Paper Gal

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 from the pattern

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

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is  Use Die Cuts We are featuring products from Memory Box . 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 Memory Box A2 Rectangle Frame dies for my project. I made this card with an A2 size card base cut from smooth white cardstock. I then used a wonky stitched die to cut out a panel with the plaid image to fit on the card base with a bit of a white border. To make the plaid background: Used a rectangle die to cut out the center of an A2 size panel of vellum paper to create my mask. I then added removable tape to the back of my mask and applied it to a piece of white cardstock. I then taped off the areas I wanted to ink blend with

I am happy to share a fun project made with a few of the goodies from the new Simon Says Stamp Celebrate release . I used the new Whirl Butterflies die and Flower Power stencil to create a this tag. Using a tag die from my stash, I cut it twice. Once from white cardstock and once from yellow cardstock. Using the Flower Power stencil and soft colored inks I created a pretty background on the white tag. I then die cut the Whirl Butterflies from red and pink colored cardstock. I adhered them to the stenciled tag with foam squares. I used white puffy paint to create the bodies for the butterflies for a bit of dimension. I then stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I hope you have enjoyed the project I shared and got some inspiration. I have listed and linked the supplies below for your convenience. Please feel free to leave a message if you have any questions. Thank you for stopping by! Supplies:

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is  Feminine We are featuring products from Penny Black . 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 the Penny Black Postage clear stamp set to create my project to share. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a piece of gray cardstock to leave a bit of a border. I used distress ink to add shading to the corners. I the stamped the one of the images from the stamp set on white cardstock using a gray ink. I then used the coordinating die to cut it out. I adhered this to the inked panel. I then trimmed another piece of gray cardstock to fit the inside of the postage image.  I then stamped other other images on this inside gray panel before adhering to t