Paper Gal

I am so happy to share a project using items from the new Simon Says Stamp May card kit.  I am also featuring the of the add-on dies for the Long Stem Floral stamp set included in the kit.  I just love the whimsical design of these florals! Card Base: Ivory cardstock cut to a side folding A2 size. Background: White cardstock cut from a wonky stitched rectangle die to leave a bit of a border. Focal Point: Florals and stems stamped in black dye ink on white cardstock and colored with copic markers. Coordinating dies were used to cut out the flowers and stems and arranged on background with foam squares for dimension. The parts of the stamped flowers and stems that hung over the stitched background were snipped off with scissors. Sentiment: Sentiment is from the Long Stem Florals set stamped in black ink and sequins added with liquid glue with a embellishment wand. I hope you enjoy the projects I made using the items in this kit and got some inspiration! I have listed some of t...

 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Food and/or Drink This week we are featuring products from Clearly Besotted . 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 an adorable stamp set Capy Cupcake from Clearly Besotted . I used them to create cupcake toppers. I stamped the images from the stamp set on white cardstock using alcohol friendly black ink and colored the images in with copic markers. I then fussy cut them out and used a foam square to adhere them to the scalloped circles that I cut out of cream and dark brown cardstock. I used a bit of distress ink on the circles and adhered them together with craft glue.   I turned them into mini cupcake toppers by glueing a toothpick to the back of the scalloped circl...

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a project using a few items from the  Simon Says Stamp In My Heart release  to create a beautiful Mother's Day project. This is a colorful card that features the new Love You, Mom wafer die , Best Mom Background stamp , Flourish Butterfly Trio dies , and Apricot cardstock . Card Base: A2 size top folding card base made from white cardstock Background: Stitched rectangle die used to cut a panel from Apricot cardstock to leave a bit of a white border. From watercolor paper I cut an arched panel. I added watercolor with distress ink and a paintbrush. Then I inked up a script background stamp with a coordinating ink and stamped that over the arched panel. Focal Point: I cut the trio of butterflies from white cardstock and ink blended them with distress ink using the same ins that I watercolored background with. I added some dots to each butterfly with a white gel pen. The bodies of the butterflies are cut from gold metallic cardstock as wel...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Happy Birthday! This week 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 $50.00 shopping spree at the Simon store ! Wow!! So exciting to be celebrating Simon's Wednesday Challenge 17th birthday! My project features the cute Birdies die set f rom Simon Says Stamp to create a fun birthday card for this special occasion. Card Base: Side folding A2 size card made from smooth white cardstock. Background Panel: Cream cardstock cut using an A2 stitched rectangle dies to leave a bit of a white border. Focal Point: Birdie images cut from scraps of colored cardstock in my stash. I adhered them together with craft glue and popped them up using 3d foam squares. I colored the beaks and legs with copic mark...

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a project using a few items from the  Simon Says Stamp In My Heart release  to create a cozy Mother's Day card. The embossing folder creates such a cozy sweater texture. Giving this card will be like giving a warm hug! Card Base: Top folding A2 size card base made from white cardstock. Background: Soft pink/apricot cardstock cut into a panel to fit the card base but leave a bit of a white border. I added the panel to the braided embossing folder and ran through my die cut machine. Focal Point: I cut a scalloped frame from white cardstock and adhered it to the panel with liquid glue. I then cut the daisies from white cardstock and the center of the daisies from yellow cardstock. The stems were cut from an olive green cardstock. I arranged them inside the frame with foam squares. Sentiment: I cut a small tag from more yellow cardstock. I stamped the sentiment in olive color ink and used the coordinating sentiment die and added a foam squa...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Anything Goes! This week we are featuring products from Altenew . 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 Altenew's Sixties Sunshine embossing folder and the One-go Words & Banners stamps and dies. I like to stretch my supplies by using them in a different way. Using this gorgeous embossing folder I have created textured die cut images. Card base: Side folding A2 card base made from white cardstock. Background: Wonky stitched rectangle die cut from white cardstock to leave a white border. Focal Point: I ran a thick quarter sheet of white cardstock through the embossing folder. I then selected a few of the floral images to color in with copic markers and fussy cut out with detail s...