Welcome friends, and welcome to Day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp Every Happiness Release Blog Hop! I’m so happy you’re here! This release is packed with beautiful inspiration, and I’m excited to be sharing today’s project with you.
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For this card, I wanted to focus on one of my favorite ways to elevate a design—adding dimension through texture and layers. Even when using a simple color palette, combining ink blending, embossing, and popped-up die cuts can completely transform a card and make every element stand out.
VIDEO
If you’d like to see the entire process from start to finish, be sure to watch the video below or over on my YouTube channel. I’ve linked the video below, and you’ll also find a complete visual supply list with links to everything I used in the video description.
The background starts with a soft blend of Butter and Tropic inks before adding the beautiful texture of the Woven Rings Embossing Folder. A light touch of white pigment ink over the raised areas helps highlight the embossed details and adds even more interest.
For the focal point, I used the Tissue Petal Stems dies, ink blending the flowers with shades of pink and the stems with soft greens. Instead of adhering everything flat, I popped up the florals with thin foam squares.
A layered frame created with the A2 Stitched Arches dies helps draw attention to the bouquet while adding another subtle layer of dimension.
I hope this card inspires you to combine ink blending, embossing, and layered die cuts on your next project. Those simple additions can make such a big impact and give your cards a polished, finished look.
Thanks so much for stopping by today, and enjoy the rest of the blog hop!
GIVEWAY
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BLOG HOP
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Nina-Marie Trapani
Emily Midgett
Cathy Zielske
Keisha Charles
Sandi MacIver
Suzy Plantamura
Mindy Eggen ** YOU ARE HERE **
Nichol Spohr
Alberto Gava
Caryn Davies
Rachel Alvarado
Rosemary Dennis
Susan Valle
Pam Sparks
SUPPLIES
Beautiful card! I love your color choices and how you used the arches to draw your eye to the focal image.
Beautiful card Mindy. Love the idea of the white pigment ink over the embossed panel.
Lovely card! Love all the different layers.
Beautiful card Mindy. Love the creativity and the white pigment ink over the embossed panel . Your colors are soft and delightful.
Oh WOW Mindy, this card is beautiful!
A beautiful card Mindy! I enjoyed your video, love the arches & need to try that! A great release from SSS!
I love the arch frame and the light and airy feel of this card!
Mindy, your card is spectacular !! You spared no attention to detail and it all paid off beautifully. The soft blended background with the addition of texture via a great embossing folder only to then to bring it all home with the addition of some white pigment ink over the texture, the end result was soft and beautiful. That gorgeous blended background allowed your beautiful flowers to pop off of the card, your blending on the flowers was again top notch. I knew the new Thanks die looked large but I didn’t realize how large it is until I saw your card, WOW that is a statement piece on a card and it worked wonderfully with the two layered arched dies. Every step you took worked seamlessly with the next. BEAUTIFUL card !!!
Great job Mindy
This is so pretty! The inking, the texture, those fabulous blooms! Beautiful! And such a great design too!
Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.
Love your color combination. This is a very pretty card.
OMG!!! Mindy!!! Stop it! This is GORGEOUS!!! Okay never mind, don’t stop it! LOLOL
Lovely card! I especially like the background.
This is absolutely gorgeous. Love everything. Thanks for the video. I saved it so I can replay
Mindy, what an elegant card…and your shading, as always, is wonderful!
Oh my goodness, Mindy!! This card is BEAUTIFUL! I love the softness of the background! That’s what really got me!! Absolutely stunning!!
Gorgeous card! I love the textured background and the sentiment!
Beautiful florals and I like the arch die!
Another gorgeous card! I’m really excited for this release !!!
I think I need to try that blend-then-emboss technique when I use those Tissue Petal Stems dies. As soon as they get here!
I love this card so much! I love the soft color scheme and the layers and details. It’s just all so pretty and perfect together!
Such a lovely card! I think the background colors perfectly compliment the pink flowers.
The ink blending in the background is amazing! I LOVE the flowers!
The gorgeous background makes the bright flowers really stand out. NICE
Mindy – your blending is perfection! This card is so gorgeous! I love that Opulent Thanks die – it was perfect here.
Stunning card! Love the design, colors, texture!
Beautiful card. I loved your video on how to make it, watching the process always helps. Thank you for sharing.
This is a beautiful card. I especially like the embossing folder and how it makes the flowers really stand out. When I first saw the “Thanks” sentiment yesterday I wans’t wowed by it but now that I’ve seen it done in gold it looks so different. Thanks for the inspiration.
The ink blending on all the new elements makes your card stunning.
What a beautiful card. The color combo is beautiful and the flowers definitely instill happiness.
Mindy your card is absolutely stunning. I love all the dimension to it. And the flowers are just gorgeous. Thanks for sharing your creativity and inspiration with us.
Beautiful inking and texture! This design is lovely..
So soft and beautiful.
Such an elegant card. Love the embossing folder technique with the flower dies. Beautiful ink blending.
What an elegant card! Soft background and vibrant flowers!
This is such a beautiful card! I love the soft background colors with the bright blooms!
Really Beautiful card!!!! Love!!!!!
Oh my goodness, what a lovely card! Gorgeous on every layer!
Positively gorgeous card!
So soft and pretty!!!
Great use of arches and a folder and the sentiment looks so different with gold and vellum.
Gorgeous card! I love the beautiful background for these lovely flowers! So effective with the arched-shaped in the card front!
Beautiful, love the blending on the embossed folder and stitched double arches