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Hi friends! I am super excited to share a project with you tonight using goodies from the brand spanking new Joy For You collection from Simon Says Stamp! (Click HERE to see the whole collection!) We are in full blown Christmas mode now, with so many fabulous new holiday products to make the most dazzling cards, tags, and crafts for your friends and loved ones. I have a moody, dramatic project to share with you today using several new products from the release, so let’s get started with the details!
As soon as I saw the new Holly Ringlet and Fresh Pine Sprigs die sets, I knew that they belonged together! To begin, I die cut the greenery from Holly Ringlet and Fresh Pine Sprigs using a newer colored cardstock, called Moss. This lovely and soft sage green is perfect for so many color combinations; it will fit in nicely with pastel palettes and bolder palettes alike! (It’s currently out of stock, but be sure to sign up to be notified when it comes back in stock… it’s such a beautiful and unique shade of green!) I used an alcohol marker in a slightly darker shade of mossy green to add a touch of contrast to the Fresh Pine Sprigs die cuts. This is a quick and simple way to enhance your color scheme without having to dig out tons of different colors of cardstock! I also die cut some sparkling berries from Simon Says Stamp’s Plum Glitter Cardstock.
After I had die cut all of the greenery and berries, I used a Shading Brush to blend Aster Pawsitively Saturated Ink on an A2 panel of the newer Midnight Purple cardstock. I wanted to add almost a reverse halo behind the wreath to help increase the contrast between the deep and moody plummy purple and the soft sage green. After I had blended the reverse halo, I splatterend some shimmering platinum metallic watercolors on the panel and set it aside to dry.
For the greeting, I combined the beautiful scripty “Noël” from Big Scripty Greetings Holiday with a longer message from Making Spirits Bright. I heat embossed both greetings on another panel of Midnight Purple cardstock using platinum embossing powder, which provides a lovely contrast with the light metallic lettering and richly colored cardstock. I die cut the Noël with it’s coordinating die, trimmed the sentiment strip with my scissors, then set about assembling all of the components. I first adhered the wreath to the blended and splattered background with some thin foam adhesive squares, then added the sentiment pieces with thicker foam adhesive. I then tucked the individual holly leaves and branches behind the wreath and sentiment die cuts, adhering them with both liquid and foam adhesive for lots of different heights. Finally, I added the sparkling berries in groups of one, two, or three. I just love how dramatic and rich this card is with the metallics and saturated cardstock colors!
Well, that’s all for my project today using new goodies from the . You can check out the full Joy For You collection from Simon Says Stamp HERE! I have SO MUCH inspiration to share with you using these beautiful new products; you can subscribe to my blog by putting your email address in the box up in the top left corner so that you don’t miss any of the sparkly, colorful inspiration. And be sure to stop by again this weekend for the always-fabulous blog hop! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
