Living My Dream

"One Stamp, Three Coloring Methods" - Circle Doodle Background Stamp

I have one of my favorite blog posts to share with you today - I love my "one stamp, 3 coloring methods" posts. I pick one stamp which is usually a cling background stamp by Simon Says Stamp. I then color it with 3 different coloring mediums which usually means colored pencils, Copic markers, and Karin Brushmarkers/Watercolors. Today I picked an oldie, but a goodie called the SSS Circle Doodle Background Stamp. Here is an image: I remember when this stamp first got released - anyone else been around that long? I really liked it as a) I love circles and b) I love anything that is doodled. I liked how the lines are messy and all over the place!... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop

Today is the first day of a 3 day blog hop celebrating the brand new pretty Pink Posh Spring collection of products. The products are being released today, March 8th. I am a guest for this hop (as I'm no longer on the PPP design team due to lots of SSS commitments!). I have four cards to share with you using some of the new products. I started by stamping all of the images from the new Easter Bunnies stamp set twice each with multiples of the accessory stamps. I used MFT Natural Ink on white cardstock and colored them all in with colored pencils. I die-cut them all out with the matching dies for that set. I also colored... Read more →

Blooming Meadows Stamp Set From SSS Hello Beautiful Release

One of the stamp sets in the new SSS Hello Beautiful Release is a floral set, so of course I have been dying to use it! Unfortunately I only made one card with it to share today. I will be using this set again though! The stamp set is called Blooming Meadows. There are matching dies and you can also buy it as a set as shown below. I did appreciate having the dies for this one! Here is my card: I started by stamping all of the images in the Blooming Meadows stamp set with MFT Natural Ink on white cardstock twice. I colored them all in with colored pencils. I die-cut them out not sure what I was... Read more →

Narwhal Friends by CZ for Simon Says Stamp Hello Beautiful Release

I have a card to share with you using one of the new stamp sets from the SSS Hello Beautiful release called Narwhal Friends. You can buy just the stamp set, or you can buy the dies too or you can buy them as a bundle. Here is a picture of the cute stamps: I made a one layer card, so I didn't need the dies. But I definitely want to use this cute set again, so I'm glad I have them. Here is my card: I used my "random stamping" technique where I stamp the images in the set over and over on a card front arranging them like puzzle pieces. I think that's why I use this technique... Read more →

"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 →