Paper Gal

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Add a Heart This week we are featuring products from Penny Black . 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 project features the Penny Black Country Bouquet stamp set . I thought I would try my hand at watercoloring. I'm not very good at it but I do love to play around and when I saw this old milk can image it just screamed to be watercolored. I made two projects. The A2 size card was my first attempt at painting the can and the mini-slimline card was my second painting. Which one do you like better?  This first card is made with an A2 size card base from smooth white cardstock. I used a rectangle die to cut out another piece of white cardstock to use a mat behind my focal point. I used water co...

Today I am sharing a project that features new  coordinating dies  for Tim Holtz previously released stamp sets. I am using the new dies that coordinate with the  Tim Holtz The Inspector stamps to create an interesting masculine project. If you hate fussy cutting and love Tim's beautiful stamps, this is exciting to have the coordinating dies to add dimension to your projects. Tim just inspires my artistic side!  I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth with cardstock. I used a copic marker to add color to the edges of the card front. I then took a piece of white cardstock to create the background panel for my project. I used the elements from the stamp set to create a interesting pattern for my background.  I then stamped the inspector image and clock in vintage photo and colored thim in with colored pencils. I stamped the clock image again this time using clear ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I used the coordinating dies to ...

I am so happy to be participating in the Simon Says Stamp new coordinating dies for Tim Holtz Stamps Instagram Hop. Click HERE to go the hop. Here is a look at all the new coordinating dies . Today I made a masculine Valentine's card featuring the Tim Holtz Correspondence stamp and new coordinating dies . Card base: A2 size cut from smooth white cardstock. Focal Point: Simon Says Stamp Simple Happy Valentine's Day die cut from red cardstock and the shadow out of white cardstock ink blended with Salty Ocean distress ink. Background: Images stamped in black ink and cut with the coordinating dies popped up with foam squares on the stenciled plaid panel. 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. Make sure you visit the hop for tons more inspiration and a chance to win a shopping spree at the Simon store. Happy hop day!! Supplies:

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Anything Goes! This week 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's project features the Pink & Main Pocket Full of Posies embossing folder and a popular technique! I made three projects for this week's challenge but all were created the same way. I began by creating an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down another piece of white cardstock to create my background panel which I ran through the embossing folder. I then turned it over and added distress ink directly over the entire top surface of the panel. The ink pad left ink on the raised portions of the embossing while leaving the "valley" surfaces whi...

Hello crafty friends! I am sharing a CAS - clean and simple project with you today. Sometimes I make extra die cuts, backgrounds, stamped and cut sentiments to keep on hand if I want to throw together a quick card. This card was made entirely from left over elements from past projects. Card base: A2 size top folding card made from red cardstock. Background panel: White cardstock ran through an embossing folder trimmed down to leave a border. Focal point: Pretty Poppies flower dies cut from white cardstock and ink blended with distress ink and ink splatters. Elements of the the flowers are adhered together with glue and popped up with foam squares. Sentiment: stamped in red ink on white cardstock and cut out with a coordinating die. 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. Thank you for stopping by! Super easy! Supplies:

Today I am sharing a project that features new coordinating dies for Tim Holtz previously released stamp sets. I am using the new dies that coordinate with the Tim Holtz The Professor stamp set to create a colorful card. If you hate fussy cutting and love Tim's beautiful stamps this is exciting to have coordinating dies to add dimension to your projects. Tim just inspires my artistic side! I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then created a ink blended panel with distress inks and spritz some water and white paint all over it. I set it aside to dry. I then stamped some of the images from the stamp set all over the panel with black ink. I used diamond stickles to add sparkle to the lightbulbs. I stamped the Profession a piece of thick white cardstock in a sticky black ink and heat set with clear embossing powder for shine. I then added distress ink to his image. I did the same thing with the pointing hand. I used the coordinating dies to cut out h...

Hi all and welcome to another week of the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge . This week's challenge theme ~  Use Stencils! This week 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! The focus this week is the fun background I created with the Simon Says Stamp Falling in Love stencil . I used a great technique of masking off hearts to create a multi color hearts. Background: Using the Simon Says Stamp Falling in Love Stencil I create masks for each of the different shapes of hearts to be able to apply multiple colors. I have an  IG Reel showing this process. After I inked each color and shape heart I removed the stencil and added dots with a copic marker that coordinated with that color. I also used a white gel pen for more dimension. I adhered the background to ...