Argyle Thank You

I have made a card using a fun new Simon Says Stamp stencil set from their Rain or Shine release...

I don't know about you, but I always need thank you cards, so I decided to pair this cool stencil set with a thank you sentiment die!  I used two colors for my argyle and finished it with black accent lines.   I chose the extrs large CZ Design thank you die, I like the straight lines of the sentiment with the straight lines of the argyle.  I did die cut the top layer from glossy black paper, with several layers underneath from black cardstock.  Here's a close up...

The possibilities with this stencil set are endless...soft colors, girly colors, bold colors....I think this looks like it could be a great "man" card...but could go either way, too!  Hope you are having a great week!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Darling Ducky

I've made a card with a super cute Simon Says Stamp die, from their Rain or Shine release...

I die cut the Darling Ducky from light yellow and orange cardstocks...the eyes from black.  I used a gel pen to dot the centers of the eyes.  I used the tree stump from the Rain or Shine stamp/die set, stamped, die cut, colored, layered and then popped up on card panel.  I used an older sentiment that I thought "went" with the ducky...and popped up the panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

I think this little guy is so stinkin' cute...yes...darling!  Hope you're having a great start to your week!  

Thank you for stopping by, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Mod Plants

I've made three cards using the wonderful Simon Says Stamp stamp/die/stencil set from their 

Rain or Shine release!...

I stamped the leaves/flower with my MISTI, so I could double stamp the images with different inks.  

I then die cut the images, and layered.  I love these dies, as they cut out pieces in between the leaves...LOVE THAT!!   I added sticky foam on the backs of the images, to give them some extra lift, then adhered them to cards that I had brushed ink with the stencils for these pretties. I used a sentiment from the stamp set for each card.  Below is a picture and close up of each of the three cards...

I stamped the Kale ink first, then the field.  I used the Latte ink for the background rectangle.

I used the Butter ink for the background.

I taped off the flower, when stamping the leaves/stem, and taped off the leaves/stem, when stamping the flower.  I brushed on the flannel ink for the background.  

These were so much fun to make!!  The MISTI was a key tool....stamping two colors, or even a second stamp of one color, makes it necessary to have a tool like a MISTI, to keep your project as well as the stamps you use, from moving.  Hope you are having a great weekend!!

Thank you so much for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Snowbells

I have made a card using one of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp die sets from Simon's new Rain or Shine release!...

I think this die set is soooo pretty!!  When I saw the cover of this die's packaging, I loved it just the way the picture looked, so I went with that look for MY card.  I used green cardstock for the leaves, and brushed darker inks on some of the parts of the leaves and stem.  I used a background stamp behind the flowers and a sentiment from the stamp set from the March card kit.  Here's a close up...

I had never heard of snowbells...I love how they turned out!  Happiness.  Hope you are well.  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Rain or Shine Blog Hop~Day 1!

I am so thrilled to be a part of today's blog hop, over at the Simon Says Stamp Blog, celebrating Simon Says Stamp's newest release...Rain or Shine!  There are so many wonderful products in this release, and I have used one of the fun new dies to make three cards with it and it's pieces...

I die cut the Nifty Star Plate three times.  I removed all the stars and adhered the panels together.  I used the die to emboss, not die cut, a fourth piece, making it a panel, then colored the embossed panel with three different color inks.  I opted to make these stars, flowers...so...I made some black enamel dots to put in all of centers of the flowers.  Below, I snapped a pic of how I make them.  I have some of my dies in cassette sleeves.  When I want some enamel dots, I put the enamel accents on the outside of cassette sleeve, let it dry, then get them off with an exact knife....

Below is a close up of the colored flowers, the dots and the sentiment that I had covered with glossy accents to give it some fun shine...

THEN...I used all the stars from the  die cuts, and made them into flowers!! 

I thought the stars, when put together, looked SO cute as flowers...especially as my much loved daisies, when I put a yellow center in them!!

I used an old scrap of polka dotted paper to line my flowers on, and a sentiment from one of the new stamp sets.  Here's a close up...

Then, another CAS card done with the small stars from the die cut frame...

I used a sentiment from the stamp set from Simon's April Card Kit...the sentiments in this set are beautiful!   I positioned the flowers around the sentiment.  On both cards, I adhered three pieces for the bottom layer of the flower, and only one piece for the top layer of the flower.  Here's a close up... 

Okay...I had SO much fun making my cards!!  My fun was above, your fun is below!

Simon is generously giving a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from our comment sections, so the more hop blogs you comment on, the more chances you will have to win!  Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Blog on Wednesday, March 26th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 26th, to see if you are a winner!!  If you are a winner, you can email Simon to claim your prize!

The list of participants in today's hop are listed below...

Simon Says Stamp Blog 
Caly Person
Nichol Spohr
Suzy Plantamura
Jennifer McGuire
Debby Hughes
Emily Midgett
                                  Lisa Addesa<-----You are HERE!
Tina Smith
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Karin Åkesdotter
Sandi MacIver
Tracy Ware
Barb Engler
Michelle Short
Charlene Madrid

 Just to let you know...as you read in the title of this post, this is day 1 of 2 blog hops, celebrating this release!  SO...there will be another blog hop tomorrow...and that gives you not only more projects with wonderful inspiration, but also more chances to win a $25 coupon from Simon!  Hope you will hop along and join the fun and inspiration! ALSO...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of the post!  You will automatically receive the Balloon Bouquet die when you spend $23 or more of Rain or Shine release products !   The offer is only good until the end of the day on March 31st, while supplies last.  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa 

Rain or Shine Release!

There's a new release at Simon Says Stamp, today...Rain or Shine!  I am so excited to share my first card celebrating this new release, with you!...

