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

Happy Halloween...Merry Christmas!

Happy Halloween!!  I have made a card to celebrate the day, as well as using the same die for a Christmas card, too, using a funnnn new Simon Says Stamp die from Simon's Sweet Wishes release!...

I die cut the Witch Feet die, and covered the socks/stockings with black and orange/yellow die cut cardstock pieces.  I used an older Simon square die, die cut a window for the feet, and popped it up over the card.  I added a die cut and layered sentiment, die cut from glossy cardstock.  Here's a close up...

Then...I had the idea to use the witch feet and make them into elf feet...thus a Christmas card!...

I made it very similar to the first...the top panel a bit smaller than the first, as I didn't need a much space for the sentiment.  I used one of the new sentiment dies, again, with the glossy cardstock, and layered....Here's a close up...

I love that this die can be so versatile...so...much...fun!!!  Hope your Halloween is happy!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Buckeye Leaves Birthday

I've made a card with a new Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and sentiment die, from their 

Sweet Wishes release!

I used a black ink pad, rubbed on an embossed piece of cardstock, along with glossy black cardstock, to make a more "guy" kind of birthday card.  I layered the die cut sentiment, and popped up the green panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

Leaves and plants are big...this was so much fun!!  Halloween tomorrow...then it's on to November...woo hoo!!  Hope you have a great rest of your day.  

Thanks for stopping by, today...I really appreciate your visit!! Hugs!! Lisa

Beautiful Bloom

I have made a card with the Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Blooms stamp and die set, from the Sweet Wishes release!

The stamps from this set actually came out in September with the STAMPtember® release, but I was beyond THRILLED to have the stamps rereleased, along with the dies, in this new release!!  The flowers are so pretty, and I chose to simply use one of the flowers and two of the leaves, along with a sentiment, to make my card.  I stamped, die cut, colored and popped up the flower , and layered the leaves.  I colored the flower like a black eyed susan...kind of Fallish!  I popped up the panel onto the card, and done.  

Here's a close up...

Such a pretty set...and such CAS fun!!  Hope you have had a great weekend!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Artsy Flowers

I have used one of the beautiful and sweet new Simon Says Stamp stamp/die sets, from their new Sweet Wishes release, to make a couple flowery cards!...

I made this large petal filled flower into a black eyed susan, or a sunflower...but either way a Fallish flower.  I colored the flower with markers, die cut and adhered to a embossed piece of cardstock, using one of the new Rainbow Splash embossing folders.  The sentiment was stamped and die cut, adhered over the stem of the flower.  Here's a close up...

The second card...

This card was simply done with three flowers that I had made into my favorite daisies.  I'm not great at coloring, at all, so I had the idea to blend ink into the centers with a blending brush.  Not sure about you, but it does seem that yellow ink, at least with a marker, tends to "bleed" into the black image ink, when using yellow markers, so  blending with an ink pad and brush seems to have been a much better route to go, than coloring with markers, anyway.  I adhered the flowers to the gray panel that I had stamped the sentiment onto.  

Here's a pic of what my stamped flower that I used to blend, looked like...

You may have noticed, I changed the sentiment...yes, I do change my mind...it seems frequently.  These daisies just looked like "thanks"!

Here's a close up of the card...

Hope you have been having a great week...OMG...one week til November...yikes...the month is flying by!!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Tulip Filled Birthday Wishes

I have used the new Rainbow Splash Mosaic Tulips embossing folder, to make a birthday card...

I used, what I'm calling, the debossed coloring method, of embossing.  I embossed the white cardstock, then colored the images on the DEBOSSED side of the paper with markers.  THEN, comes the magic!  I took a black stamp pad and swiped it over the debossed, colored images, and voila...the black stamp pad only touches the flat parts of the embossed cardstock...you have colored images with a black background!  The cool thing in the coloring with markers, is that you don't have to be precise or perfect with your coloring...the swiping of the black stamp pad will cover all the over coloring!  I then added a Simon birthday die cut sentiment, which I had layered.    Here's a close up...

I LOVE red tulips...this card was so much fun to make!!  Hope you're having a great week!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Dimensional Christmas Cards

Simon Says Stamp has just released the new November Card Kit today!  I have used a paper pack(with foam squares!) from the kit, along with the kit's embossing folder and sentiment from the stamp set in the kit, to make five, dimensional cards for Christmas!

I had SO much fun making these cards!!!  I was sitting watching Inside Out 2 with my son, and put these together while watching the movie!  I had a blast...and love their popped up look!  The sentiment was not made to be straight, but, for my use, I attempted to straighten it the best I could!  I think these are so cute!  I have taken individual pictures of each card, to show you what they look like a little closer up...

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The cool thing about Simon Card Kits is that you can subscribe to them, and get them every month.  The kits have everything inside you would need to make cards with!  I did use my own white cardstock and black ink, but was great having cards in a kit!  Hope you will check the kit out...have a link below!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Sweet Wishes Blog Hop Day 2!

I have the honor and thrill to be joining a whole bunch of wonderfully talented artists, to celebrate, with a Blog Hop at the Simon Blog,  Simon Says Stamp's newest release, Sweet Wishes!  This is a fun and beautiful release...there are stamps, dies, embossing folders, and accessories,  that celebrate everyday, as well as the upcoming Christmas season!  I have used one of the beautiful new die sets, with Fall in mind, to make a couple cards...

This Autumn Sunflower die set is beautiful!  I do love sunflowers, and this die makes for some really pretty and easy/simple flowers and cards!  I die cut the flower from dark yellow cardstock.  I layered the brown center.  I stamped the background with Fog ink, and adhered the flower to the backround, along with stamping, then die cutting the sentiment, love this sentiment, BTW, from a new stamp/die set from this release! I thought it perfect for this card with the contrast between the gray images of the background,  and the bright golden yellow of the flower!  Here's a close up...

Then....I had an idea!  What if I took this simple, beautiful flower, and using the same sentiment, made the flower, REALLY full of color...all different color??!!...

I die cut the flower petals from white cardstock, and colored the petals with different color markers.  I die cut the center from black cardstock  and used the same background and sentiment for this card, as for the first card...just thought it would be fun to see the difference in the two, yet having so many similarities.  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, October 16th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 16th, 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
Suzy Plantamura
Emily Midgett
Amy Rysavy
Debby Hughes
                                 Lisa Addesa<------You are Here!
Alberto Gava
Kulbir Kirkland
Heather Hoffman
Allison Frazier
Maura Hibbitts
Misty Elam
Mary Reiner
Anne Fiene

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 2 of blog hops, celebrating this release!  There was another blog hop yesterday...and that gives you not only 14 more projects with wonderful inspiration, but also 14 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 Fancy Tidings of Cheer die set with any purchase!!   Simply follow the 3-step directions in the banner, and the die set is yours!  Do remember, though, that the offer is only good until the end of the day on October 13th(tomorrow), or until 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