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With all the collab sets released this month they are one and done. Meaning when they sell out they are not restocked and are gone for good. There will be PLENTY of amazing sets released this month and I hope to have video inspiration for all of them so stay tuned.
As of posting this there are still these Limited Edition sets available:
As with previous Brutus Monroe STAMPtember® collab sets, this Seasonal Gnomes set has several images and sentiments to cover fall, Halloween and winter/Christmas. I WISH I'd had enough time to make cards with all 3 gnomes in this set but life had other plans - so I went with Halloween (of course).
I stamped the halloween gnome and the jack-o-lantern onto Simon's smooth white cardstock with Intense Black ink and colored them in with Copics and added highlights with a white gel pen.
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Hey friends! I'm back with another Halloween card and video! A couple of days ago I did a Release & Review on Honey Bee Stamp's Spooktacular release:
LOVE. SO many good things. I couldn't wait to start creating with it. Before I get to the card and video if you've missed any of my Halloween posts so far you can find them all at the links below:
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Hey friends! I couldn't resist making more spooky sky cards plus use the new CZ Design Witch, Please set again (LOVE IT) - BUT before I get to all that:
Today's post is part of a MASSIVE blog party to celebrate and share inspiration for this huge release. You can find allllll the links to all the inspiration on the Simon Says Stamp blog HERE <-------click! This isn't a blog hop so you don't have to worry about needing to go everywhere all at once or comment etc etc. This is all just to celebrate this big release and share inspiration AND coupon codes. Like this one:
Shop at Simon Says Stamp <-------click! from now until Sept 4/22 at 11:59pm EST and get the Dream Big die set FREE with a purchase of $30 or more with the code RM2MD1GK
STAMPtember is huge. The big release yesterday was just the beginning. We have this massive blog party today and then stay tuned as throughout the month there's a bunch of exclusive Limited Edition collabs and kits and all sorts of fun things. I have more info in this post HERE if any of you missed it!
OK on to the cards. These are part of my 2022 Halloween series. If you've missed any of those posts so far you can find them all at the links below:
The card on the left is A2 size and the card on the right is a 3.25 x 6.25" Mini Slimline Card.
Like I said at the beginning of this post - I LOOOVVEEE the new CZ Design Witch, Please set. It's just so perfect. I made a flat shaker card using this set and technique yesterday HERE. I couldn't resist doing it again tho. This spooky moon technique I learned from Stacy Hutchison HERE is one of my all time favorite ways to play with sprays.
For these backgrounds I started with White Distress Heavystock, the Tim Holtz Moon Masks, and Black Soot, Salvaged Patina and Uncharted Mariner Distress Spray Stains. I also used Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Spray, and Iron Gate and Fortune Teller Mica Stains. All the specifics of what I used are also listed and linked at the bottom of this post!
On the insides of the cards I stamped the witches with Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink, added a sentiment from the Witch, Please set with Nocturne ink then stamped the companion sentiment with Seedless Preserves Oxide ink and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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Hey friends!! Happy STAMPtember!! If you missed my STAMPtember Release & Review video (or just want to know what I'm talking about) - check out my previous post HERE:
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Hey friends!
OK first off about the email issue (which still isn't working - it's frustrating):
🚨FYI - For those that have signed up in the sidebar on the right here on my blog to receive e-mails whenever I post something new - SOMETHING isn't working. We're looking into it. I have no idea why it stopped working and hope to either get it fixed or figure out an alternative asap! That said I HIGHLY recommend y'all follow me on Instagram, and especially follow/join me on my Facebook page as I update those immediately every time I post something new (which is often!). And just like with everything (including my videos on YouTube) - the more you engage - commenting, liking, sharing etc - the more you'll see my content in your feeds. I am at the mercy of the algorithms and robot overlords with EVERYTHING to do with this job but I hope these tips help and I will continue to trouble shoot behind the scenes!🚨
OK on to the second since a lot of y'all have been asking (and it's literally ALMOST here!!!!):
YES I will be posting a TON of videos for STAMPtember®!!!
For those not familiar, STAMPtember® is our month-long celebration for all things stamping and crafting.
On September 1st there is the Simon Says Stamp branded product release. These products will be a part of Simon's regular product line and available in the SSS store beyond STAMPtember®. So there's no worries with the BIG (it's always a BIG one 😉😁) release on the 1st. They stock up plenty and will restock whatever sells out.
