Mixed Media Card Tutorial: Masking + Layered Stamping Made Easy

Hi friend! Happy Friday! We’re delighted to welcome back special guest Nichol Spohr with this pretty card featuring components of our April 2026 Card Kit, A Little ArtsyThis kit sold out super fast! We’re so excited you loved it! If you missed it, you can still purchase individual components to create what Nichol made! Be sure to watch the video for all the details, and enjoy!

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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Nichol for being our guest!

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Plus! Don’t miss our FREE 5 Ways in 5 Days Crafty Workshop—all about embossing folders—kicking off MONDAY (3/30/26 at 8 AM ET) on our blog!

Take Your Stenciling to the Next Level with Offset Inking: Amore Laurafadora

Hi friend! Happy Thursday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Laura Bassen to showcase this super fun card showcasing our brand new released from our In My Heart collection: Folk Flowers stamp and stencils, Crimped A2 Rectangles, Chunky A2 Scallop Rectangles (in DieCember® but still new!), Impressionistic Flower dies (sentiment), and Cream Puff embellishment mix. For more information be sure to watch the video, and enjoy!

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Simon Says Stamp Set of 2 Stencils…
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Simon Says Stamp Crimped A2…
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Neenah Cardstock Environment 100 LB…
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Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Thick 110…
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A big thank you to YOU, our reader — and to Laura Bassen for being our guest!

In My Heart Blog Hop WINNERS

Hello, friends! We hope you are loving our In My Heart release!

To celebrate this incredible release, we hosted two amazing blog hops! The hops featured many talented designers and each one created wonderful projects to inspire you. If you missed either of the hops, you can find the direct links here: DAY ONE and DAY TWO.

A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hops! We enjoy hearing from each of you, and your words of encouragement and appreciation to each of the designers mean so much to us here at Simon and to them. It’s our tradition to give away gift certificates to random commenters on each blog stop, and today we are revealing all of the winners! So without further ado, I present to you our winners!

DAY ONE HOP WINNERS:

from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Percilla Gurule!

from Barbara Tarayao’s blog: Maria Schaefer!

from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Sheila Styre-Briere!

from Cathy Zielske’s blog: Fran Smith!

from Nicky Meek’s blog: Kathy Eddy!

from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Kristen Snoozy!

from Tina Smith’s blog: micheleazumalee!

from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Cindy Nelson!

from Mindy Eggen’s blog: Kelly O!

from Miriam Prantner’s blog: Mary-Anne V.!

from Emma Williams’s blog: Vicki Fedor!

from Kim Hamilton’s blog: STACEY F!

from Dana Joy’s blog: Andrea Robert!

from Rosemary Dennis’s blog: Lisa Elton!

from Carol Hintermeier’s blog: Rebecca Stevenson!

from Amy Tsuruta’s blog: Daria Zender!

DAY TWO HOP WINNERS:

from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Sheri Kempke!

from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Mark G!

from Heather Hoffman’s blog: Lora Knudsen!

from Laura Bassen’s blog: Janice Cox!

from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Donna Phelan!

from Emily Midgett’s blog: Kelley Clarke!

from Amy Rysavy’s blog: Laura Budke!

from Keisha Charles’s blog: Mariana Maya!

from Sandi MacIver’s blog: Cindy C.!

from Anna-Karin Evaldsson’s blog: Sandy Suzuka!

from Lorraine Aquilina’s blog: Shawna!

from Alberto Gava’s blog: Gayle I.!

from Natasha Vacca’s blog: Anita Knepprath!

from Barb Engler’s blog: Denise Bryant!

from Debbie Frank’s blog: gizmokitty97! 

If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our In My Heart release blog hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card.

Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic In My Heart release and that it gives you creative enjoyment for months to come!

You’ll love browsing our In My Heart gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!

Winning ROCKS, and so do you!

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