Thank You Friend - Tim Holtz January coordinating die release

Hello! I've got one more card to share that features some of the new dies that Simon Says Stamp released this month to coordinate with previously released Tim Holtz stamp sets! Today's card may be my favorite of them all - lots of heat embossing and ink blending - so fun!

I started off by stamping several images from the Field Notes set in Nocturne ink, then heat embossing with clear embossing powder. This allowed me to ink blend without smearing the ink later. I then die cut, and used my Tacky mat to place each die cut element and ink blend in some fun colors. I used Honey, Salmon, Artichoke, Amethyst, and Twilight inks. I also added a bit of two of those colors to my white cardbase, then set about arranging and adhering all of those items on my cardbase. I used a mix of tape runner and foam adhesive to get a good mix of dimension. I added a sentiment from Sentiment Label Stickers, and a sprinkling of the tiniest size of Dazzling Clear gems to finish off! Here are more photos of all the fun details:

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Sending Thanks - Tim Holtz January coordinating die release

Good morning! I'm back with another card that features some of the new dies that Simon Says Stamp released last week to coordinate with previously released Tim Holtz stamp sets! Today's card features a repeat stamped and die cut scene!

For this card, I focused on the Correspondence set, and selected the airplane and postage label. I stamped the airplane multiple times in Cadette ink and die cut with the coordinating die, then skipped stamping, but die cut the postage label several times, and ink blended with Honey ink in varying corners. This shows off the embossed texture as well as the die cutting on this image! I created a card base with Gina K Blue Sky cardstock, then used Cascading Hearts embossing folder on a panel of white cardstock as the base for my scene. I die cut several clouds from Birthday Blitz die set using vellum for a soft effect, and arranged those on the white embossed panel, trimming off any overhang. I adhered those with tiny lines of liquid adhesive, then layered over the postage labels and planes with thin foam adhesive. Finished off with one of the sentiment labels popped up on foam adhesive, and a hefty sprinkle of Dazzling Gems in Sunbeam for some extra sparkle! Here is a closer look at this finished card:

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Snowflake Ornament - Simon Says Stamp/Tim Holtz DieCember Surprise

Good morning! Today I'm sharing a project using a fun surprise freebie from Simon Says Stamp in partnership with Tim Holtz - free with any $30 purchase of Tim Holtz product! This fun 3D snowflake die was so fun to play with! There is also some NEW lightweight cardstock (that would work PERFECTLY for this die!) - but I used normal cardstock since I didn't have that in hand yet. :) 

I die cut my snowflake from Seafoam cardstock - cutting the outer part 3 times, and the center pieces each one time. Before assembling, I scored the lines with my scoreboard - since the cardstock was heavier, this helped it to be able to fold easier. I also did a touch of ink blending around the outer edges with Seafoam ink. I then assembled it, using thin sturdy adhesive tape to hold the seams together. I used liquid glue to hold the center pieces on, and set something on top to hold it all together. Once that all dried, I added lots of Dazzling Gems in Prism to the center, a string of Silver Cord, and then used my finger to smudge on some Glossy Accents before sprinkling over Rock Candy chunky glitter for lots of sparkle! Here are more photos of this fun finished project! :)

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Holiday Blog Hop with Tim Holtz stamps and Simon Says Stamp coordinating dies

 Good morning! I'm super excited today to be joining a fun blog hop featuring a few more cards that use some new dies that Simon Says Stamp just released to coordinate with previously released Tim Holtz stamp sets! There are so many fun techniques that are possible when you add coordinating dies! I shared a couple other cards yesterday with other sets in this release - if you're interested, you can check those out HERE!

The first card I'm sharing uses a fun colored cardstock technique for creating a unique background!

