Paper Gal

Welcome to the Pretty Pink Posh August Blog Hop! I'm excited to share some projects that I have created using some of the adorable products from this new release ! Pretty Pink Posh is giving away three $30 gift certificates - one for each day of the hop. Leave comments along the blog hop for lots of chances to win!  This first project uses the Big Halloween Cupcake die set . This is an A2 size card with an inked blended panel with a candy corn background. I used the different sizes of circles from the die set to create eyeballs for the cupcake to make it a little bit creepy! This second project features the Spooky Mug Additions die , and the  Ghost Holder die set . The bats are from the Big Halloween Cupcake die set and the greeting is from the Halloween Train stamp set . The background is blended with distress inks to create a fun spooky sky. This third project features the Batty About You stamp and die se t. Even though I fussy cut out the images from this set i...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is Back to School! We are featuring products from Alex Syberia .  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's theme is kind of bittersweet for me. Now that we are empty nesters, I miss the hustle and excitement of the new upcoming school year. But I can still enjoy making a project that pays tribute to those wonderful memories!! So I have chosen the simple but classic Alex Syberia Tiny Dot stencil to create the background for my back to school themed card. This card came together very quickly outside of the copic coloring, which I enjoy immensely!  I began with an A2 card base cut from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a panel of light blue cardstock to stencil it with white opaque te...

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a trio of gift tags. I just love having a stash of gift tags available when I need them. I used one of the new emboss and cut folders from the Simon Says Stamp recent release.   I made each tag using a tag die from my stash that I have had for about 10 years. I cut them from white cardstock. I then cut out a panel for each tag using light gray speckled cardstock to leave a white border. The flowers are from the Simon Says Stamp Tumbling Flowers emboss and cut folder. Using the die that comes with the folder, I cut each flower first, then placed them in the folder to emboss and finally colored each one with copic markers. I embossed the leaves with using a metallic colored cardstock and trimmed them out with scissors. I then stamped and heat set the sentiment using liquid platinum embossing powder and clear ink. I then used a paint brush to flick some gray distress ink on the panels and adhered them to the white tag. I also adhered the f...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is  Anything Goes! We are featuring products from Pinkfresh 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's the project was made using a gorgeous stencil set from Pinkfresh Studios. It's called Diamond Plaid and it is perfect of creating a perfect background to showcase your art work! I began with a panel of white cardstock to fit an A2 size card base. I cut it to leave a bit of a white border.  I used only one of two stencils that come in the Diamond Plaid stencil set. I sprayed it with Pixie Spray to help keep the dainty pieces of the stencil in place while I applied distress to the panel with a blending tool.Before I pulled off the stencil, I took a paint brush and splattered distress ink ov...

Tim Holtz is celebrating 15 years with Sizzix and he is bringing back his favorite designs from the vault ! I am happy to share a project using a couple of these very fun die sets. I am such a fan of Tim and everything he does but I especially love his Halloween dies and stamps.  I created this fun card by first adding distress ink with a blending tool to a panel of white cardstock. I then splattered water and white paint to create my spooky skyline. I die cut the graveyard image using the Fright Night die set from black cardstock and added it to the panel. I then die cut several of the spooky images from that set to create a fun scene on that panel. I adhered it to a white card base. I then die cut the sentiment from the Gothic Portraits die set and used the cool alphabet dies from the Coffin Box die set to finish this card off! I hope you enjoyed the project I have shared and got some inspiration. I have listed below the items I used to make this project. If you want to see th...

I'm happy to be participating in the Simon Says Stamp Cheering For You release blog hop. I am sharing a project using the new Swirled Ridges embossing folder three ways! I have a reel on my Instagram showing a quick demonstration of each technique I used. Simon is giving away a $25 shopping spree to a lucky winner! The winner will be picked from the comments left along the hop. Each comment you leave will be an entry into the drawing.  REMEMBER:  If you want to leave a comment on this post, make sure you  include your name  so we can reach you if you are selected for the giveaway!   Copic markers: I first ran a piece of white cardstock through the swirled embossing folder. Using several copic markers I colored each swirl. I then trimmed it down and added to a white A2 card base to leave a bit of a white border. The sentiment was cut 3 times from more white cardstock and ahered together for thickness. I stamped the sub-sentiment on black cardstock w...

It's release day! I'm happy to be sharing a few projects I made with some of the amazing items from the new Simon Says Stamp Cheering For You release 👈 click on the link to see the entire new release. I made this first card with an A2 card base cut from smooth white cardstock. I then die cut a piece of watercolored paper using a stitched rectangle die. I then added red, blue and yellow distress ink with a paint brush mixed with a bit of water for a fun background to showcase the gorgeous new Cosmos Duo floral die that I die cut from white card stock and colored with copic markers. For my sentiment, I die cut the new Sending Love from more white cardstock. Next, again using an A2 size card base I stamped images from the new J ust Write stamp set with black ink on to white cardstock and colored them with copic markers. I then fussy cut them out and popped them up on a cream cardstock panel. I added a sentiment from the stamp set and coordinating dies to cut it out. Last, I m...