Living My Dream

Simon Says Stamp Born To Sparkle Release Blog Hop Day 1 - "One Stamp, Five Ways" With Spring Bouquets

I'm so excited about the new Simon Says Stamp release called Born To Sparkle. As usual, it is full of such a fun array of products that it was hard to pick what I was going to use for my cards today! I ended up doing a "one stamp, five ways" post using the new stamp set called Spring Bouquets and the matching dies. Here is an image of them sold as a bundle: Next, I'll show you my 5 cards using this stamp and die bundle. I tried to incorporate several different coloring mediums and techniques and use the stamp with and without the die to show it's versatility. I also used most of the greetings in the stamp... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Born To Sparkle Release - April 2021

Today is the Simon Says Stamp "Born to Sparkle" release! I have a card to share with you today using the new Window Box Blooms stamp set. I also have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you during the two day blog hop (day one which is 4/29) using the new Spring Bouquet stamp set. Here is an image of the darling Window Box Blooms stamp set with matching dies: I should have made 5 cards with this set also as is is so cute. I will definitely do that soon! I only have one to share today though. I incorporated another new stamp in my card called the Spring Blooms cling stamp. Here is my card:... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Center Cut Flowers Background Stamp

I've really been diving into my older stash lately which makes me very proud of myself! I especially love to combine an older set with some newer sets. Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using a cling stamp called Center Cut Flowers by Simon Says Stamp which was released a little over a year ago. I'm going to combine it with a new set of greeting stamps called XL Greetings 2. I love when a greeting set has matching dies as I think they look so much better when they are die-cut around the letters. This one leaves some white around them which is different than the CZ greeting dies. I like that... Read more →

Heartfelt Bouquet by Gina K. Designs

I have been "absent" all week if anyone has noticed. I have been very busy with my house renovation and haven't had as much time for creating. I did make a card today though! I used a new gorgeous floral set I had recently purchased by Gina K. Designs called Heartfelt Bouquet. Here is an image of the 6x8 stamp set: Here is my card. There are also matching dies, but I didn't need them as this is a one layer card. This is a very simple card design. I just stamped the floral bouquet in the Heartfelt Bouquet stamp set on white cardstock with MFT natural Ink. I then colored it in with colored pencils. I cut this piece... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp May Card Kit - Dandelion Messages

As I mentioned on my blog post last night, I am in the middle of a house renovation and I've been a little distracted so I have become quite forgetful! I completely forgot that the Simon Says Stamp card kit was released at midnight last night (9:00 pm my time pst). I had my cards all made, but never put up my blog post. So here it is - better late than absent from the party, right? The kit is called Dandelion Messages and here is an image of it: I have 3 cards to share with you today and I used the Dandelion Message stamp set (which is sold alone as well) quite a bit on each. I usually... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Beautiful Flowers 2 Stamp Set

Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you. And guess what - I used a SSS stamp set that has flowers in it AGAIN! Flowers and critters are my favorites every time. Today I pulled out an oldie, but a goodie called Beautiful Flowers 2. I'm not sure how long ago it came out, but it does have matching dies and is sold as a bundle. Here is an image of the bundle: When this set came out, I stamped a bunch of images with black ink and colored some in with watercolors and colored some with colored pencils. And then I put them into a baggie to use on a "one stamp, five ways"... Read more →

My Favorite Things April 2021 Release

I absolutely LOVE some of the products in the MFT April release and I had so much fun using them! I'm always a fan of Birdie Brown sets and Stacey Yacula sets - they are my two favorite illustrators. But now they added Rachelle Anne Miller and I have 3 I love! I was excited to get a stamp set/die from all 3 of these illustrators, but I only got a chance to use two of them. First, I have a slim-line card to share with you using the Birdie Brown Sittin Pretty stamp set and matching die. Here is an image of the stamp: And here is my slim-line card using this set as well as the English Brick... Read more →

Sending Sunshine, Joy, and Happiness to Everyone I Know

That blog post title is heavy! Because I don't have a lot of sunshine, joy, or happiness to share right now! haha It's a gloomy day in Southern Ca., my joy is stress about family matters, and my happiness is depleted due to a house renovation in progress. But that is the great thing about making a card. I can make something pretty that will hopefully bring others joy when they look at it even if the creator is a gloomy mess behind the scenes! Today I have used the Thoughtful Flowers stamp set by SSS that I used on another blog post recently HERE. Here is an image of the stamp set: I told you on my last blog... Read more →

Suzy's Sunshine and Rainbows Watercolor Cards - All the Feels Release Simon Says Stamp

As part of the SSS All the Feels release, I had a set of watercolor cards released called Sunshine and Rainbows. I painted 3 of them as part of the blog hop and you can see that post HERE. Today I am going to show you the other three all painted. Here is an image of the set: I felt like we could ALL use a little sunshine and remember that rainbows follow the storms. I hope this Spring and Summer gives us all the rainbows we need after all these cloudy days. Ok, that was wayyyyy deepppppp for me haha. If you know my personality at all, I'm all about the jokes and laugh my way through everything. Even... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Wood Outline Butterfly

Today I have a card to share that I made with the new Wood Outline Butterfly stamp from the All the Feels release. I really like how SSS is coming out with some wood stamps. It takes me back to my start in stamping when I was a Stampin' Up demonstrator. Did anyone else start that way??? It's fun to use them as a decoration in my office. Here is an image of the stamp: I also used the stamp set called Best Friend Ever because it's a floral! Here is my card: I started by stamping a floral image from the Best Friend Ever stamp set. I stamped it several times on the bottom of the card with MFT... Read more →