Simon Says Stamp 2026 STAMPtember® & Alex Syberia Designs Collaboration

Hello friends!  If you know about STAMPtember®, you also know that there are daily surprises like this awesome Lovely Day stamp and die set that I've used for my card here!

These are available only while supplies last and will not be restocked.  Most collabs sell out quickly so grab it now if you like it!  I love this beautiful floral image from the collab set with Simon Says Stamp and Alex Syberia Designs!  I had so much fun having a coloring session to make this!

Here's a peek at the Lovely Day product images:

I stamped this sweet floral from the Lovely Day stamp set with Copic marker safe ink.  After I colored it with my markers, I cut it out with the coordinating die.   There are two separate small flower stamps in the set that I colored and die cut too.  However, I totally forgot to put them on the card!  Duh.  LOL!

I topped the A2 card base front with this beautiful Delicate Frame & Friend die set.  I die cut the frame three times from white cardstock.  I glued the layers together and then to the card.

I used foam tape to attach the Lovely Day floral to the card.  There are two sentiments in this stamp set that also have coordinating dies.  I love that!

Be sure to head to Simon's shop on their website to check out this gorgeous set!  Thank you very much for stopping by today!

No Tricks...Just Treats, A Sweet Halloween Card

Hello, crafty friends!!  I don't make a lot of Halloween cards, but when I do, I tend to go for the sweet spooky instead of totally spooky.  I made this cute ghost from Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Trick Or Treat Honey Cuts extra sweet by adding sweet pink touches to her costume.

The ghost in the Lovely Layers: Trick Or Treat Honey Cuts was super easy to make!  I die cut the layers mostly from white cardstock except the legs and eyes that I cut from black cardstock.  The sash with the bow is actually shown as part of the witch's costume.  But I thought that it was perfect for my sweet ghost!

I used Distress Inks to color and shade the ghost and accessories.  The Distress Ink colors I used here are Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo, and Lost Shadow.  For layer that goes behind the pumpkin candy holder I just colored it with a black Copic marker.

After I used Bee Creative glue to adhere the ghost's layers together, I added black foam adhesive to the back and set it aside to work on the background.

Here is where I pulled out some older favorites!  I placed an A2 white cardstock panel to the side of the Farmhouse Fields Scene Builder die and ran it through my die cutting machine.

Then I used the Farmhouse Fields stencils and blending brushes to color through the stencils with Distress Inks.  TIP:  On all of the layers, except the tree trunk, I used a mid-tone gray ink to give the colors a little darker, more nighttime, feel.The Distress Ink colors I used are: Rustic Wilderness, Mowed Lawn, and Gathered Twigs.

The sky is a panel of indigo cardstock embossed with the Tangled Web 3D embossing folder.  I inked the edge with Black Soot Distress Ink and trimmed it so the main portion of the web would show.  I added white opaque watercolor splatters and glued it to my A2 card base.

Next, let me just say, I LOVE the new Sentiment Studio: Halloween stamp and the coordinating Sentiment Studio: Strips die!  YES, one die to cut out ALL of the sentiments!  I stamped it with black pigment ink and cut it out with the die.  How awesome is it to get so many sentiments in two steps?!!

Be sure to check out the Sentiment Studio: Halloween stamp set and Coordinating Honey Cuts Bundle!!

The cute little bats are from the Lovely Layers: Toil & Trouble die set.  I used black foam adhesive to adhere them to the card.

I pretty thrilled with how this turned out!  I hope you've enjoyed my tutorial and have been inspired to create your own sweet-not-spooky Halloween card with the Lovely Layers: Trick Or Treat set!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope it's an awesome day for you!

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Hello Fall -- An Adorable Owl from Spellbinders Small Die Club Kit

Hello, friends!  I'm back today with another card that features Spellbinders September Club Kits.  The star of this card is the adorable little owl that in the Small Die Of The Month Club, Owl Be There.  All of the die cuts you see on this card is in this Club Kit!

My card base is A2 sized and layered with a panel of Indigo cardstock that I die cut with the largest Playful Stitches Panels die.  Before I adhered it to the card base, I inked the edges with a blending brush and black ink.  Then I splattered diluted white opaque watercolor on it.

I used various colored cardstocks (all available are linked below) to cut out the layers and pieces of the Owl Be There dies.  TIP:  I used Peridot cardstock for ALL of the leaves!!  When I added the yellow, orange, and green Distress Inks, I got just the warm autumn colors I was looking for!

Then I added some fun shading with blending brushes and several Distress Inks in autumn colors.

