Living My Dream

Simon Says Stamp Printmaking Birds Stamp Set

I pulled out a stamp set I haven't had a chance to use yet from the Simon Says Stamp Stamptember release last year called Printmaking Birds. It is a 6x8" stamp set with a matching set of dies for the birds. Here is an image of the bundle: And here is my card. I didn't use the dies, just the stamp set in my favorite random stamping method. I started the card by stamping the birds multiple times on a piece of white cardstock. The birds are all together on one stamp, so I just stamped it right next to each other each time. I think I ended up stamping it four times. I used Intense Black Ink. I colored... Read more →

Tim Holtz Floral Trims Stamp Set Post Two

I recently purchased the Tim Holtz Floral Trims stamp set at Simon Says Stamp. I used one of the two borders in the stamp set on this blog post here. Today I am using the second of the floral trims on a new card. Here is an image of the stamp set: And here is an image of my first card: And here is my new card: As I already said, I used the second row of flowers in the Floral Trims stamp set for this card. The first time, I stamped it twice to make it go across the entire slimline card. This time I stamped it just once on an A2 size piece of white cardstock going vertical.... Read more →

Suzy's Watercolor Cards: Spring Flowers with Tim Holtz New Watercolor Pencils

While I was at the Simon Says Stamp event called Create, I had a table of my Suzy's Watercolor Cards for people to paint. We used watercolor makers and the new Tim Holtz watercolor pencils. I had some, but hadn't ever used them. I found this true of most of the people there that were using them. No one knew how to use them or had even tried them out. So we all learned together and now I love them. Today I painted one of my Suzy's Spring Flower watercolor cards with them to show you and give you some tips. Here is the set of cards and they are still available at Simon. This has always been one of... Read more →

Clearly Besotted Blooming Lily Plushies

A few months ago, I bought a new Clearly Besotted stamp set from Simon Says Stamp that I never got a chance to use. So now it isn't brand new anymore, but it is still very cute! it is called Blooming Lily Plushies. They may have had matching dies at one time, but I don't see any now on the SSS website. Here is an image of the cute stamp set: Here is my card using ALL of the images in the stamp set: I stamped ALL of the images in the stamp set which include the corner lily floral grouping and the three plushies each holding a lily. I used Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I then colored... Read more →

Mama Elephant More Blooms Stamp Set

I recently bought just ONE Mama Elephant stamp set, which was very hard to do. I love all of their stamps. If I could only pick one, it had to be a floral. Of course! And I saved on the dies by doing all the fussy cutting myself! It is called More Blooms and I bought it at Simon Says Stamp. Here is an image: And by the way - if you haven't been to Simon Says Stamp lately, go visit! They have completely redone their website and it's amazing! Here is my slimline card: I stamped all of the flowers in the More Blooms stamp set and some twice with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I then colored... Read more →