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Simon Says Stamp Floral Love & Hugs

Hello Friends and welcome back! I hope you’re enjoying STAMPtember so far! Today’s post is featuring the new Stitched Flowers Embossing Folder, so let’s go ahead and get into the details!

NOTE: all supplies are linked in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by embossing a panel of black cardstock in the folder and trimming it down slightly smaller than an A2 card. I then used these super awesome metallic rub-ons to add the gold color to the panel using my finger. There are lots of fun colors in this palette, and I really want to try another one in a different color.

Once I was done with the rub-ons, I die cut the sentiment once from black glossy cardstock, once from black and once from a scrap of cardstock that would coordinate with the metallic. I also cut the shadow portion twice and stacked all of those together.

My panel was adhered to a black panel for contrast, the sentiment was adhered using foam strips and some black gems were added to the centers of the flowers to finish up.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to head over to Simon’s website to check out the entire STAMPtember release, and stay tuned for tomorrow as we are having a huge blog celebration! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the DieCember® release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happiest Friday to you! I’m back today with a twist on the Mountain Horizon die cut from @simonsaysstamp DieCember release. I opted to use mine for an abstract type of design, and I kinda like how it turned out! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Hello Friends, and welcome to DieCember 2025! My project today is featuring the new Classic Leaf Ring in a super fun color palette! You can find more deets over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope to see you there! Have a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is featuring the Tree Plate from @simonsaysstamp in red and white. You can catch all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have an awesome day! Hey Friends! I’m back today with a project featuring the Layering Pine Sprigs from @simonsaysstamp latest release, And Everything Nice. You can find more details on my blog at redsas.co, if you’re at all interested. Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday! Happy Wednesday, Friends! I’m back with a project featuring the new Snowy Hillside Embossing Folder from @simonsaysstamp latest release, And Everything Nice. You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Simon Says Stamp Hummingbird Hugs

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! I’m back today with a project featuring the new Brilliant Hummingbird from Simon’s latest release, Friend Like You. Let’s run through the details!

NOTE: all supplies are linked in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by die cutting the Brilliant Hummingbird, the Delicate Wildflowers and the Dainty Floral Vine all from Neenah 110lb cardstock. I went ahead and pulled Heather, Honey, Pearfection, Seafoam and Gravel inks to do all of the ink blending on these elements. Once I was done, I assembled the hummingbird and flowers and set those aside while I worked on the rest of the card.

I used the new A7 Rectangles and cut a panel of Neenah that got gold splattered. I also used two of the rectangles to cut a gold frame that would go around the outside of splattered panel that I just cut. I glued the gold frame in place and then began gluing the leaves in place.

The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed using Detail White Embossing Powder. I trimmed that out three times for a stacked sentiment. The sentiment, flowers and hummingbird were adhered using foam strips for some added dimension and some gold pearls were added for some shine to finish up.

That does it for this project! I don’t often enjoy making A7 cards, but sometimes the extra space is nice. I hope you have an awesome day, and don’t forget to check out the entire Friend Like You release.

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Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the DieCember® release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happiest Friday to you! I’m back today with a twist on the Mountain Horizon die cut from @simonsaysstamp DieCember release. I opted to use mine for an abstract type of design, and I kinda like how it turned out! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Hello Friends, and welcome to DieCember 2025! My project today is featuring the new Classic Leaf Ring in a super fun color palette! You can find more deets over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope to see you there! Have a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is featuring the Tree Plate from @simonsaysstamp in red and white. You can catch all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have an awesome day! Hey Friends! I’m back today with a project featuring the Layering Pine Sprigs from @simonsaysstamp latest release, And Everything Nice. You can find more details on my blog at redsas.co, if you’re at all interested. Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday! Happy Wednesday, Friends! I’m back with a project featuring the new Snowy Hillside Embossing Folder from @simonsaysstamp latest release, And Everything Nice. You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Simon Says Stamp Love & Hugs Botanical

Hello Friends, and welcome back to my blog! The latest Simon release, You Are My Favorite, is live and I’m back with a project featuring the new Big Botanicals. Let’s go ahead and get right into the details since this one had lots of steps.

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by putting a panel of mixed media paper in my splat box and adding Distress Oxide Sprays and Spritzes until I was satisfied. The sprays used were Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion, Prize Ribbon and Rustic Wilderness. The Spritzes used were Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron and Peeled Paint. I did dry my paper between layers of color so that I could build upon each other.

Once satisfied with the panel, I stamped one of the florals from the Big Botanicals set onto the panel using VersaFine Onyx Black and heat set it using Ranger Clear Embossing Powder. I did use a couple of the other elements from the stamp set and added those as well. I also used the TH Stitches set for some other added elements. I also used the TH Digits stencil along with some Ranger Translucent Crackle Paste to add some texture.

