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Simon Says Stamp TO LOVE Release is TODAY!!! Anemone Wreath Stamp Set

Today is the SSS To Love release and I am thinking you might get it in time for Christmas if you order it NOW! (not sure, but I'm hoping!). You can see the entire To Love release HERE and you can buy the entire To Love release stamp sets HERE! I have a card to share with you today, tomorrow, and Friday using new products from the release. My card today uses my favorite stamp in the release called the Anemone Wreath stamp set as shown here: Isn't it so pretty? I believe it was illustrated by Emily Midgett and I always enjoy her beautiful florals and seeing how she colors them. Here is my 5x5" card: I wanted to... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Holly Bunch Embossing Folder and Cutting Die and

I have a Christmas card to share with you today using a few different products from all different recent releases. I used the Holly Bunch Embossing Folder and Cutting Die from the Stamptember release. I also used the Tall Poinsettia Die from the Festive Fun release. Here are images with links to those two products: Here is my card: I first embossed the Holly Bunch Embossing Folder using white cardstock. I then die-cut the included cutting die of one of the holly branches and embossed it as well. I colored both with Copic Markers and used colored pencils for shading and inside all of the embossed lines to add depth. It's a busy embossing folder, so I wasn't sure what... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp DieCember Release: Cozy Together Stamp and Die Bundle

Today I have a winter card to share with you using the SSS Cozy Together Stamp and Die Bundle from the DieCember 2024 release. I also used the Splendid Snowflakes Embossing Folder from the Festive Fun release. Here are images of both products (click on image to get to product in SSS store): Here is my card: I stamped the snowman and a few of the snowflakes in the stamp set on white cardstock with Versafine black ink. I colored the snowman with Copic markers using a light aqua for shading and on the broom and scarf. I die-cut them all out with the matching dies. The set is out of stock right now, but the stamp by itself is... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp January 2025 Card Kit: Get Yeti!

It's that time of the month for the release of the Simon Says Stamp January 2025 (yep scary huh?!!!) card kit and it is called Get Yeti! It is full of winter wonderland products and a fun Get Yeti 6x8" stamp set which can be purchased separately. You can also buy a set of Get Yeti! Some of the other SSS exclusive products in this kit are the Illuminated Jacks embossing Folder, the Get Yeti and Balloon Die (to be used with the stamp set) and a sheet of Everyday EZ sentiment strips (meaning they can be die-cut with the EZ Strip Dies from the DieCember release). There is also a set of Get Yeti! matching dies for all of... Read more →

Mama Elephant The Nutcracker Stamp Set

I splurged on one non-SSS stamp set for the holiday season. I try not to buy much since I get so much product from Simon to create with. But I could not resist this Nutcracker stamp set from Mama Elephant. It was out of stock at SSS when it was first released and then I was able to buy it from Simon a couple weeks later. Well, now that I am doing my links, I see that it is out of stock again! When I bought it only the stamp set was available so I didn't use the dies for my card. I had to make a slimline card so I could fit all of the cute images on one... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Sweet Wishes Release: Patterned Stockings Embossing Older and Cutting Dies

I'm throwing it back a couple of releases with my card today. I've been working on this one for a while! I can't say it was a fast card to make haha. I used the Patterend Stockings Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies from the Sweet Wishes release as shown here: Here is my card: I embossed the Patterned Stockings embossing folder using white cardstock. I then die-cut a bunch of the stockings. The set comes with 4 stocking dies, so I think I die-cut about 9 sets. I then taped them into the embossing folder and embossed them all at one time. I glued them onto the embossed background. The reason I did this is I first started coloring them... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp DieCember 2024 Release: Woodland Floral Frame Embossing Folder and Cutting Die

I have a card to share with you today using a product from the SSS DieCember 2024 release. It is called the Woodland Floral Frame Embossing Folder and Cutting Die. Of course I had to color it because ... flowers! It is so pretty! Here is an image: And here is my card: I embossed the Woodland Floral Frame Embossing Folder with white cardstock, running it through three times so the design has very intense ridges to color. I die-cut the two flower dies in the set and then embossed them (at the same time, just sticky tape them into the embossing folder). I colored all of the images with Copic Markers. i went with a kind of weird color... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp DieCember 2024 Release: Peeking Snowmen Tags

I have two more tags to share with you using the Peeking Snowmen Tags stamp set from the SSS DieCember release. I also shared two on this blog post HERE yesterday. Here is an image of the stamp and die set: It has been very popular as it was out of stock immediately, but will be back in stock soon! I only used the stamp set and fussy cut my images out. Here are my two new tags: I used the Large Tag Die for the base of this tag with Holographic Red Cardstock. I die-cut a set of sentiment banners with the new EZ Strips dies (which can be used with or without the sentiment labels). I stamped a... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp DieCember 2024 Release: Peeking Snowman Tags

I made quite a few tags with the Peeking Snowman Tags stamp set from the SSS DieCember release. I shared one small one on my blog post yesterday and I have 4 more to share that use all of the stamps in this set. I'll share two today and two tomorrow. Here is an image of the Peeking Snowman Tags bundle: Here are two of my projects using this set: For the background of this tag, I used Washi Tape. Not sure where I got this one, but any holiday one or red design would work! I applied washi tape to a piece of cardstock that was bigger than the tag die I used. I die-cut it out with the... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Die-Cember 2024 Release: Festive Elephants Stamp Set

I have a card to share with you today using the SSS Die-Cember 2024 release. I used the Festive Elephants Stamp Set which is also sold as a bundle with a set of dies as shown here: I made a slimline with the card so I could use ALL of the stamps in the stamp set as usual! I stamped all of the stamps in the Festive Elephants stamp set with Versafine Ink on white cardstock. I colored them all in with Copic Markers and used a white Uniball gel pen for the white areas. I fussy cut them all out as I didn't have the matching dies. I made the background using the new True Green cardstock for the... Read more →