Peace on Earth - Simon Says Stamp Fun and Festive Release Hop

Good morning! I'm thrilled to be hopping today to celebrate the BRAND NEW release from Simon Says Stamp called Fun & Festivec with a FABULOUS line up of talented creators! Today is Day 1 of the hop - make sure and check in tomorrow for Day 2 - there is a $25 prize up for grabs from EACH and EVERY stop along BOTH days of the hop!!!

You should have arrived here today from Suzy Plantamura - if you just happened along, head over to the Simon Says Stamp Blog to start at the beginning! You may notice that in the graphic below that you can also get a FREE sparkly gift with any purchase by using the code FEST587!

Today I used two of the fun new releases - Winter Scene and Tiny Words - to build this sparkly wintery scene on my card!

I started off by stamping the main background a total of 3 times - then I stamped out the mountains on masking paper, trimmed out, and used as a mask to stamp the mountains multiple times to create a whole row of mountains! I didn't worry about the outside or bottom of the mountains being masked - since I trimmed out the outer edges, that took care of that...

And the second two scenes I stamped I cut out to layer and paper piece the hills together! I colored each piece, then adhered them all together and added some sparkly Nuvo Glitter drops to the tops of the mountains and along the edges of the snowy hills.

The pattern paper was an unexpected perfect match! It is the Pinkfresh Studio Indigo Hills 6x6 paper pad - the blues and purples were just right for layering with my wintery scene! As a final finishing touch, I added a few clear snowflake sequins, and stamped my sentiment on a strip of white cardstock to foam mount on the bottom of my scene.

GIVEAWAY INFO:

Simon Says will be giving a $25 gift certificate to their online store at each stop along the hop - so make sure and leave a comment before you leave for a chance to win! Winners will be announced next Wednesday on the Simon Says Stamp Blog.

Here is the entire blog hop line up in case you get lost along the way:

Simon Says Stamp Blog

Cathy Zielske

Laura Bassen

Nina-Marie Trapani

Amanda Korotkova

Nichol Spohr

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Suzy Plantamura

Heather Hoffman (you are here)

Elena Salo

Ankita Gupta

Karin Åkesdotter

Emma Williams

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