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"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp Special Edition Easter Card Kit

Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the brand new special edition card kit for Easter called You Make My Hoppy. As I have said several times recently, Easter cards are my favorite cards to make. I love the colors so much and I love flowers and Spring and bunnies and eggs, etc... haha I love it all! I guess Easter is my favorite holiday although I never thought about that until today! This kit represents my love of Easter perfectly! It's full of Spring colors, flowers, bunnies, and eggs! Here is an image of the full kit: As you know, with my "one stamp, five ways" posts, I try to focus primarily... Read more →

Our Home from SSS Hello Beautiful Release

Here I am again with another card using new products from the Hello Beautiful release! Today I am using the Our Home stamp set and the CZ Welcome Die together. Below is an image of the stamp set which also comes with a set of dies or as a bundle. I didn't have the dies so I made a slimline card that is one layer (no fussing cutting yay!). And here is my card: I cut a piece of white cardstock to be 3.5" x 8.5". I then stamped al of the images from the stamp set with Intense Black Ink to create a scene. I love how there are hill stamps and the little trees are adorable! I purposely... Read more →

Sketch Iris Card from Simon Says Stamp Hello Beautiful Release

I'm back again with another card using a stamp set from the SSS new Hello Beautiful release. If you missed the blog hop day 1, you can see my post HERE. I've already done two "one stamp, five ways" posts and I'll have my new set of Suzy's Easter Pal watercolor cards on the SSS blog on February 28th. So that means the card I am sharing today is my 17th card with the new release - wow haha! Today I am using the stamp set called Sketch Iris. There are matching dies and a bundle also, but I only used the stamp set for this card. Here is an image of it: And here is my one layer card:... Read more →

Hello Beautiful Release Blog Hop Day 1 - "One Stamp, Five Ways" With Lavender Gardens

Today is the first day of the 2 day blog hop for Simon Says Stamp's new release called Hello Beautiful. I have much to share today, so let's get to it! I'll give you all the details of the blog hop and who to hop to next at the bottom of this post. First off, I have a new set of watercolor cards in this release called Suzy's Easter Pals. Here is an image: There are 6 designs with 2 of each design all printed on Ranger Watercolor Paper. I'm a guest on the Simon Says Stamp blog on February 28th where I will be showing you all of the colored cards and giving you lots of tips and techniques... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Hello Beautiful Release - "One Stamp, Five Ways" - Bunny Blessings

Today is the Simon Says Stamp Hello Beautiful release - February 24th at 12:00 am EST. There are so many cute new stamp sets to choose from for a "one stamp, five ways" post. Of course I went with the Easter set since they are always my favorite! It is a 6" x 8" stamp set called Bunny Blessings and it also has matching dies or you can buy it as a bundle. Here is an image of the set: Here are my 5 cards. I made 3 regular sized cards, 1 slim-line card, and 1 mini-slim-line card. CARD 1: I actually used patterned paper for this card and one other. I don't usually use paper except on cards using... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Bunny Butt Peekaboo Stamp Set

Last year, SSS released a 6" x 8" stamp set that is so darling, but I never got a chance to work with it. It is called Bunny Butt Peekaboo. I love bunnies and I really love butts, so I knew this would be a fun one to color! I have a card to share with you using this darling Easter stamp set and matching die. Here is an image: Here is my card: I wanted to do a "random stamping" background for this card using all the cute eggs, jelly beans, and flowers in the stamp set. I stamped them on white cardstock with MFT Natural Ink. I colored them all in with colored pencils. Next, I stamped the... Read more →

"One Stamp, Three Coloring Methods" - SSS Doodle Egg Background Stamp

Today I have one of my "one stamp, three coloring methods" posts to share with you. I was "dying" to color the eggs in the Doodle Egg background stamp that was released last Spring. I used it for this post so I could have an excuse to color it 3 times! Here is an image of the stamp: I used my usual 3 different coloring methods including colored pencils, Copic markers, and Karin Brushmarkers. Here is an image of the 3 colored pieces together: And here are the 3 colored images made into cards with individual pictures and directions for each. CARD 1: COLORED PENCILS I stamped the Doodled Egg Background stamp with MFT Natural Ink on white cardstock. I... Read more →

Helllllllllo Easter Stamp Set by Simon Says Stamp

I don't know if I am rushing things by making Easter cards already (in late February). I prefer Spring colors and illustrations more than any other season/holiday though, so I guess you should be glad I didn't start Easter cards in December! Last Easter, I illustrated a stamp set called Hello Easter that had some of my favorite designs from some of my Spring watercolor cards in it. Here is an image of the Hello Easter 6x8" stamp set: It is sold as a bundle as shown above or you can buy just the stamp set. Here is my mini slimline card: Simon Says Stamp came out with some mini slim-line envelopes in the last release. They are going to... Read more →

My Favorite Things March Product Release

Hello friends! Today I have a couple cards to share with you using products from the new MFT release for March. There are so many cute products in this release, that it was hard to decide which ones to use for this post today! I ended up making a card with the Birdie Brown Mice Day to Celebrate and the Wild Poppies stamp set. First I have a slim-line card to share using Birdie Brown's latest - Mice Day to Celebrate. This set is so darling and I love birthday stamps as I know I will use them again and again. I went with a yellow, blue, and red color scheme just because the primary colors seem very birthday to... Read more →

Tulip Background Stamp by Simon Says Stamp

I wanted to color this stamp last year when it was released, but I never got a chance.It's called Tulip Background and it is very detailed. Here is an image: Here is my the card I made with my colored image: I started by stamping the Tulip Background stamp with MFT Natural Ink on white cardstock. I used my colored pencils to color it. I have a combination of Prismacolors, Polychromos by Faber Castelle, and Luminance and Pablos by Caran d'Ache. I mix them all up together by color in baggies. My favorites are the Polychromos and Pablos. My least favorite are the Prismacolors as they are so waxy. BUT, I love using the white Prismacolor over other colors to... Read more →