Throughout the month of September there will be MANY collab releases. These are stamp sets (a lot of times with coordinating die sets) that are created by a bunch of amazing brands that SSS sells in their store. THESE collab sets are limited edition and will not be restocked so you’ll have to act fast if you see something you love. There is no set schedule as it is all a surprise. Simon did announce that the first collab set will go live September 3rd (so I'm not giving anything away 😉). All the collaboration sets (with the one exception being the Tim Holtz collab) go live at midnight EST on the nights they're to be released. Not every night is a collab set night, some nights will be something else (they release several limited edition kits for STAMPtember each year!), the 14th is always the SSS monthly kit release, and who knows what else Simon will have up their sleeve.
Specifically about the Tim Holtz collab: That will be announced separately and you all will be given some notice ahead of time because last year it sold out incredibly fast (as in sold out in 7 hours - it was nuts). More was ordered this year to hopefully prevent that from happening - again that was already announced on the SSS page so I'm not giving away any secrets!
It's all fun, TONS and TONS of inspiration (I'm one of many designers who will be posting a bunch of videos throughout the month) and freebies and who knows what all will happen.
It's a ton of fun and like I said above - make sure to follow me on my Facebook page especially as I generally post each new collab set there with a link as soon as it's available so no one has to go hunting for it!
OK back to the post - if you've missed any of my previous Halloween posts so far you can find them all at the links below:
So I went in the complete opposite direction from the pastel-themed Halloween cards I've been making recently - this time a little more spooky/scary/ghoulish:
I started off with Simon's Chunky Sweater Stencil and I applied crackle paste over it that I'd mixed with different colors of Distress Paint (and if you look closely you still might see the outline of my phone......I share that oops in the video 🤷🏻♀️😖🤪).
On the card base and on the card stock I die cut with the Giant Hugs Card Wrap wafer dies I blended several colors of Distress Inks (all the specific colors I used are listed and linked in the supplies at the end of this post!). I added a bunch of splatter with a mixture of Candied Apple and Ground Espresso Distress Paint.
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Hey friends! I'm still on a "add pastel pink to halloween cards" phase lol! But first:
🚨FYI - I am aware of the e-mail issue. For those that have signed up in the sidebar on the right here on my blog to receive e-mails whenever I post something new - SOMETHING isn't working. We're looking into it. I have no idea why it stopped working and hope to either get it fixed or figure out an alternative asap! That said I HIGHLY recommend y'all follow me on Instagram, and especially follow/join me on my Facebook page as I update those immediately every time I post something new (which is often!). And just like with everything (including my videos on YouTube) - the more you engage - commenting, liking, sharing etc - the more you'll see my content in your feeds. I am at the mercy of the algorithms and robot overlords with EVERYTHING to do with this job but I hope these tips help and I will continue to trouble shoot behind the scenes!🚨
OK back to the post - if you've missed any of my previous Halloween posts so far you can find them all at the links below:
I used a no blend coloring technique that I learned from Yana Smakula - she did it again in a more recent video HERE. I was reminded of how fun it is to color like that and did it here on the little gnomie witch.
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Hey friends! So I wanted to use the new Halloween Distress Mica Stains but not as a spray - this time I decided to watercolor with them. If you missed my previous posts using them as sprays you can find those here:
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Hey friends! So I was planning on doing this technique at least once this season and after watching some of Tim Holtz latest live video earlier I HAD to get inky and create. But first:
🚨FYI - I am aware of the e-mail issue. For those that have signed up in the sidebar on the right here on my blog to receive e-mails whenever I post something new - SOMETHING isn't working. We're looking into it. I have no idea why it stopped working and hope to either get it fixed or figure out an alternative asap! That said I HIGHLY recommend y'all follow me on Instagram, and especially follow/join me on my Facebook page as I update those immediately every time I post something new (which is often!). And just like with everything (including my videos on YouTube) - the more you engage - commenting, liking, sharing etc - the more you'll see my content in your feeds. I am at the mercy of the algorithms and robot overlords with EVERYTHING to do with this job but I hope these tips help and I will continue to trouble shoot behind the scenes!🚨
OK back to the post - if you've missed any of my previous Halloween posts so far you can find them all at the links below:
So waaaayyyy back in 2019 Stacy Hutchison made some amazing Halloween cards with this fabulous spooky sky technique. You can check out her original post HERE <-------click! I was so inspired by it that I ended up doing a few videos over the last few years using it as it's so fun and turns out different every single time.
For this one I went more harvest/rusty/spooky with the colors and made these mini slimline Halloween cards:
I then mixed texture paste with Black Soot Distress Paint and applied it over one of Simon's Layered Bats Stencils (one of my fave Halloween stencil sets), and while the paste was still wet I poured Nightfall Distress Glitter over them.
The fright night sentiment is from my oldie-but-goodie favorite Handlettered Halloween stamp set. I heat embossed it with some copper embossing powder on black card stock and used the coordinating wafer die to cut it out.
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Hey friends!
More halloween cards from me!
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OK back to the post - if you've missed any of my previous Halloween posts so far you can find them all at the links below:
I have an entire playlist on YouTube HERE using Glacier Pastes in videos as it's the closest look you can get to foiling (IMO) without using actual foil and all the extras needed.
Anywho I love how the pale purple stars looked on the black cardstock and how reflective they are - plus I LOVE the Scattered Stars stencil - it's one of my faves.
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Hey friends! I created another couple Halloween cards using an embossing folder, some of the NEW Halloween Mica Stains and some Foundry Wax. I am just loving experimenting with sprays and mica sprays and Foundry Wax and whatnot. I did a previous post and video HERE using them if you missed it.
Also if you've missed any of my other Halloween posts so far you can find them all at the links below:
After trimming down the backgrounds I added Black Soot Distress ink around the edges of each panel. I then used Sterling Foundry Wax and applied it over the raised images with my finger and set with a heat tool.
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Hey friends!
Time for another couple Halloween cards! If you've missed any of my previous posts so far this year for Halloween you can find them all at the links below:
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Hey friends!
I'm back with another Halloween card and video. If you've missed any of the previous ones so far this year you can find them all at the links below:
So there's several new Tim Holtz Ranger Halloween products <------click! to check them out! and I ordered the new Halloween Mica Stains Set 3 and Set 4 as soon as they were released. I got sets 1 and 2 last year and loved them (and bought extras) so I knew I'd love these ones and yup, they're amazing.
I decided to create with a couple of them plus other sprays and some Foundry Wax - if you're unfamiliar with that as well I have links to a couple of videos Tim's done that have ALLLL the product info, tips, tricks, inspo etc etc - he literally covers all the things:
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Hey friends!! I've got another fun couple of Halloween cards to share with y'all that as the title says - glow in the dark!
First off - if you've missed any of my Halloween posts so far you can find them all at the links below:
On the insides of the cards I stamped the Spider Web Background with Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink (love how it looks like it's glowing on the Smoke card stock). The sentiments stamped on the inside and outside of the cards are from the Too Cute To Spook stamp set. I added one more little vellum ghost to the inside and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
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Hey friends! I have another Halloween post with a BUNCH of cards in it. First off, if you've missed any of the previous Halloween posts so far you can find them all here:
Aren't they fun? Spellbinders sent me their recent Halloween release and of course I had a blast creating with these dies and hot foil plate.
I used the new Hypnotic Background Glimmer Hot Foil plate on all these cards. I foiled it onto various card stocks, and even some recycled packaging using Gold Glimmer Foil. I THEN used a Solid Hot Foil plate and the "leftover" foil pieces to foil the reverse image of it (which is the card you see above that's basically solid foil).
The second card I foiled the Hypnotic Background onto the recycled packaging and attached it to card stock to make a flat shaker card. So it's foiled AND the legs move AND it's a shaker card. LOVE.
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Hey friends! I have a fun video with FOUR Halloween cards to share with y'all today. If you've missed any of my previous Halloween posts so far you can find them all at the links below:
I created several backgrounds using the new Layered Candy Corn, Layered Pumpkins and Layered Ghosts stencil sets. I have all the specific ink colors and card stocks used listed and linked in the supplies at the bottom of this post.
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Now for the GIVEAWAY info!!
Pretty Pink Posh is giving away a $30 gift certificate each day along the hop and a random winner will be chosen from each blog's comment section (so leaving comments on all the blog posts of the hop increases your chances of winning!). You have until 11:59 PM PST on 8/17/2022 to leave your comments and PPP will choose the winners and announce them on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog.
Thanks so much for stopping by and good luck! ❤️❤️❤️
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