Hello! Can you believe it is already mid-October? (where did the time go!) Since we are only 2 months or so away from Christmas (gasp!), I thought it would be fun to create some holiday cards to celebrate this fun release from Altenew!You should be coming from Amy’s blog if you are hoping along with us. If not, no worries – just start from here and go through the hop list! There are giveaways too, so make sure to scroll all the way down!
Ever since I received the October release stamp sets, I’ve been eyeing on the Simple Flower Stamp Set and thought it’d be fun to use a non-holiday stamp set for holiday cards.
The metallic themed holiday cards can work as both feminine and masculine cards – if you need to, you can easily make a bunch of these and send it out to your loved ones. And how fun is it to see metallic flowers on a holiday card? To learn how to create this card, make sure to watch the video tutorial above!
I also created some fun background to bring more attention to the focal point of the card – which you can totally skip it if you want to keep it more simple and clean. I think it adds a fun interest to the card, don’t you think?
For the sentiment, I used the Holiday Wishes Stamp Set from the release. I hope you enjoyed my video tutorial and today’s project! If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below and I’ll be back to answer them for ya! Next stop on the hop is Yoonsun – she is a great designer and you will love her projects! Don’t forget to enter the giveaway before heading over to her blog. Thanks for stopping by!
SUPPLIES
See below for all the products used in today’s project. Click SSS for Simon Says Stamp, EH for Ellen Hutson, or AMZ for Amazon. All the products were personally purchased, otherwise noted. Enjoy shopping and happy creating!
GIVEAWAYS
#1. To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to THREE lucky winners! Please ask people to leave a comment on the Altenew blog by Wednesday, October 19th at 11:59 PM EST for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on Thursday, October 20th on the Altenew blog.
#2. You can win another prize – $30 gift certificate to Altenew store! Leave a comment below by October 19th, 5PM EST and I will pick a winner on the 20th and announce it right here. Good luck!!
UPDATE: Winner has been announced!! Congrats, Izzy!
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What a great use of a general stamp set for a holiday card! Inspired!
Thank for the video, I am now a subscriber to your You Tube. Love the simple fun card that you did with great instructions and I am looking forward to more.
I love that Simple Flowers set – there are so many ways to use it.
Love the colors on this card! Great job!
Another amazing way to use Simple Flowers. Lovely.
Love the options for using this new stamp..covers all the seasons and any theme desired.
So many possibilities with this set… love those heat embossed flowers…
Great way to think outside the box for an interesting holiday card!
Super cute card.
Beautiful card!
GORGEOUSNESS! I lovelovelove this silver/gold/bronze (?) confection! It makes my heart happy! TFS!
I love this stamp set and your design shows just how versatile a set this is. A lovely card.
Best wishes
Ellie
Im really excited about this Simple Flowers stamp set, and im so happy to see it in action! Lovely card, thank you so much for sharing xx
Love these simple flowers with the gorgeous metallic inks , wonderful Tracy Hawkins
Wow! Gr8 combo of gold and silver in perfect amount, love this simple flower set with so many variations!
Elegant and neat card 🙂
Gorgeous colours, very effective.
I love how you used the Simple Flower stamp for a holiday card!
Love how you have used a not Christmas set to create a Christmas card – you have really shown us the versatility of this set – many many thanks for that! Thank you for the blog hop and wonderful inspiration Karen x
I LOVE your metallic flowers!! So different and so unique…and YES, perfect for a Christmas card!
Love the metalics together!
I really enjoy a blog hop and seeing how everyone uses their stamps. I like the metallic look of the images on your cards. I use metals mostly for sentiments but after seeing your cards, I’m going to try them with my stamped images. TFS
Your card is so pretty!
Super cute card !!
I love using metallics, esp. for the holidays! Great card.
Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Love seeing the transformation of the flowers into a ‘holiday-themed’ card! Gorgeous…and, as always, your video is a source of inspiration!
~carol
Beautiful!!
Love the silver and gold
Beautiful Christmas Card!
This turned out great Nicole, what a great holiday card! This Simple Flowers set is one of my favourites from this release. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win.
Elegant and beautiful!
Beautiful. I’m loving this stamp set. It has soooo many possibilities. TY for sharing
Love your card. Great set.
Love this card! Great use of stamps for a seasonal theme.
Excellent card! Love your creative use of a non-seasonal stamp for a holiday card!
Oh I lovethose simple flowers! So fun!
Beautiful card. Simple but elegant.
love the use of the flowers to make a Christmas card, and the back ground stamping so simple but makes the card.
Hi Nicole,
Oooh, I love the clean & modern look of your card, with the elegance of metallic shine! TY for the inspiration!
Fun card–I love holiday metallics–very retro.
Love metallics. Great card.
Love the way you made the simple flower design into a Christmas card. It takes a good designer to help us all see how to stretch what we have.
Lovely and elegant card!
Beautiful!! Love the metallic flowers you’ve created, and yes, your background definitely adds a gorgeous dimension to the card. Love it!
Another stunning way to use Simple Flowers.
OMG, this is gorjuss. I love silver and gold you used and such a simple, yet gorjuss design. Simple Flowers are my favourite from this release. Great HOP. Thanks for inspiration. Hugs, Keti
I adore your holiday take on this flower set, Nicole – shows how very versatile it is, and that I MUST HAVE IT! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
What a great card – thanks so much for sharing and for your wonderful video!! Lovely use of colors and stamps!!!
I love the silver and gold together!
Love your metallic take on the Simple Flowers set!
Love your video and your little tips on creating this awesome card:)
The metallic flowers are wonderful. This is a lovely card.
I can’t wait for the new releases
Very versatile set!
Beautiful card Nicole. I love how you used the gold and silver with this stamp set. Thank you for the video – love it. 🙂
Great work – thanks for sharing and for the video.
You can never have too much shine. Love the non traditional holiday card idea.
What great cards, I’m excited to start holiday cards too.
Cool embossing.
I love gold in holiday cards! It gives them such a beautiful, formal look. Thanks for the cool video.
Such a elegant card – you inspire me to get started on holiday cards.
Gorgeous, love the design
Wow this is really gorgeous with the metallic embossing! Love it!
I love your card, the colors are great! Thanks for sharing!!!
Lovely Card and such opulent colouring
So so pretty! Love all the metallics. I was thrilled to see that you used two of the stamps that I just ordered—love them even more, seeing your work with them! Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful way to use those stamps. I love the metallic colors.
I love this new stamp set and love your card and thank you for the video.
This is an unusual holiday card Nicole and I love the gold and silver together with the sentiment in white on dark blue which works beautifully. x
Your card is fabulous! I love the heat embossing in metallics. Also enjoyed the video.
I love the background on your card! Very pretty!
Beautiful card!
Awesome card and design. Maria
The heat embossed die cuts are great, classical and beautiful
Beautiful Card love the new release.
All those metallic make a great modern look for a non traditional card.
I really love your mix of gold and silver metallic inks, the result is stunning !
Love your metallic themed cards–just gorgeous!
The metallic card is so creative.
I love what you did here and the whole palette is beautiful. Such a great looking stamp set.
Love your use of metallics – makes the card opo!
Metallic flowers look very interesting !
So pretty. Thanks for sharing ideas for the new release from altenew.
Love your use of the new stamp set. Great ideas.
a very different holiday card, well done.
Wow, so many amazing samples with this stamp set! I’m sold!!!
Wow! I love this card. I really need this stamp set now!
Katgleen Mc xx
Beautiful card. Love these stamps.
Oh, what a great video and such a beautiful card!
What a fantastic card!
This is a nice clean card design. Well done video! lots of tips made it well worth the time spent. Thanks
Love how you used non-holiday stamp and made it work for the holidays just with metallic embossing powder. Economy-friendly! Thanks for sharing.
Great card. Love the metallic embossing. TFS!!
Great tutorial! Nice cards!
Just a gorgeous card Nicole. I absolutely love this release, so much eye candy!
What a great twist on a holiday card! Love that embossing! Thanks for sharing a great out of the box idea! Everyone here on this blog is so talented.
Love the colors on this card
Awesome card. The Simple Flowers and the Holiday Wishes stamp sets on my wish list. Thank you for making the video, sharing your ideas and being part of the blog hop giveaway.
This modern flower stamp set is so versatile. Great ideas.
Love the metallic look with the simple flowers stamps
Wow. Love the use of the flower stamps as a holiday stamp. The metallic colours are beautiful.
Lovely silver and gold. Perfect for the holidays. Some really great new products from Altenew. It’s hard to pick just one.
Wow, I LOVE LOVE LOVE all the metallics on your card, so pretty with these simple flowers set! Love the mica spray details too!
I love the silver and gold, a holiday staple!
Love the metallic embossing powder. Gotta get me some!!! The card is gorgeous!
I love the Simple Flowers stamp set so it was great to see how you used it for holiday cards! Super idea to stamp them in the metallic colours to give them a holiday feel.
Holiday wishes stamp set is on the top of my list! Will have to watch your video later after I complete the hop, can’t wait 🙂
What a great way to get more mileage from the stamps and the flowers look great embossed!
Nicole your card is gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! I already ordered this set because I thought it was so cute, but you made it stunning!
I love the metallic flowers!
Love how you used this set. Very elegant card!
Lovely card. Thank you for sharing
Oh my, that gold and silver is just stunning. In thinking if I get this stamp set, I’ll use my new Nuvo glitter on the flowers!
I love this floral stamp set and the simplicity of your card!
Love your color combination. TFS
What a beautiful card! This is yet another reason I will need the Simple Flowers stamp set. 🙂
Silver and gold is very dramatic and so holiday.
When i saw this I thought of the Christmas song “Silver and Gold”. Great holiday card.
I’ve fallen for the Simple Flowers, and your layout of them is so lovely.
Lovely card. You did a great job on the video, too.
Love this release and your card.
What a great card! Perfect stamp set for this look. Love it!
What fun examples. Love the shine.
Very nice design and I love the Altenew sentiment you used!
Now I have to get the Simple flowers set! Great job!
I love your cards and your videos. Thanks so much for taking the time to make them.
Beautiful metallic card!
Very pretty and love all the embossing
Love this! The gold and silver make this beautiful card so elegant.
The metallics are a great touch!
Love the color combination on your card.
How inventive to use this Simple Flowers Stamp set to create whimsical focal images! I love the Holiday Sentiments. so lovely!
Gold and silver look so pretty together.
What a fun and graphic design!
This is a beautiful card and so clever! I love the pop of navy against the metallics. Thanks for a chance to win a gift certificate.
Unique!
I’m loving the versatility of this set.
Very good idea! LOVE the mix of metallics:))
Great embossing, it is a stunner.
Sooooo Pretty!!
Really enjoy your cards……. thank you
Gorgeous metallic card!
Lovely use of metallic embossing. With an different sentiment this card could be used for any occasion.
I really like this stamp set. Love the colors you paired with this card.
This is a fun holiday card and so very elegant as well. I like it very much!
Love the richness of both silver and gold on this beauty!!
Awesome card! Love the gold embossing.
Cool,card Nicole, love the design!
Love the deer, and he looks so real with his hoof prints in the snow.
Great card.
What a pretty card! Thanks so much for sharing the video! Love the card! 🙂
Nicole, thank you so much for taking time to make a video to show how you made this card as I’m a visual person and learn more from seeing. I love the silver and gold and it is so festive. Great holiday card from a non-holiday stamp set!
Such a great beautiful card ! Love the embossing.
Your background really did pull the elements together. The gold and silver embossing powders made the ‘flowers’ very holidayish! Awesome
Oh the metallic looks fabulously on this! Nicely done!!
This is such a beautiful card! Great use of the Simple Flowers!
Love the modern feel of this card. It’s a unique and fun Christmas card.
WOW~ I love your use of the embossing powders! Thanks for sharing!
Love your metallic holiday cards…thinking outside the box!!
This card is stunning! Love the metallics!
Lovely card using black, white, and gold!
Gorgeous! I love the gold and silver together. TFS!
Beautiful with the metallics.
To you, it may be a “simple” card, but it looks, simply, WONDERFUL, to me!
Awesome card! Thank you for sharing!
Love the combination of the metal colors, very pretty card.
very pretty!
Lovely card! Great way to use your stamps in an different way to make them a Christmas card!
