Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please join me in a BIG Simon welcome to first time SSS blog guest writer, Tanja! She has made an adorable card using a brand new holiday stamp design from Gerda Steiner Designs! Please read on for more details and enjoy!

Hi there, my name is Tanja and I am on the wonderful Gerda Steiner Design Team. Today, I have the huge honor to show you this adorable Christmas Card on the Simon Says Stamp Blog. Gerda came out with some fabulous new Christmas Stamp Sets this year. There really is something for everyone: Christmas Puppies, Little Christmas Reindeer,  Happy Snowman, Smell Like Christmas, and Christmas Kitties.

Of course, I had to use one of the fun little cats, for I have four wonderful cats myself. Read on to capture the step by step of how I made this card!

1. Stamp the cute little cat and the bauble from the Gerda Steiner Designs Christmas Kitties set with Versafine Onyx Black and color the image with Derwent Inktense pencils and a damp watercolor brush
2. Stamp the twig from that same stamp set with Delicata Emerald Green ink.
3. Add highlights with a white gel pen and some sparkle with Wink of Stella Clear Glitter
4. Apply Distress Oxide Ink Broken China through the Tim Holtz Stripes Layering Stencil to create a background stamp the sentiment from the same stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black.
5. Adhere the stitched focal panel to another stitched panel cut from patterned paper from the Christmas plaid patterned paper before adhering all the layers to a white card base.

I hope you find your favorite critter to create this fun card design! Happy crafting!

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Gerda Steiner Designs CHRISTMAS… [ SSS ] Tsukineko Delicata EMERALD GREEN Ink… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Layering Stencil STRIPES… [ SSS ] Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink… [ SSS ] My Favorite Things MERRY AND BRIGHT… [ SSS ] Derwent 72 INKTENSE COLORED PENCILS… [ SSS ] Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ] My Favorite Things A2 STITCHED… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ] 03559 Fiskars SURECUT CARD MAKING… [ SSS ] Fiskars Compact STAMPING PRESS Stamp… [ SSS ] Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]

Thanks so much for reading, and thanks to Tanja for being our guest!

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Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by today! Please welcome back special guest Dana Joy to the blog today! She has made this gorgeous partial die cut star shaker card that provides a little extra and unexpected dazzle! Read on for more details and enjoy!

Hey everyone. It’s Dana Joy here with you today and I’m super excited to share a different twist on partial die cutting incorporated with a shaker card. This is a great way to have both techniques on one card. You get the great look for a shaker card that is hidden under your partial die cut piece.

I started by stamping Altenew Halftone Stars with versamark ink on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock and heat embossed it with Simon Says Stamp rose gold embossing powder. Next I chose three of the stars and partially die cut them with the matching Halftone Stars nesting die cuts leaving the top of each star attached to the card panel. To add some interest to my card, I ran my card panel with a My Favorite Things stitched rectangle die through my machine again for a nice detail along the edges. At this point, I continued with making a standard shaker card adding an acetate sheet, some sequins and a backing. Now I used a bone folder to lightly curl my stars away from the acetate to you can see that it’s a shaker card and all the beautiful sequin is revealed.

To bring in a shiny sentiment, I pulled out my DCWV Metallic Glitter and Foil Washi Stack and adhered some rose gold washi paper to 80 lb Neenah solar white cardstock. Next, I die cut out the word believe using the Altenew Holiday Script Words die and glued it to the front of my card panel using multi matte medium. For some added bling, I place just a few rose gold sequins to finish off my card. I adhered my card panel to a white card base made from 110 lb Neenah solar white cardstock using Scor-Pal ½ scor tape.

This is such a fun and easy way to surprise your friends with just a peek of a shaker card. You can also use this for masculine cards and use confetti pieces instead of sequins. Thanks for hanging out with me today. We will see you back here soon with more creative inspiration.

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Altenew HALFTONE STARS Clear Stamp… [ SSS ] Altenew HALFTONE STARS NESTING DIES… [ SSS ] Altenew HOLIDAY SCRIPT WORDS Die Set… [ SSS ] My Favorite Things A2 STITCHED… [ SSS ] Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ] Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ] Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER… [ SSS ] DCWV 6 x 6 METALLICS Glitter And Foil… [ SSS ] Pretty Pink Posh 6MM METALLIC ROSE… [ SSS ] Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SPARKLING CLEAR… [ SSS ] Crafter’s Companion HEAT RESISTANT… [ SSS ] MISTI MEMORY MISTI PRECISION STAMPER… [ SSS ] 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE… [ SSS ] Scor-Tape 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape [ SSS ] Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE… [ SSS ] Quilled Creations PRECISION TIP Empty… [ SSS ] Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]

Thanks so much for reading, and thanks to Dana for being our special guest!

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Hello everyone and welcome back for a new Studio Monday tutorial! Today I am featuring Bazzill’s Plastic Embossing Paper, which is literally a paper that is made from plastic; providing a durable surface on which you can do dry embossing techniques without fear of the paper cracking or not holding up to certain embossing techniques.

This card that I created featuring  the Couture Creations To Be Jolly Embossing Folder, perfectly illustrates how crisply the Snowball Plastic Embossing Paper dry embosses. The impressions are extremely detailed and because of the plastic, the paper even has a subtle sheen to it.

The paper is not porous because of the plastic content, so it does not hold ink well (during my experimenting with the paper I had attempted to ink blend over it). But if you are looking for a great paper for doing some detailed dry embossing on, I would highly encourage you to try this out!

And by the way, those gorgeous sentiments in the center of the card? Those are from our new Stained Glass Greetings stamp and die set (part of our Making Spirits Bright release)! I really love how delicate and perfect they look on Christmas cards. Have you created any cards using this set? If you have, be sure to share your projects – using this or any of our other stamp and die sets from the Making Spirits Bright release – with us in our Simon Brand Gallery!

I hope you will watch the video below to see how to use the Bazzill Plastic Embossing Paper! Thanks for visiting with me today; I will be back on Saturday and Monday with new videos to share!

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