September 02, 2026

Simon Says Stamp - STAMPtember Party 2026!

Hello there. I'm joining Simon Says Stamp (SSS) today for their massive STAMPtember Party over on their blog where you can find the guest list. 😉 


For today's party, I created a simple rainbow friendship card usung the Flying Butterfly Collage dies, Embossed Card Edges dies and Forest Forage in Fall stamp (sentiment). 


Started by trimming two A2 size panels from Bristol paper.  One of them was then die cut with the butterfly and curve edge dies.  With the other panel, distress inks in rainbow colours were ink blended on.  For some texture, splattered it will water and blot with a paper towel. 


The butterfly bodies were die cut from silver foil paper.  The sentiment was heat embossed on black cardstock with white embossing powder.  Mounted the panels with foam tape for some dimension    Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish. 


Besides tons of inspirations, there are numerous promotions available like this one. 


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Challenges:
The Paper Players - #801 A Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge from Jayden (middle column -  things that fly, free, texture) 



September 01, 2026

Simon Says Stamp - STAMPtember 2026

Hello everyone.  It's September 1st, which means the 17th annual STAMPtember at Simon Says Stamp (SSS) is live!  This month long celebration is dedicated to all things we love about paper crafting.  Please click on the image below to see the entire SSS release.


For today, I have a Halloween card to share featuring the Haunted Garden stamp set.  I don't have it, but there is a coordinating die set.


Started by stamping the pumpkin image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on an X-Press It panel then masked it.  A Memento Tuxedo Black marker was then used to ink up just the ghost with flower before stamping in top.  Finally stamped the bat, then coloured the images with Copic Sketch markers. 

Copic markers used:
pumpkin - Y21,YR23;/24/27, E08, YG63/67 
flowers - Y11/15, YR16, R05 
leaves - BG90/93 
ghost - W00/1/3, R20 
bat - C00/1/3/6 


Decided to tone down the spookiness and drew a smile on the ghost. 😂   The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  Placed a watercolor stencil (retired) around scene and lightly ink blended Memento Toffee Crunch ink for the background.  Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish. 


All STAMPtember long, there will be lots of new products, inspirations, special offers, giveaway opportunities, surprised and more!  Speaking of which, check out these giveaways and free gifts with purchase offers!


Tune in tomorrow at 8:00 am ET for a huge STAMPtember blog party over on the SSS blog.  Please note compensated affiliate product links have been used in this post when possible at no extra cost to you should you make a purchase through them. Thank you for stopping by.       







August 27, 2026

Whimsy Stamps - Punny Birthday

Hello there.  Today is my nephew, Liam's, 11th birthday.  Hard to believe it's been 6 years since this video.  So in keeping with the same vibe as the card in that video, I decided to stretch the Sheets and Giggles stamp set from Whimsy Stamps (WS) beyond halloween and created him a punny slimline (SL) size (3.5"x8.5") birthday card.  This was so fun and I'm glad he liked it.  He actually recorded another video of him opening today's card, but for some unknown reason, I'm no longer able to upload videos to my blog. 🤔 


Black cardstock was trimmed to SL size.  The SL Film Strip die and the Spellbinders compact cutting plate were then used to partial die cut the film strip frame to SL size from its original 3.25"x8.25".  


Trimmed a SL panel from Bristol paper next and masked off the two sides with painter's tape.  Place the film strip frame over the panel to use as a guide and stamp the ghost images with Memento London Fog ink.  Went back and inked up their eyes with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker and re-stamped.   Ink blended Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Black Soot distress inks around them then splattered with water and blot with a paper towel for some texture. 


Green glow shading was added to the ghosts with YG01 Copic Sketch marker.  Stamped the sentiments with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Assemble the card onto a SL card base to finish. 


WS products used for the card are linked below.  Please note compensated affiliate product links have been used in this post when possible at no extra cost to you should you make a purchase through them. Your support is much appreciated. Thank you for stopping by.       





Challenges:
Tic Tac Toe - #300 Featured Designer Rosanne (left column - Letters, Sentiment, Die Cut & middle row - Sentiment, Children, Birthday 


August 16, 2026

Whimsy Stamps - Monster Greetings

Hello there.  Christmas in July has passed and now onto spooky season, or aka Halloween! 😉   Had a fun idea to capture the Monsters Close Up from Whimsy Stamps (WS) in jars on a shelf.  To fit all four of them on the card, I made a basic Z-fold card in A6 size.  The front of the card (when closed) was inspired by the Twilight series.  Are you team Edward?... or team Jacob? 🤔 



... or maybe team Neither? 😂  I'm having trouble uploading videos on my blog, but the video was uploaded on my Instagram post HERE.  Below is the card expanded. 


The monster images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It paper, coloured with Copic Sketch markers then die cut out with the Atlas Mason Jar.  Because they will be in glass jars, reflection marks were added to them with a white Posca pen and then quickly smudging/smearing with my fingers while still wet. 

Copic markers used:
vampire "Edward" - C00/0/1/3/5, R14/29 .       
Frankie -  YG01/03/06/07/09, G09, 
mummy - Y15, YR07, W1/3/5/7, E02 
werewolf "Jacob" - E70/71/74/79/49, B21 
  
To shoe more of their faces in the jar, partial die cutting of the window opening was done.  The silver lids were die cut from X-Press It paper and coloured with C2/4/6/8 Copic Sketch markers.  The webs were die cut from white while the spiders and alphabet letters for the custom greeting were die cut from black.  Highlights were added to the letters with a white gelly roll pen, giving it a shiny effect. 


Kraft paper was die cut with the Fence die then ink blended with Gathered Twigs distress ink on the underside to create the shelf. The card base is dark gray cardstock trimmed to 6.25x9-inches.  Before folding into a z-fold, Unicorn white pigment ink was ink blended over a Giraffe stencil for a cobblestone wall.  Next, valley fold the stencilled side in half at 4.5"  then mountain fold the front flap back in half at 2,25".  Assembled the card to finish.  


Did you know WS has a Halloween challenge for August?  Grab your WS products and play along.  Please click on the graphic below to get all the details/rules and link up!


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August 10, 2026

Charming Delight Birthday

Hello everyone.  Today is a friend's birthday and I created a CAS (clean and simple) floral birthday card for her using the Charming Delight layering stencil set from Altenew (ALT)   Hope she's having a wonderful day and getting spoiled. 😉  


Trimmed Bristol paper to A2 size then ink blended ALT Enchanted Garden and Frosted Foliage fresh dye inks over the stencil layers for the flowers and foliage. For the center, used distress inks (Squeezed Leminade, Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber) and purple ink remaining from the Enchanted Garden detail blending brush.


Was going for a soft watercolour look, so had to add splatters with diluted white gouache paint.  Die cut the Spellbinders Layered Happy Birthday sentiment from silver foil paper and its shadow from vellum.  Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish. Easy peasy! 


Main products used for my card are linked below for your convenience.  Please note compensated affiliate product links have  been used in this post when possible at no extra cost to you should you make a purchase through them. Your support is much appreciated. Thank you for stopping in. .   





Challenges:
Time Out - #319 Choose Two (CAS-Floral-Birthday)