Suzy Plantamura's Creations

Today is day one of the two day blog hop celebrating the Simon Says Stamp Heart to Heart Release! I have a card to share with you using the Make My Heart Flutter stamp and die bundle as shown here:

Here is my card and blog hop details are at the end of this post:

I stamped the images in the Make My Heart Flutter stamp set with black ink. I colored them in with Copic Markers. I die-cut them out with the matching dies. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set using Clematis PSInk.

I die-cut my background using the Eyelet Layered Frame Dies from the DieCember release using a periwinkle blue cardstock. I attached that to a white card base. I cut out a frame with the A2 Nested Frame Dies using white cardstock and attached that to the top of the eyelet piece. I added my flowers using foam tape behind them. I attached the sentiment to the bottom. Last I used some of the new Lavender Hearts Embellishment Mix around the background.

I blogged this card below yesterday using the Loving You Bouquet stamp and die bundle. You can see the blog post HERE.

BLOG HOP DETAILS:

• Today is day one of the two day blog hop. The hop is today, Friday January 9th and Saturday, January 10th. You can start on the SSS Blog to see all participants for both days.
• Visit the Heart to Heart Gallery to see ALL of the creations that have been shared using this release. And make sure to post your cards with the release in the gallery as well. If you are on Instagram, you can see all of the projects under the hashtag #SSSHearttoHeart.
• You can see the entire Heart to Heart Release HERE. I have linked to all of the products I used in this post below.
• SSS is giving away a $25 coupon on every stop of the hop from the blog comment section. They will choose the winners and post them on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 14th of January. You can email them to claim your prize.
• There is an exclusive promotion for the blog hop as shown in the graphic at the top of this post: the not-yet-released Simon Says Stamp Exclusive Friend Like You 3×4 Stamp Set, automatically added to carts with any purchase from the Heart to Heart collection.
  This gift with purchase is available through 1/11 at 11:59 pm EST or while supplies last.

Next on the blog hop is Jennifer McGuire

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It’s time for a new release by Simon Says Stamp called the Heart to Heart Release! I have a card to share with you using the Loving You Bouquet Stamp and Die Bundle, the My Heart is With You Wafer Die, and the Wirework Hearts Embossing Folder. Here is a image of the Loving You Bouquet bundle:

Here is my card:

I stamped the Loving You Bouquet flowers using Versafine Ink. I colored them in with primarily Copics but used some pencils for shading over the markers. I die-cut it out with the matching dies.

I embossed the new Wirework Hearts embossing folder using white cardstock. I love it for a subtle background in white. I attached my flowers to the bottom with foam tape behind them. I die-cut the My Heart is With You Wafer Dies from white cardstock and colored them to match the flowers. I glued those on the top. I added some Moonshine Embellishment Mix around the background.

You can see the entire Heart to Heart release HERE. I will be back on Friday morning as part of day one of the two day blog hop celebrating the release. Other than that, I am taking some time off in January to get on top of my life! Thanks for visiting! Suzy

Yesterday I made a card using the CZ Tree Plate Die from the “And Everything Nice” release. In the middle of me making it, my 10 year old granddaughter came over. From there SHE made a card using this tree plate:

Here is “our” card:

I started with piece of patterned paper from the Lawn Fawn All the Sparkles pad (new and I just purchased it). I cut it to an A2 size and attached it to a white card base. I die-cut the Tree Plate Die with a piece of green cardstock. I then punched the trees out and attached the outside piece to the top of my card. I added foam tape to the back of all of the trees and adhered them inside the openings. I then pulled the background piece off. This allowed me to perfectly position them. This is when granddaughter entered the room!

She takes great interest in my card making and steals half of the cards I make. She usually has great opinions on colors and ideas when I ask her for advice. So I gave her full reign on how to decorate the trees. She asked for gold stars for the top so I gave her the Mini Star Embellishment Mix and she glued those to the top of each tree. I stamped the sentiment from the Nostalgic Christmas stamp set with Cranberry Ink and die cut it out with the matching dies. I attached that to the front of the card. I then gave her my box of “embellishments” and let her decide what to use. She picked these epoxy dots and added them to all the trees. I was so happy with what she did! She is going to give it to her parents for Christmas.

