Simon Says..........Christmas to Die For

Welcome to another challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

Our theme this week is "Christmas to Die For", and the team are playing with Simon Says Stamp exclusives.

For my first card, I used a stamp and die set, Reason for the Season, that I've been wanting since it was released - I finally snagged them, and here is my first play with them:

supplies: cream, 2 browns, 2 blues, and a kraft woodgrain cardstock, metallic platinum cardstock, ancient dps from my paper collection, Simon Nativity stamps and Holy Couple & Barn dies, platinum embossing powder, adhesive foam squares to pop the couple forward

And another picture that shows off the sentiments better.

I first tried coloring the holy couple with markers, but I wasn't happy with my results, so I decided to paper-piece them.  It was a bit fiddly with these old eyes, but I'm pleased with how they turned out - I was able to find cardstock colors that I liked much better than my limited selection of marker colors......

My next card uses nothing but dies, and an embossing folder - no stamping at all.  

supplies: white, red, and Audrey Blue cardstock, aqua glitter cardstock, Simon Birch Tree Window and Stitched Rectangle dies, cardinals from Impression Obsession Birch Trees die set, sentiment from Tim Holtz Holiday Words: Script, snowflakes from Concord & 9th Take a Bough, Taylored Expressions Winter Flurry embossing folder

Now it's your turn - I can't wait to see what you create!  Heidi has provided another $50.00 gift voucher

to the amazing Simon Says Stamp store for 1 lucky random winner of this week's challenge!