I've Got Your Back!

The Stacking Animals from Simon Says Stamp is such a cute set of stamps!!  I paper pieced the turtles and made a card for a friend...

Oh my...a card with NO LAYERING...wow...shocking!!  I paper pieced the turtles with some fun patterned paper for their shells and popped them up in a framed panel...

Ok...SO MUCH FUN!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Spring Flowers...Teal and Gold

I had made a couple cards with the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers stamp set, sponging the color, then stamping with Versamark and white embossing over the sponging, HERE.  This time, I have sponged with teal, just like I had sponged for the last cards, but embossed with GOLD embossing powder (Oh how I LOVE gold!!) instead of white...

I adhered the stems to the card, and used 3D squares behind the tips of the flowers to give them some lift.  I had to search my entire stash of stamps to find just the right "thinking of you" that fit the flowers and the space (sentiments are SO IMPORTANT!!).  It is from the retired Hero Arts CL 140, Thinking of You Messages stamp set.  Here's a close up of the flowers...

These flowers are SO PRETTY...white OR gold outlines, no matter!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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CAS(E) this Sketch 167...Baby Cards

The sketch this week at CAS(E) this Sketch is sweet simplicity...I love it!!  I made two cards , the first one is the one I'm entering into the challenge, simply because it's the first one I made.  Here's my first and challenge card and the sketch...

I used Simon Says Stamp Sketchy Banners, Papertrey Ink paper, sentiments (LOVE these Keep It Simple sentiment stamps!!) and background impression plate, and an EK Success flower punch.  I layered the banners and the flowers.  Here's a close up...

My second one is for a little boy.  I used the same banners, another of the Papertrey Ink sentiments and reverse side of the impression plate, and a Simon Says Stamp star die...

I also layered the banners and stars on this card.  Here's a close up...

I wil even add to these two, the VERY FIRST one I made when I saw the challenge, but with six lines down the front of the card, I really felt it just was not fitting for the challenge, so I'm just adding it to this post to show you.  I brushed six colors of watercolor ink across the card.  I let it dry overnight, then stamped the sentiment with versa mark, and white embossed.   Kind of like it...just sayin...

OK...this was SO SO SO much fun!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Plush Happy Sunshine...Three Ways!

I LOVE the adorable Simon Says Stamp Plush Happy Sunshine die...what a cute die!!!  I used the die to make three sunshines.  The first two are made with paper, the third with felt.  Here's the first...all three have magnets on them...multi-purpose...can be used on a card and a fun magnet...

 I layered with chipboard and used floss to sew.  Added enamel dots for his eyes:)!!  The background paper is from the Doodlebug Spring Assortment.   Here's a close up...

Here's the cutie on the frig...

The second one, I used patterned paper and replaced the sun's happy face with a "sunshine" sentiment die from Simon's Sun and Sunshine die set and stamp an older set of Simon stamps, From Us ... 

 Here's a close up...

And here is is on a frig...

The third one is much like the one on the Simon Says Stamp store website...couldn't resist making a felt one...oh be still my heart...he is so stinkin' cute...

Here's a close up of my "sunshine guy" ...so makes me smile!!

I might have said this before, but it bares repeating...stitching these plush die cuts is so much fun...very relaxing and theraputic...and the end results...CUTEEEE!!!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Fat Quarters and Painted Sentiment Dies

I saw some Fat Quarters...quarter-yard cuts of fabric cut wide (hence the name fat), typically used for quilting...at WalMart the other day, and their designs were so cute... I KNEW I had to have them to make cards with.  Here's my first card, and then a pic of the Quarters...

The 3 bowed packages come with 5 different patterned fabrics.  What Fun!!  I also bought some spray glue...abplastic bottle with a squirt sprayer..E6000...I found that at Walmart, as well.  

I sprayed the cardstock with the adhesive , then applied the cut piece of fabric.  I sprayed the back of the cardstock and adhered the ends.  I then sprayed another piece of card sized cardstock with the adhesive and adhered the fabric panel onto the paper.  THAT whole piece went onto a card...I used a tombow runner to adhere to card.  The "thanks" is a painted sentiment from Simon Says Stamp that I layered and applied glossy accents on.  Here's a close up...

Had so much fun with the first one, the second simply uses another fabric, the same "thanks" and some black twine ...

The third one, yet another of the fabric quarters coupled with another Simon painted sentiment and  this time, a Hero Arts flower die...

 No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you...my lines are a little crooked, as they might have been pulled a tad too much...but that's what makes it homemade, right...or you might call it whimsy?!  I layered the Hero Arts Mum dies along with the "hugs"...

I have been having fun with my dies and paper, of late...this time, fabric instead of paper...but love how simple AND fun it can be to create with just a couple things and make some cool cards!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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