Silver Bells, But Make it MATTE GOLD Easy Die Cut Holiday Card: Amore Laurafadora


Hi friends! Happy Thursday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Laura Bassen to showcase this gorgeous holiday card showcasing some NEW dies from our brand new Sugar and Spice Collection including the NEW Sleigh Bell, Loopy Bow, Ho Ho Holiday Greens, and Fancy Joy and Cheer dies! Be sure to watch the video for all the details and enjoy!

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A big thank you to YOU, our reader — and to Laura Bassen for being our guest!
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Join us TOMORROW for a Halloween creation you’ll cherish forever! Friday, October 17th at 12 PM ET Tim Holtz will be teaching alongside our star student Heidi a very special Halloween Curio Create Together Class! Click or tap the bell to get an email when we begin!

Sugar and Spice Blog Hop and WCMD WINNERS!

Hello, friends! We hope you are loving our Sugar and Spice release!
To celebrate this incredible release, we hosted two amazing blog hops! The hops featured many talented designers and each one created wonderful projects to inspire you. If you missed either of the hops, you can find the direct links here: DAY ONE and DAY TWO.
A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hops! We enjoy hearing from each of you, and your words of encouragement and appreciation to each of the designers mean so much to us here at Simon and to them. It’s our tradition to give away gift certificates to random commenters on each blog stop, and today we are revealing all of the winners! So without further ado, I present to you our winners!
- from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Anne Sturgeon!
- from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Estelle Wujcik!
- from Cathy Zielske’s blog: Lila Wetzel!
- from Jennifer McGuire’s blog: Sara Emily Barker!
- from Laura Bassen’s blog: Anita Trippi!
- from Heather Hoffman’s blog: cdoggett01!
- from Mindy Eggen’s blog: Cheryl Stauffer!
- from Barbara Tarayao’s blog: Avra Williams!
- from Yana Smakula’s blog: Beth Fairweather!
- from Keisha Charles’s blog: jokes.1994!
- from Cheiron Brandon’s blog: Diana Metts!
- from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Linda Lewis!
- from Miriam Prantner’s blog: Connie Hostak!
- from Rachel Alvarado’s blog: Dottie!
- from Caryn Davies’s blog: Marisela Delgado!
- from Barb Engler’s blog: candyraeT!
- from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Birgit Norton!
- from Caly Person’s blog: StarSpry!
- from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Gran4U!
- from Amy Rysavy’s blog: Leslie Longoria!
- from Sandi MacIver’s blog: Gayle I!
- from Emily Midgett’s blog: Maria Petkash!
- from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Cynthia Powell-Cobb!
- from Emma Williams’s blog: Lolita D!
- from Lea Lawson’s blog: Melissa Leftrick!
- from Kath Stewart’s blog: Jade!
- from Laura Williams’s blog: Orit V!
- from Hanh Nguyen’s blog: Dee Earnshaw!
- from Nicki Baxley’s blog: Janet E Buonocore!
- from Susan Valle’s blog: Lisa Achilles!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our Sugar and Spice release blog hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card.
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic Sugar and Spice release and that it gives you creative enjoyment for months to come!
You’ll love browsing our Sugar and Spice gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!

It’s also time to announce our World Card Making Day winner. Hip Hip Hooray for Christine Miller!
CONGRATULATIONS, Christine! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are our World Card Making Day winner! You’ll receive a $100 Gift Card.

We hope you will join us on Instagram on Monday, October 20, for an Instagram Hop featuring our Sugar and Spice release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.
Winning ROCKS, and so do you!
How to blend and mask a night sky background: EZ with CZ

Hi friends! Happy Wedesday! Please join me in welcoming special monthly Guest *CZ herself*, Cathy Zielske in the latest of our EZ with CZ blog series! Be sure to watch the video to learn all the details on this pretty card and enjoy!!

Hey everyone, it’s Cathy Z. here and today I’m sharing a fun card that shows how dramatic ink blending combined with masking can be on any card project, especially one that incorporates silhouette style stamp. I’m using one of my favorite Halloween stamps sets, Witch, Please, to create this fun card.
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I added a 3.75 x 5 inch white panel on the inside, with a bit of ink blending on it using the same yellows, to give me room to stamp another greeting and to write a message.

Have you tried masking and blending? If you have any Halloween cards to make—and I hope you do!—give this fun night sky technique a try!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
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A big thank you to YOU, our reader — and to CZ for being our guest!