Busy day on the blog with lots of giveaways!! For the Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop with Newton’s Nook Designs please click here! For the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop please click here! For the Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge post please click here!
Good morning! I’m super excited to be joining some truly wonderful ladies to celebrate Simon Says Stamp’s DieCember! And every stop on the hop is a chance to win a $25 gift card! Simon Says Stamp just released 22 fabulous dies and there’s something for everyone’s design aesthetic: from cute to elegant, functional to fun! Today I focused on my favorites, the nature-inspired dies!
I love the look of this Birch Column die and how it cuts through the bottom and top of your card panel but is one solid piece. I wanted to let that be the focus of my card so I die-cut it with white cardstock and adhered it over a distress inked background. I used picked raspberry, spun sugar, shaded lilac, and blueprint sketch distress ink for the background and spritzed it with shimmer spray. Then I die-cut the sentiment from silver glitter paper and adhered it over my card panel. Finally I added a sprinkling of sparkling clear sequins for a little extra shimmer!
My next card uses the Circle Leaves die and a much more monochromatic color scheme!
I die-cut the Circle Leaves from silver glitter paper and trimmed it out of the circle. Then I die-cut it again from black cardstock and adhered the silver behind it slightly offset before adding a dark grey base. I also-die cut the sentiment from silver glitter paper and again from the black cardstock panel. I adhered the black cardstock to a white card base and then inlaid the silver glitter paper into the black cardstock for a smooth finish!
I hope you enjoyed my cards and that they inspired you to create cards with no stamping! 😉
And what’s a hop without a giveaway, right? Simon Says Stamp has generously offered a $25 gift card FOR EVERY HOP STOP!! All you need to do is visit and leave a comment on each blog. You have until 11:59 PM, Sunday, December 18th to leave your comments. The winners will be randomly selected from each blog and announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog! In case you encounter a broken link here is the full hop list:
- Simon Says Stamp
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kristina Werner
- Laura Bassen
- Nichol Spohr
- Debby Hughes
- Heather Hoffman
- Nina Marie Trapani
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Wanda Guess
- Heather Ruwe
- Suzy Plantamura
- Lisa Addesa
- Amy Rysavy
- Carissa Wiley
- Shari Carroll
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both your cards are just gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your talent with us! Great work!
I LOVE this die and have added this to my wish list!!!
Love the colors behind the birch die. Beautiful!
Beautiful card! Love and need a the tree die!
Brilliant idea off seeking the leave with glitter paper, nice, thank you.
Love your cards…I really enjoy the leaves and circle die the most.
Your background was very beautifully blended – very pretty!
Love that birch die.
Love the distress ink colors used behind the birch tree die!
Wonderful cards! The colours on your first one are fantastic. Thank you for sharing.
LOVE the circle leaf die, and how you used it. Beautiful!
Beautiful offset effect on circle leaf card. Very very nice!
Love the colors in your cards. Very creative!
Love these cards and theses are my two favorite dies in the release!
love your cards!!!
Love this ideas! So cool!
Loving the new birch tree die!
Your card is simply elegant. Love this release.
The birch was my favorite!
Love the background on the trees
You used my two favorite dies from the release!
Both of these dies are so versatile and can be used in so many ways, your cards are beautiful!
Very pretty cards. I love the offset idea!
this is one of my favorites in the new line…..beautiful card!
Two very beautiful and elegant cards! I love them both. That birch tree die is a must have and I am leaning toward those leaves also. Thanks for the fun hop.