Good morning! I’m super excited to be a stop on the hop for the Simon Says Stamp Fun and Festive blog hop!!
Have you checked out the new release yet? It’s AMAZING!!!
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I’ve already shared three cards using the new release here and today I’m sharing another pair of cards using the gorgeous Rina and Alicia snowflake dies! I’ve also created a video that you can watch below or over on my YouTube channel!
I love those gorgeous delicate snowflakes and thought they’d be perfect with a little distress ink smooshed background!
I wanted to go for more modern feel for my first card so I smooshed picked raspberry, abandoned coral, and candied apple distress ink onto the background and splattered it with water, more concentrated distress ink, metallic gold, and metallic red paint.
I die-cut the Alicia snowflake with white cardstock and pressed a versamark pad over one edge. I heat-embossed that with gold tinsel embossing powder to create the look of a gold dipped snowflake! I stamped the sentiment from Tiny Words Christmas three times on black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. I trimmed them down to thin labels and adhered them with foam mounting tape. I finished the card with a few nuvo drops and sparkly jewels!
My second card follows a similar process but uses peacock feathers, mermaid lagoon, blueprint sketch, and wilted violet distress ink.
For this card I die-cut three Rina snowflakes using white and silver glitter cardstock. I adhered them to the card and added an embossed sentiment label Finally I added a few iridescent sequins and nuvo glitter drops to finish the card!
Check out the Fun and Festive gallery on the Simon Says Stamp blog for even more crafty inspiration! And we have a special gift for all of our blog hoppers this weekend!! Use the code FESTF87 on any purchase at Simon Says Stamp this weekend for your gift!
To celebrate the Fun and Festive release EVERY stop on the hop is giving away a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp! To enter, leave a comment on all the hop stops before 11:59PM ET Sunday, October 14th, 2018! Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Wednesday. Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous Suzy!! If you get lost or encounter a broken link, here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Cathy Zielske
- Laura Bassen
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Amanda Korotkova
- Nichol Spohr
- Jessica Frost-Ballas –> You are here!
- Suzy Plantamura
- Heather Hoffman
- Elena Salo
- Ankita Gupta
- Karin Åkesdotter
- Emma Williams
Thanks so much for stopping by, have an amazing day, and enjoy the hop!
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Very Elegant. Very festive. Very beautiful.
I”m a snowflake fanatic, so these cards are right up my alley. LOVE the blue & purple one.
Jess, I couldn’t agree more that this release is amazing! Thanks for sharing a really cool way to put the pretty snowflakes on a card!
Wow, stunning cards!
Love your cards, so pretty!
Yes, I am conquered by your sweet creation and this amazing collection!
I absolutely love the distress background with the glittery snowflakes! Can we ever get enough sparkle? Just so eye catching. Thanks to SSS for the opp to win. Delightful.
Love your backgrounds and glitter paper!
Great release!
Hey Jess, love your snowflake cards. I liked how you embossed only half of the one large snowflake. That really is striking. This is a terrific release from Simon Says Stamps. TFS
Love these snowflakes. You’ve taken the same die and created such different unique cards–beautiful!
Love watercolors and snowflakes.
Beautiful cards, love watercolors and snowflakes.
I’ve got to try that ink smooshing- your backgrounds look great! Your cards are so pretty!
very cute cards. love the color scheme.
Love the look of smooshing. Great cards.
These cards are gorgeous! Love the ink smooshed backgrounds. Thanks for the video showing how you did it.
love the watercolor background. simple but very cute. thank you for sharing.
WOW! The backgrounds for your snowflakes are FABULOUS!
Both of your cards are gorgeous today! I love the bold non-traditional color smooshed backgrounds, perfect background for these beautiful snowflakes. Thanks for sharing them today and for the inspiration, I am definitely trying these colors. (mardy14@bellsouth.net)
Your cards are beautiful! You make smooshing look so easy!
Love the background colors, esp on your 2nd card.
Wow gorgeous cards!
Your backgrounds are lovely- I might have to try that technique.
These snowflakes are beautiful and I love your watercolored backgrounds. I especially love the blue and purple one as the cool colors really evoke winter.