Paper Gal

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme   Anything Goes! We are featuring products from Gina K Designs . 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 sharing the gorgeous Gina K Designs Zinnia stencil with a project I have made for this week's stencil. I'm also in need of a cheery birthday card for a friend and thought this stencil would be perfect to use. I made this card using an A2 size card base cut from smooth white cardstock. I then took another piece of cardstock to use the Zinnia stencil to create a colorful and textured background using distress ink and transparent texture gloss. After I added the distress ink through the stencil, I left it in place and added the texture glaze over the stencil with an of- set spatula. I set it aside to dr...

Hello crafty friends! I am happy to share a project I created with the amazing Brilliant Poinsettia emboss and cut folder to create some texture overload! I created this card using an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then masked off a rectangle on another piece of white cardstock to create an ink blended and stamped background.  I began with salvaged patina distress ink and a round blending tool to add the first layer. Next, I added a darker shade of ink to the edges with a darker blue. Before pulling off the mask I stamped the text background using the same darker blue ink and added some gold paint splatter. I then die cut the panel out using a stitched rectangle die and adhered it to the card base. Here the steps I took to create the very textured poinsettias: I first used the coordinating die that is included with the purchase of the Brilliant Poinsettia embossing folder and cut out three poinsettia shapes from white cardstock. I then took those shapes I c...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is   Christmas We are featuring products from Pink and Main . 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 a project using the Pink and Main Stitched Circle Frame dies . This is an absolute must have for your crafting arsenal. I just love to create a little scene on a card and these dies are perfect to frame it! I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a panel of more white cardstock to run through a snowflake embossing folder. I adhered that panel to the card base using double sided tape. To make the snowy scene I die cut a circle and ink blended it using distress ink. I then die cut several small snowflakes from white cardstock and glued them to th...

Hello crafty friends! Today I will be sharing a pair of Christmas cards using a couple of dies from the Simon Says Stamp Sweet Wishes release . I began with an A2 size card base for both cards and they are virtually identical and were made the same way. I then used a wonky stitched rectangle die to cut a panel from colored cardstock.  I then used distress ink to add darker colors to the edges. I then used white paint and gold paint mixed with water to add splatter to the inked panels. I used the same wonky stitched rectangle die to cut out a white panel that I will use for a snow drift. I used a stitched border landscape die to create the drift. I then die cut the Stylized Tree die out of white cardstock 3 times for thickness. I adhered together with liquid glue and adhered it to the inked panel. I then die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment from gold matte cardstock and added it to the center top portion of the tree with liquid glue. Last, I added white crystal gems to the branch...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is   Halloween/Spooky! 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! I always look forward to this time of the year! Starting with Halloween which has been my favorite since I was a little child. I am so happy to share a project this week featuring some my favorite spooky designs from Simon Says Stamp. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. Using one of the thin frame dies I cut two frames out once from black and once for white cardstock. The inside of the white frame stenciled with the wavy rays stencil and distress inks. I have an Instagram reel showing exactly how I did this. I die cut the sentiment from black cardstock seve...

I'm so excited to share some projects made with the new Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit - Christmas Cheer. This is packed with everything you would need to make fabulous holiday projects!! This set of holiday cards came together very easily! I used the layering punch out images to create the adorable scenes. I used the the foam squares that are included in the kit for amazing dimension. I then die cut the gorgeous JOY die that is included in the kit. I used the thick white cardstock and the metallic red cardstock. All included in the set! I think I made all of these cards in about 20 minutes! I hope you enjoyed the projects I have made using this new Christmas Cheer November Card Kit  and got some inspiration.  I have listed the items I used and provided links if you are interested in purchasing any of these items. Thank you so much for stopping by! Supplies:

I'm happy to be participating in day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp Sweet Wishes blog hop. I am sharing a project using the gorgeous new Poinsettia Field embossing folder . I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then placed another piece of white cardstock inside the Poinsettia Field embossing folder and ran it through my die cut machine to create the impression. I then trimmed it down to fit the card base and leave a thin border. I colored the raised poinsettias with copic markers. Using gold paint and a paintbrush, I painted the centers of each flower. I used a sentiment from the new Heartfelt Snowflakes stamp set . I stamped it using clear embossing ink and sprinkled gold embossing powder over and heat set it. When it was cooled I used the coordinating die to cut it out and added to the uncolored area of the embossed panel with foam tape. There is a special offer for this blog hop! 👇👇👇Just follow the steps to receive your free gift! Simon is also g...