You Are My Favorite Blog Hop~Day 1!

I am so thrilled to be a part of today's blog hop, over at the Simon Blog, celebrating Simon Says Stamp's newest release, You Are My Favorite!  With Mother's Day coming up in May, this release has some wonderful Mother's day and "Spring is Here" stamps/dies/embossing folders and accessories, that will make creating for all the upcoming special days, so fun and memorable!!

I have used one of the beautiful new stamp/die sets, and made a couple cards to share with you today!

The Big Botanicals set was the first set I opened when I received the new products from this new release...I just LOVE red tulips and lavender colored hyacinth...these stamps were so pretty, they really spoke to me!!  I stamped, die cut, colored, layered and adhered them to the cards panel.  I chose a mini slimline card for the hyacinth, as it's a bit longer of a flower.  I also chose to simply use the genus name stamps on the panels and forgo a larger specific sentiment, so these cards could be for any time or occasion.  I popped the panels up on each card, and used clear enamel dots for each card.  Here's each card and a close up...

and a close up...

and the hyacinth card...

...and a close up...ee

Okay...I had SO much fun making my 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, April 30th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 30th, 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
Barbara Tarayao
Heather Hoffman
Keisha Charles
                                 Lisa Addesa<------You are Here!
Emily Midgett
Emma Williams
Mindy Eggen
Bobbi Lemanski
Lorraine Aquilina
Rachel Alvarado
Barb Engler
Nicki Baxley
Dana Joy
Mary Reiner

 Just to let you know...as you read in the title of this post, this is day 1 of 2 blog hops, celebrating this release!  SO...there will be another blog hop tomorrow...and that gives you not only more projects with wonderful inspiration, but also more chances to win one of the $25 coupons from Simon!  Hope you will hop along and join the fun and inspiration! ALSO...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of the post!  You will automatically receive the Sunny Fern emboss and cut folder, when you spend $30 or more of You Are My Favorite release products !   The offer is only good until the end of the day on March 27th, while supplies last.  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa 

You Are My Favorite Release!

There's a  new release out, over at Simon Says Stamp, You Are My Favorite!  I have made a card with one of the sweet new flower dies, and a sentiment stamp from the release!...

I die cut the leaves from green cardstock and brushed on a little more green at the inside tips for shading.  I colored the flower with ink, and shaded it a bit.  I then put all the pieces in a die cut piece, and put three more layers on top, then one last layer, the top panel, on top of them all.  I popped the panel up on the card.  I love the depth achieved by layering below the top.  Here's a close up...

I hope you will check out this new release over at Simon...It is filled with all kinds of wonderful!!  ALSO...there will be TWO blog hops, celebrating this new release...Tomorrow and Saturday...hope you will join in the fun...there will be giveaways, and lots of amazing inspiration!!  "Hop" to see you there!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Pretty Poppies

I have made a card with the Simon Says Stamp Pretty Poppies die set, from their Rain or Shine release...

I simply used a red and a green cardstock for the flowers and stems.  I DID brush some extra red ink onto the bases of the flowers for some dimension.  I put an extra layer behind each of the flowers, and adhered them to a panel, that became popped up on the card.  I added a die cut and layered sentiment across the three stems.  Here's a close up...

I think these flowers are SO pretty...happiness for me and for someone's birthday!  Hope you are having a great week!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Oh, Shiitake

I have finally made a card with a super cute stamp/die/stencil set from CZ Design...Oh Shiitake!  The stamps and dies came out in one release, but the stencil came out in Simon Says Stamp's Favorite Things release...

What I LOVE about stencils, is that they give you the ability to color with an ink pad and a blending brush...not markers.  I am NOT a good colorer, but I LOVE coloring with stencils!  They give you an  abiltiy to shade without having to use different shades of markers!  Anyway, I stamped, die cut, then colored and layered the mushrooms.  I then adhered them to the card that I had stamped a couple of the sentiments on.  Here's a close up...

 

Hope you are having a great day... always...hang in there!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Blessed on Easter

Hope you are feeling blessed on Easter! I have a card that I made with a bunny and sentiment die from the new Simon Says Stamp Rain or Shine release,  celebrating the day with a cute bunny, a shiny sentiment, and pretty eggs.  I have made it a mini slimline size card in order to make it a gift(the second pic)...

I stamped and die cut the eggs, then die cut the bunny and sentiment.  I embossed the background with a very old PTI impression plate, and brushed on the three colors of ink onto the card.  Here's the gift part, with a Simon mini slimline envelope...

And a close up...

Hope, for those of you who celebrate the day, will have a wonderful Easter...for those who don't, I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!  Much love to you all!!  

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

Argyle Thank You

I have made a card using a fun new Simon Says Stamp stencil set from their Rain or Shine release...

I don't know about you, but I always need thank you cards, so I decided to pair this cool stencil set with a thank you sentiment die!  I used two colors for my argyle and finished it with black accent lines.   I chose the extrs large CZ Design thank you die, I like the straight lines of the sentiment with the straight lines of the argyle.  I did die cut the top layer from glossy black paper, with several layers underneath from black cardstock.  Here's a close up...

The possibilities with this stencil set are endless...soft colors, girly colors, bold colors....I think this looks like it could be a great "man" card...but could go either way, too!  Hope you are having a great week!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa