Hi there! Today I’m joining Simon Says Stamp for their Heart to Heart release blog hop. My project features the Love City Stencil Set along with the CZ Birthday Palooza stamp & die set.
Here is a video showing how I created this card.
Giveaway!
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon at every stop of the hop from your blog’s.
Leave me a comment for your chance to win!
Winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, January 14th.
HOP ORDER:
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Nina-Marie Trapani
Heather Hoffman
Suzy Plantamura
Jennifer McGuire
Laura Bassen ⬅︎you are here!
Mindy Eggen
Anne Fiene
Jessica Vasher
Revati Panickar
Amy Rysavy
Kim Hamilton
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
91 Comments
Lauryne Cunningham
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 amI love your card! Great colors!
I do not have PF blender brushes.
I use Altenew alcohol markers and have a few Copics- haven’t tried OLOs.
I LOVE your short and sweet videos! There are too many live videos out there to try to watch
Jessica Vasher
January 9, 2026 at 7:37 amReally love this stencil the more I see it used! This is a beautiful Laura esqe beauty!
kathy camp
January 9, 2026 at 7:54 amThe stencil is great, and your colors are perfect! Love the card.
Lori
January 9, 2026 at 8:38 amSo pretty!
Love your stenciled background.
Catherine Thomas Morgan
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 amAs always Laura Bassen rocks a great card
Lora Knudsen
January 9, 2026 at 8:44 amBeautiful card as usual. I love your work, and this time is no different. Every time I watch your videos you inspire me. Thanks.
Bette Lou Smathers
January 9, 2026 at 9:07 amLove the background with hearts 💕! An eyecatching card!
Virginia Folsom
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 amGreat card! Thanks for sharing.
Lynn Chan
January 9, 2026 at 9:53 amLovely! Fun stencil 🙂
Kate OConnor
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 amLike your color choices and layout.
Anna Given
January 9, 2026 at 10:03 amLove the 3D effect of this stencil
Vickie Davis
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 amLove your cars as usual!
Linda Kleback
January 9, 2026 at 10:28 amI love the optical illusion look of your card.
Lisabeth Whiting
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 amLove your love city card. I looked at the stencils on SSS. They are on my list!
Mary Brown
January 9, 2026 at 11:21 amLove the colors! I’ve saved the sentiments to my wish list!
Janice Stovall
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 amI always love your cards, and it’s always fun to watch you create! Thank you for your inspiration!
Maureen Reiss
January 9, 2026 at 11:31 amBeautiful card Laura!!!!
I LOVE the PF brushes!!!
I don’t have Olo’s or Copics
And I would Love to watch you go live!!
Jenn Borjeson
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 amI love this – reminds me of the ’70’s! 🙂
Sharon Gullikson
January 9, 2026 at 12:17 pmThose are unlike any I have seen. Very cool.
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Vikki Hein
January 9, 2026 at 12:25 pmThe colors with this stencil are fabulous! It’s my favorite of the release.
Kim Lundstrom
January 9, 2026 at 12:26 pmSuch a great card!
Meghan Kennihan
January 9, 2026 at 12:47 pmWhat a cool stencil and colors!
Michele Lee
January 9, 2026 at 1:02 pmI love your colors! Your cards always bring me JOY!!! Thank you for sharing!
Gayle I.
January 9, 2026 at 1:07 pmVery sweet and lovely card!
Lori Spitzer
January 9, 2026 at 1:49 pmLove the PF brushes.
Don’t have many OLOs – maybe 10? I don’t love Copics, though. It always bothered me that I had to deal w/ a USELESS chisel tip or a too-big-for-many-images brush tip. The small tip was so hard. Then mine started to dry up. Ugh. I got my first batch from another Gina K watcher – we met in the chat bar and she DM’d me about buying hers. So at least I did not pay full price for all of them but I bought another 50-55 on a marker website recommended by Dan West. And I have not used them enough to justify the $$.
I like your videos the way they are. I get nothing done during live videos b/c I like the chat bar and I watch the crafting that is going on but with your videos, I can focus on YOU and your card b/c there is no chat.
Thanks for another awesome tutorial.
Lori S in PA
April Zderad
January 9, 2026 at 2:23 pmExcellent card! I love that color combination.
Trina Riekers
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 pmBeautiful 3D hearts stencil and colors! I love the red/pink/orange combo. ❤️
Cyndi Eberhart
January 9, 2026 at 3:02 pmI wasn’t going to buy this stencil, but then Heidi (and you) showed so many inspiring cards that I caved….
