Hoppy Spring!

I have made a card with the sweet Simon Says Stamp Bunny Egg die from their Just for You release!...

Simple, wonderful, fun!  I die cut the bunny egg, with all the pieces in it.  I put adhesive over the whole die cut, the put a die cut over the adhesive without all the pieces.  I filled in the piece areas with paint chips.  I then put three more die cut eggs together, just the outlines, and adhered the three over the paint chip layer, to give the egg a really thick look.  I used one of the die cut panels from cutting out the eggs, stamped it with a sentiment from one of the new Simon stamp sets, and popped it up on the card.  I adhered the egg inside the window, and done!  Although the card was not necessarily easy to make, I love the look of how clean and simple it turned out!!  Here's a close up...

Happy Spring!  Don't know about where you live, but the pollen on the cars, in the streets...on EVERYTHING is crazy here, right now!  Hope you are enjoying Spring whatever is looks like, wherever you are!!

Thanks for stopping by today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Some Bunny Loves You

I have made a couple cards with the adorable Simon Says Stamp Some Bunny, from the Just for You release...

I die cut the sentiment three times, then used one of the panels from die cutting, to make a window panel.  I die cut some strips with my much loved Simon Strips die, in a rainbow of "softer" colors, and adhered them to the panel diagonally.  I popped up the white panel on the striped panel, added the sentiment, and adhered the whole thing onto a card.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I used the same sentiment die, but brushed on my stripes with ink...

I die cut the die, then before removing the cardstock around the die cut, I masked sections as I brushed ink onto each section.  I then removed the sentiment from the cardstock, and layered the sentiment and adhered to a panel.  I added a sentiment from another of the new stamp sets below the panel, and popped up the panel on the card,  I added some Tonic Jewel drops, here's a close up...`

I hope you are having a super Sunday...and hoping you find some time to be creative today!  

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

Happy Easter Flowers

 I have made a couple cards with the pretty new Simon Says Stamp Fancy Happy Easter die, from their Just for You release!... 

I used an older Simon background stamp as the backdrop for the sentiment.  I used my MISTI to stamp the tulips, stamping in smoke ink, then colored the flowers and leaves.  I put it back in my MISTI after colored and dried, brushing it with my Static powder, then stamped with versamark and gold embossed.  I cut it downm added the die cut and layered sentiment, and adhered to the card.  Here's a close up...

The second card, I used the same sentiment with a different set of flowers...

I used the pretty new Posy die from the new release, to make some flowers for my sentiment.  I die cut the flowers, keeping the pieces in the die for the bottom layer.  I colored the flowers and leaves with markers.  Then, I adhered two layers of just the outlines on top of the colored flowers, as well as another layer of all the pieces on the bottom. I adhered both the flowers and layered sentiment on a piece of light blue cardstock that I brushed white ink onto with a Simon polka dotted stencil.  Here's a close up...

Having so much fun in my craft room...hoping you are having some fun today, too!!

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

Easter Blessings

I've made an Easter card today, with one of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp hot foil plates and sentiment dies, from their latest Just for You release!...

I used my Glimmer machine, to transfer the gold foiled daffodil image onto my cardstock.  I colored with markers, and added the layered sentiment.  I added some Tonic drops.  Popped up the foiled panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

I have been challenged getting back into my craftroom...but I have made a number of cards in the last number of days that I will share with you, in the next number of days😄!  Hope you have had a nice week...looking forward to the weekend!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Folksy Heart Stencil

I've used a pretty new stencil set from Simon Says Stamp's newest Just for You release, to make a birthday card...

I was "going for" a Pennsylvania Dutch kind of feel with this Folksy Heart stencil set, so I chose a red, blue, yellow and green inks, to brush color onto the stencils.  I used the smallest of the Simon blending brushes, making it easy to use different colors within each stencil.  The only time I had to mask, was when I brushed on ink to the tulip.  I am stubborn, but my tulip had to be red, and if I had gone with the stencil, it probably would have been green, or the leaves under the tulip would have been red...so I masked around the tulip and made it red!  I had so much fun, and am happy with the way it turned out.  I would have loved to have a border around the design, within the heart, but free handing a border was not in my confidence level, and didn't want to destoy all the stenciling with a hand drawn mistake!  I die cut the design with the heart die from the Happy Hello die set, and then layered.  I adhered it to a piece of patterned Sunny Studio paper, with a die cut, layered CZ Design sentiment.  Here's a close up...

