Retro Birthday

I have made a birthday card with one of the new Simon Says Stamp stencils, from their new Beautiful Moments release!...

I chose to use three colors of ink for the flowers, then dotted each of the centers with a black enamel dot.  The sentiment I used fit PERFECTLY with these flowers...the "i" is dotted with a flower just like the stenciled flowers.  I dotted the center of THAT flower with a Nuvo drop, closest to the color as the ink.  I clear embossed the sentiment to give it shine, and adhered the flowers and sentiment to a card with a piece of black glossy cardstock for the backdrop.  Here's a close up...

What a fun release...flowers galore...of all kinds...even retro!  Hope you have a great weekend!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Beautiful Moments Blog Hop~Day 1!

I am so thrilled to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp Hop, celebrating their newest release, Beautiful Moments, over at the Simon Blog!  I have chosen the beautiful Wildflower Bucket die set, to make a card for the hop, today!...

This die set is SO pretty, and has a number of really pretty flower dies!  I chose to make my bucket from silver cardstock, part of the handle is from older wooden cardstock.  Rather than using all the pretty flowers from the die set, and I had die cut a number of them, once I die cut the daisies, I simply filled my bucket with daisies... I was in LOVE(my favorite flower)!  I embossed the background with one of the cool new embossing folders, and stamped and die cut a sentiment from one of the new stamp/die sets, also.  Here's a couple close ups... 

Okay...I had SO much fun making my card...love this bucket of daisies!!  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 4th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 4th, 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

Emily Midgett

Nichol Spohr

Barbara Tarayao

Heather Ruwe

Keisha Charles

Sandi MacIver

Tina Smith

                                Lisa Addesa<-----You are Here!

Nicky Meek

Cheiron Brandon

Barb Engler

Bobbi Lemanski

Caryn Davies

Laura Williams

Brenda Noelke

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 *not yet released* Clover Shaker Sentiments stamp set, when you make any purchase from the Beautiful Moments release!  The offer is only good until the end of the day on March 1st, while supplies last, so don't wait!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa

Beautiful Moments Release!

Happy Release day to Simon Says Stamp!!  Celebrating the new Beautiful Moments release, today!  I have made a card with a fun and pretty new set of stamps and dies, which  celebrate a day I love...St. Patrick's Day!...

I did a DNA tes,t and although I come from an Irish dad and German mom, both of them pretty much each 100% their nationalities, I am 87% Irish, Scottish, and English. I'm showing you my water cup below, that I love so much!  When my first one broke, my daughter searched the internet and found me a replacement...I LOVE my cup, not just for the month of March...every day...just a little show of my Irish love!!  SO, it is little wonder that I love St. Patrick's Day!  I chose this stamp and die set, and stamped the shamrocks in Simon colors that spoke to the day,  Spring, Dublin, and Lucky. 

I layered the shamrocks, stamped the sentiment, and adhered the shamrocks to the panel.  I popped up the panel on the card, and added another sentiment from the set...

Here's a close up...

There will be two blog hops at the Simon Blog, one tomorrow, and a second on Saturday, February 28th...Hope you will join us and hop along...there will be lots of wonderful inspiration  and lots of chances to win free coupons to shop at Simon!  See you then!  

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

So Thankful

I made a card of encouragement and love, with a stamp and die from Simon Says Stamp's Heart to Heart release,

This will go to a family member, and all my family knows about the Tulip tree in my backyard...the tree on this card reminds me so much of it.  Here's a pic I took of it last year...

It's gigantic(the tulip tree is one of the largest of the native trees of eastern North America).  When I saw this tree stamp from this Simon set, I KNEW I had to make a card with it.  Then, I found this sentiment from an older Simon set, and thought it perfect.  Interestingly enough, this tree was tiny, less than six feet tall when we moved into our house, so it grew up with me and my family.  I stamped, die cut and colored the image, then layered and adhered it to a mini slimline card panel.  Here's a close up... 

Today, and everyday, I am thankful for so much...especially my family!!  Hope you have a good day!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Heartfelt Thanks

     It's a couple days after Valentine's Day, and I still have a lot of hearts on my desk, so I thought

               I would make a heartfilled thank you card...(don't know why my printing is so wonky!)

I used two sets of Simon Says Stamp heart dies, from their Heart to Heart release.  I also used a couple sentiment stamps, from a CZ Design sentiment stamp set, and a Simon leaf die to adorn my die cut heart.  the heart was cut from my favorite patterned paper pack from Craft Consortium...it gives my paper a cool look without all the work of getting it to look that way(which I truthfully don't know how to do!!).  I love that there is gold sprinkled in the colors on the paper, and I thought gold accents in the leaves and gold embossed sentiments would go wonderfully with the gold.  I layered the heart , die cut gold and some vellum leaves, bent the gold leaves a bit with my fingers, and popped the whole panel up off the card.  Here's a close up...        

I hope your week is starting out great...please take care!  

Thanks for visiting me today!!  Hugs!!  Lisa

Happy Valentine's Day Hearts

I  made two cards for Valentine's Day from a single set of Simon Says Stamp dies and sentiment stamps from their Heart to Heart release!...

I loved the thought of framed dies, and had an idea of how I wanted to showcase them.  I die cut the heart frame dies from red metallic cardstock.  I then die cut partial cuts from red cardstock, so that I would have a heart to adhere to the metallic heart and be able to hang from a silver cord.  I took a picture of one of the hearts before hanging and closing....

I used five different sized hearts from the set, and then hung and adhered them to the cord.  I used a sentiment (love the font of these sentiments), and popped up the panel on a longer than A2 but shorter than a slimline card.  I found a red slimline envelope in my stash that went perfectly with my card...even though my card is shorter than the envelope.  Here's a close up of the card...

The second card was made using the leftovers of the first card...

I used the same five dies, and die cut the hearts in random positions along the right side of a textured panel.  I added sentiment from another stamp set from the new release, and popped up the panel on the card.  I layered the hearts with the leftovers from the first card, as well, and adhered the layered hearts into the heart windows on the panel.  Here's a close up...

These were fun to make!  Hope you are doing well, and that you can find a moment or two to get creative, today...it's good for the heart!  Please take care!  Hugs!  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog, today!  Lisa

Warm Thoughts

I don't know about where you live, but here in Southeastern Virginia, it has been incredibly cold.  I made a card on one of those frigid days, and am sending warm thoughts, despite feeling very cold!! 

I have used a pretty set of snowflake stamps and sentiment die, both from Simon Says Stamp, and their Heart to Heart Release!  I used a patterned piece of paper that had a "snow feel", and embossed them with white embossing powder, then some glitter powder(although the sparkle is hard to see on photos).  I die cut and layered the sentiment, then adhered all the pieces of the sentiment onto a piece of vellum.  I popped up the panel onto the card.  Here's a close up...

Hope you're staying warm and well, wherever you are, in our world.  Peace!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Warm Hugs

Well, we had a false alarm of a snow storm, last week, but have another one today and tomorrow...saying we will get 5-10" of snow.  We'll see about that, but the cold and wind have it feeling like it is 7º outside.  I just went out to feed the birds, and it is bitter cold!!  I made this card with a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder from their new Heart to Heart release along with a sentiment die that went perfect withd what I'm feeling...sending warm hugs from Virginia!...

I embossed the cardstock and chose to color the flat side of the embossing, showing off the debossed white snowflakes.  I used two shades of blue ink, rubbing them over the debossed flakes.  I die cut the sentiment from silver cardstock, then layered it with several die cuts from white cardstock.  I popped the snowflake panel off the cardand adhered the sentiment.  Here's a close up...

Hope that if you are in line with this storm, you will stay safe and warm.  I have everything ready from last week, so food and fuel in my cars and filled propane tank,  I'm all set.  Please take care.   Can't wait for warmer weather!! Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

With You

  I have made a card with a new Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and sentiment die, from their Heart to Heart release....

This card was simply made...my heart has been heavy,  creating has been challenging.

I have been heartbroken over what is going on in our country.  My heart goes out, especially, to the people of Minnesota...may you continue to stand strong...you are so amazing!!

I am rarely about current events with my cardmaking.  But, no matter your political affiliation, what is happening in our country is not about that...it is about what is right or wrong.  What our government is doing, saying, and asking us to believe and accept is wrong...this evil has got to end!  I want to be able to say to my grandchildren, when they ask where I was during this time, that I was on the side that stood for the rights of all people, and for our democracy.  I hope that will be you, too.  

