Hello crafty friends! I have another beautiful holiday card for you today using some more products from Simon Says Stamp! Back in 2019, I had made a similar card using different products and it was one of my all time favorite cards I made that year. When I was looking at the new

Here is a list of supplies I used on this card…

Simon Says Stamps – HOLIDAY MESSAGES ORNAMENT set (stamps and die)
Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink – Pucker
Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink – Blush
Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink – Full Set
Simon Says Stamp Blending Brushes – Set
Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder
Simon Says Stamp Dot Tape Roller
Simon Says Stamp – Big Momma foam Tape
Light Pink Cardstock – Simon Says Stamp Similar – Cotton Candy
Gold Cardstock – Simon Says Stamp Similar – Matte Gold
Ganzi Tambi Watercolor set (Currently out of stock) – Similar effect with the Finetex Mica Palette
Sakura CLASSIC WHITE Bold Line 10 Gelly Roll Pen
Gold thread – Similar in stock Altenew METALLIC THREAD Set
Gina K Connect Glue
Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink
Neenah Solar White 80 lb Card stock
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb card stock – card base

I started off by cutting a light pink cardstock (SSS similar) into an A2 sized panel. I then grabbed my Pawsitively Saturated Ink (PSI) in Pucker and Blush and my SSS Blending brush in Pink. These inks blend so awesome, even on this colored cardstock. I started with Pucker at the top and blended with a light hand until I had a nice gradient about 3/4 of the way down. I then went back to the top 1/4 and started heavily applying the color and slowly dragging it down. When I had a nice contrast, I grabbed the Blush and started approx. 1/4 of the way down and began adding that color in. As you can see, I only left about 1/8 of the original light pink paper showing at the bottom. I blended until my heart was content!

I added some water to my gold water color and let it set while I die cut the ornaments out. I wanted to match the ink as best as I could, so I started by swiping each ink (Pucker and Blush) onto a sheet of white cardstock. These inks lay so beautifully when you swipe them on paper! I let them dry while I cut out an ornament out of the same colored pink paper that we did for the panel. Then I cut out the ornament from the ink swiped cardstock giving me three ornaments.

Once I had them cut, I went back to my gold watercolor and made sure I had a nice thick consistency (similar to whipping cream or half and half) and then proceeded to flick the gold onto the panel.

I grabbed the coordinating stamp set Holiday Messages Ornament Set and stamped the greeting on the pink ornament using Versamark Ink. I used the SSS Antique Gold Embossing powder to set the greeting. Once I had the ornaments cut out, I used gold paper and cut out the topper and glued them on. Then I added some Gold thread and arranged the ornaments where I wanted, making sure I popped up the light pink one. I added a quick highlight using my Sakura CLASSIC WHITE Bold Line 10 Gelly Roll Pen and viola! Card complete. The original card that inspired this card can be found here!