Cyndi Eberhart
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 pmOh yeah, I forgot to reply about lives…. I almost always only watch lives as background noise when I’m working in my studio. Once in a while something will catch my attention and I’ll back it up to watch a little bit, then back to background noise. Keep your shorter videos, but sometimes creators are becoming TOO worried about keeping videos short and speed through or cut out too much just to keep it to 15 or 20 minutes. I can watch a 45 minute video that is instructional, even with maybe some personal info interspersed like Amy R and Kelly Taylor do. I don’t have time to listen to chit chat or to hear the answers to questions I didn’t hear. Just my 4cents worth….
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Karen Thorne
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 pm’cause dimension is life…… love these stencils… looking at this bundle, so much fun!
Donna
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 pmHi Laura. I have to say that your videos are the best and you always make me smile! You are full of cheer and so is your very pretty birthday card! Thanks so much for the inspirations … always. 🙂
Tracy
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 pmLove the ombre effect with your ink blending. What a great card!
Monika Davis
January 9, 2026 at 4:38 pmSuch a pretty birthday card Laura. Love the background!
Carol Perry
January 9, 2026 at 5:32 pmLovely card Laura. You always pick the best colors that just pop. Bravo. Happy Day!
Amy M Troska
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 pmThe color combos you use are always amazing!
Patti Smith
January 9, 2026 at 6:34 pmLOVE the card! The colors, the graphic feel, the stencil that I will now HAVE to buy
(thanks for that!)
I prefer to watch EDITED VIDEOS because I don’t want to take the time to watch a long
(some are over 2 HOURS long!) video. I would say, if you want the live interaction with the viewers, go ahead and record a live and post that, but PLEASE also post an edited version of the replay (for those of us with a short attention span 😄)
EMMALEE
January 9, 2026 at 6:37 pmLove the colors!
Berina
January 9, 2026 at 6:53 pmBeautiful card. So adorable.
Erika Hayes
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 pmHonestly love everything you do!
Jeanne Beam
January 9, 2026 at 8:38 pmSuch adorable cards! Love the colors.
Kathy Eddy
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 pmlove the bright, bold color choice.
Cristy Artaz
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 pmGoals!
Patti Bailey
January 9, 2026 at 11:18 pmLaura, you totally surprised me with turning these hearts into a Birthday card. I thought for sure you were going to be making a Valentine card. I LOVE this!
Melanie Barrett
January 9, 2026 at 11:23 pmLove your card!
Love the PF large brushes for putting down a lot of color softly!
The last Copics I have bought have dried up way too soon, and some older ones I have are still going strong, so I can’t help but think something is not the same with Copics. I have started using OLO, and at first I thought they were easier to blend, but they seem to run out of ink pretty quickly. I can handle a few lives here and there, and thank God I can fast forward if they get off track or are just too long.
Denise Bryant
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 pmGreat stencil design and colors! Beautiful card!
Haven’t tried the blender brushes yet, I do like OLO markers, and yes to short & sweet videos! 🙂
Valerie Hayden
January 9, 2026 at 11:56 pmLove the 3d card with embellishments….great colors and composition
Marisela Delgado
January 10, 2026 at 12:43 amAlways beautiful cards 💜
Pauline Godfrey
January 10, 2026 at 4:53 amLaura you always amaze me with your creations. Love this!
Peggy J. McKinley
January 10, 2026 at 7:11 amWhat a fun stencil! Great card!
Carol Doggett
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 amWhat a wonderful card, thinking outside the box to make it into a birthday card….chef’s kiss!
Selena Bennett
January 10, 2026 at 7:56 amGreat use of the stencil. Love that you made a bday card!
Donna Phelan
January 10, 2026 at 8:08 amGreat card, great colors, great video! I don’t really watch lives, too long for me lol I love ink brushes, but do not own any brand name ones, and Copic Markers all the live long day lol TFS!!!
Joyce Stuart
January 10, 2026 at 8:26 amNice card. I like the gradient.
Donna Moran
January 10, 2026 at 8:26 amGreat card, & yes the Rose ink does “pop”! I will not go the Olo route after investing in copics. I like them & am comfortable with them. I do like the PF blender brushes, but my recent purchase of Waffle Flower big brushes has made me happy. They are humongous & fast. Your videos are great just the way they are. I feel like I don’t have time to spend hours watching crafting videos, even thought I’d love to. Thanks for the smiles!
Judy Inukai
January 10, 2026 at 8:27 amWhat a fun stencil. So many colors would work. Haven’t tried the PF brushes, so I have no opinion there. I stil use Copics and have too much invested in them to switch to another brand. I’m not a big fan of live videos. I usually watch them after the fact so I can fast forward through the designer chatting with people as they tune in.
Susan D
January 10, 2026 at 9:06 amThe stencil is my favorite! It’s perfect for any kind of card. As always, your card is lovely!
