Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Use Dies Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

Sparkle and Shine

We are showcasing Concord and 9th Products this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

Dis someone say “sparkle”? Well you asked the right person – my blog isn’t called Glitter Me Silly for no reason!

I’m excited to be playing with some fun stamps, dies and stencils this week to create a sparkling extravaganza! I used glitter (fine AND chunky) AND I added sparkly gems too!

I started by die cutting a panel from white cardstock using the Simon Says Stamp A2 Rectangle dies (I use these ALL THE TIME!). I took the Gina K Stellar Snowflake Stencil blended Tumbled Glass Ink then put a layer of Distress Translucent Texture Paste over it. Whilst it was wet I added Distress Chunky Glitter and set it aside to dry.

Next I stamped the Merry and Bright sentiment from the Concord and 9th Season’s Greetings Stamps and Die Bundle in Cranberry ink from Concord and 9th and die cut it using the co ordinating die. I stained some Distress Rock Candy Glitter using Cranberry Alcohol ink and when it was dry, added it to the sentiment!

If that wasn’t quite sparkly enough, I added some red rhinestones to finish it off!

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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It’s the most exciting event on the Simon Says Stamp Calender … DieCember® ! Welcome to the first of 2 blog hops – be sure to check out the second one tomorrow! You can win a $25 credit for the Simon Says Stamp store for leaving a comment – good luck!

I look forward to this all year and am so happy to be sharing 4 cards created with some of the awesome products in this release.

The first card uses the Fawn Surprise Embossing Folder – how cute are those wee deers?! I ran the folder through with Distress Watercolour Card and then used Distress Watercolour Pencils to colour the image. I used a new die called Pointy Pine Branch to add a little greenery to the corner and finished it off with a Ez Strip Vintage Christmas Sentiments.

The next card also features the Lawn Surprise embossing folder with the Nested Stitched Oval Dies. I decided to leave it uncoloured and added highlights with glitter. I added some Pointy Pine Branch die cuts and mounted it onto the panel embossed and inked using the Dotted Spiral Embossing Folder.

My next card features the Nested Stitched Oval dies with the Pointy Pine Branch. This time I embossed a panel using the Bundled Swag Embossing folder. I embellished it with the Loopy Bow die and the Pointy Pine Branch die cuts.

My final offering features more Pointy Pine Branch die cuts with the gorgeous Sweet Songbird dies. I pulled out a background panel I created a while ago and arranged the songbird dies and the branch die cuts along with a foiled sentiment using the EZ Strips Vintage Christmas.

Hope you enjoyed seeing some ways to use some of the new products from the DieCember release. Enjoy the rest of the hop!

#SimonSaysStamp, #SSSendACard, #SSSUnitedWeCraft #DieCember

HOP ORDER: 

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Heather Hoffman

Barbara Tarayao

Cathy Zielske

Jennifer McGuire

Emily Midgett

Amy Rysavy

Heather Ruwe

Lisa Addesa

Miriam Prantner

Cheiron Brandon

Kath Stewart

Caryn Davies HI!

Bonnie Crane

Rosemary Dennis

Heejung Hunsberger

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Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. Thank you for joining us for the Anything Goes Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

Use Dies (DieCember)

We are showcasing Simon Says Stamp Products this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used.

I grabbed a few of my favourite Simon Says Stamp dies for this week’s challenge. The Nested Stars are so useful – I didn’t know how much I’d love them until I got them! I die cut two sizes – one from gold metallic card and one from a wood veneer cardstock.

I used the Simon Says Stamp A2 Rectangle Dies to cut one of the gorgeous tartan papers from the Memory Box Jolly Christmas 6×6 paper pad and covered an A2 card front. I used the Charming Berry Branch Die and a brand new die from the amazing DieCember collection (available tomorrow) called Pointy Pine Branch.

To finish I added a foiled sentiment using the Vintage Christmas EZ Strips (LOVE these so much)

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $25 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

Follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram

Do you use Instagram ?  If so please add  #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too.

You have until Wed  8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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