Good morning! I'm dropping in today to share a fun holiday decor project using one of the dies that just released exclusively at Simon Says Stamp to coordinate with an older Tim Holtz stamp set! These new dies are a game changer if you love these rubber stamp sets, and it has been so fun to see SSS gradually roll these out. I love the detail you can achieve with coordinating dies, versus fussy cutting - not to mention how much easier it is! This particular stamp set is so fun for a faux watercolor look, and being able to die cut makes all the layering possibilities so much more fun!
I started off by creating all of my "watercolor" elements using the appropriately named Winter Watercolors set. I inked up each image with various colors of distress inks (Candied Apple, Fired Brick, Fossilized Amber, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles, and Gathered Twigs), then misted it with water before stamping onto watercolor paper. Once I had lots of them stamped and had given them time to dry, I die cut them all out to allow for easy layering. I grabbed some Crafter's Companion Basswood to use as my base for the project. I ink blended around the edges with Gathered Twigs distress ink, then swiped my Ground Espresso distress ink pad directly over the edges, swiping in slightly. This gave additional texture to the wood. I also added some black splatter over the top. Once that dried, I arranged all the floral pieces, adhering in place with liquid glue. I stamped and heat embossed a bird and a sentiment from the Festive Overlay set, one in white on black cardstock, one stamped in black and clear heat embossed. The bird I blended some ink around the edges to soften the white color and make it blend in to my project better. I tucked those on, adhering with foam adhesive and liquid glue to hold it in place securely. I grabbed another piece of that wood and sandwiched a piece of white ribbon between the two pieces to created something to hang it up with, then finished off with some Collage Medium applied to lots of little places, then sprinkled Chunky Rock Candy glitter over it. This gave it a lovely bit of sparkle! Here are lots more photos of the finished piece:
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