Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post using the Simon Says Stamp May card kit called Beautiful Butterflies. As usual, I focus on the stamp set which is also called Beautiful Butterflies and sold alone. There are dies for the stamp set as well, although I didn't have them, so mine are fussy cut (and you can tell!). You can also buy the paper alone and it is so gorgeous - I used it on a few of my cards. Here is an image of the kit: CARD 1: My first card uses my favorite technique I call "random stamping". I've told you before and I'll say it once again; I love puzzles which is why I enjoy... Continue reading

Hello my masked, staying home, lysol wiped friends! These are CRAZY times without a doubt, but there is always something positive to find in any situation. My positive is getting more crafting time! Today is the new My Favorite Things release and I was so excited to play with two of the new stamp sets. I have a card to share with you using Always Bring A Smile and another slim-line card using Hanging With My Gnomies. Can I just say right up front that I have no idea what a Gnomie is or why they are suddenly popular in the stamping world, BUT I absolutely adore them. I love elves and collect Christmas ones and I played with a... Continue reading

Hi friends! Today is the first day of the Simon Says Stamp new release called Sunny Days Ahead. That statement could definitely have 2 meanings and in my life it is currently the less desired one. It is SO sunny here - in the 90's this week and breaking all kinds of heat records. And I live a mile from the beach, but can't go - wahhh (I know, I know - I deserve no sympathy). But I, like most of you, am looking forward to the second meaning which is things improving on the health front. But enough of that - this is a happy blog hop! So let's get started... I have a new set of watercolor cards... Continue reading

Hello friends! Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the BRAND NEW special edition card kit by Simon Says Stamp called Celebrating Mothers. These special edition kits sell out fast - just a warning because I care about you and what you want - hahaha (but true). This kit has a beautiful stamp set that I focused on called Mom's Meadow. Here is an image of the kit and the stamp set: CARD 1: I started this card by stamping the large grouping of flowers in the stamp set on the top and the bottom with white embossing powder. I added some of the smaller flowers to fill in around the grouping. I... Continue reading

We have waited quite a while for another Hello Bluebird release (as I live for them haha!) and this one did not disappoint. With all of the "crazy" going on, it took a lot of time to bring this release to fruition and the dies are shipping a little after the stamps, but should be here soon. I personally fussy cut all mine out and it was so easy I might have to stop buying dies. I think I'm the only person who enjoys it though! I made four cards with the new sets, so let's get started! CARD 1: PICKED FOR YOU I made this card using the new Picked For You stamp set. I started by making the... Continue reading

Hello party hoppers! I hope everyone is well out there and are getting a little positive energy/distraction from today's blog party by Simon Says Stamp called United We Craft. You can visit the link HERE to get to the SSS blog where there are over 100 blogs linked with lots of inspiration using older/previous SSS products to inspire you. I used a SSS cling background stamp called Cosmos Bloom that came out in the Believe In You release a few months ago. Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share, but I actually have 6 cards and I'll explain why as I go along. Here we go! CARD 1: My first card is the one that is... Continue reading

Hi friends! Today I am a guest designer for the Pinkfresh Studio March 2020 Essentials Slim Cuts Release Blog Hop!!! I'm so happy you came to visit today. I think they asked me to participate (my first time with Pinkfresh) because I make so many slim-line cards. And I was very happy to get a chance to get my hands on these amazing new dies as Pinkfresh is the first company that I am aware of that has come out with dies for slim-line cards. Here is an image of all of the new dies: Today I have 2 cards to share with you using the new dies and some Pinkfresh Studio stamps. CARD 1: My first card uses the... Continue reading

Today Pretty Pink Posh has debuted a new Spring release including baby products. I love that they introduced a baby line of products with Spring as it seems all things bloom and are new in Spring - even little ones! I just wish our world was more "springy" right now, but hopefully it will be back to normal soon. Today I have a few things to share with you showing off the new products. You can purchase the entire new product bundle for 10% off RIGHT HERE. Here is an image: There are two new baby stamp sets - one is a 4x6 set called Baby and the other is a 3x4 set called Little One. Here they are colored... Continue reading