Please take care.  Lisa

Sweet Friendship

I have made a CAS card with an adorable Simon Says Stamp stamp/die set, and a heart die, both from their new Heart to Heart release...

Simply done, I stamped, die cut, and colored the rabbit and squirrel on the log.  I dotted the flower with a very small enamel dot, and adhered the two to the  card after setting them in a die cut heart panel, stamping one of the sentiments from the set.  I popped the panel up, on the cardl. 

Here's a close up...

This card could be made for a friend, but I had my far away daughter in mind when I made it...I love having her around...missing her💙.  Hope you have had a great weekend, and hope the coming week will be great, as well!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Brushed Pine

I have made a winter card witha couple of the cool new Simon Says Stamp dies, from their new Heart to Heart release....

I die cut and layered the border of the pine tree.  I layered it with the lighter green for the whole tree,  I then adhered two layers of the dark green for every other layer.  I die cut the snow and cut the panel down.  I tore a piece of white cardstock for the snow, and adhered the panel to the card and the tree to the panel. I added a stamped, die cut and layered sentiment  in the upper corner.

 Here's a close up..,

This was so much fun to make...what a cool tree, and love the die cut snow!  Hope you are doing okay...please take care!

Thank you for visiting my blog, today!! Hugs!! Lisa      

Heart to Heart Blog Hop~Day 2!

I am thrilled to be a part of Simon Says Stamp's second day of hops, over at the Simon Blog, to celebrate their newest release, Heart to Heart!  I have chosen to make a couple CAS birthday cards with a cool and fun new CZ Design stamp/die set!  

I stamped and die cut the "Happy" sentiment and colored it and the stamped and die cut candle in a rainbow of colors.  I layered both, and adhered them to the card between two raised panels.  I stamped one of the sentiments on the bottom panel, and added some glitter enamel dots for bling.  Here's a close up...

The second card, I used another of the fun sentiments 

I stamped, die cut, and colored the "woots" in a rainbow of colors.  I used foam adhesive behind each sentiment, and adhered them to the card, inbetween a raised panel on either side.  I again, added some glitter enamel dots, and one of the sentiments from the set, stamped, cut and adhered to the card and sentiment.  Here's a close up...

Okay...I had SO much fun making my cards!!  As I always like to say...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, January 14th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 14th, 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  
Nichol Spohr
Barbara Tarayao
Emily Midgett
                             Lisa Addesa<----You are Here!
Tina Smith
Keisha Charles
Heather Ruwe
Barb Engler
Lea Lawson
Charlene Madrid
Maggie Haas
Maura Hibbitts
Sandi MacIver
Cathy Zielske

Just to let you know...as you read in the title of this post, this is day 2 of 2 blog hops, celebrating this release!  SO...there was another blog hop yesterday...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, today, and check out yesterday's hop at the Simon Blog! ALSO...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of the post!  You will automatically receive the not yet released Friend Like You stamp set with any purchase of products from the Heart to Heart release!   The offer is only good until the end of the day tomorrow, January 11th, while supplies last.  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  Lisa

Heart to Heart Release!

There's a new release out, today, at Simon Says Stamp..,.Heart to Heart!  The name of the release says it all...it is one filled with hearts and love!!  I have used the adorable Bundled Snoman to start off my  celebration of this wonderful release!

This die was actually offered last month as a giveaway for purchasing items from the DieCember® release.  I immediately fell in love...this little guy is SO adorable!!  I combined him with a couple sentiments from two of the new stamp/die sets.  I die cut the snowman from Simon's velvet cardstock, to give him a little more "snowy" look.  I die cut the hat and scarf, then ran them through my Big Shot with a piece of burlap on top of them...giving them texture.  I stamped and die cut the sentiments, then layered.  I used a Simon snow stencil and used embossing paste to make snow with dimension.  I layered the snowman and used the same velvet to make a snowscape for the snowman to sit on,  Here's a close up...

I have been out of commission with a bout of bronchitis...feeling a bit better, but, putting it bluntly, being sick sucks!  I am coming back and  have made a few cards with this wonderful release, but am having to play a bit of "catch up"!!  Hope you will check out the blog hops over at the Simon Blog, tomorrow and Saturday, as we really celebrate this new release, and bring some new year's inspiration to you!  Hope you will join the fun and hop alobng!  Please take care!!  Thanks for stopping by, today!  Hugs!  Lisa