Gorgeous, gorgeous. This is my favorite set in the release and I love how elegant it looks using like this on a holiday card.
Love it
I just love Metallics and especially your card! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!
Love that you used metallics. Your card is fantastic!
Excellent video, Nicole, and thanks for all the tips you shared! Beautiful Christmas card with the metallic gold and silver embossing and the dark navy sentiment strip. Love the dotted background!
I love your card! I’ve been hearing the song “Silver & Gold” from that Christmas cartoon sung by Burl Ives. I know the flowers aren’t Christmas but because you did them in silver and gold they are! How cool is that? What a great idea! I want to win so bad! I hope that I do.
Who knew you could have so much fun with little circles and dots? It’s a great background and thanks for showing how you work with a video. It makes trying out new techniques so much easier.
Such a creative way to use this set!
This is such an elegant and beautiful card. I love gold and silver together!
Beautiful cards
I love the alternative way you used this stamp set.
I love the metallic look. Very seasonal.
so beautiful!
loved this card!! such an innovative way to use non-holiday stamps for holiday cards! thanks for sharing 🙂
Very stylish and modern look to this card. Well done.
Absolutely love the Simple Flower images embossed in metallics, so stylish!!
Such a cute card!
Your cards are so beautiful!
Love your untraditional way with the simple flower stamp set..it looks delicious, thank you for sharing x
I love this card. Those metallic embossing powders are beautiful and I definitely have to add them to my stash
Gorgeous gorgeous card! Love the silver and gold!
That card is absolutely super! I love the gold and silver together.
Great card, thanks for sharing!
GORGEOUS card!!!
LOVE the Simple Flowers and metallic embossing – WOW – such a WONDERFUL design!!!
THANK YOU for sharing … these stamps are definitely on the top of my wishlist, with the Geometric Flowers, Holiday Wishes, Bells and Bows … and much, much MORE 🙂
What a very unique card and great idea for using the bold flower stamps set in a different way. Way to think outside the box! Thanks for sharing.
~Gin K.~
Wow very creative use of a flower stamp!
Perfect! I love metallics for holiday cards. So clever to turn flowers into Christmas ornaments
I like how you combined metallics for this!
I just love that simple flowers stamp set!
Wow your use of gold makes this a stunning card, beautifully done!!!
This is so beautiful.. Really love the combination of gold & silver and I totally agree with you. The Simple Flowers set is really so amazing. It’s on my wish list 🙂
Love the silver and gold .. This is an awesome release.
You have created a lovely elegant card here!
Your metalic cards are wonderful! Off to watch your video.
Beautiful use of metallic materials to totally change the look of a flowered stamp set! Nicely done.
Love the colors!
I love how you’ve used the flowers differently! Metallics are my life right now!
i would never have thought to put things together the way you did, but it is outstanding!
What a stunning card!
I like the use of metals for a different holiday card!
lovely card!
Such a unique and modern twist on a Christmas card. Love it!
Love what you’ve done with this stamp set. It has a real regal feel to it.
LOVE the silver and gold! So FESTIVE!!!
Very pretty Nicole. Love the metallic heat embossed colors. Very elegant.
I love your Christmas card, love the color combo. And thanks for the video 🙂
what a fun way to use those flowers!
Oooh… what a fun way to use those stamps! And the metallic colors are perfect to create a holiday card. Thanks for the awesome idea!
This card is gorgeous, love the silver, gold and navy they go so well together. The new stamp set is fab.
I love the metallics here. Lovely card.
What a pretty card!
love all the metallics together Nicole – beautiful!
Awesome idea with those flowers!
What lovely use of the floral stamps! Just wow!
Love how you used the floral stamps to make a holiday card. Such a festive look. 🙂
The Simple Flowers is such a versatile set! Love your beautiful metallic look! Thanks for a great video!
This is so pretty! I love the designs in the metallic embossing powders! Awesome set!
Truly amazing card!1 I love the metallic.
I really like how you use the flowers by giving them a completely different look. I’m getting great ideas from the blog hop for the Simple Flowers stamp set. Thank you!
I agree metallic works so well with all the bling of the holidays. I so like your dots to surround your beautiful flowers.
The metallics are fantastic! Love this modern card!
