Because Shiny Gold Hearts

Really? Do you need anything more than that? Shiny. Gold. Hearts. PEOPLE! As you know, I am totally loving the Simon Says Stamp October Card kit. I have already made four cards from it and I have at least two more in mind to create as soon as I have some time! I am LOVING it!



That hello die!!! For reals, you guys! It's so fabulous! I used the negative of it for this card and added a small gold stamped heart from the I See You Stamp set using the gold Brilliance ink in the kit. Super love!



I added just a touch of Glossy Accents to make that tiny heart shiny. Because shiny. I can't wait to see what you create with this kit! For reals!

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Have a Happy!

I Love This Heart

Okay, WAIT! Before I begin, I want to tell you about something kind of super fun... I am on the CardMaker Magazing blog! WHAT?! Yup! And I think that's pretty awesome! I am featuring the Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit over there along with some tips on using journaling cards in your card making, so be sure to head over and check it out!

Speaking of the October Simon Says Stamp Card Kit... You need it. For reals, though. I have been playing with it a TON, and I am so in love with it!



This heart stamp from the I See You stamp set is absolutely amazeballs and I love it super duper lots. For reals. Lots. And Lots. I colored it with Distress Markers, splashed some water to add some visual texture, and then outlined it with the Viva Decor Paper Pen in black. After that dried, I layered Glossy Accents over the entire thing for a sort of stained glass look. It makes me happy. It really does.



I used some of the embroidery floss behind the heart over that gorgeous patterned paper. A simple sentiment is all this one really needed!

If you haven't checked out this kit, seriously, you totally need to go buy it. It's that simple. I promise. This is probably my favorite one ever. For reals.

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A Card and an Introduction

I have some exciting news to share! LOOK!



This is Morgan! She is the newest member of our family. She is ten weeks old and a bundle of sheer puppy joy! And exhaustion. Joy and exhaustion. LOL! So far she loves boxes, her stuffie, and is absolutely fascinated by the world around her. It is a lot of fun to watch her discover and learn.

I also wanted to share another super fun card I created with the Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit. I love this one. It's a bit of a more rustic style than I normally do, but I just love the elements and how they came together!



I did cheat just a bit and used another Simon Says Stamp die with my kit contents, but shhh! Don't tell. *wink*



I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend if you are here in the United States, and a wonderful non-holiday weekend if you are somewhere where there wasn't a holiday. HA!

Have a Happy!

Happy Independence Day!

Wishing you and your family a very happy Independence Day! I have a quick card to share with you using the fabulous July Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp!



I love the sailboat die that comes in this kit! I combined it with some of the stamps (that border... SO useful!), and the beautiful patterned papers for this design.



I won't keep you long, as I'm sure you are spending the day with family and/or friends! Happy 4th of July, friends!

Have a Happy!

Just A Little Boat

Yup. Just a little boat. A little adorable boat. A little adorable boat in red, white, and blue. That is what I have for you today. This adorable little boat in red, white, and blue comes from the super adorable Simon Says Stamp July Card Kit. That you need. No, for reals, though. It's awesome. And I super duper love these stamps! LOTS!



To create this fun little design, I stamped the boat and colored it with Spectrum Noir pens. I stamped the water on a scrap piece of cardstock and then colored that with Copics before fussy cutting the waves with my Fiskars MicroTip Scissors. I adhered the waves with foam tape to add just a bit of dimension. YAY!



It's going to be a busy week around here! Lots of fun stuff happening! I wanted to announce the winner of the CanvasPop! Giveaway for those waiting on that fun announcement! The winner is... Taylor! Congratulations, Taylor! Email me for your code!

Have a Happy!

My Only Sunshine

I have another bright, and cheerful card using the Simon Says Stamp June Card Kit. I haven't actually decided if I like this one or not, hence the wait to share it, but, alas, I don't hate it, so here goes nothing. HA!



I used the adorable stamp set to stamp the suns and gave each of them a slightly different face. I love that fun rainbow washi tape! SO MANY COLORS OF HAPPY! YAY! I then used a sentiment cut from one of the sheets of patterned paper in the kit. Super easy!



Two strips of a fun polka dot patterned paper create the borders. This one really did come together quite quickly and is a very fun card. I think it may be well suited to give to a little. Littles like fun colors. Actually, bigs like fun colors, too, I guess, so you could give it to just about anyone. I'm rambling, aren't I? It happens. Lots.

I hope you have a super fantabulous day, my friends!

Have a Happy!

Smile!

I have another card for you today using the Simon Says Stamp June Card Kit. I told you I love this kit, right? 'Cause, you guys...I love this kit. For reals.

Is this card flawless? Nope. Is that okay? Yup. PLUS...the techniques I used actually worked, so I had to share it! HAD TO, my friends.



I used the awesome Smile circle die in the June Card Kit with the super fun striped patterned paper. LOVE the bright colors on this so much! I allowed it to cut through the edges and reassembled the pieces on my card front. I wanted the sentiment on that same strip, but due to the busy background, I felt a bit limited. That's when I had a brilliant idea!



I stamped one of the solid banners from the stamp set in the kit with VersaMark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. This gave me a solid, neutral surface, without adding any layers or bulk to my card. I then stamped the sentiment over that, again with VersaMark, and heat embossed it with Liquid Platinum embossing powder. The sentiment melted into the original powder, creating an awesome sentiment banner! I was so excited to try this technique that I forgot to treat my surface first, hence the imperfection. But you know what? I love it, nonetheless. Plus, that was my last strip of that paper, so it is what it is. Just keepin' it real here, folks!

Seriously, though... two things I'd like you to take away from this card today. 1. Try new things! You never know...they just may actually WORK! 2. Imperfection is totally okay. For reals. They are handmade cards. And it's just paper and glue. Don't stress.

Have a Happy!

Because A Little Sunshine

You GUYS! Have you SEEN the new Simon Says Stamp Card Kit? The June kit? You guys, for REALS, this thing is so fabulous. It's happy. It is super duper happy. It is just stuffed with wonderful, happy colors and a super happy die and happy stamps and... just ...

happy.

For reals.



ACK! Cute, right? I used the super fun stamp set to stamp the Happy and then embossed it with Ranger Pink Embossing Powder (Which has TOTALLY become a favorite of mine. Seriously. I love it.) after stamping the adorable little sun and his adorable little mouth. I then layered one of the Doodlebug Shape Sprinkles over the sun for a little added flair! SO FUN!

The patterned papers in the kit are fabulous, as well! I used bits of them to accent the top of my card and bring in even more color and then mounted it all in the fabulous Green Leaf cardstock. LOVE IT!



That typewriter look I used for the 'Be' portion of the sentiment is achieved by simply 'bouncing' your stamp just a bit while stamping. It can be pretty tricky to do on purpose, but it's easy peasy to do entirely by accident. *wink* (Hee-hee...See what I did there?) HA! I crack myself up.

Anyway, I highly recommend you run on over to Simon Says Stamp and pick up this kit before it sells out. Because it's awesome. And that's all there is to it.

Have a Happy. For reals, though!

Shake, Shake, Shake...

***This is my SECOND post of the day! Be sure to check out my CAS-ual Fridays Stamps release post below with a GIVEAWAY!!!***


Hello, friends! It's ANYTHING GOES week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog! Yup! It's your favorite! The Design Team is showcasing Prima products this week. I chose some fun beads to work with and I kind of love them!



I combined the beads with the GORGEOUS April Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp. You guys, for REALS, this kit is amazeballs! I love it! Gorgeous papers, perfect cardstock colors, and that gold heart? Totally a sticker. LOVE. IT.



I made the shaker double width (two layers of foam tape) to be sure the beads could move around freely, but I also put LOTS of beads in there. It's a happy shaker!

