe Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Believe Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Winter Flowers Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Winter Flowers Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Winter Flowers Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Color Me Trees Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Color Me Trees Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Color Me Trees Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Poinsettia Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Poinsettia Shop at: SSS |
BLOG HOP
Join us for an inspiring blog hop! If you are just joining us, start at Simon Says Stamp Blog. Or if you arrived from Nichol Spohrs, the next stop on this hop is Wanda Guess.
GIVEAWAY (NOW CLOSED)
Would you like to win a $25 gift card to Simon Says Stamp? Follow me on Facebook and come back here and drop me a comment! I’ll pick the winner on Monday, October 24th.
The winner is Anna Sigga. Congratulations! Simon Says Stamp will be in touch with you!
SUPPLIES
Simon Says Cling Stamps Holiday Background Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamps and Dies Poinsettia Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Clear Stamps Poinsettia Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Copic BLENDING CARD X-Press It Paper Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3d 217 White Foam Squares Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Spring Rain Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp High Dive Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh 6MM Clear Droplets (medium) Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS |
 Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS |
 Misti Precision Stamper Stamping Tool Kit Shop at: SSS |
Looks wonderful, so much a masculine card, the background stamp also reminded me of wood stumps.
Love how you colored this card, I am always looking for masculine cards!!
I like the more nontraditional color of the card with the poinsettia and I know my brother would enjoy receiving a more masculine card.
Loved the cards! Can’t wait to get my hands on the products and create some Christmas magic!
Great cards. The non-traditional and the masculine cards are very inspiring. Thanks!
It is just lovely.
I love that you chose blue for the background! Beautiful! (That gold plate in the photo os gorgeous too!)
Lovely card!!!
The background for your poinsettia card is perfect.
These are both great! Not sure if I can pick a favorite…
love the wood slice card, thanks for the ideas
Yana – As always you have inspired me. This weekend, I worked on my holiday cards and the excitement meter was of the charts. Beautiful work! Thanks for all you do!
Just beautiful (as always) – thanks for sharing!
Love both of these cards!
The poinsettia card is so lovely. I like the script under the believe die cut.
love it! thanks!
Both cards are so beautiful! I appreciate all the inspiration for masculine cards. TFS
I love the way your background turned out on this card. It stamp DOES look like slices of wood. It could work for onion slices too! Ha…..I can just see a hamburger with all the fixings on top of the background. Your colors are beautiful.
Loving your cards! The deer card is just … wow! 🙂
Fantastic backgrounds!
Love the masculine card.
Love your cards, this is a very nice release from Simon .
Yum! The embossed text of the background with the blue is gorgeous!
Oh that pinky red pops against the aqua!!
It’s still the 24th here so hope I’m not too late. Love both of these cards!
I love the deer card!
Yana, I love your poinsettia die cut, it’s just beautiful.
How gorgeous the poinsettia flower against the blue embossed background. I love love love the woodgrain card, too.
Love your backgrounds. TFS
Beautiful! Your cards are inspiring
Love the soft colors of your poinsettia card!
So love the background stamp of words. The way the circles are colored and highlighted in the deer card look like cut pieces of a tree trunck..definitely makes the card look outdoorsy.
Great card! Love ideas for masculine cards!
terrific backgrounds. . . .lovely masculine card