Good morning! I’m so excited to be a stop on the Simon Says Stamp Making Spirits Bright Release blog hop! I love all of the amazing Halloween and Christmas stamps, dies, and stencils in this release…perfect for all your holiday card-making! I shared two cards using the new release here and here and I’ve got a few more to share today!
First up is this distress ink card using two dies from the new release, Rejoice and Holy Stars. I blended tumbled glass into the area where I knew my star would be and then blended broken china, chipped sapphire, seedless preserves, and black soot out from that lighter spot to fill the background. Next I spritzed water across the panel to create the illusion of stars in the distance and finally flicked white acrylic paint over the panel to create closer stars. I set that aside to dry completely and then trimmed the panel down to 3.5″ by 8″. I thought this would be an appropriate scene for an extra tall card!
Then I die-cut the Drifting Stitches die twice from white cardstock to create hills and adhered them to my blended background. I die-cut the Holy Stars die from white cardstock, adhered it to the background, coated it with a layer of spectrum noir clear sparkle, and then added a layer of nuvo crystal glaze for a little extra shimmer and shine. Finally I die-cut the Rejoice word die from silver glitter cardstock and adhered it over the hills.
My second card uses some scraps from my first card. I wasn’t entirely sure what colors I wanted to use for the background so I experimented with a few possibilities. And I loved them so I didn’t want them to go waste. I simply blended distress inks onto white cardstock and then adhered them to a card base. I die-cut the new Snowburst Collage from the white cardstock and adhered them over the blended backgrounds. Finally I stamped the sentiment from Merry and Bright and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder.
I hope this gives you some inspiration for the Making Spirits Bright release! Here are the other cards I’ve created using the new release:
And what’s a hop without a giveaway, right? Every stop on the hop is giving away a $25 gift card! All you need to do is visit and leave a comment on each blog. The winners will be randomly selected from each blog and announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog! AND there was another hop yesterday and each of those stops is also giving away a $25 gift card so be sure to check that out on the SSS blog! In case you encounter a broken link here is the full hop list for today:
- Simon Says Stamp Blog: http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/making-spirits-bright-2nd-blog-hop/
- Kristina Werner: http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/2-types-of-stencil-embossing-new-holiday-release-from-simon-says-stamp/
- Debby Hughes: http://limedoodledesign.com/2017/10/simon-says-stamp-holiday-release-blog-hop/
- Yana Smakula: http://www.yanasmakula.com/?p=60321
- Nina-Marie Trapani: http://ninamariedesign.com/2017/10/13/in-lay-watercolor-die-cutting-hop/
- Suzy Plantamura: http://suzyplantamura.typepad.com/living_my_dream/2017/10/simon-says-stamp-making-spirits-bright-blog-hop-day-2.html
- Amanda Korotkova: http://www.littlecraftypill.com/2017/10/simon-says-stamp-making-spirits-bright.html
- (YOU ARE HERE!) Jessica Frost-Ballas: https://www.allthesparkle.com/sssmcbhop/
- Barb Engler: https://bdengler4.blogspot.com/2017/10/sss-making-spirits-bright-blog-hop.html
- Heather Hoffman: http://housesbuiltofcards.blogspot.com/2017/10/sss-making-spirits-bright-blog-hop.html
- Amy Kolling: http://stamp-n-paradise.blogspot.com/2017/10/simon-says-stamp-making-spirits-bright.html
Good luck! Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous day! If this is your first time visiting my blog I hope you’ll come back! You can subscribe to my blog via the sidebar on the right or find me on Instagram and Youtube. Happy Hopping!
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Love the ink blended backgrounds. Take care.
Gorgeous cards as always Jessica!
These cards are beautiful ! What a super background on the first card; and your try-outs for that background make really great snowflake cards !
All of them are pretty but really love the night sky with Rejoice on the front
All four of your cards are gorgeous Jessica! I just love the bright halloween one and would love to make more halloween cards, the colours appeal to me! But your Christmas cards are so so gorgeous, such an eye for design.
That night sky is amazing!!
Gorgeous. Love that Holy night die star!!!
Your cards are so pretty with the galaxy background to emphasize the Holy star & the word die.
sooo pretty, I love how you did the sky on your first card.
These cards are wonderful. My favorite is the second card. So easy and beautiful. Thanks so much.
That background is perfection!
I love the coloring of your backgrounds.
Genius! I have a snowflake die that I never use because I just couldn’t quite figure out the best way. You’ve solved my problem and both of your cards are amazing. Thank you!
Fabulous and now their on my Christmas cards Pinterest board!
Good job on your cards.
These are absolutely gorgeous cards !!
Gorgeous cards the first one with distress background is a real wow!
I love the “Rejoice” card…perfect for getting into the season! You do an amazing job with your cards.
I actually have all the colors to try this starry sky. Thanks for the inspiration and detailed directions!
Your first card is ink blended perfection, and beautifully highlights the stunning holy star. I love how you utilized left overs from the first card to create the lovely CAS pair. All are so gorgeous!
WOW!!! Your cards are so stunning and so beautiful!!
Beautiful cards! LOVE that sky background you created!
Both of your cards are simply beautiful!! Lovely starry sky colors & card and lovely colors behind the snowburst collage for CAS cards!!
I am in love with your first card. Love the height and the night sky and the glow around the star, perfect!
Very beautiful cards! I especially love how the colorful backgrounds are showing through the Snowburst cuts – I’ll have to try that myself!