DieCember® Blog Hop~Day 1!

I am thrilled to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp blog hop, over at the Simon Blog, celebrating Simon's DieCember® release!  Diecember® is a trademarked yearly release, celebrating, for the 13th year, now, dies and diecutting!  When I started making cards, many many years ago, there were no dies, and cutting out and around stamped images with scissors was the only way to showcase a flower, a sentiment, or any image!  We've come a long way,  since then!!  Such incredible fun!!  

I have used three of the new Stitching dies, the Penguin, Birdie, and Snowman, to make Christmas gift adornments, and then use those adornments for the Christmas tree!...

What was wonderful, going back to the many, many years I have been in this craft, I have accumulated lots of colored pieces of felt, and having done lots of cross stitching, I have pretty much every color of floss!  These were perfect for making all these cute little guys!!  I die cut all the pieces of felt, and sewed and stuffed each of them.  I will say, I glued all the pieces that went on each of them, first, as it's much easier to glue and let dry first, rather than when they are stuffed and rounded.  Here goes with the parade...

The penguin has arms, which I sewed inside the fronts and backs of  his body.  Here he is hanging on my tree, so you can see how he looks...

Then there's the snowman...

He has a red scarf, which I chose to contine to the back of the snowman, as he will be hangin on a tree, so I wanted him to look like he was complete all the way around...  

Here's the "man" on the tree...

Then there is the birdie...              

                             

I tried to find a brown felt for this guy, but I didn't want a dark brown, so his colors are what I had.  I gave him a back and front, as well, so the top is 4 layers thick...but I wanted him to be whole in case he spins on the tree...

Here's the birdie on the tree...

Okay...I had SO much fun making my ladorable little adornments/ornaments!!  My fun was above, your fun is below!

Simon is generously giving a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from our comment sections, so the more hop blogs you comment on, the more chances you will have to win!  Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Blog on Wednesday, December 10th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 10th, to see if you are a winner!!  If you are a winner, you can email Simon to claim your prize!

The list of participants in today's hop are listed below...

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Heather Hoffman
Barbara Tarayao
Cathy Zielske
Jennifer McGuire
Emily Midgett
Amy Rysavy
Heather Ruwe
                             Lisa Addesa<----You are Here
Miriam Prantner
Cheiron Brandon
Kath Stewart
Caryn Davies
Bonnie Crane
Rosemary Dennis

Heejung Hunsberger 

Just to let you know...as you read in the title of this post, this is day 1 of 2 blog hops, celebrating this release!  SO...there will be another blog hop tomorrow...and that gives you not only more projects with wonderful inspiration, but also more chances to win one of the $25 coupons from Simon!  Hope you will hop along and join the fun and inspiration! ALSO...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of the post!  You will automatically receive the *not yet released* Bundled Snowman die set, when you make any purchase from the DieCember® collection!(I placed an order yesterday...can't wait to get that adorable snowman!!)  The offer is only good until the end of the day on December 7th, while supplies last, so don't wait!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa 

DieCember® Release!

It's December, and that means that over at Simon Says Stamp, it's DieCember®!  This is the 13th year of celebrating die cutting!  I can remember when there were simply stamps to make cards.  I hand cut flowers...and often didn't do a great job, but I loved the look of a stand alone flower.  Now, dies cut pretty much everything...and intricately, at that!  I LOVE dies!!!  I have used one of Simon's new dies, a background die, to make a birthday card!...

This Forest Background is so cool.  My daughter saw it and had the same thought I did, make it a masculine birthday card!  So, I used 6 different green inks(the Artichoke and Kale I used together), and a pastel blue for the sky, and brushed on ink to all the white die cut pieces.  I decided to use a silver sentiment...a CZ Design sentiment die, die cut and layered, and after I put it one the card, changed the white border to silver, to match the sentiment!  Here's a close up...

This was so much fun!  I think the possibilities are many, with this die.  You could make a rainbow of colors, or dot the greens with snow, for winter...just for a couple.  There will be two blog hops, celebrating this wonderful new release, tomorrow, Friday, the 5th, and Saturday, the 6th, over at the Simon Blog....hoping you will "hop" along!!  But until then, check out the new release below!  Please take care!  

Than you so much for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Christmas Birdies

I have made a Christmas card with an adorable  Simon Says Stamp die set from their And Everything Nice release!

I LOVE these little birds!!  I chose to make a Christmas card with these birdies having my son, Noah, and me as the birds!  I die cut all the pieces at one time, then put the whole thing together at one time...much easier and more fun!  I adhered the birds and all the accessories onto a stamped and embossed panel, then popped it up on the card!  Here's a close up...

SO much fun!!  Can't wait for these birdies to celebrate the next holiday or season!

Thank you for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Snowflake Rosette

I have used the beautiful new Tim Holtz Sizzix DieCember® 2025 exclusive die to make a Christmas ornament!...

To make this beautiful 3D snowflake, you die cut the die from the set, three times.  Bend/fold it back and forth then glue the ends of each die cut to each other.  I used a smaller circle die than the one enclosed, to glue all the middle ends together, to the circle, on both sides.  I pushed all the pieces together, towards the center, as I put the glued circle on the ends...a few steps to the end, but so worth the effort!!  I put a container over the snowflake centers to allow them to dry, then adhered the fancy die cut center on each side of the snowflake, covering the circle.  I used the new Simon Says Stamp Lightweight cardstock to make my snowflake...this die requires lots of folding, and this lightweight cardstock is not only pretty, but folds effortlessly, and that is wonderful!  Then...there's what this beauty looks like on my tree...

Then with the lights on, and the Christmas lights shine through it...

I am in love!!!!  I am going to make more to put on presents, for my family's trees!! The banner at the beginning of my post says it all...purchase $30 of Tim Holtz products, and you will receive this beautiful die free!!   DieCember® will be coming out on Thursday..., with two blog hops to follow...more die cutting to come!!

Thank you for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa