Brutus Monroe STAMPtember® Collaboration!

The Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® collaboration of the day is Brutus Monroe!  The stamps and dies for this collaboration are goosetastic!  I have made a Christmas card with one of the cute geese!...

Simply done, I stamped, die cut, and colored the goose in Christmas colors.  I used a gold pen to color in the balls(which look like ornaments to me) on the goose's dress.  I layered her, then adhered her to a panel I had embossed with an old impression plate, as well as a stamped sentiment.  I popped it up on the paneled card, and added some white enamel dots that I had colored with the the marker I used for her dress, so they matched(that's what I do more than not, these days!).  Here's a close up...

Sweet set!  Geese for all the upcoming seasons and holidays!  Had such fun coloring my goose!

So sorry...it appears that by the time I got to make my links and post my card, the dies are already sold out...so sorry!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

STAMPtember® Embossing Folders

There is a set of six Simon Says Stamp embossing folders thaat have been released today, as a part of the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember®  release(there is a link below for all six)!   I have used two of these folders to make a couple cards to share with you, today!...

This first one had three different bunnies and their dies, I chose the one with the balloons for my card.  I used an extra balloon, and partially set my bunny inside a die cut heart.  I curled his leg and ear to more easily fit him in the heart with a pen, rubbing it along the ear and leg, which gave them each a little curl.  I colored and layered the balloons, then used floss to attach to the balloons and then put a dot of glue on the back of each string to make sure it stayed put.  I attached the strings to the bunny's paw, and popped up the panel, stamped with a big birthday sentiment, over an embossed and colored(brushed an ink pad over the debossed side of the embossed dots) piece of cardstock.  Here's a close up...

The second card, made with a cupcake embossing folder...

I die cut, then embossed the cupcakes, with white and silver  cardstock.  With the silver cardstock, I cut them down to the cups and used them with the top halves, which were the white cardstock, and then colored pink.  I don't know about you, but cupcakes for birthdays have to have silver cupcake papers.  I then adhered the layered cupcakes on an embossed image of all the cupcakes, plus a die cut and layered Happy Birthday sentiment!  Here's a close up!...

Such fun and just to let you know, unlike most of the other collaborative releases, when these folders run out, they will be replenished...yay!!  Hope you're having a great day, and a wonderful week!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Trinity Stamps STAMPtember® Collaboration!

The Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® collaboration of the day is Trinity Stamps, and I have made a card with this sweet stamp/die set!...

The stamp/die set is filled with adorble yetis!  I have made a card with the one throwing confetti!  I stamped, die cut and colored the yeti and confetti, then stamped more confetti on another piece of cardstock and colored those, as well!  I cut a stitched square, then stamped one of the sentiments from the set, and popped up the panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

Such a cutie!  Such fun!  Hope you will check it out, over at Simon.  Hope your week is having a great start!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Pretty Pink Posh STAMPtember® Collaboration!

The Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® collaboration of the day is Pretty Pink Posh, and I have made a card with this sweet stamp/die set!...

I stamped, die cut, colored and layered all the cocoa cups, as well as the toppings.  I adhered them to a panel that I had stamped one of the sentiments, as well as brushed on embossing paste onto a Simon stencil.  Here's a close up...

This card was lots of fun, and it's never too early to start getting ready for Christmas!  Hope your Sunday is going well!  Please take care!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Memory Box STAMPtember® Collaboration!

Today's STAMPtember® collaboration over at Simon Says Stamp is with the wonderful Memory Box!  I used this cute new stamp and die set, to make a Christmas card, with the adorable penguins from the set!...

I stamped, die cut, and colored the penguins.  I then layered them with a second layer, then adhered them into windows that I had made on an embossed panel.  On that panel, I had stamped and gold embossed the sentiment.  Funnily enough...I stamped the sentiment in black, not versamark, like I usually do with embossing powder...but it worked.  I had done that...a long time ago, but nice to know that embossing powder works with regular ink, as well!  The embossing on the panel is with a very old Papertrey Ink impression plate.  Here's a close up...

Such fun!  Hope you will check out this new release...it's here until it's gone!  The collaboration link is below, as well as the STAMPtember® release link!  Hope your weekend is sunny...even if not through your window, in your heart!  Please take care!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Honey Bee STAMPtember® Collaboration!

A Honey Bee Stamps STAMPtember® collaboration has released over at Simon Says Stamp, today, and I have made a card with this sweet set of stamps and dies!

I stamped the frame with versamark, then gold embossed.  I layered it a second time, for some depth, the adhered it to an embossed panel with the window of the frame cut out.  I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of paper and adhered it to a popped up panel, then adhered the holly.  Here's a close up...

This set has four frames and a whole bunch of sentiments as well as images...would make for great little cards or tags for Christmas, as well.  As with most all of the collaborations, though, they are only available until they are gone, they are not restocked, so if you like it, you best get it while you see it!  Please take care! 

 Remembering those whose lives were taken and all the heroes of 9/11, today...have cried lots of tears...yes, 25 years later...and forever!  See you tomorrow.  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Gina K Designs STAMPtember® Collaboration!

The Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® collaboration of the day is Gina K Designs, and I have made a card with the beautiful stamp/stencil/die set!...

I stamped the flowers, then used the stencils from this release, to color the flowers.  I LOVE coloring with stencils...such fun, so easy and love how they look!  I keep trying, and am learning about coloring, but am not a great colorer, so stencils are wonderful!!  I then die cut the flowers, layered and then adhered to a panel with a stamped, die cut, and layered sentiment.  I added some enamel dots, and popped up the panel onto a card that I had brushed the lightest ink around the borders.  Here's a close up...

I hope you will check out this and other collaborations over at Simon Says Stamp...such great fun!!  Hope your week is going well...hang in there!!  

Thanks for visiting my blog today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Altenew STAMPtember® Collaboration!

Today's STAMPtember® collaboration over at Simon Says Stamp is with the wonderful Altenew!  The stamp and die set make for a big, beautiful flower...and it what fun to create!!...

This stamp set has three stamps for the stem, and five stamps for the flowers!  So, I stamped the stem first, with three different green inks.  It was so easy with my MISTI...and I think kind of one is needed, unless you have expert ability to position your stamp while stamping.   I used four different inks for the flowers, then dotted the flowers with the centers, using the darkest ink with some white ink, to make it a little different.  I positioned it on a card panel with a sentiment from the set, used some enamel dots, then popped up on card.  Here's a close up...

I think this flower is beautiful...the color combos are endless, and SO much fun to see it coming together as you stamp each layer.  As a note...I stamp the most "full" stamp of the stem and the flower, with the lightest ink, then work my way to the darkest ink being left for the stamps with the "least" image.  Hope that makes sense.  Check out this, and all the other STAMPtember® collaborations HERE!  Hope you are having a great start to your week.  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

CZ Design STAMPtember® Collaborations!

There's an amazing CZ Design STAMPtember® collaboration at Simon Says Stamp today!  It includes three sets of stamps and dies, a single set of stamps, sentiment  strips, and cropping panels!!  I have used stamps and a die from two of the sets to make a couple CAS cards to share with you today!...

This card was so much fun...I rarely do things like this.  I used a dark ink, as well as a die cut circle adhered to the upper corner, and brushed on the ink on the card panel.  I made sure to brush on the ink lighter around the moon, to give it that glow.  I then stamped the tree and sentiment a couple times with my MISTI, and then popped the panel up on the card.  I used a glossy black card...kind of felt more "halloweeny" than just plain black.  Here's a close up...

The second card...

I stamped, die cut, and colored the flowers.  I colored a frame for the flowers with the same ink as the leaves, then found a piece of textured cardstock that just "went" with the flowers.  I added some enamel dots and popped up the panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

Hope  you will check out this amazing new release over at Simon Says Stamp...Cathy's stamps are such fun...just like her!!   AND...until the end of the day, tomorrow, you will get 25% off all CZ Design products...sweet!!!   Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Whimsy STAMPtember® Collaboration!

The STAMPtember® collaboration release today, over at Simon Says Stamp, is a stamp and die set by the wonderful Whimsy Stamps!  I have used one of the adorable owls from the set, to make a card with a theme that I'm wondering if you will know when you see it?

Okay...to me, the glasses were a dead giveaway as to how this image needed to be colored.  In case you haven't guessed my thoughts...Harry Potter!  The owl is Hedwig, with Harry's glasses on!  So, I colored the hat brown, for the Sorting Hat, and the wand dark brown, for each wizard's wand.  Hedwig is white, so I simply gave him some shading and dotted his wings with black, as white owls have.  The background colors are Gryffindor's colors....I'm a Gryffindor...I just couldn't resist it all!!  Here's a close up...

I hope you will check out this new release, over at the Simon website...as with the collaborations, they are here until they're gone, they will not be replenished, so if it speaks to you, don't wait too long!  I hope you are having a great weekend!!  Thanks for stopping by, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Tim Holtz STAMPtember® Collaboration!

I have a couple cards to share with you, today, that celebrate the first of MANY collaborations for the Simon Says Stamp's month long STAMPtember® release!  These are from a new Tim Holtz set, that's also from a whole workshop that Timon Holtz will be having on You Tube with Simon's founder, Heidi, on September 26th!  This set is from one of the two sets, and celebrates Christmas and the Winter season!...

I stamped, die cut, colored and layered the images, then framed both of them.  The only difference was because of the sentiment of the second card, I used embossing paste, a Simon stencil, and made snow.  These cards are simple in their make up, but I think the stamps are beautiful and stand alone beautifully!!  

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

Here is the second card...

...and it's close up...

As I mentioned...this is the first of a month long list of releases, yet to come.  Hope you will continue to check the Simon Blog and Store site, to find out which are new to the day!  They go fast, sometimes within the day, so if you're interested in finding out what's available, stayed tuned to Simon !  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

STAMPtember® Party!!

I am so thrilled to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp's STAMPtember® release, with a STAMPtember® Party, over at the Simon Blog!  I am, with a HUGE number of amazing artists(you can check out the VERY long list over at the Simon Blog!), celebrating the SEVENTEENTH YEAR of Simon Says Stamp's monthlong celebration of all things stamping, STAMPtember®!  It's so big, it's in the name...it's trademarked!  Simon has released a wonderful collection of stamps, dies, embossing folders, stencils, to name some of the products...and if that weren't enough, they will have month long collaborations with wonderful, industry wide companies, to release stamp sets throughout the month of September!  

I have used one of the wonderful new Simon stamp/die sets, to make a card to share with you today!...

This set is very cool!  One stamp has the leaves, two other stamps have the flowers.  So, I stamped the leaves, then placed the stamps over the leaves, in my MISTI, and stamped the flowers.  I also stamped the sentiment, die cut and layered it(love how it intricately cuts out the sentiment...just sayin').  I layered the flowers, then adhered them both to a pink panel that I had stamped polka dots onto. 

Here's a close up...

Creating this card was so much fun!!  Love how several stamps come together to give you a pretty bouquet of flowers, when you're done...like a wonderful surprise at the end!  I know I say this a lot, lately, but I love the way that dies are evolving, as well...they die cut so much more of the image, for a more intricate look and feel to the image...way cool!!

Don't forget, thie offer at the top of my post is for a free Celebration Balloons embossing folder, with a $30 purchase, available until the end of tomorrow!  There are different offers at different blogs, so, like a scavenger hunt, you might want to look at other blogs or on instagram, to find the offer that's just for you!  Hope you will join in the celebration throughout the month, for all the wonderful collaborations and surprise releases! All the info for today's party, and throughout the month, is on the Simon Blog...STAMPtember® is going to be a blast!

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

It's Stamptember®!!

Happy STAMPtember®!!  For those of you who may not know, STAMPtember® is a Simon Says Stamp month long event, celebrating all things stamping!!  In fact this is Simon's SEVENTEENTH YEAR, celebrating STAMPtember®!  You will find, over at the Simon site, new stamps and die sets, dies, embossing folders, stencils...all things stamping, and a whole lot of amazing collaborations with many of the wonderful stamping companies in this creative community, to name some of the wonderfulness!!  I hope you will check it out!!

I have made a card to start the celebration, using a beautiful die set, filling my card with lovely sunflowers...

I die cut the basket from wooden cardstock, and layered.  I die cut all the sunflowers, and leaves...I brushed some ink onto the petals, centers, and leaves, to give them a little shading(although the leaves are the only parts that really show it),  I stamped a sentiment from a new, small, stamp set, and then adhered the basket, flowers, and leaves, to the card.   I added some enamel dots for an added touch!  

 Here's a close up...

Such wonderful fun!!  The fun of this month's celebration begins tomorrow, with a HUGE party and ALOT of artists creating with Simon's new products!!  You can find all the info at the Simon Blog, and hope you will join the party!  Then, there will be new releases daily, at the Simon website, for the remainder of the month...wonderful collaborations that will only be available for STAMPtember®, or until they're gone!  Hope you will join all the fun with me...it's the most amazing month for stamping...17years and counting!!

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

Cow Cuties

I have made a birthday card with an adorable set of cows, with a Simon Says Stamp stamp/die set, from their Every Happiness release!...

These cow are truly so stinkin' cute!  After die cutting a BUNCH of these guys(and girls), I chose to use four of them to line my mini slimline card for a money carrying birthday gift.  Mini slimlines are the perfect length for dollar bills.  I added a die cut grass, but had to extend the die cutting for the length of the card, by putting the cut grass twice through my die cutting machine by placing the die at the very end of the first die cut, and running it through the second time...thus extending the length of the grass.  Hope that makes sense.  Below is a picture with the money...

and a close up...

Hope your weekend has been a nice one...only days away from Simon's STAMPtember®...HUGE celebration of all things stamping throughout the month of September, in case you're new to stamping.  This is Simon Says Stamp's SEVENTEENTH YEAR...hope you will join me and a whole bunch of artists and companies, throughout the month for lots of fun and inspiration!!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Paper Cut Messages

I have made a thank you card with a stamp/die set from Simon Says Stamp's Every Happiness release...

This set of sentiments is so cool...I love the font and the size, choosing to stamp three of the "thank you" sentiments on striped paper, and then die cutting and layering.  I adhered them to a panel, then gave it a border...popping up and adhering to one side of the card, also having the same paper as one of the sentiments.  Here's a close up...

Oh how much fun!  I just had my son's ceiling lift fixed and this card will go to the company that fixed it...they were so helpful and did such a great job.  I have gone without his ceiling lift for a couple years, now, due to being unable to find someone to replace the lift machine, and then an extremely unaffordable quote.  I do have a floor lift for him, but the ceiling lift makes life SO much easier for him, me, us...and don't misunderstand, it was alot of money, but so much less expensive than what others had quoted me. And, they drove over 150 miles to our house to do it.  I am So thankful!!  I hope your weekend is off to a great start!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa