Living My Dream

"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 →

Hello Bluebird NEW Background Cling Stamps!!!

Today (as of this minute on Friday, July 26th at 7:00 pst), Hello Bluebird released 6 new background stamps and also restocked the others that have been out of stock for some time. So they had a Background Bash this week with the design team showing off all of the new background stamps on Instagram. I wanted to show you the two cards I posted with directions as well as show you all of the background stamps stamped and colored. So let's get this party started! First, here are the six background stamps in action with directions on how I made each: This one is called Old Oak. It's perfect for all those critter stamps and fall backgrounds. I embossed... Read more →

SSS Believe In You Release Blog Hop - Day 1

Today is the first day of a 2 day blog hop showcasing the new SSS release called Believe In You. I have a new set of watercolor cards in this release called Suzy's Succulents. Here is an image: Today I'll be showing you all 12 of these cards all colored and made into cards (like I do on every new product blog post!). I also had two stamp sets that are part of this release - the new Seahorse Background stamp and the Never Quit Swimming stamp set. I have made 10 cards with this stamp as I did a "one stamp, five ways" post for the SSS blog that will be posted on the 31st and I also did... Read more →

"One Stamp, Five Ways" - SSS Never Quit Swimming

Helllllllllo! I haven't blogged in a while, but I have definitely been a busy bee over here making lots of things to share with you. Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post and Friday is the SSS blog hop. I'll be sharing three products I designed for the brand new Believe In You release from SSS that just came out tonight! (Wednesday night at 9:00 pm pst!). First off, I have a new set of watercolor cards called Suzy's Succulents you can see here: I'll be showing all of these painted/colored and made into cards on the first day of the two day blog hop (Friday am). I also have a stamp set and a background stamp that... Read more →

"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 →