Stained Glass Snowflake

I have made a card with a Simon Says Stamp die and stencil set, from their STAMPtember® release...

I used a piece of vellum to brush on ink from the stencil.  I had "thought" about making it stained glass looking, but the logistics didn't work for the real thing.  Thus the soft look to my colors...vellum.  I die cut the snowflake, and layered it, and used a sentiment from another new Simon stamp/die set.  

Here's a close up

I think this is such a pretty snowflake, and was so much fun to create!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Newton's Nook Designs STAMPtember® Collaboration!

I have made a card with the newest  Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® Collaboration , from Newton's Nook Designs!

The set comes with a couple cute dog stamps and a sweet kitty, as well as sentiments, along with coordinating dies.  I stamped, die cut, colored and layered one of the doggies.  I framed him in a pile of snow, then embossed the same snow on the blue card panel that surrounds hims.  I also added a stamped, die cut and layered sentiment from the set.  Here's a close up...

What a sweet set.   As most of you know, I'm not a great colorer.  I will say, this guy was fun to color, and despite my inabilities, I think he stayed pretty cute!  Hope your Friday is going fantastically!!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa 

Pinkfresh Studio STAMPtember® Collaboration!

I have made a couple cards with the newest  Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® Collaboration , from Pinkfresh Studio!...

This set is sweet...it is a stamp/die/and stencil set!!  I stamped, stenciled, die cut, and layered the flowers and their leaves.  For this first one, I adhered it to an arched die cut card with a gray panel with polka dots stamped on it.  I stamped, die cut, layered, and adhered the sentiment.  

Then, on to the second card...

The two images from these cards, are both from the same stamp, same die and done with the same stencils!  Very cool!!  SO...you die cut and if you decide, like me, you can make two cards from one image, one cut, one time coloring!  The only difference is I used a layered rectangular frame for this one, as well as an old polka dotted embossing folder.  

Such wonderful fun, with such a beautiful set!!!  Hope you have a terrific Thursday!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Let Hope Bloom

I had made this card a while ago...but wanted to post it, because it makes me happy, and who doesn't need some happy, these days?!...

The stamp and die set is by Dare 2B Artzy!  I think this is one of most beautiful daisy stamps and dies I have seen...so making a card with it may have taken me a while since I purchased it, but thankful I finally got to use it!!  I stamped, die cut, then colored and layered the flowers.  I adhered them to a light gray panel that I had die cut and layered the panel with a scallop rectangle die.  I added a very old sentiment, that, sadly, is no longer available, but it is a Simon Says Stamp set, Jubilee Sentiments.  Here's a close up...

These daisies really do make me happy!  What a wonderful set!  Hope you are having a great night...it is cool, here in VA, I have the windows open with a 65º breeze blowing in, with my wind chimes making beautiful music as I sit here writing.  Doesn't get much sweeter than this!!  Please take care!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Ink On 3 STAMPtember® Collaboration!

The Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® collaboration of the day is Ink On 3!  This stamp die set is so cute and yet...so scary, but adorable!  I have used this Halloween kitty, to make a card to share with you today!...

Simply done, I stamped, die cut, colored with markers, and layered.  I added a stamped, die cut, and layered sentiment, as well.  I brushed on ink to the card, brushing it on very lightly where the moon image would be, to give it some glow.  Here's a close up...

What a cute Halloween set, and so much fun to color and make into a card!  Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!!  Please take care!!Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

STAMPtember® Boo Bundle!

There's a new Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® release today...the Boo Bundle!  It includes a stamp and die set, an embossing folder and stencil, along with patterned paper, and ink!!  I have used the adorable stamp/die set, to make a Halloween card...

This stamp set has some really sweet little ghosts!  I used one of the ghosts, with the house and tree/bushes, and stamped, colored, and layered them.  I then brushed on ink lightly over a punched circle, then more around the panel.  I added a sentiment from the set, and then I adhered the house and the ghost over the inked panel.  I popped up the panel on the card, and added some enamel dots that I had colored blue with a marker.  Here's a close up...

Such fun!!!  I have put links, below, that take you to the entire package, as well as the individual items from the bundle(it's a much better deal to purchase the bundle!).  I hope you are having a great start to your week!  Please take care!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Pumpkins and Mushrooms, Oh My!

I've got a couple cards to share with you today, made with a beautiful and cute stamp/die set, from Simon Says Stamp's STAMPtember® collection!  

The first card, I used the pumpkin image.  I stamped, die cut, colored with markers, layered, then adhered to a cream panel with a die cut layered frame.  I went with the cream, to match the berries.  I popped up the panel on the card.  No, no sentiment.  I just loved how it looked without one, and actually thought of framing it, but without a sentiment, it can be used for lots of occasions.   Here's a close up...

  

The second card, I chose the mushrooms...

I made it the same as the first, but with this one I dotted the mushrooms with enamel accents, and the berries with glossy accents.  I also added a stamped, die cut, and layered sentiment from the set.  Here's a close up...

As I mentioned above, this set is cute, too, as the one image I LOVED, but didn't get to, was the ghost...adorable image, and one I was really drawn to in this set.  Funny how creating goes...but I will definitely make a card with it!!  Hope your weekend is going great...please take care!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Party Balloons!

There's a new Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember® release out, over at Simon Says Stamp...some wonderful embossing folders, with dies and coordinating stencils!  I have used one of those embossing folders and it's stencils, to make a birthday card...

These balloons are so much fun!  I embossed the balloons, then brushed on colors of ink, with the stencils.  I added some confetti from a card I made a couple days ago, brushing on the ink colors I had used on the balloons, and adding a few silver ones to go with the sentiment.  Here's a close up...

I have put links below for all the folders available, today!  Hope you will check them out...folders with stencils and dies, makes for so much fun, when creating cards!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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