Simon Says Stamp | Holiday Sprigs & Foiling. Video

Simon Says Stamp | Holiday Sprigs & Foiling. Video

Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In today’s video, I am creating a holiday greeting card by combining clear stamping with hot foil stamping. I’m using Simon’s Holiday Sprigs stamp set to create beautiful Christmas blooms and Spellbinders Essential Christmas Greetings to create a foiled sentiment.

Simon Says Stamp | Holiday Sprigs & Foiling. Video

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

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CARD DETAILS

I stamped the Holiday Sprigs in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I used my go-to colors. The greenery was colored using G99, G94, and G21. This color combo gives a very pretty muted green as opposed to a vibrant grass green color. I find this combination to be perfect for holiday imagery.

Simon Says Stamp | Holiday Sprigs & Foiling. Video

Mistletoe berries were colored red using R27, R24, and R22. I simply outlined each berry leaving a spot of white in the center working as a highlight. You can add a highlight using a white pen or a white marker, but whenever possible, I like to leave the paper white, this type of highlight looks a lot more natural. Of course, it all depends on the type of coloring I am doing and the type of image I am coloring, it that’s a cartoony type of image, I would probably stick to using a white gel pen to create a highlight. If I am coloring organic foliage I try to keep a part of the paper free from coloring to create a natural-looking highlight.

Simon Says Stamp | Holiday Sprigs & Foiling. Video

My poinsettias were colored using the same colors as the berries, with R27, R24, and R22. I didn’t do much blending, in fact, I did almost no blending at all. The yellow centers were colored using a Y19 marker. I used coordinating dies and cut these images out in my Platinum Die Cutting Machine.

To create a sentiment I foiled an Essential Christmas Greeting from Spellbinders in Matte Gold Foil on Simon’s Cream cardstock panel cut to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2”.

Simon Says Stamp | Holiday Sprigs & Foiling. Video

I prefer the matte foils to regular shiny foils, as matte gives a much softer look, it still looks like foil, but not as flashy and not as shiny.

I did some additional stamping – I created a few filler pieces for my foliage. I wanted to have more red, so I stamped tiny berry branches using the Happy Poinsettia stamp set. I used Simon’s Green Leaf and Lipstick Red inks to stamp these and I cut them out using coordinating dies. I stamped pine branches directly onto the background in Khaki ink so that it looked as if they were coming from under my foliage.

Simon Says Stamp | Holiday Sprigs & Foiling. Video

I foam mounted the branches onto the background and I also added the filler pieces using foam adhesive. The red berries really added a lot of detail to this design.

I also embellished the card with gold gems from Spellbinders – I added quite a few placing them next to the foliage. I recently had a question on my Youtube channel asking how I distribute the embellishments on the card – here I clustered them immediately next to the images. I didn’t follow the rule of a triangle, instead, I used the gems as extensions of the images. Where I had little crevices in the design I just added 2 or 3 gems to fill that space in.

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 Sprigs
Simon Says Clear Stamps Holiday Sprigs
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Simon Says Stamps Dies and Stencil Holiday Sprigs
Simon Says Stamps Dies and Stencil Holiday Sprigs
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Simon Says Stamp Holiday Sprigs Wafer Dies
Simon Says Stamp Holiday Sprigs Wafer Dies
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Spellbinders Essential Christmas Greetings Glimmer Hot Foil Plate
Spellbinders Essential Christmas Greetings Glimmer Hot Foil Plate
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Simon Says Stamps and Dies Happy Poinsettia
Simon Says Stamps and Dies Happy Poinsettia
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Simon Says Clear Stamps Happy Poinsettia
Simon Says Clear Stamps Happy Poinsettia
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Simon Says Stamp Happy Poinsettia Wafer Dies
Simon Says Stamp Happy Poinsettia Wafer Dies
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Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System
Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System
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Glimmer Hot Foil - Matte Gold
Glimmer Hot Foil – Matte Gold
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Neenah 80lb Solar White Cardstock
Neenah 80lb Solar White Cardstock
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Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine
Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine
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Spellbinders Tool
Spellbinders Tool ‘n One
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Simon Says Stamp Cream Off White Cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Cream Off White Cardstock
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Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
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Mini MISTI Stamping Tool
Mini MISTI Stamping Tool
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Simon Says Stamp Green Leaf Dye Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Green Leaf Dye Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Khaki Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Khaki Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Lipstick Red Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Lipstick Red Ink Pad
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Copic Sketch Marker Y19 Napoli Yellow
Copic Sketch Marker Y19 Napoli Yellow
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Copic Sketch Marker R22 Light Prawn
Copic Sketch Marker R22 Light Prawn
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Copic Sketch Marker R24 Prawn
Copic Sketch Marker R24 Prawn
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Copic Sketch Marker R27 Cadmium Red
Copic Sketch Marker R27 Cadmium Red
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Copic Sketch Marker G21 Lime Green
Copic Sketch Marker G21 Lime Green
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Copic Sketch Marker G94 Grayish Olive
Copic Sketch Marker G94 Grayish Olive
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Copic Sketch Marker G99 Olive Green
Copic Sketch Marker G99 Olive Green
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Spellbinders Best Ever Craft Tape
Spellbinders Best Ever Craft Tape
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Bearly Art Mini Precision Craft Glue
Bearly Art Mini Precision Craft Glue
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White Foam Squares
White Foam Squares
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Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black Ink
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Spellbinders Gold Mix Color Essential Gems
Spellbinders Gold Mix Color Essential Gems
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3 Comments

    1. Hi, Yana – This card is SO beautiful… just wonderful! I love it and thank you for the tutorial.
      Lori S in PA

    1. Good Evening Yana – Your card is stunning. I really like the coloring technique and all the tips you provided in your video. Your video’s are outstanding, every time I watch one I say to myself, I can do this. Thank you so much for the encouragement and the beauty you provide.

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