Coloring Embossing Folders and Die Cuts! Plus a Blog Hop with Simon Says Stamp!
If you love embossing folders, Simon Says Stamp’s Season of Wonder release has some real beauties in it! In this video I am using the Textured Pine Trees folder along with the Layered Berry Bird die to make this snowy winter scene.
I added a sentiment on this card using the Elegantly Modern Christmas hot foil plates and dies.
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BLOG HOP DETAILS
- KEEP HOPPING: If you have just started hopping along with us, your next stop is Caly Person‘s blog! If you would like to see the entire hop list, you can find that at the Simon Says Stamp Blog!
- FREE GIFT: Use code HOLLY at checkout to get a Simon’s Graceful Holly embossing folder FREE with a purchase of $25 or more!
- GIVEAWAY: Simon is giving away a $25 gift card to someone who comments on this post! If you leave a comment, check back at the Simon blog next week to see if you won the giveaway.
- MORE INSPIRATION: Also be sure to check out the Simon Says Stamp Blog Galleries for additional inspiration using the Season of Wonder release. We all inspire each other and this is a great resource that I use personally to see ideas using the products from this collection!
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Great card, love the bird!
Oh just love the sweet sweet bird. The leaves can be used year round. Love all of the Simon Says Stamp products
Great card! Love the bird and how you used it!
What a lovely card! I love all the dimension! The bird is adorable.
Absolutely gorgeous card–from the pine trees to the adorable bird–it’s so terrific! Thanks for the inspiration and all you do for the crafting community!
Love the bird and the whole card!
What a sweet design! I love the ink blending and all the snowy texture!
This looks so pretty!
Pretty snowy scene with this beautiful bird.
Adorable card! Love the design. The bird is so cute.
Wintry goodness.
Beautiful card! Love what you came up with
Your card is beautiful! Love the dimension.
I absolutely love everything about your beautiful card. These new products are wonderful also! Thank you for sharing.
Lovely card. Thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful card! I just love the way you colored the embossed part of the card.
What a great card! So many new items! Thanks for sharing!
Such a sweet card. I love this technique!
Beautiful Card! Thanks for sharing.
Such a peaceful card. I love the colors and textures.
Beautiful card! The little bird is so cute!
Gorgeous! I think I will buy the embossing folder and bird die.
The coloring of the embossing folder is great! Love your cute bird.
What cute bird in the beautiful winter setting.
Love your. bird in the beautiful winter setting.
Beautiful card! I love that you colored each piece and added extra texture and dimension!
This is a wonderful card! I’m in love with that darling bird!
Love that chubby bird!
I love the color combination. Thanks for the inspriation!
Wow – what a great first stop on this hop! Lovely
Such a lovely card! Off I hop along.
Beautiful card, Nina. Those trees are the perfect backdrop for this cute fluffy bird.
So lovely! Thank you for your great ideas!!
Adorable. I love that card. So many techniques and textures.
Love it! Love the trees, snow, birds and leaves! So very cool, thanks for a sharing!
Beautiful bird card! Love it
This is very cute. I love bluebirds. We are fortunate to get them at our feeder.
Love your little blue bird; so cute
Nina, this card is just wow! I love it…the texture, the ink blending, the layers! I love your ink blending. You’ve helped me learn how to ink blend better. Also, the Pawsitively Saturated inks are amazing. I just ordered more in Stamptember. They are so juicy and wonderful.
I really like the contrast that you got on that background. Perfect for that cute bird.
I love the contrast that you got on your background. Perfect for the cute bird.
Love this card — looks like it was fun to make!
Beautiful thanks for sharing your talent
Beautiful thanks for sharing your lovely creation
The colors and textures are wonderful! So cute!
Love this little bird
I appreciate the minimal designs – using ink instead of colored card stock, using stencil you use every year. New combo of classic supplies.
Loving this card! Well done.
Gorgeous card!
I love a card with texture and you always deliver!
This is just darling! I love the bird, and your details make the card come alive.
