Paper Gal

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  A Bit O Green! This week we are featuring products from Pinkfresh 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 amazing Pinkfresh Studio's Blending brushes  to create a simple but elegant stenciled background to let my bouquet of daisies be center stage. Card Base: A2 side folding card base made from smooth white cardstock. Background: White cardstock trimmed to leave a bit of a white border on card base. Shades of green distress ink is stenciled in broad line vertically. I used a pink copic marker to add a thinner line in between. Focal Point: Bouquet of flowers and metal bucket cut from white cardstock and colored with distress ink and flowers colored with a yellow c...

I am so happy to share a project using items from the new Simon Says Stamp April card kit . I am also featuring a few of the add-on items to this kit. I have an Instagram reel showing the process I used to make the background with the gorgeous artsy butterflies. Card Base: A2 top folding card base made from smooth white cardstock. Background: Butterfly images from the Artsy Butterflies stamped in black ink all over. Distress blue ink blended between the butterflies. Black and blue ink splattered. Butterflies stamped again on white cardstock ink blended using the coordinating stencil and cut out and adhered over matching image with foam squares for dimension. Trimmed off excess to leave a white border on card base. Sentiment: Thanks was stamped in a black pigment ink and embossed using clear embossing powder for shine. Trimmed out and adhered with foam squares. Sub-sentiment stamped in black ink and trimmed and added underneath. Here is a look at everything you will receive in this...

Today I am happy to be sharing 3 projects I created with the Simon Says Stamp Limited Edition Vintage Bunnies card kit . This kit just has everything to create some adorable as well as some gorgeous Easter projects! This first project was created with the Delicate Lattice stencil to create the background. The sentiment is the Bouncy Happy Easter die cut from white cardstock and the shadow from the Bubblegum Glitter cardstock . The cute little chicks are cut and embossed from the Hatching Chicks embossing folder and colored with copic markers. Next is the project I created using the Wild Flowers 6x6 pattern paper cut with an A2 size rectangle die to leave a bit of a white border. Just added a sentiment die and a few small butterfly dies. Last, I used the Vintage Bunnies stamp set included in the kit. I stamped the bunny, bow and sentiments using sticky black ink and heat set it with clear embossing powder. I added some light watercolor to the images. I hope you enjoy the projects I ma...

 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Make it Cute! This week we are featuring products from Whimsy Stamps . 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 very cute Whimsy Stamps Postal Minis stamp set to create a fun project for this challenge. Card Base: Side folding landscape A2 size card base cut from smooth white cardstock. Background: White cardstock cut from an A2 stitched rectangle die. I used post it tape to mask off a strip to create a plaid background. I used a layering stencil set and oxide ink applied with a blending brush. Focal Point: Using the Whimsy Stamp Postal Minis images I stamped them onto white cardstock using black alcohol friendly ink. I then fussy cut them out and used copic markers to add...

I'm so happy to be participating in day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Moments  blog hop. I hope you get some inspiration and enjoy the giveaway and a special offer for this blog hop. This gift with purchase will expire March 1st at 11:59 pm will supplies last.👇👇👇 This release is filled with wonderful Spring items! I wanted to create a basket of just brimming with spring flowers. It's been such a cold and ugly winter so I just had to create some spring blooms. Card Base : Top folding A2 size card cut from smooth white cardstock. Background : I used a plaid stencil from my stash to create a simple background on gray cardstock that I cut out using a stitched rectangle die. Focal Point : I used the  Simon Says Stamp Country Basket Bouquet die  images to create this fun spring basket filled with flowers. I cut the basket from white cardstock and used some ink to add a distress ink. I cut many flowers and used more distress ink to add color to each flower. I arranged a...

Hello crafty friends! I am happy to share a project featuring the Sweet Bunny Die, the Fable Cute Bunny die , Hoppy Springs stamps and the Basic Shapes Nested Egg dies  from the new Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Moments release. Click HERE to see the full release! I used the Simon Says Stamp Gift Bag die to create this fun Easter project. I cut and assembled the bag out of pattern paper I had in my stash. Pro tip: use really sticky tape to adhere your box together. I then die cut out a rectangle mat from white cardstock to frame my bunny scene. I cut out the larger bunny once and the smaller bunny twice from white cardstock. I used copic markers to add colored to them. I die cut a scalloped rectangle background and ink blended it with green and blue ink to ground the bunnies so they didn't look like they were just floating in the air. I then used the smallest of the nested egg shapes to create my Easter eggs. I used white paint to add decor to the eggs. The bow tie and sentim...