Living My Dream

Tim Holtz Ranger STAMPtember Exclusive Stamp and Mask Set Release

Today is an exciting STAMPtember collaboration with Tim Holtz and he has a really cool holiday stamp set and mask sold together as a bundle. You can see an image of the stamp and mask set below. He is doing a Facebook Live to introduce this set at 9:00 am EST on Monday, September 20th. I made a slimline card with these products. I started by stamping the trees with Intense black ink on a piece of white cardstock cut to be 8.5" x 3.5" for a slimline design. I stamped them several times to cover the front. I added some to the totem as well to give them a look of being in layers. I stamped there front ones... Read more →

Today's STAMPtember collaboration stamp set is between Simon Says Stamp and Honey Bee. It's called Be A Sunflower and you can buy the stamp set alone or you can buy it as a bundle with a die. Here is an image of the bundle: And here is my card: I wanted to make a slimline card using the Honey Bee Be A Sunflower stamp set, but it is a 4 x 6" stamp. I die-cut a piece of white cardstock with the SSS Nested Slimline Rectangle Die. I then stamped the sunflowers on one side of the card. Then I used a piece of scrap paper over the one of the end and I stamped it again on the other... Read more →

STAMPtember Collaboration Stamp Set With Hero Arts

Today there are two STAMPtember collaboration stamp sets - one by Hero Arts and one by Avery Elle. You can see the Avery Elle card and blog post HERE. Here is an image of the Hero Arts stamp set called Make A Wish: And here is my slim-line card: I love this stamp set as it is full of yummy desserts which are totally my jam. I decided to use just the sweets and not the stamps that have greetings on them. I stamped them in my usual "random stamping" pattern around a piece of 3.5" x 8.5" cardstock using intense black ink. I colored them all in with Copics and then added some shading with colored pencils. Lately, I've... Read more →

STAMPtember Collaboration Stamp Set With Avery Elle Stamps

Today there are TWO stamp company collaborations with Simon Says Stamps for STAMPtember: Hero Arts and Avery Elle. You can see my blog post for Hero Arts to the link in the last sentence and this post is about Avery Elle. They released a darling stamp set called Holiday Wishes Frame. Here is an image of the stamp set: Here is my card: I stamped the wreath in the xxx stamp set twice on white cardstock using MFT Natural Ink. I colored both in with colored pencils. I cut around each of them and also cut the center out. I then cut a piece of aqua glitter paper to fit on a white card base and I cut a center... Read more →

STAMPtember Simon Says Stamp Collaboration With Colorado Craft Company

Today's STAMPtember collaboration is with Colorado Craft Company. This was a new company for me. I love these cute little mice in this set. It is sold as a stamp set alone or as a bundle with a set of matching dies. Here is an image of the bundle: Here is my card: I wanted to do a CAS card with this stamp set. I wanted to keep it really simple for once. So I stamped the images from the Life Happens stamp set with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I colored the images in with Copics. I also colored a blue circle around the images with Copics. This is when things go difficult. I looked at it and... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Limited Edition BOO DAY Halloween Kit

Simon Says Stamp has a brand new limited edition Halloween Kit called BOO DAY that was just revealed as part of STAMPtember. It is full of Halloween goodness that is so cute it made even me happy who hates Halloween and anything scary or dark. The stamp set is also called Boo Day and is adorable! Here is an image of the kit: I have my first "one stamp, five ways" post for quite a while using this kit. I primarily focused on the Boo Day stamp set which is sold alone if you prefer to just buy it (it is darling!!!). Several of the other components of the kit are also sold alone including the Batty Boos paper pack,... Read more →

STAMPtember Collaboration Stamp Set - Simon Says Stamp and Newton's Nook

Today's STAMPtember collaboration stamp set is with Newton's Nook and is called Talk Turkey. There is a 4" x 6" stamp set, but no die this time! Here is an image of the stamp set: And here is my card: I started this card by stamping all of the small images in the Talk Turkey stamp set with black ink on white cardstock in what I call my "random stamping" technique. I love puzzles, so I just arrange the images around each other like a puzzle. One thing I am constantly reminded myself when I do this type of stamping is don't stamp the images too close to each other. It makes you have to do more coloring and it... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp October 2021 Card Kit So Talkative

Today is the release of the Simon Says Stamp October card kit called So Talkative. I hope you are in the mood for Fall with this one as I went a bit fallish crazy town! Here is an image of the kit: The 6" x 8" stamp in the kit is also called So Talkative and is full of all kinds of wonderful greeting card talk! I usually do a "one stamp, five ways" post with the monthly kits focusing on the stamp set, but I didn't want to do that with out images. So I made 3 cards with the kit instead of my usual post. And they all 3 use my 3 watercolor cards that are in the... Read more →

Whimsy Stamps Collaboration with Simon Says Stamp for STAMPtember

Todays STAMPtember Simon Says Stamp collaboration is with Whimsy Stamps and is called Just Chicken In. This stamp set is definitely the funniest stamp that is part of this month's collaborations. I love the cute images and the greetings are so funny. You can buy the Just Chicken In stamp set alone or you can buy it as a bundle with dies included. Here is an image: I thought all these chickens were so cute and somewhat small, so they would make a good "random stamped" background card. I haven't done one of these in a while and I forgot how much I love them. As previously mentioned, I love puzzles, so doing this type of card is kind of... Read more →

STAMPtember Collaboration Stamp Set With My Favorite Things

Today's Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember collaboration stamp set is with My Favorite Things. They are one of my favorite stamp companies, so I was excited to work with this set. The stamp set is called Time to Unwind and it can be purchased alone or with a set of matching dies. Here is an image of the set: I created a slimline card with this set: I started by stamping all of the images from the stamp set with Intense Black Ink. I colored them in with colored pencils. I stamped several of the trees. I cut them all out because I didn't have the matching dies. I then placed all of the images the way I wanted them on... Read more →