Today is the release of the Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit called Follow the Rainbows. I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you today, but it doesn't really qualify for that title. I think I should retitle this post "one kit, six ways"! I usually focus on the stamp set in a kit, but this time I have 4 of my watercolor cards in the kit, so I am using those as well which got me to 6 cards. Here is an image of the kit: There are several items that are sold alone in the kit including the 4x6" stamp set which is also called Follow the Rainbows. The Clouds for Days stencil is... Continue reading

Hey peeps, today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you that is full of peeps! I am using the brand new Special Edition Easter Kit by Simon Says Stamp called Cottontail Wishes. It is chock full of all things Easter. As usual, I am focusing on the stamp set which is also called Cottontail Wishes and can be purchased alone. Here is an image of the full kit: There are several items from this kit that can be purchased alone including the Easter Basket Die, the Peeking Bunny Die, and the Grassy Edges Stencil. I now have 5 cards to share with you using the kit: CARD 1: My first card is a shaker card... Continue reading

Today is the newest MFT release and I have two cards to share with you using the newest stamp set by Stacey Yacula called Sky High. Here is an image of it: I think this one is so so cute (but I think ALL of her sets are so so cute which is why I work with them each month!). I wanted to make more cards with it, but I only got 2 done this time. Hopefully their cuteness factor will make this a quality over quantity post haha. CARD 1: My first card is a slim-line horizontal card. The measurements are 3.5" tall x 8.5" wide. I cut another piece to fit on the front and took 1/4" off... Continue reading

Today is the first day of a 2 day blog hop celebrating the new Lucky To Know You release by Simon Says Stamp. I have a new set of watercolor cards that are part of this release called Suzy's Spring and Easter Wishes. Here is an image: I have all 12 colored and made into cards to show you. After all of the images, I'll give you some basic tips and techniques I use when coloring them. At the end of this post, I'll have all of the details of the blog hop with a link to the next stop. Here are some standard Tips and Techniques I use when painting these cards. I list them each month, so I... Continue reading

Today is the Simon Says Stamp Lucky to Know You release. It's all about Spring products and I have two that I illustrated to share with you. The first is my new set of Watercolor Cards called Suzy's Spring and Easter Wishes. Here is an image: I will be part of day one of the two day blog hop that starts tomorrow, so stop by to see all 12 colored and made into cards. I also have a new 6x8" stamp set called Hello Easter with a set of matching dies (or you can buy them together). Today's post is a "one stamp, five ways" post using this new stamp set. Here is an image: Because this is a 6x8"... Continue reading

Hey peeps! Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the brand new Simon Says Stamp card kit called Stronger Together. Here is an image of the kit including the Stronger Together stamp set that I use on all of my six cards: The stamp set can be purchased alone if you prefer not to get the entire kit. And there are dies for the stamp you can buy here (I fussy cut my images in these cards). The paper pad in the kit is the 6x6 ModaScrap Spring Flowers. I have three of my watercolor cards in the kit with just flowers on them (printed on Ranger Watercolor Paper). I have all three... Continue reading

Hi MFT friends! Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you, but I only made 4 cards, so I have to change the title to "one stamp, four ways" this time. MFT released their newest products today and you can see the entire release HERE. I work with Stacey Yacula's sets each month - this month her stamp set is called Sweet Shop. Here is an image of it: And here are my four cards to share with you with directions for each: CARD 1: This card uses several of the newest MFT products including the Sweet Shop stamp and die set, the You Take the Cake Die-namics, and the Perfect Fit Balloon Die-namics. I... Continue reading

Today I have a Hello Bluebird birthday card to share with you (or should I say bird-day card!). I'll be using several HB stamp sets including Banner Buddies (small bird), Garden Friends (sentiment, large birds, musical notes), Field Mice (large mushroom), Strawberry Jam (worm), and Storybook Friends (small mushroom). For the background I used the Meadow Background cling rubber stamp. And last, for the banner I used the Vertical Banner Die. I love mixing up my products for HB cards as all of the stamp sets go so well together! Happy Bird-Day Card: I made the background of this card using the "In the Meadow" cling rubber stamp. I embossed it with white embossing powder and then I painted over... Continue reading

I'm back today with another "one stamp, five ways" blog post using the brand new Simon Says Stamp Special Edition Valentine 2020 kit. Yesterday's post was using the regular SSS card kit for February. Today's kit will not be in stock long as the SE kits always sell out quickly. So if you are interested in it, just know you need to make a quick decision regarding buying it. Here is an image and it is packed full of all kinds of products that I didn't get a chance to use on my 5 cards below (such as the little white bags and the small envelopes). I'll be focusing primarily on the stamp set in the kit which is a... Continue reading

