Winter Twinkle Card Kit Blog Hop! Inspiration Heaven!
Hi friends! We are full of Sparkle and Sprinkle this winter! The December 2014 card kit is super versatile and fun to use! This month’s card kit is unique because it highlights embossing. Embossing was how I fell in love with card making. It was at my sister’s house where I first saw a heat tool make this little powdered design melt, shine, and come to life! Oh man, I was sooo impressed. I wanted to do it over and over again. To this day, heat embossing is one of my favorite stamping techniques. There are so many things to do with it. Hopefully this month’s card kit gives you the tools you need to do some heat embossing too!
Sarah Moerman created this whimsical shaker card with the Winter Twinkle Card Kit:
Today’s blog hop will show you not only some super fun ways to use this kit, but also some cool tips and tricks about embossing. The mini Tim Holtz distress embossing pad is a great ink for embossing! Did you know that it even smells like cinnamon?! The gold and silver sequins come in several sizes along with a thin vellum that could create spectacular shaker cards! The Ranger embossing powders coordinate perfectly with our theme. The “Sparkle and Shine” clear stamp set is versatile enough for cards of all occasions. The backgrounds are perfect for adding personality to any card. We included more Simon Says Stamp heavy weight cardstock than we normally do in our kits hoping you would find it useful for creating your own fun backgrounds and card bases. The blues and grays are particularly trendy and appealing this time of year!
We hope you’ll hop along with us and see some of the fantastic projects and inspirations that many talented designers are sharing today. There is a Simon Prize Pack available at every stop along the way. You only need to comment to be eligible to win. The giveaways for the goody bag will close at 6:00pm EST on Saturday, November 29 and will be announced on all blogs shortly thereafter.
**Guess what!? Simon Says Stamp now has our own line of embossing powders! Ultrafine Clear, White, Silver and Gold! At just $3.99 per jar, they are great value and phenomenal quality!
Hop along with us:
Simon Says Stamp
Shari Carroll
Kristina Werner
Jennifer McGuire
Debby Hughes
Yana Smakula
Nichol Magouirk
Kathy Racoosin
Lucy Abrams
Sarah Moerman
Happy Hopping!!
shaker cards are one of my favourites to see and make
I love this kit with all the embossing components!! I can’t wait to try this out
Love the Sparkle & Shine card you made from the card kit. It’s wonderful that Simon Says has it’s own line of embossing powders.
Cannot wait to receive my kit!!! Beautiful card:)
Love the sparkle in this card!
Beautiful card
I first learned about heat embossing from a demo I saw at a craft fair. It was absolutely magical to see the powder bubble up and melt into the final result. Even today, 20 years later, I still enjoy watching the transformation!
Great design. Love the sparkle.
The cards on this hop are absolutely amazing. I can’t wait for my card kit to come.
All the projects were so inspiring. Great kit!
I love the colors used on this card! Sparkle and Shine! Great advice.
the colors of the kit are so beautiful and your card is so amazing!
What a luscious kit!! Wish I could afford to get one of them!!! I LOVELOVELOVE heat embossing and it is one of my favorite techniques to do. Sarah’s card is beautiful and I can’t wait to see what the other designers have created!! Off to hop!!
Thanks so much for this blog hop! As a monthly card kit subscriber, I love to see what your fabulous designers make with the kit!!
Always love an SSS hop! So much talent and inspiration to be had. Thank you!
This kit is beautiful!
So many options.
I love shaker cards and embossing
very pretty
What a beautiful kit…Sparkle and Shine is the perfect name for it. Love that beautiful card, too!
Wow, so many amazing inspirations. Thanks for showing us.
Love this! I think I will be asking Santa for a Simon Says gift card!
Beautiful shaker card!
I just have to stop back to say what a great blog hop it has been. I just love the new card kit with the great colors of papers and embossing powders. Loved all the cards. What great ideas, techniques and samples from the kit. Thank you to all for such inspiration.
Very pretty card! Very pretty card kit!
Such a pretty kit, the cards made are inspiration to me.
Pretty card and fabulous kit!
Such a pretty, modern card! I’ll have to try some of the new embossing powders.
Embossing powder is “magic.” I love “bright and shiny” at this time of year. And “shaker cards” are just plain fun. Magic…bright and shiny…shaker card…I’m sold!
Gorgeous!
the embossing pad smells like cinnamon?? I must try !!
Shaker cards are my favorite!! Also…the ink pad smells like cinnamon?! Bonus!!
I am so excited to get my kit! I have so much inspiration with Silver and Gold! :)
I’ve just subscribed after hubby finally taking the hint I wanted to. He said we’ll I have my gym membership so you have that. So so pleased as I’ve wanted to do this for months and this month’s kit is so gorgeous and has my favourite technique of all time – heat embossing!!
Hugs
Hazel xx
The kit looks fabulous!!! And I love the mini embossing pad!
I love heat embossing so can’t wait to see all the cards on this hop
I had been considering joining this monthly card subscription, and I’ve decided I’m going to do it! I think I’ll get inspired by them and learn new techniques, which is what I need. Thank you for doing this, it really is helpful.
Love this shaker card! I’m super excited to have a chance to win this kit! I’m dying to try out these embossing powders! Oh and that stamp set- love it!
such wonderful inspirations of a unique kit.I love heat embossing !
Great kit and wonderful card.
Love them all!
Love the winter colors :)
Oh my goodness…I love this card! I have the balloon die set and what a beautiful way to use them. Thanks so much for sharing.
This card is awesome! I love shaker cards! This hop is soooo full of great ideas.
shaker cards are awesome :D
Pretty awesome embossing – love that shine~
I love the color combination Sarah used. Its always nice to see different unique colors other than the regular red and green. She did a super job!!
So pretty!
I can’t wait for my kit. Thanks for the idea and a chance to win a grab bag.
ooh I really want to try making a shaker card, It looks great