Living My Dream

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember IS HERE!!!!! Black Eyed Susans Stamp and Sparkling Facets Embossing Folder

It's officially STAMPtember at Simon Says Stamp which is the most fun month of the year in the card making industry! They have a HUGE product release on September 1st and then they release collaboration stamp sets with different stamp companies almost each day of the month. On the other days, there are more surprises which means 30 days of fun, fun, fun! Today I have a card using two of the new STAMPtember products. I used the Black Eyed Susans stamp set and die as shown here: Next, I used a new embossing folder called the Sparkling Facets Embossing Folder as shown below: And here is my card: I first used the Black Eyed Susans stamp set for the... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Release: Butterfly Ranunculus

Today is the STAMPtember release at Simon Says Stamp which is the beginning of the most exciting month in the card making industry! Two of my favorite products in this release are the Black Eyed Peas stamp set and the Butterfly Ranunculus stamp set. This blog post uses the Butterfly Ranunculus stamp and a post HERE uses the Black Eyed Peas stamp set. Here is an image of the Butterfly Ranunculus stamp and die bundle: Here is my one layer slimline card: A one layer slimline card is about as simple in directions as you can get! I started with a rectangle die-cut with the SSS Nested Slimline Rectangle Dies from white cardstock. I then stamped several of the floral... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Suzy's Watercolor Cards: Roses Are Red

I have another one of my watercolor cards to share with you today. Like I said on my post, two days ago, they make it oh so easy to create a card that I tend to go back to them over and over. You can see all of my sets that are still available at Simon Says Stamp HERE. Today's card uses one from the Roses Are Red Watercolor Card set. Here is an image: You can see all six of the cards in this set colored on my blog post HERE and HERE from when they were released. And here is my new card: All of Suzy's Watercolor Cards are printed on Ranger Watercolor Paper. I love this paper... Read more →

Penny Black Blooming Rubber Stamp From Simon Says Stamp

I purchase my absolute favorite stamp sets from Simon Says Stamp and they are almost always flowers. I like to check the new products each week and see what has arrived. One of the sets I got in my last order was from Penny Black called Blooming. Here is an image of it: This rubber stamp is a beautiful group of Cosmos which are one of my favorite flowers. Here is the card I made with them which is very simple. Like I said on my last blog post, this card is pretty straightforward as a one layer design. I just stamped the Penny Black Blooming rubber stamp with Latte PSInk on white cardstock. I then die-cut this piece with... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Suzy's Winter Florals Watercolor Cards

I decided to color one of my older (2 years old) watercolor cards from a set called Suzy's Winter Florals Watercolor Cards. Here is an image of this set: I originally colored all six of these on this blog post here. I just looked at these and I realized I colored this card almost exactly the same as I did today. But on the first post I colored it with watercolors and this time I colored it with colored pencils. Here is my new one: This card is so straightforward that I really don't need to give instructions! haha All of the Suzy's Watercolor Cards from SSS are still available even though I am no longer illustrating them. After 50... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Thankful Magnolia Card - Happy and Joyful Release

Today I used a stamp set for a card that goes back three releases to the SSS Happy and Joyful Release. It is called Thankful Magnolia and is a 6" x 8" stamp set that also comes with a set of matching dies. Here is an image of the bundle: I used it for a card right after the release. Here is an image of that card and the blog post is HERE. Here is my new card: I first stamped the large floral image from the Thankful Magnolia stamp set on a piece of white cardstock with Latte PS Ink. I then colored the flower in with colored pencils. I die-cut it out with the matching die. Once I... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp September 2022 Card Kit LET'S CELEBRATE

And finally I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you again! Today is the release of the Simon Says Stamp September 2022 Card Kit called Let's Celebrate. Here is an image of this gorgeous kit: In my "one stamp, five way" posts, I use the entire kit contents, but I do focus on the stamp set. It is also called Let's Celebrate. It is sold alone or you can purchase a matching set of dies as a bundle (dies are not in the kit). They also have an embossing folder in the kit called Minted Florals which can be purchased separately. It also has a set of matching dies for the flowers on it that is... Read more →

Born to Sparkle Card From Simon Says Stamp Dream Big Release

This is the second card I have posted using the Born to Sparkle stamp set by Simon Says Stamp from their Dream Big release. BUT, this card is nothing like the last one! I decided to use the stamp set in a very different way. Here is an image of the stamp and die: Here is the first card I posted using the stamp set with a set of matching dies. You can see the blog post with directions for this card HERE. And now for my new card: I loved this little "groovy" heart rainbow stamp in the Born to Sparkle set, so I created my entire card with it! I stamped it over and over on a piece... Read more →

Created a Groovy Card With the Simon Says Stamp Fab Floral Plate and Fab Flower Die

Today I am sharing a very "groovy" card that I made with some of the new Simon Says Stamp Dream Big release products. I used the Fab Floral Plate and the Fab Flower Die for the first time. I see it is a VERY popular product as it is on reserve until the end of August. Here are images of the two products (click product image for links): And here is my groovy card. I went groovy with the colors too! I die-cut the Fab Floral Plate from white cardstock. I then colored it with Copic Markers in a rainbow fashion of sorts. I picked eight colors and just overlapped them as I went down the card so they would... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Layering Cosmos Stencil From the Let's Chill Release

I switched back to a product from the Let's Chill release by SSS in June. For the card I'm sharing today, I am using the Layering Cosmos Stencil and the Dibble Dot embossing folder (which I use constantly) from the Dream Big release. Here are images of the two products (click on them to go to them in the SSS store): Here is my card: I first embossed the Dibble Dot embossing folder from white cardstock. I've used this folder on so many cards already! I attached that to a piece of Bubble Blush cardstock by Heffy Doodle. I used the Layering Cosmos Stencil for the flowers and leaves with Pawsitively Saturated Inks. It is really easy to use because... Read more →