Living My Dream

More Christmas Cards with Hello Bluebird and MFT

Yep, I'm on a Christmas card roll. This needs to turn into a Christmas decorations roll as I haven't even started and it's the 7th! I usually have my tree up on the first weekend of December. So tomorrow it is. But for today, I'm going to share more of my cards that I have been posting on IG in case anyone wants the directions and supplies. I have one using MFT stamps and 3 using Hello Bluebird stamps today. MFT - Cool Christmas: My first card uses the MFT Cool Christmas stamp set. I fell in love with this one and had to have it! I used one of my favorite dies for winter cards called Horizontal Snow Drifts.... Read more →

Die-Cember Blog Hop Day 1

Hello blog hoppers! Today is the first day of the Simon Says Stamp Die-Cember blog hop. You can see the entire Die-Cember product release HERE. I have four cards to share with you using some of the new dies. All of the details of the blog hop are at the end of this post as well as a list of all of the products I used on my cards. A day before the Die-Cember release, SSS released my latest (and last) holiday set of watercolor cards called Happy Holidays. I painted/colored all of them and they are on the SSS Blog HERE if you want to check them out. Here is an image of all of them together: And now... Read more →

SSS Happy Holidays Watercolor Card Set

I have a new watercolor card set that was released at Simon Says Stamp tonight. It is called Happy Holidays. Here is an image: Simon Says Stamp is showing all 12 of these watercolor cards colored on the Simon Says Stamp Blog with directions and tips. Here is a sneak peek of all of them together: Which one is your favorite? I like the penguins the best and the ornaments with JOY second best. I had so much fun drawing and coloring all of these. They are printed on Ranger Watercolor Paper so they can be colored with ANY coloring medium you prefer. I use them all! I've listed links to the coloring mediums I use below. I hope you... Read more →

Mama Elephant Christmas Cards

I've been a regular on my blog lately - I hope someone is reading it and appreciating it haha. Today I have two Christmas cards to share with you using MAMA ELEPHANT goodies. Let's start by talking about my introduction to card making... I was a scrapbooker for years. I won all the contests and was in all the magazines and on design teams. For the last four years of Creating Keepsakes magazine's existence, I was on their Dream Team. During the end of my scrapbooking "career", I was contacted by MFT. I knew nothing of the card and stamping side of things. I didn't know they were a big company so I wasn't excited by their offer. They wanted... Read more →

Hello Bluebird Christmas Cards

Hi friends! First off, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I personally am glad it is over as I spent all day cooking for 15 people and I'm exhausted. Not to mention I was up 5 lbs this am and that was before I've even started on all the leftovers. But I AM thankful for the rest of my days all year haha! Let's get down to business... I've been creating Christmas Cards like a crazy person. I can't stop - coloring goes everywhere with me. I have made about 10 to share with you in the past week. Today I have two to share with you using cute Hello Bluebird stamp sets. The first one uses the... Read more →

Mama Elephant Slimline Cards

Hi friends! Today I am sharing something I made just for fun. Meaning this is NOT an assignment, is NOT a paid advertisement (haha) and is NOT trying to sell you something - whoopee! I wanted to make a slimline card as I keep seeing them on Instagram and think they are so cute. I love that they allow you to use more of your stamps and create a longer scene than a standard card does. I researched a bit and found THIS BLOG post by Nicky that discussed slimline card sizes and how she came to the conclusion that if she makes them 8.5 x 3.5" they will fit perfectly into a standard slimline size envelope. So instead of... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Comfort and Joy Limited Edition Card Kit Blog Hop

Today is the brand spankin' new Simon Says Stamp holiday card kit release called Comfort and Joy. This is one of there very loaded limited edition kits that sell out in hours. I guarantee it will bring you JOY if you get one - not sure about comfort!!! Here is a photo of the full kit: I made five full size cards plus a smaller 3x4 card with this kit, so this is technically a "one stamp, five ways" post today. I tried to primarily focus on the stamp set in the kit so it qualifies! haha I also used the background stamp a couple times as that one is just gorgeous! I replaced my usual love affair with Tonic... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh New Product Release Blog Hop

Today is day two of the Pretty Pink Posh new holiday products Blog Hop. I hope you are getting really inspired to make holiday cards from all these amazing bloggers using the cute new products by PPP. I have two cards to share with you today using many of these new products. Card 1: This card uses two of the new stamp sets called Elegant Holly and Poinsettias. First, let's talk about that crazy background - I made it some time ago on THIS BLOG POST about making backgrounds ahead of time. It is just painted red watercolor circles. I was saving it for just the right card and then I used it on this one where most of it... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS December 2018 Card Kit

Hello again two days in a row! I'm actually here with my second "one stamp, five ways" post in a week - don't get used to this hahaha. For today's post I'm using the SSS December Card Kit called Holiday Cheer. I usually focus on the stamp when doing kit posts so that my title actually applies (one stamp, five ways). But this kit has two of my watercolor cards in it, so they are part of my five cards and only 3 focus on using the stamp. Forgive me please! I've always been a rule breaker... You can purchase the little candy cane die I use on one of my cards separately as well as the stamp set separately.... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - MFT Warm and Feathered Friends

Today I finally have a new "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you - these take a bit more time than my usual posts, so when I'm busy I don't get them done very often! The reason I did one today is I got really lucky and MFT sent me some of their new release which goes live and is ready for purchase on September 13th at 8:00 am pst. I was so excited to see Stacey Yacula was illustrating a stamp line for MFT as she is one of my favorite designers. I've always wanted to buy her stamps, but I never bought any from Purple Onions Design, so having them available at MFT makes me really... Read more →