I stamped the fun candy cane image from Tattered Christmas several times on some pretty red cardstock with Nocturne ink, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder for some fun shine. I die cut each of them, then just die cut white cardstock with no stamping the same number of times, adhering them together with a slight offset for a fun shadow effect. I then popped those up with foam on the same color cardstock panel. I added a layer of white behind it, then a pretty scallop edge cut with A2 Scalloped Rectangles dies. I added the sentiment, stamped in black and die cut, some white gel pen accents, and then a heavy does of white pearls sprinkled around the background! Here is a closer look at this card:

Next up - another version of using lots of images to create a background!

This card uses the cute Holiday Things set - I chose 3 images, stamped them each several times with a specific color of Distress Oxide ink on white cardstock, then die cut with the coordinating die. I arranged them on a panel of kraft cardstock, trimming off any parts of overhang, then I popped them up on foam adhesive in the planned arrangement, before matting on a Dark Chocolate background for a framing effect. Added a sentiment from Scribbly Christmas, heat embossed in white on black cardstock, then a generous sprinkle of Dazzling Gems in Gold to add some sparkle! Here are more photos of this card:

And finally - jumping from more traditional and rustic holiday colors, to the bright and happy pastels!

These little trees in Scribbly Christmas are so cute! I stamped 6 different ones, using distress oxide inks in tone on tone distress oxides on coordinating cardstock colors. I then sprinkled on clear embossing ink and heat set for some fun shine. I die cut them all out, then put each card together. The top card I used the distress oxide cubes to swipe on a panel of cardstock, and then adhered the trees in alternating colors at the bottom with foam adhesive. The second one I used Snowflake Burst Pinpoint cover plate die for a background, and added the trees with foam adhesive slightly overlapping each other. I used coordinating tones of colors cardstock to add stripes to the cardbase, and popped that panel over top. I added stamped and die cut sentiments from the set, and used lots of Dazzling Gems in Clear to embellish! Here are more photos of these finished cards:

Here is the entire blog hop list - hop along for tons of amazing inspiration!

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Cheiron Brandon

Nichol Spohr

Emma Williams

Heather Hoffman (you are here)

Tami Bastiaans

Tina Smith

Jenn Shurkus

Jean Doeringsfeld

Stacy Hutchinson

Barb Engler

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Christmas Magic with Tim Holtz coordinating dies - Simon Says Stamp

Hello! I'm super excited today to share a couple cards that feature some new dies that Simon Says Stamp is releasing to coordinate with previously released Tim Holtz stamp sets! The two cards I'm sharing today both have a unique feature that I love - the die cuts part of the image, but leaves a background uncut, which is PERFECT for fun layering techniques!

This first card might be my favorite of the ones I made for this release - and I made a total of 6 cards! I die cut some circle windows from a panel of white cardstock using SSS Basic Circles dies, then stamped 3 images from Holiday Sketchbook in black ink on the white cardbase to fit under the windows. I then stamped each of those images in black on different colors of cardstock, and heat embossed them with clear ink for a touch of shine. I then popped those up with foam over the stamped images (don't you love how the background of the falling snow is simple black on the background?!?), then popped that front circle panel over top with more foam adhesive. I stamped and heat embossed 3 sentiments from the same set, trimmed them into banners, and added them next to each image. Finally, I added some coordinating glitter enamel dots sprinkled around the sentiments! Here is a closer look at this card - keep scrolling down to see the next one!

This next one is more rustic and artistic to contrast with the bright, modern, and CAS design of the last one!

For this one I used some kraft cardstock as the base, and stamped the image from Festive Collage with Distress Oxide ink cubes. I used Gathered Twigs, and some Ground Espresso - partially ink blending for some subtle variation. I then stamped the image again, using Candied Apple and Evergreen Bough - using cubes made it easy to partially ink the image in two different colors. Once that was done, I die cut with the coordinating die - which just cuts the flower. This was super easy to pop up on the background for some fun dimension! Before I adhered it, I added some white splatters to the background, and tied a little Lawn Fawn twine bow around the flower. Finished off with a sentiment from another set with a newly coordinating die - Scribbly Christmas, also cut out with the coordinating die! Here are some more photos of this card:

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