Texture happiness! Thank you for sharing your beautiful creation!
Awe, such a sweet bird on this beautiful card
The textured pine trees was the first thing I bought! Thanks for the tips. Gorgeous card!!
Love the cards!
Beautiful card Nina!
Gorgeous! Love that fluffy little bird with berries! I’ll head over to YT to watch your FAB video after work…..can’t wait!
Lovely job Nina!
Love this card, it’s so sweet. I really like the background using a 3D embossing folder.
Always so creative and full of inspiration. Great ideas on how to use some of the new products.
Precious birdie card! ❤️ Thank you Nina!
I love this little fat bird die. Great card too
What a cute card!! Love it.
Lovely card! I want to try this technique.
Gorgeous, detailed card! I love it!
What a sweet bird with the red berries and lovely background! Very pretty
Beautiful card! Love the Copic marker dots on the bird. Your special touches made the whole card a winter wonderland!
Love the trees and the sweet bird! Beautiful card!
Such a cheerful card with that darling bird. Nicely done
Beautiful card and what a huge release.
I just love the cute little bird on this card💕
I was already in love with the pine tree embossing folder, but now I’m in love with the chubby birdie, too! Such a lovely card!
Adorable use of a combination of dies.
I love bird cards! So cute!
Hi, Nina – Your card is fantastic. I love the bird, I love the layers of foliage and the idea of depth they give. It’s a beautiful composition.
Lori S in PA
Oh Nina, you are so fun to watch with your tutorials. So creative and this is no exception, love this little birdy and the background. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Love that bird!
Love the way you colored the embossed card!!
I always love your cards! Thank you for the inspiration!
Thank you for sharing your skill and techniques! With enough practice I might be able to do a tenth as well.
Beautiful card. The little bird is adorable.
What a masterpiece- you are so talented. I think the bird die set is my favorite item in this new release. Lots of inspiration in your video!
Beautiful little blue bird
Love the soft colours with the pop of red in the berries! Beautiful!
Nina, what a fantastic card! That Textured Pines embossing folder is just screaming “buy me buy me!!”! I have so many ideas I could turn into cards with this folder.
Beautiful card!
Absolutely adorable!
What a wonderful card! So beautiful!
Beautiful card.
Love all of the texture and mediums used.
Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card!
Lovely.
What a nice card!
Such a gorgeous mixed media feel type of card! Love it
Oh Nina! This is lovely! You always go above and beyond to make your cards special! Thank you for all your inspiration!
Beautiful card. Thank you for sharing how you colored the embossing folder. It makes a nice background!
WOW, Nina – your card is gorgeous – love how you achieved the texture on your pine trees – thanks for the ideas
Your bird is so sweet. And I love all the coloring and texture detail you created on the background. Lovely card!
Lovely card; charming bird!
To use your words, this embossing folder coloring technique IS really “cool”! I’m in love with that sweet Layered Berry Bird die!
I love this card. It’s so calming!
I’ve never tried coloring on dies before, and I can’t wait to give it a whirl.
Beautiful card!
Beautiful card. I like how you dragged the ink pad across the embossed trees. It turned out really well.
Such a lovely card!
Beautiful card! I love the grit paste effect. I will definitely try it.
What is not to love about this card! I love all the details and textures! Lovely card!
Beautiful card!
Such a breathtaking card. I love the “chubby” little bird. You used so many techniques and the ending result was lovely. Thanks so much.
Nina, I love your card! The colored embossing is awesome. So glad I picked up the embossing folder. The little bird is so cute. I also really like your snow effect.
I love your card! Thanks for sharing.
I love the background and stunning bird! Just beautiful!
Thanks for the inspiration from your beautiful card and tutorial! You sold me on the embossing folder|
Your card is beautiful, I love the bird.
Love how you’ve colored this sweet bird and the snowy background! This is one of my favorite ways to color!
Awww… so pretty! Lovely layout… thanks for sharing all your tips and tricks!
