Paper Gal

 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is  Anything Goes! 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! This week I am sharing the Simon Says Stamp Cherry Blossom emboss and cut folder . I am such a big fan of these folders! Such amazing quality and design. I have used the dies that are included with this folder 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 an...

I'm so happy to be sharing a fun project today featuring the To the Happy Couple stamps and dies from the latest Celebrate Simon Says Stamp release . I made this card a while ago and I'm just now getting a chance to share it here on my blog.  I made this card using an A2 sized top folding card base from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a piece of pattern paper from my stash to leave a bit of a white border. I used a wonky stitched rectangle die to create a ink blended panel. I then stamped the images from the new To the Couple stamp set using black ink and colored the images in with copic markers. I die cut them out using the coordinating stamps. I stamped the sentiment on the inked panel and adhered the bride and groom with foam squares. So simple!! This is a great set for an easy and adorable wedding card. This set can be custom made for the happy couple even down to their hair color! This is a must have in my stash. I hope you enjoyed the project I have made and...

 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is  Fur or Feathers 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! I am so happy to share some inspiration for this week's challenge. I don't know if little piggies have fur or not but I just could't resist the adorable Whimsy Piggies Crushed It stamp set  for my project this week! I began this first card using an A2 card base made from smooth white cardstock. Using the wonky stitched rectangle die I cut a panel out of more white cardstock. I then chose a circle die to cut from scratch paper to create a mask. I added removable tape to the back of the mask. I then ink blended clouds over the mask using a could stencil and blue ink. I then used the same ink to creat...

I've been wanting to play with the Honey Bee Lovely Layers Hydrangea die set for a long time now. I finally got my hands on this amazing die set. I was inspired by a photo that was posted on Pinterest that I had saved on my color inspiration board.  I began with an A2 top folding card base made from smooth white cardstock. Using a basket weave embossing folder I ran a piece of cream cardstock to create a panel that would leave a bit of a white border. I then die cut all the layers from the hydrangea die set. I used distress oxide inks to add color to each layer of flowers and the to the leaves. Between each layer I adhered them together with foam squares. I then added it to the cream embossed panel with liquid glue.  I then die cut the Miss You sentiment from gold cardstock. I die cut it three more times from white cardstock to create thickness. Using liquid glue a I added it to the bottom right corner of the panel. To finish this card off I wanted a bit of sparkle, I added a...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is  Use Pattern Paper We are featuring products from  Doodlebug . 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! I am so happy to share some inspiration for this week's challenge. I have chosen to use the Doodlebug Polka dot 6x6 paper pad for my project. I began with a top folding A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then took another piece of white cardstock and scored lines vertically about a half inch apart. I then took this scored panel and using a distress ink pad I ran it across the scored lines to achieve a wood grain look. I trimmed this panel down to leave a bit of a white border.  For the scene I added a cloud border on the top.  I glued the twine down for the banners that I cut...

I'm happy to be sharing some fun birthday themed projects using only the items in this new card kit . If you want to check out the kit just click HERE . My first project is a set of birthday tags. I used the cupcake and sentiment from the Sweet Birthday stamp set. I colored them with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I also used the gorgeous pattern paper from the kit to create the tags. My second project is a birthday card also featuring the cupcake stamps and dies from the kit. I die cut a rectangle panel and ink blended a background with distress oxide inks to coordinate with the colors of each cupcake. The sentiment is from the Sweet Birthday stamp set .  My last project is another fun birthday card using the gorgeous holographic cardstock from the kit along with the Birthday Wishes sentiment die. I think the star of this card is the amazing texture of the Winslow Medallions embossing folder paired with the holographic cardstock. This photo does not...

I'm so happy to share a project I made using the new Tim Holtz Abstract Florals stamp and coordinating dies . If you haven't seen his new release of goodies, click HERE ! The A2 size card base is made from smooth white cardstock. I then used another piece of white cardstock to create a background using a stencil and distress inks. First ink blend the panel with a lighter ink and then add the stencil over that panel and use a darker ink with the stencil for that two toned look. I trimmed the panel down to leave a bit of a white border.I then stamped the a few of the floral images from the stamp set in copic friendly black ink on white cardstock. I colored the images using copic markers. I then fussy cut the florals out and added them to the stenciled panel with foam squares. I die cut the sentiment out of white cardstock three times and glued together for thickness. The sub-sentiment was stamped on to black cardstock and heat set using white embossing powder. I trimmed it down t...

Welcome to the Pretty Pink Posh May Blog Hop - day 2. I'm excited to share some projects that I have created using some of the adorable new products from this release . Pretty Pink Posh is giving away $30 gift certificates - one for each day of the hop. Leave comments along the blog hop for lots of chances to win!  Celebrate Cupcake card: I created this card using the new Big Celebration Cupcake die set . I created a patriotic plaid background and the eyelet rectangle die cut from vellum to showcase this cupcake. I colored the images from this die set with distress inks. Hello Little One card: I created this card using the new Baby Mug addition die set and Baby Basics stamp set . I ink blended soft colors on opposite corners of the background using distress oxide inks. I die cut the images from the die set from colored and white cardstock. I added color the white cardstock images with distress ink. I stamped the sentiment in white embossing ink and heat set that with white emboss...