lauralooloo: Simon Says Stamp Sugar and Spice Release {Cute Christmas Card Making!}

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Simon Says Stamp Sugar and Spice Release {Cute Christmas Card Making!}

Christmas card season is coming in HOT - it's TIME, friends! It felt great to get a few holiday cards made to begin this year's stash, and the stamps and dies from the new Sugar and Spice release at Simon Says Stamp gave me some fresh inspiration to share! I'm just thrilled to be blog hopping along with some of my favorite card makers for day 2 of Simon's Sugar and Spice release blog hop. If you're feeling merry, read on!

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Both of today's cards feature the Plaque Slides dies and coordinating Plaque Slides Christmas stamps, as well as the Narrow Holly Cluster dies. Let's chat about the Plaque Slides first. These sentiments are adorable, well-sized for cards, and will coordinate perfectly with a variety of styles. You'll want to die-cut a whole bunch of the coordinating die shapes and add these cuties to all kinds of cards, tags, gift wrap, and goodies. I super love that there's some versatility with the rounded rectangle shape - you'll see for today's first card, I trimmed off the edges to just keep the rectangle, but on my second card you'll see how easily you can slide a ribbon or twine to attach it. Love that versatility!

Here's TWO tips if you'd like to recreate this Merry and Bright card:

Planning to mass produce your cards? Consider stamping the sentiments across the background of an entire 8.5x11 sheet of cardstock. Then, simply cut it into four (or more) pieces to create your cards.
Depending on the colors of ink you use, sometimes a very busy colorful background can become, well, TOO busy. If that's the case, add a layer of vellum. It'll probably be just enough to make the background less overwhelming, and adds another layer of interest. (I love to use my tiny stapler to easily attach vellum without messing with adhesive that might show through.)

(Note: I layered my sentiment onto a cute scalloped tag from Spellbinders. You can find the Make a Wish Arch Labels die set at Simon Says Stamp.)

Next up, you'll see that Plaque Slide die with the twine strung through. This is going to be such fun on gift wrap and packaged holiday treats, but clearly adorable on cards too. Although I used the Narrow Holly Cluster for the greenery up above, on this card the holly is front and center, and makes a bold statement cut from metallic cardstocks. Again, another versatile die set - cut it into pieces and use the holly as an accent, or use the whole cluster as a focal point. I love to have options!

Friends, you don't want to miss a stop on today's blog hop. First of all, there's so much AMAZING inspiration, but secondly Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to one commenter on EACH blog! Winners will be posted on the SSS blog on Wednesday October 15th.

Don't Miss a Stop on the Hop!