I glued the tree stump on the card base and then adhered the owl onto the card with foam adhesive.  I arranged the leaves and mushrooms and adhered them with glue and foam squares.

The sentiment is another one from the Stuffed With Gratitude stamp set.  After I stamped it with black pigment ink, I cut it out with the included coordinating die.

I love owl images and this one from the Owl Be There die set is definitely a favorite!  Thank you for stopping by today!  I hope your day is a good one and that you get in some fun crafty time!

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Thankful For Stretchy Pants -- Spellbinders September Club Kits

Hello, crafty friends!  Today all of the Spellbinders Club Kits are open for new subscriptions!  This month's kits are sure to get you in the mood for all things fall, if you aren't already!  My card today features two of the Club Kits:  Clear Stamp+Dies, Stuffed With Gratitude and the 3D Embossing Folder, Autumn Bark. 

I created a layer for my A2 card base by embossing kraft colored cardstock with the Autumn Bark 3D embossing folder.  I trimmed it to 4" x 5-¼" and glued it to the card.

This adorable little turkey image is included with the sentiments in the Stuffed With Grace stamp set.  I stamped it with Copic marker safe black ink and then colored it with my markers in some warm autumn colors.

I love that there is a die to cut out the turkey and dies for all 13 of the sentiments in the Stuffed With Grace set.  I used three of these sentiments on this card.  I went with the fun sentiments, but there are also lots of heartfelt sentiments included.

Before I adhered the image and sentiments with foam adhesive, I added a few brown splatters in the area where I had planned on placing the turkey.  Walnut Stain Distress ink was just the right subtle color for a bit more detail.

This was such an easy card to make!  The texture of the Autumn Bark 3D embossing folder compliments the turkey just right!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope your day is fabulous!

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Thank You Card With Boho Pumpkins -- Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, crafty friends!!  I'm super excited to share my first project with products from Honey Bee Stamps new Acorn & Ember release!  I'm in love with everything in this release and had a hard time choosing what to create with first!  I ended up choosing the beautiful Lovely Layers: Boho Pumpkins Honey Cuts for this card.

• Please check this out!  I'm featuring this card for Honey Bee's Instagram Hop today, which begins at 9 am CDT.  I strongly encourage you to come on over to my Instagram to get started as there will be prizes!  Honey Bee is giving away one $25 gift card to two winners!  Just leave "hearts" and comments on each stop in the hop for more chances to win!

Now on to the fun details of my card!

I started out by creating a side-folding A7 card base from white cardstock.  I chose this beautiful leafy green paper from the new Acorn & Ember paper pad for the first layer and glued it to the card base.

Next I used the largest die in the Design Deck: Base die set to cut a piece of brown cardstock.  It's so cool that there's an embossing folder to coordinate with this die cut!  I just lined up the brown cardstock die cut in the Autumn Keepsakes 3D embossing folder and ran it through my die cutting machine.  I inked up the edges using blending brushes and Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.

Then I added gold splatters with a paint brush and gold metallic paint from Gansai Tambi Starry Colors watercolors!  (P.S.:  This set is my MOST favorite gold tones!). Then I swiped a gold metallic ink pad along the edges and glued it to my card base.

Next I chose three more papers from the Acorn & Ember paper pad and cut out the pumpkins with the dies in the Lovely Layers: Boho Pumpkins dies.  I die cut the lace from watercolor cardstock, the leaves from green cardstock, and the stems from brown cardstock.

I smooshed Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distress inks onto my silicone mat.  Then I spritzed the ink with just. bit of water.  Next I dipped each die cut layer into the ink, drying between colors and layers of ink with my heat tool.

I inked up the edges of each pumpkin using a blending brush and Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress inks along with some orange inks from my stash.  I used Rustic Wilderness for the leaves.  Before I glued the Boho Pumpkin layers together I inked the edges with gold metallic ink.

The sentiment is from the Keepsake Sentiments: Fall stamp set.  Before I stamped it, I die cut watercolor cardstock with the die in the Design Deck: Base dies.  Then I ink smooshed it as described above.  When the piece was dry, I patted an anti-static tool on the paper then stamped the sentiment with clear embossing ink.

I sprinkled copper embossing powder over the stamped sentiment, then heat set it with my heat tool.  I used a blending brush to ink the edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink then swiped the gold metallic ink pad along the edges.  (Of course, there is a coordinating Keepsake Sentiments: Fall die set, but I didn't need it this time.)

