It’s blog hop time for Simon Says Stamp to celebrate the fantastic new Fun & Festive release! I’m really happy with the card project I’m sharing today. I haven’t done a lot of scene builders and this one, Winter Scene, is kind of adorable.
Plus, check out that smoooooth blue background, friends. Yes. I did that. Me. I have had a hard time figuring out the light hand touch, but I recently discovered the Life Changing Brushes and I think the name lives up to the product!
Also, the Swiss Dot Background embossing folder? I LOVE that thing. The subtle texture is so great! It’s such a classic tool!
The other thing that makes me happy? Putting a layer of Glossy Accents over those bulbs. Seriously so cute and shiny!
Click on the image below to watch my video showing the process of creating this card project!
Thanks so much for watching! Now, here’s a fun thing:
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a free Festive Stickles with any purchase as part of our two-day blog hop! Be sure to use the code FEST587 at checkout and your free Stickles will be automatically added to your order!
BLOG HOP DETAILS: We’ve got a ton of festive inspiration for you, as well as a $25 Simon Says Stamp store gift certificate at every stop along the way. All you have to do is visit the blogs, leave a comment on each, and you increase your chances of winning! Winners will be chosen over the weekend and posted on the Simon blog on Wednesday, October 17.
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203 Comments on “Simon Says Stamp Fun & Festive Blog Hop”
I think ornaments make a terrific card image; so dang cute and your color choices are stunning!
I wonder how these brushes compare to similar style “blending brushes” sold for makeup? Your blending looks amazing!!
love the colors! So clean and classic
Life changing brushes! What a great name!
Love your card! So clean and those Christmas light with the glossy accents – love!
The winter scene set is so cute. I struggle with scenes, but you made it look easy. And the polka dots give the impression of snow falling. Great design.
So, the life-changing brushes are arriving to my home tomorrow due to another enabling video you shared previously, my wallet is screaming Cathy, hahaha! Love all of your cards, this one is so darn cute!!!
What an adorable card! I really like everything about it. I’ve had that swiss dots embossing folder for at least 10 years, but I haven’t used it in a really long time. Thanks for reminding me how cute it is!
Sweet little card! Love that background made with the ‘life changing’ brushes too.
Such a sweet scene, love this Christmas card , love the clean simple look!
Cathy, beautiful winter scene has sent my Christmas spirit soaring! Your ‘light touch’ blending, the shiny ornaments, the subtle polka-dot embossing: special touches that add so much impact! Thank you for the smiles and inspiration!
~carol
Gorgeous! I absolutely adore little scenes! So cute!
That is a lovely Christmas card!
I love this type of scene with the snow and the deer.
This is gorgeous.
This is such a cute little scene! There are a lot of great products in this release. I also love the ornament stamp set that you designed.
You did a great job on this scenery card. Seeing your swiss dot embossing has inspired me to dig mine out.
Super cute!!
Love what you created!
Lovely card, Cathy, it’s hard to believe that you’re relatively new to card-making! I’m so glad that you joined forces with Simon, though, as your designs are DA BEST 😉
Just love the Winter Scene stamp set… the card is so crisp and makes me feel like going outside to build a snowman… but we don’t have snow yet. 🙂
Lovely little Christmas scene card!
As usual I love your clean and simple cards. Thanks for the tips
Love the card, thank you for sharing and inspiring.
This stamp set covers all the basics for me – frosty woods w/deer, festive lights and church!
Such a sweet card
Such a lovely little scene!
The winter scene set is so gorgeous! Your card is simple in a way with all the white, but because of that so full and stunning at the same time
Such a cute card! Thanks for all your tips! I love the simple design.
You are right, they are adorable! Nice work, Cathy!
Love this scene!
Love love love!! Thanks for all the info
Cute card. Love the little lights.
I LOVE your beautiful designs! You have such a pretty, clean and bright style that I just love everything you create! The little deer by the house with the lights is AMAZING!
Great tips on card composition and technique, I adore “scenic” cards!