Moral of the story – you can’t teach them too young and you have to accept imperfection (boy did I want to move some of those dots around haha. Thanks for visiting today! Suzy

My card today uses the Nostalgic Christmas stamp set from the And Everything Nice release. I also used the Eyelet Layer Frames Dies from DieCember. Here is an image of the stamp and die bundle:

Here is my card:

I made the background with an older patterned paper from my stash. I then die-cut an Eyelet Layer Frame from Gold Matte Cardstock. That die set is so cute! I attached it over the paper.

I stamped the tree and presents from the Nostalgic Christmas stamp set. I color it with Copics first as a bottom layer. I then used colored pencils to add shading especially on the tree. I used a Gold and Silver Uniball for details. I attached the image to the top of the gold on the card. I stamped sentiment from the stamp set with Cranberry PSInk and attached that to the top I used some Rainbow Stash Gem Stickers to the tree in red and blue.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Suzy

I said I was done making holiday tags over a week ago. Well, this is the second time I have made more since that comment! Today I used the Jingle All the Way stamp and die set to create a card but I decided last minute to make tags instead. I used the darling Large Scalloped Tag Dies for them. both products are from the DieCember 2025 release. Here is the stamp set I used:

And here are my tags:

I stamped all of the images in the Jingle All the Way stamp set with Latte PSInk for no-line coloring. I colored them all with colored pencils. But then I went back in to add more shading with Copic markers. Sometimes I lay down a base coat with markers first and then use pencils to shade and sometimes I color with pencils and then go back in and use Copics to shade! Here are directions for each of them:

I love love this little Santa head! I fussy cut all of the images out as I didn’t have the matching dies. I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set with Cranberry PSInk (my favorite true red). I die-cut a regular tag using the CZ Nested Tag Dies and red Holographic cardstock. I die-cut one of the Large Scalloped Tag Dies and used it over the red tag. This is the second largest one and is suppose to be the outside tag. It was the perfect size for my little scene so I didn’t use the scalloped tag over it. I attached all of my colored images to the white tag. I pulled a holiday ribbon through the hole in the top.

For this one I used the largest set of tags in the Scalloped Tag Dies. I used red Holographic cardstock for the large one and white cardstock for the one on top. I attached a piece of ribbon between the two tags before glueing them together. I used the tree from my stamped and colored images. I used pencils to shade the tree. I used a silver uniball gel pen for all of the details. I attached some additional presents to the bottom and ornaments on the tree. Last, I added some silver star sequins around the background.

Ok, I’m going to say it one more time – I am officially done making holiday tags! Now it is time to start the wrapping! Thanks for visiting my blog! MERRY CHRISTMAS IN ONE WEEK! Suzy

I have a card to share with you today that really surprised me! I have been waiting to make this one for while because I thought it was going to take a long time. But nope – only about an hour. I used the Christmas Angels Embossing Folder from the And Everything Nice release. Here is an image:

If you look at the detail in this embossing folder you will understand why I was nervous to color it. I thought it would be really hard to not mess it up since the images on it are so slow. But it wasn’t hard at all and I really enjoyed the process! Here is my card:

I didn’t pick a color palette and used alllll the colors on it! I tried to keep them on the lighter side but those leaves in the middle are too dark. I messed up the colors for the birds on the bottom so I embossed another one and cut the two birds out so I could glue them over the original ones – easy fix. I’m not sure this looks like a Christmas card! I embossed the Christmas Angels embossing folder using white cardstock and colored it with Copics and a gold Uniball gel pen. I attached it to a white card base.

