Simon Says Stamp | Peaceful Christmas Village Card by Yana Smakula featuring HOME SWEET HOME sss202087 #simonsaystamp #cardmaking #christmascard

Simon Says Stamp | Peaceful Christmas Village Card

It is hot, humid, and sunny outside, yet all I have on my mind is Christmas cards. I’m even humming Christmas tunes when I’m in my craft room. So odd!

I wanted to see if I could use the houses from the Home Sweet Home stamp set from Simon Says Stamp to make a Christmas card (I recently got a coordinating die and was anxious to die-cut these images). Spoiler alert – yes! The houses work rather well to create a peaceful winter village scene.

Simon Says Stamp | Peaceful Christmas Village Card by Yana Smakula featuring HOME SWEET HOME sss202087 #simonsaystamp #cardmaking #christmascard

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CARD DETAILS

I stamped the row of houses twice and colored using W5, W3, and W1 Copic markers for the most part. I also used YG00, YG01, YG25, YG17 to color the trees. Cutting these out with the coordinating die was such a treat! I love to have coordinating dies for my most used, and my most favorite stamp sets.

Simon Says Stamp | Peaceful Christmas Village Card by Yana Smakula featuring HOME SWEET HOME sss202087 #simonsaystamp #cardmaking #christmascard

Next, to add a bit of winter charm to the scene I stamped and cut out Christmas trees using images from CZ Coolest Yulest set in Simon’s Smoke Gray (what? yes, I used gray ink) and Willow. The stamps had some dark green ink leftover on the surface from the previous time I used them, so when I inked them with Smoke ink the impressions I got were of dark green-gray color.

Simon Says Stamp | Peaceful Christmas Village Card by Yana Smakula featuring HOME SWEET HOME sss202087 #simonsaystamp #cardmaking #christmascard

I pulled out a panel of Mist cardstock from Hero Arts (I so love this color of light blue) and arranged the images to my liking. I used the trees to block the images of the fountain next to my houses, the fountains just didn’t work for this card. I foam mounted all of my die cuts onto the panel and next stamped a sentiment using stamps from the Holiday Greetings Mix 1 stamp set.

Next, I used my white pigment ink pad (when was the last time you used yours?) and stamped several white snowflakes in various sizes above my village. To create more snow I used Jane Davenport Story Time Paint Pens and added large and medium-size white dots all over the blue background. I love the result!

Simon Says Stamp | Peaceful Christmas Village Card by Yana Smakula featuring HOME SWEET HOME sss202087 #simonsaystamp #cardmaking #christmascard

Lastly, I embellished the card with Silver jewels from Pretty Pink Posh. What’s the verdict, do you think this makes a good Christmas card? I’m tempted to use these houses more for Holiday projects.

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 Home Sweet Home
Simon Says Clear Stamps Home Sweet Home
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Simon Says Stamp Home Sweet Home Wafer Dies
Simon Says Stamp Home Sweet Home Wafer Dies
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Simon Says Clear Stamps Holiday Greetings Mix 1
Simon Says Clear Stamps Holiday Greetings Mix 1
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CZ Design Clear Stamps Coolest Yulest
CZ Design Clear Stamps Coolest Yulest
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Cz Design Wafer Dies Coolest Yulest
Cz Design Wafer Dies Coolest Yulest
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Cz Design Coordinating Set Coolest Yulest
Cz Design Coordinating Set Coolest Yulest
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Spellbinders Jane Davenport Snow Queen Story Time Paint Pen
Spellbinders Jane Davenport Snow Queen Story Time Paint Pen
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Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine
Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine
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Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
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Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Mist
Hero Hues Premium Cardstock Mist
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Hero Arts Misti Regular Black
Hero Arts Misti Regular Black
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Misti Stamping Tool
Misti Stamping Tool
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Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
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Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink
Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink
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Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp White Pigment Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Willow Dye Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Willow Dye Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Smoke Gray Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Smoke Gray Ink Pad
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Copic Sketch Marker YG00 Mimosa Yellow
Copic Sketch Marker YG00 Mimosa Yellow
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Copic Sketch Marker YG01 Green Bice
Copic Sketch Marker YG01 Green Bice
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Copic Sketch Marker YG17 Grass Green
Copic Sketch Marker YG17 Grass Green
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Copic Sketch Marker YG25 Celadon Green
Copic Sketch Marker YG25 Celadon Green
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Copic Sketch Marker W1 Warm Gray
Copic Sketch Marker W1 Warm Gray
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Copic Sketch Marker W3 Warm Gray
Copic Sketch Marker W3 Warm Gray
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Copic Sketch Marker W5 Warm Gray
Copic Sketch Marker W5 Warm Gray
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Tonic Spring-cut Fine Tip Detail Scissors
Tonic Spring-cut Fine Tip Detail Scissors
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Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer
Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer
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Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool
Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool
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Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue
Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue
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White Foam Squares
White Foam Squares
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Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Silver Jewels
Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Silver Jewels
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8 Comments

    1. Another great card. You’ve given me so much inspiration for my Christmas cards over the last few weeks. Thank you. I’m just waiting for my latest Spellbinders order to arrive then I intend to start my Christmas cards.

    1. The card is amazing. It does look like a peaceful Christmas scene. Thanks so much for the inspiration.

    1. Really lovely village card, Yana! Love the soft colors you used for this one! I think you are the Master of these little house scenes! Love them!

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