I love this stamp set and the adorable card you created with it! Also thanks for the reminder about how cool that swiss dot embossing folder is. It really makes a great addition to your card design.
Gorgeous card. Love the design and colors.
such a cute card! thanks for showing that those brushes won’t end up being some cheap, meaningless fling!
I love this card! I’m not one for scene building but this set will make it so much easier! I too love the swiss dot embossing folder, it’s the first one I reach to for doing embossed backgrounds! Thanks for the inspiration!!
What a cute winter scene! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Sweet winter scene!
beautiful products, simple clean and cards that catch the eye. Most cards are so busy, but these are simply beautiful ! Thank you for your wonderful products and ideas.
Love this card, Cathy! Great job.
Always simple and beautiful. Love your designs!
What a sweet winter scene! Love the soft blue sky and the glossy accents on the lights!!
Cute card!
What an adorable card! I love the attention you paid to all the details and the blue background is stunning.
Such a cute, sweet winter scene. I really enjoy your videos, Cathy… thank you!
This is such a sweet scene, what a fantastic Christmas card.
Love the simplicity of the card but still packs a big visual punch. Thanks for sharing. I love these blog hops…… I find more great artists to follow on YouTube.
I love the string of lights – so cute!
Love the stamp & die set and your end result is fab!
Beautiful job on your card! So many possibilities with the scene builder!
So clean and peaceful looking!
cute card
love the scene thank you for sharing, I never think of incorporating something like this!
Adorable cards and great video!
Your card is so cute! Love the extra shine on the lights. 🙂
Cute card! Thanks for sharing
Fantastic card! I love the simple design… so clean and beautiful!!
Love simple designs also and especially when I have so many to make before the holiday season. Thanks for the ideas.
Awesome cards – thanks for the inspiration:)
Beautiful card!
Adorable card! Thanks for the video!
Lovely card Cathy!
Very cute card! I need to find those brushes I’m heavy handed! lol
Pretty winter scene. I love the string of lights.
I’ve given up trying to blend on regular cardstock, now I just use Bristol for blending, it’s almost fool proof and makes me look good 🙂 . Your card is so sweet!
I love the dotted background on your card and the blue sky is terrific. Hate to think of winter already but it will be here before we know it. Lovely simple card
What a lovely winter scene! You sound like me when I make a card, lol. I haven’t figured out that light touch for blending yet. I love this stamp set and all the options it has! It makes creating a scene so simple. Thanks for sharing!
So cute!! I also have the Swiss dot embossing folder and love it!
What an adorable little scene. I also like the green you chose. Nice
Cathy, your card is so sweet and I love the string to lights.
Such a darling card! Loved the bumped up garland of lights with thr glossy accents. Thanks for the inspiration!
Such a beautiful card and the smooth background too.
Cute, simple and fun card. Love it! And you are right, that blend is awesome!! 🙂
Winter scene is my favourite of the release.
Great card! And a reminder about the swiss dots embossing folder. It is great for winter scenes.
Fabulous release! So fun! Love your card and designs, Cathy. Your are the queen of CAS.
Sweet, crisp and wonderfully festive. Fantastic card!
Simple elegance!
Like the Winter scene you created. I ordered the stamp/die set when I was able to see the release day before everyone else. Looking fwd to receiving.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
This is such a darling scene. It’s my favorite
type of scene for Christmas.
Adorable card – thanks for sharing!
Love your card!
This is a CAS design with just the right amount of detail. The stamp set is so cute.
Darling CAS card! I love that it can be made fairly quickly. I have trouble with blending, too – would like to try that blending tool set. It has to go on my ‘wish list’ though!
Adorable card–always love the scenes .
This is such a fun release. Your CAS card is adorable.
As always, I love the clean design of your card!
Very sweet card!
Looks like a really fun card to make, Cathy!
Simple but cute. I like it!
Cathy, your card is spot on! I love displaying my holiday cards and keep them up til “Little Christmas” on January 6th each year. Receiving this card would just make my day!