I embossed a sentiment from the EZ Strips Christmas stamp set and used the Slanted EZ Strips Die to cut them out. I used Antique Gold embossing powder. I attached it with foam tape behind it. I die-cut a bow from the SSS Pretty Bows Dies (((I used these bow dies ALL the time so they are definitely a good purchase if you don’t have them!))) using gold matte cardstock. I attached that below the sentiment. I added some Northern Lights Embellishment mix around the sentiment. Now if I could just lighten those four dark leaves in the center I would like this card!

If you decide to try coloring this detailed embossing folder or any embossing folder for that matter, the great thing about using Copics is you only color the top of the image and then as they seep out a bit (like they do) they cover the raised edges of the image. So it’s not as hard as it looks to color the images. Copics definitely are the easiest way. I hope you enjoyed this card that looks suspiciously like one I posted a couple days ago haha. Suzy

Today’s card is a winter themed card using two products from the “And Everything Nice” release. First I used the Snowy Hillside Embossing Folder and then I used the Wrapped in Scarves stamp and die bundle. Here is an image of both (with links to store):

They are a match made in heaven! Here is my card:

I embossed the Snowy Hillside EF using white cardstock. I colored it with Copic Markers. I used several blues for the sky and then used the 0 Blender to move the colors around and lighten areas. I used a white Uniball on areas of the trees. I covered all of the snow I created on the trees and all of the snowy hill with Frosted Lace Stickles.

I stamped the snowman and the sentiment from the Wrapped In Scarves stamp set with Versafine Ink. I colored the snowman with Copic Markers and a silver Uniball gel pen. I die-cut them out with the matching dies. I attached both over the background. Last, I embossed some of the snowflake stamps in the stamp set with white embossing powder. I also added some dots with white acrylic paint.

I guess I’ll be moving to winter cards instead of holiday cards after this week! I’m going to make a few last ones before I quit though! Thanks so much for visiting! Suzy

Today I have a card to share that uses the Heirloom Ornaments Embossing Folder from the Sugar and Spice Release. I also used the Baby Fawns stamp and die bundle from the And Everything Nice Release. Here is an image of the embossing folder:

I embossed the Heirloom Ornaments embossing folder using white cardstock. I colored all of the ornaments with Copic markers. I also used a silver and gold Uniball gel pen for lots of the details and the strings. I put Rainbow Splash clear gems over all of the small ornaments.

I used a grey Copic marker to add shadows to all the ornaments so they would pop more. I stayed a sentiment from the Baby Fawn Stamp set with Versafine Ink and die-cut it out with the matching dies. I attached that to the bottom of the card. I wanted the sentiment to be small so it didn’t cover any of the ornaments.

A nice simple card using the Heirloom Ornaments embossing folder from the Sugar and Spice release. It gave me a chance to color which is my favorite thing to do! It isn’t perfect – a little messy but I’m ok with that! Thanks for visiting! A week left to share Christmas cards!!! (((Maybe I should start my shopping!))). Suzy

Today is the release of the SSS January 2026 Card Kit called The Small Things. Here is an image of the kit:

There are several Simon Says Stamp exclusive products in this kit including the following:

• 1 NEW and exclusive Simon Says Stamp The Small Things 6×8 inch clear stamp set
• 1 NEW and exclusive Simon Says Stamp Crystal Snowflake 4×4 inch stencil set
• 1 NEW and exclusive Simon Says Stamp Crystal Snowflake die set
• 1 NEW and exclusive Simon Says Stamp Snowy Tree die set
• 1 NEW and exclusive Simon Says Stamp Pixie Snowflake embossing folder

There is also a set of add on dies for the stamp set called The Small Things Die Set or if you prefer you can purchase The Small Things Stamp and Die Bundle together. Here are my 3 cards:

The kit includes 12 double sided La-La Land Crafts Winter Forest 6×6 inch patterned paper. I used one for my card above. I die-cut two of the Simon Says Stamp Snowy Tree die using 3 different colors of green cardstock and white glitter paper. I glued them together with the darkest paper used for the outside that holds all of the pieces together. I attached them over a piece of the patterned paper cut to be A2 size. It has snow drops on it but I added more to the paper and the trees using white acrylic paint and the end of a paintbrush.

