Living My Dream

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Wild Beauty

Update: You can now follow my blog through email updates - just click on the words on the left and enter your email address. Thanks to those that already followed me! Today's "one stamp, five ways" post uses one of the two new floral sets by Yoonsun Hur. This one is called Wild Beauty and I certainly had a fun time making things that were as wild and beautiful as possible! I think I've actually made my favorite card ever with this set, but it will be for you to decide which one I think that is! Here is the stamp set: Because I love to watercolor, flowers are my favorite type of stamp - they just go so well... Read more →

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

BIG UPDATE/NEWS/BULLETIN/ETC: I FINALLY FIXED MY SUBSCRIBE BUTTON! This was not an easy task for an old lady like me. I made it so you can click on it and enter your email address to get my updates. Let me know if this doesn't work right, but hopefully my followers will be able to actually follow me now! Thanks to those that let me know it didn't work! Also my links to IG and Pinterest work now. I'm such a stud - I even updated my photo from the one that was 10 years ago when I was really skinny - hahaha! Ok, back to THIS POST: I'm finally back to my "one stamp, five ways" posts today using the... Read more →

Mama Elephant Guest Designer

Hello my fellow Mama Elephant lovers! Today I'm the guest blogger for ME featuring two of their brand new stamp sets. I've got three cards and three tags to share with you! (My regularly scheduled "one stamp, five ways" Tuesday post will be up on Wednesday featuring the Simon Says Stamp May card kit stamp). The first stamp set I worked with is Monster Jam (also sold at Simon Says Stamp). The little monsters are really small, so they work perfectly on the Mama Elephant tags from their Framed Tags (also sold at Simon Says Stamp) die set. I made three shaker tags: I made shaker tags by using both of the tag dies with fun foam between them (doubled... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp My Favorite BLOG HOP!

Hey friends and fellow card makers! I've been MIA for a few days as I was basking on the beach in Cabo San Lucas. My husband had a business trip, so I jumped in his suitcase. But I got back just in time for the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop featuring their newest product release called SSS My Favorite! I love all of Simon's releases, but especially those that have products I have designed in them! Today's release includes a new set of 12 watercolor cards (this is my 6th set now) called "Every Occassion Notes" watercolor cards. After drawing several holiday/seasonal sets, I wanted to create a general set that would be good for all different card worthy occasions.... Read more →

Mama Elephant April STAMPEDE!!!

Yeah, I get to participate in the Mama Elephant Stampede today for their newest release!!! I was so excited because as you all probably know, I am a BIG (HUGE) ME stamp fan girl. Today I will be using the new ORGANIC BLOOMS in a "one stamp, five ways" post. I was going to make one card with it, but I couldn't stop! So I quickly ended up with one of my usual posts showing multiple ways to use the same stamp set! Although I LOVE all four of their new stamp sets, when I saw this one, my watercolor lovin' heart skipped a beat. I couldn't wait to apply paint to the petals! I used five different coloring techniques... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Roses For You

HELLO LONG LOST FRIENDS! Ok, it's been over a week, so does that qualify as long and lost?!?!? I feel so horrible for my three blog readers that I haven't kept my commitment to blog every Tuesday and Friday for the past week. I seriously feel terrible! I was all in. Not going to miss one single one. Maybe a day late - but NO misses! Then the last two weeks happened to me and I thunk to myself - does it really matter? Will anyone but me even care or notice?!? So for my own sanity I let it slip... and I would like to say it won't happen again, but that would be a lie and lead me... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - MFT BB Lucky DOG!

I'm a really lucky dog to get to play with this cute new stamp set by MFT. You are a really lucky dog to be here seeing all my creations - haha. Ok, enough playing on the name of this stamp set - LUCKY DOG. It is part of the MFT April Release and was designed by Birdie Brown. There are little Lucky Dog Die-namics too! Here is an image of this doggone good-looking (enough already!) stamp set: Which dog is your favorite? Are you a dog person? Do you have a dog? Do any of these dogs look like your dog/dogs? YES, I expect answers to these questions!!! I have two dogs and I don't think any of these... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Mama Elephant Carried Away

YUMMMMMMMY - that's what I have to say about today's stamp set in my "one stamp, five ways" series. Why do I love love love Mommy Elephant stamps so much? Every time I work with them I love them more! They are just so CUTE! Today's set is part of their newest release and is called Carried Away. It also has a set of dies that go with it or you can buy them as a set together. It has three cute little people and a very large balloon. Here is an image of the stamp set: I had so much fun with this one that I made six cards and two tags. Will I ever stick to the point... Read more →