Rainbow of Mushrooms

I have made a card using a cute die from the Simon Says Stamp Festive Fun release...

I die cut all the cute mushrooms from white cardstock, and colored the stems and backside of the mushrooms with a tan ink.  I die cut the top of the mushrooms with colored cardstock and dotted the colored mushrooms with a gel pen.  I used a  Simon sentiment stamp that I thought went perfectly with the colored mushrooms!  I used the card panel to make a border for the mushrooms.  Here's a close up...

A start to the week...a rainbow of color!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Christmas Star

I have made a Christmas card with a pretty Simon Says Stamp die, from their Festive Fun release!...

I die cut the arched star four times from white cardstock.  I layered the first two after placing adhesive all over the bottom layer, and attaching the second layer(minus all the pieces) on top of the first layer.  I die cut the die from three shades of yellow, and two shades of brown.  I placed the pieces into their spaces( the adhesive was already on the first layer.  I then adhered the last two layers together, then adhered to the first two.  I die cut an arch from another Simon die onto the top panel of the card.   I had added a sentiment just below the arch, from a stamp set also from this release, and popped up the panel onto the card. I then positioned and adhered the star die cut into the window.  Here's a close up...

Simplicity...I simply love it!!  Hope you have had a great weekend! I hope, too, that you're making some time to craft...it is good for the soul!!  Please take care.  

Thank youfor making time to visit me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Gingermas House

I have used a cute new little Simon Says Stamp stamp/die set, from the Simon's Festive Fun release, to make a Christmas card...

I used the stamp and the die for this set, stamping and die cutting the gingerbread house.  I colored with markers, then dotted the tiny white circles around the top rainbow window, and around the door and window, with Glossy Accents, and the snow on the roof and chimney with Enamel Accents.  I had SUCH fun with this card!  I am not a "colorer", but I gave the coloring a try and it was fun!!  I popped the card up over a die cut hill and an embossed snowfilled background.  Here's a closeup...

I hope you are having a great weekend!  Have been busy in my craftroom....maybe another card tomorrow!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Fesive Fun Blog Hop~Day 1!

I am thrilled to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp's Blog Hop over at the Simon Blog, celebrating their newest release, Festive Fun!  This new release is the perfect way to begin getting ready for the holidays and season that is quicky coming up!  I have chosen two of the new dies, a CZ Design sentiment die,  and an embossing folder, to make two Christmas cards!

I die cut the leaves and berries from white cardstock.  I colored the leaves by brushing on different colors of green until I got the color of leaves I liked.  I used the dies from the set, for the berries, and die cut them in red.  I used Glossy Accents to dot the leaves with shine.  I die cut the sentiment from gold cardstock and layered.  Here's a close up...

The second card, I used another of the beautiful leaves and berries type die set, and used the same sentiment...

This Abundant Leaf die is a card covering size die, but looking at it covering a card, I liked the idea of it being a "part" of the card, not the whole card.  So...I opted to make my card a 5x7 and pop up and adhere the whole die cut panel on a larger card, then have the sentiment below it.  Here's a close up...

Okay...I had SO much fun with these two 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, November 13th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 13th, 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 

Caly Person

Nichol Spohr

Jennifer McGuire

Suzy Plantamura

Amy Rysavy

Emily Midgett

Debby Hughes

                                   Lisa Addesa<------You are HERE!

Miriam Prantner

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Kim Hamilton

Jean Doeringsfeld

Carly Minner

Bobbi Lemanski

Lea Lawson

A couple notes before I end my post...Wanted to let you know...as you read in the title of this post, this is day 1 of 2 blog hops, celebrating this release!  There will be another blog hop tomorrow...and that gives you not only more projects with wonderful inspiration, but also more chances to win a $25 coupon from Simon if you leave comments!  

ALSO...don't forget the wonderful offer in the heading of this post...A free Simon exclusive Cozy Together stamp/die set with a purchase of $100 or more of Festive Fun products!!  The set will automatically be added to your cart!  Do remember, though, that the offer is only good until the end of the day on Novermber 10th, or while supplies last, so don't wait!   Hope you will keep hopping along and join the fun and inspiration for the rest of the hop!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs! 

 Lisa

Festive Fun Release

I have made a card with a new Simon Says Stamp stamp/die set, from their new Festive Fun release!...

I used the Stained Glass Christmas stamp/die set and a piece of vellum.  I stamped the vellum with black ink and clear embossed.  I colored the vellum from the back, then used the die to cut a window in the card panel.  I popped up the panel over the colored window and a black glossy  card panel[ol, after adding a black stamped and clear embossed sentiment.  Here's a close up...

There will be two blog hops to celebrate this release, tomorrow and Saturday.  Hope you will hop along for inspiration and for prizes...it will be lots of fun!

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