Your card is beautiful!!!
I just love the combination of metallics. Fabulous card!
Wow! Gorgeous card!!!
How beautiful! The metallic embossing just took the simple flowers stamp set to another level!! Beautiful card!!
Fantastic card. I’m really loving how versatile the simple flowers stamp set is. Thank you for your great video.
So cool to do those flowers in metallics!!
Great design and pretty card!!
I love your design it is superb, different and simply gorgeous!
Beautiful! Love how the card has a really classic feel even though you used contemporary style images, such an interesting combo!
I love that you used the simple flower set to make a holiday card, it really turned out beautifully and I love the gold and silver metallic flowers mixed together! Thank you for the great tutorial too!
Love the gold and Silver mix on your card! Very tasteful!
Great idea to expand your stamp set to use for a holiday card. The metallics on the card are really gorgeous!
Your card is very unique. I love that you took something that was not made for the holidays and used it. Great reminder to think outside the box.
What a great card, I like the silver and gold together. I enjoy seeing projects made with the new release!
Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.
Super cool card!! I love what you have done with those awesome Simple Flowers!Very clever!
I love how you heat embossed the flowers to really make them pop!
Beautiful! Love it in gold and silver!
Such a fun card!
What a gorgeous card Nicole ! Great video too ! So nice to see how a non-theme stamp set can make a spectacular Greetings card ! Your design is fabulous and the colors you chose too ! Thanks so much for sharing.
Congrats, Izzy! You are the lucky winner of the giveaway! Please see my post (giveaway section) to see how you can redeem your prize. Thank you for watching and stopping by!!
Great card love the layers you have created with these new stamps. Fantastic x
What fabulous inspiration using non-holiday stamps! I love the shimmer!!
Such a great idea to use those stamps for a holiday card.
I love the way you used this set!
Beautiful inspiration!
Thanks!
I love your card!! The Simple Flowers set is my favorite from the new release and now seeing them in metallics….I’m sold!!
Your geo flower card! Wow, I really like it. How you pulled it together awesome.
the card is so pretty.
The design could be used anytime during the year.
Items expressly related to Christmas are not
always necessary for Christmas cards.
thanks for sharing.
Stunning card!
I love the well-loved box top you used when applying the mic spray drops. It looks like what I use too 🙂
Elegance and Christmas rolled into one – love the card
I love how you used this stamp set!!!
I love your combination of gold and silver… is so elegant.
Simple and elegant!Just lovely!
What fun!
Very beautiful !! Love the metallic embossing!!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
I love this ‘Simple Flowers’ stamp set – it is so very versatile! Thank you for the video, Nicole 🙂
Thanks for the very striking card.
Beautiful, love that pop of navy blue!!!!!
The colour combo is beautiful, really elegant
Cool non traditional card. I bet it would work for weddings and anniversaries too
I love the holiday sentiments — what a great collection. The use of metallic inks is a nice touch with the Simple Floral stamps.
Nicole I love what you did with the silver and gold! So elegant
Love the gorgeous metallics!
Amazing card with the lovely flowers…
Wow! Love your take on the Simple Flowers set. I fell in love with it when I saw the sneak peek. And absolutely adore your card!
What a festive and elegant but simple card, Nicole. Thanks so much for sharing with us and for participating in this great hop and giveaway.
Oh this is pretty. Great color combos.
I love this card. its so clean simple and elegant. I am curious about why the navy cardstock instead of black. I love that idea for a pop of color, but without thinking I would have used black. Thanks for making me think through and see alternatives for using black always!!
Love the effect you create with both embossing powders it just beautiful and thanks for the giveaway
Such a nice card and easy to reproduce for Christmas!
What a beautiful card. I love the versatility of this stamp set. I see so many possibilities.
Great idea to use this stamp set for a festive card.
Great look for a non traditional Christmas card.
What a beautiful card!
This is my first video from Scraps & Stamp….very impressive. I am not a red/green holiday person so loved the gold and silver and the creative use of non-holiday stamps to create a beautiful card. Thank you.
Great card, I love the splatter background.
Your card is gorgeous! Love the metallic leaves and flowers!
I love the metallic colors you used – so pretty!
I love everything about this card!