Dry Embossed & Heat Embossed Holiday Card

Happy Tuesday, all! Kristina here with another card and video. :)

A few days ago, I discovered that one of the sentiments in My Favorite Things' Seasonal Sentiments stamp set fit perfectly inside the label shape on the Sizzix and Hero Arts Stripes and Frame stamp and embossing folder set. I thought it would be cool to do both dry embossing (with the embossing folder) and heat embossing on a card using the sentiment and background stamp set.

I also used the Let It Snowflake die set from My Favorite Things. I ADORE how intricate the snowflakes are. So dainty!

Anyhow, enjoy!

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Be Inspired by Tim Holtz's 12 Tags!

Happy December 10th!
I hope you had a great weekend!!  This week, we have another fabulous challenge theme at the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge!  What is it, you ask?  Inspired by Tim's 12 Tags!

Made by Suzz Czosek!

Suzz had this to say:

I went back and spent time meandering through the beautiful tags from last year and tag twelve jumped out at me.  I love the soft icy blues on Tim's tag and the fragment doll with wing  inspired me to think of angels. My tag started with a layer of tissue tape and I added color with a coat of white acrylic paint and blue dye ink.  My stamped angel is the La Blanche Cherub, I love her pensive expression.  I added a few flourishes in the background for movement. I finished the tag off with some of the Melissa Frances tinsel and Ideology Baubles.  This tag will be used on a Christmas package of a dear friend.

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Made by Sandra Mouwen!

Here is what Sandra had to say:

Last year was my first year of doing the 12 tags of Christmas and I had the best time ever! Everyday when I woke up, I had to look at the new tag. Thought about it all day and raced home from work to make it. It was such a wonderful rush and learned so much! My inspiration for this tag is day 1 of 2009, because I'm so mesmerized by the beautiful background with the Rock Candy Crackle Paint. For my version I did it in my Christmas home decor colors, which are lime, black, gold and a little bit of silver. So I used Shabby Shutter, Peeled Paint and Crushed Olive Distress ink for the background. The Snowflakes are stamped with Archival Jet Black ink. The reindeer and holly are covered with Rock Candy Dry Glitter which is colored with Pitch Black, Lettuce and Citrus Alcohol Ink.

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Made by Ashli Oliver!

Ashli had this to say about her project:

When I saw Tim's tag from May of this year, I was immediately inspired by his use of stitching on tissue paper. I just love the delicate texture this gives! To create my Christmas banner, I stitched lines down the tissue paper and then cut in between the stitching to create a chenille-like texture. Some Basic Grey papers die cut into circles were then stitched to form a garland. These colorful circles were attached to my little chenille pennants. A bit of Doodle Twine, Studio Calico Snowflakes, and hand written letters finish off this holiday decor piece.

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Make sure to stop by the Simon Says Stamp & Show blog for more vintage-inspired goodness!  I am IN LOVE with what our team made this week!!!  Plus, you can get more details about the impressive projects if you stop by the designers blogs! Here are links to the rest of the DT's blogs:

Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Candy Colwell
Dan
May Flaum
Sarah Engels-Greer
Terry
Tracy Evans
Tracey Kuzniak

Happy Crafting!

 -Sarah
SarahN@SimonSaysStamp.com

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December Scrapbooking Layout Idea

Hi bloggers!! Please welcome a guest writer on today's blog, Christine Ousley! We're thrilled to share with you this exclusive & beautiful inspiration for scrapbookers with the use of the December Card Kit! Enjoy!
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Hi, it's Christine here on the blog today and I would like to share with you a Christmas layout that I made with my Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit.  I love stretching my supplies and so after making a few special cards with the kit, I decided that I would really love to have a Christmas layout with the lovely Pink Paislee City Sidewalks holiday paper.

Most of the time when I create a layout I usually cut up my patterned paper so the 8x8 pieces were actually super easy to use.  I just layered the papers on kraft paper for the look I wanted, cut away a bit here and there, and I had my layout base ready to go.  

Next, it was time to embellish my layout.  There was a vertical seam between the striped and snowflake paper that I wasn't happy about so I adhered my ribbon over the seam and tied the ends in a knot.  That gave me a place to hang my tag and use the holly leaves.  I love the dimension that the holly leaves and the BasicGrey wax seals give to my layout.  They were fun embellishments in the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit that I might not normally use on a layout, but, that is what I love about kits.  There are always bits and pieces of fun things that you might not think to use.

I also used a pack of the Pink Paislee City Sidewalks Ephemera along with the Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit to decorate my page.  I love ephemera and there was so much to choose from in this pack.  The holly leaves were adhered over the number 25 with foam adhesive and the little peppermint candies were perfect on my tag.  You can also see some more tickets and cards from the Ephemera pack below on my tag.

My favorite part of the whole kit is the Simon Says Stamp Merry Everything clear stamp set. The sentiments are beautiful and I love the font for the handwritten ones, but what impresses me the most about Simon Says Stamp's exclusive stamp sets is how well they stamp.  They stamp like a dream.  I just peeled them off the acetate sheet, put them on a clear block, inked them up with my Memento Tuxedo Black Ink pad, and stamped.  I got a crisp, clear image every time. If you haven't used the new Simon Says Stamp stamp sets, I would highly recommend them! They are top quality photopolymer and made in the USA.

Well that's all from me today.  Hopefully I have helped you look at your Simon Says Stamp Card Kit in a new way.  It's not just for card makers anymore!

Happy Holidays to all!

Christine

www.christineousley.typepad.com

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12 Tilda's of Christmas 2012! (Part 2)

Hi bloggers! Welcome to week 2 of our 2012 installation of 12 Tilda's of Christmas! This week we have another amazing artist to feature. Her name is Kim Piggott. Please be sure to pop by her blog if you haven't already! Her stunning work speaks for itself, so I'll stop chatting, so we can admire the beauty....

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Thanks for reading! Thanks again to Kim for letting us feature these beautiful cards! Be sure to check our blog next Saturday for the third installment! In the meantime, did you know that there are TWO new holiday collections from Magnolia this year? Christmas Story & Nativity are both fantastic collections!

Celebrate this feature with us!! This special sale is going on NOW and ending at 11:59 PM EST STD time on December 25th, 2012 we invite you to enter code 12TILDA to take 20% off all Magnolia purchases. Please note that this code is case sensitive.

Feeling nostalgic? Check out past 12 Tilda's of Christmas, HERE.

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