Living My Dream

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS April 2021 Card Kit - Friendly Flowers

The newest Simon Says Stamp card kit was revealed today and it's a stunner! Anything with flowers is always a favorite of mine and since it is the April kit, it is full of them! The kit is called Friendly Flowers. In my "one stamp, five ways" posts, I focus on the stamp set which is sold alone and is also called Friendly Flowers. I also used many of the other kit contents on my cards including that gorgeous 6x8" patterned paper by Simple Stories called Cottage Fields. Here are my five cards: CARD 1: This card is the new slimline size which is 6.25" x 3.25". I cut a piece of the patterned paper that had the butterflies on... Read more →

Baby Gender Reveal by Simon Says Stamp

I have a new grand baby on the way! This will be my 4th. My daughter is only 11 weeks along, so we don't know the gender yet. But I wanted to make her a congrats card, so I pulled out the brand new set by SSS called Baby Gender Reveal. It was part of the Hello Beautiful release. Here is an image with the matching die: I have 2 three year old grandsons and 1 five year old granddaughter. Between you and me, I am secretly hoping for another girl. But I wanted my card to apply to both possibilities... (which we will know in a month yippee). I do love that the stamp set lets you personalize your... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp SPRING BIRDS Stamp Set from Hello Beautiful Release

Let's start today with a fact about ME - I love birds. Love. Really really love. Ok, now we will move one. I have a card to share with you today using a stamp set from the Hello Beautiful release called Spring Birds. Based on the ME fact above, I really loved this stamp set when I saw it. I was saving it to use for a "one stamp, five ways" post, but I haven't had time for one. So I decided to at least create one card with it! Here is an image of the stamp set and the die which are also sold together as a bundle: While we are on the subject of my love for birds,... Read more →

"One Stamp, Three Coloring Methods" - Circle Doodle Background Stamp

I have one of my favorite blog posts to share with you today - I love my "one stamp, 3 coloring methods" posts. I pick one stamp which is usually a cling background stamp by Simon Says Stamp. I then color it with 3 different coloring mediums which usually means colored pencils, Copic markers, and Karin Brushmarkers/Watercolors. Today I picked an oldie, but a goodie called the SSS Circle Doodle Background Stamp. Here is an image: I remember when this stamp first got released - anyone else been around that long? I really liked it as a) I love circles and b) I love anything that is doodled. I liked how the lines are messy and all over the place!... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop

Today is the first day of a 3 day blog hop celebrating the brand new pretty Pink Posh Spring collection of products. The products are being released today, March 8th. I am a guest for this hop (as I'm no longer on the PPP design team due to lots of SSS commitments!). I have four cards to share with you using some of the new products. I started by stamping all of the images from the new Easter Bunnies stamp set twice each with multiples of the accessory stamps. I used MFT Natural Ink on white cardstock and colored them all in with colored pencils. I die-cut them all out with the matching dies for that set. I also colored... Read more →

Blooming Meadows Stamp Set From SSS Hello Beautiful Release

One of the stamp sets in the new SSS Hello Beautiful Release is a floral set, so of course I have been dying to use it! Unfortunately I only made one card with it to share today. I will be using this set again though! The stamp set is called Blooming Meadows. There are matching dies and you can also buy it as a set as shown below. I did appreciate having the dies for this one! Here is my card: I started by stamping all of the images in the Blooming Meadows stamp set with MFT Natural Ink on white cardstock twice. I colored them all in with colored pencils. I die-cut them out not sure what I was... Read more →

Narwhal Friends by CZ for Simon Says Stamp Hello Beautiful Release

I have a card to share with you using one of the new stamp sets from the SSS Hello Beautiful release called Narwhal Friends. You can buy just the stamp set, or you can buy the dies too or you can buy them as a bundle. Here is a picture of the cute stamps: I made a one layer card, so I didn't need the dies. But I definitely want to use this cute set again, so I'm glad I have them. Here is my card: I used my "random stamping" technique where I stamp the images in the set over and over on a card front arranging them like puzzle pieces. I think that's why I use this technique... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp Special Edition Easter Card Kit

Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the brand new special edition card kit for Easter called You Make My Hoppy. As I have said several times recently, Easter cards are my favorite cards to make. I love the colors so much and I love flowers and Spring and bunnies and eggs, etc... haha I love it all! I guess Easter is my favorite holiday although I never thought about that until today! This kit represents my love of Easter perfectly! It's full of Spring colors, flowers, bunnies, and eggs! Here is an image of the full kit: As you know, with my "one stamp, five ways" posts, I try to focus primarily... Read more →