Paper Gal

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...

Hello crafty friends! Sharing a Christmas shaker card with you today. I love making a predominantly white card with a pop of color.. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a quarter size sheet of white cardstock to run through a brick embossing folder. I adhered it to the front of the card base. I then cut out the Arched window four times. Three times from white cardstock and once from acetate. I adhered all the window cuts together with liquid glue to create my shaker element. I added foam strips around the window to hold the sequins.  I then trimmed out a thin piece of white cardstock to fit the back of the window. I cut out a few snowflakes and added that to the back window panel. I cut out the branches from green cardstock and the berries from red metallic cardstock. I added a tie at the top with white twine. I stamped the greeting in red ink and used a coordinating die to cut it out and added it under the branches with foam tape...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Think Pink! We are featuring products from Pink & 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! This week I have made a fun layered birthday card using the Pink & Main Pocket Full of Posies embossing folder. I began by creating the background panel for this card. I used watercolor cardstock trimmed down and placed inside the embossing folder that I ran through my die cut machine. I then added direct to paper the distress inks dragging them across the raised flowers. I used a water mister to blend the shades of pink togher. I did the same technique when I cut out the decorative panel. I die cut the birthday sentiment out of colored cardstock and adhered it to under the dragonfly with 3d foam squares. I ...