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Simon Says Stamp Believe In You Release - One Stamp, Five Ways Never Quit Swimming

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"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS August 2019 Card Kit Party Like A Panda

Hi friends! Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the brand new SSS card kit called Party Like A Panda. Here is an image of the kit: This kit has some darling patterned papers that I will be showing on all of my cards. It also has a 6x8" stamp set that I'll be focusing on that has matching dies and they can be purchased together. There is a small panda die called the Picture Book Panda in the kit that you can buy alone as well. There is black and white flocking sheets that you can use for the die-cutting on the panda or add them to your stamped images. Here is... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - MFT Sending Sweet Celebration Wishes by Stacey Yacula

Today's "one stamp, five ways" post is using the brand new MFT Stacey Yacula stamp set called Sending Sweet Celebration Wishes. As usual, I love her darling illustrations and this is another perfect one for making lots of sweet cards! You can see the entire MFT New Release HERE. Here is an image of the stamp set: And here are my five cards! CARD 1: This set is just so cute that it was hard to not use all the images on each card! But for this one, I wanted to just let that darling penguin with the banner stand alone. So I used him with just the banner. And doesn't he look so cute as the star of the... Read more →

Hello Bluebird New Release is LIVE!!! (cards galore below!)

Today (((right now at 7:00 pm pst))) the Hello Bluebird new release is LIVE! This means you can now go to the HB website and purchase all of the cute products I'll be using in this post! I love their stamps (dare I say they are my favorite designs in the industry - just so so me!). So rather than purchase every product they made, I joined the DT so I get them for free! That also gives me the excuse to spend way too much of my time coloring their cute images. Here is an example of my obsession: There are six new stamp sets in this release and I have cards made with each one (except Strawberry Jam),... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit Bee Yourself

Hi friends! Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the SSS July Card Kit called Bee Yourself. Here is an image of the kit: As usual, I focus on the stamp set in the kit (thus the title of the post) so most of my cards are using that over some of the other options in the kit. The stamp set is sold alone and is also called Bee Yourself (I would want this stamp set even if I didn't want the entire kit). It contains a glue sponge and foil as well as 3 laser printed cards you can use on your cards. I will confess that I did (((attempt))) to use... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh Tropical Blog Hop Day 1

Today is the first day of a two day blog hop for the new Pretty Pink Posh summer product release. You can buy the entire bundle HERE at a discount. I think I've used the entire release on this post, so all of the new products are listed in the supply list at the end of this post linked to both the PPP store and the SSS store. Before I show you my new cards, here are two that I made for the product sneak with Tropical Toucans: (you can see the details of how I made them and additional photos on the PPP blog here) And here are my three new cards using other products from the new release:... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Rest and Refresh Blog Hop - Day 1

Helllllllllo all you blog hoppers out there! Today is the first day of a two day celebration! SSS has released their newest set of products called Rest and Refresh. Sounds like what I need after making 12 cards to show you today haha. If you visited THIS POST from yesterday, I did a "one stamp, five ways" using the new stamp set called Your Light. Here are my five cards (see blog post for directions and more images). I also showed a photo of 8 cards I made using the new set called Summa Time (blog post showing these 8 cards will be on the SSS blog on July 30th): In this release I have a new set of watercolor... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Rest and Refresh Your Light Stamp Set

Hi everyone! Tonight is the Simon Says Stamp new Rest and Refresh release, so I am sharing with you a "one stamp, five ways" post with one of the all new stamp sets (see my five cards above)! I have a new set of watercolor cards in this release also I can't wait to show you as I think they are one of my better sets. This one is called "Suzy's Adventurous Watercolor Prints" and here is an image: I will have them all painted on my blog tomorrow for the first day of the two day blog hop so come back to see them! You can see the entire Rest and Refresh release here. My post today is using... Read more →

"One Stamp, Four Ways" - MFT Picnic Pals by Stacey Yacula

I often do additional cards in my "one stamp, five ways" posts, but I've never done less than 5! So today, I had to call this post a "one stamp, four ways" as I just didn't have time to crank out one more card! BUT, hopefully I will make it up to you by impressing you with the four cards I did make haha! Here is an image of one of the newest stamp sets by MFT called Picnic Pals by Stacey Yacula: And here are my four cards! Card 1: My first card is a slimline card with measurements that are 3.5" x 8.5" on the front of the card. You can make one with an 8.5" x 11"... Read more →

Making Backgrounds Ahead of Time Installment #4 - Creating Scenes

I've done three other posts about making card backgrounds ahead of time. You can find those HERE, HERE, and HERE. Today is my fourth installment in this series. It's become a "series" because I love doing it this way! Whenever I have a few backgrounds made, I find putting together a card is so much easier and quicker. Plus focusing on creating backgrounds while the Distress Inks are all out is a fun way to spend an afternoon! Today's focus is going to be on creating scenes for critters with Distress Inks and Distress Oxide Inks and stencils. I'll be using 3 Simon Says Stamp stencils today. Here is a lookie at them with short descriptions - these things are... Read more →