Foiling with Dies + Simon’s DieCember® Blog Hop!
Hello crafty friends! Welcome to my stop in the Simon Says Stamp DieCember® release blog hop! Today I am featuring many of the newest DieCember® dies and a fun foiling technique using hot foiling products from Couture Creations.
If you have already been hopping along with us, you should have arrived from the uber-talented, Laura Bassen’s blog. You can find the next stop in the hop down at the bottom of this post, and the full hop list at the Simon blog.
Foiling with dies is so easy, and tons of fun! It’s a die technique that I’ve always enjoyed creating with; you can see more hot foil inspiration here.
The first card I made features the lovely, Skating Girl die. I foiled her with a matte silver, and decorated the card with snowflakes from Simon’s Stitched Flakes die set. The sentiment is from the Love You CZ Design die set, and I layered the new Holiday Knit Background behind this classy scene for a bit of texture.
The second card features the gorgeous, Tree Frame die. This one also features matte silver foil; this time on a Sea Glass cardstock square, for that soft and subtle feel.
For the greeting, I die cut silver letters with the new Rounded Alphabet set; the complementing sentiment is heat embossed using the Tiny Words Christmas stamp set. I further embellished the card with Stitched Flakes glitter die cuts, and silver jewels. The sparkly finish of this card makes it so delicate and elegant!
I hope these cards have inspired you to create with the beautiful DieCember® collection from Simon Says Stamp! Be sure to continue hopping along with us for even more festive inspiration!
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Your next stop in this DieCember release blog hop is the amazing Nichol Spohr! You can find the entire hop order on the Simon blog.
Simon is also offering a super-generous free gift to all of you during in this DieCember® blog hop! Use code DCMBR27 to add the Nutty and Bright stamp set to your cart with any purchase!
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These are so beautiful!! Love the elegant color schemes.
Awesome card, I love the foiled girl!
These cards are beautiful! I was excited to see the GoPressFoil used… it looks so fun; such a beautiful touch to your cards!
That foiling machine is really cool!! I love your designs, especially the ice skating girl, that turned out amazing!!
DIE-LIGHTFUL cards!
Thank you for sharing and inspiring :)
Both of these cards are so elegant! The foiling really makes them shine.
I love these! Especially that ice skater, such a vintage feel to the card!
Love both the cards. The technique is new to me and the color combo is great!
These cards are gorgeous, love the use of foil.
This is an extremely elegant set of cards. So beautiful.
Pretty cards! I also liked the pillow boxes you made with the new puppy santa dies.
Beautiful cards!! Learned a new technique today! Thanks!
Fab work here! TFS
Awesome cards! I love the simple color scheme. The way you layered the dies takes these over the top!
The foiling on your cards is beautiful! I love how easy that is with the Go, Press, and Foil machine. Great color combination on your cards, and all the different layers are so pretty!
What a beautiful neat take on these dies! Terrific projects!
These are wonderful cards !! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Love, Marjorie
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Beautiful card…..the foiling system is on my Christmas wish list…..
Very pretty! I love the tree card with the religious sentiment. That tree and stamp set are on my wish list so I can get them after Christmas.
Oo, you picked the perfect dies to use this technique with. I love the delicate lines of foil with all the layers of other elements. Thanks for sharing these great ideas with us!
What beautiful cards! I love how you used these dies with the foil.
love these wintery cards…beautiful dies!
Such beautiful cards! The foiling looks gorgeous!
love the blue technique is great too
As always, Nina, your cards are fabulous! I love the way you used the dies, so clever. TFS!
These are so gorgeous, Nina-Marie, I absolutely love your creations!
Fabulous cards! I love the technique you used! Beautiful die designs!
That skater girl card is intricate and simple at the same time – beautiful.
Your cards are gorgeous. I love how you foiled your dies either as backgrounds or the main character such as the skater. Your finishing touches created such glamorous detail. Thanks for inspiring me.
Love this super cutie pa tootie
Beautiful as always. I love your style!!
Beautiful cards!
