Olive Leaves Wreath

I have made a card today, with one of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp Olive Leaves dies, from their newest Hello Gorgeous release...

I do like to research the plants and leaves that I create with, and loved that almost all of the cards I saw made with Olive Leaves, had a variety of shades of green.  SO...I decided to use a trio of green Simon Saturated Inks and a blender brush, to color each of the die cut leaves.  I then glued them together and added a die cut and layered sentiment.  I added three little silver dots from some VERY old silver dots, and adhered the whole thing over an almost square card(4.75x5").   Here's a close up...

It's been cold here in Va, but having fun indoors creating cards!!  Take care, everyone!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Delicate Floral Frames

I have used the pretty new Simon Says Stamp Delicate Floral Frames stamp/die set, from their new Hello Gorgeous release, to make three different cards...

I decided to use these floral frames in ways that might give you some different ideas of how to use them.  This first one I made a birthday card with rainbow leaves on the frame.  I decided to mimic the colors in horizontal polka dotted stripes.  I used a Simon stencil with some embossing paste, and made some more very tiny polka dots on the background.  I love polka dots!  Here's a close up... 

The second one, I did a bit differently...

I used the circular frame with tulips, and cut out the middle of the circle by hand.  I used a Simon die cut sentiment and used another Simon die, a heart, to dot the "i" in miss.  I used an embossed piece of cardstock for the background and popped it up on the card.  Here's a close up...

The third one the simplest of all...

I used the oval frame for this card.  I stamped one of the sentiments from the set, and after coloring, dotted both flowers on the frame with a same colored jewel...just a little pretty bling.  I popped up the frame on the background, then the background paper on a card and done!  Here's a close up...

What pretty stamps, with sentiments for so many occasions, and with so many ways to use the frames, a very sweet set! 

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Garden Boots

I have made a couple cards with a new Simon Say Stamp stamp/die set, Garden Boots, from their newest release, Hello Gorgeous!...

I stamped, clear embossed, die cut, colored and popped up the polka dotted boot into a die cut heart.  I stamped with versamark and black embossed the sentiment, and popped up the heart on the card.  Here's a close up...

The second one is one that my daughter colored, and what acutally inspired the card I colored above... 

My daughter and grandbaby are visiting, and my daughter wanted to color some of my die cuts that I had cut to make cards with...this one is the only one she has gotten to, so far.  I used another of the sentiments from the set, and put it on a strip snuggled into the boot and flowers.  Here's a close up...

Having a crazy but wonderful couple weeks with family...enjoying every second!!  What time I have to create with this new release has been a blast, as well....more to come!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Hello Gorgeous Blog Hop!

Today is the first day of two Blog Hops over at the the Simon Says Stamp Blog, celebrating the wonderful new Simon Says Stamp Hello Gorgeous release!!  I am thrilled and honored to be a part of this release, celebrating Springtime, Mother's Day, and simply, everyday! I have used one of the wonderful new dies from this release, Stained Glass Sun die for both cards, to make a couple cards to share with you today...

I know this is a sun die, but when I first saw it, I saw a sunflower!  In light of the what is happening in Ukraine, I chose to make this a sunflower for Ukraine.  I chose a blue background, which is meant to be a blue sky, the blue of the sky and yellow of the sunflower are the colors of the Ukrainian flag, and the sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine. I chose the sentiment from a pretty new set of Simon sentiment stamps, XL Spring Greetings.  I thought this sentiment fit the blooming sunflowers of Ukraine and the hope of peace for this country.  I stamped the sentiment in Simon Mocha ink.  Here's a close up...

The second card I chose to make as a sun...

I used three different shades of paint chips for my shaded sun.  Just as with the first, I layered the sun die cut from underneath the top layer.  I used an older Simon sentiment die and a sentiment from You Matter.  I die cut the sentiment from a paint chip, like the sun.  Here's a close up...

What a wonderful die, and the new XL greetings are lovely!  I had such fun making my cards...my fun is shown above, your fun begins 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 have to win!  Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Blog on Wednesday, March 30th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 30th, to see if you are a winner!!  

The list of participants of today's hop are listed below:

Simon Says Stamp Blog   

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Jennifer McGuire

Kristina Werner

Cathy Zielske

Suzy Plantamura

Sidnie Des Jardins

                                            Lisa Addesa<--------YOU ARE HERE

Keisha Charles

Heather Ruwe

Mindy Eggen

Barb Engler

Cheiron Brandon

Norine Borys

Yoonsun Hur

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

A couple things before I go...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of my post! Simon is offering an exclusive  Birthday Wishes stamp set with any purchase!  Simply use the code HBD322, when checking out, to get your wonderful stamp set!  Just remember, the offer is only good until the end of the day on March 27th,  OR until supplies last!

