Living My Dream

Simon Says Stamp October 2024 Card Kit: Two-Step Simple Leaves!

Today is the SSS release of the October 2024 card kit that is called Two-Step Simple Leaves! If you are in the mood for Fall, this card is for you! It is full of fall colors and products, including a 6x8" stamp set that is also called Two-Step Simple Leaves! Here is an image of the kit: The kit contains a few other SSS products created for this kit. One is a Two-Step Simple Leaves Stencil that goes with the stamp set. This gives you another way to color the leaves if you don't want to use the flat stamps (allows you to add multiple colors to the leaves which is what I did). It also contains a special embossing... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Collaboration: Gina K. Designs Stay Cozy

The SSS STAMPtember collaboration stamp set is with Gina K. Designs today and it is going to be a hot one and go fast (per my prediction from past years). It is called STAY COZY and is sold alone or in a bundle with all the dies as shown here or you can buy it with just the sentiment dies or just the image dies. I am going to be very honest with you today in explaining how I made my card and all the mistakes I made and how I almost threw it away multiple times and thus I hate it now and might still throw it away. Sometimes when I have trouble making a card I end up... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Collaboration: The Greeting Farm It's Scary

Today the SSS STAMPtember collaboration is with The Greeting Farm. The stamp set is a 4x6 set and is called It's Spooky. It can be purchased alone or with a set of matching dies as shown here (click on to get to set in SSS store): I made a slimline with these darling little spooky characters: I die-cut a slimline rectangle with the SSS Nested Slimline Rectangle Dies. I applied Trio 20 ink to the top using Morning first and then Twilight around the edges. I always use a Tim Holtz Foam Applicator to apply ink on skies as I can't blend lightly with anything else. I added a ground using Trio 19, Fawn and Cozy. I attached this to... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Collaboration: Pink Fresh Studio Edged Floral

The SSS STAMPtember collaboration is with Pink Fresh Studios today and is called Edged Floral. It's a gorgeous stamp set with an intricate floral design and lots of sentiments. You can purchase it as just the stamp set or with a set of matching dies as shown here: Here is my one layer card: This is a one layer card and won't have a lot of directions as it was basically just coloring! I stamped the Edged Floral stamp set with Latte PSInk on the edge of an A2 sized piece of white cardstock. I then colored all of the designs with colored pencils as they are very small edged flowers. This stamp just calls for embossing, but maybe next... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember 2024 Collaboration: This Calls For Confetti Unbelievably Bigfoot

Today's SSS STAMPtember collaboration is with This Calls For Confetti and the stamp set is called Unbelievably Bigfoot. It is sold alone or with a set of matching dies as shown here: Here is my card: When I looked at this Unbelievably Bigfoot stamp set, I immediately wanted to do something with the two tree stamps. I thought it would look cool to create a background of rainbow colored trees getting darker as they moved to the front. I tried 3 different renditions of this and they all looked great! One went from yellow to purple and on another I used all the colors of the rainbow. But I decided to make one with just yellows and reds for my... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember 2024 Collaboration: Hero Arts Celebrate Flowers

Today's SSS STAMPtember collaboration is with Hero Arts. The stamp set is called Celebrate Flowers and is sold alone or in 3 different die configurations. You can purchase it with just the flower dies HERE or just the sentiment dies HERE or with ALL the dies as shown HERE: Here is my card: I stamped all of the flowers in the Celebrate Flowers stamp set with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I then colored them in with Copic Markers. I added some lines/shading with colored pencils. I used a white Uniball to add lines to some. I then fussy cut all these babies out - yep, even those small leaves as I love a challenge! The close cutting allowed... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember 2024 Collaboration: AALL and Create Winter Bells

Today there are two different SSS STAMPtember collaboration releases: AALL and Create and My Favorite Things. You can see the MFT post HERE. This post is for the AALL and Create stamp set called Winter Bells. You can purchase it alone or with a set of matching dies as a bundle. Here is an image of the bundle (click on it to get to it in the SSS shop): Here is my card: I die-cut a rectangle from white cardstock using the SSS A2 Thin Rectangle Die. I decided to make my own janky background haha. I colored the bottom with browns and the top with just gray as if there was a wall corner in the center. The stamp... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember 2024 Collaboration: My Favorite Things Love, Joy and Cookies

There are two SSS STAMPtember collaboration stamp companies again today, MFT and AALL. This post is for MFT, but you can see my other post for AALL and Create HERE. The MFT stamp set is called Love, Joy, and Cookies and is sold alone or with a set of matching dies as a bundle. Here is an image of the bundle: Here is my card: I made the background by die-cutting a rectangle using the SSS Nested Slimline Rectangle Dies from white cardstock. I then used an MFT slimline brick stencil that I don't think is available anymore (at least not on the SSS website). I applied PSInk in Latte to just the center area over the stencil and then... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Collaboration: Honeybee Stamps Sending Autumn Blessings

It's a 2 company SSS STAMPtember collaboration today and this post is for Honeybee Stamps. I have another post HERE for the Newton's Nook post. The Honeybee stamp set is called Autumn Blessings and is sold alone or as a bundle with a set of matching dies. Here is an image of the bundle: And here is my card: I stamped all of the images in the sending Autumn Blessings stamp set with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I colored them all in with Copic markers and used colored pencils for some shading mostly on the leaves. I fussy cut all of them out (I know I'm crazy with the fussy cutting, but it's enjoyable for me!). I'm always... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Collaboration: Newton's Nook Designs Happy Paw-lidays

Today's SSS STAMPtember 2024 collaboration is with two different companies! This blog post is for Newtons Nook Designs and there is another blog post HERE for Honeybee Stamps. The Newton's Nook Designs stamp set is called Happy Paw-lidays and it is sold alone or as a bundle with a set of matching dies. Here is an image of the bundle: Here is my card: I stamped all of the images in the Happy Paw-lidays stamp set (two of the presents and the holly berries) with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I colored them all in with Copic Markers. I used just dots on one present. I added dots to others and went over the ribbons with a white Uniball... Read more →