Welcome to another card video

at my YouTube channel and blog.

Today I'm going to be using some products

from Simon Says Stamp.

This is from their STAMPtember release.

I have the Debra stencil

and also the Fractile Leaves stamp set.

I will be adding a third stamp set from the same release

on this card as well, but I will talk about that

when I get to it in the video.

So the first thing I'm doing is attaching the Debra stencil

to this white card stock.

This is some Neenah Solar White card stock.

And I'm gonna flip this over and tape it down from the back.

This allows me to blend all the way up

to the very edge of the paper,

and I don't have to mask off any areas

or conceal any areas just because there's tape there.

So it's gonna be really easy to go all the way to the edge.

I'm using five different colors of Distress Oxide ink,

starting out with Fossilized Amber.

And the reason why I wanted to use these specific colors

is I really wanted to make an autumn

or autumnal color palette with these oxide inks.

I think because they have a really soft finish to them

once they're blended, I think it goes really well

with kind of like autumn color tones.

Now, you can get really bright colors with Distress Oxides,

but for me in my mind, I think they all kind of have

a softer kind of toned look to them,

so I think it goes really well

with kind of an autumn color palette.

So I first used Fossilized Amber,

and now I'm using some Spiced Marmalade.

I'm going to blend these in,

just kind of in different sections,

and make sure I blend in each color

with the color that's next to it.

I moved on to Fired Brick.

I'm gonna hold down the stencil

while I glide this over the area.

Now, I know some people,

because I've received some comments and questions about it,

do run into some trouble

when they're using dainty stencils like this.

And it's because it can really move around

and you don't get a really good impression.

So when I'm using these stencils

that are really delicate and intricate like this,

I make sure they're taped down really well.

And then when I come in and start moving around,

I almost do a up and down stamping motion when I start,

and then after that I let up the pressure

and kind of envision that blending tool

gliding across the surface.

I also make sure that I'm holding down the stencil

fairly close to the area where I'm blending.

You'll notice that my fingertips are right up

next to where I'm blending.

This really presses the stencil down

and makes sure it doesn't shift around and move too much.

I also used a Post-It note

and just stuck my fingers down to it,

and that allows me to not only protect my fingers

from getting ink on them, but it also protects the blending

from getting my fingerprints on it.

Because Distress Oxide inks,

they will activate with any sort of moisture,

so even the oils or moistures from your fingertips

can change the look of Distress Oxide inks.

So I'm gonna lift this up.

And you can see how bright and vibrant

that white area from the stencil is.

And I thought it was almost a little bit too stark,

so I'm gonna go back over those areas

and add just a tiny bit of blending

using the colors that are in that same area.

So I brought in some of that Fossilized Amber

and some of the Fired Brick and Seedless Preserves,

and then I'm coming in with the Vintage Photo

and just kind of evening out that area.

So I set that aside and I grabbed another piece

of Neenah Solar White card stock.

I'm stamping one of the leaves

from the Fractile Leaves stamp set in VersaMark ink.

And then I used Simon Says Stamp

Antique Gold Embossing Powder.

I just sprinkled this on top, and I'm using a coffee filter

to catch that embossing powder below.

I'll just tap that off.

And then I used heat tool to melt that,

and I unfortunately I didn't catch it on camera.

I must have moved it off my work area

when I was heat setting this,

but I did use my heat tool until it was smooth and melted.

Then I trimmed it out using scissors.

And then I also cut down my blended piece

so that it's slightly smaller than a standard card.

So the finished card size for that

or finished size for that blended piece

was three and 3/4 wide by five inches tall.

And now I'm using the, I think it's Live Well stamp set.

I think that's what it was called.

And I'm using stamping the Hello stamp

in VersaMark ink onto some vellum card stock.

And I'm just inking that up,

and then I'll swing that over in my MISTI tool.

And the reason I'm using a MISTI tool is

because vellum can be pretty slick

if you're using a really wet ink like VersaMark,

and I wanted to make sure that when I stamped down

that I wouldn't move around too much

and get a blurry line on my stamped image.

So I used that same embossing powder and also the heat tool,

just to heat that until it was melted.

And then I trimmed up that piece

so that it was a little bit smaller.

Or actually not a little, a lot smaller.

It's a nice narrow strip.

Then took some white wood grain card stock.

This is from Simon Says Stamp as well.

And I scored that at four and 1/4

to create an A2-sized card.

I then put some foam adhesive

on the back of my blended piece,

and I was not shy with the foam tape.

I want to make sure there aren't any areas

where they're sagging

or it doesn't have enough foam tape underneath.

Then put some foam tape on the back of that leaf shape

that I stamped earlier.

So in order to adhere the Hello vellum piece,

I don't want any adhesive showing,

so I'm gonna use some Kool Tak clear foam adhesive.

These are little squares that are clear.

And I used my scissors to cut the squares down

to be even smaller, and then I put them behind the letters

that are embossed.

You can kinda see 'em right there.

And then place that over the top of that leaf.

And that pretty much finishes off the card for today.

Like I mentioned earlier, the stamp sets and the stencil

that I used today are part

of Simon Says Stamp's STAMPtember release.

STAMPtember is a month long celebration at Simon Says Stamp.

It's all about stamps and card making

and just getting creative.

This is part of a blog hop,

so if you want to see even more inspiration

from the STAMPtember release, head over to my blog.

Thanks so much for watching today,

and I'll catch you guys in another video very soon.

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