Hello, hello!! I'm so excited to be participating in the Simon Says Stamp Sending Cheer day 2 blog hop! You should have arrived here from Kim Hamilton's blog. Head to the Simon Says Stamp blog to get the complete list of blogs on the hop. And since this is a blog hop there are prizes to be won!! Leave a comment for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate. Simon Says Stamp also has an opportunity to receive a free stamp set (see graphic) with any purchase from the Sending Cheer release. This offer ends on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 11:59 pm EST. The complete Sending Cheer release can be found here. (Compensated affiliate link. Using my link allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.)
First up is a card that I made using the new Simple Trees die set and a sentiment from the Christmas Ornaments set. I will be sharing a card made with that set at the end of this post. I used patterned paper from the Simple Stories Vintage Old Fashioned Christmas 6x paper pad. The paper is thin so I did die cut multiple trees and adhered them together to give them a little more weight. The little bows and stars were die cut from a matte gold cardstock. I used my favorite Sparkler Scalloped Frames rectangle dies to die cut the background and adhered it to a dark green cardstock base. The trees were adhered with a combination of glue and various heights of foam squares. I finished with the sentiment.
For this card I used more Simple Stories Vintage Old Fashioned Christmas and used the Wild Berry Vines embossing folder. I put the paper in on the debossed side instead of the embossed side, but I actually ended up liking how this looked! I finished with one of the extra trees I had from making the first card and sentiments from the CZ Design Christmastime EZ Strips.
This card uses the Christmas Ornaments stamp set. Layering up the ornaments is so simple as Simon Says Stamp has numbered all the layers on the stamp set. I did do a test run of the ornaments just so I could make sure I got everything correct. I used the Sparkler Scallop Frames dies, again, and stamped two of the ornaments on the panel. I stamped the third ornament on white cardstock, trimmed it out and adhered it with thin foam squares. The fussy cutting was quite easy, but I will be getting the matching dies to make it even more so! I used a multi-liner pen and a ruler to draw in the ornament strings and then finished with the sentiment that I stamped on white cardstock, die cut and popped up.
Well, that is it for me. The final stop on the hop is Nora Noll. You can find the complete release right here. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.
