Sending Big Hugs - Simon Says Stamp To Love Release

Good morning! Stopping by today with my first card using the To Love Release from Simon Says Stamp! This is an extra little release tucked into the month of DieCember, and a bit of a head start on the new year of crafting! I created this little card with a couple new stamp sets from the release!

For this card, I used a few of the smaller hearts from the new Retro Hearts stamp set, and layered them together tone-on-tone in a fun grid pattern. I love the soft pastel tones on these! I stamped a sentiment from another new set, Circle Sentiments. I love the scripty font in the sentiments in this set! I created a window from Ivory cardstock using Stitched Rectangles die, added some Clear Dazzling Gems, and wrapped some Lawn Fawn white hemp twine around to finish this card off. Here is a closer look at the finished project:

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Woodsy Birthday Wishes - Simon Says Stamp January Card Kit

  Hello! I'm popping in to share my first card using the newest January 2024 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit - Get Yeti! This month's kit has the cutest little winter friends! The included stamp set by the same name features some cute yeti and snowman images and sentiments (there is also a coordinating die for this set available separately HERE). There is a fun embossing folder, little bonus die set, adorable pattern paper...that's all not to mention the cardstock, envelopes, and more! 

The monthly card kit has even more perks now when you sign up for the new Subscription service! There is a video HERE you can watch to learn more!

I (of course!) loved the pattern paper in this kit, and when I saw those trees, I thought it would be fun to make a card that could work for a masculine birthday. I layered up some of the pattern paper to start as a base for the card. I heat embossed the trees a couple times each in clear, then ink blended over the top of them with Sage and Pine ink, wiping the excess off the embossed bit to make sure it popped off the background. I popped those up with foam adhesive to build a little forest, then added sentiments from the included Everyday EZ sentiment strips in the left corner, trimming them down with my paper trimmer and adding an angled edge on one side. Finished off with some gold thread wrapped around and tied in a bow, and a few Glittering Mountains ombre glitter drops for the perfect touch of sparkle! Here are more photos of the finished card:

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Nothing Better than a Friend - Pinkfresh Studio Instagram Release Hop

 Hello! Today I am part of a fun Instagram hop to celebrate the new Pinkfresh Studio "Essentials" Release. There are giveaways up for grabs, so hop on over to check that out if you haven't yet! I have had so much fun creating with this release - yesterday was the blog hop, and I shared a pretty card using lots of the new release items!

Today I used the lovely Cheerful Blossoms set. I hot foiled the florals with Teal foil for a different look, and colored in some fresh happy colors. I did a bit of ink blending on the cardbase to coordinate, then added some frames from Decorative Frames press plate, that I letterpressed in black ink and die cut with the coordinating die. I started by popping up the outer frame with foam adhesive, then layered the largest of the 2 florals in opposite corners. Then I glued the next frame down just over the florals, leaving the other edges to float free in the center of the frame. I kept layering flowers, and then added anther frame. Making a flower and frame sandwich! Haha! Finished off with a sentiment from the set, stamped in Detail black and trimmed into a banner shape, then a few sparkly Iridescent Clear Drops in some of the flower centers. Here are more photos of this finished card:

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Pinkfresh Studio “Gentle Greetings & Greenery” Release Blog Hop

Good morning! Today is the blog hop to celebrate Pinkfresh Studio's "Gentle Greetings & Greenery" Release! You aren't going to want to miss a stop along the way - TONS of inspiration and prizes up for grabs! YAY! Click HERE to shop the new release! 

I ended up down sick a couple days last week, so didn't have nearly as much time as I wanted to create - so in a rare exception to the normal, I only have one card to share with you today. It does, however, use several items from the release, and I love how it came out!

For this card, I did lots of hot foiling! I used Satin Metallic Gold for the Interlaced Diamonds plate as well as the large sentiment from Basic Sentiments. Then for the Beautiful Botanicals, I used Opaque Black - you could also create these easily with stamping, but I liked the look of the foil for these! I blended in my florals with soft pastels, and then added some ink blending to my background. Finished off with a few Iridescent Dew Drops, and some white hemp twine! Here are more photos of this finished card:

GIVEAWAY INFO:

Make sure and leave a comment before you leave for a chance to win one of 10 $25 gift certificate to Pinkfresh Studio chosen from comments left across the hop! All winners will be chosen and posted on the Pinkfresh Blog on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 - so make sure and check back to see if you were a winner! Winners must check that page and claim their prize within 2 weeks.

Here is the entire blog hop line-up so you don't miss a single stop! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

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Merry and Bright Starburst - Simon Says Stamp DieCember Release

  Good morning! I'm stopping by to share a couple more cards today featuring part of the NEW DieCember Release at Simon Says Stamp! For some reason, I seem to be loving yellows and pinks for holiday and winter cards this year - they are just so bright and fun, don't you think?

For these cards, I used the new Starburst Plate wafer die, and cut it from white cardstock. I backed each one with a different color of Bold Brights Color Blend cardstock. You could also create your own ink blended background, but these sure make it quick and easy to finish your cards, and the colors are so fun! I used a sentiment from a stamp set that released last month - Poinsettia Swag - heat embossing it in gold on some vellum strips that I had torn the edges on. I wrapped those around, and adhered to the back of those panels - a great way to keep that elegant look of vellum but still hide the adhesive! Finished off with a bow of some of my new favorite gold twine - Vivant Flashy Gold Cord - and a few Clear Dazzling Gems for added sparkle. Here are more photos of these finished cards: 

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Holiday Cheer - Simon Says Stamp/Tim Holtz DieCember Limited Edition Surprise Set

 Good morning! Today I'm sharing a couple cards using a fun little bonus surprise for DieCember at Simon Says Stamp! The adorable little snowman and Santa on my cards below are from a new Tim Holtz limited edition surprise set. This die set will be available for FREE with $25 or greater purchase of Tim Holtz product. So fun!

 They are so cute and fun to die cut and layer up, and paired together so fun for these two cards. I used colored cardstock and white glitter cardstock for most of the layers, and a few elements with the same pattern paper I used for the background. These plaid pattern papers are some that I've been loving lately! I trimmed those down, added some distressing to the edges, then added some torn white paper underneath the edges of that. Layered over a bit of vellum, also with a torn edge, to soften the background a bit and provide a base for my images and sentiments. I also added a couple wraps of Black and White Baker's Twine tied around. Sentiments were cut from Luxe glitter cardstock, then layered with white cardstock behind that. I added some Nuvo glitter drops on parts of the images for added sparkle, and finished off with a few coordinating Metallic pearls! Here are more photos of these cards and those adorable images:

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