Paper Gal

Hello crafty friends! I can't believe it's finally STAMPtember !! Ok I'll turn down the exclamation points, but I'm super excited to be sharing a project from this year's STAMPtember collection. I chose to feature the new Simon Says Stamp My Boo stamp set . Don't ya just want to go party with these cute little ghosts! I cut a panel of white cardstock using a stitched rectangle die. I then used distress inks to blend a festive colorful background. I used a paint brush to add a few ink splatters. I then stamped a few of the cute ghosts from the stamp set in black ink.  I used copic markers to add color to the stamped images. I then fussy cut them out and popped them up with foam squares and added them to the ink blended panel. I added the panel to an A2 size card base. I cut the boo die  from white and purple cardstock and added few sequins for a bit of sparklel. I hope you enjoyed the project I made to kick off STAMPtember. I hope you will head over and take a lo...

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 Pink Fresh Studios . 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 Pink Fresh Studios Mixed Blooms layering stencil set to make a fun shaker card. The card base is made from an white cardstock cut to be an A2 size. I then used a stitched rectangle die to cut a panel that I used to create a floral background. The stencil set have 5 layers. I used a blending brush and distress ink for each layer. I added stickles to a few of the florals. I used a sentiment die and it shadow to create the shaker window. I ink blended the card base with distress ink that would show through the window. I added acetate and foam strips behind the stenciled panel. I ...

My favorite time of the year is soon approaching. I have created a Fall themed project today inspired by neighbor's sunflowers using the gorgeous Sunflower Field embossing folder .  I ran a piece of white cardstock through my die cut machine using the embossing folder. I then trimmed the embossed panel down to leave a thick white border. I then colored the sunflowers using copic markers. (the petals Y21 and Y26, the centers E42, E43 and E44, the sky B000) I die cut a sentiment from my stash. I used white cardstock and fun foam for dimension. I tied some baker's twine around the panel and added a tag with my sub-sentiment stamped on it. I used a paper trimmer to create the tag. I adhered the panel to an A2 size white card base. Here is a photo of my neighbor's yard. I love that she has such a green thumb. Another shot of her garden. I hope you enjoyed the project I have made and got some inspiration. I have listed the supplies I used if you are interested. Thank you for stop...

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 th...

 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 ...