SSS STAMPtember Blog Party, More Circle Quilt

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It's the second day of STAMPtember, and today Simon is hosting a Blog Party.  Hundreds of creatives will be sharing inspiration using Simon's STAMPtember release, and there are different party favors for you to discover.  My favor is the party hat die pictured above.  Just follow the steps in the graphic to get this free with any order!  To check out the full list of participants, head over to the Simon blog.

For my cards today, I'm sharing a couple more Circle Quilt cards.  

Yesterday my cards featured the die at the top of the photo above, which cuts 12 separate pieces that make up a full circle.  Today, I'm mostly using the second additional die which cuts that large curve that goes from one circle to the next.

For my first card, on the right, I alternated those long curves diagonally across the quilt frame using a dark and lighter blue color and used an olive green for the intervening pieces.  I also added soft gray circles to the centers of of the pattern.

A sentiment from the You Got This set die cut with the coordinating EZ Strips Banners dies was popped up with foam tape.

For this next card, I wanted to go with a more organic, look, so I mixed and matched pieces randomly around the quilt frame, mostly using pieces from the second additional die, but also adding a few of the smaller ones left over from yesterday's cards.  I also mixed up the colors of the circles within the frame.

The Hi There sentiiment completed the look.

If you didn't get a chance to see yesterday's cards, I hope you'll go take a look, as I think you'll see how versatile the Circle Quilt dies can be.  

Don't forget to head over to the Simon blog to check out everyone participating in today's party!

SSS STAMPtember, Circle Quilt

 *This post contains affiliate links to Simon Says Stamp.

Happy first day of STAMPtember!  Are you guys ready for a month-long celebration of all things stampy and crafty?  Simon Says Stamp is kicking things off with a jam-packed release that is available now.  There will be many more exclusive releases and surprises this month, so stay tuned, but for today I'm sharing a couple cards created using my new Circle Quilt dies.

This die set has a main die that creates a circular framework, you could use this is on it's own, but there are two additional dies that cut the rings into segments.  This allows you to create all sorts of variations by adding the various segments to the base framework piece.  

For this first card, I added three different colors of pieces to the circle framework piece, completey covering it.  This was adhered directly to my card base, and I also inlaid the interior circles with white cardstock.

The sentiment was created by white embossing the sentiments from the You Got This set onto black cardstock, and then die cutting with the coordinating EZ Strips Banners dies.

For the second card, I cut the framework piece from natural white cardstock, and this time just added two colors of pieces where the circles intersect.  I also die cut the frame piece from an A4 sized pice of very light pink cardstock.  The quilted frame piece was then inlaid within the negative pink cut and adhered to my card base.  This time I left the interior circles open.

I added the Just a Note sentiment along with another sentiment from the You Got This set, both of which were popped up with foam tape.

OK, be sure to head over to Simon to check out the full release, and I'll see you back here tomorrow with some more STAMPtember inspiration.