MERRY CHRISTMAS, crafty friends!! For those that celebrate, all of us at Simon Says Stamp hope you have a very blessed and happy holiday today!

We’ve been giving you ideas to upcycle your holiday wrapping paper for the past few years. Today, I have an idea to help keep the kids busy during their break by making paper stars.

You can make these fantastic stars with a bit of accordion folding, snipping points, and sealing the sides. Depending on how you cut your paper, you can make small ones for ornaments or gift toppers and large ones for wall decor. Add a touch of glamour by including a die-cut snowflake on top!!

My video below shows you how to create them and a good stopping point just in case you want to store them away to finish up for next year.

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Hello there friends, it’s Nina-Marie Trapani here with you and I have an adorable set of treat bags to share using new Valentine products from Lawn Fawn!

These treat bags would be darling to fill with candies or small gifts for Valentine’s Day—and you could give them to anyone! Friends, family, or the love of your life. Anyone would adore the sweetness of the little beavers in this release!

Want to learn how I made these treat bags? Watch the video below for all the details!

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Hi friends! Happy Friday!! We’re excited to share this gorgeous CAS card with you by the one and only Cathy Zielske! She’s showcasing our new (and super popular) Little Evergreen Trees as well as a sentiment from the Clean Line Everyday stamp and die set, and a cool technique by blending our Surf ink over our Surf cardstock for a gorgeous effect! Be sure to watch the video for all the details and enjoy!

I love creating gorgeous blends with just a single color of ink by using them on a similar toned piece of cardstock! I have only recently started doing this and now I’m wondering why I didn’t start out ink blending this way, because the results are so good!

All you need to do is blend from one edge of your panel, using the same color family, to create a gorgeous snowy sky (or any other type of tone-on-tone effect you’re going for!)

Top your panel with a crisp white die cut such as this Little Evergreen Tree die and you have the makings for a clean and simple design. Oh, and don’t forget to spatter on some snow while you’re creating!

Here is the video showing you how I created this card:

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Thanks so much for stopping by! See you next month!

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