Living My Dream

Hello Bluebird Birthday Card

Today I have a Hello Bluebird birthday card to share with you (or should I say bird-day card!). I'll be using several HB stamp sets including Banner Buddies (small bird), Garden Friends (sentiment, large birds, musical notes), Field Mice (large mushroom), Strawberry Jam (worm), and Storybook Friends (small mushroom). For the background I used the Meadow Background cling rubber stamp. And last, for the banner I used the Vertical Banner Die. I love mixing up my products for HB cards as all of the stamp sets go so well together! Happy Bird-Day Card: I made the background of this card using the "In the Meadow" cling rubber stamp. I embossed it with white embossing powder and then I painted over... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Special Edition Valentine's Day Kit

I'm back today with another "one stamp, five ways" blog post using the brand new Simon Says Stamp Special Edition Valentine 2020 kit. Yesterday's post was using the regular SSS card kit for February. Today's kit will not be in stock long as the SE kits always sell out quickly. So if you are interested in it, just know you need to make a quick decision regarding buying it. Here is an image and it is packed full of all kinds of products that I didn't get a chance to use on my 5 cards below (such as the little white bags and the small envelopes). I'll be focusing primarily on the stamp set in the kit which is a... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh 6th Birthday Celebration Blog Hop - Day 2

Today is the second day of a three day blog hop for Pretty Pink Posh's 6th Birthday! The new release was live on the 9th, so just a few days ago. There is so much inspiration in this 3 day celebration from all of your favorite card designers (and mine!), a sale, and a free gift with purchase (details later on in my post). I have several cards to share with you today using the new release. Let's get started! I'll have all of the details of the blog hop at the end of this post. CARD 1: My first card uses the free with purchase Ladybug Friends stamp set (it is not sold alone at this time). I stamped... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS February 2020 Card Kit Window Frames

Today the Simon Says Stamp February 2020 Card Kit was released. It is called Window Frames and here is an image of the kit: I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you today using the kit, but primarily focusing on the stamp set in the kit. The stamp is also called Window Frames and you can purchase it alone. The die in the kit (which I used on all 5 of my cards and works with the stamp set frames) is called the Trio Window Die and is also sold alone. Here are my five cards - please forgive the not so well lighted photos. It was "golden hour" which is usually a really good thing... Read more →

SSS Hey Bestie and Love You More Release Blog Hop - Day 1

Today is the first day of a two day blog hop celebrating the Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie and Love You More releases. As usual, I have quite a bit to share with you, so I'll do the less words and more photos approach today! Here is my latest watercolor card set called "Suzy's Lots of Love Watercolor Prints" (part of the Hey Bestie release in December): I am very sorry to announce that I only have 8 of the 12 all colored and made into cards to share with you today. I will be posting the other 4 soon though in case you like to come back to see the set for inspiration when coloring yours. After I show... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp "Hey Bestie" Release

Today is the Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie release. There will be a 2 day blog hop on January 10th and 11th for both this release and the last one called Love You More. I will have my "Suzy's Lots of Love" watercolor cards painted for the blog hop. Today I have two cards to share with you using brand new stamp sets from the Hey Bestie release. My first card uses the Love Friendship stamp set and my second card uses the Lifting Hearts stamp set. Here are images of the two 4" x 5.5" stamp sets: CARD 1: For this card using the Love Friendship stamp set, I used my random stamping technique. I only used the three... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - MFT Kissing Booth by Stacey Yacula

Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the latest and GREATEST stamp set by Stacey Yacula for MFT called Kissing Booth. They have a new release today HERE and this set is part of that so it is available for purchase right now. I say "greatest" as this might be my favorite stamp set yet that she has illustrated for MFT. I just love her style, so she blows me away every month! Here is an image of the stamp set: A kissing booth with critters and a banner - can you get any better than that? I made 5 cards with this set so here we go! CARD 1: I photographed this... Read more →