I set that aside to dry while I worked on the other elements for the card. I stamped the sentiment, which is from the Mix & Match Butterflies set, onto black cardstock using VersaMark ink and heat set that using Simon Detail White Embossing Powder. It was trimmed out using the coordinating die several times for a stacked sentiment. I used the Stitching Butterflies set to cut and assemble one of the butterflies to add once everything was dry.

For even more texture, I used the TH Paper Distress tool to rough up the edges of the panel, and I used a water brush to paint the floral and dry it with paper towels to lift some of the ink from those areas. My panel was adhered to the card base with foam tape, while the butterfly and sentiment were adhered with foam strips.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it! I never do mixed media projects because I’m not very good at them, but I enjoy them just the same! Don’t forget to check out the entire You Are My Favorite release over on Simon’s website! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Simon Says Stamp Rainbow Mod Plants

Hello Friends and welcome back! Thanks for joining me for today’s project featuring the new Mod Plants from Simon’s latest release, Rain or Shine. You’ve had a few day to peruse the release, what are your favorites? Let me know in the comments! Let’s go ahead and run through the details for this one!

NOTE: all supplies are linked in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by pulling my Bubblegum, Sunbeam and Seafoam inks. I picked out one plant from this set to do a repeat rainbow pattern. Once the stamp was place in the Misti, I inked the top portion of the stamp with the Bubblegum ink and used a blending brush to soften the edge of the ink. I did end up stamping several times to get good coverage. I then inked the middle portion of the stamp with the Sunbeam ink, softening the edges as before. I then inked the bottom portion of the stamp with the Seafoam ink, softening the edges of the ink again.

Once I was finished with one leaf, I moved it to the next area on my panel and repeated those stamping steps each time. When finished, I used the Postage Stamp Edge Frames to trim the panel down. This was then adhered to the card base using foam tape. The Sending Love & Hugs sentiment was cut once from gold cardstock and twice from Neenah 110lb cardstock, and the shadow portion was also cut twice. All of those pieces were adhered together using liquid glue and then added to the card with foam strips to finish up.

That does it for this one! It’s a simple design, but I really like how it turned out! Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope you have a fabulous day, and don’t forget to stay awesome!

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Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the DieCember® release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happiest Friday to you! I’m back today with a twist on the Mountain Horizon die cut from @simonsaysstamp DieCember release. I opted to use mine for an abstract type of design, and I kinda like how it turned out! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Hello Friends, and welcome to DieCember 2025! My project today is featuring the new Classic Leaf Ring in a super fun color palette! You can find more deets over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope to see you there! Have a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is featuring the Tree Plate from @simonsaysstamp in red and white. You can catch all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have an awesome day! Hey Friends! I’m back today with a project featuring the Layering Pine Sprigs from @simonsaysstamp latest release, And Everything Nice. You can find more details on my blog at redsas.co, if you’re at all interested. Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday! Happy Wednesday, Friends! I’m back with a project featuring the new Snowy Hillside Embossing Folder from @simonsaysstamp latest release, And Everything Nice. You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Simon Says Stamp Pepita Background

Hello Friends, and thanks so much for stopping by to check out today’s project featuring the new Pepita Background from Simon’s latest release, Rain or Shine. Let’s go ahead and get right into it!

NOTE: all supplies are linked in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by stamping the background onto a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock using Dew, Mist and Raindrop inks. I started with the lightest color at the top of my panel and used a small blending brush to soften the edges of the ink on the stamp, so as not to have any harsh edges. I did have to repeat this step multiple times to get a good image. I proceeded with the the other colors doing the same thing.

Once I was satisfied with the stamped image, I made marks on the panel so I knew where to trim it down. I then used my scissors to trim along the edges to give it a more interesting appeal. I really liked that look and did another card the same way. I die cut the Lush Leaves from Matte Silver cardstock as well as an aqua mirrored cardstock that I purchased from my local craft store.

While I was cutting, I went ahead and cut the Scripty Hugs once from the same mirror cardstock and twice from Neenah, as well as cutting the shadow portion twice. I adhered all of those pieces together and started the assembly process. The background was adhered using foam tape while the leaves were secured with liquid glue. I added the sentiment with foam strips and added Surf Dazzling Gems to finish up this project.

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I think the aqua colors pair so nicely with the silver. Don’t forget to check out the entire Rain or Shine release! Thanks again for joining me and have an awesome day!