Now it's YOUR turn! One lucky participant is going to win a $50 Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store! Simple create something NEW and link it up for your chance to win! You can enter up to five times! Woot! Woot!

Winter Wonderland

The January 2015 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit has been revealed and it is a good one, folks! First of all.. THAT INK PAD! Seriously. You want it. Trust me on this one. The stamps are absolutely fabulous and the papers? Yup. LOVE those! Seriously, this is such a great kit!



That gorgeous grey-toned snowy paper caught my eye right away! I used that along with the Simon Says Stamp Smoke cardstock to create this fun design. The white sentiment is stamped with that gorgeous white pigment ink. I LOVE how strong the white color is on the grey background! I mixed the Perfect Pearl Pigment with some water in the Mini Mister and added shimmer to the entire card with that! LOVE IT! For reals, though.



You can *almost* see a hint of the shimmer on the patterned paper in this shot, but the truth is, I simply wasn't able to really capture that on camera and that makes me sad. BUT... I can see it in person and that makes me happy, so there's that.

Head on over to the Simon Says Stamp store to check out the kit, along with LOTS of other awesome new stuff!

Have a Happy!

Coffee Lovers Bloghop & Giveaway

Today is National Coffee Day! Yes. That exists. Now, before we begin, I have a confession... I'm a tea drinker at heart. Sorry. But it's true. HOWEVER, this past summer I discovered iced coffee and sort of kind of fell in LOVE, soooo... yeah... that happens a couple of times a week now. As a matter of fact, I am currently sipping a Pumpkin Creme Brulee Iced Coffee as I type this. Yup. It's ridiculously delicious.

To celebrate National Coffee Day Chaitali and Amy thought it would be fun to have a GIANT blog hop! There were totally right, dude. Head over to Chaitali's blog to check out ALL of the links AND to see the amazing sponsors! GIVEAWAYS galore, folks!



I absolutely LOVE the adorable coffee cup die from Simon Says Stamp and I knew right away that I wanted to use it for this hop! I created an all white design with the heart colored in pink and a pretty navy sentiment from Waltzing Mouse Stamps.



Also, in the interest of all of the fun festivities, I am giving away this fun What's Brewing stamp set from Simon Says Stamp!

Leave a comment here telling me YOUR favorite kind of coffee! For an EXTRA entry (not required), follow my INSTAGRAM page and leave a message here letting me know you follow! (If you do not use Instagram, I am sorry, this entry isn't available to you. You do not need to leave me a comment letting me know you don't use it. You can enter answering the coffee question above. THANKS!)

Giveaway is open world wide and will remain open through 6 October.

Have a Happy!

TAG! You're it!

Howdy, folks!  Yeah.  I say howdy now.  Howdy is cool.  Anyway, about that challenge....  HA!  Yup!  That's right, friends, it is time for a brand new challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog and this week we are playing TAG!  No.  I'm not going to chase you around the playground.  I promise.  BUT, we DO want to see you either create a tag or use a tag or tags on your project!!!  The design team is using RANGER products this week.  Yup.  That's easy enough!  I pulled out my March Card Kit for this one!  Ummm.... LOVE IT!



Umm, HELLO to bright, beautiful colors that make me think happy thoughts of spring and ignore the snowflakes falling outside!  YAY!  I love these Lawn Fawn papers.  for reals.  SO cute!



I used the new Mini Distress inks, which I may marry next week because I love them so much, for the sunshine and the sentiment as well as to ink the edges of that cute Lil' Inker tag goodness!  YAY!

And now it's YOUR TURN!  Create something NEW inspired by the Tag It! Challenge and link it up over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for your chance to win a $50 Voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.  Helloooooo SHOPPING SPREE!!!!  Yayness!  Be sure to mention the challenge and link back in your post to be eligible for the prize.  K?  K.  Glad we got that covered.

Go make something fabulous!  Have a Happy!

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