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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Love what you did with the Birch Column die, one of my favorites, pass that on to Santa for me…
Both of these dies are on my wish list; thanks for the beautiful inspiration!
Beautiful work. gotta have the hand lettered greetings.
Wow, I love both of these! The nature window dies are just so elegant and gorgeous!
Beautiful nature inspired cards, love these dies! The pink to blue background of birch trees is soooo pretty and the silver and black Circle Leaves die cuts card is so elegant.
I love the birch trees die and you’ve made a beautiful card with it!
What a lovely and colorful card!! I love that birch die!!
What wonderful cards.
both your cards are very nice — I find the birch card both fun and stunning with the mix of color showing thru the die opening.
Love your card and the new dies!!
These are beautiful. Especially the watercolor. These are some great dies.
wonderful card!
Beautiful cards, especially love the one with the distress ink blending.
SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the New Release and these Sweet Crds!! THANKS for sharing and for the chance to WIN!! Have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Beautiful cards….love the colors on the first one and the classy elegant look of the thank you card. Thanks so much for sharing.
Just started using distress inks and I love your background behind the birch trees. Thanks for sharing!
Such a pretty background.
Fabulous cards Jessica! I love how you showed the beauty of these dies in color and black and white. Such a great idea.
Lovely cards!
You used my two favorite dies from the release! Great cards.
Really pretty cards! I love the colour scheme of your circle leaves card!
Great cards. I love the background color on the birch tree die and the way you offset the leaves in the second card. It feels quietly elegant. Thank you for sharing.
Gosh Jessica, your cards are both beautiful and so different. Love the pastels and wintery sunset feel of the first, and the second is very elegant.
I wasn’t sure about this die until I saw your card. It’s beautiful
these are fantastic!!!!