Hi there!!! I am the next to last stop in today's
November Release Day DT Blog Hop.
The Design Divas and some of the gals from the Digi Team are hopping together to celebrate our fabulous clear stamps, digis, and dies being released tonight!! If you've been hopping along with us today, you should have just come from
Monika's amazing blog. If you didn't, I invite you to pop over to the
SNSS blog to start this hop from the very beginning :). We have a
HUGE prize up for grabs and I guarantee you won't want to miss out on your chance to win :).
I have a few samples to share with you today. This first sample was made using our new
Lacey Eyelet Borders die set and a gorgeous new stamp set called Snowflake Flourish both designed by the talented
Dina Kowal.
We introduced the
Lacey Eyelet Borders die set at the York Heirloom Stamp Show a few weeks back and it was such a hit, it SOLD OUT the first day! I am thrilled to have it back in stock for this release :).
The bottom "ruffled" area on my card was created using tissue paper. I originally intended on doing what I found on
this blog recently, where you cut out a bunch of layers from tissue paper with your die and create a "crochet" effect, but I had a bit of trouble getting it to work for me, so I decided to try something different and created a layered "ruffled" look instead. I think it turned out pretty cool despite it not being my intention. I hope to share a video of this technique soon over at
The Sweet 'n Sassy Connection if you are interested.
The snowflakes from Dina's set were stamped first and second generation using the same ink (first being inked and stamped directly onto the card base, second being inked and stamped off onto scrap paper then stamped again onto the card base to create a lighter shade of the first ink color). The white border strip was cut from the second die in Dina's
Lacey Eyelet Border dies set. Instead of weaving the
twine through the die cut (which looks really cool, too) I just wrapped it around, added the snowflake ornament (found these at Michaels last year) and added the button with the twine bow. The sentiment is also from one of Dina's sets,
Christmas Light, from our September release.
This next card features one of my new sets called Freezin' Season as well as Dina's Lacey Eyelet Borders die set AND my new Clouds & Raindrops die set.
I used the clouds as "snow mounds" by cutting off the bottom of each die cut. I outlined the mounds with Stickles to add more of a snowy feel. I added more Stickles over top the image to resemble falling snow, then added
twine, a snowflake button and the tag sentiment which is also included the Freezin' Season stamp set. The designer paper is from
Echo Park's Holly Jolly 6x6 pad.
Lastly, I'd like to share this card I made with on of our new digis, Rhubarb's Stocking...
Not too much to say about this one....I embossed a white panel with a Sizzix embossing folder and mounted in to the card base. The ribbon is Martha Stewart seam binding and the rhinestone heart border is something I picked up in the clearance section at Michaels a while back. The sentiment is from the
Rhubarb's Christmas stamp set released back in September. The DP is from
Echo Park's Holly Jolly 6x6 pad....and of course.....I used more
twine :).
Ok, now that
you've seen what I created, head over to the
SNSS blog and leave a comment for a chance at that awesome prize!
And just in case you got lost somewhere along the way, here is the whole blog hop list again.....
Korin Sutherland<----
you are hereSNSS BlogOne more thing.....Don't forget to join us tonight at 8:00PM EST in our member company forums over on Splitcoaststampers - we have a great release party planned! There will be full reveals of all of the stamp sets, digis and dies, plus challenges, more prizes plus a free birthday digi for all attendees :)!!!
See you tonight!!
