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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I cut my front A2 panel from the Cranberry cardstock, and also die cut a 3.5” square.

I lined up where my big square would sit on my A2 panel and stamped my “Here Comes Santa Claus” sentiment below that in Versamark ink. I heat embossed that with the Gold Rush embossing powder.

Next, I stamped 9 images from the stamp set (which has a whopping 30 images on it) onto a piece of Cranberry cardstock using Versamark embossing ink. I applied the Gold Rush embossing powder and embossed with my heat gun. I did 4-5 images at a time like this.

Next, using the smallest square die (1 inch square) from the
Simon Says Stamp Artful Palette die set, I die cut all 9 images.

The hard part was getting the grid with the 9 squares adhered to the 3.5” square just right. I tried all sorts of ways that were way too tedious. Finally, I just measured where my 1” square center image would go on my big square and marked where the edges of the small square would land. Next, using foam adhesive and liquid glue to give me some wiggle time, I adhered that center square. Then I just eyeballed about 1/16” and used a T-square to line up all my other small squares and adhered them.

I also used foam adhesive to adhere my big square to my A2 panel with the gold embossed sentiment. I decided to skip any embellishments and just let the imagery and the colors shine. I have a brief video on this on my Instagram reels.

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I experimented with several techniques to get a tie dye look. Using just the edges of a rainbow of Distress Ink cubes, I made concentric rectangles on a 4.5 x 6.25” (that’s A6 size) piece of Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor paper. I added water to the very center and hoped it would give a tie dye look as the water spread. It almost worked, but left a distinctly rectangle shape of ink swipes on the paper. I abandoned that one and then just tried to use my Distress Ink Sprays on wet watercolor paper. I used Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, and a very small amount of Shabby Shutters (barely visible). That worked better, but I still lacked the concentric circles I was looking for. I took this panel and simply added big concentric circles with a paintbrush dipped in clean water. That got closer to what I wanted, and I stopped there to dry the panel and flatten it under some books for a little while.

Next, I stamped the peace-hand sign in black VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink in the middle of the panel. I did the same with the 2 sentiments. I die cut this with one die from the Spellbinders Essential Modern Ovals die set. I cut a larger oval from Taylored Expressions Lollipop Cardstock.

I really wanted a sunburst in the background of my oval, but I ran into a problem (and found a workaround). I had a great 6x6” Sunburst Stencil from Waffle Flower but it didn’t cover an A6 panel. I ink blended with Altenew’s Maple Yellow ink from the center outwards with a large blending brush. On the left and right, I could go to the edge of the paper before I ran into the edge of the stencil. However, on the top and bottom, I had to make sure I didn’t touch the frame edge of the stencil with my blending brush. I removed the stencil and then extended the sunburst ray edges with Post It tape and kept blending to the edge of my paper. It worked great. (See photos for details)

I trimmed about 1/8” from each side of my yellow sunburst panel and used foam adhesive to mat it on an A6 piece of black cardstock. Next I glued on my oval. I added just a couple gems in the center of the largest flowers for a bit of sparkle.

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I cut 3 pieces of white cardstock to 4.5” x 6.25”. I took my first panel and dry embossed it with the Simon Says Stamp Dotty Diamonds Embossing Folder. I then cut it down to 3.5” x 5.25” and distressed the edge of this. I cut my second panel to 4” x 5.75”. I left my third panel as is.

I stamped the peace-sign hand three times. First, using Concord & 9th’s Harbor ink, then using Taylored Expressions Lavender Glaze ink, and finally using a retired Stampin’ Up! colored called Soft Seafoam. An ideal substitute for the Stampin’ Up! color is Altenew’s Pistachio Fresh Dye Ink. I fussy cut all three hands and adhered them to the front of the embossed panel as shown, with the blue one on top.

Now for the die cutting trick. I stamped the sentiment “You don’t have to carry it all alone” with black VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink on a piece of white cardstock. I used the smallest tag die from Simon Says Stamps Rounded Tags die set, and by making sure the bottom edge of the tag was always hanging off my cutting mat (thereby not getting cut), I was able to cut the label in the shape you see, after it was stamped. I first put the die to the left of the sentiment and cut the top and sides, then switched it to the right side of the sentiment, cutting the top and sides of the tag shape. It was a little tricky, but it worked perfectly. And using the tag holes, I threaded some Simon Says Stamp Metallic Silver Cord through the holes and around the back of the embossed decorated panel.

I layered all three of these panels on top of one another, using thin foam adhesive under the embossed panel.

I finished by adding some clear, iridescent sequins in 2 sizes.

