Living My Dream

Simon Says Stamp and Pretty Pink Posh STAMPtember Collaboration Stamp Set Topiary

During STAMPtember, Simon Says Stamp collaborates with many stamp companies to bring a stamp set together sold by Simon. This month the stamp set with Pretty Pink Posh is called Topiary and I got a chance to work with it ahead of time. I have two cards to show you that I made with it. They are almost exactly the same, but they show how the stamp set can be used in two different ways to get the same result. Let's get started! Here is an image of the stamp set. Take note that the trees come with both flat stamps you can ink and with outline stamps you can color. This also allows for two-step stamping which means layering... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Special Edition Birthday Card Kit

Today's "one stamp, five ways" post uses the BRAND NEW STAMPtember Special Edition Birthday Card Kit called Sweet Birthday. Here is an image of the kit: As usual, I have focused primarily on the stamp set in this kit called Sweet Birthday which is sold alone or with a set of dies bundled together. You can also buy the dies alone if you want to add them to your kit - I wish I had had them!). Here is an image of the stamp set: CARD 1: I used the MFT A2 Frame dies for the frame on this card. I used yellow cardstock for the frame piece and then one of the patterned papers in the Honeybee 6x6 paper... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp Fabulous Florals

Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the Simon Says Stamp called Fabulous Florals. It was in the STAMPtember release that just happened! There is also another stamps set I love in this release that goes well with this one called Floral Hearts. I decided to use all of the sentiments in this set on my cards so you could see that one also used as a "one stamp, five ways"! (Note: I did use a die for one of the card sentiments). Here is an image of both stamp sets: See how well they look together? Since I made the post about the first one, Fabulous Florals, I resisted the urge to... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Special Edition Halloween Kit

Today is the release of Simon Says Stamp's special edition Halloween kit called Spook Up Some Fun (as part of their STAMPtember celebration). This kit is FULL of all things Halloween with so many options for making treat bags and tags and cards and anything else you can imagine. I kept my creations focused on the stamp set and made just cards to share with you today (one stamp, five ways!)... Here is an image of the kit: You can purchase the stamp set Spook Up The Fun by itself. I'm not much of a HW person, but I really like this stamp set as it's not creepy or scary, but very cute! Here are my five cards: CARD 1:... Read more →

Hello Bluebird Fall New Product Release is LIVE and 5 cards to share!!!

The Hello Bluebird new Fall release is live as of yesterday, so you can now shop to your heart's content at the Hello Bluebird store. The products should be available at Simon Says Stamp soon. All of the new products are listed in my supply list at the end of this post linked to the HB store. I have five cards to share with you that have all been posted on IG over the past few days. Card 1: This is my typical random stamping background. I use my Misti to do this and used MFT Natural Ink as it is my favorite for no-line stamping. I used the darling new Fall Banner Buddies stamp set since it has all... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit

Simon Says Stamp just released their October Card Kit called Thankful Flowers. I have 5 cards to share with you today. This is a "one stamp, five ways" post, so I primarily focus on the stamp set in the kit (although I did use some of the other supplies in it, just not the papers). Here is an image of the full card kit: The stamp set is also called Thankful Flowers and it is sold alone as well. There is also a die for the stamp set so you can buy it alone HERE or together as a set HERE. Last, the THANKS die is sold alone as well which I used on two of my cards below. Here... Read more →

It's a STAMPtember Party Y'all!!!

It's our favorite month of the year in stamping land - Simon Says Stamp's STAMPtember! Every September, they have a huge party/celebration and release a ton of new products and give away lots of stuff and have lots of promotions and Facebook lives and on and on and on and on! The new STAMPtember release can be seen HERE and is linked at the bottom of my post (with a set of sequins). I have a new set of Suzy's Fall Watercolor Cards in this release you can see here: They are all printed on Ranger Watercolor paper and can be colored with any (and/or all) coloring mediums. I have a total of 35 sets at SSS now and you... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - Simon Says Stamp Look For the Rainbows

Hello friends! I haven't been here much over the past month! I was in Hawaii for almost two weeks and now I am taking my daughter to school in Utah for a week, so that's 3 weeks I'll be gone in August, thus the only 2 blog posts! I will be back to your regularly scheduled program in September! In fact, there will be a Hello Bluebird release in early September AND it is STAMPtember for Simon Says Stamp, so I will have LOTS of posts and come back with a BANG! Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post that is really a "one stamp, six ways" post. I (((accidentally))) made six cards by counting wrong - haha.... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop Day 1 - Fall Product Release 2019

Today is the first day of a two day blog hop celebrating the PPP new Fall product release. I have a blog post from the day the release went live HERE if you want to check out my other cards using the new line. Today I have three new cards to share with you! CARD1: I always make a bunch of backgrounds ahead of time, so I had this orange one just waiting to be used. It was made with Yupo paper and alcohol ink. I used the Storybook 3 die for this white part, but I cut out the lines that go between. So technically I could have used any of the Storybook dies to do this. It just... Read more →

Pretty Pink Posh New Product Release - Fall 2019

The Fall Pretty Pink Posh release is now available at the PPP store and at SSS. It is full of fun Fall stamp sets, stand a-lone dies, sequins, and their new stencils. You can purchase the entire release as a bundle here for 10% off. Here is an image of the release all together (click on it for a link to the release in the PPP store): I have two cards to share with you today using the new products. First is this card using the new Sunflowers stamps and Sunflowers dies. It also uses the Wafers Stencil for the background and the Spooky Fence Die. I started this card by using Distress Oxide Inks for the background. I used... Read more →