Living My Dream: Simon Says Stamp DIE-CEMBER BLOG HOP

Simon Says Stamp DIE-CEMBER BLOG HOP - Day 1

Today is the first day of a two day blog post kicking off the Simon Says Stamp Die-cember release. It came out yesterday and there is already tons of inspiration using the products in the Die-cember Gallery so check it out. And you are probably in the process of getting all kinds of inspired on this blog hop! Hopefully I will add to that!

I made 3 cards to share with you using many of the new dies. I ended up "accidentally" making all my cards today with Nuvo Shimmer Powder! I guess I can't stay about from that stuff! haha So let's get started!

CARD 1:

My first card uses the new Chunky Hearts Panel Wafer Die and the new Hugs Wafer Die. I die-cut the Chunky Hearts Panel die out of white cardstock and painted watercolor paper. I had painted the watercolor paper with Shimmer Powder in Cherry Bomb and Catherine Wheel so it has a nice shimmer to it. I adhered the white pastel to a fuchsia card base and glued all of the hearts from the watercolored one inside the openings.

I die-cut the new Hugs Wafer die from both white cardstock and some more of the watercolor paper painted with Shimmer powders. I adhered those to the card with foam tape behind them. I added a "love you" preprinted sentiment strips in the Mother's Day set (die-cut with the Sentiment Label Dies). I added some Sparkling Clear Sequins around the sentiment.

CARD 2:

This card uses two of the new dies - the Detailed Rose Wafer Die and the Hang In There Wafer Dies. I first embossed the Floral Field embossing folder with white cardstock. I die-cut that with the SSS A2 Frame die so it showed the card base around it. Next, I painted some more watercolor paper with Shimmer Powder. This time I used Cherry Bomb and Violet Brocade and then painted another piece with Falling Leaves Shimmer Powder. I die-cut the Detailed Rose wafer die leaves and flower from these as well as the background for the Hang in there die. I also cut all of them with white cardstock and layered the white over the colored pieces.

I attached the flower and leaves to the embossed card front. I then attached the "hang in there" with foam tape. I added some sparking clear sequins. Because that is what I do every single time!

CARD 3:

My last card uses the new Paper Hugs die and the Strips 2 Wafer Dies. I ALSO used the new gorgeous Detail Bohemian Plate Wafer Die which I cut from white cardstock for the card base. I then watercolored with some Shimmer Powders again in Atlantis Burst and Violet Brocade. I flicked some white paint on the purple piece. I then die-cut the new Paper Hugs Wafer Die from the Atlantis Burst Shimmer Powder painted paper. I then die-cut some of the new Stripes 2 dies from both the Violet Brocade paper and the Atlantis Burst paper.

I attached the Paper Hugs to the center of the card. I then weaved the strips pieces on all four sides to create a frame around the sentiment. I can imagine all kinds of possibilities using these two new strip die sets. They will also be good to use for stamping sentiments. I added a pre-printed Sentiment Label from the Thinking of You set to the front. I also added some Caribbean Blue jewels.

I shared one more card on a blog post yesterday using the new Snowflake Frame die. Here is an image of my card and you can see my blog post HERE with the details.

BLOG HOP DETAILS:

The graphic at the top of this post includes the free gift with purchase for the hop: Use the code JINGLE on your order to snap up the American Crafts Christmas Tag Kit with your purchase. This promotion will expire 12/4 at 11:59 pm EST.
As mentioned above, there is a Die-cember Gallery here and make sure to add all of your creations to it as well. Also, use the hashtag #sssdiecember for all of your posts using the products.
SSS is giving away a $25 coupon on every stop on the hop from our comment sections. They will choose the winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 9th of December. You can email Simon to claim your prize.
Next on the blog hop today is:

AMY RYSAVY

Thank you so much for visiting today. Have a great time hopping along today and tomorrow. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season my friends! All of the products used in this post and from the new release are listed in the supply list below. xoxo suzy

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Comments

Beautiful cards and colors ... love the new dies. I have one on the way.

Posted by: Marybeth Lopez | December 02, 2020 at 06:26 PM

I can't decide which of these gorgeous cards is my favorite. Thank you for the inspiration!

Posted by: Beth Schrader | December 02, 2020 at 06:29 PM

Have been experimenting with shimmer powders and appreciate your creative use of the background paper. Lovely!

Posted by: Laura G | December 02, 2020 at 06:36 PM

I love all of your cards. They're so pretty! I can't choose a favorite.

Posted by: Christy Malone | December 02, 2020 at 06:40 PM

Love every one of your cards! You are very talented.

Posted by: Anna Kingery | December 02, 2020 at 07:02 PM

Beautiful cards! There are so many great new dies in this release. I'm especially loving your paper hugs and Be of Good Cheer cards, that snowflake frame is one of my favorites!

Posted by: Miriam Prantner | December 02, 2020 at 07:12 PM