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Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the DieCember® release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happiest Friday to you! I’m back today with a twist on the Mountain Horizon die cut from @simonsaysstamp DieCember release. I opted to use mine for an abstract type of design, and I kinda like how it turned out! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Hello Friends, and welcome to DieCember 2025! My project today is featuring the new Classic Leaf Ring in a super fun color palette! You can find more deets over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope to see you there! Have a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is featuring the Tree Plate from @simonsaysstamp in red and white. You can catch all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have an awesome day! Hey Friends! I’m back today with a project featuring the Layering Pine Sprigs from @simonsaysstamp latest release, And Everything Nice. You can find more details on my blog at redsas.co, if you’re at all interested. Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday! Happy Wednesday, Friends! I’m back with a project featuring the new Snowy Hillside Embossing Folder from @simonsaysstamp latest release, And Everything Nice. You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Spellbinders Vivid Script Hugs

Hello Friends, and welcome back! Thanks so much for stopping by to check out today’s project featuring the new Eyelet Scallop Border, Vivid Script Sentiments and the Vivid Blooms sets from the Spellbinders latest January releases. Let’s go ahead and jump into the details!

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by gold splattering a Neenah panel and then die cutting the Eyelet Scallop Border from Neenah 110lb cardstock. I also went ahead and cut the flowers from the Vivid Blooms set from Waterfall and yellow cardstock. While I was cutting, I cut the hugs sentiment once from gold cardstock and three times from Neenah.

I ink blending the flowers a little bit with some Surf ink and assembled the pieces of the flowers, as well as the sentiment. I adhered the border to my splattered panel, adhered the flowers atop that and then adhered the sentiment just below that. The finished panel was then adhered to the card base with foam tape for added dimension.

Super simple card for today, but I’ve been in a clean and simple mode lately for some reason. That’s ok .. not every card has to be over the top! I hope you enjoyed it, and I’m so glad that you stopped by! Have yourself an awesome day!

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Today I’m participating in a Simon Says Stamp Instagram hop, and we’re featuring the DieCember® release! To start from the beginning of the hop, head to @simonsaysstamp! Happiest Friday to you! I’m back today with a twist on the Mountain Horizon die cut from @simonsaysstamp DieCember release. I opted to use mine for an abstract type of design, and I kinda like how it turned out! You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Hello Friends, and welcome to DieCember 2025! My project today is featuring the new Classic Leaf Ring in a super fun color palette! You can find more deets over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope to see you there! Have a fabulous day! Happy Monday, Friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Today’s post is featuring the Tree Plate from @simonsaysstamp in red and white. You can catch all of the details over on my blog at redsas.co. Hope you have an awesome day! Hey Friends! I’m back today with a project featuring the Layering Pine Sprigs from @simonsaysstamp latest release, And Everything Nice. You can find more details on my blog at redsas.co, if you’re at all interested. Hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday! Happy Wednesday, Friends! I’m back with a project featuring the new Snowy Hillside Embossing Folder from @simonsaysstamp latest release, And Everything Nice. You can find more details over on my blog at redsas.co. I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Simon Says Stamp Snowy Warm Hugs

Hello Crafty Friends and welcome back! Today I’m featuring the new Simon Says Stamp Exclusive die cut from Tim Holtz, Be of Good Cheer! What a fun little set to play with, AND it’s free with any $25 Tim Holtz branded purchase! Hurry though, this offer is only while supplies last! I created a few projects with this set, so let’s go ahead and go through the first one.

NOTE: all supplies are linked in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by embossing a panel of watercolor paper using the Snowflake Visions Embossing Folder. I used watercolor paper because I knew that I was going to be adding moisture, and I wanted a paper that good withstand that. I added some TH Distress Spritz in Uncharted Mariner and let that dry some before adding some Peacock Feathers Spritz. When that was dry, I used a brayer and white ink to roll over the raised portions of the panel to brighten it back up. I wasn’t done there .. I also added some white splatter to the panel as well.

I set that aside to dry while I worked on the snowman. The snowman is several pieces so I cut the coordinating pieces from Neenah, black, blues, grey, orange and pink. Once those were all cut, I assembled the snowman using liquid glue. I also cut a silver frame using the SSS A2 Thin Frames set, and the Warm Hugs was also cut from silver cardstock as well. I did two additional cuts from Neenah and cut the shadow twice from Neenah and glued all of those pieces together for that stacked sentiment look.

The silver frame was glued to the panel, while the sentiment and the snowman were adhered using foam tape before being adhered to the card base.

That finishes up this project! I hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to check out the entire DieCember release, including this cutie set from Tim Holtz. Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Simon Says Stamp Fine Petals Hugs

Hello, Hello and welcome back! Thanks for stopping by! Yup, I’m still on a StampTember kick! There’s just so many good things in this release, it’s hard to stop! For today’s project, I’m featuring another card using the new Fine Petal Background Plate. This is such a gorgeous die when it’s cut! Let’s get into the details!

I began by cutting a panel of Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock using the Fine Petal Background Plate. I did have to run this through about four times to get a really good cut, but hopefully your machine cuts better! Once the panel was cut, I zhooshed most of the petals giving them plenty of definition and dimension. I did leave some un-zhooshed at the bottom for my sentiment.

