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Simon Says Stamp STAMPTEMBER 2023 Release is HERE: Hibiscus Cluster Embossing Folder

Today is the biggest, most grand, and definitely most exciting release of the year, STAMPtember 2023!!! To think this HUGE release is only the beginning of a month long of fun is mind boggling. The amount of creating I'll be doing over here is also mind boggling, so visit daily for all of September! You can see the entire STAMPtember release HERE. Today I am sharing a card with the new Hibiscus Cluster Embossing Folder. Tomorrow there is a big blog party and I'll be sharing two cards using the new Hocus Pocus stamps and dies and the next day I'll be sharing two cards using the new Magical Crafting stamps and dies. Then we start with the collaboration sets... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Just A Note Release: "Summer Bouquet Stencil"

I don't use stencils as the main dish for cards very often. I don't really know how to make them look special enough to be the main dish! But SSS released a gorgeous floral stencil in the Just A Note release that I have been dying to use, but wasn't sure how. I guess because I don't love making one layer flat cards very much. So I came up with a solution that makes me really happy. The stencil is called the Summer Bouquet Stencil and here is an image of it: Here is my card: I wish you could see the dimension so you would see my point about preferring it to flat cards. I used the SSS Stencil... Read more →

My Favorite Things Delightful Halloween Stamp Set

One of the new stamp sets by MFT is a darling Halloween set called "Delightful Halloween". Being someone who doesn't particularly like Halloween, this set appealed to me because of it's cute nature. Here is an image of it: You can purchase it at Simon Says Stamp and there is also a set of matching dies that were really helpful when I was making my card. I was channelling Rachel Alvarado for my background as she makes the best inked backgrounds ever. She is the "unpamperedstamper" on IG and is on the MFT design team. I channelled Alberto Gava for my Copic coloring as he is the MASTER of Copics and shades like no bodies business! He is "loshakeratoalberto" on... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Painted Rainbow Cling Stamp and So Swell Stamp and Dies

I made a quick card! yay! I usually spend so much time on my cards because of all of the coloring. I think I made this one in less than an hour and I was so happy! I used the Simon Says Stamp Painted Rainbow Cling stamp (Dear Friend release) and the So Swell stamp and dies (Just A Note release) for this card. Here are images of both: Here is my card: I used the Painted Rainbow Cling with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze's for the rainbow. I started with a piece of white cardstock. It's really easy to use this stamp as all of the pieces are separate and you just line them up in your Misti and... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp "Just A Note" Release: The Write Stuff Stamp Set and Just A Note Die

I have made quite a few cards with the SSS Just A Note release "The Write Stuff" stamp set, but here I am with another one. Just as a reminder, I had a "one stamp, five ways" post up on the SSS blog HERE using this set. Here is an image of those 5 cards and you can see all the details about how I made them on the SSS blog: And here is my card for today: I first stamped the Ticking Cling Stamp on white cardstock with Charcoal Pawsitively Saturated Ink. I then die-cut it with an SSS A2 Thin Frame Die. I attached it to a red card base. I stamped the line of pencils from The... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp "Out of This World" Release: Layered Dandy Flower Dies and Windswept Leaves Dies

Today I have combined two stand-alone wafer dies from the SSS Out of This World release called the Layered Dandy Flower Dies and the Windswept Leaves Dies. Here are images of these two products: Here is my card. I also used a new embossing folder from SSS called the Criss Cross Embossing Folder. I started by embossing the Criss Cross embossing folder on white cardstock. i then used a light pink Copic Marker to color over all the raised images. I attached this piece to a white card base. I love simple embossing folders as they are the perfect background for a card like this. I die-cut two sets of the Layered Dandy Flower Dies. They come with little pieces... Read more →

Pink Fresh Pretty Blossoms and Simon Says Stamp Etched Greetings

I have a card to share with you today using a combination of the gorgeous Pink Fresh Pretty Blossoms cling stamp and the SSS Etched Greetings stamp set. The Pretty Blossoms cling stamp comes with a few different options to add on to it including a Pretty Blossoms Die, a Pretty Blossoms Stencil, and a Pretty Blossoms Hot Foil Plate. I'm just using the stamp today because I love to color! But the stencil is a great way to use these type of stamps without as much time and still beautiful results! Here is an image of the stamp: And here is my card: I stamped the Pretty Blossoms cling stamp on a piece of white cardstock using Intense Black... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp "Just A Note" Release: Fresh Cut Floral Stem Die and Plant Sentiments Stamp Set

I'm back to using the newest release by Simon Says Stamp called Just A Note. Today I have combined two of the products for my card. I used the Fresh Cut Floral Stem Die and the Plant Sentiments Stamp Set. Here is my card: I always have a bunch of watercolored panels ready to use on cards that I go through when trying to get inspiration. I love watercoloring and making just plain backgrounds is the most fun thing to do when I have no brain mojo! I found this panel in the background that is orange and coral pinks which was painted on Arches WC paper with Daniel Smith watercolors. I thought it would work well as a background... Read more →

My Favorite Things "Squeeze The Day" Stamp Set

I was gone for a few days visiting Simon Says Stamp and enjoying myself immensely. But I got a little behind in blogging. I do have one more card using the brand new MFT release that I wanted to share before I left, but here I am a week later! I used the new stamp set called Squeeze The Day and the matching set of dies. Here is an image: All of this MFT release is available in the Simon Says Stamp store as is this stamp set, thus all of my links are to SSS. Here is my slimline card: I started by die-cutting the SSS Nested Slimline Rectangle Die (which I use on every slimline card I make!)... Read more →

Slimline Card Using the Brand New Release by MFT: "Long Walk With A Best Friend" Stamp Set

Today is the My Favorite Things new release (August 15th at 10:00 EST). I was lucky enough to get my hands on a few of the new products so I could make something with them for the release. I picked the "Long Walk With A Best Friend" stamp set with a matching set of dies as I am a dog lover and I love all of the sets by YUZU. Here is an image of the stamp set with a link to it in the Simon Says Stamp store: And here is my slimline card using the stamp: I die-cut a rectangle using the SSS Slimline Rectangle Dies from white cardstock. I then applied Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Marine ink... Read more →