Happy and Joyful Release!

The Simon Says Stamp Happy and Joyful Release just came out today, and I have made a card using one of the beautiful new hot foil plates/die set...

Eucalyptus plants are  strong, inside and out, and they symbolize many things, but one of the things they symbolizes is strength.  I made this Mother's Day card to encourage this mom to have strength, and to remind her how important she is!  This beautiful stem requires a Glimmer Hot Foil machine, which I used to heat up the plate, and then ran it through my Big Shot.  I brushed sage ink onto the card, brushed it with a static bag, versamark stamped the sentiment and silver embossed.  I used my Prismacolor markers to color the eucalyptus leaves and then layered.  I adhered a silver border to the bottom of the card, and done.  

Here's a close up...

Hope you will check out the new release over at Simon!  There will be two blog hops, tomorrow, and Friday on the Simon Blog...hope you will hop along!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Love You Mom

I used a new Simon Says Stamp sentiment die and a stencil, along with another older Simon die and stencil, to make a Mother's Day card...

Okay, this card came with a bunch of "I wonder, what if, let's try??" moments.  I wondered if the Simon Heart Stencils were the same sizes as the Simon Heart dies?  I'm not sure about the rest of them, but the one die and stencil size I wanted to work with WERE!  What did this mean, you ask?  What if I  embossed the heart shape with the die onto the cardstock and then stencil WITHIN that embossed heart for a little more interest and definition than simply stenciling.  THEN, I put the new Fanfare stencil up to the heart and... oh... my... goodness...the fans FIT the curves of the heart...well...I loved this idea, too!!  Only thing...this simple design takes getting everything precisely right.  This whole heart thing involves lots of PRECISION...but so cool when it all comes together!! 

Let's try!

SO...I embossed the heart with the die, taped the heart stencil to the cardstock panel precisely, and blended two pinks and a red ink across the heart.  Then, I adhered the Fanfare stencil over the heart stencil, again, precisely(lining up where the top curves come together, the top curves, and the bottom point of the heart).  This wasn't hard, just learn from my little hiccups, take your time and align...hey that kind of rhymes!   I stenciled the same three colors, and then added the layered sentiment die cut Mom, and the popped up sentiment strip.  I added polka dotted paper to the top and bottom and some tonic drops and done.  Here's a close up...

Oh my goodness...so...much...fun!!  Such fun putting things together like this!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

You're on My Heart and Leftovers

I had leftovers from a card that I made over a year ago, in a box of unused die cut and stamped images.  I thought that with this new CZ Design sentiment die, You're on My Heart, from Simon Says Stamp's Hello Gorgeous release, it would be the perfect time to combine the old with the new and make a couple cards...

The rainbow of stenciled layered hearts goes perfect with the You're on My Heart sentiment die!  So, I simply trimmed the hearted cardstock as best as I could, added a layered die cut sentiment, added some tonic drops, and popped up on card.  Here's a close up...

The second one is the same,  just cut a bit different and still has the purple hearts on it ...

Layered sentiment, more tonic drops, and and other close up...

So much fun and SO EASY and SIMPLE!!  Maybe you will have some fun and find some leftovers in your room somewhere, that you'll be able to make into something new!  Hope you have a great week!!  Take care, be safe!!

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

Hey Folk, It's All About Mom

I have used the very cool and pretty new Simon Says Stamp Folk Art Flowers Cling stamp and a sentiment stamp and die from the  All About Mom set, all from their new Hello Gorgeous release, to make a Mother's Day card!...

This cling stamp is SO COOL!!  The flower and dotted pieces are removeable from the stamp, which makes it possible to stamp a large cling stamp like this in multiple different colors easily!  I LOVE that ability...kind of like the multi set stencils, except that the cling stamp's images have detail...just so much fun to stamp with!!  I think that stamping in a MISTI, is the only way to do it, as you can interchange the pieces keeping the total image perfectly positioned!   I hope I see more of these in future releases!!  I used a dark red ink for the flowers(I'd like to think of them as tulips), green for the leaves, and black ink for the berries(I colored them as if they were simply dots, despite the berry detail...just saying I know).  I stamped the sentiment in the same ink, and popped up on card.  Simplicity at it's best!  Here's a close up...

