Kisses Blog Hop Day 2!

I am thrilled to be a part of Day 2 of Simon Says Stamp's Blog Hops, celebrating Simon Says Stamp's newest Kisses release!  When you combine this release with the release from December, you have Hugs and Kisses...and I have combined both releases in my cards, today, as they go together wonderfully!  I must admit, I had ALOT of fun with one of the new dies, and have made not one, not two, not three, but four cards to share with you today!   

I have used the Heart Chain in four slightly different ways!  For this first card, I partially die cut the hearts...

This made it possible and super easy to hang my die cut hearts on a silver string.  I used the new Rich Red Matte Metallic cardstock to die cut a row of hearts, then adhered them to the partial die cuts.  I put the string in the heaart and used a glue dot to adhere them closed, and also a glue dot behind them to adhere to the card.  I used a sentiment from the Forever Yours stamp set, from the Hugs release, and popped up on a card.  Here's a close up...

For the second one, I used some more of the die cut hearts, done with glossy blended cardstock and a new sentiment die from CZ Design...

This was simply done, using white die cuts from my third and fouth cards to layer.  I then die cut hearts from the Color Blend cardstock to use for my pink and red hearts.  The "love ya" is die cut and layered, and the top layer die cut with Simon Glossy Black.  Here's a close up...

Lest you think I forgot about the actual chain...my last two cards...

I used the chain, cut down to fit my A2 card.  I die cut it several times, layered, and used paint chips to fill in the colored hearts.  I used the new CZ Design "hi there" die, layered, as well.  I set the hearts in an opening bordered by popped up panels and silver strips.  I also added some Tonic drops for some bling.  Here's a close up...

Last but not least, the full chain...

There is a story with this card.  My 3yr old grandson was in my craftroom with me, having fun putting all the dies and die cuts from my desk all over my craftroom.  I had a number of leftover hearts and a die cut chain, so I put a double sided adhesive strip behind the chain, and had him put the hearts into the chain.  Thus they are not perfectly placed, but pretty close!  I didn't intend for it to be a card, as I had three made already, it was just done for fun!  After he left my house, I decided to turn his play into a card...and thus this card!  I added a Valentine's Day sentiment from a set from the Hugs release!  Here's a close up...

I had SO much fun making my projects...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, January 25th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 25th, 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

Caly Person

Debby Hughes

Amy Rysavy

Suzy Plantamura

                                Lisa Addesa<-----You are Here

Bibi Cameron

Miriam Prantner

Yoonsun Hur

Barb Engler

Heather Hoffman

Dilay Nacar

Jean Doeringsfeld

Kim Hamilton

Lorraine Aquilina

A couple things before I go...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of my post!  Simon is offering a FREE End of the Rainbow stamp set, with ANY purchase!  Simply use the code RBW23 when checking out, to get this gift!  Just remember the offer is only good until the end of the day on January 22nd, or until supplies last!  

Second...there was another blog hop yesterday 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