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"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Limited Edition Valentine's Day Kit

Hi friends! It's been a busy week of creating over here. I've created 3 "one stamp, five ways" posts this week and still have one more to go! Today I'm sharing one using the BRAND NEW JUST RELEASED SSS Special Edition Valentine's Day Kit . These exclusive kits run out fast, so letting you know right now that if you want to buy this thing, do it quick. I always see comments from people that are frustrated they ran out so quickly. I have five cards and three mini cards to share with you today because frankly, I never obey the rules of my own blog series! haha Here is an image of the kit in full: My favorite part... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS February Card Kit

Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you that includes 6 cards instead of 5! I am using the brand new SSS February Card Kit called Love Always. Here is an image of the kit: As usual, I try to focus on the stamp set in the kit, so although I use all of the "ingredients", I try to make a card of two with just the stamp set. This one is 6x8 and is full of pretty flowers, hearts, and greetings, so it was easy to do (resulting in 6 cards!). You can purchase just the stamp set HERE if you prefer. There is also a background stamp in this kit which is so... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp You Are Loved Blog Hop Day 1

Today is the first day of the two day blog hop for the Simon Says Stamp You Are Loved release. Most of the products were released in December, but it was such a busy month that the blog hop was moved to this month. There was ONE product that wasn't released yet and this one is kind of special to me! Here is an image of my latest watercolor cards called Sending Love: This set of cards is perfect for all of your Valentine's Day card needs! They are all printed on Ranger Watercolor Paper which is pure white and perfect for all coloring mediums, but thick enough for watercolors. Your job is just to pretty them up and attach... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop

Today I have six cards to share with you. I made four cards with the new Cupcake Critters stamp set and two cards with the new Fiesta Party stamp set. Two of the Cupcake Critters cards were already shared on the PPP Blog last week during the new product announcements, so I'll just show you the images and not go into the directions since they are there. The entire PPP new product release is HERE. You can purchase all of it together with a 10% discount HERE. So now let's get this party started!!! Card 1: Cupcake Critters I used the Storybook 5 die for this card with a watercolored background behind it. For some extra pizazz, I added some... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - MFT Tweet Friends by Stacy Yacula

I'm so excited about this blog post. I love creating, but I sure do hate typing out posts!!! But this one I'm so excited to share because a) I adore, love, more love, more adore this stamp set and all of Stacy Yacula's stamp sets and b) I think my cards today are amaze balls (note - I don't usually compliment my own work, but who could go wrong with these stamps?!?!?! So today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the newest MFT Stacy Yacula stamp set called Tweet Friends. Here is an image of the stamp: And here are my five cards with directions and supplies for each. Card 1: I started... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp January 2019 Card Kit

Hello friends! Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post using the SSS brand new January 2019 Card Kit called "Snow Much". It is darling and will definitely make you feel like you want to stick your toes in some snow (I say this as I stuck my toes in the sand at the beach today and it was HOT, so yep, I'm craving some snow so I can feel like it is winter). Here is an image of the kit: As usual, you can buy the stamp set alone which is called Snow Much also and is 6x8". You can also buy that cute little die alone which is called the Twirling Ice Skater. As stated, I have... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp You Are Loved Release - Gift Card Watercolor Set

Today Simon Says Stamp released a big group of Valentine's products called "You Are Loved". We might be in the holiday mood right now and not thinking of Valentine's yet, but many of these products have to do with love and what better topic than love for the holidays, right? Also, think of Christmas gift ideas for yourself! And for others - thus my newest set of watercolor cards is called the Gift Card Set. I drew these images to be the perfect set for giving as a gift to someone. They cover all of the card sentiments needed including birthday, thank you, etc... They are bundled with a set of Prima Watercolor Pencils so the gift is complete for... Read more →

More Christmas Cards with Hello Bluebird and MFT

Yep, I'm on a Christmas card roll. This needs to turn into a Christmas decorations roll as I haven't even started and it's the 7th! I usually have my tree up on the first weekend of December. So tomorrow it is. But for today, I'm going to share more of my cards that I have been posting on IG in case anyone wants the directions and supplies. I have one using MFT stamps and 3 using Hello Bluebird stamps today. MFT - Cool Christmas: My first card uses the MFT Cool Christmas stamp set. I fell in love with this one and had to have it! I used one of my favorite dies for winter cards called Horizontal Snow Drifts.... Read more →

Die-Cember Blog Hop Day 1

Hello blog hoppers! Today is the first day of the Simon Says Stamp Die-Cember blog hop. You can see the entire Die-Cember product release HERE. I have four cards to share with you using some of the new dies. All of the details of the blog hop are at the end of this post as well as a list of all of the products I used on my cards. A day before the Die-Cember release, SSS released my latest (and last) holiday set of watercolor cards called Happy Holidays. I painted/colored all of them and they are on the SSS Blog HERE if you want to check them out. Here is an image of all of them together: And now... Read more →

SSS Happy Holidays Watercolor Card Set

I have a new watercolor card set that was released at Simon Says Stamp tonight. It is called Happy Holidays. Here is an image: Simon Says Stamp is showing all 12 of these watercolor cards colored on the Simon Says Stamp Blog with directions and tips. Here is a sneak peek of all of them together: Which one is your favorite? I like the penguins the best and the ornaments with JOY second best. I had so much fun drawing and coloring all of these. They are printed on Ranger Watercolor Paper so they can be colored with ANY coloring medium you prefer. I use them all! I've listed links to the coloring mediums I use below. I hope you... Read more →