Living My Dream

Pretty Pink Posh New Product Release

Pretty Pink Posh has a brand new product line that just came out today. You can see the entire release HERE on the PPP website/store. They always sell their releases as a bundle with 10% off which you can purchase HERE. Here is an image of the new release in it's entirety: I made two cards for the PPP Blog last week during sneak peeks using the Mother's Day and Father's Day stamp sets. Here are images of the two cards and the entire post with directions and supplies is HERE. Here are my two new cards with directions for each. They are also Mother's Day and Father's Day cards using the new stamp sets for each holiday as well... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Special Edition Card Kit For All Moms

Hi friends! Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the brand new Simon Says Stamp Special Edition Card Kit called For all Moms. It is full of Mother's Day card making goodies for all types of mothers (including pet moms!). Here is an image of the kit: You can see there are LOTS of fun products in this kit, but as usual I will be focusing on the stamp set. I didn't even use half of the images in it as there are quite a few possibilities in this 6x8 set which can be purchased by itself HERE! Here are my five cards. CARD 1: One of the products in this kit is... Read more →

Hello Bluebird New Release (April,2019)

Today is the Hello Bluebird new release and I couldn't be more excited to share it with you - it is so so so cute! I have four cards made with the new products that I posted on Facebook and IG this week, so you may have already seen them. But today I am going to give you directions for each one and tell you the products I used to make them. Let's get started! PREVIEW DAY 1: Fairy Garden and Garden Friends These are my favorite two new stamp sets and thus my favorite card of the four I have to share. It might be the colors (these are my favs), but I think it is the stamps. Who... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS May Card Kit

Today is the release of the Simon Says Stamp May Card Kit called Delicate Flowers. I am using it for a "one stamp, five ways" post although I have six cards to share today! Here is an image of the kit: You can also purchase the 6"x8" stamp set alone which is also called Delicate Flowers. It is so pretty, but we all know flowers are my favorite thing to stamp and color! As usual, I use the kit contents for my card, but I focus on the stamp set for each. Let's get started! CARD 1: First off, let me just say that I have very little experience with Alcohol Inks. I was excited to get three of the... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop - Blossoms and Butterflies

Hello Simon Says Stamp friends! Hopefully you have come to visit today for the first day of the 2 day blog hop celebrating the new Blossoms and Butterflies SSS release! The entire release can be found HERE. I have a new set of watercolor cards in this release called Picked Just For You. These are targeted for your Mother's Day cards, but I purposely left greetings off a few of them for you to add your own (and thus you can use them for other purpose as well). There are 12 different images in these sets and they are all printed on Ranger Watercolor Paper. I have illustrated a total of 32 sets for SSS now, so that is a... Read more →

Simon Says Stamp New Release - Blossoms and Butterflies

Hi friends! I blogged two days ago, I'm blogging today (Wednesday) and I'll be blogging tomorrow for the SSS Blog Hop. This might be an all time record for me! Today is the Simon Says Stamp new product release called Blossoms and Butterflies. It is full with lots of Spring images of ... wait for it ... blossoms and butterflies! I have a set of watercolor cards in the release called Picked Just For You with a Mother's Day theme. I left greetings off quite a few of them so you can add your own. I'll have all 12 painted on my blog post for the hop on Friday. Here is an image of the cards: Since I'll be showing... Read more →

MFT Piggy Pebbles by Stacey Yacula

Today I have three cards to share with you using the BRAND SPANKIN' NEW MFT Stacey Yacula Piggy Pebbles stamp set. It is the cutest thing ever! These are some babes for sure! There is a stamp set as well as a die set to go with them. There is also a darling little Scene Builder stamp set to use with these piggies. I will be showing all three of these as well as the new Fishtail Flag Dies. So let's get started! CARD 1: I started this card with a pre-made background from THIS BLOG POST (making backgrounds ahead of time installment 3). I used Texture Paste and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink for the spots with a SSS Small... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Pretty Peonies Cling Stamp

Hi friends! I promised a while back to post a "one stamp, five ways" using the new Simon Says Stamp Pretty Peonies Background Stamp, so today is the day! This one took me a while as the flowers just called out to be colored with colored pencils which is always a little more time consuming! But hopefully the results are worth it - you get to decide haha! Here is the Pretty Peonies Background stamp: I have five cards to share with you today using this stamp so here we go! Card 1: This was the image I shared on the last SSS blog hop. I started by stamping the entire stamp on a 6x6 piece of white cardstock with... Read more →

Hello Bluebird Cards

I have a couple Hello Bluebird cards to share with you today. I've already shared them on IG, so you may have seen them. I am using some piggies and some elephants for today's cards - because anything HB I cannot resist! These stamp sets have both been out for a while and are called Elephant Friends and Pig Day. Here are my two cards: Card 1: For the background of this card, I used the Hello Bluebird Hill and Dale die for the ground slopes. I then used Distress Oxide inks for the sky and for the ground pieces. I made the card a "slimline card" with the measurements for the front of the card being 8.5" x 3.5".... Read more →

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

Hello friends - are you sick of all my Easter inspiration yet? haha Today I have some more for you! Actually Spring and Easter are my favorite holidays to make cards for as they are SO my colors. So I might do Easter cards ALL year long. Just to bug you all! I have a "one stamp, five ways" for you today using the BRAND NEW Simon Says Stamp Special Edition card kit called Eggstra Sweet Easter. My focus is the stamp set called which is also sold alone HERE (and goes by the same name as the kit does). You can buy theI used it on all of my cards, but also used the rest of the kit contents... Read more →