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I decided on a tag. I used the largest tag die in the Simon Says Stamp Rounded Tags die set. I cut 2 tags, one from dark brown cardstock and 1 from a sheet of 8 x 8” Neutral Tim Holtz Palette Paper. I so love working with all the Palette Paper sets. I inked the edges of the tag with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

I stamped the hand using Gina K Designs Chocolate Truffle Amalgam Ink onto Lawn Fawn’s Vanilla Malt cardstock and fussy cut it leaving a thin border. Next, I took my Copic markers in B21, B41, B45 and B97 and colored in the floral design.

I took a piece of heavyweight vellum, tore one side, and stamped the “take care” sentiment from the Still Here stamp set on the right hand side using VersaFine Clair ink in Pinecone, an ink color that’s a little more red than the Gina K. Next, I heat embossed that with Brutus Monroe Icicle clear embossing powder.

I used the Hero Arts Nesting Tags die set to make both a small tag from a sheet of Tim Holtz Backdrops Vol 4 paper, as well as a hole reinforcer from Tim Holtz 8 x 8” Palette Paper in Blue. I inked the edge of the smaller tag with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. Using the same blue Palette Paper, I die cut 2 sizes of butterflies using the Simon Says Stamp Artful Palette dies. I assembled everything and added a thread nest with beige thread between the smaller tag and the piece of vellum.

I took Tim Holtz Mummy Cloth to make the tie that goes through the hole.

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I decided to use a rainbow effect on the hand, and Distress Oxides were the perfect medium. I used a different Tim Holtz Tiny Ink Blender for each color, and diffused the ink before I stamped each time. So, it went like this: I inked the top of the hand, using a tiny blender, with Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide. Then I diffused that color at the bottom edge with the same ink blender. Then I stamped. Then I took a different ink blender and added Carved Pumpkin right below where the Abandoned Coral ink had been (never cleaning the stamp as I went) and diffused it at the top and bottom. I continued this process moving down the hand and using Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feather, and Wilted Violet. I went back a couple times to add more ink in some spots, being careful to feather it out on the edges. I was very happy with my results.

I used VersaFine Clair black ink to stamp the Sending Peace sentiment, part of the Still Here stamp set, on the right side of the index finger.

For the white background of the card, I decided to use a favorite background stamp of mine. It is the Simon Hurley Typewriter stamp from Ranger. I stamped with black VersaFine Clair ink to get a crisp image.

I trimmed my rainbow-stamped white panel and torn the bottom edge. I used Spellbinders Colorwheel cardstock in Peridot, Teal Topaz and Lilac and tore pieces of these, in the same width as my white cardstock, to layer underneath. I glued all these pieces together and then matted them onto a black piece of cardstock. I centered all this onto my white typewriter stamped background. I glued all this onto a white A2 cardbase. 

I finished the card with some color coordinated epoxy dots I had in my stash.

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    Inspired by the September 14, 2026 Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge with the theme of Transport It, I am posting this card with the ever-popular Tim Holtz Road Trip die. I cut it from a variety of miscellaneous textured blue cardstock along with some grey and black. I got the blue cardstock from a friend and have no idea who manufactured it. 

    The trees shown here are from the Poppystamps Evergreen Trio die set. The clouds are from a Honey Bee Stamps die set called Whispy Clouds that is now retired. 

    I used a sentiment strip for the Happy Birthday sentiment. I don't know who made it. The background paper is from Joann's (#RIP), I believe. Designed by Maggie Holmes as part of her Forever Fields collection. 

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I was inspired by today’s Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use texture and Tim Holtz products. Problem: there are too many choices! From pastes and stencils and Idea-ology to dies and so much else, how do you choose the products you’ll use. I’ve always loved his Silhouette Birds dies and don’t use them as often as I would like, so I started there. I adore his Picture Show die set too and decided to incorporate that.

    Strangely, I worked from the middle out. I took a piece of his Distress Watercolor Paper and stamped with his Ledger Script stamp set with Versamark. I heat embossed using the Lost Shadow Embossing Glaze (excellent when you don’t want the harsh white of using clear powder). Then I dipped and dried the paper using Lost Shadow, Pumice Stone (mostly), and Old Paper Distress Spray Stain. I die cut the “Viewmaster” round slide reel die from this paper. Next, I took some of his Collage Paper - I don’t know what print it is, but it is old and was just a sheet given to me by a friend. I fan-folded it and then trimmed the ends (using no precision at all) and used collage medium to make it stay in a rosette form. Before I glued this to the center of the round slide reel, I dipped piece into a very small amount Forest Moss and Rustic Wilderness Distress ink smushed on a mat and mixed with a lot of water. I knew I was moving toward using some green and I wanted a cohesive color look.

    I die cut the largest tag from the Simon Says Stamp rounded tags die set out of one of his Backdrops. I dipped the edges in some watered down Pumice Stone Distress Spray Stain and then inked the edges in the same color ink. I also glued this tag to an identical one cut from dark brown paper only for stability.