I had some blue mirror cardstock that I wanted to use, so I adhered the petal panel to a color coordinating blue cardstock using liquid glue.

I cut the SSS Hugs sentiment once from this blue mirror cardstock and twice from Neenah 110lb. I also cut the shadow twice from Neenah 110lb and glued all of those layers together.

My sentiment was then glued to the bottom of the petal panel where I left the petals un-zhoosed. Everything was then adhered to the card base, which is also Neenah 110lb. Lots of dimension on this card for sure!

Here’s a reverse view of the card, so you can see the blue peeking through more clearly

To finish up, I added a few PinkFresh Studio Jewels, because every card deserves to sparkle!

That finishes this one up! Super simple and quick! That’s the wonderful thing about background plates! I hope you’ll stop by and check out the entire StampTember line up! Lots of great things to choose from! Have a wonderful day and don’t forget to stay awesome!

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Simon Says Stamp Leafy Warm Hugs

Hello Crafters, and welcome back! Thanks so much for stopping by! Yay for StampTember, right?! What are your favorites from the release? I can honestly say that I have too many! Who’s with me? There’s just so much to choose from! I had to order a few of the new ink pads to try them out! They are all just so yummy! For today’s project, I’m featuring the new Leaves Wreath Stencil once again with fall colors. So let’s jump right into the details!

To begin this project, I trimmed a panel of Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock just smaller than an A2 card and secured the first Leaves Wreath Stencil to it using masking tape. For the ink blending, I used Distress Oxide Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber.

I removed the first stencil and attached the second stencil. I smooshed a VersaMark ink pad over this, making sure to get a good coating. Once the second stencil was removed, I used Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder to heat set the detail of the leaves. My next step was to splatter the panel, and for this I used Royal Talens Amsterdam Light Gold Acrylic Ink. This was then set aside to dry.

I went ahead and worked on the sentiment using the SSS Warm Hugs die. I cut the detail die once from Gold Mirror cardstock and twice from Neenah 110lb. The shadow was then cut twice using black cardstock, and all of those were then adhered together using liquid glue.

I die cut the panel using the PinkFresh Studio Diagonal Stitched Rectangles for some added interest. I then adhered the sentiment to the center of the wreath using glue, and added PinkFresh Studio Gold Metallic Pearls for my embellishments. Because every card has to have embellishments, am I right!? The panel was then added to a black cardstock panel with foam tape before being adhered to the card base, which is also Neenah 110lb.

That finishes up this project! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you’re enjoying seeing all of the inspiration from the SSS design team! Stop by and check out the entire StampTember release, and let me know your favorites! Have a wonderful day and don’t forget to stay awesome!

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Alex Syberia Design Lotus Hugs

Hello Lovelies! I hope you’re doing well and having a wonderful day! It’s release day for Alex Syberia Design, and she’s got some beauties this month! I hope you’ll stop by her Etsy shop and take a peek at the whole collection. Today’s card is featuring the White Lotus digi stamp, and it happens to be my favorite from this release! So, let’s get right to it!

I began by printing the image on a panel of Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock. I don’t use any fancy software at my house. I work on a MacBook, and I just insert the image into a Pages document and resize it. I’m not tech savvy and simple gets the job done around here. However, I will say that I discovered this time that I can print the image with that shadow around it. I was pretty exited about that!

Anyhoo, I realize this is supposed to be a white lotus, but in all honesty, I forgot that part and started coloring with pink! Oops! I’m just going with, it’s art and I can make it any color that I want! Am I right?! The Copic markers used on this image were RV00, RV91, RV93, RV95, Y08, Y15, YG13 and YG17. That combo of pinks might be my new favorite!

Once I was done with the markers, I did go back in with some PrismaColor pencils in the nooks and crannies to deepen those shadows. I trimmed the panel using the PinkFresh Studio Diagonal Stitched Rectangles and splattered it using Royal Talens Amsterdam Titanium White Acrylic Ink.

Once that was dry, I mounted it to a black panel using foam tape, because dimension! I wanted a small sentiment, because I didn’t want to cover up too much of the coloring, so I opted for this hugs sentiment from the PinkFresh Studio Sending Phrase Builder set. I cut it once from Mirror Gold cardstock and twice from black cardstock. I also cut the shadow twice from black as well. All of these were then adhered together using liquid glue, and glued to the panel. Everything was then mounted to the card base, which is also Neenah 110lb.

That finishes up this project! I really enjoyed coloring this digi from Alex, but I guess for my next one, I really should color it white, or at least try! I hope you’ll stop by and check out the full release over in Alex’s Etsy shop! Have a wonderful day and don’t forget to stay awesome!

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