Sunny Vibes Blog Hop Day 1!

The Simon Says Stamp Sunny Vibes Release is being celebrated today at the Simon Says Stamp Blog, and at the blogs of a bunch of wonderful artists, I am so thankful to be a part of it!  This release is FILLED with so much wonderful sunshine and happiness, and I couldn't think of a more perfect way to celebrate, than to make a card with a rainbow!  Rainbows, are of course, a result of rain, but also sunshine, and I love rainbows, so this was perfect for me!  The sweet new stencil set that I used is BIG, so I was able to make TWO cards, using one side of the rainbow for each one of the two cards!  I also used two of the wonderful new sentiment dies, each of which was PERFECT with the rainbow!   

I used a bunch of inks (and they are listed below), but this was SO MUCH FUN!!  I used a full sheet of cardstock, to make sure it was big enough.  I stenciled all the colors, then cut it down, and added a die cut and layered sentiment.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I used the other half...

For this half, I cut the white top and bottom off the rainbow, and lined it up on a piece of light gray cardstock.  I thought that the rainbow would go even better with the gray background than with the white, given the sentiment...that on a gray day, the rainbow would make the day bright!  

Here's a close up...

Okay...I had SO much fun making my colorful rainbow 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, June 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 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Jennifer McGuire

Suzy Plantamura

Amy Rysavy

Debby Hughes

                                 Lisa Addesa<------You are Here!

Alberto Gava

Barb Engler

Kath Stewart

Karin Åkesdotter

Jean Doeringsfeld

Tracy Ware

Daniel West

Two things before I end my post!  There will be a Day2 hop, tomorrow, so I hope you will check it out at the Simon Blog!  There will be a whole bunch more inspiration and more chances for you to comment and possibly win one of the $25 coupons! 

The second thing, please don't forget about the offer in the banner at the top of my post!  The offer is for the Simon Exclusive Hello Stamp AND die set!!  How cool is that?!  It's free with any purchase of $50 or more!   Follow the directions in the banner up top, and use the code HELLO at checkout!  The offer is good until the end of the day on June 23rd, or while supplies last, so don't wait!!

So happy and thankful you stopped by, and please keep on hopping! 

Hugs!  Lisa