Living My Dream

SSS Happy Holidays Watercolor Card Set

I have a new watercolor card set that was released at Simon Says Stamp tonight. It is called Happy Holidays. Here is an image: Simon Says Stamp is showing all 12 of these watercolor cards colored on the Simon Says Stamp Blog with directions and tips. Here is a sneak peek of all of them together: Which one is your favorite? I like the penguins the best and the ornaments with JOY second best. I had so much fun drawing and coloring all of these. They are printed on Ranger Watercolor Paper so they can be colored with ANY coloring medium you prefer. I use them all! I've listed links to the coloring mediums I use below. I hope you... Read more →

Mama Elephant Christmas Cards

I've been a regular on my blog lately - I hope someone is reading it and appreciating it haha. Today I have two Christmas cards to share with you using MAMA ELEPHANT goodies. Let's start by talking about my introduction to card making... I was a scrapbooker for years. I won all the contests and was in all the magazines and on design teams. For the last four years of Creating Keepsakes magazine's existence, I was on their Dream Team. During the end of my scrapbooking "career", I was contacted by MFT. I knew nothing of the card and stamping side of things. I didn't know they were a big company so I wasn't excited by their offer. They wanted... Read more →

Hello Bluebird Christmas Cards

Hi friends! First off, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I personally am glad it is over as I spent all day cooking for 15 people and I'm exhausted. Not to mention I was up 5 lbs this am and that was before I've even started on all the leftovers. But I AM thankful for the rest of my days all year haha! Let's get down to business... I've been creating Christmas Cards like a crazy person. I can't stop - coloring goes everywhere with me. I have made about 10 to share with you in the past week. Today I have two to share with you using cute Hello Bluebird stamp sets. The first one uses the... Read more →

Mama Elephant Slimline Cards

Hi friends! Today I am sharing something I made just for fun. Meaning this is NOT an assignment, is NOT a paid advertisement (haha) and is NOT trying to sell you something - whoopee! I wanted to make a slimline card as I keep seeing them on Instagram and think they are so cute. I love that they allow you to use more of your stamps and create a longer scene than a standard card does. I researched a bit and found THIS BLOG post by Nicky that discussed slimline card sizes and how she came to the conclusion that if she makes them 8.5 x 3.5" they will fit perfectly into a standard slimline size envelope. So instead of... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Comfort and Joy Limited Edition Card Kit Blog Hop

Today is the brand spankin' new Simon Says Stamp holiday card kit release called Comfort and Joy. This is one of there very loaded limited edition kits that sell out in hours. I guarantee it will bring you JOY if you get one - not sure about comfort!!! Here is a photo of the full kit: I made five full size cards plus a smaller 3x4 card with this kit, so this is technically a "one stamp, five ways" post today. I tried to primarily focus on the stamp set in the kit so it qualifies! haha I also used the background stamp a couple times as that one is just gorgeous! I replaced my usual love affair with Tonic... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh New Product Release Blog Hop

Today is day two of the Pretty Pink Posh new holiday products Blog Hop. I hope you are getting really inspired to make holiday cards from all these amazing bloggers using the cute new products by PPP. I have two cards to share with you today using many of these new products. Card 1: This card uses two of the new stamp sets called Elegant Holly and Poinsettias. First, let's talk about that crazy background - I made it some time ago on THIS BLOG POST about making backgrounds ahead of time. It is just painted red watercolor circles. I was saving it for just the right card and then I used it on this one where most of it... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS December 2018 Card Kit

Hello again two days in a row! I'm actually here with my second "one stamp, five ways" post in a week - don't get used to this hahaha. For today's post I'm using the SSS December Card Kit called Holiday Cheer. I usually focus on the stamp when doing kit posts so that my title actually applies (one stamp, five ways). But this kit has two of my watercolor cards in it, so they are part of my five cards and only 3 focus on using the stamp. Forgive me please! I've always been a rule breaker... You can purchase the little candy cane die I use on one of my cards separately as well as the stamp set separately.... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - MFT Warm and Feathered Friends

Today I finally have a new "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you - these take a bit more time than my usual posts, so when I'm busy I don't get them done very often! The reason I did one today is I got really lucky and MFT sent me some of their new release which goes live and is ready for purchase on September 13th at 8:00 am pst. I was so excited to see Stacey Yacula was illustrating a stamp line for MFT as she is one of my favorite designers. I've always wanted to buy her stamps, but I never bought any from Purple Onions Design, so having them available at MFT makes me really... Read more →

25 Days of Christmas Tags - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello friends! Today is the 12th day of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags and we are showing off Pretty Pink Posh tags today. If you haven't followed along with this blog before, try it out as it is so fun and there is so much inspiration! The blog is called In My Creative Opinion You can go to the Pretty Pink Posh blog to see all of the participants in today's hop. Let's get started as I have a lot to share (as usual haha). Here are all my tags together: Tag 1: This tag is made with the Scallop Square Tag die. I used watercolor paper and then painted it with a light green watercolor. I die-cut some... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh New Product Release is LIVE ...

...This means today you can purchase all of the new Pretty Pink Posh products we have been teasing you with! As usual, Paulina has made it very easy to buy them all together in a bundle and you save 10% doing it. I've used all of the new products and I can't imagine living without any of them as they all work so well together. Today I am sharing two cards using the new Penguin Pals stamp set and die set as well as some of the other new stand alone dies. Card 1: This background was made as part of my blog post about making winter sky backgrounds HERE if you want to see it. I used an MFT... Read more →