Busy day on the blog with lots of giveaways!! For the Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop with Newton’s Nook Designs please click here! For the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop please click here! For the Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge post please click here!
Good morning! I’m super excited to be joining some truly wonderful ladies to celebrate Simon Says Stamp’s DieCember! And every stop on the hop is a chance to win a $25 gift card! Simon Says Stamp just released 22 fabulous dies and there’s something for everyone’s design aesthetic: from cute to elegant, functional to fun! Today I focused on my favorites, the nature-inspired dies!
I love the look of this Birch Column die and how it cuts through the bottom and top of your card panel but is one solid piece. I wanted to let that be the focus of my card so I die-cut it with white cardstock and adhered it over a distress inked background. I used picked raspberry, spun sugar, shaded lilac, and blueprint sketch distress ink for the background and spritzed it with shimmer spray. Then I die-cut the sentiment from silver glitter paper and adhered it over my card panel. Finally I added a sprinkling of sparkling clear sequins for a little extra shimmer!
My next card uses the Circle Leaves die and a much more monochromatic color scheme!
I die-cut the Circle Leaves from silver glitter paper and trimmed it out of the circle. Then I die-cut it again from black cardstock and adhered the silver behind it slightly offset before adding a dark grey base. I also-die cut the sentiment from silver glitter paper and again from the black cardstock panel. I adhered the black cardstock to a white card base and then inlaid the silver glitter paper into the black cardstock for a smooth finish!
I hope you enjoyed my cards and that they inspired you to create cards with no stamping! 😉
And what’s a hop without a giveaway, right? Simon Says Stamp has generously offered a $25 gift card FOR EVERY HOP STOP!! All you need to do is visit and leave a comment on each blog. You have until 11:59 PM, Sunday, December 18th to leave your comments. The winners will be randomly selected from each blog and announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog! In case you encounter a broken link here is the full hop list:
- Simon Says Stamp
- Jennifer McGuire
- Kristina Werner
- Laura Bassen
- Nichol Spohr
- Debby Hughes
- Heather Hoffman
- Nina Marie Trapani
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Wanda Guess
- Heather Ruwe
- Suzy Plantamura
- Lisa Addesa
- Amy Rysavy
- Carissa Wiley
- Shari Carroll
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Pretty cards Jess, I love the simplicity of them, they are beautiful!
Love the circle leaves die card, beautiful!
Love the watercoloring behind the birches.
I love that die and have it on my list to buy.
thanks for sharing a fantastic card.
Wow! I love the inking you did behind that tree die…just beautiful! And I think it’s very cool looking how you offset the leaves die just slightly on your second card!!
both cards are gorgeous
Beautiful cards–very CAS and you let the colors really do the talking!
So beautiful and elegant!
Beautiful cards
beautiful ink blending, both cards are gorgeous. Thank you for sharing
What great cards! Thank you for the ideas to get me started using these 2 dies.
Lovely cards!
Great cards love the background behind the die.
Your cards are beautiful!! Love them and this new release of dies:)
Beautiful cards! Those two dies are at the top of my list. Love those colors on the birch tree card! Great new SSS release and I’m loving this blog hop! Thanks for sharing!
Both cards are fantastic and these are my two favorite dies from this release!
I’m loving these birch trees! You did a beautiful job with the background.
Very colorful background with the birch tree, and very elegant with the second card. Great job.
Oooooo, I love what you did with the circle leaves die. Wonderful card.
Two beautiful dramatic cards! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love it! It is gorgeous!
So beautiful, what great release.
Such beautiful cards!! The one with the birch dies looks like a sunset. The other one is just stunning!! Great job!
Lovely cards, I especially like the first one with the beautiful colours behind the trees!
The birch tree die is so special. Your card is wonderful. Thank you .
Great Cards.