Joann Bedsaul
January 10, 2026 at 9:34 amGreat card!! I’m liking the Love City stencil more and more. I can’t comment on the PF blender brushes or the Copic versus Olo markers because I don’t have any. Love your videos just as they are. Hank is just too cute. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
Melissa Leftrick
January 10, 2026 at 10:39 amBeautiful!!! Love the colors!
Ginger L McDonald
January 10, 2026 at 11:40 amTHANKS so much for sharing yet another GREAT Laura Bassen card, I love the ombre coloring/shading from where & how you began and to where it ended being darker and brighter. Now only is this a fantastic Birthday card it would make an equally fabulous Valentine. SUPER job Laura and as always Thanks for adding the video of how the magic happened.
Cindi F
January 10, 2026 at 11:42 amBeautiful card! I love how the colors blend.
Nandini Karmarkar
January 10, 2026 at 12:08 pmWow! Beautiful card!
kathleen dumpert
January 10, 2026 at 12:15 pmSuch a pretty background!
Kristen Snoozy
January 10, 2026 at 12:27 pmCrazy cool stencil! Love your card!
Connie Hostak
January 10, 2026 at 12:40 pmThise 3D hearts are so cool, and thank you for the reminder that they’re not just for valentines!
Robin Mermer
January 10, 2026 at 1:18 pmLove your card examples and the accompanying video – always appreciated! Thank you for sharing your extraordinary talent – I just ordered my set of Love City Stencil and Die set – can’t wait to play and re-watch your video!
Von Marie
January 10, 2026 at 2:15 pmBeautiful Stenciled card using the New Release love it!!!
Susan Pens
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 pmNice card
Valorie Brown
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 pmI always love your videos! They just make me happy! This is a great card!
Pamela Garrett
January 10, 2026 at 4:21 pmI’m never disappointed with your wonderful cards and inspiration. This one is terrific–both the colors and the geometric pattern which let you use those little sentiments so creatively!
Kathy Raker
January 10, 2026 at 4:34 pmAdorable fun card, very creative! Great new products!
Nikki M.
January 10, 2026 at 4:38 pmI recently started following you because we share the love of “white space”! All your projects are amazing! Here are my thoughts on your Qs: #1: Still love my copics plus I’ve spent too much money on my collection to change! #2: Pinkfresh blending brushes are great! They make everything look like butta! I just recently purchased the wall flower background brushes and excited to use them this year! #3: I love the length of your videos…I work 50+ hours at my day job and it allows me to catch up on all the creativeness of the week…otherwise I just fast forward through the full length ones.
Ellen Robinson
January 10, 2026 at 5:31 pmAbsolutely stunnin!
Joy Meadows
January 10, 2026 at 5:53 pmBeautiful card, Laura! Love your short videos – the long lives take up too much of my time to watch them.
Mark Given
January 11, 2026 at 7:11 amBeautiful card
Orit Viderman
January 11, 2026 at 9:10 amBeautiful card, very cool stencil.
Mirella ROGAN
January 11, 2026 at 12:30 pmSuper fun design, love it!
Jade
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 pmWonderful stenciling! What fun and delightful colors. Pretty cards
Alma Dirpaul
January 11, 2026 at 10:46 pmLaura, you are such a delight to listen to on your videos. Keep being you.
CL Jansen
January 11, 2026 at 11:48 pmLove the colour choices!
rebecca stevenson
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 amSuch a sweet birthday card. Your coloring/shading is awesome
Mary-Anne V.
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 amAwesome use of the stencil!.
Mel H
January 12, 2026 at 1:32 pmI love this stencil and I think it’s so versatile, just like you showed with this card!
Tee Hall
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 pmFun & creative card, love the background & pretty color choices too!
Beth Merrill
January 12, 2026 at 10:06 pmSuch a bright and cheerful card. Love how you did an ombre-colored background.
Wendy Nicola Jackson
January 13, 2026 at 2:26 amWow, that is such a cool effect. I absolutely LOVE this Laura. Very cool ‘graphic’ design and delish combo of shades xoxo
Rosemary D
January 13, 2026 at 8:51 amSuper cool card!
Dorothy Ayotte
January 13, 2026 at 10:26 pmI love the depth of that stencil image. Pretty card!
Shannon Bettis
January 15, 2026 at 12:23 amLovely card Laura! Your cards Videos & smile make my day! Great Simon Says release!
Katrina
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 pmGreat card! I use copics. I think I heard that you can use copics and olo together since they are both alcohol ink. I’d just use whatever colors you like in either brand. I love the Pinkfresh brushes! I use those for bigger backgrounds or when I want soft color. A live video every now and then might be fun, but I love your short videos. My mom and I watch them together and she probably wouldn’t want to watch a long one.