Simon Says Stamp | Cheer & Joy Release. Modern Christmas Cards. Video
Hello, friends! Today I’m sharing two clean & simple Christmas cards featuring just a bit of heat embossing, coloring, and watermark stamping. These cards use brand new products from Simon Says Stamp.
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CARD DETAILS
I used a stunning vertical sentiment stamp from the new Holiday Greetings Mix 1 set, it reads Merry and is surrounded by beautiful branches and leaves. I’ve added “Wishing You a” above the “Merry” and “Christmas” below to create one sentiment for my card.
I heat embossed these images onto a panel of white cardstock in my favorite Antique Gold embossing powder. This is one of the most beautiful designs I’ve ever seen, it’s very modern, very simple and yet very classy. I think I’ll be using this sentiment a lot this year for my Holiday cards and probably even in the years to come. It’s just that pretty.
There’s actually a coordinating background stamp this time from Simon, called Leaves and Berries and it features the same imagery filling the entire background. I stamped it in a watermark ink onto red and green cardstock for a beautiful, subtle tone on tone look.
I went back to my sentiment piece and trimmed it down slightly, next, I rubbed the edges of the panel with an embossing ink pad and dipped the edges into same Antique Gold embossing powder to create the illusion that this panel was dipped in gold ink. I love this trick. I quickly heat set the powder with my heat tool to melt it in place.
I knew I wanted to color the berries and leaves so I used some of my favorite coloring mediums – I used a red pen from Jane Davenport to quickly color the berries, you can also use a Copic marker for this, I prefer the pen as it gives me a much brighter, vibrant red and to color the leaves I used my go-to green combo of YG03, G94, and G99 colors. I was careful to color next to the heat embossing, but if you are afraid to do it, I have a video showing a workaround it – you can first stamp the image, color it, and then heat emboss it. Check it out HERE.
Having colored the panel I adhered the background panel to A2 white card base, I foam mounted the sentiment panel over it and used glossy accents to add dimension to the berries. It’s very subtle, barely visible, but it is there and adds a nice finishing touch to the card.
There are a lot more new products from Simon in this new release and I encourage you to check them out:
I hope you will give this idea a try. Have fun stamping!
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 Clear Stamps Holiday Greetings Mix 1 Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Cling Stamp Leaves and Berries Background Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Green Leaf Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS |
Ranger Glossy Accents Glue Dimensional Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS |
Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker YG93 Grayish Yellow Shop at: SSS |
Copic Sketch Marker G99 Olive Green Shop at: SSS |
Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
Spellbinders Thriller Jacket Ultimate Waterproof Brush Pen Shop at: SSS |
Andrea Hastilow
October 10, 2019Gorgeous designs & Christmas theme colours on both, if I’m to choose a favourite out of the two then for me it’s the red. This just because it reminds me of the brightness, joy & warmth of the season. x
Patt H.
October 10, 2019I love these gorgeous, classy cards, Yana! I think I may have to case these for next years Christmas cards! Beautiful!
susan sonnier
October 10, 2019LOVE LOVE LOVE these cards
Diana
October 10, 2019Can’t pick a favorite. Maybe I will try both, with some non traditional colors, too. Love your tutorials!!
Em
October 10, 2019This is the Christmas Card I’d like to make this year. Beautiful. I think this design would also be wonderful on top of my handmade boxes. Love both Color schemes maybe the red a tiny bit more. Thank you.
nancy f
October 10, 2019Love the green!
Maureen Reiss
October 10, 2019I love the green!! I really liked the embossed background too, you can never have too much bling and shine as far as I’m concerned!!! lol
neha19m
October 10, 2019Pretty cards. Love the gold heat embossing. I like the green one better as the pattern is more visible on green than the red. Both look beautiful, though.
Karthikha Uday
October 10, 2019I love these cards!! Beautiful embossing for the sentiment and pretty designs! 🙂
loulouvt
October 10, 2019I LOVE the RED! It speaks traditional Christmas to me. Beautiful cards!
Cyndi Morris
October 10, 2019Both cards are beautiful, but I think the red is my favorite. Love this release from Simon.
Elizabeth Grimball
October 10, 2019I love this new release! If I chose which color background I would have to go with then green but I absolutely love the red Cardstock with the gold embossed berries and leaves background. Fabulous !!
Brenda
October 10, 2019I think they are both beautiful but like the red a little bit better
Annette Reed
October 11, 2019Beautiful cards. That sentiment is lovely and looks wonderful and your background.
Betsy Hunter
October 12, 2019I just love your card, just now getting more into coloring with copies and your tutorials help me so much. I love the green card, so pretty!
Denise Bryant
October 12, 2019Lovely cards!
Connie Cajka
October 12, 2019Love the cards!
Jo Ann McCullough
October 12, 2019Great cards. Will use this idea for Christmas cards.
Peggy McCullar
October 14, 2019Beautiful use of embossing powder and THST gorgeous stampset!