Thanks so much for sharing…
The cards you made feature so many new releases in really pretty designs!! I had no idea foiling could be done this way, so I’ve also learned a new technique besides being inspired by lovely cards!! So thanks, Nina, for a wonderful blog hop stop!! :)
Great card. I love snpowflakes and yours are so awesome!!
Stunning!! I love the hot press die machine and how it creates fabulous images without much effort. So elegant and pretty!
Another technique that I have to try.
Love the skater. Silhouettes are always
fun and she makes a great one.
thanks for sharing
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Nice designs and textures.
WOW !! I love the hot press die machine and how it creates fabulous imagines without much effort. Looks a lot easier than the way a laminating machine process is. TFS. Beautiful cards.
Your cards are beautiful!! I had never seen that technique before. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely gorgeous cards! I love the blue!!
This is gorgeous Nina-Marie, love the dies that you used. Thank you so much for sharing and showing.
The ice skating girl is so unique.& I like your choice of layering. I haven’t seen much on the new foiling machine but it’s good to know it can be used with regular dies.
Love the looks you achieved with this hot foil technique, especially the skater and the quilt background. What a great way to stretch our dies! This hot foiling system is on my wish list.
Nina you did a wonderful job showing off the best of the Dicembers new release !
These cards are beautiful. I love blue and white holiday cards and these don’t disappoint! Glad to see my favourite die from the release being used as a background – inspiration!
Gorgeous cards made with these lovely new dies from SSS!
Such gorgeous cards!! I’m always anxious to learn a new technique. Thank you for the inspiration.
What an amazing release of dies! Oh dear, what to choose?:) Your cards are lovely!
Beautiful! I love how you used the Holiday background in the first card. It is so pretty in White.
Lovely cards – thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cards! Love your technique with the die cut.
Gorgeous cards!! I love this foiling technique.
SQUEAL!! Such BEAUTIFUL Projects!! I LOVE them!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
What a fun way of foiling with these new dies. Great cards!
Really gorgeous cards! Love the new release.
Love the cards and the foiling! Thanks for sharing the foiling technique.
Awesome cards and technique!
Such beautiful cards.
You have a style all of your own. Love your work!
Oh my! Both your cards are so lovely!!!
I’m in love for the skating girl!!! Adorable!!!
Beautiful cards!! Great technique :)
these are just so beautiful
Wow Nina, you have created some gorgeous sparkly cards! One of my favorite color combos is navy with either silver or gold. There’s a lot of great dies in this release. Dies are my main crafty weakness and I can see a few here that have my name on them!
Beautiful cards! I have never seen a die foiled before. Very cool! I love all the extra layers and details on your cards.
I love the foiling technique(s) you have used on these cards, as well as the layering!! Very stunning!! Great new release from SSS!
Beautiful cards.
Love the colors.
Carla from Utah
very nice, love the tree card~
Wow your cards are beautiful.
Awesome technique! Believe it or not but I have never tried foiling! Think I will though after seeing what you created! Thanks for the inspiration, Nina!
Wow gorgeous cards – love the foiling!!
Mind has been blown! Great cards…per usual! TFS!
Pretty! Love the new release and your design!
Beautiful cards! Love this release!
Beautiful cards. What a great technique, using your dies to add foil to your cards. :)
Your cards are awesome! I’m going to try the foiling. Thank you for the inspiration!
Nina-Marie, you’re cards are absolutely gorgeous! I love the multi layers and foil of these beautiful, snowy designs. Anything blue, white and silver, creating a cold snowy scene I go nuts over!! Thank you!
Great cards. Love the skating girl card so cute.
Foiling really adds that “something” to a card. Both of your cards are wonderful!!
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO. The card is so pretty.
Beautiful is the word for each one of your cards Nina. I especially like the skater & I have a girlfriend who used to be a figure skater so this would be perfect to make for a Christmas card for her.
Fantastic colors, sparkle and shine.
I love your cards. I have never seen this technique before. Thank you for sharing.
Nina, I love the Skating Girl card. I will definitely be ordering it, now that I have seen it on a card. I will probably be using it in a different way as I don’t have a foil machine, but TYFS.