Today is the second day of a three day blog hop for Pretty Pink Posh's 6th Birthday! The new release was live on the 9th, so just a few days ago. There is so much inspiration in this 3 day celebration from all of your favorite card designers (and mine!), a sale, and a free gift with purchase (details later on in my post). I have several cards to share with you today using the new release. Let's get started! I'll have all of the details of the blog hop at the end of this post. CARD 1: My first card uses the free with purchase Ladybug Friends stamp set (it is not sold alone at this time). I stamped... Continue reading

Today the Simon Says Stamp February 2020 Card Kit was released. It is called Window Frames and here is an image of the kit: I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you today using the kit, but primarily focusing on the stamp set in the kit. The stamp is also called Window Frames and you can purchase it alone. The die in the kit (which I used on all 5 of my cards and works with the stamp set frames) is called the Trio Window Die and is also sold alone. Here are my five cards - please forgive the not so well lighted photos. It was "golden hour" which is usually a really good thing... Continue reading

Today is the first day of a two day blog hop celebrating the Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie and Love You More releases. As usual, I have quite a bit to share with you, so I'll do the less words and more photos approach today! Here is my latest watercolor card set called "Suzy's Lots of Love Watercolor Prints" (part of the Hey Bestie release in December): I am very sorry to announce that I only have 8 of the 12 all colored and made into cards to share with you today. I will be posting the other 4 soon though in case you like to come back to see the set for inspiration when coloring yours. After I show... Continue reading

Today is the Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie release. There will be a 2 day blog hop on January 10th and 11th for both this release and the last one called Love You More. I will have my "Suzy's Lots of Love" watercolor cards painted for the blog hop. Today I have two cards to share with you using brand new stamp sets from the Hey Bestie release. My first card uses the Love Friendship stamp set and my second card uses the Lifting Hearts stamp set. Here are images of the two 4" x 5.5" stamp sets: CARD 1: For this card using the Love Friendship stamp set, I used my random stamping technique. I only used the three... Continue reading

Today I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you using the latest and GREATEST stamp set by Stacey Yacula for MFT called Kissing Booth. They have a new release today HERE and this set is part of that so it is available for purchase right now. I say "greatest" as this might be my favorite stamp set yet that she has illustrated for MFT. I just love her style, so she blows me away every month! Here is an image of the stamp set: A kissing booth with critters and a banner - can you get any better than that? I made 5 cards with this set so here we go! CARD 1: I photographed this... Continue reading

I often post Hello Bluebird cards on Instagram without doing a blog post about how I made them. I have quite a few holiday cards from this year that I haven't blogged. So today I will be blogging LOTS of them, but I'll keep the directions short so as not to overwhelm anyone! If you have any questions about anything, just leave them in the comments and I will answer pronto. At the end of the post, I have all products that I have used linked to both the SSS store and the HB store. Many of the stamps I used are out of stock, but will be back in shortly. They are very popular stamps and my favorites in... Continue reading

Today is the release of the Simon Says Stamp January Card Kit called Snowflake Builder. I have a "one stamp, five ways" post to share with you. It was fun making non-holiday cards for the first time in a while. I do have to say though, that I will really miss all the glitter and sparkle I've been using. Luckily, this kit took advantage of all of the glittery supplies I still have out! Here is an image of the kit: You can purchase just the stamp set which is called Snowflake Builder also HERE. The snowflake die is also sold alone HERE. I focus primarily on using the stamp set for my cards. Card 1: I think I have... Continue reading

Today is the new December 2019 product release at My Favorite Things. I have 3 cards to share with you using the new products. I always like to highlight the Stacey Yacula stamp sets as she is one of my favorite illustrators in the industry. Her new set is called All Tucked In and I have 2 cards using that set below. My third card uses the new Zippy Zebras stamp set as well as some elements from Bear Hug Bunch for the background/scene. So let's get started! Card 1: All Tucked In 1 My first card uses the new Stacey Yacula stamp set called All Tucked In. It is a darling set with critters and bedroom furniture perfect to... Continue reading