Paper Gal

Hello crafty friends! I can't believe it's finally STAMPtember !! Ok I'll turn down the exclamation points, but I'm super excited to be sharing a project from this year's STAMPtember collection. I chose to feature the new Simon Says Stamp My Boo stamp set . Don't ya just want to go party with these cute little ghosts! I cut a panel of white cardstock using a stitched rectangle die. I then used distress inks to blend a festive colorful background. I used a paint brush to add a few ink splatters. I then stamped a few of the cute ghosts from the stamp set in black ink.  I used copic markers to add color to the stamped images. I then fussy cut them out and popped them up with foam squares and added them to the ink blended panel. I added the panel to an A2 size card base. I cut the boo die  from white and purple cardstock and added few sequins for a bit of sparklel. I hope you enjoyed the project I made to kick off STAMPtember. I hope you will head over and take a lo...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Anything Goes! We are featuring products from Pink Fresh Studios . You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would to see what you make. As always just for entering you will be eligible for the drawing of a  $25 voucher to the Simon store! This week I am featuring the Pink Fresh Studios Mixed Blooms layering stencil set to make a fun shaker card. The card base is made from an white cardstock cut to be an A2 size. I then used a stitched rectangle die to cut a panel that I used to create a floral background. The stencil set have 5 layers. I used a blending brush and distress ink for each layer. I added stickles to a few of the florals. I used a sentiment die and it shadow to create the shaker window. I ink blended the card base with distress ink that would show through the window. I added acetate and foam strips behind the stenciled panel. I ...

My favorite time of the year is soon approaching. I have created a Fall themed project today inspired by neighbor's sunflowers using the gorgeous Sunflower Field embossing folder .  I ran a piece of white cardstock through my die cut machine using the embossing folder. I then trimmed the embossed panel down to leave a thick white border. I then colored the sunflowers using copic markers. (the petals Y21 and Y26, the centers E42, E43 and E44, the sky B000) I die cut a sentiment from my stash. I used white cardstock and fun foam for dimension. I tied some baker's twine around the panel and added a tag with my sub-sentiment stamped on it. I used a paper trimmer to create the tag. I adhered the panel to an A2 size white card base. Here is a photo of my neighbor's yard. I love that she has such a green thumb. Another shot of her garden. I hope you enjoyed the project I have made and got some inspiration. I have listed the supplies I used if you are interested. Thank you for stop...

Hello crafty friends! Today I wanted share a fun daisy wreath card that I made for a dear friend I have been missing. She loves daisies so I pulled out the Simon Says Stamp Rustic Layering flower die set to create the perfect daisy! I began with an A2 card base made from smooth white cardstock. I used a gingham background stamp to create a patterned panel stamped with distress ink. I trimmed that down using a stitched rectangle die to leave a white border. I die cut the Hugs sentiment from coral cardstock and twice more from white cardstock for thickness. I adhered them together with liquid glue. I then die cut sets of daisy heads from the Rustic Layering Flower die set out of white cardstock. I used copic markers to color the centers of the daisies. I arranged them in a wreath pattern on the background panel and adhered them with foam squares for dimension. I then stamped the sub-sentiment with the same ink I used for the background and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I th...

 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Stitch It! We are featuring products from  Waffle Flower . You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some we would to see what you make. As always just for entering you will be eligible for the drawing of a  $25 voucher to the Simon store! This week I am featuring the  Waffle Flower Overlapping Vertical MERRY die . If you look closely I added liquid glitter stitching all around the MERRY letters. Sorry the photos don't show it too well. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then created a plaid background using a grid paper pad, post-it tape and distress oxides. I have a little video showing that technique over on my Instagram page. I cut the MERRY die from white cardstock three times and adhered together with liquid glue. I then used liquid Stickles to add sparkly stitching around each letter and...

I am so happy to be participating in the Tim Holtz Halloween Stamps and Simon Says Stamp new coordinating dies Instagram Hop. Click HERE to go the hop. I have created a fun card featuring the new coordinating dies for the Tim Holtz Tiny Frights stamp set . I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then ink blended a panel of white cardstock using distress oxides. I stamped the sentiment in clear ink on black cardstock and heat set it with white embossing powder. I cut it out using frame dies and added it to the upper center of the ink blended panel. Next, I stamped the candy images from the stamp in black ink and colored them using copic markers. I used the new coordinating dies to cut them out and arrange them around the ink blended panel. I used scissors to trim off the overhand and adhere to the card base leaving a thin white border. I hope you enjoyed the project I made and got some inspiration.  I provided affiliate links to all the supplies at no a...