Cute card!
so pretty! the layered berry bird die is my fave!
Love the little layered bird. Ordered it today. Thank you for sharing g your design.
Love this card and that bird is so cute!
Such a sweet card! I love it!
Such pretty colours! This is a great release.💜💜💜🇨🇦
Beautiful card. Love that bird.
Love your card, that bird is so sweet.
Love the colors in this
So pretty… love the soft colors 😍
I love the coloring of the textured tree embossing folder!
I love the card and how you used the embossing folder the most. It is a great video
I got that embossing folder, love how you inked the embossed trees!
Your card is absolutely stunning – it truly captures the beauty of a crisp winter’s day!!
Beautiful coloring!
Darling card, the little bird is
so chubby and cute. thanks
for sharing
I love your beautiful card. Thank you for the video.
Very sweet card. Surprised at the texture and curve the dots on the bird at the end provided. Nice tip.
Thank you for the detailed process on your card. Never would have ever thought of using an ink pad on an embossed area and those trees came out beautiful. Wonderful techniques I learned today.
WOW – this is so pretty!
This is absolutely gorgeous! Love that cue bird.
Such a beautiful card. Am in love with that bird die!
You totally captured the peaceful beauty of a snowy day. Thank you for the inspiration.
What a beautiful card. Adding the various colors to the pines made them pop. And your bird is beautiful!
Such a pretty card. I love the ideas you showed for colouring the embossed trees.
Nina – Love the bird and the ink blending you did on the embossed folder.
I really need to use my embossing folders more, and this is the kind of inspiration I need to do it. Thank you. Beautiful card.
This card is so precious..I love your choice of colors. Thank you for your explanations of what you are using and reason for your methods. Thank you, thank you.
Beautiful card, love the colors.
Loved your technique for coloring the embossed trees.
SUPER CUTE
I love your card! It gets you in the Christmas spirit.
This card is amazing. I love how you’ve colored the embossing folder background!
I’m obsessed with bird dies. Love this card.
Nina, I love all the little extras you did on this card. It really brings it to life and gives you a beautiful card.
Very pretty card. Love the colors.
This has to be my very favorite holiday card so far. I love everything about it and am off to get that embossing folder.
I like the colors a lot
Beautiful coloring, love the bird.
What a great combination of products. I love what the 3D embossing folder adds here.
Also, Thanks for this tutorial, those step-by-step are perfect for newbies like me
That bird is so cute
Thank you for always showing great new ideas and ways to be creative!
I love how this card came together. Beautifully done!
Such a beautiful card!
So beautiful!
I love the rich background you created.
Love how you added that little bit of ‘snow’ on the branch. What a cute bird! Your card turned out great!
Your card is so beautiful. Thank you for showing a video, which I for sure will be watching for tips. I love that background embossed folder and this gives me a great idea on how to use it!
Oh my! I may not have noticed this die set! Until I saw what you did with it! Such a beautiful card!
Oh my…iI just love your card! And that bird…oh so adorable!
Beautiful card! I love how you colored the embossed background, it turned out so pretty.
Lovely card. The little bird against the snowy background is so pretty.
So pretty Nina. I love how you colored the bird!
So sweet – love this card!
Wonderful. Thinking of buying the bird die.
Melissa
“SunshineHoneyBee”
Wow!!! Really Beautiful card!!! I love the different textures!!
Oh wow! Very pretty!
Beautiful! Love the bird.
Such beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing!
What a beautiful card! Love the little bird. You always make such beautiful cards.
That’s a darling card!
Adorable card. I’m loving the embossing folders in this release!
This is an absolutely adorable card, that embossing folder and the little bird make for perfect partners & the added greenery gives the little bird the perfect perch.
I just adore this sweet little bird.
Great card with that cute bird!
Oh my goodness, this is so precious. I love the colors.
This bird is calling to me! I love your card!
Great card. Love that bird.
Wonderful card. Love the way you used the 3d embossing card, colorind and adding all the details.