Simon Says.......Something New

Welcome to the first challenge of 2023 at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

Our theme for this week is "Something New" - New Year, new baby, new marriage, a new crafting supply; however you'd like to play it!

Studio Light is a new company to me, and I chose 2 coordinating paper pads, 1 of them some beautiful pop-out ephemera, and both of them with a winter garden theme.  My card uses lots of elements from the ephemera pad.

supplies: white cardstock, green paper from Studio Light Greens Winter Garden paper pad, ephemera items from Studio Light Winter Elements Winter Garden die-cut Block pad, Honey Bee Fancy Flakes cover die

I really liked the idea of this lovely lantern to help brighten the dark days of winter, and surrounded it with some pretty winter greens, and a sweet little robin!   I held it together with Press'n'Seal, flipped it to secure all the pieces together on the reverse, and added some adhesive foam so that it would pop above my card base.  The Honey Bee pierced snowflake background is new to me also, but it's been around for awhile.

I'm sorry to say  that this particular ephemera pad is now sold out.  But if you search Studio Light DIY block, you'll find some others that you might enjoy playing with.

Now it's your turn!  We have a $25.00 gift certificate 

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