I adhered the Boho Pumpkins and the sentiment to the card using glue and some foam tape.

This was such a fun card to make.  I love these Acorn & Ember papers and the Boho Pumpkins too!  Be sure to check out the entire release on Honey Bee's website.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonderful and crafty day!

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It's time for the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® Blog Party

Happy 17th STAMPtember®!!!  I'm thrilled to be joining in the Simon Says Stamp Blog Party to help celebrate STAMPtember® and Simon's HUGE new release!!!!  There are many other blogs participating and sharing lots more awesome inspiration with the products in Simon's release, so be sure to head over to Simon's blog when you are finished here.

Click this graphic to check it all out!

Also, keep reading to the end of this post!  Simon Says Stamp has given me a very special promotional code for you to use.  You can check out the graphic at the end to see what this awesome special is!  Also, there are many other surprises on the other blogs!

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I have several cards to share with you today all featuring new crafty goodies from Simon Says Stamp!

First up is this sweet Halloween card that features the new Little Pumpkin House die set and the Fable Friendly Foxes embossing folder.

To begin, I die cut orange, green, and brown cardstocks with the dies in the adorable Little Pumpkin House die set.  I used ink blending brushes a coordinating inks to add shading to each piece.

Then I embossed white cardstock with the Fable Friendly Foxes embossing folder.  After trimming it to 4-¼" x 4" I glued it to an A2 card base.  I added two narrow strips of green and orange cardstock just below the embossed panel.  (I have all of the cardstock and other supplies linked in my list below.)

To finish up, I used thin foam adhesive to adhere the Little Pumpkin House to my card.

Then I stamped a simple sentiment from the Trick Or Treat stamp set with black pigment ink.

Next up is this card that features the new Layering Christmas Tree stamp set.

I stamped two of the Layering Christmas Trees onto panels of white cardstock that measure 1-¾" x 3-¾".  I used two shades of green inks.  I used gold metallic pigment ink to stamp the trees' stars.

Next I inked up the edges of two 2" x 4" panels with gold pigment ink by swiping the ink pad directly onto the paper.  I glued the stamped Christmas Trees panels to the layers.

There's a stamp in this set for the round ornaments.  I stamped it a few times with the gold metallic ink.  I don't have the coordinating Layering Christmas Trees dies so I used a hole punch to cut out the smallest.  Then I used my scissors to cut out the others.

I glued one of the Layering Christmas Trees panel to my card base that has an embossed layer I made with the Layered Vine embossing folder (previously released).  The other panel is popped up with foam adhesive.

I stamped the sentiment, also in the Layering Christmas Trees stamp set, in black pigment ink and trimmed each one into a strip.  These are also popped up with foam tape.

My final project features one die, the Peace Joy Love cover die, and easily made three cards!

All I needed to do was die cut white cardstock, and gold and silver glitter cardstock panels with the Peace Joy Love die.  I removed all of the letter pieces from the panels and glued the panels to A2 card bases. Then I paper pieced the various back into the openings.

I added a little embellishment to each card with die cuts from the Stitching Holly and Berries die set.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Happy STAMPtember®!!!

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Summer Chill Birthday Card -- Two-stencil Technique!

Hello, crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing a few details of this card I made that features a few of the Alex Syberia Designs August 2026 release products along with the Postage Stamp die and stencil.

First I die cut white cardstock with the Postage Stamp die.  I used two sandy-colored inks and blending brushes to add my beach to each rectangle.  Use removable tape to mask off where needed.

I placed it onto my grip mat and positioned the Postage Stamp stencil over it.  (Note: I just found that this is currently sold out.  Click the "notify me" button to be notified when it's back.  Masking tape could easily be used here.)  That's the first stencil.  I placed the second stencil, Clouds & Waves Builder, over the top rectangles with the waves portion of the stencil.

Then I used teal and blue inks with the cloud and waves edges of the Clouds & Waves Builder stencil.  I glued this panel to an A2 card base.

Next I stamped the cute images from the Summer Chill stamp set with Copic safe ink.  I colored the images with my Copic markers and then cut them out with the coordinating Summer Chill dies.

I trimmed the edges of the image with the palm tress to match the width of the stenciled rectangle.  Then I used foam adhesive to adhere it and the other images to my card.

The Summer Chill stamp set has seven sentiments to choose from.  I decided on a birthday sentiment and stamped it with black pigment ink.  I cut it out with the coordinating die and adhered it with foam strips.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  If you'd like to see some of how I made this, please watch my reel over on my Instagram!

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