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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Two beautiful, distinctly different cards.
That’s my favorite die! Love the card!
Your cards are beautiful!!!
Beautiful cards, thank you for some creative new ideas for using these great new products. The stunning thank you card with the simplicity of the silver and black is so eye catching.
Wow! Especially the thank you card.
Your cards are wonderful. The black and white was so unexpected but oh so classy! Love it.
Such lovely cards!
Love the monotone colour of your black card!
I love the colors on the first card, as well as those clear sequins (gotta get me some!), but I am just so loving the simplicity of the offset die-cuts and very clean colors of the second. Who says black and white don’t work! this technique would be beautiful in lots of different colors, monochromatic to complementary. Now I want the die, too! Thank you so much.
I see someone else described your card as stunning, but honestly when I saw the thank you card that was the first word that came to mind – STUNNING!
Well done, Jess.
I saw the birch tree card on Instagram and fell in love. The die is so beautiful and the colors you chose are gorgeous.
these dies look like they would make very elegant cards very quickly thanks
Love the dimension you got with the birch tree stamp. Really great.
Beautiful designs!
Love looking at all these cards great inspiration.
Great cards! I absolutely love the Circles Leaves die, and I love that you used black/silver combo. Thank you for sharing!
Two gorgeous cards! I’m especially smitten with the beautiful background behind your birch trees!
Hugs~carol
Love both cards.
I was disrupted while writing my comment so if this is a duplicate, my apologies! Two beautiful cards! Love the gorgeous sky behind your birch trees; the second is sheer elegance!
~carol
Your thank you card is wonderful! Very striking.
I cannot wait to receive my order : your cards are really awesome and very inspiring !
Your cards are beautiful as are the new dies from SSS!
I love your cards. I love the birch die and the stunning colorful background. The leaf circle die is beautiful. That is now my new favorite die. Love the possibilities.
Your cards are so different, yet equally beautiful! I love the crisp white with the colors behind the die as well as the black with a tiny bit of white as an accent. I also love how you offset the “thank you” sentiment die with the leaves to balance the card!
Loving the colors with the birch trees! Thanks for sharing your talent.