Living My Dream

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Easter Blessings

Tomorrow is Easter and I'm just posting this Easter Card post - ahhhh! Well, at least it will get you in the holiday mood if you aren't there already! Today's "one stamp, five ways" post uses the Simon Says Stamp adorable Easter Blessings stamp set. Here is an image: This stamp set has a little of everything in it - cutsy and religious. I love all the options it presents, so making 5 cards with it was very easy! There isn't a die set for this one, so I did have to fussy cut around the images, but you can see they are pretty straight forward. Card 1: This is my "random stamping" card. I try to change it up... Read more →

It's a Dogs Life Watercolor Cards

During the last Simon Says Stamp release called Better Together, I had a set of dog watercolor cards. During the blog hop, I promised to show all of them colored. So today is that promised blog post! I have all 12 of these cards painted and colored, but I didn't make them into cards. I am out of town taking care of my mom who had surgery, so I wasn't able to get them die-cut and attached to card bases (except for 2 of them that I already shared). I hope you can identify all the breeds. This has been my most popular watercolor card set so far, so I'm thinking of doing a kitty set as well. I'm not... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Beautiful Day

Today my "one stamp, five ways" post uses the Simon Says Stamp April card kit. But unfortunately it was sold out before I finished this post. The beautiful stamp set included in the kit IS STILL IN STOCK though - it is called Beautiful Day. There is also a butterfly stencil that is still available for individual purchase. And the two inks in the kit are also available - Squeezed Lemonade and Mermaid Lagoon. So really all you are missing is the papers if you didn't get the full kit. When I do kit posts, I use the stamp set on all of my cards since it's a "one stamp, five ways" post, so this post should still be helpful... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop - Best Days

Today is day two of the Simon Says Stamp blog hop for their new Best Days release. I have two sets of watercolor cards as part of this release! The first one is called "It's a Dogs Life". I drew this set because I absolutely LOVE dogs and I have two myself (neither of which got represented here so don't tell them). I tried to include the most popular breeds so I hope I've included yours! Here is an image: Here are 2 of the 12 cards I had a chance to color and make into cards. I'll be coloring the rest and doing a blog post with them in the coming week. I colored both of these with Prismacolored... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop - Day Two!

Today is the second day of the inspirational Pretty Pink Posh new release blog hop and I'm so excited to share some cards with you using the Bunny Friends set and lots of of the other new dies. I made six cards and shared four of them on my last blog post. I have two more to share with you today all using the same stamp and die set. Here are the first four cards I showed on the other post and you can view that post to see directions for each of them HERE: And here are the two cards I haven't shared yet with directions for each: This card uses a few of the new dies from the... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - PPP Bunny Friends

Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share using the new ADORBS BUNNY FRIENDS stamp and die set by Pretty Pink Posh. Everything they create is just so darn cute! I love Easter products as flowers and bunnies and all things spring are my favorites! This stamp is just perfect for Easter and Spring cards. Here is an image: I made six cards with the set, but I am only sharing four of them today. I have two that are going to be on the Pretty Pink Posh blog, so I'm just showing you sneaks of the last two. Yes, I broke all my rules again!! The good news is that PPP released their products on March... Read more →