Avery Elle comes to Stamptember!

Hi there!

Avery Elle is joining in the Stamptember fun with this exclusive set! Merry Wreath is only available in the Simon Says Stamp store, and only while supplies last. If you like it, jump on it!

For my set, I decided to make a homemade Christmas photo-card. This card comes together very quickly! I started out by stamping twiggy wreath image in the lightest brown ink onto my A2-sized card panel. This is just there to provide a guide for stamping out all the greenery. I used 2 different shades of green ink to add depth and interest to the wreath, and added a pop of red using the berry images. I then heat-embossed the twiggy wreath, right on top of where the guide was first stamped. I love the pop of white on top of all of that green!



I then cut an opening inside the wreath and fit a Christmas photo of my kids inside (gah! I miss them this little, I think this was from 3 years ago.) I added little red baubles for even more of a red berry pop! and shaded the edges of the card-front.

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

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Holiday Helpers (Stamptember! Neat and Tangled/SSS collab)

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We're thrilled to be a part of the most exciting month of exclusive stamp releases... STAMPTEMBER!  The amazing Simon Says team asked me to illustrate a set again this year, and I'm happy to show off Holiday Helpers today:

I've been wanting to put a Santa hat on that mouse for a very long time. hee.

This set is so perfect for building scenes! I have 3 projects to show off to you today:

My first shows off the mice building a snowman, under the bear's watchful eye. I love the one mouse up on a tree stump to reach high enough!



The other mouse is patting in extra snow, I think.



My second card shows off the same kind of scene, except that the mouse on the right has the stump, and is waiting to be able to put a hat on the snowman's head. I did some masking to be able to layer the scene without dies, and doodled in some extra snow beneath the feet of the bear and mouse on the left.

I used a distress oxide ink for the blue sky, and flicked water and white paint on top for the snow.

My third project is a simple tag, but so cute with this little scene stamped out!

I hope you like the set I illustrated! It's on sale right now EXCLUSIVELY at Simon Says Stamp, and only until quantities last. In the past few years, they've sold out of our set within a few days, so hurry!

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Stamptember! Lawn Fawn exclusive set

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We are celebrating Stamptember with Simon Says Stamp! This year's exclusive set by Lawn Fawn, Nutty Or Nice, is so cute:

I did a blue and red combo for this Christmas card:

I used a sheet of Really Rainbow Christmas Blue Snowfall for the sky, and set it against a Stitched Hillside Backdrop.



I added snowy touches to the branch using the Embossing Ink Pen and Textured White Embossing Powder.



And that snowman? So nice I had to use him twice! Seriously, isn't he so cute? I opted to stamp a tiny nose on the snowmen - there's a little image of squirrel footprints included in the set, I inked one of those tiny ovals and used it to stamp noses.

I hope you like it! Be sure to snatch up your set over at SSS before it sells out for good - click!

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STAMPtember: Hello Pumpkin

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Neat and Tangled is joining SSS for some STAMPtember fun with a brand new set that I illustrated, called Hello Pumpkin. It is available with dies too!

This stamp set is available for a limited time only. When it sells out, it won't be available again! The people over at SSS have hearts of gold: they have graciously offered all profits from the sale of this set to helping Danielle's father get the treatment he needs. You can read about it on the family's GO FUN ME page.

This set has such a storybook quality for me, so I wanted to create a little scene using my favorite images.

I did some masking to be able to stamp all of the images onto one layer, and then I sponged a light orange background over everything.

I could have colored it all on the card base to keep things simple, but I opted stamp everything again, color the images, cut them out, and lay them in place. In person, I love the subtle texture that it gives, even if you can't see it from the photo.

I hope you love this new set! Snag yourself one while you still can!

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Stamptember: Christmas Like No Otter!

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Lawn Fawn is celebrating STAMPtember with their exclusive set, Christmas Like No Otter. The Lawn Fawn set for Simon Says Stamp is always in huge demand, so don't wait long to snatch it up!

My card is otter-filled and watery, with a huge pop of Christmas red:

I found that the Road Border worked very well with the curve of the sentiments. I love how it swoops across the front of the card, like a big Christmas bow! I also used the new Outside In Stitched Scalloped Rectangle to frame the entire scene.



My favorite is the dancing gingerbread at the bottom. hee. right on the otter's big Santa-otter belly.

I hope you like my card, and hurry over to the SSS store to buy your own set: CLICK!

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An exclusive set for STAMPtember!

We are celebrating STAMPtember with our friends from Simon Says Stamp today, with a new exclusive set, Nuts About You!

There are coordinating dies too! Yay! This is an exclusive set, illustrated by me, and available only at Simon Says Stamp while quantities last.

I have a few cards to show off using this new set. First up, is a card set that I made with a rich green and brown color scheme:

The little squirrel popping out of the giant acorn is my fave, and I've surrounded him with a ton of smaller acorns.



I used Lawn Fawn hillside borders to create the rolling hills behind the images, and sponged in some soft brown ink where the hills would meet the sky.

Next, I wanted to show that the giant acorn could be fun even without the critter inside.



I stamped enough little acorns and stemmed leaf images to fill the card base. I colored them, splattered brown ink over the entire thing and softened all of the edges with the same brown ink.

Then, I grabbed a large acorn, colored and cut it out before using scissors to cut it down so that the squirrel wouldn't show.



The banner and "thank you" die-cut are both from Avery Elle, and work perfectly to hide the cut acorn. I accented the banner on either side with a few die-cut leaves (from Lawn Fawn.)

I got carried away and made one last card with this set, using only the stamps.

This was such a fun scene to stamp out and color. Some ink splatters again, and that was all I needed to call this card done!



I hope you love the set! If you'd like to see even more cards I whipped up using this new set, head on over to the Neat and Tangled blog this morning - click!

I can't wait to see what you all make with this exclusive set! Make sure to also check out the Simon Say Stamp blog for more inspiration, and shop the set and its matching dies only in the Simon Says Stamp store!

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Stamptember + Lawn Fawn!

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Along with all of the amazing product Simon Says Stamp released yesterday for Stamptember, they will also be working with leading companies to release exclusive sets made just for them! Kicking things off today is Lawn Fawn, with their Happy Howlidays set:

I love mailing holiday cards, so I like to create some non-bulky ones to send out. This whole scene is a one-layer masked wonder, thanks entirely to the MISTI tool. I didn't even break a sweat.

I stamped everything onto a grid-lined paper first, ignoring the messy intersecting lines, and then used the MISTI to carefully place and stamp each image just how I wanted it. I added masks as I went along.

Once the scene was stamped out, I used a post-it strip to cover the top and did some ink-blending with Lawn Fawn's Merman ink to add some grounding.

It's hard to see in the photo, but I also added a snowy sky to the top of the card by using Lawn Fawn's Snowy Backdrop as a stencil.



I hope you like it! Get your set quick before it sells out!

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