Simon Says Stamp DieCember®

Hello and welcome to my blog on this first day of December! I am happy to be a part of the big Simon Says Stamp DieCember® blog party, to celebrate the new release. 

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This is the 12th annual DieCember® celebrations at Simon Says Stamp and the new release is filled with versatile and fun products. They are perfect for winter and Christmas crafting, but also for many other themes. You can find the whole release here. 

Customers who spend $100 or more on DieCember® release products will receive the exclusive Fancy Ornaments embossing folder and die set as a free gift. The offer is valid until 12/1 at 11:59 pm ET or while supplies last. 

I made a glittery, winter tag featuring two cheerful snowmen. The snowmen were die cut with the cute Simon Says Stamp Festive Snowman set from the DieCember® release. You can easily turn the design into a card instead or you could add a whole bunch of little snowmen.

Start by coating the background with gesso.

When dry, paint the sky with Distress Paint and mist with water.

Add a thick layer of texture paste as snow and sprinkle some Mica Flakes into the paste. Then sprinkle Rock Candy glitter to cover up the rest of the paste.

Splatter the sky with white paint. 

I made the snowman bodies from a piece of collage paper that I made for a tutorial on the Simon Says Stamp store blog. That time, the paper was turned into ghosts, this time it became a good textured background for the snowmen. 

I die cut the rest of the Festive Snowman pieces from Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Luxury Velvet cardstock, Simon Says Stamp glitter cardstock and left-over pieces of inky or watercolored paper.

Apply Stickles Moon Dust to the bodies. Let dry.

Glue the snowmen together. Aren't they cute?

Die cut the Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Swirl from White Glitter Cardstock. I also die cut it from vellum, but ended up not using that piece.

Glue the Snowflake Swirl to the top of the tag. I cut sentiment from the DieCember® sentiment strips and added Bubblegum Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. 

The snowmen were adhered with foam tape. I also added Surf and Clear Dazzling Gems to them. 

The rim of the hat and the scarf are die cut from Simon Says Stamp Velvet paper, giving a warm and fuzzy feel to the snowman.

The buttons and eyes were die cut from Simon Says Stamp Black Glitter Cardstock. 

The text in the background adds texture and interest without overwhelming the design.

Texture paste combined with Mica Flakes and Rock Candy glitter is one of my favorite ways in which to create snow. The sentiment was stamped with the Simon Says Stamp Cozy Together stamp set.

Don't miss all the inspiration along the blog party or during the entire month. All the links are available at the Simon Says Stamp Store blog. Don't miss it!

There is also a special DieCember® gallery where you can find inspiration and add your own projects.

Thank you for visiting!

Happy Christmas crafting!

Anna-Karin

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