Gorgeous cards, I especially like the ice skating girl!
A great idea = beautiful cards.
just luv those beautiful thin foiled lines!!
Love the foiling technique with the die. Beautiful cards!
Looking forward to trying out this technique. I enjoy your You Tube tutorials.
I love how delicate your foiled cards are because you used dies instead of hot press stamps. So elegant looking. Thank you.
These are beautiful! Love the shade of blue!
Love your cards and the dainty outline you get from this foiling machine is awesome.
Wow, never thought about using dies for foiling. Beautiful effect!
Beautiful creations with foil all on trend
Great cards. Love the foil techniques. Thanks for sharing your art.????
I really love your videos. These are all such beautiful designs.
I’m on board! I want the Go Press & Foil now. Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards!
I’ve never tried foiling, but I’m going to have to start! You make it look awesome!
Wow Nina, these are so pretty. These are such beautiful images foiled. Thanks for sharing this.
Such beautiful cards! Thanks for the video.
Very pretty cards!!
Oh my goodness! I guess I really need to get on the foiling bandwagon! Blue & white is my favorite color combo and your cards make it look SO fresh and wintry!
I have not tried foiling yet. Thanks for the inspiration!
Great idea with the foiling and pretty cards
Lot of detail in your cards, both are very pretty!
Very nice card. Cool technique.
I love how you foiled the two dies for a cool background on each card and added the sentiments and snowflakes!
The foiling is beautiful. I like the idea of being able to use other outline dies as silhouettes with the foiling process too.
What a fabulous shade of blue. Great card
Ok, now I know what I want for Christmas! The Go Press and Foil! Gorgeous cards, thanks for sharing with us!
That tree frame die is stunning and I love your card designs. Very inspirational. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful cards in the classic white & blue color combo, but i am blown away by the foiling! It’s a new to me technique and I think I may need to add a foiling heat machine to my Christmas wish list.
Your cards are beautiful! Love the shiny bits! Simon just gets better and better!
Both of your cards are really nice, but I’d have to choose the tree as my favorite! I love that die because it is so versatile! And you have shown another way, yet that it can be used. The foiling technique is great!
ALL of your cards are so beautiful and festive! I love how you’ve given the sentiments so much love too! Love eery single one!
I like the accent the foil gives.
I have not seen the skater used. Love the blue color chosen. Thanks for sharing!
Your cards are so pretty. Great products to work with.
Beautiful cards!
Really Beautiful cards!! I love the subtle foiling!!
Beautiful cards. So fun working with dies; stunning results.
This looks like a very easy foiling die machine. Thanks for the demo.
I love this foiling technique, it looks so easy and the results is beautiful.
Oh Nina, loving those cards, the colour combination is spot on, I love how you put them together so they are so pretty & fun. I never get foiling right, it & I just do not play well together no matter how careful I try so I’m very envious of you.x
I love the foiling on your cards. It adds just the right amount metallic shine to them. Thank you so much for sharing.
Beautiful cards!
This is my first time visiting your blog Nina-Marie and OMG you are a woman after my own heart!!! I just LOVE everything about New England and especially the lighthouses :-) Your cards are beautiful! So hard to pick a favourite, I’d have to say the skater: so elegant. I look forward to following you now. Love from Canada XXO
Your cards are gorgeous! I am so happy you showed how to use regular dies with foil. I’m getting the Go Press & Foil for Christmas (I hope) and love that I can use dies other than hot foil stamps or plates. I really love how the skater looks on your card with the Holiday Knit background.
Love the card with the tree. So elegant.
My favorite is the card with the tree and the foiling technique looks like fun.
I have never seen this technique, beautiful!
Foiling gives a whole new dimension to dies. Buy More!
Both cards are amazing. Love that foiling technique!!
So much fun! Thank you for the inspiration!
What a great release! I love both of your cards.
Nina, I bet your photos don’t compare with the real cards! They look so pretty!
I love the idea of some pop with the foil and the glitter! Subtle but beautiful!
Love seeing the different takes. Beautiful cards
I like how you kept the die cuts in their spots. These are really cute.
