Miss My Gnomies

I used the adorable little girl gnome from the new Simon Says Stamp Chillin Gnomes stamp/die set from their Send Happiness release and made a card... 

I know my color choice and sentiment are not typical gnome, but loved the pale blue for her dress and hat, and given where we are with the virus, I miss a lot of people, so the sentiment made the card very relevant for me!  The pantaloons I opted to keep white as that IS typical of them...go figure!  I stamped, embossed, die cut, colored then layered the gnome and flowers.  I used an old, discontinued oval shape by My Favorite Things, for her to stand on, coloring the oval with the same green marker I used for the leaves and accents on the gnome.  I dotted the flowers' centers with clear Tonic drops.  I stamped the sentiment from a CZ Design set, then popped up the panel on a card with a piece of sky blue card stock adhered to it.  Here's a close ups.

I miss my gnomies...hoping to be able to hang out and love on my children and gradndchildren, family and friends someday....until then...facetime, phone calls, and cards like this, will have to do!  Please stay safe!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Chunky Birthday Cards

I used the wonderful new CZ Design Chunky Happy die from Simon Says Stamp's newest Send Happiness release, to make a couple birthday cards...

What I love about this die, is that it is a wonderful stand alone die!  I chose to showcase it simply, with only a finishing stamped senitment, using the die a couple different ways.  I used strips of patterned paper adhered together, to die cut the outside border for the first one.  I then used the outline of the HAPPY die in white card stock, to make the word, HAPPY, stand out from the  rainbow background.  I layered both the background and the outline, and then adhered together.  

 I was looking for an idea for a sentiment under the "HAPPY". Although I love them,  I knew I didn't really want a sentiment strip...I wanted a stamp, but it had to be a sentiment for a  birthday! I was inspired for the stamped sentiment,  seeing a card created by the amazing Kristina Werner.   Kristina used a scripted "birthday" which was so pretty,  but  I opted to use the "birthday" portion of the CZ Design "happy birthday" sentiment, from her Clean Line Everyday sentiment stamp set for my sentiment.  I masked the "happy" with scotch tape, and used my MISTI to position and stamp the "birthday" sentiment on the card.   I used my Wink of Stella brush within each of the letters, to give the HAPPY some birthday sparkle...here's a close up...  

The piece of paper I die cut both "HAPPYs" from was this(the finished sentiments are in the papers, as I didn't think of taking a pic until I was almost finished)...

The second one, I did not use the background, but simply the outline and the pieces inside the outline for my card...

I die cut the sentiment, and made the inside of the letters just a tad higher in height than the outlines for a little interest.  

I used the same stamped sentiment as the first card, and added three tonic drops for some bling.  Here's a close up...

I love simplicity,  a wonderful die and a rainbow of papers...doesn't get much better for me!!  Hope all is well in your part of the world...please stay safe!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Stamp, Color, Emboss

I used the new Simon Says Stamp Out to Sea background stamp from their newest release, Send Happiness to make a rainbow filled birthday card...

 I started by stamping the sea images in my Misti on white card stock with Simon Fog ink...

 I colored the waves with a rainbow of colored markers...

I know...doesn't look like much, right?!

Then I put the paper back in my Misti, rubbed with my magic embossing static bag (to avoid static), stamped with versamark and white embossed and heat.  WHAT FUN!!!   I then used the Simon Birthday Wishes Circle die and layered it.  I adhered to the card and done!  Here's a close up...

It's like a wonderful surprise when you emboss with the white powder after stamping then coloring, and see the change..such great fun!!  Hope you are staying safe wherever you are!!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Colored Pencils on Black Card Stock

I used the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp Folk Heart Background stamp from their latest release, Send Happiness, to makd a card...

 I thought this stamp would be pretty stamped on black cardstock, so away I went!  I stamped the Folk Hearts with Versamark and white embossed (make sure you use a magic bag to avoid having little white spots of embossing powder on the cardstock).  I then sharpened my Prismacolor pencils really good, as you want to make sure they have fine points for best coloring of small spaces.  I used one pink and one green pencil.   Such fun to color!!  I then added a die cut and layered CZ Design sentiment die, using a vellum die cut background for it.  Here's a closeup...

