Paper Gal

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge them ~  Fur Feathers Flowers We are featuring products from Spellbinders. 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! It's no secret that I am in love with making my own plaid backgrounds so I am featuring the Spellbinders Plaid Builder stencil set .  I began by choosing one of the four stencils that come in the Spellbinders Plaid Builder stencil set . I wanted to create a simple grid pattern. I placed a piece of white cardstock on a sticky mat to hold it in place then used a blender brush to add the stripes with pink and yellow ink. I then trimmed down the stenciled panel and added it to the A2 size card base. Next, I die cut the flowers from the Flower Power stamp set that has coordinating dies . I cut them from...

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm shopping my stash to find a die that I haven't used in a while to create a fun and simple birthday card. This project features the Simon Says Stamp Big Bow die . I just love the size of it! Very simple card to make! I die cut the bow from pink, yellow and coral colored cardstock. I then added the cut pieces of the bow in my MISTI and stamped with with a swiss dots background stamp in a coordinating ink. I assembled the bow pieces together with liquid glue and a few pieces of foam squares. I adhered them them to a panel of white cardstock cut with a stitched rectangle die to fit an A2 size card base. I trimmed off the excess. Last, I die cut the happy birthday sentiment from silver glitter cardstock. I also cut it out of white cardstock two more times to adhere together for thickness. I hope you enjoyed the project I made and got some inspiration to show some love to those older stamps and dies that you have in your stash.  If you are interested I...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge them ~ Masculine We are featuring products from the amazing Tim Holtz .  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 one of T im Holtz 3d texture fades embossing folder Brickwork . It has such amazing detail almost as if someone carved it! I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down another piece of white cardstock and added distress in to the raised inside of the embossing folder before I ran it through the die cut machine. This technique pushes the ink into the recessed area of the impression.  I then did my die cutting. I cut out the sentiment, stars and letters from white, blue and green cardstock. I adhered them together with liquid glue and...

Hello crafty friends! I am sharing a perfect card for those amazing teachers doing the amazing work they do! This project features the fun new Pencil Emboss and Cut folder . This embossing folder had a die for the pencil shape included. I also used the Thanks Teacher die set to create my background. I began by creating a background panel using the Thank You Teacher die set. I cut it out of white cardstock 6 times and adhered them to a white panel with liquid glue. I trimmed off the over hand of the dies and then trimmed it down a bit to fit onto an A2 size card base. I the cut the pencil shape die 7 times from white cardstock. This die is included with the Pencil Embossing folder. I placed the cut pencil shape into the embossing folder and ran that through my machine. I then colored each pencil with copic markers. Copics used: tip W7, wood E23, metal ring W3 W5, eraser RV81 RV83, pencil body R29 R14 R21 R22 YR04 YR07 Y21 Y26 YG23 YG25 BG11 BG13. If you want a more watercolor look try ...

I'm so happy to be participating in day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp Moments in Time blog hop.  I am sharing a couple of projects for this fun hop. Don't miss the special offer for the blog hop today👇👇 Simon is also giving away a $25 shopping spree to a lucky winner! The winner will be picked from the comments left along the hop and announced on June 4th. Each comment you leave will be an entry into the drawing. 👉 PLEASE NOTE:   If you want to leave a comment on this post, make sure you   include your name   so we can reach you if you are selected for the giveaway!  First up is a color filled project featuring the new  Dainty Floral Vine  and the new  Giggle Hugs die . I die cut a panel of white cardstock using the wonky stitched rectangles dies to fit an A2 size card base to leave a bit of a white border. I then used distress inks to blend the top and bottom corners of the panel. I adhered that to the card base. Next, I die cut the vine and flow...

It's release day! I am sharing a project featuring the new Happy Cover die from the new Simon Says Stamp Moments in Time release. Click HERE to see the entire release. I die cut the Happy Cover die from thick white cardstock. I popped out the letters and used distress ink to color them. I then adhered it to a piece of acetate and added foam strips on each side of the rectangle frame of the die to create the shaker element.  I added the shaker bits and adhered a gray A2 size card base to the foam strips. I then die cut the Sweet die from white cardstock and used more distress ink to color it. I also applied clear embossing ink over the top and heat set it with clear ink for lots of shine. I stamped the word birthday in hot pink ink and also heat embossed it with clear ink for more shine. I cut it out with a tag die and adhered it to the card along with the Sweet sentiment. I hope you enjoyed the project I made and got some inspiration.  I provided affiliate links to all the ...