Paper Gal

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is   Thinking of You We are featuring products from This Calls for Confetti . 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 taking a small break from holiday cards to create a bright cheerful card to let you know that I am thinking of you! For a little bit of sparkle I am using This Calls for Confetti Sparkle all the Way confetti . I created this card using an A2 card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down another panel of white cardstock to create a diy plaid background. I taped down to the panel to my work surface and used long pieces of post it tape to create the lines that I ink blended with distress ink.  I just eyeballed each line I added and varied the thickness using a blender ...

Hello crafty friends! I'm showing some love to items in my stash that haven't been used in a while. Hope you get some inspiration to "shop" your stash and create! I created this mini-slimline card using a white cardstock base. The base is about 3 1/4 inches by 6 1/4 inches. I then trimmed down a piece of gray cardstock to leave a bit of a white border and ran that through my  Swirled Ridges embossing folder  for some amazing texture. I used tape runner all over the back of that embossed panel to make sure it stuck nice and flat to my cardbase. I always use a little extra adhesive when adhering a piece of cardstock that has lots of texture.  I then took the  Stars die set  and cut out several stars from various shades of cardstock scraps. This is a great die set that has so many sizes of stars to cut out at once! I then spent what seemed like 10 hours😁 arranging the stars across the embossed panel before I adhered them with foam squares and liquid glue.  I ...

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 Gina K Designs . 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 the gorgeous Gina K Designs Zinnia stencil with a project I have made for this week's stencil. I'm also in need of a cheery birthday card for a friend and thought this stencil would be perfect to use. I made this card using an A2 size card base cut from smooth white cardstock. I then took another piece of cardstock to use the Zinnia stencil to create a colorful and textured background using distress ink and transparent texture gloss. After I added the distress ink through the stencil, I left it in place and added the texture glaze over the stencil with an of- set spatula. I set it aside to dr...

Hello crafty friends! I am happy to share a project I created with the amazing Brilliant Poinsettia emboss and cut folder to create some texture overload! I created this card using an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then masked off a rectangle on another piece of white cardstock to create an ink blended and stamped background.  I began with salvaged patina distress ink and a round blending tool to add the first layer. Next, I added a darker shade of ink to the edges with a darker blue. Before pulling off the mask I stamped the text background using the same darker blue ink and added some gold paint splatter. I then die cut the panel out using a stitched rectangle die and adhered it to the card base. Here the steps I took to create the very textured poinsettias: I first used the coordinating die that is included with the purchase of the Brilliant Poinsettia embossing folder and cut out three poinsettia shapes from white cardstock. I then took those shapes I c...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is   Christmas We are featuring products from Pink and 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! I am so happy to share a project using the Pink and Main Stitched Circle Frame dies . This is an absolute must have for your crafting arsenal. I just love to create a little scene on a card and these dies are perfect to frame it! I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down a panel of more white cardstock to run through a snowflake embossing folder. I adhered that panel to the card base using double sided tape. To make the snowy scene I die cut a circle and ink blended it using distress ink. I then die cut several small snowflakes from white cardstock and glued them to th...

Hello crafty friends! Today I will be sharing a pair of Christmas cards using a couple of dies from the Simon Says Stamp Sweet Wishes release . I began with an A2 size card base for both cards and they are virtually identical and were made the same way. I then used a wonky stitched rectangle die to cut a panel from colored cardstock.  I then used distress ink to add darker colors to the edges. I then used white paint and gold paint mixed with water to add splatter to the inked panels. I used the same wonky stitched rectangle die to cut out a white panel that I will use for a snow drift. I used a stitched border landscape die to create the drift. I then die cut the Stylized Tree die out of white cardstock 3 times for thickness. I adhered together with liquid glue and adhered it to the inked panel. I then die cut the Merry Christmas sentiment from gold matte cardstock and added it to the center top portion of the tree with liquid glue. Last, I added white crystal gems to the branch...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme is   Halloween/Spooky! 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! I always look forward to this time of the year! Starting with Halloween which has been my favorite since I was a little child. I am so happy to share a project this week featuring some my favorite spooky designs from Simon Says Stamp. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. Using one of the thin frame dies I cut two frames out once from black and once for white cardstock. The inside of the white frame stenciled with the wavy rays stencil and distress inks. I have an Instagram reel showing exactly how I did this. I die cut the sentiment from black cardstock seve...