Caring Hearts Card Drive – Stamped Christmas Tree Pattern. Video
Hello everyone! Today I am participating in a Caring Hearts Card Drive Blog Hop (more about this great cause and hop below). I created several simple to mass produce and easy to replicate Holiday cards. I have also filmed a video tutorial to walk you through the creative process and explain everything in detail.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
Iβve created a video tutorial where I am sharing everything in detail. You can watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARDS DETAILS
I wanted to stamp a modern looking pattern featuring several Christmas trees. I started going through my stash looking for images I could use and I ended up picking trees from 3 different stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp.
I practiced my stamping on a piece of printer paper (when I do test stamping I always use cheap printer paper and never my good quality cardstock). Once I was happy with my idea, design and colors of ink I picked I moved onto stamping actual pattern onto card fronts.
I wanted to make multiple cards so I used my mini MISTI stamp positioner to make it easier to do my stamping. I also double stamped all images to have the most vibrant and smooth ink coverage. I used 2 Christmas Trees from the Gifts of Love stamp set (its a set from one of Simon’s Card Kits), one tree from a last year Christmas Graphic set and one last tree image from this year Color Me Trees stamp set (I’m linking to all supplies I used at the end of my post).
For my color combination I went with Green Apple, Willow and Evergreen. I also used my Simon’s Intense Black ink to stamp the outline trees and blended Fog as well as Lake Shores and Scuba.
To dress these trees up a bit I heat embossed several dashed swirls from the Cute Snowflakes stamp set (this is another card kit stamp set) in Antique Gold embossing powder.
The sentiment for these cards, Thinking of you at Christmas, came from yet another set, Christmas Essentials. I wanted these cards to say more than just Merry Christmas and I think the sentiment I picked it very suitable for this occasion.
My stamped panels were adhered onto A2 top folding white card bases, I also foam mounted my sentiments and adhered several clear droplets.
CARING HEARTS CARD DRIVE
Today we are celebrating the 7th annual Caring Hearts Card Drive with a fun blog hop! The purpose of this card drive is to collect handmade holiday cards for the elderly that live in nursing homes around the world. Since 2010 we have been bringing joy to many nursing homes throughout the US, Canada and Australia. And this year, we are branching out to the UK! What better way to share our love of card making than to bring joy to others, right?
We hope you’ll join us in supporting the card drive. Details for the card drive can be found at: Vera Yates Blog & Jennifer McGuire’s Blog.
CARING HEARTS BLOG HOP
Join us for an inspirational blog hop!
Vera Yates
Jennifer McGuireΒ
Laura Bassen
Shari Carroll
Debby Hughes
Heather Ruwe
Julie Ebersole
May Sukyong Park
Yana SmakulaΒ – you are here!
Ruby Ianigro
Jessie Frost Ballas
Wendy Ramlakhan
Kathy Racoosin
Amy Lee
Simon Says Stamp
GIVEAWAY
No hop is complete without fun giveaway, right? Simon Says Stamp has generously offering $150 gift cardΒ for this hop. All you need to do is visit and leave comment on each blog. Winner will be randomly selected from one of the participant blog. You have till midnight Thursday, 11/17/2016 to leave comment. Winner will be announced on Vera’s blog on Friday, 11/18/2016.
SUPPLIES
Iβm 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 Gifts of Love Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Clear Stamps Cute Snowflakes Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Clear Stamps Christmas Essentials 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 Clear Stamps Christmas Graphic Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Evergreen Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Willow Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Fog Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Lake Shores Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Scuba Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Green Apple Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# Lipstick Red Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS |
Pretty Pink Posh 6MM Clear Droplets (medium) Shop at: SSS |
Best Creation Big Squares 3D Foam Tape Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS |
EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS |
Stacy V
November 16, 2016So I love this card. I’m going to dig out all of my tree stamps and give er a go!
LaurieJ
November 16, 2016I adore your cards – this is so creative! And thank you for creating a video as well.
Izzy Scrap
November 16, 2016Very gorgeous card ! I love very much this new Colour me Trees stamp set ! Gorgeous colours too ! Thanks for sharing.
Judie Attard
November 16, 2016Awesome and original card!
Denise Ward
November 16, 2016Thanks for sharing this creative design with us!
Jackie S
November 16, 2016Darling card. Love the pop of red
Stephanie W
November 16, 2016I really like the graphic design of your card. So pretty!
Allie
November 16, 2016Great idea! Love the color palette.
Heather Lynn
November 16, 2016Love the placement of your evergreens. Modern and fun. Thanks for sharing!
Betty Bunch
November 17, 2016I love, love your tree card!
Linda M.
November 17, 2016Love this card and had to pin it! Thanks!
Kim Hund
November 17, 2016Can’t get enough of your designs. Love, love, love them. This one is no exception. Thank you so much for sharing all your different techniques.
Anne Rifat
November 17, 2016Your card is so simple, yet so sophisticated. Love it.
Angie Hall
November 17, 2016Thanks for supporting the card drive. I like the red sentiment and the bright trees on your card.
Tracy
November 17, 2016Great holiday card design.
Kate B
November 17, 2016Beautiful holiday card!!
Susan Johnson
November 17, 2016Thank you such a pretty card!
Lorie Hulbert
November 17, 2016Amazing design and colors. Thanks for the inspiration and the tips.
Susan Johnson
November 17, 2016Thank you! You make such pretty cards!
Lauren
November 17, 2016What an awesome card – thanks for sharing and inspiring! π
Jen B
November 17, 2016Great cards.
Jeanne-Marie
November 17, 2016Love this card and would love to give this technique a try! Thanks for the inspiration!
Andrea La Vigne
November 17, 2016Love your clean, graphic style for these cards, Yana! Great idea to use different shades of green for your trees, and add pops of blue & grey with the ink blending. Tfs! π ~ Andrea
Lesley S.
November 17, 2016This is a fun card design, and a reminder that mixing stamp sets can yield great results!
Toni Gillette
November 17, 2016These cards are so pretty. Thanks for sharing.
Debbie Peysen
November 17, 2016I like mixing stamp sets but you do it so awesome. On your video, how you masked was so cool. Thanks
Susan T
November 17, 2016You are amazing and so are your cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Sandra Bannert
November 17, 2016What a cool design!! Thanks for sharing π Love it
Kristy Lawson
November 17, 2016I love tree stamped cards!!! How unique and fun!!
Michelle B
November 17, 2016Love your design! TFS!
Memoriesbymanda
November 17, 2016Lovely cards – I love the gold embossed trail.
Louanne Fournier
November 18, 2016What a great cause and beautiful, colourful cards. Thank you for taking the time to make a video!
Kim
November 18, 2016These cards are beautiful!!! So unique and fun!!! Thanks so much for sharing! I always look forward to your cards and videos!!
Joan
November 19, 2016Yana, these are beautiful tree cards. Love how you thought “out of the box” with these cards. Now you have my brain thinking of many ways I can use my stamp sets, too. Thank you so much!