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend...whatever you find to do, wherever you are!  I hope, too, that you've had a chance to check out the blog hops over at the Simon Blog that showcase the wonderful new products of this release!  Thanks for taking the time to stop by!!  Hugs to you!!  Lisa

Just for You Blog Hop!

I am so thrilled to be a part of today's blog hop over at the Simon Blog, celebrating Simon Says Stamp's newest release, Just for You!  There are so many wonderful stamps, dies, and stencils in this springtime release...there is definitely something "just for you"!  I have made a couple cards using one of the wonderful new stamp/die sets, Herb Labels!  This set is beautiful, cute, funny, and lots of fun!...

The first card, I stamped the sentiment on one of the stamped frames from the set.  I stamped the tomatoes, die cut, colored and layered.  I added a tiny red layered heart, and adhered the frame, sentiment, and tomatoes onto a stamped background, using the tomato stamp, stamping in red ink.  The word tomatoes needs to be said "to-ma-toes"...like a New Yorker??!😄.  Here's a close up...

The second card, I went with another image and sentiment stamp from the set...

I chose a very CAS design for this rosemary stamp, and chose to use textured cardstock, to give it a more classic look?!  I stamped, colored and layered the rosemary.  I used one of the A2 Thin Frames, die cut and layered, to frame the rosemary.  I added some enamel accent drops.  Ahhh...love the simplicity!  Here's a close up...

I had SO much fun making my cards..now it's your turn for some fun!  

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 have to win!  Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Blog on Wednesday, March 22nd, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 22nd, 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   

Nina-Marie Trapani

Suzy Plantamura

Cathy Zielske

Keisha Charles

Barbara Tarayao

                              Lisa Addesa<-----You are Here

Bibi Cameron

Heather Ruwe

Emily Midgett

Alberto Gava

Tina Smith

Natasha Vacca 

A couple things before I go...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of my post!  Simon is offering $7 off your purchase of $40 or more!  Simply use the code GREEN when checking out, to get this offer!  Just remember the offer is only good until the end of the day on March 19th!  

Second...there will be a second hop, tomorrow, at the Simon Blog, so hope you will check it out, for more celebration and inspiration!  

Thank you so much for stopping by, and keep on hopping!  

Hugs! Lisa

Just for You Release!

So sorry, I have been MIA for the last few weeks. My daughter and granddaughter were visiting for two weeks, and my local daughter was here with her two everyday...there was wonderful chaos, and I enjoyed every minute!  I am back with a card made with a hot foil plate and sentiment stamp from the brand new Simon Says Stamp Just for You release, just out today!...

I used the new Spring Florals Hot Foil Plate and sentiment(perfect for the first day of this release😊) from the Easter Critters stamp set for this card.  I hot foiled the plate with black foil, then colored and hand cut the image.  I popped it up on the card, and added it to the card that I had stamped the sentiment on.   I added some sequins, here's a close up...

This release is FULL of very cool stamps, dies and stencils(I've added a link to the release below)...I have been having LOTS of fun to share with you for the rest of the month!  Hope you will check out the Simon Blog tomorrow and Saturday, for two blog hops celebrating this new release...I KNOW you will be inspired...hope you'll check it out!  Have a wonderful day!!

Thanks for stopping by, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Big Hugs Made Simple!

I had the really pretty cool Simon Says Stamp Scripty Big Hugs die on my desk, and couldn't resist making a card... 

Super simple...the sentiment die cut layered, and then I used an old piece of patterned paper for the background, with gold strips, to go with the gold sentiment.  You could also use three colored pieces of cardstock with gold strips in between each.  I love this die not only because it's pretty, but it's also LARGE and fills a card, so nothing else really needed.  Here's a close up...  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Love You So Much!

Did you ever have a card that you just ran out of time to put on your blog before it wasn't really relevant anymore??  Well, I have two!  I made these cards last year, but was too late for Valentine's Day, then St. Patrick's Day came and went, so they stayed in a "draft" until today...

I used Simon Says Stamp stencils and die for both cards.  For this first card, I used the Clover Wreath Stencil, brushing on two shades of green and a brown for the stems.  I dotted the berries with clear tonic drops, and added a colored, die cut, layered sentiment!  Here's a close up...

                                           

The other one, although perfect for Valentine's Day, is all about love, and love is everyday!...

I used the same sentiment die, and a couple Simon stencils...a heart mask, and layered confetti.  I first went over the heart with the three colors, then back over it with the stencil.  

My daughter and grandbaby have been in town for the last couple weeks, so it has been a bit crazy at my house of late...wonderful crazy!  My time with them is ending in a couple days, so I will be back soon!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Love to the Ends of the Rainbow!

I have used a fun new Simon Says Stamp stamp set to make a clean andsimple card celebrating St. Patrick's Day and love!..

I stamped the sentiment in black and cut it out with scissors.  I had tried stamping the sentiment in green, and on another try, stamped with versamark and  black embosed the sentiment, but liked the plain black stamped sentiment best.  I colored the clovers green and dotted the horseshoe with my jelly pen,  I stamped the rainbow and pot of gold, and colored with markers, adding more jelly pen for the gold. I added one of the sentiments from the set below the rainbow, and then popped the "Love U" sentiment at the top of the card.  Here's a closeup...

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I can barely believe this is the end of February...onto March!!  Hope you are having a great week! 

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Pearlized Angularium

I have made a couple birthday cards using the new CZ Design Angularium Cling stamp from Simon Says Stamp's newest Be Creative release, with some ink,  pearlized spray, and some birthday sentiment dies...

These cards were actually experimental, as I had never tried this before...what fun!  On a whim, I  used some old Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist(Perfect Pearl) I have had for a long time, and sprayed it on the stamp after I had inked it up with several different blue ink pads.  I think you can get the same mist affect by adding perfect pearls powder to water, using a misting bottle.  I have included links to those below.  I then stamped the stamp onto my cardstock and let it dry. The look on this card is a bit abstract...my daughters thought it was cool!   I cut it down, and added a die cut and layered Simon Happy Birthday sentiment, which I then took my Jelly Roll pen and then my Wink of Stella brush marker over...to give it some shine like the paper.  Here's a close up...

The second card a bit darker and the lines a little less muted...

I used two blue inks and a green ink on this card, and a silver die cut and layered sentiment. I stamped this one three different times This card still has a shiny look, but not nearly as abstract as the first.  Here's a close up...

Pictures don't do justice to the shine...what super fun I had!  Not sure I'm any good at it, but it was fun, and it's good to branch out sometimes and try something new!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Grateful Parallelograms

I have used two of the cool new Simon Says Stamp from their newest Be Creative release, to make a card of gratitude... 

I stamped the background stamp in my MISTI with Simon Fog ink.  I then colored the parallelograms with markers.  I put the colored cardstock back into my MISTI, stamped with versamark,  and black embossed.  I also stamped the sentiment with versamark and black embossed, as well.  I layered the sentiment and popped up the colored panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

I had so much fun coloring all the parallelograms...hope you have found some fun today!

Thanks for coming by, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Bunch of Balloons

I have made a card with a really wonderful new Simon Says Stamp cling stamp, Bunch of Balloons, from their latest release, Be Creative...

This stamp did bring out the "creative" in me!  I wanted to color all these balloons with blending brushes, but knew I would have to "color outside the lines"...until...I got the idea to make a stencil!  I used a piece of Simon acetate, stamped the balloon images onto the acetate, and cut out one of the full balloon images on the acetate.  Rub away all the black ink, and voila...balloon stencil!...

To make the balloons on the card, I put the cardstock in my MISTI, stamped with Fog ink, and then brushed colored inks onto the stamped images through my stencil.  I then put the cardstock back into the MISTI and stamped the image again, this time with versamrk.  I then white embossed the images, and now had white outlines and strings!  I added an older Simon Says Stamp sentiment die, layered.  Here's a closee up...

This was not just fun...it was a blast!  Hope your week is starting out great, and hope you make some time to...be creative😊!

Thanks for checking in today!! Hugs!! Lisa