Living My Dream

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Geo Flower Builder - Beautiful Days Release

I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you today using a 4x6 stamp set by SSS called Geo Flower Builder from their Beautiful Days release. This set has all flat shapes, so no coloring, but it IS flowers, so there is that. I just don't usually use flat stamps if I have a choice haha. But I really wanted to challenge myself with this set as I don't usually do graphic cards either. I think I ended up making non-graphic cards with it though! Here is an image of the stamp set which also comes as a bundle with a set of matching dies: And here are my 5 cards: My first card is the one... Read more →

My Favorite Things Bunny Bouquet Stamp Set and SSS Elegantly Modern Greetings Stamp Set

I purchased this MFT Bunny Bouquet stamp set after their release a couple of months ago and had been wanting to use it. I finally got a chance and I combined it with one of my new favorite Simon Says Stamp sets from their Dear Friends release called Elegantly Modern Greetings. Here is an image of the stamp set: And here is my card: I stamped the image from the Bunny Bouquet stamp set on white cardstock with Intense Black Ink. I colored it in with colored pencils. Since the details are tiny, I preferred to just use pencils on it. I used a white Uniball for details. I fussy cut it out as I didn't have the matching dies,... Read more →

Altenew Billowing Peonies Stamp Set and SSS Fancy Thanks Die Card

Altenew came out with a peony stamp set recently (during this peony crazy that seems to be going on lately) that is huge! I think it was so smart to make such a big stamp set as it can be used in so many different ways. You could make wall art, larger cards, and you can use different portions of the flowers on your cards providing variety of the design. I just love this 8.5" x 11" stamp set called Blooming Peonies. There is also a set of Billowing Peonies Stencils and Billowing Peonies Dies. I like to color and didn't feel the need to have the dies, so I just bought the stamp. Here is an image of the... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" Caring Thoughts From Simon Says Stamp Dear Friends Release

Wow, I feel like I haven't posted a "one stamp, five ways" post in a long time! I finally got one done yay! I used the new Caring Thoughts stamp set and matching dies from the SSS Dear Friends release because it is just so darling. I saw lots of possibilities in all of the images in the set and all of the different greetings too. Here is an image of the bundle: Here are my five cards: I started by making this slimline card which was sent in for the release banner photography. It is right under the new release name haha. I think I used every stamp in the Caring Thoughts stamp set on it except the bear!... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Dear Friends Release: Peony Cling Stamp

Today I made my second card using the Simon Says Stamp Peony Cling Stamp from the Dear Friends release. I guess you could say I like it. I might even make more! I also used the Elegantly Modern Greetings stamp and die set from the release. Here is my first card made with the Peony Cling Stamp that I shared during the Dear Friends blog hop (post is here): And here is the card I made today. Unfortunately the colors are EXACTLY the same! I guess I only changed the coloring method! haha I stamped the Peony Cling Stamp with Latte Pawsitively Saturated Ink on a piece of white cardstock. I then colored it with both Copic Markers and Colored... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Dear Friends Blog Hop Day 1 - Peony Cling Stamp

Today is the first day of the Simon Says Stamp two day blog hop celebrating the Dear Friends release. Yesterday I blogged a slimline card using the Howdy stamp and die. You can see that blog post HERE and here is an image of the card: Today I have a card to share with you using the Peony Background cling stamp. You might have seen this card in the banner at the top of this post! I started by embossing the Peony cling stamp with white embossing powder on a piece of Arches watercolor paper. I then painted it with Karin Brushmarkers. I love these so much as the colors are so intense and I can't get that from any... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Dear Friend Release - Howdy Stamp Set

Today is the Simon Says Stamp May, 2023 release called "Dear Friends". The banner above shows you a lot of the products in action! You can visit the Dear Friends Gallery at any time to see all of the cards created by the design team in one place with links to their blogs! There will be a two day blog hop to celebrate this release on Saturday, May 20th and Sunday, May 21st. I made a card using the Howdy stamp set and matching sets of dies. It is also sold as a bundle as you can see here: And here is my slimline card. Because when there is a scene to be created, it's always a slimline for me!... Read more →

Honeybee Stamps Daisy Layers Bouquet Stamp Set

I purchased a few stamp sets when I was at the Simon Says Stamp Create event last month. Two of them are from Honeybee Stamps and are of course florals. Today I have a card to share with you using the Daisy Layers Bouquet Stamp Set. I realized just now that they have matching dies that are the same price (around) as the stamp set, so I wish I had bought them. They have all of the cute sentiment dies in the set which I love. They also have a matching stencil. Here is an image of the stamp set: And here is my card: I started by stamping the large daisy bouquet on a piece of A2 sized cardstock... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp June 2023 Card Kit Etched Greetings

Today is MOTHER'S DAY! Happy Mother's day to all of my blog reading friends. I don't know who you are, but I hope someone reads my posts! I don't particularly LIKE this holiday as I feel like it brings up more hard to process feelings than happy feelings in most. It also somehow makes me/maybe many feel inadequate. And also there are the "expectations" of what you want a day of appreciation for all of the hard work you do all year to be like and that never quite turns out the way you want. But anyway, it's a day to celebrate ALL women, so let's go with it and be happy!!! Now on to the purpose of this post... Read more →

My Favorite Things Peaceful Birds Stamp Set by Stacey Yacula

A couple of days ago I posted a card using the MFT In My Prayers stamp set from their last release. Today I have a card to share using an MFT stamp set from the brand new release they had a couple days ago. The stamp set is by Stacey Yacula and is called Peaceful Birds. There is also a set of Peaceful Birds matching dies which I was very happy to have. Here is an image of the stamp set: And here is my slimline card: The first thing I did was stamp all of the images in the Peaceful Birds stamp set on white cardstock with Intense Black Ink. I stamped two of each of the three birds... Read more →