SSS Let's Connect Release - Detail Floral Ring

Hi all!  It's been pretty quiet around here.  My girls are gone for the week at their grandparents and while they're away we're reorganizing and purging, so I haven't had a ton of time to craft, but I've got a couple cards to share today featuring this new Detail Floral Ring die from Simon Says Stamp's new Let's Connect release.

The ring pierces tiny little holes in your die cut, and as soon as I saw it, I knew I was going to do some stitching.  I created two very different cards to share today.  

This first card is full on stitching.  I used three strands of floss for each of these cards, and for this one I planned my stitching to essentially color in the flowers and leaves with the stitching.  There is some really wonderful dimension in the finished piece.  I loved how clean and simple and bold the results were, so I kept the card simple as well.

The sentiment is from Altenew's Floral Shadow set and was stamped with Versafine.  The stitched piece was popped up with foam tape, and I added a thin green mat to finish things off.

This second card has a whole different feel.  I wanted to create a Christmas wreath with my die.  I used kraft cardstock and then colored the 'images' with colored pencils.  This time for my stitching, I stitched the outline of the images.  

To go with the rustic feel of the die cut/stitched piece, I cut a panel of rustic cream cardstock and added thin strips of kraft towards the top and bottom, machine stitching over them for some extra texture.

The sentiment is from Hello Bluebird's Away in a Manger set.  It was stamped with Versafine Smokey Gray, I like using this color when I want a warmer lighter sentiment.

I used an old piece of patterned paper from Basic Gray on the card base, and again popped the die cut piece up with foam tape.

Lots of great new products in this release, so be sure to head over to Simon to check it all out!