I used one of the cute egg stamps fromt he Happy Eggs stamp set, and set out stamping the bunny ears in six "pastelly" colors.  I die cut them with the die from the coordinating set, that had a hole punched in the top, and decided to string the eggs together with some of the new Simon silver cord.  I popped them up with some foam to give them a little dimension.  I tied bows at either end, and added one of the sentiments from the set.  Here's a close up...

There will be blog hops tomorrow and Saturday at the Simon Blog, to celebrate this new release.  Hope you will hop along, and get some Spring inspiration!!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Spring Greetings

I have made a card with a pretty egg stamp and greetings from Simon Says Stamp's Favorite Things release...

I stamped the pretty egg in six different colors, then die cut all the eggs and layered.  I arranged them on the card, and put two sentiment stamps together and stamped them between the two layers.  I added some enamel dots and done!  Here's a close up...

There's a new release coming out tomorrow...can't wait to share with you!  There will be two blog hops at the Simon Blog, to celebrate the new release, one on Friday and one on Saturday...hope you'll hop along!  Happy First Day of Spring, tomorrow, too!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Tweet Birthday Wishes

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!  I don't have a "green" card to share with you today, but I hope it sings mid March to you!  I have made a card using the new Simon Says Stamp Tweet Friend stamp/die set, originally from the March Card Kit, but now available in the Favorite Things release!!... 

I think this birdie is so stinkin' cute!  I opted to pair him with one of the flowered branches.  I stamped, die cut and colored all the pieces.  I stamped and die cut the sentiment...love this birthday stamp font, and the die is SO cool, as it cuts out all the letter middles...makes it look SO cool!!  I added some of the notes to make my birdie sing, and popped up the whole thing on a card with a pink metallic panel...also from the card kit.  Here's a close up...

I'm off to have my corned beef and cabbage...hope you have a great night!!

Thanks you so much for stopping by, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

I have made a card with a Simon Says Stamp stencil  and CZ Design sentiment die to make a birthday card...

I used a variety of colors to brush on flowers to a light piece of gray cardstock.  I added the die cut and layered sentiment, along with some dots of enamel accents.  Here's a close up...

for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Favorite Things Blog Hop~Day 2!

I am thrilled to be a part of day 2 of hops, celebrating Simon Says Stamp's newest release, Favorite Things, over at the Simon Blog!  I have used one of the new stamp/die sets, to make a couple cards, one for Easter, the other could be for everyday!

I stamped and die cut the eggs and flowers, then colored.  I dotted the flower centers and the dots on the eggs with white enamel accents.  I popped them up on a panel with a couple of the cute sentiments,  I colored and cut strips of color, using the same markers as I used to color the eggs.  I cut the small colored pieces in strips, and then cut the strips in 1/2, putting one half of the strips on the top of the card, the other on the bottom,  Here's a close up...

The second card, I used three more of the stamps...the cute chicks in their shells with another of the cute sentiments...

These little guys are so stinkin' cute!  I stamped, die cut and colored all three, then layered.  I adhered them to a panel with embossed diagonal stripes.  I then popped up the panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

Okay...I had SO much fun making my cards!!  My fun was above, your fun is below!

Simon is generously giving a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from our comment sections, so the more hop blogs you comment on, the more chances you will have to win!  Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Blog on Wednesday, March 5th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 5th, to see if you are a winner!!  If you are a winner, you can email Simon to claim your prize!

The list of participants in today's hop are listed below...

Simon Says Stamp Blog 
Caly Person
Suzy Plantamura
Jennifer McGuire
Debby Hughes
Emily Midgett
                                       Lisa Addesa<------You are HERE😊
Miriam Prantner
Bibi Cameron
Sandi MacIver
Kath Stewart
Betsy Green
Misty Elam
Carly Minner
Rachel Alvarado
Revati Panickar

Just to let you know...as you read in the title of this post, this is day 2 of blog hops, celebrating this release!  There was another blog hop yesterday...and that gives you not only 15 more projects with wonderful inspiration, but also 15 more chances to win a $25 coupon from Simon!  Hope you will hop along and join the fun and inspiration! ALSO...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of the post!  You will automatically receive the Happy Bee Day stamp set when you spend $50 or more of Favorite Things release products !   Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

                                                                             Lisa   

                                                  

BIG Thanks!

I have made a card with a super cute new Simon Says Stamp stamp/die sets from their latest Favorite Things release!.

This set has a number of cute hippos, and cute sentiments to go with them!  I chose the simplest of them, colored him, layered him and adhered him to a card that I had embossed some hearts, then colored and glossy accented three of the hearts.  I used the same markers that I had used to color the hippo, and made striped panels for either side of the card,  The card is a little bit shorter and thinner than an A2 card, took adjusting due to the stripes.  It took me a while and many tries of different layouts and backgrounds, to be happy, but I like how this guy turned out!  Here's a close up..

                                                                                                                                                                 

There was a blog hop over at the Simon Blog today, celebrating this wonderful new releasem, and there'll be another tomorrow...can't wait!  I hope you will hop along!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Favorite Things Release!

Today is release day at Simon Says Stamp, the Favorite Things release is here!  I have used one of the beautiful new embossing folders and made a thank you card!...

I don't know what the name of the technique is, but you used the debossed side of the embossed panel, and color the images.  THEN, you swipe the whole panel with a black ink pad!  When it is covered, it only shows the colored debossed images!  It is SOOOOOO much fun to do...kind of like wonderful magic when the black covers everything ...especially the overcoloring!!  Below is a picture of the tulips and butterflies before swiping them with black...

I added a die cut and layered thank you...leaving it white.  Here's a close up...

I hope you will check out the release over at SIMON!  There are two blog hops, tomorrow and Saturday, over at the Simon Blog...hope you will hop along with us...see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!! Hugs!! Lisa