Paper Gal

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is  Cute and Cuddly! We are featuring products from Newton's Nook .  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 have chosen to feature the "cute" Newton's Nook Coffee Delights stamp set to make for the challenge. I am not a coffee drinker myself but these little mugs were just too cute not to get! I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a panel of yellow cardstock to leave a bit of a white border and adhered it to the card base. I created a "scrapbook" layout look for this card by trimming down white cardstock into squares and a rectangle to fit inside of the yellow panel. I distressed each piece to the layout with an ink blending tool...

I am happy to share a project that I made using the new Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit . I am featuring one of the bow dies from the Pretty Bows die set included in the kit. It's a fun card kit that can be used to make lots of different projects for the upcoming seasons. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed 6 small rectangles from scraps of colored cardstock. I used a ruler to determine the size of rectangles that would fit the card base leaving a bit of a white border. I then used a polka dot and stripe stencil to add a pattern to the rectangles. I matched the ink for the patterns to each bow die I cut out to create the presents. Using a paper trimmer I cut strips for each present to look like ribbon for the bows. I the stamped the sentiments in clear ink and heat set them using gold embossing powder on white paper. I used a coordinating die for the birthday sentiment stamp that was included in the kit. Dies are available separately. ...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is  Shake it Up! We are featuring products from Pretty Pink Posh . 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's theme is so fun. I love a good shaker card. I am using the Pretty Pink Posh Party Cake die that is so perfect to make a shaker element. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down another piece of white cardstock to create a plaid background. I used copic markers and a ruler to create criss-cross lines. I also used tape runner to the plaid lines and sprinkled clear glitter for a bit of shine. I die cut the elements from the Cake Party dies set from white cardstock. I colored the pieces with copic markers. I adhered the cake pieces on a piece of vellum ...

I am featuring the amazing Cherry Blossom 3d embossing folder which comes with dies to cut out these textured tiny flowers that I used to make an amazing splash of color! I created a panel from smooth white cardstock to fit an A2 size card base to ink blend with a mask I created from a landscape border die and distress oxide inks. I then embossed and cut lots of flowers from the  Simon Says Stamp Cherry Blossom emboss and cut folder . I then colored them using copic markers. I fit them back into the embossing machine and ran them through a second time to add the dimension back to the blossoms. I then added a piece of foam squares to the back of each flower and arranged them in the ink blended pattern I created on the panel. I then stamped a sentiment above the flowers using my MISTI. I hope you enjoyed the project I have made and got some inspiration! For your convenience I have provided affiliate links at no additional cost to you to the supplies I used. Thank you so much for sto...

The weather was so nice this week that it has inspired me to make an ice cream birthday card that just screams spring! I used the Simon Says Stamp Soft Serve Cone die . I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a panel of white cardstock to create a background with a large stamp embossed with clear ink and heat set with gold embossing powder. Using post-it tape I masked off varying widths of line to ink blend a soft plaid panel that I trimmed down and centered to the cardbase. I then die cut the ice cream cones from white cardstock and colored cardstock. I adhered together with liquid glue and popped up with foam squares. I die cut the sentiment from gold cardstock and stamped the sub-sentiment using clear ink and embossed with gold embossing powder. I cut those into strips and again popped up with foam squares. I used stickles for a bit of sparkle. I hope you enjoyed the project I created and got some inspiration. Please leave me a comment...

  Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is Love is in the Air We are featuring exclusive products from Simon Says Stamp . 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! For this week's theme I am using a new item from Simon Says Stamp . I will be featuring the Funky Hearts Layering stencil set . This stencil was so fun to create a background for my project. I have a quick reel over on my Instagram page demonstrating how I used it. To may the background I used a piece of white cardstock. I used the first of four stencils to ink blend the funky checkerboard pattern using distress ink and a sponge blending tool. I then used gold paint and a paint brush to paint using the stencil as a guide. I then wrapped gold twine around the stenciled background panel and ti...