Stamptember 2021: Simon Says Stamp "Merry Christmas Trees" Cards

Happy Stamptember to one and all!  What a great time to be alive and stamping!  Stamptember means that all month long, there are exclusive Simon stamp sets and collaborations and a ton o' creative inspiration.  And to help kick it off, this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is stamping.  I decided to make some Christmas cards using Simon's new Merry Christmas Trees stamp set.

I used a stamping and painting technique on these little babies that started with Strathmore Mixed Media paper.  I made a text stamp using sentiments from the Merry Christmas Trees stamp and Simon's Clean Line Christmas stamp.  I stamped the words with embossing ink and heat-embossed everything with black embossing powder.

Next I laid the tree stamp onto my card and traced the outline of it with pencil so I could see a rough estimate of where the trees would be when I stamped them.  I painted the area above the trees with blue paint.

I moved the stamp and painted the rest of the white space with a few different shades of green, plus a yellow section at the top of one of the trees where the star would be.  At this point, I added some snow by using Simon's Falling Snow stencil and white paint.  After everything was painted and dry, I stamped the trees with embossing ink and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder.

At this point, I decided to turn my long card into three smaller cards.  I cut my picture into thirds (which only slightly terrified me) and then I added some dots of colored paint on the trees to replicate ornaments or lights.

I wanted the trees to stand out even more, so I outlined the white embossing lines with a black ballpoint pen.  I also finished off the edges of the cards with a black Sharpie.

Here's a close-up of each:

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Simon Says Stamp Stamptember Merry Christmas Trees Stamp	Simon Says Stamp Clean Line Christmas	Simon Says Stamp Stencil FALLING SNOW SSST121324	Strathmore Mixed Media 6x8 Paper	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink	Ranger Black Embossing Powder	Hero Arts EMBOSS WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER
Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Dina Wakley Sky acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Ranger NIGHT acrylic paint	Dina Wakley Carnation Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE acrylic paint	Twisted Citron Flip Top Distress Paint	Distress Paint Cracked Pistachio Flip Top
Peeled Paint Flip Top Distress Paint	Tim Holtz Flip Top Distress Paint MUSTARD SEED Ranger	Dylusions Pure Sunshine paint	Dylusions Tropical Sangria	Dylusions Lemon Drop paint	Dylusions Island Parrot Paint	Black Permanent Sharpie Marker

Upload your own stamped creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $25 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!  And ENJOY STAMPTEMBER!!!!