Hi my friends, welcome to my stop on Day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop for the Sugar and Spice release. I'm thrilled to be joining lots of talented friends and designers to share inspiration using products from this fabulous release and you can check out all the products in the release HERE.
Simon Says Stamp has a blog hop exclusive give-away, the Exclusive and "Not Yet Released "Warm Thoughts" 3" x 4" stamp set will be automatically added to your cart that contains any of the Sugar and Spice products! This gift with purchase will expire on 12th October at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last.Simon Says Stamp are also giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop so make sure you leave a comment on each participant's blog to be in with a chance of winning. The winners will be chosen and posted on Simon Says Stamp Blog on Wednesday October 15th, and if you are a lucky winner, you can e-mail Simon Says Stamp to claim your prize.
I created a card using the Narrow Holly Cluster Wafer Dies and EZ Reverse Vintage Christmas Sentiment Strips from the release.
I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to 4" x 5.1/4", smooshed the Pine Pawsitively Saturated Mini Ink Cube on to my Glass Mat, spritzed with water and dragged the card panel through the ink, dried and repeated until I was happy with the background. I placed Simon Says Stamp Extra Large Dots stencil on the panel and applied Pine Pawsitively Saturated Ink randomly using a Simon Says Stamp Round Detail Blending Brush
I die-cut the Narrow Holly Cluster Wafer Dies from Distress Watercolor Card, placed on Simon Says Stamp Stamp and Stencil Mat and coloured using Sprout, Field, Pine, Punch and Paprika Mini Pawsitively Saturated Ink Cubes and Simon Says Stamp Round Detail Blending Brushes.
I fixed the die-cuts to the background panel with Simon Says Stamp Thin 3D Foam Squares to add dimension, painted Distress Collage Medium on to the leaves and berried with a thin brush and sprinkled with Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Rock Candy Chunky Glitter to give a frosty sparkly look.
I die-cut the EZ Strips Reverse Vintage Christmas Sentiment Strips using EZ Strips Rectangle Wafer die.
I coloured the white edges of the Sentiment Strips die-cuts using a Momento Black Pen and fixed in place using Simon Says Stamp Thin 3D Foam Squares.
To finish I matted the panel on to an A2 top-folding white card blank.
If you've arrived from the very talented Lea Lawson, you're in the right place but if you happen to get lost along the way, the list of participants below will help you get back on track. Your Next stop on the hop is the amazing Laura Williams.
You'll find more inspiration from the release on Simon Says Stamp Sugar and Spice Gallery HERE and if you make anything with the release, we would love you to share with us all in the Gallery. If you missed Day 1 of the Blog Hop, you can catch up HERE. In the meantime, I'm off to make myself a cuppa, find a comfy sofa and enjoy an afternoon of blog hopping and be inspired by all the makes.
Hugs Kath xxx
WOW, I am 1000% smitten with your card, it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL !!! it's a mix of so many things I love, where to start. I love greenery at Christmas and Holly is one of my favorites, actually I love Holly all year around, growing in my yard all year around and inside during the holidays. Your card gave me very vintage vibes which for me is a like a warm cozy blanket on a cold winter day. I love to take pictures and your use of the stencil for the background gave the card a natural Bokeh effect, blurring the background and allowing that Holly die cut to be the focal point it deserved to be, yet still drawing ones eye back to that beautiful background, the chunky glitter & the vintage sentiment strips both further enhanced an already beautiful card. I can't keep from scrolling back up to get another look at your card, it's spectacular and it literally just speaks to me. THANK YOU for sharing both your card and how you achieved such spectacular results.
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