I stamped the two deer and a sentiment using The Small Things stamp set in the kit and Versafine black ink. I colored the deer with Copic markers. I fussy cut them out as I didn’t have the matching dies, but they would have been very nice to have! I stamped one of the trees in the stamp set with Eucalyptus PSInk. I added that over the background and the deer in front of the trees. I attached the sentiment to the top of the card.

I used the Simon Says Stamp Pixie Snowflake embossing folder for the background with my card. I embossed it with the piece of Holographic Lava A2 cardstock panel in the kit. I die-cut the small snowflake in the Simon Says Stamp Crystal Snowflake die set from Aqua glitter paper and from white glitter paper. I glued the white letters over the blue snowflake and tied some silver and white twine to the top of it in a bow. I attached that to the top of the background.

I used the Simon Says Stamp Crystal Snowflake 4×4 inch stencil set for the bottom snowflake. I followed the colors on the packaging as I loved the way it looked! I used Surf and Ocean PSInk with the first stencil and then Night PSInk with the second applied with foam applicators. I die-cut it out with the matching die in the Simon Says Stamp Crystal Snowflake die set and attached it to the bottom of the card. I trimmed the pieces that were hanging over the edge. I used some Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gems in the center of the snowflake and around the background (come with the kit). I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set using Versafine Ink on a Honeybee Sentiment Banner Dies. I attached that over the top of the snowflake.

I used the piece of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Silver 8.5 x11 kraft metallic cardstock sheet for the back of my card. I cut a piece of the La-La Land Crafts Winter Forest 6×6 inch patterned paper sheets to use over the silver paper. I added some shading to the paper with colored pencils and a white Uniball to bring out the colors in it. I added some white dots with a white Uniball and some white acrylic paint drops with the end of my paintbrush for snow.

I embossed all of the snowflakes in The Small Things stamp set with Silver Embossing Powder and fussy cut them out. I attached them to the top left oath patterned paper. I did the same with one of the trees in the stamp set and attached it to the right side of the paper. I used some Rainbow Splash clear drops in the center of teh snowflakes. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set with Night PSInk and attached that to the bottom of the card. I tied a piece of silver and white twine around the top of the patterned paper.

I had so much fun making these cards with this gorgeous January 2026 card kit called The Small Things. I love this The Small Stuff stamp set so much that I’m using it for my SSS “One Stamp, Five Ways” guest blog post at the end of December. I’ll have 5 more cards using it on that post so check it out! Thanks so much for visiting today! Suzy

My card today used the Antique Snow Globe Embossing Folder from the SSS DieCember 2025 release and the Wrapped in Scarves stamp and die set from the And Everything Nice release. Here are images of both products (click on to link to the SSS store):

Here is my shaker card:

I embossed the Antique Snow Globe using white cardstock. It also die-cuts the globe portion out. I embossed a second one from pink cardstock and cut the bottom portion off. I rubbed some white ink on it and then wiped most of it out. I used a white gel pen to add the little loops. I stamped a snowman from the Wrapped in Scarves stamp set with versafine ink. I colored it in with Copic Markers and die-cut it out. I die-cut a stitched hill from white glitter paper and pulled out a piece of blue patterned paper and acetate to make my shaker.

I die-cut two more globes from foam paper (never use this but it made this shaker so easy to do!). i added acetate behind my main piece and glued the bottom of the snow globe over it. I attached the two foam pieces behind this piece. I attached the blue paper and the white glitter stitched hill under where the opening would be on a white card base. I then attached the snowman over the hill. I added a bunch of 3mm sparkling clear sequins over the snowman and attached the top piece over it. I stamped a sentiment with black ink and die-cut it out from the stamp set. I attached that to the top corner and some Rainbow Splash clear gems over the acetate.

I love how this card turned out. The Antique Snow Globe EF and CD is such a cute product. I already have plans to use it for another card I’m making. The best part about this card is it could be a holiday card or not! I might use this globe for all my holiday cards haha! Thanks for visiting! Suzy