Living My Dream

25 Days of Christmas Tags for Hello Bluebird

It's another day of LOTS of tags on my blog! I blogged 22 a couple of days ago for Simon Says Stamp and now today I have another 16 for Hello Bluebird. I think my Christmas tags are officially done (unless i dec ide to give more than 38 gifts away - haha). Today's post is part of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags. Here are all of the contributors to this daily Christmas Tag blog hop: I used two tag dies by Hello Bluebird called Gallery Frame #4 Die and the Stitched Tag Builder Die for all of my tags. I also used ALL of the penguins from their Christmas stamp sets on them as well as the stand-a-lone... Read more →

"One Stamp, 500 Ways" - Simon Says Stamp SE Tag Kit

I couldn't put the title for this one as "one stamp, five ways" as I have a total of 22 tags to share with you today. So I exaggerated a bit in my title! Today I am sharing tags made with the Simon Says Stamp Special Edition Ho Ho Ho Tag Kit. Here is an image of the kit: I want to say (public service announcement) that this might be the best kit I have ever worked with by Simon. There is so much in it and it all works so well together. I saw pre-made tags at Costco this week and based on the price, I decided it's a much better deal to buy a kit and make your... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS December 2019 Card Kit "Gnome For the Holidays"

Today the December card kit called Gnome For The Holidays was released from Simon Says Stamp. I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you today using the kit. I try to always focus on the stamp set, but I did also use the Lil Gnome die and the Christmas Gnome Home stencil in the kit. I didn't use any of the papers though as I went with a very different color theme (kept with my preference of bright colors). Here is an image of the kit: The stamp set is also called Gnome For the Holidays and it is sold alone if you want to purchase it by itself. The Lil Gnome die is sold alone... Read more →

Art Impressions Exclusive Holiday Flip Stamp Set Through SSS

Art Impressions won my heart at what used to be called CHA a few years ago. They have a line of what I fondly call my fat lady stamps. They are the cutest things in the world and that year, I bought about 12 sets of them when they discounted them at the end of the show. Ever since I've been a big fan of their unique images. Today they came out with an exclusive stamp set through Simon Says Stamp called the Holiday Flip Card Set. Here is an image of the stamps: They also have a die that coordinates with it (to create the flip) called the Flip Card Die. I have two cards to share with you... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - MFT Cozy Companions by Stacey Yacula

Hi friends. Today is the My Favorite Things release for November. I get to work with the Stacey Yacula sets before the release so I can show them to you at release time. Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the new Cozy Companions set. Here is an image: This is a little different than most of her sets have been and although I absolutely LOVE it, I had a little bit of a hard time using it in 5 different ways. I couldn't do a "random stamping" technique as the images are too big, so that one was out. I didn't want to emboss the images as they don't look like they... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh Holiday Release Blog Hop - Day 1

Hello friends! Today is the first day of a 2 day blog hop for Pretty Pink Posh (October 16th and 17th). I hope you are hopping along and enjoying all the inspiration using the newest PPP release for the holidays! I have three cards to share with you today. The blog hop details are at the end of this post. CARD 1: This is a slim-line card and one of my favorite sizes when you want to fit a lot of "critters" on one card to build a scene. I start with a piece of 8.5x11" cardstock. I cut a piece that is 7" wide (by the 8.5" width of the paper). I cut the remaining piece to be 3.5"... Read more →

SSS Woodland Whimsy Card Kit - November, 2019

This is my monthly Simon Says Stamp card kit post, but it isn't a "one stamp, five ways" post like usual. That is because the card kit comes with a FULL set of my watercolor cards, so I decided to focus on them instead of the stamp set. But that stamp set is so cute, I'll end up doing another post using it I'm sure! Here is a photo of the November kit called Woodland Whimsy: So not only are you getting the usual kit contents (pretty paper, stamp set, etc...), but you are also getting a full set of my watercolor cards as well as a set of watercolors and brushes to use on them. And if you aren't... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop - Cheer and Joy Release

Hi friends! Today is the first day of the 2 day blog hop for Simon Says Stamp's new release called Cheer and Joy. I have three products I illustrated in this release, so I'm excited to show them all to you. I have two stamp sets called Falling For You and Christmas Globe - here are images: Yesterday I posted a "one stamp, five ways" blog post using the Falling For You stamp set - you can see that post HERE. I will be doing another "one stamp, five ways" guest post on the SSS blog on October 30th using the new Christmas Globe set. Here are close ups of four of my cards from my Falling For You post:... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Falling For You

Hello everyone that is deciding to visit my blog tonight! It's the Simon Says Stamp new release called Cheer and Joy! It is full of holiday products, so let's get this Christmas Card Making season started ya'll!!! I have a few products I illustrated in this release. First is my newest set of watercolor cards called Christmas Critters. I'll have them all on my blog on Friday am during the first day of the blog hop colored! Here is an image (click on it to get to them at the SSS store): I also have two stamp sets in this release. The first one is called Christmas Globe and I'll be doing a "one stamp, five ways" post with it... Read more →

MFT Release - Stacey Yacula Merry Wishes

Today is the My Favorite Things new product release. I am using the newest Stacey Yacula stamp and die set called Merry Wishes. It is darling as are all her stamp sets which is why I always work with them! Here is an image of the stamp: Here are my two cards using this Merry Wishes stamp set and Merry Wishes dies. CARD 1: This card uses my favorite technique that I call "random stamping". I stamped all of the images on a white cardstock rectangle with MFT Natural Ink (my favorite ink for no-line stamping). I used a Misti to arrange the images around each other to fit like a puzzle. This is my favorite part of random stamping... Read more →