Simon Says Stamp | DieCember! Sending You Hugs & Kisses. Video
Hello all! Its December and for Simon Says Stamp fans December this means DieCember! The month-long celebration of all dies and die cutting! Yay!
I have a watercolor Valentine’s Day card and video tutorial to share in this blog post. I’ll also be sharing another card and video tomorrow, so stay tuned (and I also have a card and a video featuring new Limited Edition Holiday Card Kit from Simon).
I started working on my card by creating a heart-shaped watercolor background using Prima’s Water Soluble Oil Pastels. I used these for the first time and I’m very happy with the quality and the “easiness” of use. I used 3 colors – yellow-orange, red and magenta and first just drew a heart outline on my Arched Cold Press Watercolor paper. Next I filled the heart shape in using the same colors and added water. Finally, I die cut it the panel using Simon’s Stitched Rectangle die.
I created a similar background in terms of colors on another, smaller piece of watercolor paper and used that to die cut a Hugs word out. I also die cut one more Hugs out of white cardstock and one more out of yellow craft foam. I added adhesive sheets to both front and back of the craft foam prior to cutting it to make the die cut sticky. I adhered white Hugs onto yellow craft foam Hugs and adhered the watercolor Hugs on top of that, but I offset it slightly (to create an illusion of white shadow).
I also die cut a gorgeous heart using Heart of Roses die out of white cardstock and foam mounted it onto my watercolor background. Added the Hugs die cuts on top, stamped additional “Sending you lots of” sentiment onto a strip of white cardstock and adhered that on top of the hugs. I also stamped “& Kisses” and a few hearts and foam mounted my panel onto an A2 top folding card base.
I created a video tutorial to show you how I made this card, you can watch it below or on my Youtube channel:
 Like this video? Please give it a thumbs up and share with crafty friends. Thank you!
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Casey Thrush
December 3, 2015Love it Yana!!! Got some great ideas from this video.
ahappyscramper
December 4, 2015Gorgeous Yana. Love the look of those pastels.
Pippa67
December 4, 2015Wow Yana, another beauty. Love how you used the crayons to make a background. Have to give that a try myself. Thank you for showing.
Cary A
December 4, 2015Love your card and video, Yana. I enjoy all of your artistic endeavours. Such a beautiful heart die.
Donna R
December 4, 2015Beautiful Card! Love the pop of color and the gorgeous heart die!
Dee Earnshaw
December 4, 2015So gorgeous. LOVE how you made the heart POP by water coloring the background. Very inspirational:)
Natasha
December 4, 2015So fun! I love how the heart pops!
Maaike
December 4, 2015looks like the hugs (if you read it too quickly it says huge to me lol) is on fire, well done i love it as usual
Ruby N
December 4, 2015beautiful!
Looking Out The Window
December 4, 2015Nice job with the heart. Seems to be hands down the popular die.
Vinita Jain
December 4, 2015Gorgeous Heart die and love the pop of colors in modern style!
Glorie Alvarez
December 4, 2015Beautiful cards Yana! Thanks for the inspiration.
Sherrie
December 4, 2015Such a “sunshiny” heart. Love it. It says joy and laughter!
NatQuebec
December 4, 2015What a beautiful card ! Thanks for the video !:-)
Deepa Lakshman
December 4, 2015Love the water colored look.
beastybunny
December 4, 2015Fun, bright card!
BarbGhig
December 4, 2015Gorgeous card, as always, Yana! Off to check out your video 🙂
city cottage vintage
December 4, 2015Beautiful card, Yana. The pastels worked great.
Katie m
December 4, 2015I love the color in your card and how it pops with the heart
Michele F
December 4, 2015A really beautiful Valentine, Yana!!! Your sweetheart will love it!
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Stephanie Rodgers
December 4, 2015Absolutely beautiful card! Love the watercolored background!
doudou2106
December 4, 2015Beautiful colors! Lovely cards!
Jan O
December 4, 2015Love the white die cut on the watercoloured background!
Cindy C.
December 4, 2015Wow beautiful die and watercolours!!! Perfect together!
Karen0k
December 4, 2015Great card, Yana! I might have to put this die in my cart too!
Mardi Joy Weber
December 4, 2015Beautiful card. I love the way you did the hugs die cut. In the picture the white in the middle, the water colored top and the yellow foam makes the die cut look like a sandwich cookie. Yum!
Holly Saveur
December 4, 2015Gorgeous!
Mary Helene
December 4, 2015Gorgeous water color effect. Very pretty card.
tinksnani
December 4, 2015Very Beautiful- Thank you for the great video!
Sabrina Radican
December 4, 2015Very pretty!!!
Danielle Wiegert
December 4, 2015Love this!
CactusLynda
December 4, 2015Love your card!
Bonnie
December 4, 2015Beautiful card!
April W
December 4, 2015Love the bright colors! great job!
MarÃa Pilar
December 4, 2015Beautiful card. I love mixed colors in the background. The heart look very nice!
barbara lassiter
December 4, 2015Gorgeous card. I love the colors you used as the background. Years ago I took a watercolor instruction class and the best thing I learned in the class was to use Arches watercolor paper, and high quality watercolor paints and brushes. It still holds true today!
Agnieszka
December 4, 2015Beautiful card. Thanks for the inspirational video.
Teresa Doyle
December 4, 2015What a lovely card Yana. That is a beautiful heart die and I love how you offset the word die. It def. shows up more. Great job!
Sue
December 5, 2015Great card. The background colors are bright and vibrant, along with the “hugs” word. Super job.
BunnyD
December 5, 2015Just ordered those Prima Pastels from SSS. Can’t wait to give them a try. Great idea to watercolour behind the dainty Heart of Roses Die. I love Arches paper. If you are doing a painting, try the Arches block. No warping of the big sheets.
Shirley
December 5, 2015Beautiful. I love this new die as well , and I really like your creation.
Carol McGregor
December 5, 2015Beautiful. Love the colors. Great job.
D K e e l s
December 5, 2015I learned so much from your video. I am going to spend the extra money on a better quality of water color paper. I don’t know if my craft stores sell Arches, but I know I haven’t purchased quality paper. Thank you for the tip about “orange”. I struggle with yellow. I am looking forward to more videos and will watch some of your archived work.
Danielle Dietz
December 5, 2015Wow Yana the colors are so vibrant and intense. Love, love!
irene grau
December 5, 2015Pretty card!
jlingraham
December 5, 2015Video is helpful. Thank you.
Becky Green
December 5, 2015I will have to check out those Water Soluble Oil Pastels! I’ve been thinking in that direction for awhile now. The link wouldn’t work for me a minute ago…. BUT, Your card came out BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😉
Daria Z.
December 5, 2015Beautiful watercolor backdrop for the heart. Great video, too.
Maureen Reiss
December 5, 2015Gorgeous card!!! Love everything about it!!!
Patty E
December 5, 2015Nice watercoloring…..pretty card!!