Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Release!!

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Hi friends! Have you heard….. It’s STAMPtember!! Throughout STAMPtember® we will be celebrating every day posting exclusive collaborations, contests, prizes, special promotions, announcements, and more surprises on the Simon Says Stamp Blog! I am back todayvwith another project featuring some fabulous new goodies from the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release (click HERE!), creating an incredibly dramatic and vibrant holiday card using a super unique and fun color palette. Let’s get started with the details on my project!

Today’s project is a large A7 holiday card that features an analogous color palette of royal blue and peacock teal. I think these colors look so very striking paired together, and I couldn’t help but make a richly colored holiday card with them. I thought that the new Curled Blossom die set would create a truly gorgeous background, so I die cut several of the elements in both plain teal cardstock and glittering royal blue cardstock, cutting a variety of both colors in order to have lots of options when it came time to assemble the card!

Before I began assembling the foliage and glittering flowers, I die cut a larger A7 Notched Rectangles die from that same deep teal cardstock that I used to cut the foliage. I used a blending brush to blend Royal Pawsitively Saturated Ink around the edges, creating a striking contrasting edge that also fits in beautifully with the color palette. Using thin foam adhesive, I mounted the die cut in the center of a royal blue matte satin panel of foil cardstock cut to A7 size and mounted on an A7 card base.

For the greeting, I die cut the detail layer of the new Opulent Merry die set and placed it in the center of the notched rectangle, adhering it at a jaunty angle. I arranged the foliage and flowers around the sentiment to create a custom patterned background and adhered the pieces with a combination of liquid and foam adhesive for lots of dimension. The extra blending around the edge of the notched rectangle die cut really helps those teal foliage die cuts to pop nicely! Finally, I finished the project off with some sparkling Royal Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. So many different textures and sparkling embellishments on this project, which I think makes it just perfect for a holiday card!

Well, that’s all for my project today. You should absolutely check ou the massive and incredible Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember release (click HERE!) if you haven’t already… it’s so, so good. Be sure to pop back by tomorrow for the STAMPtember Blog Party! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!