The month of July is going by fast...truly can't wait for Fall...until then...having fun!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Happy x 10 Birthday

 I used the new CZ Design Happy Days stamp/die set from the new Simon Says Stamp Send Happiness release, to make a birthday card!...

I loved the new Simon Slimline Envelopes(behind the card in the picture, above),they are 9 1/4" tall, so decided to make a 9" card!  This card is 9"x 3 3/4".  It fit 10 different colored cardstock "happy"die cut sentiments....white embossed and layered with foam adhesive backing.  I added a sentiment strip and colored each of the die cut sentiments with my Wink of Stella brush for some sparkly glitter.  It's hard to see, but with a sideways, closer look, you can see the shimmer a bit better...

I have to say...this was sooooo much fun!!  Hope you are taking time to have some fun, yourself...please stay safe!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Etched Flower Buds

I used the pretty new Simon Says Stamp Etched Flower Buds and Filigree Message Rounded Rectangle dies from their newest Send Happiness release to make a couple simply designed and simply made cards (so sweet that two dies make it so easy to create some pretty!)...

The first one, I used a piece of rainbow colored paper to die cut the rectangle from and left the flower buds and the background of the rectangle white.  I stamped the sentiment, from CZ Design, with versamark and white embossed.  Both the flowers and the rectangle( below the colored piece) are layered.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I chose to color the flower, with a printed background on a white card...

I used a polka dotted paper for the background, with the dots peaking through the die cut rectangle.  I colored the flowers and stems with markers, and layered.  I used another sentiment from the same CZ Design Simple Sentiments 2 stamp set.  Here's a close up...

As always, such fun!!  Hope you are all staying safe in your part of the country and world!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Leafy Branch Papered and Painted

I have made a couple cards using the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp Leafy Branch from Simon's newest Send Happiness release... 

The first card, I simply die cut pieces in six colors to make a rainbow branch.  For both cards, I die cut the branch four times, only leaving all the pieces in the die cut outline, from one of the die cuts.  On the one with all the pieces, I used my Tombow adhesive runner, and carefully covered the entire die with adhesive.  I then laid one of the remaining die cuts(minus the leaf pieces) on top of that  Then I placed the colored leaves into the already adhesived spaces.  I then adhered the two remaining die cuts together, and then to the colored die cut branch.  I added a few clear tonic drops, and into a frame made with the Simon A7 Thin Frames diet(the outer die cut piece I layered four times.   Here's a closeup...

The second one, I used my watercolor paints to paint the leaves of the branch different metallic colors...

I used a piece of watercolor paper and embossed it with the branch, so I had the image on the paper to color.  I used a silver and two golds to color the leaves.  After the inks dried, I then put the branch die back over the paper that I had painted, die cut it, and placed the pieces in the adhesived branch.  Oh, you need to have a metal adaptor plate to get a really good cut with this die, as it is pretty intricate in between the leaves.  I used a sentiment from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set, embossing with both gold and silver embossing powders.  It was so hard to get a great pic of the color and shine of the paints, but it does look pretty IRL.  I added some white Tonic drops.  Here's a close up...

So much fun...hope you are doing well...please stay safe!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Birthday Flowers...with Love

I've made a card with the pretty new Simon Says Stamp Fairytale Spinners stamp/die set, from their newest release, Sending Happiness, using two of the pretty flowers from the set for a friend's birthday...

I stamped, clear embossed, die cut, colored then layered the flowers.  I used the pretty new Folk Heart Background stamp with with white ink on black cardstock, for a background for the flowers.  I die cut a heart to display the flowers and sentiment in, and added one of the new sentiment Birthdays sentiment strips and a few sequins(from an older pack of Simon sequins...Flamingo) for some bling.  Here's a close up...

I'm having such wonderful fun with this new release!  Hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa