Tiny stamps, like the 30 in the Here Comes Santa Claus stamp set* from Simon Says Stamp’s Joy For You release, cry out to be on tags. So I didn’t want to disappoint, and I made some tags.

For every tag, I used the Simon Says Stamp Rounded Tags nested die set. I used a piece of heavy vellum for my largest tag, stamping the sentiment in the top middle with Versamark ink. Then, I stamped my little people about half an inch above the bottom of the tag. Then, I carefully scribbled on the bottom of the tag with an embossing ink pen, like Ranger’s Letter It Clear Pens, to make the snowy ground. I poured on my Brutus Monroe Alabaster ultra fine embossing powder and heat set it all. Now I needed a background. I took a piece of Spellbinders Indigo ColorWheel Cardstock and die cut it to make the identical shaped tag. I used Art Impressions Snowflake Dies and die cut several snowflakes from white cardstock. I glued them to the indigo cardstock and then put the vellum tag on top of it, only connecting the two with twine.

The rest of my tags used Neenah Smooth Desert Storm 80lb cardstock. I stamped with inks including VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, VersaFine Clair Pinecone ink, Concord & 9th Pistachio ink, and Concord & 9th Eucalyptus ink. I used my Gelly Roll pens to dot on some snowflakes. Finally, I attached twine I found in my stash to finish these off. Very simple tags for when you are in a hurry.

The first time I saw the Here Comes Santa Claus stamp set* from Simon Says Stamp’s Joy For You release, I immediately thought “what an ideal stamp set for Waffle Flower’s Postage Collage die set.” These 30 tiny stamps could not be better suited to create little vignettes inside each postage square.

I started by die cutting heavy white cardstock with that same Postage Collage die. Next, I wanted to do a very simple sky and ground image in each square. I literally traced the edge of a masking tape roll on a piece of scrap paper, hand cut it to get a big circle, and used that as my stencil to make my snowy hills.

Before ink blending my sky, I laid down one of the Waffle Flower Postage Collage Stencils (it has the individual blocks on it) and then held my handcut circle down on top of that. I used my Waffle Flower Shader 1+ blending brushes and ink blended Concord & 9th Lakefront ink in each square to get my 6 skies. Then, using my MISTI and VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, I stamped my little scenes into each square (so fun!). I also stamped my sentiment in one of the squares as it fit so well there.

I wanted to see snow, so I used Sakura Classic White Gelly Roll Medium Point Pens in sizes 05 and 08 and carefully dotted on snow where I wanted it.

To finish out the postage look and feel, I did 2 more things. I stenciled the striped border using another two stencils from the same set of Waffle Flower Postage Collage Stencils. I used the same Lakefront ink and then a shade from Stampin’ Up! called Berry Burst. An ideal substitute for this color would be Altenew’s Magenta ink.

I also heat embossed two Waffle Flower Postage Collage stamps onto Spellbinders Mulberry ColorWheel cardstock. The embossing powder is Brutus Monroe’s Alabaster ultra fine embossing powder. I die cut the little stamped images (from Postage Collage Stamps) using dies from Postage Collage and Postage Collage Blocks dies.

I sandwiched a piece of Spellbinders Blue Spruce ColorWheel cardstock between my stamped panel and my back A2 striped panel. I used thin foam adhesive under the postage panel.

I was really happy with how this turned out.

I stamped on each star, using my MISTI, using Concord & 9th Rainforest ink, Altenew Dark Night ink, and Altenew Plum ink. Then I carefully ink blended around the edges of each star with the same ink using my Waffle Flower Shader 1+ blending brushes.

I took a small piece of my leftover Vanilla Malt cardstock and dry embossed it with the Simon Says Stamp Tiny Tufts Embossing Folder. I cut it to be about 1.5” x 5.25”. I took another small piece and stamped the Many Blessings sentiment with the Dark Night ink. I took a small scrap of navy blue cardstock and cut both it and the sentiment into rhomboid shapes and glued them together.

I took my cardbase and cut off about 1” of the top flap. Then I glued on a strip (about 1/4”) of matte gold cardstock on the edge of that. Again, I’ve had mine awhile, but it seems identical to the Simon Says Stamp Matte Gold Cardstock. I also glued my dry embossed strip of cardstock to the back flap, so it showed at the front.

Next, based on an arrangement I had figured out before I started stamping, I adhered all the stars onto the cut front flap using Simon Says Stamp Black Foam Adhesive Squares. I trimmed down the stars on every edge (not easy on the right side since they were not hanging off the edge). I glued down the sentiment onto my largest star.

Finally, I added some Pinkfresh Studio Metallic Pearls in Matte Gold. I love matte gold at Christmas.

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    This card features plenty of Pinkfresh Studio’s products. I used the largest of the Elegant Circles dies. I stacked 2 and then added foam tape to the back. I also used the stamp, stencil and die bundle from All Kinds of Wonderful to create the 4 flowers that make up the bouquet. I used a variety of pale blue inks, one tan, and a green from Tim Holtz, Stampin’ Up! and Concord & 9th for the colors.

    For the background I took a 4.25 x 5.5” piece of Neenah Classic Crest 110lb coverstock and ink blended C9’s Powder ink from the bottom right corner to the top left. Then I took the Pinkfresh Studio Floral Lattice coverplate die and cut it. This took a bit of weeding to make it look like it should. Next time I cut it, I will make sure I have a tight sandwich for my die cutting machine. I backed this with a Neenah white cardbase.

    I added the Pinkfresh Studio sentiment from the stamp and die set Beyond Happy just where the stems meet at the bottom of the circle (I love these circles).

    Finally, I added some sequins to the card for a little sparkle. Sadly, several of these Pinkfresh products have retired and are not available from many retailers. But, many other stamps, dies and sentiments would work. 

    I am also entering Time Out Challenge #319 with the Pick 2 of Floral and Birthday. 

It won’t be long before the Cherry Blossoms begin to bloom in the eastern US. I love seeing pictures of these gorgeous trees, but I have not yet seen them in person.

Today’s card features the Papertrey Ink Into the Blooms: Cherry Blossoms die set. I cut the flowers from white and several shades of coral and peach cardstock. I also inked the edges of the white pieces with a delicate colored ink from Concord & 9th called Nectar.

I created the cloud background using a homemade stencil I created many years ago plus Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

The Simon Says Stamp Celebrate sentiment is fantastic for so many different occasions.