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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Two gorgeous cards! Love the bright ink blending behind the birch die. Your silver & black card is very striking.
These are gorgeous. I’m a fan of the birch column.
So many different ideas for the birch column. The colors are so pretty showing through.
Beautiful!! Love the sunset colors on the Birch Column. The Black and white card is stunning.
Such pretty colors on the card
I love the birch column card and must have that die. I can’t wait to use it.
These are both so beautiful! I love the colors behind the trees!
Both are beautiful!
Gorgeous and very elegant cards!The birch tree die is fantastic!
HI Jess, TFS both your gorgeous cards. I love your Birch Column background and your black and white Circle leaves. I just ordered the Birch Column and my 2nd fav die is….Circle Leaves 🙂 Hugs, Nancy
Wonderful effects with the beautiful shading and the offset leaves.
Love your colorful birch tree card.
Beautiful work, Jessica. I love the Birch Column die. I’d like to see Simon Says Stamp celebrate December exactly as they do….with lots of great inspiration, store specials, and a fun Blog Hop like this with great chances to win a FABULOUS Christmas gift…..like a $25 gift certificate to the SSS store. Thanks for all you do to inspire us.
Blessings,
Karen Letchworth
http://www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com
Love, love, love that Birch Die & this gorgeous card! The color blending is awesome! The sophisticated styling of the silver & black card is beautiful. I need both those dies!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for creating!
You chose to use my two “must have” dies and I like what you created with them. Will have to try staggering some die cuts behind others. Thanks for giving me some fun ideas to work with!! Have a wonderful day!!
Beautiful colors
Love your cards – the shadow effect on the circle die is awesome.
Both cards are wonderful but the black card is just stunning!!!
This birch column die is by far my favorite. Beautiful card!
Nice cards thanks for sharing your work
Simply gorgeous!
Stunning!
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful! The colors in the background of your birch tree card are gorgeous! I love the black card with touches of silver. Very stylish!
I love the colors behind the trees