Good morning! I’m super excited to be a stop on the hop for the Simon Says Stamp DieCember blog hop!!
Have you checked out the new release yet? It’s FANTASTIC!!!
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I’ve already shared two cards using the new release here and today I’m sharing two more cards!
My first card uses the stunning Holiday Knit background die. I simply die-cut it from white cardstock and adhered it to a white card base. Then I adhere silver, aqua, and blue jewels over the holes in the pattern to create a jeweled, sparkly design!
I wanted to keep the rest of the card simple so I just die-cut the Merry word die from silver glitter cardstock and the outline once from white cardstock and once from soft navy cardstock. I adhered the white and soft navy cardstocks at a slight overlap and then adhered the silver glitter sentiment on top. I adhered it with foam mounting tape so it wouldn’t run into the jewels!
My second card uses one of the new big picture book dies: the elephant along with the mod leaf oval die! I started by die-cutting the elephant with slate grey cardstock. Then I added a little bit of blending around the edges with black soot distress oxide ink. I die-cut the eyes with black cardstock and the tusks with white cardstock and adhered the elephant together by placing a piece of washi tape behind the openings for his eyes and tusks. Then I used foam mounting tape to adhere the ears for a little dimension. I stamped the sentiment from Punny Animals onto white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. I die-cut the sentiment with the Sentiment Label dies and trimmed the edge to an angle.
Next I die-cut the Mod Leaf Oval die with white cardstock. I blended bundled sage and forest moss distress oxide ink over the die and spritzed it with water. I also splattered it with forest moss ink. Once it was dry I adhered it to a black card panel. I tucked my elephant in amongst the leaves and then added the sentiment with foam mounting tape. Then I trimmed down the black panel and adhered it to a white card base! Finally I added a few accents with spectrum noir clear sparkle and a white gel pen.
Check out the DieCember gallery on the Simon Says Stamp blog for even more crafty inspiration! And we have a special gift for all of our blog hoppers this weekend!! Use the code DCMBR27 on any purchase at Simon Says Stamp this weekend for your Nutty & Bright gift!
To celebrate the DieCember release EVERY stop on the hop is giving away a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp! To enter, leave a comment on all the hop stops before 11:59PM ET Sunday, December 9th! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday, December 12th. Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Suzy!! If you get lost or encounter a broken link, here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Cathy Zielske
- Laura Bassen
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Nichol Spohr
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Suzy Plantamura
- Heather Ruwe
- Lisa Addesa
- Heather Hoffman
- Barb Engler
- Laurie Willison
- Bibi Cameron
Thanks so much for stopping by, have a fantastic day, and enjoy the hop!
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Great cards! I especially like the one with the elephant. Normally I’m not a fan of punny sentiments but that one is perfect with the card. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic cards! That elephant is adorable! Your merry card is absolutely gorgeous – love the design.
cute designs
Love the beautiful jeweled look you created on the first card. The other card has the most cutest elephant die!
I love the elephant card! Your white accents add so much to that little guy!
I love that you were able to create such very different cards from the same release. The jeweled card is lovely, and now I’m looking at all my background stamps to see how I could do something similar. And what a fun idea to make the panel black and let the frame be the fun colored part. Thanks for sharing this fun inspiration!
Both cards are fabulous. Thanks for sharing
You made two very different cards but I love them both ! Thanks for the inspiration. Love, Marjorie
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Both cards are fabulous! I like the Holiday Knit background already, but with the jewels on it, it’s gorgeous! I adore the elephant card you made. I love how you nestled him into the leaves on the oval frame. It’s absolutely adorable! Thanks for the inspiration.
Your first card is stunning. Must have taken forever to lay the stones. The second is adorable!
love me an elephant but both cards are Merry nice!
Oh that elephant is adorable!! Love the sentiment!!
Simple and elegant 1st card and the elephant is adorable!
Wow, beautiful colours on the first card and the elephant on the second! So cute.
Love both the cards, love the jewels, they sure add sparkle to the card.
SQUEAL!! I LOVE your Creations!! So BEAUTIFUL!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!
The knit background die is my favorite among the new release, love your inspiration. White on white looks classy.
Love these! The elephant is so sweet and I love how you accented the cover plate!
WONDERFUL cards!
SO VERY MERRY and SO VERY CUTE – LOVE the new dies and your fabulous designs!
Thank you for sharing and inspiring 🙂
Both are beautiful!! I love the elephant one. I’m a sucker for anything animal related. That oval die looks awesome with the green oxides, I really like how that turned out.
Awesome cards, I really love the cute elephant!
Oh my these cards are adorable I had to pin them for future reference ! My favorite is “Irrelephant” … just adorable. So many cool dies. Loving these ovals dies too !!
Wow, so many amazing new dies!
Ooo . . . that first card is so elegant and beautiful!! And the second is super cute; with that fun sentiment.