Living My Dream

Simon Says Stamp Lily of the Valley Dies and Embossing Folder

I made a card today with some products I have been wanting to use for some time that are NOT from the new Cheering For You release! My card uses the Lily of the Valley Stem Die from the Sunny Days release and the Lily of the Valley Arch Embossing Folder from the Be Bold release. Here are images of both products: In my humble opinion, these two products are just MADE to go together (as I will show you). Here is my card: I embossed the Lily of the Valley Arch embossing folder two times with white cardstock. I die-cut the Lily of the Valley Stem Die two times from white cardstock as well. I always do doubles of... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Cheering For You Release: Tim Holtz Floristry Stamp and Die Bundle

Today I have another Tim Holtz floral stamp set made into a card. Simon Says Stamp released dies for a few of his new flower stamps in the Cheering For You release. I used the Floristry Stamp and Die bundle for my card which is so so pretty. Here is an image of the bundle: My card is a 5x5" square card as that worked best with the floral bouquet. You may not be able to tell in my photos, but I did use all of the individual flower dies as well, so many of the flowers are popped up with foam tape behind them. I stamped the large floral bouquet in the Floristry stamp set with Intense Black Ink... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Cheering For You Release: Tim Holtz French Garden Stamp and Die

Simon Says Stamp released some dies to go with some of Tim Holtz floral stamp sets in the Cheering For You release. One of these stamps is called French Gardens and now with a set of matching dies, it is sold as a French Gardens bundle. Here is an image: I didn't have this stamp set, so I was really happy to get it with the matching dies when I received the Cheering For You release. I just got a time to use it, so here is my card: I stamped the roses and leaves in the French Garden stamp set with Latte PSInk. I then colored them in with colored pencils. I didn't like the amount of black lines... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Cheering For You Release: Fresh Blooms Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies.

The card I made today uses several new products from the SSS Cheering For You release. I used the Fresh Blooms embossing folder and cutting die because you know I can't resist coloring a floral anything (especially embossing folders). I also used the Music stamp and die set for the sentiment and the Pinpoint Circle die for the background. Here is an image of the embossing folder and cutting dies: And here is my card: I first embossed the Fresh Blooms embossing folder using white cardstock. I then die-cut the two flowers and embossed those at the same time. I colored all of them in with Copic markers first and then used colored pencils to add shading. Now is when... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Cheering For You Release: Graceful Flowers and Arching Leaf Border Dies

My card today uses two of the products in the new SSS Cheering For You release. The first one is the Graceful Flowers stamp and die bundle which was in the August card kit (minus the dies). I've used it already on a slimline card when the kit was released using the long grouping of flowers. But I wanted to use the stand-a-lone flowers this time. I also used the new Arching Leaf Border Dies. I've used the leaves from this set, but this time I am using the frame. Here are images of both products (click on to link to the SSS store): Here is my card: I have a whole drawer of card backgrounds I have made and... Read more →