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Cathy Makes a Card: The Blog Post

If you’d like to be entered for a chance to win the card from today’s livestream (September 17, 2025), just leave a comment below! I’ll choose a winner at random by next week’s live.

All supplies for this week’s livestream will be listed at the bottom of this post. In the meantime, check out the live (or replay) here: 

I just love how this card turned out!

Just so fun!

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Unboxing the latest card kit from Simon Says Stamp!

The October Card Kit is available now and it’s called Fall Vibes. Let’s start with my unboxing and card making video:

Here are the cards and the craft project from the video.

The die set that you can add on coordinates with my new A2 Grid Basics stamps that cuts out the grid shape is this new die set:

And the dies that cut out the greetings from my new stamps are these:

And my final project was the treat bag:

I used the Gift Bag di...

Cathy Makes a Card: The blog post

If you’d like to be entered for a chance to win the card from today’s livestream 9-10-25), just leave a comment below! I’ll choose a winner at random by next week’s live.

All supplies for this week’s livestream will be listed at the bottom of this post. In the meantime, check out the live (or replay) here: 

I have to say it: I am in love with this card!

That chunky glitter!

I appreciate all the feedback during the live! This card turned out better than I’d hoped...

Watch me create a 3D Christmas Card

The Accordion Base Dies have some new die friends to play with this month from Concord & 9th! The Accordion Tree Farm dies are perhaps the most involved set I have used to date, but oh how cute this turned out!

Here is my video sharing the process of creating this fun 3D pop up card!

Like I said in the video, I don’t think I can give this one away! It will look so cute in my studio for the holidays!

The Accordion Christmas Tree Farm is part of the new release out today...

New postage collage products from Waffle Flower

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" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Waffle Flower Crafts! From dies to new stencil sets, if you can blend, you can create some charm!

Today I had so much charm, I had to make a 5 x 7 card, which doesn’t happen every day! Here is my tutorial sharing the make on this card.

Again, my best tip? If there is a color example on the packaging, give that a go for your first try. I love not inventing the wheel as I l...

Cathy Makes a Card: The Blog Post

If you’d like to be entered for a chance to win the card from today’s livestream (September 3, 2025), just leave a comment below! I’ll choose a winner at random by next week’s live.

And yes, today I’ll be using the new Rocky Candy releases from Tim Holtz!

All supplies for this week’s livestream will be listed at the bottom of this post. In the meantime, check out the live (or replay) here: 

I will take photos of the card following the livestream and share them here!

Tha...

It’s a STAMPtember blog party! And I’ve got Halloween on the brain!

STAMPtember is here and today we are celebrating with a big old blog party! There are many makers who are partipating today and you get get the full list over at the Simon Says Stamp blog. There are different promotions on different blogs today and mine is:

This is a free gift with ANY purchase you make! Just add it to your cart and use the code in the graphic at checkout to get it for free!

Now, onto my video for today’s party! I had to have a few new Halloween products for STAMPt...

Welcome to STAMPtember®! Let’s get the party started!

Happy September 1st, or as we at Simon Says Stamp call it, STAMPtember!

STAMPtember is a month-long celebration of stamping full of new Simon Says Stamp and CZ Design releases, exclusive collaborations from your favorite brands, and lots of fun surprises in between! You can see all of the Simon and CZ Brand releases by clicking on the orange button below. These are part of the permanent collection and if they sell out, they will be restocked.

SEE THE FULL RELEASE

To celebr...

Don’t get stuck on choosing colors! Use helpers!

Today’s card is about two things: first, I’m celebrating the 10th birthday for one of my favorite small stamp and die companies, Concord & 9th! And second, I’m sharing how I picked a fun, unexpected color palette with a little help.

The help comes in the form of the DIY Color Deck System from Spellbinders. This is such a fun and useful tool for picking color palettes based on the images on the cards, and using whatever cardstock you have on hand!

Of course, you can also just Googl...

Embossing Folders with Coloring Stencils

Today I am sharing a lovely embossing folder that has a coordinating coloring stencil to bring the detail of the stencil to life! This stencil and embossing folder is actually a free gift that is part of the brand new card kit from Gina K. Designs.

This is one of the largest card kits Gina has done to date. Here are the contents:

As with all of Gina’s card kits, next month, these products will be released as individual, standalone products that you can purchase separately, but ...