Simon Says...Winter Blues

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog...thank you for joining us for last week's challenge...we hope you can join us this week too because...

and the theme for this week is...

WINTER BLUES

I have two friends who celebrate birthdays in January so I decided to use Tim Holtz/Sizzix Gift Card Package Thinlits to make gift card holders with a Winter theme...

I die cut all the bits and pieces from white cardstock

coloured the pocket and bow on Gift Card Holder 1 with Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink and stamped Mini Weathered Winter and Mini Swirly Snowflakes to create a tone-on-tone effect. I then stamped the insert and ribbon strips with Plaid from Plaid and Nordic with the same ink. On Gift Card Holder 2  I used the same stamps but reversed the stamping on the pocket, bow and insert to create a slightly different look.

I stamped lots of Mini Swirly Snowflakes with Faded Jeans on to white card and die cut using the matching set of Framelits and used a small circle die from Sizzix Circles Framelits to die cut the centres from two of the snowflakes to create an accent for the bows.

I coloured some scrap white card with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink and die cut using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Festive Greens.

I used the flower centre die from Festive Greens to add interest to the centres of the snowflakes...

and added the small circle die cuts and flower centres to the bows.

I have a feeling this may well turn out to be one of my most-used dies not only for Christmas and Birthday Gifts but it could be used to hold a party invitation, a famly photo to send to Grandma or to announce the birth of a baby.

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I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx

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