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 and giveaway opportunities!  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.