Paper Gal

Hello crafty friends! Today I wanted share a fun daisy wreath card that I made for a dear friend I have been missing. She loves daisies so I pulled out the Simon Says Stamp Rustic Layering flower die set to create the perfect daisy! I began with an A2 card base made from smooth white cardstock. I used a gingham background stamp to create a patterned panel stamped with distress ink. I trimmed that down using a stitched rectangle die to leave a white border. I die cut the Hugs sentiment from coral cardstock and twice more from white cardstock for thickness. I adhered them together with liquid glue. I then die cut sets of daisy heads from the Rustic Layering Flower die set out of white cardstock. I used copic markers to color the centers of the daisies. I arranged them in a wreath pattern on the background panel and adhered them with foam squares for dimension. I then stamped the sub-sentiment with the same ink I used for the background and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I the...

 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Stitch It! We are featuring products from  Waffle Flower . 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 the  Waffle Flower Overlapping Vertical MERRY die . If you look closely I added liquid glitter stitching all around the MERRY letters. Sorry the photos don't show it too well. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then created a plaid background using a grid paper pad, post-it tape and distress oxides. I have a little video showing that technique over on my Instagram page. I cut the MERRY die from white cardstock three times and adhered together with liquid glue. I then used liquid Stickles to add sparkly stitching around each letter and...

I am so happy to be participating in the Tim Holtz Halloween Stamps and Simon Says Stamp new coordinating dies Instagram Hop. Click HERE to go the hop. I have created a fun card featuring the new coordinating dies for the Tim Holtz Tiny Frights stamp set . I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then ink blended a panel of white cardstock using distress oxides. I stamped the sentiment in clear ink on black cardstock and heat set it with white embossing powder. I cut it out using frame dies and added it to the upper center of the ink blended panel. Next, I stamped the candy images from the stamp in black ink and colored them using copic markers. I used the new coordinating dies to cut them out and arrange them around the ink blended panel. I used scissors to trim off the overhand and adhere to the card base leaving a thin white border. I hope you enjoyed the project I made and got some inspiration.  I provided affiliate links to all the supplies at no a...

Exciting news! Simon Says Stamp has created new coordinating die sets for the 2025 Tim Holtz Fall and Halloween stamp sets. I am featuring the Tim Holtz Pumpkinheads stamps with their new coordinating dies. When you open the card there is a little spooky surprise inside. I will have a link to a YouTube video on how to create this fun fold card at the bottom of this post. I have a little video to show how this fun fold card opens. This is the Tim Holtz Pumkinhead Stamp set that now has coordinating dies! The card base is made from black cardstock. I then trimmed down pieces of white cardstock to create panels for the folds of the card. I used a mix of fall colors to create a plaid background using a ruler and copic markers. I also used distress sprays on watercolor paper with a bat stencil to create one of the panels.  I then stamped the pumpkins using black ink and clear embossing powder that I heat set. I colored them with distress inks and used the coordinating dies to cut them...

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a fun project I created using the new Simon Says Stamp September Card Kit. This is truly an amazing card kit packed full of dies, stamps, cardstock and more to create amazing birthday themed projects. The name of this kit is perfect - Birthday Blitz! I made the card base from smooth white cardstock cut to for an A2 size. I then cut a panel from cream cardstock to run through the Birthday Sentiments embossing folder that is included in the kit. I trimmed that down to leave a white border. I cut out all the elements of the Ferris Wheel die from scraps of colored cardstock in my stash. I arranged and adhered the ferris wheel on the embossed cream panel with foam squares. Last, I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set included in the kit using gold embossing powder on white cardstock. After I heat set the powder I trimmed it out and added it under the ferris wheel with more foam squares. I hope you loved the project I made and got some inspiration....

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Not a Card We are featuring products from Lawn Fawn . 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 the adorable Lawn Fawn Winter Skies stamp set . I wanted to get a jump on my imminent need for holiday gift tags! I stamped a gingham background on cream cardstock with black ink and die cut out a tag. I then stamped the cute image from the Lawn Fawn Winter Skies in black ink that copic friendly which I used to color the image in. I fussy cut them out and adhered to a circle of cream cardstock that I used for the inside of the wavy circle frame cut from craft cardstock. Last, I cut the Merry Christmas die out of black and red cardstock and adhered to the top and bottom of the framed images. I ...

I am happy to be sharing a project featuring sentiments from the Simon Says Stamp Loving Thoughts stamp set and coordinating dies . I have used this sentiment with a lovely layered daisy stencil set. I began by placing a quarter sheet of white cardstock on a craft tacky mat to hold the stencil in place while I used distress oxide to apply ink with a blender brush.  I did not have to apply ink to the daisy head stencil. I wanted to leave it white. I then trimmed down the stenciled panel to fit an A2 size card base. I wanted to leave a white border and room at the bottom for a sentiment. I tied some burlap twine around the bottom part of the panel. I then stamped the sentiment in clear ink on white cardstock and and added gold embossing powder over it. After shaking off the excess and pouring it back into the container, I heat set the stamped sentiment and used the coordinating die to cut it out and added it to the bottom of the card using foam squares. I just love layering stencil s...

 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Quite Quirky! We are featuring products from Paper Artsy . 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 going out of my comfort zone and using a new medium. I am going to create two stenciled backgrounds using Paper Artsy Watermelon Chalk Acrylic paint and a sponge dauber. I just love the results! I made two cards two different ways. I started with an A2 white card base made from smooth white cardstock for both.  Chalk paint was a new medium for me so I did a little research on how to use it. I chose to stencil both cards using the chalk paint using a make up sponge. I found using a low tack adhesive spray helped keep the dainty stencil in place and prevented bleeding. Using a make up spon...