I love the clean, crisp look of your card. Great job!
Great card, thanks for sharing!
You created a wonderful scene! Love it!
Gorgeous Kathy!
Perfection…
Absolutely stunning. Your sky background is superior. Love the scene and that is one of my favorite all time sentiments. TFS 🙂
I love the simplicity of your card! The dotted embossing folder is my go-to also!
The colors are terrific and so is the simplicity of the figures and design.
I love this set and your card.
I agree with you, this scene is very adorable! And yep that background…. smooth and awesome, I just purchased the Life Changing Brushes so here’s hoping I can make my backgrounds look like yours lol. Your card really is Fun & Festive, I love it. Thanks for sharing it today and for the inspiration! (mardy14@bellsouth.net)
Love those Christmas lights with the glossy accents!!
Such wonderful inspiratioN! Thank yoU!
Very nice. I like the clean lines and design.
Such a cute card! CAS and I love the design!
Pretty card—I think I need those brushes (although the foam blenders work my arm muscles!). I have a dot embossing folder that I’ve used for years—works on lots of styles of cards.
Love the card and that you used the Swiss dots folder. Never know how to use it!
Darling card, Cathy! What a great way to make our little lights shine!
Such a cute little scene!
Such a gorgeous card!
Lovely card. I like the embossed background – it looks like snow.
Such clean crisp designs, love them!
What a great card! Love your ink blended background and your colouring is perfect !
That’s a wonderful winter card!! So sweet! 🙂
Lovely scene you
crested. The bulbs
look so fun.
Carla from Utah
Your card is so pretty, Cathy! You totally rocked that smooth background girl!
This card is so cute! The swiss dot background is awesome. Those brushes look so cool. Did you try the Clarity brushes that were the rage a while ago? I like them for the same reason as you like these, you can build color slowly. I love your videos.
Adorable card!! Love your video, too. So easy to listen to. Great job!!
Super cute card. Love the different look that you can get from this set.
I love watching you create, because you’re so honest about where you are in your cardmaking journey. I started about the same time as you, so I feel like I have a friend with me, learning as we go. Of course, this friend has umpty-ump years of design experience so she can also teach me about all those basic design principles that I never learned. So basically, I’m just going to hang onto your coattails as we go along. Is that okay with you? 😀 Thanks for sharing and designing such great products.
The scene building set is genius! Everything already coordinated and sized to match– totally diggin’ it. I love your addition of the glossy accents on the bulbs. Too cute!
Love this happy little winter scene! And Swiss dot snow? Too cute! Your blending was amazing! Love this new release and can’t wait to get your new CZ Design Besties set! Thanks! ???
So very beautiful!! I love the white embossed background!
Great card idea. The colors are just right.
Gorgeous card Cathy – love your style
Love the scene.
Very cute card. I have to get going on my Christmas cards!
You’re card is amazing! It’s CAS and your blending is amazing!
What a sweet card! The blending on the sky is gorgeous!
Your scene is fantastic! The blending is beautiful….definitely going to have to try those brushes! Love the added subtle texture of the swiss dot!
Love how clean your cards always look. Your style is fantastic!
You did a fantastic job on your light blue background!
Adorable seen and the embossing folder is perfect with the little scene
beautiful card… love this sweet little scene!
Fabulous card! Such an adorable scene!
Adorable card!!! Love it!!!
What a fun card. Can’t believe how beautiful it is and only using just a few colors. Less is definitely more!
Fabulous project. Thanks for sharing
Glossy Accents for the win!
Beautiful card! I love the scene and the glossy accents.
Really beautiful scene card Cathy!!
Your card is so cute!! This is such a great set.
Love this beautiful card, Cathy! Also loved watching your video. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the touches of red.
Love the simple design of the stamps and how they pop on the white background of the embossed cardstock. Your blue sky is gorgeous – and so smooth! I am a bit heavy handed myself so I think the brushes may be just what I need — thanks for the tip!