Second...there is another blog hop tomorrow!  So please visit the Simon Blog tomorrow, for another day of celebration and inspiration!

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

Hugs!! Lisa

Hello Gorgeous Release Day!

Today is release day, over at Simon Says Stamp!  Their latest release, Hello Gorgeous, is out, and has some beautiful stamps, dies and accessories for Spring, Mother's Day, and everyday!  I have made a card with the beautiful new Daisies and Leaves die and a new sentiment from the equally pretty Garden Boots stamp set...

I love daisies and love this die...it is so pretty and intricate in it's design!  I die cut, and layered the daisy, coloring the underneath layer pieces of the leaves and the dotted pieces around the center.  I colored the top layer of the center when I had adhered the flower together.  I stamped the "Happy Birthday" on a strip of white cardstock and popped it up on a polka dotted piece of paper.  I LOVE polka dots with daisies😊!  Here's a close up...

Simply done, but oh what fun!!  I hope you will check out the new release, I have a link to it below, and will join me on the Simon Blog for the first day of a two day hop tomorrow!  There will be LOTS of inspiration tomorrow and Thursday with the new release products, so hope you don't miss it!  Hope you have a wonderful day!!

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

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  This will be my quickest post ever!  I have been busy making corned beef and cabbage, but I quickly made a card to celebrate this day!  

I used the new Simon Says Stamp Gnome Lucky stamp and die set from their Good Luck Charm release, to make a St. Patrick's Day  card!  I stamped, clear embossed, die cut, simple colored and layered the Gnome Lucky image! I DID have indents in my paper from the die where it made the cutouts in the letters, but think it's because I used a metal plate underneath my acrylic plate...so don't do that!  I didn't have enough time after I thought what I did had caused it, to have it done by today at all, so it will go up as is...love the cut outs...just don't do as I did!   I used a 3x6 card and one of the sentiments from the set.  Love the orange and green for St. Patty's Day!  Hope you had a wonderful day today...the corned beef and cabbage were delicious!

Thanks for stopping by today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Thank You in a Stencil

I have made a card with a new Thank You die I just fell in love with...

I found this A Pocket Full of Happiness die while going on one of my frequent searches through the Simon Says Stamp store one night!  I loved the lines on this thank you!  I paired it with the Simon Radiating Squares stencil...loving the lines on the stencil to "go" with the sentiment.  I used a rainbow of papers and inks to die cut and blend color.  I hand cut the middle 8 squares  out of the stenciled cardstock, and popped it up on the 4"x6" card.  The sentiment is layered.  I used two hearts from the Stacked Hearts die...loving the outline of the hearts to go with the outline of the "thank you" sentiment!  Here's a close up... 

This was lots of fun!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Dreamy Daisy Birthday

I have made a birthday card using a couple of the new Simon Says Stamp dies and stencil, and a new CZ Design stamp, all from the new Simon Good Luck Charm release... 

I thought these new Dome Arch dies were cool, and I thought using them as the actual card design would be a great way to showcase their shape.  I die cut a card from one of the dies, die cutting with the die just slightly above the top edge of the card, so as to leave the card pieces attached after die cutting. I then die cut anothe dome of the same size, and adhered over the card, so the dome was not missing like the card.  SEE BELOW.   I then blended three shades of yellow ink on some cardstock using the new Layered Confetti stencils.  I die cut  that yellow dotted piece of cardstock with another of the same dome dies, this time a smaller one than the card size, stamped and embossed a sentiment, and popped it over the card.   I added my die cut daisy.  I die cut the top and bottom pieces of the flower, slightly bending the topped, lined petals.  I blended the center pieces with one of the yellow inks, and adhered all the pieces together and onto the card.  I added three die cut flower petals, die cut from greem cardstock, and even though flower petals, they look enough like leaves to get away with it. I added some black floss, and done.  Here's a look at all the pieces before I put them together...

And a close up...

Had such fun making this card...it measures 4"x5", with the flower sticking over the edge, so it's still perfect for an A2 envelope...very cool! Hope you're having a great weekend!

Thank you for visiting my blog today!! Hugs!! Lisa

A Supportive Sunflower

My heart breaks for the people of Ukraine.  I have made a card with one of Simon Says Stamp's Sunflower dies, the sunflower being the national flower of Ukraine and the colors of the Ukrainian flag being blue and yellow...

I used two shades of yellow cardstock and two shades of green(although they are so close in color you really can't tell, and another Simon sunflower die to texture the flower's center.  I used a sentiment strip for the sentiment.  Here's a close up...

The people of Ukraine are truly on my heart!   Stay strong and stay safe, Ukraine...the world is with you!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa