Love and Joy in Pink for Christmas with Simon Says Stamp + DieCember SALE!

This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!

Hi friends! The Twelve Days of Christmas are still going strong, so I am back today with a technicolor holiday card featuring one of my favorite holiday color combinations: pink and turquoise! This color combo is so versatile, in my opinion, because it can be made soft and muted with blush and pale aqua, or it can be vibrant with shocking pink and vivid turquoise. I chose to go the super vibrant route today to put some new goodies from the Simon Says Stamp DieCember release (Check out the full DieCember release HERE! And psst-there’s a fabulous sale to celebrate DieCember!). Let’s get started on the details!

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I began my project by running a panel of A2 white cardstock through my die cutting machine using the new Gathered Holly embossing folder. This folder is beautifully detailed and features a gorgeous holly bouquet for a generously-sized focal point, but it also has coordinating layering stencils that you can use to blend vibrant color on the images! Awesome, right? I used the Gathered Holly Stencils to blend Peony, Dew, and Mist Pawsitively Saturated Inks over the embossed images. The blending alone was enough to add some fabulous color and definition to the images, but I also wanted to increase the dimension with some pencil shadows. I used colored pencils to add shading to the leaves and some of the berries to help them pop even more from the embossed bouquet!

After I had finished embellishing my boughs of holly, I used the individual snowflake stamps from the Sparkle Season stamp set to stamp a snowy background behind the holly using Peony Pawsitively Saturated Ink. I used the “stamping off” method to make sure that the snowflakes were not overpowering to the main focal image, instead providing a bit of texture and interest behind the holly focal point. I also used a blending brush to lightly blend the same Peony ink around the edges of the card, making the snowflakes tone-on-tone. Once the stamping and blending were complete, I splattered the entire card front with some shimmering glitter watercolors, increasing the texture and wintry effect of the snowflakes!

For the greeting, I die cut the new Bouncy Merry Christmas detail layer from some vibrant pink glitter cardstock and the shadow layer from vellum, layering them together with liquid adhesive. I also stamped a smaller sentiment from Sparkle Season using Peony ink and die cut it with it’s coordinating die. I adhered the large die cut Merry Christmas with clear dimensional adhesive, then tucked the smaller sentiment beneath it with thin foam adhesive squares. I added a trio of individually stamped and die cut snowflakes from Sparkle Season, then finished the card off with an Iridescent White Cord bow and some Prism Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. So pretty, so festive, and so very sparkly!

Well, that’s all for my project today! To help DieCember go out with a bang, Simon Says Stamp is offering 20% off all Simon-branded dies!