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 the amazing 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 sharing a project featuring the Lawn Fawn Money Pocket die . Who doesn't love some cold hard cash as a gift. This way you can at least make it cute!!😂 I created this card with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down another piece of white cardstock to create a custom plaid background. I used dye inks and a stencil to do so. I then die cut the pocket from light green cardstock. I ink blended the edges of the pocket and cut out a gold button. I then added a white poinsettia and foliage at the corner of the pocket for some holiday flair. I stamped th...

I am so ready for a some snow! Each year we seem to less and less. Even though I don't love driving or shoveling it, I look forward to waking up to a white blanket of sparkling snow. I used the new Cozy in the Cold stamp set to create my shaped snowman card for today's post. I created this fun shaped card with white cardstock and nested arched dies. I folded the cardstock in half and used an arched die to create the card base. I then die cut the arch again for the front panel. I stamped the Peace on Earth sentiment in clear ink and heat set with gold embossing powder. I then used a very light ink to stamp the snowman. I wanted to use my Prisma colored pencils to create a no-line look. I fussy cut out the image and added it to another smaller arch die that I ink blended with worn lipstick distress ink. I added some ink splatters and white gel pen detail as well. I hope you enjoyed the project I made and got some inspiration. The And Everything Nice is a really amazing release f...

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a project featuring the new Simon Says Stamp Winter Birdies die set . This set are winter accessories for the Simon Says Stamp Birdies die set . When I was a little girl I used to love those paper doll kits creating outfits and adding accessories! This Winter Birdies dies just tapped into my inner little girl so I had so much fun with this project.  This is an A2 size card base made from bright red cardstock. I masked off a strip of the top and bottom of the a white panel with removable post it tape to ink blend a sunset using a cloud stencil and amber distress ink. I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Birdies out of white cardstock and ink blended the edges of the birds with Pumice Stone distress ink.  I colored in the beaks and legs with copic markers. I then die cut the Winter Birdie Accessories and colored them in with mix of copic and distress ink. I used a sentiment from the CZ Designs Tree Plate stamps and cut it out with the coordin...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Masculine We are featuring the amazing products from Tim Holtz . 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 sharing  a blend of blue distress inks I saw a fellow crafter use that I just thought was so gorgeous. Given this week's theme I jumped at the chance to play with them! I began by trimming down a quarter sheet of turquoise cardstock to fit an A2 size card base to leave a white border. I used my sticky mat to hold the cardstock in place while I added distress inks all around the edges starting with the lightest and working my way to the darkest just to the edges to make the center really pop! I then ran the ink blended panel through an 3d embossing folder for lots of texture. I then used g...

 Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Thank You! We are featuring products from Doodlebug . 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 sharing a project using the adorable Doodlebug Designs 6x6 Polkadot paper pad . I trimmed down a panel of polkadot paper to cover the entire front of an A2 size card base. I then took a panel of white cardstock to ink blend a sky and snow scene using a rectangle stencil. I then stamped the snowman and colored him in with copic markers. I used diamond stickles to add sparkle to the star. I trimmed down the ink blended panel and added it to the polkadot card front with foam tape. I then added the snowman that I cut out and adhered with a foam square. I then stamped the sentiment on the snowbank....

As the most wonderful time of the year draws closer it also becomes more stressful to get things ready. It helps to have a quick and easy way to create many gorgeous cards to send out. I am featuring the amazing Simon Says Stamp Merry Cover Plate . Super simple! I used the Merry Cover plate die to cut once from white, red and pattern paper to create the front of this A2 card base. I added tape runner to front of the card base. I used the white cut first and then just paper pieced the rest of the elements together like a simple puzzle. I added ink to shade the red letters for depth. I stamped the Christmas in red ink and trimmed it down and added it to the bottom right corner of the card base. Last, I added a couple of jewels for a little sparkle. I hope you enjoyed the project I made and got some inspiration. This is a really amazing release for holiday projects! I have provided affiliate links to all the products used. Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting! Supplies:  

I'm so happy to be participating in day 2 of the Simon Says Stamp And Everything Nice Blog Hop . This post will have lots of inspiration, giveaways and a special offer for this blog hop. Don't miss this special offer!👇👇 I am sharing the gorgeous new Poinsettia Cover die . Perfect for mass producing lots of amazing holiday cards! This card came together so easy! I began with an A2 size card base made from cream cardstock. I then used the Poinsettia Cover die to cut it out of white, green, red and gold cardstock. I used a finder dauber to ink blend the edges of the petals and leaves.  I used stencils and stamps to add a pattern to each of the leaves and petals. I then added adhesive to the cover of the card base and paper pieced all of the elements together. I the cut out the sentiment die from more cream and gold cardstock. Simon is giving away a $25 shopping spree to a lucky winner! The winner will be picked from the comments left along the hop and announced Wednesday, Novem...

It's release day! I am sharing a project featuring the CZ Design Tree Plate cover die from the new  Simon Says Stamp And Everything Nice new release. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. Using several sheets of colored cardstock and pattern paper I cut out trees using the new Tree Plate die.  I arranged the tree images on an embossed panel of white cardstock that I mounted on a piece of gold cardstock. I also added gold stars on top of each tree and cut out the Peace die from gold cardstock for extra 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 leave a comment. I love to hear from you! Thank you for stopping by and happy release day!! Supplies:

Today I am participating in an Instagram hop sharing one of the new coordinating dies created by Simon Says Stamp for the Tim Holtz Holiday Things stamp set .  I have used the snowflake image to create a colorful holiday project. I created an A2 size card base from smooth white cardstock. I then cut a stitched rectangle panel from more white cardstock. I used distress ink to stamp a few colorful small snowflakes in a diagonal pattern. Using the MISTI tool I stamped the snowflake image from Tim's stamp set in distress ink. I overlapped the colors of the distress ink when I added it to the snowflake before stamping it on to white cardstock. I then use clear ink and embossing powder to heat set for a bit of shine. I then used the coordinating die for the snowflake to cut out and arrange in a swash pattern over the stamped small snowflakes. I adhered them with 3d foam squares to pop them up. I die cut the sentiment from gold cardstock and added a few flat sequins to finish this project...