    Next, I took a dark green piece of Tim’s Kraft Stock Stack Cool Paper and dry embossed it with a very old and retired 2D TH embossing folder called Blueprint. I sanded the top of this to reveal the kraft paper. Next, I used the Simon Says Stamp Artful Palette Dies to cut out rounded squares and rectangles. I lightly inked the edges with Pumice Stone ink and adhered them with foam adhesive to the tag, using one of the coordinating templates.

    I glued the round slide reel with the collage paper rosette to the middle of the tag, on top of the kraft pieces. I added a thread nest in dark brown. I glued on 2 previously made die cuts from the retired Holiday Greens die set. I think these are inked with Rustic Wilderness and Crushed Olive Distress ink. I cut a Silhouette Bird from previously inked watercolor paper (this could be Worn Lipstick mixed with a little Candied Apple and flicked with some Gathered Twigs) and lightly inked the edges with Pumice Stone. I glued this on to the greenery pieces.

    Finally, I adhered one of his Idea-ology Clippings to a small piece of his black woodgrain cardstock and glued it to the top of the tag.

    I completed the tag with a piece of wrinkled seam binding I had in my stash.

    I am also entering this into the Little Red Wagon Challenge to use a stamp.

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    I love the phrase “Hey There, Pumpkin,” as I call my daughters by this affectionate name (or more commonly, Pumpkin Head). I decided to take the Harvest Blessings stamp set* and the Classic Friendship stamp set* and create a tag. The tag shape is all my own making — no die involved.

    I first stamped the largest pumpkin (which has interchangeable phrases that go in the middle: Blessings, Pumpkin, and Thanks) with Versamark on Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock. Next, I heat embossed with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze in Rusty Hinge. Instead of stamping the word Pumpkin between the top and bottom of the pumpkin, I stamped it separately and heat embossed it with Lindy’s Gang Twilight Bronze embossing powder. If you don’t have that, any metallic embossing powder would work great. I cut out the word and glued it in the center of my fussy-cut pumpkin. The stem was stamped with a dark brown ink - no heat embossing.

    Just behind my pumpkin, I wanted to create some very subtle foliage. I used 2 different die sets for this. First, I used the Simon Says Stamp Dainty Floral Vine and added leaves from Tim Holtz Funky Foliage die set from Sizzix to cut from the same Desert Storm cardstock.

    I used Poppystamps Scalloped Stitch Frames die set to make the frame from green paper from the Tim Holtz idea-ology Green 8 x8 Paper Pallette Collection. This is retired so I have linked to a frame set from Simon Says Stamp. Combined with a rectangular die, this would make a frame. The light background of the frame and the dark background paper on the tag are both from Tim Holtz idea-ology Backdrops Vol 4. I stamped Hey There from the Simon Says Stamp Classic Friendship stamp set with Versamark and heat embossed with the same Lindy’s Gang Twilight Bronze embossing powder. The frame is popped up with foam tape.

    I used both leaf stamps in the Harvest Blessings stamp set to stamp with Hero Arts Wet Cement ink onto the dark Backdrops paper background. A lot of light brown inks would work for this, or even Versamark, as I was only trying to get a watermark effect.

    I assembled everything as shown adding a dark brown cardstock background, a hole reinforcer, crinkled seam binding and a little tan and white baker’s twine.

    Hope you are all enjoying Stamptember. 

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    With so many cute, solid images in the Harvest Blessings stamp set*, I just had to use these to make a background. I used Stampin’ Up! ink including Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso. I have linked to similar colors of ink and cardstock available from Simon Says Stamp below. I stamped the yellow leaves with Gina K Designs’ Sweet Corn yellow ink. I stamped randomly all over a piece of vanilla cardstock. I also stamped the word ‘sending’ in dark brown ink and then the itty-bitty heart stamp with the Rich Razzleberry ink. A great alternative to this cardstock and ink color is Gina K's Plum Punch. I cut it into a tag shape - no die used.

    I die cut this stamped panel, as well as a Rich Razzleberry panel, using the Paper Rose Stitched Rectangles set of dies. These may be hard to find, but Simon Says Stamp makes an almost identical set which I have linked below.

    For my focal point, I stamped the large pumpkin and stem in Pumpkin Pie and Early Espresso ink. Then I carefully stamped the word Blessings in the middle with Versamark. I also stamped the 2 leaves on a scrap piece. I heat embossed all three with Ink on 3’s Gold Rush embossing powder. I fussy cut the pumpkin and the leaves and popped them up with foam tape. The background is made of a cork sheet I’ve had in my stash forever. I die cut that with Spellbinders Labels 18 nested die set. It is retired but 2 great alternatives from Simon Says Stamp are their Grandstand Labels and the Petal Tipped Labels.

    I assembled everything as shown and attached the tag with some linen thread to the fold in my card. I decided to adhere the tag to the card using a bit of foam adhesive, but you could easily leave it loose.

Happy Stamptember, y’all!

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