Living My Dream

Simon Says Stamp TO THE MOON Release - Valentine Watercolor Cards

It's time for ANOTHER Simon Says Stamp release and this one is moving forward to the day of celebrating all things love called TO THE MOON! I know most of us are thinking of all things Christmas right now, so this may be jumping the gun in your mind space. We won't be doing a blog hop for this new To The Moon release for this reason yet, but there will be one in January. I have a new set of watercolor cards in this release called Suzy's Valentine Love Watercolor Cards. Here is an image of the set: Just a reminder: All of my watercolor sets (and there have been a lot of them after about 5 years now!)... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS January Card Kit - Warmest Wishes

Today is the release of the Simon Says Stamp January 2022 card kit (2022, are you kidding me?!?!?!) called Warmest Wishes. Here is an image of the kit: As usual, I like to focus on using the stamp set which is sold alone and is also called the Warmest Wishes Stamp. It is also sold with a set of dies as a bundle. Here is an image of the bundle: You can also purchase the embossing folder called Faceted Snowflakes alone or the Scattered Snowflake stencil alone. I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using all of the elements in this kit. Here we go! CARD 1: My first card is a slimline card because... Read more →

Christmas Card Using the Simon Says Stamp Winter Flower Stamp Set

I'm not sure when I am suppose to stop making holiday cards. This week is a new release by Simon Says Stamp that will have love products for Valentine's Day which is right around the corner. In this card making hobby (or job), I feel like I am always one holiday ahead of the current one I am living. So I'm going to keep making holiday cards right up until Christmas - hope that is ok with you! Today I made a card using the Simon Says Stamp Winter Flower stamp set that was part of the SSS special holiday release/promotion recently. They released the stamp a few weeks ago and then released a matching die during the Die-cember release... Read more →

Christmas Card Using SSS Season Of Joy Stamp Set

I haven't posted in almost a week! I've been busy decorating my house for Christmas and it takes me forever. It is such a process for such a short period of time, but those 3 weeks are just magical in the house! I wish it could look this way all year! Today I decided to make a Christmas card, so I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets from this year called Season of Joy. It was in the Limited Edition Holiday Card kit (which is sold out), but it is also sold alone with or with a set of matching dies. Here is an image of the set: I made this one layer slim-line card with just the... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Diecember Release Card - Thankful Wreath

Today I made a card using the new Simon Says Stamp Thankful Wreath stamp and die set. They released the stamp in the Handmade Holiday release in November and then the die came out as part of the Diecember release. It is also sold as a bundle. Here is an image: I incorporated one of the other Diecember release products called the Detail Pincushion Plate Die. I also used a Large Joy die from the Peace on Earth release. Here is my card: I die-cut the Detail Pincushion Plate Die from white cardstock. I then attached a solid glue sheet to the front of a white card base. I attached the entire die to it before any of the pieces... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Die-cember 2021 BLOG HOP

Today is the first day of a two day blog hop celebrating the Simon Says Stamp Die-cember release! I have a couple cards to share and then I will have all the details of the blog hop at the end of this post. I made a mini slimline card (3.5" x 6.5") using some of the new dies from the release. I started by die-cutting the new Mini Slimline Lattice Die from white cardstock. I glued the entire piece to a fuchsia card base. I kept the pieces all intact and used adhesive behind the entire thing so they would all stay in place. I then colored the small pieces with Copics to match the card. I used light colors... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp DIECEMBER 2021 Release!

It's Diecember! Woot woot! I can't believe it is back again so soon! I have a card to share with you tonight using some of the new products, but tomorrow night (December 2nd at 12:00 am) I will be participating in the first day of a two day blog hop so I'll have more to share with you then. You can see the entire Die-cember release here. And here is my card: I made this birthday card with several products from the new release. I used the Detail Tapestry Plate for the background. I die-cut it from white cardstock and then I applied several colors of Pawsitively Saturated Ink by SSS. I love these inks so much. They apply so... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Limited Edition Gift of Christmas Holiday Tag Kit - "One Stamp, Five Ways"

This is the last of the limited edition holiday kits that will be released by SSS for this season. There was the Santa's Helpers December card kit, the Cozy Christmas Holiday Gift Card Kit, and the Season of Joy Holiday card kit - I believe two of them are still available (not the Cozy Christmas Holiday Gift Card Kit)! And today we have the Limited Edition Gift of Christmas Holiday Tag Kit being released. Here is an image: I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using this kit and focusing on the stamp set in the kit. It is a 6x8 stamp set also called the Gift of Christmas. You can purchase it alone if... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Special Promotion Starts Today!

Today there is a special promotion by Simon Says Stamp that I think you will all want to know about! Here are the deets: If you place an order of $100 or more, you get a FREE stamp set with purchase called Yeti for Christmas. The stamp set cannot be purchased alone, but you can buy a set of matching dies if interested. I made a card with the stamp set to show it to you: I created this slimline card using all of the images in the stamp set. I stamped them all with MFT Natural Ink and then colored them with colored pencils. I stamped 3 of each tree and each snowflake so I would have enough to... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Special Holiday Release

I'm excited to announce that Simon Says Stamp has a special holiday release today of a few different products. There is a Christmas Foliage stencil, a Twinkly Lights die, and 6" x 8" Winter Flower stamp set. I have made a card using the Winter Floral stamp set which is a 6" x 8" gorgeous stamp set. There is also a die of just the floral design. Here is an image of the stamp set: I made a one layer card with just the Winter Flower stamp set since I didn't have the matching die: I stamped the beautiful floral design from the Winter Floral stamp set on a piece of white cardstock with MFT Natural Ink. I colored it... Read more →