Living My Dream

"One (Two) Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Cuddly Critters and Accessories

Today I am a) late as I was supposed to blog on Friday b) breaking the rules of my "one stamp, five ways" concept yet again c) but this time it's not in # of creations, it's in # of stamps used d) I'll be making it up to you all by making five MORE creations with these two sets for my next post e) so ultimately that means I will be using two stamp sets for two posts with ten creations which if you divide all by two is really two "one stamp, five ways" posts! See we are all good! Carry on .... Today's stamp set(s) are Cuddly Critters and Cuddly Critters Accessories: See my dilemma? These two... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - MFT Fly By Friends

I'm blogging from the road. It's so nice having all my cards done ahead of time and all I have to do is sit in a nice hotel room in Alaska typing this blog post! Well, until I get home and then I'll be totally behind to get my next blog post up (preferably on Fridays!). I do have one complaint to state today though. I love photography and nature (especially animals, as in the zoo is my favorite place to go) - flowers and living creatures are my jam. (haha - teenager mom alert). So when my husband had a work trip to Alaska and offered to bring me for our anniversary (18 years - go us) I was... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Beautiful Ride

Today's "one Stamp, Five Ways" post is using a new Simon Says Stamp stamp set called Beautiful Ride. Here is a look at this set: Such a cute set, right? You might remember it from the recent SSS new products release called SSS My Favorite. So yeah, this set was MY Favorite from the My Favorite release! So here we go - six cards to share with you today! I painted the background on mixed media paper that I had die-cut into stitched rectangles with MFT Blueprints 13. I then die-cut one of the rectangles into two pieces with the Mama Elephant Landscape Trio dies. I painted that portion gray for cement and the other rectangle blue for sky. I... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Magical Unicorns

Today's post uses a stamp set that is really unique and creative and different and super cute/fun. I have NEVER stamped or colored a unicorn before, so at first I was a little unsure of this set. But once I started playing with it - it was love. Unicorn love x 4. Here is a look at this new stamp set by My Favorite Things called Magical Unicorns: I created exactly FIVE projects with this set - go me - stuck to the title this time! When it comes to flowers, I can't stop thinking of ways to use them, but with creatures, it is more straightforward and I only have so many ideas in this head! So these cards... Read more →

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

Today Simon Says Stamps released their newest card kit for June. As usual, I adore it as it has an awesome (floral my fav) stamp set by the talented Kristina Werner, has amazing papers (BoBunny), and a cool die (dream). Oh yeah - and it has two doodled cards in it by ME! The kit also comes with two KaiserColour Gel Pens to use on the doodle cards. They are printed on white cardstock this time making them perfect for Copics and doodling pens instead of watercolors. Here is a look at the kit and the stamp set (which is also sold alone): I made seven cards with the kit and as of tomorrow that will be updated with the... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - MFT Snuggle Bunnies

Hi friends! Yesterday and today I am the guest blogger at My Favorite Things showing different ways to use their new Snuggle Bunnies stamp and die set. I have exactly FIVE projects today so this really does qualify as a true "one stamp, five ways" post! So let's get started! Here is the cute stamp set: Those are some cute little bunnies and bears, right? I really like the sentiments in this set too and there are so many of them! I have four cards and one tag to share with you today. For this card, I started by watercoloring a stitched rectangle from MFT Blueprints 13 that is 4x5.25". I painted it yellow on one side and then red... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Mother's Day Sale!

Hello fellow card makers. I received an email yesterday about a Mother's Day sale at Simon Says Stamp and I ended up placing an order to take advantage of it. So it occurred to me that you may all want to take advantage of it too! Here are the details: If you place an order of $100, you get $25 off - so that is 25% which is a great deal! I thought I would share with you what I ordered first and then show you some card staples that I would buy if I didn't have them - the necessities in my card making process. It's Mother's Day weekend and I think we all deserve to treat ourselves to... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Sketch Ranunculus

HELLLLLLLLO!!!!!! With my Mama Elephant Guest Post this week, I feel like it has been forever since I have done a "one stamp, five ways" post. I'm starting to really enjoy these posts as they come together much more quickly now that I have some experience! And today I am using ANOTHER flower set. (I'll shake it up with some critters next week, but for now you have to enjoy my beloved buds!). Today I am using the beautiful Sketch Ranunculus stamp set by Simon Says Stamp (designed by Yoonsun Hur). Here it is - seriously one of the best flower stamp sets I've seen. Ever. LOVE IT! It was out of stock at SSS because every one loved it... Read more →

Mama Elephant Guest Designer Today!

Today is my second guest designer gig at Mama Elephant. I have had so much fun working with their adorable stamp sets this month! I'll be showing you two cards with the new Organic Blooms stamp set and a card and tag with the Cub Cuddles stamp set. You can refer to this POST for my "one stamp, five ways" post using the Organic Blooms set as well. My favorite set of their four new ones that were part of this release was Organic Blooms because a) I love flower stamps and b) I love watercoloring. They are the perfect flower to watercolor! I used embossing for both of these cards as the base for painting. I think I prefer... Read more →