Cozy Hedge Hug - Simon Says Stamp Joy For You Release

Hello! I've had so much fun playing with the BRAND NEW Simon Says Stamp Joy For You Release, that I thought I'd pop in and share another card! Lots of fun little layers on this little card, and that little hedgehog is so cute, I wanna squeeze him!

I actually started off with the Four Flakes set, an older stencil set that got it's own coordinating dies in this release. I ink blended 3 of the snowflakes from the set using Field, Cranberry, and Tropic inks, then added a layer of Pearlescent Distress Texture Paste before removing the stencil. I set those aside to dry before die cutting! For the background, I used the new Wintertime Ornaments embossing folder, then ink blended some of the leftover inks on my blending brushes in select areas of the background where I decided to place the snowflakes. I stamped the image and sentiment from Hedge Hugs in black ink, then clear heat embossed for some shine before die cutting those as well. I rounded off one corner in the embossed panel and on the cardbase, then adhered everything with foam adhesive, trimming the excess off, before adhering that panel onto my card front. Finished off with a few Clear Dazzling gems for sparkle! Here are more more photos of the finished card:

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Gift Tag Ornaments - Simon Says Stamp Joy For You Release

Hello again! I've got more to share using the BRAND NEW Simon Says Stamp Joy For You Release! This time I'm sharing some cute little gift tags, that also kind of double as ornaments. They came together so quickly - and you can even find these little wooden stars at Simon Says Stamp for a great price!

I started off by choosing two sentiments from the Joy For You set that fit the sizes of the stars well, and stamped in black and clear heat embossed before die cutting out. I pulled out the set of Silver Wood Star Ornaments, and die cut a couple of the new Fresh Pine Sprigs dies from the appropriately named Pine green glitter cardstock, layering those on with liquid glue. I popped the sentiments over the top with foam adhesive, and some extra liquid glue to make sure they would stay secure. I finished off by tying some Red Baker's Twine at the top! Here are more photos of the finished set:

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Color My World - Simon Says Stamp Joy For You Release

Hello! I have my first card to share using the BRAND NEW Simon Says Stamp Joy For You Release! This release is loaded with lots of fun goodies - you are going to want to check them all out. But I started off with this bright and colorful card, using only THREE ink colors to blend with. I love how color theory works, and how perfectly this all came together!

Need to link: Color My World stencil, die, EZ strips, Inks: Cranberry, Cadette, and Honey, black splatter, Dazzling Clear, Nuvo Blizzard, SSS black cardstock

I used the Color My World suite of products to create this card, starting off with the stencil. Instead of using lots of different ink colors, I chose just 3 shades of primary tones - Cranberry, Cadette, and Honey. I ink blended them in equal thirds, overlapping the colors to create the secondary tones in varying shades. I LOVE the effect and how it turned out - so fun! I added some black splatter over it, then used the coordinating dies to cut out the paint brush from Rainbow Splash Caramel cardstock, SSS Espresso, as well as white (ink blended with Cranberry) and Honey Gold metallic cardstocks. I also cut the sentiment from white and black cardstocks, and assembled with a glue pen. I added those with foam adhesive onto my card, added a secondary sentiment from the XL EZ Strips reverse sentiment strips, cut out with the XL EZ Strips Banners die (trimmed off on one side), then added some Clear Dazzling gems and a bit of sparkly Nuvo glitter drops on the paint on the brush to finish off! Here's a closer look at the finished card:

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Glimmery Fall Thanks - Tim Holtz Festive Finishes Release

Hello! I'm back with another card featuring one of the the BRAND NEW Tim Holtz Festive Finishes Release available at Simon Says Stamp NOW! This time I created something with a fall theme, which works so well with all the glimmery shine! It was so hard to capture it in photos, but I hope you can see just a glimmer of what it looks like in real life!

