Living My Dream

Simon Says Stamp Out of This World Release: Anemone Cluster Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies

My card today uses several products from the SSS Out of This World release including the Anemone Cluster Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies as well as the Happy Icons stamp set and the Folksy Cats dies. Here is an image of the embossing folder: As I've said on my last few posts, I'm really enjoying all of these new embossing folders in this release as I love to color the images with Copic Markers. Here is my card: This card is very straight forward, so I won't have a lot of directions to tell you for it! I just embossed the Anemone Cluster embossing folder with white cardstock. I then colored it in with Copic Markers including the background. I... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp "Out of This World" Release: Fantasy Butterflies Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies

Today on the Simon Says Stamp blog I have a "one stamp, five ways" guest post using the brand new Fantasy Butterflies Embossing Folder and Cutting Die. This was my favorite product in the Out of This World release. I like it so much, I made 5 cards for that post and now another to share with you today! Here is an image of the product: I also used two other products in the Out of This World release, the new Circle Hoops Embossing Folder for the background and the Folksy Cats stamp and die set for the sentiment. Here is my card: I started by die-cutting three of the large butterflies and three large butterfly bodies using the dies... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp "Out of This World" Release: Splendid Daisies Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies

I have mentioned on an earlier blog post from the "Out of This World" release by Simon Says Stamp, that I am in process of making a card using every one of the new embossing folders and cutting dies in the release. I love coloring embossing folders with Copics, so this time I used the Splendid Daisies Embossing Folder (which comes with cutting dies, but I didn't use them). I also used the new Folksy Cats stamp and die bundle for the sentiment. Here is an image: And here is my card: This is a fairly straight forward card with very few supplies and all one layer (basically). I embossed the Splendid Daisies Embossing Folder with white cardstock running it... Read more →

Spring Flowers Suzy's Watercolor Cards / Flower Happy Stamp / Fantasy Butterflies Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies

As the title states, the card I have to share with you today uses a lot of different products from now and then! I started by pulling out my favorite set of Suzy's Watercolor Cards from Simon Says Stamp. I illustrated these for about 5 years every month, so there were a lot of sets at one time. There are only about 20 left now at Simon and my favorite one is called Spring Flowers. I like them because the flowers are BIG and there are no sentiments on them so you can add your own. Here is an image of the set: I used the one in the top right for my card. I also used a product from... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp "Out of This World" Release Blog Hop Day 2 - Dogwood Bleeding Heart Cling Stamp

Today is the second day of the SSS Out of This World blog hop celebrating this wonderful release. I have a card to share with you using the Dogwood Bleeding Heart Cling Stamp as well as the Here For You stamp and die for the sentiment. Here are images of both of these new products: Here is my card: I stamped the Dogwood Bleeding Heart Cling Stamp with Latte Pawsitively Saturated Ink on white cardstock. I then colored it with Copic Markers and added lots of shading and outlines with colored pencils. I love the look of mixing Copics (as a base) with colored pencils for details. It especially works well with no-line coloring as you can outline each area... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp "Out of This World" Release - Strawberry Fields Embossing Folder

Yesterday was the SSS Out of This World release and I blogged a card using one of the new embossing folders and cutting dies. Today I have another card to share with you using the Strawberry Fields Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies. I will probably have a card to share using every single one of here new embossing folders and I love coloring them with Copic Markers. They just slide on the embossed images so easily and I love the effect. Here is an image of the embossing folder as well as a stamp set I used for the sentiment called Folksy Cats: And here is my card: I first embossed the Strawberry Fields embossing folder with white cardstock running... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp "Out of This World" Release -

Today is the Simon Says Stamp "Out of This World" release - yippee! You can see some of the gorgeous creations using this release in the image above. I've made quite a few cards with this release I can't wait to share with you. I'll have one on this post today, another on a post tomorrow, and one on day two of the blog hop on Saturday. I'll also have a "one stamp, five ways" post on the SSS Blog on the 30th using the Fantasy Butterflies embossing folder and cutting dies. There are so many fun products in the release that I'm barely started with my creating! Today I have a card to share with you using the Floral... Read more →

Honeybee Spring Wreath Stamp Set and SSS Elegantly Modern Greetings From Dear Friends Release

My card I have to share today uses a combination of products from Honeybee Designs and Simon Says Stamp. I started with the Honeybee Spring Wreath stamp set. They also have a set of Spring Wreath dies, but I went with fussy cutting on this one to save some money! I also used the SSS Detail Bohemian Plate die for my background and the Elegantly Modern Greetings stamp set and matching dies from the Dear Friends Release. Here is an image of the Honeybee Spring Wreath stamp set: Here is my card: The first thing I did is stamp all of the images in the Honeybee Spring Wreath stamp set with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I colored all... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Vitamin Sea Stamp Set

Today I have a card to share with you using a stamp set by Simon Says Stamp from their Be Creative release called Vitamin Sea. It is a darling mermaid set that I've already made one card with, but I had to use it again as I love it so much. Here is an image of the stamp set which is sold with a set of matching dies as a bundle: Here is the first card I made with it and you can see that blog post HERE. And here is my card for today: I started by stamping the images from the Vitamin Sea stamp with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I then colored them all in with... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp July 2023 Card Kit - Flower Happy

Today is the release of the SSS July, 2023 Card Kit called Flower Happy. And it is a flower happy kit! I primarily worked with mainly just the stamp set for four of the cards because I love flower stamps so much. The kit also has a really gorgeous Jubilee Embossing Folder and Cutting Die in it which I used for one of my cards. The Flower Happy stamp set has a set of Flower Happy matching dies, but I didn't have them, so I did a lot of fussy cutting. Here is an image of the entire Flower Happy Kit: And here are my 5 cards: I die-cut a rectangle from white cardstock using the SSS Nested Slimline Rectangle... Read more →