Snowy and Bright - Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Hero Arts exclusive

 Good morning! I'm here to share a card with one of the many special STAMPtember collaborations throughout the month! Each collaboration is with one of your favorite companies, is limited edition, and only available while supplies last. When it's gone, it's gone! Today's special release is from Hero Arts:

I had fun creating these little mountain/lake scenes! I started off by stamping some of the images multiple times. At first I couldn't decide which color I wanted the mountains, so I did two options, and thought about mixing and matching. In the end, I had enough to create two cards, so I just decided to do that! I used the new Hero Arts Snowy and Bright set, and lots of SSS inks - Seafoam, Eucalyptus, Juniper, Periwinkle, Crocus, Ballerina, and Plum. I especially enjoyed playing with those new pinks and purples! I die cut them all, arranged them on my cards and adhered with foam adhesive and liquid glue. I stamped a few of the tiny snowflakes around the top of the mountains, and added a sentiment below. Finished off with some sparkly Star Dust Stickles for a frosty touch! Here is a closer look at these finished cards:

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Sparkly Winter Tags - Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Tim Holtz exclusive

Hello! Today I've got some projects using some BRAND NEW products for STAMPtember at Simon Says Stamp, these ones designed by Tim Holtz! There are also some surprises that were just announced with these products - including a free class from Tim Holtz, and a class bundle with these sets and lots more. I received the products early, and had so much fun creating these tags to share with you today!

I created a total of 4 tags using the Festive Watercolor stamp and die set, paired with Festive Tags dies. I started off by stamping lots of the images from Festive Watercolor using a mix of Lumberjack Plaid, Rustic Wilderness, and Scorched Timber distress inks on watercolor paper. Some of them I lightly misted with water before stamping, some after stamping, and some I inked with more than one color. Once I had a whole bunch of them created, I die cut them with the coordinating dies, then it was time to add sparkle. I added some Glossy Accent blobs randomly to each piece, then smooshed them into a little pile of Mica Flakes several times, which spread the glossy accents, and adhered the mica flakes all at the same time! Great messy fun - haha! While those dried, I die cut my Festive Tags each once from watercolor paper and white cardstock. I love the embossed edge each of these dies gives - so incredibly fun! The white cardstock ones I used my Distress Embossing dabber on one side, then embossed with Princess Gold embossing powder. The watercolor ones I did some ink smooshing with Lumberjack Plaid and Rustic Wilderness inks for a watercolor background. I die cut the tag toppers from Ivory Glitter cardstock, stamped and die cut my sentiments from Festive Sentiments, and then assembled the layers, using foam adhesive for the words, and liquid glue for all the greenery pieces. Finished off with some Ivory Jute String at the top, and a few Dazzling Clear Gems for extra sparkle! Here is a closer look at all of these tags:

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Gnome One Sweeter - Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Trinity Stamps exclusive

Good morning! I'm here to share a card with the first of many special STAMPtember collaborations throughout the month! Each collaboration is with one of your favorite companies, is limited edition, and only available while supplies last. When it's gone, it's gone! Today's special release is from Trinity Stamps:

 I created a sweet little shaker card with this collaboration!

I started off by stamping my image and sentiments from the set in black ink, and heat embossing with clear embossing powder for some fun shine, before die cutting with the coordinating dies. I then created a shaker window using Simon Says Stamp Nested Round Hearts, and used a combination of Limelicious and Surf inks to blend at the top and the bottom of the window panel, and behind the panel in a reverse direction. Love these happy colors together! I filled my shaker with some new to my Trinity Stamps Clear Twinkle Rhinestones, and they are SOO perfect for shaker cards - I love the sparkle! Finished off with a tiny white twine bow! Here is a closer look at this finished card:

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Sweater Weather - Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Special Release

 Hello! Today I'm sharing a fun fall card featuring a new SURPRISE release from Tim Holtz and Ranger, available now at Simon Says Stamp! This release is some fun large bottles of Rock Candy glitter - including a NEW Chunky glitter! I absolutely love this version, and had fun creating a fall theme card with lots of sparkle! It seems like since the calendar switched over to September, it suddenly feels like fall. And I am here for it!

I started off by using the Mod Forest embossing folder on white cardstock. I blended Distress Oxide inks over the top, using Crushed Olive, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Lumberjack Plaid, and Seedless Preserves. Then, I added a squirt of Glossy Accents to several of the trees, smeared it around with my finger, and sprinkled on the glitter, shaking off the excess. Isn't it the most beautiful sparkle?!? I added sentiments using Reverse Fall EZ Strips sentiment strips, die cut with the new coordinating EZ Strips Banners dies, popped up on foam, then finished off with a few Dazzling gems in Clear for a touch of extra sparkle! Here is a closer look at this finished card and all it's sparkle: 

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Wild Birthday Cards - Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Blog Party

Good morning! Today I'm joining a fun and EPIC Blog Party to celebrate the NEW STAMPtember Release from Simon Says Stamp, as well as kick off the month in a big way. There are tons of surprises throughout the month, and I can't wait to share lots more with you! To start off, there is a scavenger hunt of fun discounts and freebies along the way, so enjoy the search as you hop along and check out all the inspiration! Here is my coupon code - get an exclusive Pinwheels 3x3 stencil set for FREE with ANY purchase! Enter code PNWL at checkout to get this item for free. Discount valid until 9/3/25 at 11:59 pm ET. 

And I've got this little happy trio of birthday cards to share using some of the items in the new release!

I make a lot of birthday cards, and often need cute ones for kids with a lot of nieces and nephews - and friends with kiddos too! So when I saw the Wild Birthday set, I fell in love and couldn't wait to play with it! I thought it would be fun to watercolor up a few of the images - so I stamped them on watercolor paper, and just had a fun and relaxing watercolor session. Once they dried, I trimmed them down slightly to fit over the A2 Scalloped Rectangles dies, that I used to create shaped cardbases! I just cut two of them for each cardbase, scored the top edge of the back one, and then adhered them together. I added a sprinkle of the new Golden Hour embellishments to each one, and then some sparkly glitter drops to a few spots on each image. Here is a closer look at each of these cards:

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