I started off by embossing the Leafy Arch Wreath on white cardstock. I flipped it over to use the debossed side, and used the coordinating stencils (also flipped over) to add color to the leaves with Sky, Limelicious. Sherbet, and Fairway inks. Then I used the blackout technique, and swiped over the panel with my Night ink pad. This makes the details pop, and those colors look beautiful and also a bit distressed. Then, I misted it heavily with Picket Fence Distress Spritz for lots of glimmer and shine, and set it aside to dry. I die cut the Opulent Thanks from white glitter cardstock and vellum, and assembled that, and stamped a sentiment from Winter Woodlands that I hand trimmed into a banner shape. I added a bow with silver cord to the embossed panel, mounted with foam on a white cardbase, and then added my sentiments to finish! Here are more photos of this card, that hopefully help capture the way it shimmers in the light when you tilt it! :)

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Winter Woods Holiday Season - Tim Holtz October coordinating die release

Hello! I'm dropping in again today to share another card using one of the dies sets that are featured as part of the new sets available exclusively at Simon Says Stamp to coordinate with older Tim Holtz stamp sets! I stuck with the Christmas theme for this card, but this design would be perfect for a masculine birthday card if you just switch out the sentiment! I love a good masculine design - they can be so hard sometimes!

For this card I stamped both the deer and sentiment from the Festive Overlay set in black and clear heat embossed for some shine before die cutting. I created the background using some of the layers of the Woodland Treescape die and both Moss and Midnight Green cardstock - those two colors work BEAUTIFULLY together! I tucked one of the preprinted Snow Flurries panels in gray for the background, then layered them up with thin foam adhesive for a bit of dimension. I added the sentiment and the deer, and then tucked a few perfectly coordinating enamel dots around the scene! Here's a closer look:

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A Little Holiday Magic - Tim Holtz Festive Finishes Release

Hello! Today I'm excited to be sharing a card featuring some fun new supplies from the BRAND NEW Tim Holtz Festive Finishes Release available at Simon Says Stamp NOW! It has all the sparkle you need to celebrate the season - and beyond into next year. I mean, what season DOESN'T need a little sparkle, right? I have a festive little row of trees that uses ALL 3 sizes of glitter available in the amazing large size, and they are all adhered with the fabulous new Collage Glue!

I started off by die cutting one of the Simple Trees dies 3 times from white cardstock, and 3 times from Espresso cardstock. I used Pearfection ink directly on the white ones to ink them up really well, holding onto the trunk of each one as a grabbing place. I continued using the trunk to hold onto, and spread some of the new Collage Glue on each one with my finger, then sprinkled on the newly available Mica Flakes on one, and the Rock Candy Chunky and Rock Candy Clear on each of the others. After they dried a bit, I trimmed off the trunk, and adhered them onto the Espresso ones. I also die cut a bow for one of them from Lipstick cardstock, and adhered to the top. I have had that partial die cut circle of yellow cardstock on my desk for a while, and it felt like the perfect frame for this little trio, So I added some torn white glitter cardstock at the bottom, and tucked the trees into it like snow, and added the frame around. I carefully curved a sentiment from Iconic Christmas on my MISTI so I could stamp it at the top of the circle for fun! Finished off with some Clear Dazzling Gems for even more sparkle! Here's a closer look at the card all finished:

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Embossing Folder with Die Cut Bells - Simon Says Stamp

Hello! Popping in with a card to share using a fun mix of products in a different way than I usually do! I saw this amazing die set that recently released from Simon Says Stamp, and thought it would be fun to add some texture with an embossing folder. I LOVE how it turned out! 

 

I started off by die cutting the Bells die from Cornflower, Sage, and Smoke cardstock, then I misted with water and ran through the Melbourne 3D embossing folder. I then cut the detail part from Moonstone glitter cardstock, and trimmed a couple extra strips to layer on the side of the card. I added everything to the card with foam adhesive. I added some Reverse Christmastime sentiment strips, some silver cord bows on top of each card, and finished off with a few Clear Dazzling gems to accent the bells! Here are lots more photos of the finished card:

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