Living My Dream

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp Checkin In Stamp and Dies

I haven't posted a "one stamp, five ways" in a while. The holidays got the best of me! Today I'm using the SSS Checkin In stamp and die bundle from the Stamptember release. Here is an image: Not only does this stamp set have beautiful flowers in it, it has 18 sentiments!!! And I love the matching dies for this set as they cut out all those amazing sentiments! Here are my 5 cards: I stamped the floral border stamp twice with Latte PSInk on white cardstock. I colored them both in with colored pencils. I ended up outlining them with a fine tip black marker (who knows why). I die-cut them out with the matching dies. I embossed white... Read more →

Gina K Designs Promotion at Simon Says Stamp: Sending You a Smile Stamp Set Card

There is a promotion at Simon Says Stamp when you buy $50 of Gina K Designs products, you get this Captured Heart stamp and die set FREE! It's not too late to participate although much of her new product has sold out since this is such a good deal. I made a card to share with you today using the Sending You a Smile stamp set which is also sold as a bundle with a set of dies as shown here: I used the stamp set only and fussy cut my flowers and the word smile out. As you know, I'm a big fan of fussy cutting! Here is my card which is 5x7": I first embossed a piece of... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Birthday Giraffe (Sweetheart Release) and So Many Candles (Diecember Release)

I made a birthday card yesterday that I love! It just came together in an unexpected way that I ended up loving. I used the Birthday Giraffe stamp from the SSS Sweetheart release first. Then I pulled out some birthday dies from Diecember and combined it with the So Many Candles Die and the Wish Big Die. The candles made the card! Here is an image of two of the products: Here is my card. In my favorite colors! So like I said, I started my card thinking I would just use the Birthday Giraffe stamp set. I stamped it on white cardstock with black ink. It isn't that big - it's a small set. I colored him with Copics... Read more →

Gina K. Designs Promotion at SSS FREE GIFT WITH PURCHASE!!! (Using Divine Daisy Stamp Set)

If you haven't heard yet, Gina K. Designs has a promotion with SSS giving away a Captured Heart stamp and die set with a $50 purchase of Gina K. Designs products while supplies last. I just looked at SSS and they are out of quite a few of her newer products, but not the one I used for my card today - yay! I used the Divine Daisy stamp set which also has a matching Divine Daisy die (which is out of stock), but I fussy cut mine because I prefer to do that than spend the money on dies most of the time. Here is an image of the stamp set: Here is my card: I stamped the very... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Gliding Butterflies Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies (STAMPtember)

I went back a few releases for this one, but I've wanted to create with this embossing folder for some time. I used the SSS Gliding Butterflies Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies from the STAMPtember release. Here is an image of it: Here is my card: I embossed the Gliding Butterflies embossing folder on white cardstock. I then die-cut two large and three small butterflies with the matching dies. I taped them all into the embossing folder and embossed them all at one time. This way I could color them separately instead of on the background meaning my colors wouldn't bleed onto the background (much easier!). I colored all of the butterflies with Copic markers. I used a white Uniball... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp: Gina K. Designs Gift With Purchase Limited Edition Captured Heart Stamp and Die Set

Simon Says Stamp has a fun Limited Edition Gina K Designs Captured Heart stamp and die set that is a free gift with a $50 Gina K Design purchase starting on January 17th, 2024 at 12:00 EST. Here is an image of the Captured Heart stamp and die bundle: I made a card with the stamp set and used the die just for the greeting. I started by stamping all of the images in the Captured Heart Stamp Set in a "random stamping" technique I often use. I used Latte Pawsitively Saturated Ink for no-line coloring. I stamped some of the sentiments as well. I cut the four houses apart so I could use them individually, but they can still... Read more →

SIMON SAYS STAMP SMITTEN AND SWEETHEART RELEASE: Lined Love You Wafer Die and Heart Blooms Stencil

I made a card today that was surprisedly pretty quick and easy and didn't have ANY coloring! I used the Heart Blooms Stencil from the SSS Sweetheart Release and the Lined Love You Wafer Die from the Smitten Release. Here are images of both products: I just purchased myself some new tools for Christmas after watching a couple videos by Jennifer McQuire. I bought the Waffle Flower Grip Mat that fits inside your Misti and everything sticks to it! It's amazing and I'm so happy I finally got one! It works really well with stencils. I also purchased my first two Simon Hurley Lunar Pastes to try out and I'm definitely a fan. I also got his Paste Tool Set... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp February, 2024 Card Kit: Love Story!

It's time for the Simon Says Stamp card kit of the month reveal! The February, 2024 card kit is called Love Story! This seems applicable considering this is the month of love! Here is an image of the kit: I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you today using the kit. I would like to say I focused on the Slider Camera and Typewriter stamp set that comes in the kit or you can buy it separately, but I only focused on the stamp set for one of my cards. I got really carried away with the paper in this kit which is by Simple Stories called Simple Vintage Love Story. The kit also has a... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Smitten and Sweetheart Releases Blog Hop Day 2

Today is day 2 of the SSS blog hop celebrating the Smitten and Sweetheart releases. I have a new card to share with you today using the Sweetheart release, but I have also posted a couple other cards in the past two days I want to make sure to share too since I will have a lot more visitors today. Here are the two I have already posted with links to their blog posts: For this card, I used the new Whirl Diamond Plate, the Charming Daisy Wafer Die, and the Friendship Leafy Cluster stamp and die for the sentiment. You can see the blog post with directions for this card HERE. This card uses the new Hello There Animals... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Sweetheart Release: Hello There Animals Stamp Set

Yesterday, January 10th was the Simon Says Stamp Sweetheart release. I posted a card using the new Whirl Diamond Plate and the Charming Daisy Die on this blog post HERE. I'll be part of the two day blog hop on Saturday, January 13th. And today I have another card to share with you using the release. This time I used the Hello There Animals Stamp and Die Bundle. Here is an image of the set: Here is my slimline card: I stamped the three animals in the Hello There Animals stamp set with Intense Black Ink on white cardstock. I then colored them in with Copic Markers. I also stamped and colored the party hats and bows from the stamp... Read more →