Living My Dream

Simon Says Stamp Mother's Day Bouquet Stamp Set - Just For You Release

I made a second card today with the SSS Mother's Day Bouquet stamp set from the Just For You release. I guess I love this stamp set! It is a small set sold with a set of matching dies - here is an image of the bundle: Here is the first card I made with it and a link to the blog post is here. And here is my new card which has a totally different feel showing the versatility of the set: I stamped the image with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I colored it in with colored pencils. I used a silver Uniball gel pen over the tie. I then die-cut it out with the matching die.... Read more →

Gina K. Designs Floral Delight Background Stamp and SSS Mother's Day Dogwood Stamp

I have recently fallen in love with Gina K. Designs stamps. I discovered she also has LOTS of florals. I saw her at the SSS Create event and it was so funny seeing everyone standing in line for her make in take - the crowd was enormous. She came out and talked to everyone in line for a while and took lots of pics with people. I felt like it was a red-carpet moment haha. Anyway, I digress. Today I have a card to share that uses one of my brand new purchases called the Floral Delight Background Stamp. Here is an image: I liked this stamp so much that I accidentally bought two of them - one from SSS... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Days Release: Mother's Day Dogwood Stamp

I made a second card with the SSS Mother's Day Dogwood stamp set from the Beautiful Days release because I love it so much! Here is an image of the stamp and die bundle: And here is my new card: This card only uses the one floral bunch in the stamp set. I used the heart floral wreath on my last card. I stamped the floral branch twice with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I colored them in with just colored pencils this time. I like to go back over the lines with a black fine tip marker as pencils tend to cover the lines. I die-cut a smaller rectangle from the SSS Basic Rectangle Dies from the Pastel... Read more →

Tim Holtz Floral Trims Cling Stamp Set

Tim Holtz just released some new cling stamps that are right up my alley - flowers! I saw this one called Floral Trims and I knew it was calling my name! I decided to try it out on a slimline card and was so happy that the pattern matches up so you can make it longer than the stamp! Tim Holtz is always a hero in my book (probably every crafter's book!). Here is my slimline card: I die-cut a rectangle using the SSS Nested Slimline rectangle dies from white cardstock. I then stamped one of the two images in the Floral Trims stamp set with black ink on the left side of the rectangle. I moved it over and... Read more →

Pink Fresh Today is Special Stamp Set

Today I have a card to share with you using a pretty Pink Fresh flower stamp called Today Is Special. I only used the stamp set, but there is also a Today Is Special Stencil and a Today is Special Die. Here is an image of the stamp set: And here is my card: This is another very basic card with mostly just coloring! I stamped the Today is Special stamp set with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I then colored in the images with colored pencils. No Copics this time! I die-cut this piece with the second largest die in the SSS Basic Rectangle die set. I then mounted it on Bubblegum Blush cardstock (I love this bright... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp May 2023 Card Kit "Best Year Yet"

Today is the release of the Simon Says Stamp May, 2023 Card Kit which is called "Best Year Yet". It is full of birthday card making goodies and who doesn't need more birthday cards! Here is an image of the kit in it's entirety: My "one stamp, five ways" focuses on the stamp, but also uses the AMAZING Crafter's Companion Glitter Shades Gel Pens in the kit on almost all of my projects. I've used a lot of glitter pens and these are the best as the flow never stops! I used them so much, my grandkids used them a lot, my daughter colored with them, and they just keep flowing! I also love and used the Large Fancy Happy... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Days Blog Hop Day 2: "One Stamp, Five Ways" - Garden Fresh

It's day two of the Simon Says Stamp two day blog hop celebrating their brand new Beautiful Days release. I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the popular Garden Fresh stamp set which comes with a set of matching dies. You can see the bundle here: I have shared two other cards using the new release that I'll show you and link you to the blog posts. The first uses the Mother's Day Dogwood stamp set and the Chunky Knit stencil. You can see that blog post HERE and here is the card: This one uses the new Yarn Love stamp set and matching dies and you can see the blog post HERE. And... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Days Release: Yarn Love Stamp Set

Yesterday was the Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Days release and I shared a post HERE with a card using the Mother's Day Dogwood Stamp and Die Bundle and the Chunky Knit Stencil. Today I have a card to share with you using the Yarn Love stamp set. Here is an image of the bundle: I'm not a knitter, but I do love this set as it has so many possibilities. I think I want to do a "one stamp, five ways" post using it. Make sure to check out all the other cards designers made with it on the product page on the SSS website. You can also visit the Beautiful Days gallery. And tomorrow and the next day (Friday... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Days Release -

Today is the Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Days Release. You can see all kinds of creations using this release in the photo above. There are so many beautiful products in this release, thus the name! I have several cards to share with you over the next few days. On day 2 of the blog hop (Saturday), I'll have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share using the Garden Fresh stamp set. Today I have a card to share using the Mother's Day Dogwood stamp set and the Chunky Knit stencil. Here are images of these two products: And here is my card: First, I stamped the heart floral image from the Mother's Day Dogwood stamp set with Latte Pawsitively... Read more →

Penny Black Sweetly Stamp Set

I have another floral card to share with you today using a stamp set by Penny Black called Sweetly. Between travel and a new Simon release coming very soon, I have been busy over here. So I have been sharing some images I've colored over time made into cards. This one is a fun variation on my usual, so keep reading! Here is an image of the Penny Black Sweetly stamp set: I've paired it with a stamp set from the last Just For You release from SSS called Mother's Day Bouquet. It had the perfect size Happy Mother's Day greeting for my card. I stamped the floral image in the Penny Black Sweetly stamp set on a piece of... Read more →