I have never tried foiling. Thanks for the tutorial! :)
I love a little shimmer and another technique to add!
These are just gorgeous! Love the color combos!
Love this method of foiling! I might have a new obsession!
Your cards are beautiful! I especially love the tree frame.
Oh how cool is that?!?!?! Love these techniques!
Love the small details with the snowflakes. Very nice!
Your cards are really nice as always.
Nina Marie, I always love your cards! I love how you used the tree die and the ice skater,,,so creative!!
I love your cards Nina Dash Marie. I love foil and I can’t wait to try your technique.
BTW I just came from Laura Bassen’s very colorful cards and I could not find anywhere to leave a comment. It is more than frustrating to spend five minutes looking for something that you never do find…
your cards are amazing!
I love the outline of the skater and beautiful card!
Awesome projects. I love that tree die!
You always come through with amazing cards.
Beautiful cards. Love your videos
Beautiful cards ! It looks like his year, Holiday’s cards will often be foiled.
Beuatiful cards!
I love both card, Nina! Super cute! I wasn’t going to buy the girl siloette, but what you have shown here, is priceless. I love watching your videos.
Love all of the new dies and what you created!
Such a fun technique!! Beautiful cards and dies!
LOVE THE BACKGROUNDS
Classy & beautiful–just what I love!
So cute, darn I did an order before I saw this post about the free gift ????????????
Gorgeous cards!!!
LOVE your cards and this new release!!!!
Foil +dies=pretty
Such beautiful cards, the foiling really adds elegance to them.
Wonderful foiling on your creations. I ordered the Ice Skater.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Two classy cards. I love the Mod Leaf Oval die and Holiday Knit background die In this release.
Your cards are gorgeous! I love the pretty colors and the intricate die cuts.
These are beautiful. I love the foil with the blue and white theme.
Love that you foiled these die designs – the skater looks especially wonderful, and I do love that tree die. That foiling machine is on my Christmas wish list!!!!!
Great cards! Love the simplicity.
Love your creative way you have used these dies – very inspirational:)
Fantastic cards!! Beautiful design and layering :)
Beautiful diecember cards. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love the foiled images you used from this release! So amazing! My favourite is the girl skating. thank so much for sharing!
So pretty. Just love it.
Beautiful cards! The skater is my favorite. It’s just beautiful!
Very nice effect!
Very pretty cards! The foiling really adds a lot. Love the tree framed card especially.
Your cards are always so stunning and these are no exception!!
Such a pretty card
These are pretty! :) Thanks for sharing this technique.
Beautiful results. Love them
Very beautiful cards!!
Great cards. Live the foiling.
Very lovely technique on your cards today! Really love the look of this foiling and the fact that you can use your own dies to get such beautiful results.
love the foil and the heart shaped die :)
Great designs! Love the silhouette of the girl skating!
So awesome! I love the outline of the images and the winter colors!
Thank you for so e great inspiration!
I’m loving this blog hop! So creative
Your cards turned out so beautifully, Nina! I love the look of the foil on these. But, I hesitate to purchase the foiling machine. It’s a maybe later kind of thing.
Gorgeous is the first thought that came to me when I saw these cards! I can’t wait to try foiling I am so inspired..
Thanks for the tutorial, great foiling ideas.
Both very pretty! Love the blue & white together!
I just know I’m going to have to give in and get that hot foiling machine! Such beautiful results on your cards!
Beautiful cards! I love the colors. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
Great cards today and yesterdays too
You always have the best ideas! I find your posts so inspiring.
I LOVE the simplicity of the foiling and the lusciousness of the die cut layers! Great video!
Lovely cards and great tutorial on foiling, Nina
Two nice cards!
oh wow!
gorgeizs cards!
So cool! Thanks for sharing!
Nina, both cards are beautiful. I love the scalloped background and each of the dies are amazing. Thanks for showing how to foil with dies. That’s a clever little machine!
Wow that foiling machine is so clever, love the effect and makes beautiful cards.
Beautiful cards. I love the blue and white.
Nina, beautiful cards! The knit background die is the perfect.
Great ideas. Thanks for sharing