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

Darling Ducky

I've made a card with a super cute Simon Says Stamp die, from their Rain or Shine release...

I die cut the Darling Ducky from light yellow and orange cardstocks...the eyes from black.  I used a gel pen to dot the centers of the eyes.  I used the tree stump from the Rain or Shine stamp/die set, stamped, die cut, colored, layered and then popped up on card panel.  I used an older sentiment that I thought "went" with the ducky...and popped up the panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

I think this little guy is so stinkin' cute...yes...darling!  Hope you're having a great start to your week!  

Thank you for stopping by, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Mod Plants

I've made three cards using the wonderful Simon Says Stamp stamp/die/stencil set from their 

Rain or Shine release!...

I stamped the leaves/flower with my MISTI, so I could double stamp the images with different inks.  

I then die cut the images, and layered.  I love these dies, as they cut out pieces in between the leaves...LOVE THAT!!   I added sticky foam on the backs of the images, to give them some extra lift, then adhered them to cards that I had brushed ink with the stencils for these pretties. I used a sentiment from the stamp set for each card.  Below is a picture and close up of each of the three cards...

I stamped the Kale ink first, then the field.  I used the Latte ink for the background rectangle.

I used the Butter ink for the background.

I taped off the flower, when stamping the leaves/stem, and taped off the leaves/stem, when stamping the flower.  I brushed on the flannel ink for the background.  

These were so much fun to make!!  The MISTI was a key tool....stamping two colors, or even a second stamp of one color, makes it necessary to have a tool like a MISTI, to keep your project as well as the stamps you use, from moving.  Hope you are having a great weekend!!

Thank you so much for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Snowbells

I have made a card using one of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp die sets from Simon's new Rain or Shine release!...

I think this die set is soooo pretty!!  When I saw the cover of this die's packaging, I loved it just the way the picture looked, so I went with that look for MY card.  I used green cardstock for the leaves, and brushed darker inks on some of the parts of the leaves and stem.  I used a background stamp behind the flowers and a sentiment from the stamp set from the March card kit.  Here's a close up...

I had never heard of snowbells...I love how they turned out!  Happiness.  Hope you are well.  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Rain or Shine Blog Hop~Day 1!

I am so thrilled to be a part of today's blog hop, over at the Simon Says Stamp Blog, celebrating Simon Says Stamp's newest release...Rain or Shine!  There are so many wonderful products in this release, and I have used one of the fun new dies to make three cards with it and it's pieces...

I die cut the Nifty Star Plate three times.  I removed all the stars and adhered the panels together.  I used the die to emboss, not die cut, a fourth piece, making it a panel, then colored the embossed panel with three different color inks.  I opted to make these stars, flowers...so...I made some black enamel dots to put in all of centers of the flowers.  Below, I snapped a pic of how I make them.  I have some of my dies in cassette sleeves.  When I want some enamel dots, I put the enamel accents on the outside of cassette sleeve, let it dry, then get them off with an exact knife....

Below is a close up of the colored flowers, the dots and the sentiment that I had covered with glossy accents to give it some fun shine...

THEN...I used all the stars from the  die cuts, and made them into flowers!! 

I thought the stars, when put together, looked SO cute as flowers...especially as my much loved daisies, when I put a yellow center in them!!

I used an old scrap of polka dotted paper to line my flowers on, and a sentiment from one of the new stamp sets.  Here's a close up...

Then, another CAS card done with the small stars from the die cut frame...

I used a sentiment from the stamp set from Simon's April Card Kit...the sentiments in this set are beautiful!   I positioned the flowers around the sentiment.  On both cards, I adhered three pieces for the bottom layer of the flower, and only one piece for the top layer of the flower.  Here's a close up... 

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, March 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 
Caly Person
Nichol Spohr
Suzy Plantamura
Jennifer McGuire
Debby Hughes
Emily Midgett
                                  Lisa Addesa<-----You are HERE!
Tina Smith
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Karin Åkesdotter
Sandi MacIver
Tracy Ware
Barb Engler
Michelle Short
Charlene Madrid

 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 a $25 coupon 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 Balloon Bouquet die when you spend $23 or more of Rain or Shine release products !   The offer is only good until the end of the day on March 31st, while supplies last.  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa 

Rain or Shine Release!

There's a new release at Simon Says Stamp, today...Rain or Shine!  I am so excited to share my first card celebrating this new release, with you!...

I used one of the cute egg stamps fromt he Happy Eggs stamp set, and set out stamping the bunny ears in six "pastelly" colors.  I die cut them with the die from the coordinating set, that had a hole punched in the top, and decided to string the eggs together with some of the new Simon silver cord.  I popped them up with some foam to give them a little dimension.  I tied bows at either end, and added one of the sentiments from the set.  Here's a close up...

There will be blog hops tomorrow and Saturday at the Simon Blog, to celebrate this new release.  Hope you will hop along, and get some Spring inspiration!!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa