Living My Dream

STAMPtember is HERE from Simon Says Stamp ...

I absolutely love that Simon Says Stamp devotes an entire month to the stamping industry. It is the most fun time of the year for us crafters! Throughout STAMPtember, they will be celebrating every day posting exclusive collaborations, contests, prizes, special promotions, announcements, and more! Simon’s blog will announce what they have planned for each day. You can see the entire STAMPtember release HERE and it's a big one! I have a new set of watercolor cards that are part of this release called Suzy's Even More Birthday Watercolor Cards. Last month I had a set of birthday watercolor cards and this month is the second set in that series. They are now printing 3 copies of each of the... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS September Card Kit JUST MISS YOU

Today is the release of the Simon Says Stamp September Card Kit called Just Miss You. Here is an image of the kit: I have five cards to share with you focusing on the stamp also called Just Miss You, but I'm also focusing on all those amazing papers in the kit! I also am in love with the Sending Smiles die that comes with the kit and is also sold alone. Here are the five cards together: CARD 1: This card was my fastest one and came together so quickly! I started my die-cutting two of the papers with the SSS A2 largest frame die (there is just the right amount of space around them for the card base... Read more →

SSS Picnic Parade Card Kit Mini Blog Hop

Hey fellow card makers! Today is a little blog hop promoting the SSS August Card Kit called Picnic Parade. I did a "one stamp, five ways" blog post using this kit when it was first released. Here is a link to that post in case you want to check it out. Here are the five cards I made for that post with the kit: I have a new card to share with you for the blog hop today. Here are the images and directions: I started by cutting card length strips of all of the papers in the kit. They are so cute and colorful that I really want to show them off! I then wove them together and attached... Read more →

MFT August 2020 New Release - 2 Slimline Cards

Hi friends. Today is the My Favorite Things new release for August. I have two slim-line cards to share with you today. I love creating scenes on the slim-line size and shape with cute critter or little people stamps. I used the new Birdie Brown set called Adorable Adventures and the new Stacey Yacula stamp set called Happy Campers for my two cards. CARD 1: I start my slim-line cards with a piece of 8.5x11" cardstock. I cut off a strip of 7" first and fold it in half lengthwise for the card base. I then cut off 1" of the remaining piece so I have a 3.5x8.5" piece for the card front. For this card, I used Distress Oxide... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Let's Connect Blog Hop

Hello all you blog hoppers! Today is the first day of a two day blog hop celebrating the new Let's Connect release by Simon Says Stamp. I have a blog post I put up yesterday with a "one stamp, five ways" using the new Drawn Daisies stamp set I drew. It's a 6x6 cling stamp inspired by one of my watercolor cards in the Spring Flowers set from earlier this year. I hope you like it and please visit my blog post here to see the five cards I made with it. Here is an image of all 5 together: Today I have my newest set of watercolor cards all colored to share with you. They are called Suzy's Birthday... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Drawn Daisies from the Let's Connect New Release!

Hello My Friends! Today is the newest release by Simon Says Stamp called Let's Connect. I'll be sharing a "one Stamp, Five Ways" with you today using a cling background stamp I illustrated called Drawn Daisies. This was meant to take after one of my recent watercolor cards that was in the Suzy's Spring Flowers WC Cards as well as the March 2020 Card Kit. Here is the card that was previously released and the new stamp set for comparison (I added some leaves and lengthened the stems): I have 5 cards made with this image as well as two I had made with the original watercolor card to share with you today so let's get started! CARD 1: I... Read more →