Busy day on the blog today! For the 25 Days of Christmas Tags – Concord & 9th and giveaway please scroll down or click here.
Good morning! I am SO honored and excited to be joining in a hop to celebrate all of the fabulous products that Simon Says Stamp released this week!! And every stop on the hop is another chance to win a $50 gift card to Simon Says Stamp! Talk about getting in the holiday spirit! 😉
It’s a big hop so I’ll only share two cards today but make sure to stop by next week when I share everything else I’ve made with products from the December card kit, the Limited Edition Holiday card kit, and the Advent Plus release! The December card kit has sold out but I’ll link to most of the individual supplies below…also, just a heads up that the Limited Edition Holiday card kit is almost sold out so don’t delay if you want to purchase it! You should have arrived from Yana’s blog and Wanda is your next stop. There’s a full hop list at the bottom of my post in case you get lost along with giveaway details!
My first card uses the December card kit!
That reindeer is so stinkin’ cute! I absolutely adore him! I started by stamping my gift boxes and Christmas tree onto white cardstock with copic-friendly ink. I used post-it notes to mask the boxes so that I could layer them. I stamped my reindeer on a scrap piece of white cardstock with the same ink and then colored all of my images with copic markers. I added spectrum noir clear sparkle to the ornaments on the tree, the reindeer’s collar, and the gift boxes. I also added white dot detail to the tree with a signo gel pen. I stamped the sentiment onto the card with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.
Next I fussy cut my reindeer and punched a tiny hole in the middle of his nose. I adhered him to my scene with foam mounting tape and carefully punched the hole all the way through the background cardstock. Then I used the Chibitronics kit to create a circuit to light up Rudolph’s nose! I love that you can color the LED lights with copic markers to create colored lights. I added a strip of paper between the battery and copper tape to break the circuit and conserve the battery for mailing. When the recipient removes the strip his nose will light up!
In general I love interactive cards and these lights definitely add a fun element to a handmade card!
Next I used products from the Limited Edition Holiday card kit to create an elegant monochromatic card with touches of gold!
This kit is jam-packed with all kinds of awesome card-making goodies! I think my favorites are that darling deer die, the patterned papers, the envelopes, and the stencil!
For my card I started by laying my stencil on a piece of black cardstock. I used a dauber tool to apply white pigment ink over my stencil. Then I applied the grit paste from the kit over the trees and sprinkled the paste and wet pigment ink with rock candy distress glitter. I love how the mix of pigment ink and paste gives the appearance of dimension. I let that dry while I die-cut the deer from gold glitter paper. Once the paste was dried I stamped the sentiment with versamark and heat-embossed it with Antique Gold embossing powder. Finally I adhered the deer with foam mounting tape.
I love the mix of textures and dimension on this card. Simon Says Stamp really knocked it out of the park with this kit!
So what’s a hop without a giveaway, right? Simon Says Stamp has generously offered a $50 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, November 20th to leave your comments. The winners will be randomly selected from each blog and announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Monday, November 21st! In case you encounter a broken link here is the full hop list:
- Simon Says Stamp
- Tim Holtz
- Shari Carroll
- Kristina Werner
- Debby Hughes
- Nichol Spohrs
- Laura Bassen
- Yana Smakula
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Wanda Guess
- Nina-Marie Trapani
- Heather Ruwe
- Amy Rysavy
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day! If this is your first time visiting my blog I hope you’ll come back! ? Happy Hopping!
Interested in the products I used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!)
Wonderful cards! I absolutely adore the black one!
Wonderful card, Jessica! I need to get started on my tags!
You are right–that reindeer is adorable! Your deer card is gorgeous–thanks for sharing.
So adorable!! I love the depth of the trees and the colouring of your cards! Very inspiring.
The first card is adorable, but oh my goodness–can’t take my eyes off the second card! Pinned!
love your designs! i’m creating holiday gift tags.
Beautiful cards! Love the reindeer one but my favorite is the trees. Merry Christmas!!!
Your cards are so stinkin’ cute!!! I love how Rudolf’s nose lights up!!
Great sample cards. Gotta love Rudolph!
you really did justice to the tree stencil its just beautiful.
Sweet card with the cute reindeer! Love the way you colored the tree, and the light up nose is adorable! And your Holiday Wishes card is gorgeous! Love the textures and sparkle!
Oh wow, love your cute cads – the little reindeer is so precious with its brightly light nose. LOL!!!
Both of your cards are adorable Jess!! I love how you used the chibi lights ?
WOW, love your card! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love your cards.
the 2 cards are stunning love them both thank you for sharing
I love your cards. The Rudolf is so cute and I love his glowing nose. The Holiday Wishes card is gorgeous. I love the trees and deer on the black card stock.
So beautiful projects! Thanks for sharing 🙂
These kits are really fantastic. The retro deer die has got to be my favorite of everything, and it looks so adorable with those beautiful sparkly trees.
Beautiful cards! I especially love the black cardstock with the white glittery trees. Thanks for sharing!
What a sweet Christmas scene where his lil nose lights up. Adorable. I just love those beautiful trees and how you chose black as the background and added the silver with the white. Totally love it. Beautiful.
I LOVE both of your cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
Wonderful work Jessica. This is my first visit to your blog, but it won’t be my last. Love the tree scene and of course that little light on that adorable deer. This card kit has a lot going on. Thanks for hopping and have yourself a Merry Christmas.
These are gorgeous! I love the cute scene on the first card and that fun scripty sentiment. The second card is stunning, really elegant and full of impact. That colour palette… <3 wow!
I’m totally loving this kit and I love what you’ve done with that. That reindeer and tree card is stunning! Thanks for sharing!