Mother's Days are a little hard without my mom, but I have daughters, son-in-laws and grandchildren who I will love on with cards for this amazing day when we honor moms, so I create for them!  Love and miss you, mama!💕

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

You Made Me

I have made a card that celebrates mama, using the new CZ Design You Made Me die from Simon Says Stamps Hello Gorgeous release!...

I made this by using a rainbow of colored cardstock, in soft shades for the letters, and bolder shades of each color for the backgrounds.  I die cut the words twice, adhered together and ran all of them through my Big Shot with a piece of burlap over them to give them some cool texture.  Then, I adhered one more layer of die cut letters under each of the adhered and textured letters.   I adhered each word to a strip of the darker shade of that colored cardstock.  I popped them all up and varied them from side to side, adding my little sentiment strip below the last strip, 

Here's a close up...

You could make this a birthday card, a card of encouragement, thanks, or love...such fun!!  Hope you are doing well!!

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

Spellbinders April Releases

I have made a few cards with some beautiful new dies, and a glimmer hot foil sentiment, all from two new collections from Spellbinders Paper Arts, Through the Garden Gate Collection by Susan Tierney Cockburn, and Layered Fleur Bouquet Slimlines Collection by Becca Feeken...

This first card uses the Forget-me-not die set and the Stitched Alphabet Note sentiment hot foil plate.  I die cut, layered and adhered the stem, leaves and flowers...and lady bug, then adhered them the the card panel after heating up the sentiment on my Glimmer machine, and then running the panel through my Big Shot.  Simply done, but my absolute favorite way to make cards!  Here's a close up...

This second card uses the flowers from the first set, and a sentiment from another new die set...

With this card, I used the pretty flowers from the first set, and the sentiment and leaves from the Half Slimline Oval Etched die set.  I die cut in silver, layered and adhered to a panel I had brushed some blue ink onto.  I added some Tonic Jewel drops on the card and some Crystal drops in the flower centers.  I tied the flowers with silver string.  Here'a a close up... 

The third one, I used both the Half Ovals and sentiment dies from the Half Slimline Oval set...

I layered two of each of the ovals, then I weaved a blue ribbon through each oval.   I used the same color cardstock, along with a lighter blue, black and silver, cut into strips and adhered together, to die cut the sentiment.  I layered the sentiment, and adhered it to the center of the slimline card.  Here's a close up...

There are so many beautiful products available over at the Spellbinders store website with these new releases...hope you will take the time to check them out!  

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

Loving the Daisies!

I have made a couple cards using the beautiful Memory Box Riverbank Large Layered Blooms and Exquisite Leaf die sets...

I LOVE daisies, and this Riverbank die was a "had-to-have" die set for that reason...I saw beautiful daisies when I saw this die!!  The flower die set has three petal dies and a center die. The leaf set of dies is also beautiful, and I thought would look perfect on either side of the daisy.  Both cards were made with all three petals, and one each of two of the leaves from the 4 leaf set.  I used a Simon Says Stamp A2 Thin Frames die, die cut in black and layered twice for both cards.  The sentiment is from a Poppy set of sentiment stamps, no longer available, Greeting Basics.  The first is my super CAS way, just the frame and sentiment, and my favorite, the second an exta layer.  Here's a close up of the first...

The second is the same as the first, but with an exta layer...

I had originally made this card with a yellow background, but it didn't look so great, so I used the panel I had first made, and popped it up on a white card instead of yellow...and like less color much better!  Same black frame, same sentiment...I have to say I just love daisies and I love white!!  Here's a close up...

Ahhhh...daisies make me so happy!  I liked the first one best, my daughter the second...which do you like best??  Hope you'rehaving a great start to your week!!  

Thanks so very much for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

He is Risen!

I have used the beautiful Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass Cross die, from their Hello Gorgeous release,  to make a card for Easter!...

I die cut the frame from white and silver cardstocks, one whole layer with adhesive rolled on it, one outlined layer that the colored pieces were then placed into, and two layers above them, one white, the top layer silver.  I filled the frame with die cut pieces of four shades of yellow cardstock.  I used a older CZ Design sentiment stamp/die , Clean Lines Faith, for the sentiment.  Here are a couple close ups...

This card made me happy, and had me pause and reflect...I love the Lord and am so thankful for what He did!  He is SO good and SO faithful!!

Thanks for stopping by today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Floral Wreath Birthday

I recently purchased a very pretty Lawn Fawn die, Magic Iris Floral Wreath Add-On die set to make a Birthday card...

I thought this wreath was so pretty, the tulips and, as I made them, daisies, are two of the flowers I love to see most on cards, so this die set was for me!  I also love the extra flower dies, so with more time, I will hopefully eventually make some cards simply with the flowers!  I layered the wreath twice, used a circle die to cut a hole in the card panel, ran it through my Big Shot in a very old Cuttlebug polka dotted embossing folder(thanks for the idea of polka dots, Emma!), and used a Simon Says Stamp sentiment stamp for the center of the wreath, that I thought fit into and went perfectly with the wreath!  

Here's a close up...

Hope you are having a good weekend...making this card has mine off to a happy start!!

Thanks for taking time to stop by my blog!! Hugs!! Lisa

Olive Leaves Wreath

I have made a card today, with one of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp Olive Leaves dies, from their newest Hello Gorgeous release...

I do like to research the plants and leaves that I create with, and loved that almost all of the cards I saw made with Olive Leaves, had a variety of shades of green.  SO...I decided to use a trio of green Simon Saturated Inks and a blender brush, to color each of the die cut leaves.  I then glued them together and added a die cut and layered sentiment.  I added three little silver dots from some VERY old silver dots, and adhered the whole thing over an almost square card(4.75x5").   Here's a close up...

It's been cold here in Va, but having fun indoors creating cards!!  Take care, everyone!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Delicate Floral Frames

I have used the pretty new Simon Says Stamp Delicate Floral Frames stamp/die set, from their new Hello Gorgeous release, to make three different cards...

I decided to use these floral frames in ways that might give you some different ideas of how to use them.  This first one I made a birthday card with rainbow leaves on the frame.  I decided to mimic the colors in horizontal polka dotted stripes.  I used a Simon stencil with some embossing paste, and made some more very tiny polka dots on the background.  I love polka dots!  Here's a close up... 

The second one, I did a bit differently...

I used the circular frame with tulips, and cut out the middle of the circle by hand.  I used a Simon die cut sentiment and used another Simon die, a heart, to dot the "i" in miss.  I used an embossed piece of cardstock for the background and popped it up on the card.  Here's a close up...

The third one the simplest of all...

I used the oval frame for this card.  I stamped one of the sentiments from the set, and after coloring, dotted both flowers on the frame with a same colored jewel...just a little pretty bling.  I popped up the frame on the background, then the background paper on a card and done!  Here's a close up...

What pretty stamps, with sentiments for so many occasions, and with so many ways to use the frames, a very sweet set! 

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Garden Boots

I have made a couple cards with a new Simon Say Stamp stamp/die set, Garden Boots, from their newest release, Hello Gorgeous!...

I stamped, clear embossed, die cut, colored and popped up the polka dotted boot into a die cut heart.  I stamped with versamark and black embossed the sentiment, and popped up the heart on the card.  Here's a close up...

The second one is one that my daughter colored, and what acutally inspired the card I colored above... 

My daughter and grandbaby are visiting, and my daughter wanted to color some of my die cuts that I had cut to make cards with...this one is the only one she has gotten to, so far.  I used another of the sentiments from the set, and put it on a strip snuggled into the boot and flowers.  Here's a close up...

Having a crazy but wonderful couple weeks with family...enjoying every second!!  What time I have to create with this new release has been a blast, as well....more to come!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa