Ink Blending + Layering Stencils + Simon’s Cheer & Joy Blog Hop!

Hello friends! I am so excited to be bringing you inspiration featuring the new Simon Says Stamp Cheer and Joy collection for their release blog hop!

If you have already been hopping along with us, you should have arrived from my sweet friend, Cathy Zielske’s blog!

For my card in today’s hop, I used the Winter Floral Layering stencil set that I designed for this release. This set is a series of four different stencils each blended with a different color of Distress Oxide ink. I used Festive Berries, Evergreen Bough, Peeled Paint… and then the “berries” layer was applied with some Metallix gold paste.

After blending the background, I mounted the panel onto a Desert Storm card base. The gold foiled greeting on the card is the new Merry Frame die, which I paired with a sentiment from the Holiday Greetings Mix 1 set.

I really love how this card turned out; these new stamps, dies and more from Simon Says Stamp are so inspiring and will be perfect for creating Christmas cards this year! Be sure to keep on reading for all the details about the blog hop!

SUPPLIES

Simon Says Stamp Stencil WINTER… [ SSS ] Simon Says Clear Stamps HOLIDAY… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ] Therm O Web PURE GOLD METALLIX Deco… [ SSS ] Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS… [ SSS ] Neenah Environment 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp VELLUM SSSVEL12 [ SSS ] Tonic POLISHED GOLD Mirror Card Gloss… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad… [ SSS ] Tonic MORNING DEW Grande Nuvo Crystal… [ SSS ] MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping… [ SSS ] MISTI MINI MOUSE PAD INSERT 000199 [ SSS ] NEODYMIUM BLOCK MAGNET Rectangle NBM [ SSS ] Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder… [ SSS ] Precision Heat Embossing Tool Hero… [ SSS ] 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE… [ SSS ] Therm O Web Gina K Designs ADHESIVE… [ SSS ] Altenew MINI BLOSSOM DIE CUT MACHINE… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Tonic Craft SHEARS 9.5… [ SSS ] EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors EKCB01 [ SSS ] Crafter’s Companion GEMINI JUNIOR… [ SSS ]

KEEP HOPPING

Don’t forget to keep hopping along in this Cheer and Joy release blog hop! Your next stop is the talented, Amy Rysavy!

Also! Simon is giving away a FREE Exclusive Post Office Box enamel pin with ANY purchase – I illustrated this pin, which I am very excited about and I hope you love it! Get the pin in your order with code HPYML9.

And finally, Simon is giving away a $25 gift card at every stop on the hop from your blog comment section. Winners will be chosen over the weekend and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, October 16^th.