Beautiful card – I love the soft blended colours and that lovely bit of gloss!
Very cute card. I like these stamps and dies that you used.
I’m kinda upset with you. I had told myself I didn’t need these stamps and dies and now I have to have them! Maybe you should write me a prescription for them that I can show my husband that without them I will be sad. LMAO
Adorable card and I love the string of light.
I just love your scene card. It’s so bright and cheery and clean looking.
Love the simplicity of this winter scene! And so happy you have gotten into stamping!
Another clean and simple winner Cathy! Love it.
If I had to choose just ONE (which obciously won’t happen) I think i’d Chosose the Winter Scene stamp set. I love your card Cathy! It’s just so darn cute!!!
Very pretty card…. I love the Winter Scene stamp set.
This set works wonderfully with your clean, simple, and graphic style. I love the card!
Love the clean look and such a sweet card!
Adorable card! Makes me want to start creating right now. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely projects!
Sweet card…love your subtle and smoooooth blue background!
Love the dotted Swiss background and glossy light bulbs also!
This is such a cute card.
Gorgeous card!!!
Beautiful card! Love those colors
A really sweet and happy card for Christmas, Cathy! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Really cute card ?
Fantastic card!
Adorable card.
Thanks so much for sharing…
That’s a terrific card, Cathy! Thanks for the scoop on the brushes.
I love the polka dot embossing and the beautiful color fade!
Thank you for sharing!! This card and I did check out the brushes, great tool! Maybe I’ll think about getting some for me.
Love this Fun & Festive release! The Winter Scene stamp set is just adorable, and your card is delightful! Love the coloring and blending!
Love that scene builder set
Cathy, your C&S card are just perfect for me !
These colors, wow ! Thanks for sharing !
Very cute card! I think I’ll have to try those life changing brushes for ink blending because I struggle with the foam blenders too!
So perfectly CAS! Love that you embossed the base, adds just that little something.
Your new stamp set is lovely Cathy! And I really enjoy your CAS style of cardmaking. Such a pretty card!
This is such a lovely stamp set Cathy! I really enjoy your CAS style of cardmaking. Your card is beautiful.
This is a lovely stamp set and I love the CAS winter scene you created.
Adorable little scene!
Clean and simple and so pretty.
Great holiday card.
thanks for sharing
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Wow such a clean crisp card love it!
I love this clean winter day card!
I love those brushes too!
Love your winter scene! Your blended background is fabulous!
A gorgeous scene Cathy, love it. Love also that you put the scene on the white card with the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder. Did you know that this embossing forlder was one of the first that came out. Thank you for showing this great card.
Simply stunning!!!
Gotta say I love your card. It’s simple and yet stunning. Thanks for making it that way. Going to check out those brushes. They look like a find.
I love the little scene you’ve made here and I think SSS was quite clever in making a stamp that included the little hills to make scene-building so much easier. The colors you chose are cheerful and help make this such a great card!
This is very cute, Cathy! I loved your video, as usual. LOL 🙂
Coolest little tips you give ( I’ll be coming back to videos for these tips ) !! Love your card; glossy accent lights so adorable !
Lovely card, and I really like your video.
That is some nice scene building! The Swiss dots are a nice added touch…tactile is also important 😀
Such a sweet card
Such a cute card! I think I need to try these new brushes because I still find blending so hard.
I love this stamp set. It creates a nice Christmas scene so easily. Your card is very pretty.
I am loving the idea of this scene as individual elements in one stamp set… love how it all goes together but can have such unique looks depending on how the artist layered it, added colors etc!! ?
Such a cute card!
Your card is so beautiful! The light bulbs look really cool with the added glossy accents. 🙂 I love the Winter Scene stamp set.
A fabulous winter scene card! I’m not good at scene cards either but this set makes it seem like it’d be doable. Your lightly blended sky with the lightli falling snow from the embossing folder couldn’t get more perfect!! And glossy accents – it makes everything better!
Very nice card as usual!
Such a fun release! And I love the inspiration card!