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 Studio Light . 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 a sparkly holiday project with you today. I am in full swing of creating holiday cards so hopefully I will be prepared to send them out in time! I began by die cutting the bottle brush trees from different colors of glitter cardstock. I cut the centers of the bottle brush trees out of white cardstock and glueing them to the centers of the trees. I arranged the trees on an embossed snowflake background with foam squares. I adhered the embossed panel to an A2 size card base cut from white cardstock. I then stamped the sentiment in clear ink and heat set it using platinum embossing powder. I cut the se...

Hello crafty friends! I'm sharing a project featuring the Charming Berry Branch die from the  Simon Says Stamp Sugar & Spice release . I wanted to make a very special holiday card for a dear friend. This is an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then ran a quarter sheet of white cardstock through an embossing folder to add texture to the first layer. The next layer is a panel trimmed down from cream colored cardstock. I used a script background stamp and a blending tool with brown ink to create vintage distressed look. I used a paint brush to add pink, white and brown splatter. I then cut the Charming Berry Branch die out twice from white cardstock and used distress ink to color them. I adhered them to the panel with 3d foam squares to pop them up. I then tied gold twine around the panel and added a stamped and heat embossed sentiment over the top. Last I added a few die cut snowflakes with glitter added with liquid glue. I added that panel to the card ba...

 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Clean & Simple 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 project might not look simple but it was all die cutting and a litte embossing so for me, it was very simple and clean looking. The card base is an A2 size made from red cardstock. I used the same cardstock to create the scalloped circle frame and Happy Christmas sentiment. I used a circle die cut from white cardstock to fit inside the red scalloped circle. I then cut the sweater image from the emboss and cut folder and used the coordinating die that is included. I cut it twice from red and then green cardstock and used scissors to piece the sweater together. I ran a quarter sheet of...

Hello crafty friends, I'm in full swing of creating lots of holiday cards. I am sharing a fun and simple project today.  I have created this cozy cookie card featuring the adorable Simon Says Stamp Gingerbread die. I cut the gingerbread man die out twice from craft cardstock. Using the elements that comes with the die set I cut them from red, white and green cardstock to decorate the cookies. I made a boy and girl just by placing the bow tie on the head. I created an A2 size card base out of white cardstock. I then trimmed down a panel of white cardstock that I ran through a sweater embossing folder to create a warm texture for my background for the cookies. I distressed the edges of the embossed panel with brown ink. I added a Merry Christmas sentiment using more red and green cardstock. I hope you enjoyed the project I made and got some inspiration for your holiday cardmaking.  I provided affiliate links to all the supplies at no additional cost to you. If you have any quest...

Hello crafty friends! Sharing a trio of adorable shaker holiday tags with you today. I am featuring the stinkin' cute Christmas Cats stamp set from the Simon Says Stamp Sugar & Spice release . I stamped the adorable kitty images from the stamp set in black ink and colored them in using copic markers and added detail with a white gel pen. I then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I then die cut the tags out of white cardstock and ink blended them with distress ink. I used a smaller tag die to cut out the window of each tag and added acetate and foam strips to create the shaker element for each tag. I used a cloud stencil for the background and added a snowdrift for the kitties to sit on as well as a stamped sentiment cut out with the coordinating die. I hope you enjoyed the tag set I made and got some inspiration.  I provided affiliate links to all the supplies at no additional cost to you. If you have any questions, please leave a comment. Thank you for stopping by! S...

 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Get Ready for Christmas We are featuring products from Spellbinders . 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 getting ready for Christmas by making a warm and cozy holiday card featuring the Spellbinders Sweater Weather embossing folder and the Plaid Builder Layering stencil set . I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I trimmed down another piece of white cardstock to fit inside of an embossing folder. Before I ran that panel through the embossing folder I designed a custom plaid background using distress inks with the plaid building stencil set.  I adhered my embossed and inked panel to the card base. I then cut a scalloped circle die and ink blended it w...

I'm so happy to be participating in day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp Sugar & Spice Blog Hop. This post will have lots of inspiration, giveaways and a special offer for this blog hop. Special Offer👇👇👇 This first project features the Candy Cane Plate die and the Fancy Joy & Cheer die set . This card came together effortlessly. I can see making a whole bunch for the holiday season. All die cutting! Next, I created a holiday card featuring the Charming Berry Branch die that I cut from light green cardstock and added to a dark green panel of cardstock for contrast. I added a few red jewels for the berries with a sentiment from the new CZ Designs Inside Greetings Holiday stamp set . Last, I used the coordinating die that is included with the Santa Faces Emboss and cut set . I love the texture and detail that this 3d embossing folder gives to the cute santa faces. I colored them in with copic markers and again used a light green background strip for contrast. Super easy to mak...

It's release day! I am sharing a project featuring the Intricate Bottle Brush Trees die set and the Holiday Duo Sentiment die set from the new Simon Says Stamp Sugar and Spice release .  I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then ran a panel of cream cardstock through a swiss dots embossing folder. I trimmed that down to leave a white border. I then used the Bottle Brush dies to cut several trees from scraps of colored cardstock. I glued them together and arranged them on the cream panel with foam strips. I stamped the sub-sentiment using clear ink and heat set with gold embossing powder on white card stock and trimmed it out and added it under the trees with foam strips. Last, I cut the stars and Joy from gold cardstock and added them to the card for a bit of shine. I hope you enjoyed the project I made and got some inspiration.  I provided affiliate links to all the supplies at no additional cost to you. If you have any questions, please l...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Bright and Cheerful We are featuring products from AALL & Create . 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 made a very bright and cheerful card for a friend that needs cheering up using the AALL & Create Lava Lamp stencil . I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then took a 1/4 sheet of thick white cardstock to ink blend with distress ink using the AALL & Create Lava Lamp stencil. After I added the ink with a blender brush I cleaned the stencil and then placed it back over the inked panel to add shinny texture paste with an off set spatula or pallet knife. While that panel was drying I die cut the frame, flowers, and sentiment from white cardstock. I c...