Living My Dream

Simon Says Stamp Make Merry Release - Gift Boxes Cling Stamp in Action!

I've been posting like crazy about the SSS new release called Make Merry. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out HERE. It is full of Fall products as well as many holiday products. I posted my newest set of watercolor cards all colored for the 2 day blog hop, a "one stamp, five ways" post using many of the new products, and a post using the Santa's Sleigh Ride Slider stamp. Tonight's post is a card using the Gift Boxes cling stamp and the new Tricolor Sentiment Strips. Here is an image of it: My card is really shimmery, so get ready. I had a great time dressing this stamp up for this card. I also have a... Read more →

SSS Make Merry Release + "One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS

Today's post is about using the old with the new. This is something I always try to do when creating. I love pulling out a new stamp set, but finding some of my older products to use with it. Today, I'm going the opposite route. I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using a stamp set from 1 or maybe even 2 years ago called Meowy Catmus. There are also dies for this stamp set, but they are not sold as a bundle. Here is an image: At the time it was released, I loved it so much that I planned on doing a post with it and I colored a bunch of images. But... Read more →

SSS Make Merry Blog Hop Day 1

Today is day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp new release called Make Merry blog hop. When the product was released yesterday, I posted this card made with the new Santa's Sleigh Ride Slider stamp set - you can see that blog post HERE: Today I want to share my new set of Suzy's Watercolor Cards with you called Sweather Weather. I basically drew sweater patterns for the backgrounds and then added some Fall designs to the middle of the cards. Here is an image. The set comes with 18 cards now (instead of 12), which has six designs with three of each design all printed on Ranger Watercolor paper. Here are my six colored cards and I'll give you... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp NEW RELEASE called MAKE MERRY

Hellllllooooooooo all my Simon Says Stamp loving, card making friends! Today is the best release ever by Simon because it includes SO many cool holiday stamps and dies and stencils - oh my! It is called MAKE MERRY and I am super excited to show you all of the cards I have made with the new release - a total of 13 so far! I'll be sharing one tonight using the new Santa's Sleigh Ride Slider stamp set that was used in this beautiful banner introducing the release (front and center slim-line card): I'll be sharing my newest set of watercolor cards all colored during the blog hop tomorrow. Here is an image of the set called Sweater Weather (note:... Read more →

MFT October 2020 Release - Stacy Yacula Flurry of Love

Today is the My Favorite Things October release day. You can see the entire release HERE. I always like to work with the Stacey Yacula stamp sets because I love her illustrating style so much! Today I have used her newest stamp set called Flurry of Love for a slim-line card. I also added some little penguins to it from the Warm Hugs and Frosty Kisses stamp set. And last, I added some snow from both that set and the Polar Opposites set. I love how they all go together so well! So let's get to that card, shall we? This is a one layer card - hard to tell with all that I added to it, but one layer... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Unicorn Love

Today I have my first "one stamp, five ways" posts in quite a while! Now that STAMPtember is over, I'll have time for some of my regular posts. For this post, I am using a stamp set from the Let's Connect release called Unicorn Love. Here is an image of the 6" x 8" stamp set: There are no matching dies for this set at this time, but often Simon comes out with dies in another release. Here are my five cards! CARD 1: I made the background of this card with Nuvo Shimmer Powder. It's my favorite thing ever. I make a bunch of backgrounds at one time when I'm in the mood to do mindless easy painting. I... Read more →

"One Stamp, Three Coloring Options" - SSS Spring Flowers Cling Stamp

Today I have a new feature I'm introducing to you called "One Stamp, Three Coloring Options". Each week I'll be doing one of these blog posts showing how a stamp looks colored with three different methods. I also have my "One Stamp, Five Ways" series that I'll be blogging weekly as well. This new feature just gives me a chance to color more, which is my favorite thing to do! I also think it is interesting to see how a stamp looks with different coloring mediums. Today I am using the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers Cling Stamp. After I worked on this post, I noticed that it is currently out of stock on reserve. But it should be back... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp GNOME SCHOOL Slim-line Card

Hello all! What a crazy day today was in the political world. Every day is crazy lately, but the fact that our President has Covid 19, well, that beat all the craziness of the past few months. Anyway, on to business. SSS had a cute little gnome stamp set released as part of the Let's Connect release called Gnome School. I had never gotten a chance to use this set, so I decided to make a card with it today. Here is an image of the stamp set and the die which are sold as a bundle: I didn't have the dies for this set, so you will see that I did a lot of fussy cutting (which doesn't bother... Read more →