Wild and Free Flowers...Die Cut

I had made a card with the Simon Says Stamp Wild and Free Flowers stamp set, but have since purchased the dies to that set(which I thought looked amazing, and they are)....so I've made a couple more cards with this stamp set...and now the dies!...

I love these dies, because they intricately die cut the image...and I LOVE that in a die!!  So...I used both flowers and sentiments,  and stamped, die cut, and colored the flowers...with their STENCIL...oh yeah, they have stencils, too!  I then layered them, and put them on cards.  Here's a close up of the first one...

Then the second card...

The background was made with a very old Papertrey Ink impression plate(those plates were the bomb!).  It is called Guide Line Grid Impression plate.  Here's a close up...

This was my card from a few months ago...

SO...MUCH...FUN!!!  So cool that a single beautiful flower could make a card!!  Simplicity at it's finest!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Tissue Petal Stems

I have made a thank you card with a set of beautiful flower dies and sentiment die, from Simon Says Stamp's new release, Every Happiness!...

I die cut the flowers from white cardstock and brushed ink onto the petals, and leaves.  I layered the bottom layer of each flower, and then adhered them behind a beautiful die cut and layered sentiment.  The size of the "thanks" was more fitting of a horizontal A2 card, but with the flowers, I made the thanks fit a vertical card, but adjusted the size of the card a bit.  The card is 5x6...could have been a 5x5, but liked it with a little space on the top and bottom of the flowers and sentiment.  The fit has a bit more space on the top and bottom, but kept it with equal space on sides, equal space on top and bottom.  Here's a close up...

This card made me happy...just loved the flowers with the silver thanks...happiness.  Hope you are having a great start to your August!  Please take care! Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Wishflower

I have made a card with one of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp flower dies, from their Every Happiness release!...

I die cut the flower and stem from white cardstock, and brushed the colors of ink onto the pieces.  I adhered them to a narrow piece of cardstock with a sentiment stamped on it...the sentiment also from a new stamp set from this release.  I popped up the panel with the flower and sentiment onto a paneled card that I had embossed with one of the new embossing folders.  I brushed an ink pad over the imbossed images, with the same colored ink as the flower, the ink coloring the raised portions of the embossed images.  Here's a close up...

This flower die is SO pretty...I had so much fun creating with this flower!  Days away from August...where has this year gone??  Please take care!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Sunflower Meadow

I have made a thinking of you card with one of the sweet new stamp/die sets from Simon Says Stamp, and their newest release, Every Happiness!...

This stamp and die set is divided, the flowers and the leaves are separate stamps...so...the easiest was I found to make these pretty sunflowers, was to die cut first.  So, I die cut the flower, first, from white cardstock.  Then, I adhered the die cut to my MISTI, and positioned the various stamps over the die cut.  This makes for perfect positioning, lessening the potential for error when stamping the flower and stem first, then die cutting...the image could be "off" from the die.  Anyhow, that's the way I did it.   Then, I layered the flower, and adhered to a die cut and layered frame, made from two frames taped together and then die cut, to get a cut out frame.  I used one of the sentiment stamps from the set. 

 Here's a close up...

Such fun, as, like I've said before, I love sunflowers...so happiness, too!  Hope you are having a good week!  Please take care! 

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Butterbloom Flowers

I have made a couple cards with one of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp flower die sets, from their newest release, Every Happiness!...

I die cut and brushed on color to the flowers and stems, then decided what to do with these pretties.  I decided to split them up and put each on a card.  This one, I layered the bottom petals, then put some adhesive foam in between the top and bottom petals for dimension.  I used a pretty frame die to center my flower on, and added a stamped and die cut sentiment from another of the new stamp sets from this release!  I brushed on color to my card with the same inks as the flower.  

Here's a close up...

The second card, with the flower being so small, took a little thought...

I love black and white polka dots!  I just happened to have a polka dotted heart sitting on my desk....so....I thought the idea perfect for my little flower!  I die cut another heart, smaller than my polka dotted heart, on the card panel, and then popped it up over the polka dots and the card.  I added another stamped and die cut sentiment from the same stamp set as the first card.  

Here's a close up...

I hope you are having a great weekend!  Hope, too, that you checked out the blog hops of the last couple days to celebrate this new release...lots of wonderful inspiration to be had!!  Please take care!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Every Happiness Blog Hop~Day1!

I am so honored and thrilled to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp blog hop, over at the Simon Blog, celebrating their newest release, Every Happiness!  I will say, this release has a number of flower dies, and flower dies bring me every happiness...so, I think this release is named perfectly!  I have used one of the beautiful new flower die sets...SUNFLOWER BLOOMS....I love sunflowers, to make two cards to share with you, today...

I die cut and brushed color on the flower and leaves, then layered the leaves and the bottom layer of the flower, and adhered to the card, which I had die cut and layered a pretty new frame from the release.  The sentiment is also from a beautiful new daisy stamp/die set.   I love the font of these sentiments and that the sentiments are very cut out with their dies...love this set's sentiments(along with the daisies)!  Here's a close up...

The second sunflower is a smaller version of the first one, and in the same die set as the first one...

I prepared the sunflower just like the first.  I used a sentiment from a set from the last Simon release.  I also usesd a notched frame die, using two different sizes, then layering both and adhering them together and popping them up on a textured yellow backgrounded card.   Here's a close up...

Okay...as I always like to say, I had SO much fun making my cards..next to daisies, sunflowers are my favorite flowers!!  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, please check the Simon Blog after the hops, 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 

Heather Hoffman

Barbara Tarayao

Laura Bassen

Amy Rysavy

Tina Smith

Nicky Meek

Heather Ruwe

                                     Lisa Addesa<----You are Here!     

Miriam Prantner

Jean Doeringsfeld

Barb Engler

Laura Williams

Christine Okken

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 exclusive and*not yet released* Golden Sunflower stamp set, when you make any purchase from the Every Happiness release/collection!  The offer is only good until the end of the day on July 26th, while supplies last, so don't wait!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa

Every Happiness Release!

There's a new release out, over at Simon Says Stamp!  The release is Every Happiness, and the name truly fits this release, as Every thing in it, brings Happiness!  I have made two cards with one of the new stamp/die/stencil sets from this release!...

I stamped and die cut the daisy wreath, then used the stencil to color the centers and leaves of the wreath, as I was going for daisies, and aside from a little gray for some shading in the middle, I opted not to color the flowers.  I layered the wreath, then adhered it to a panel that I had embossed with one of the new embossing folders from this release.  Here's a close up...

The second card is much like the first...

For this one, I used a couple of the Crimped dies to make a frame for this daisy.  I layered both the daisy and frame, and used some enamel dots for accent.  Here's a close up...

Such fun...and true happiness...wherever daisies are concerned!  There will be two blog hops to celebrate this release, tomorrow the 24th, and Saturday the 25th at the Simon Blog...hope you will check them out and be inspired!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Quirky Daisies

I made a birthday card with a sweet daisy die from Simon Says Stamp, and their Shine On release!

I die cut and colored the stems and middles of the flowers.  I then adhered the daisies inside a die cut circle frame of a polka dotted panel with a stamped on sentiment.  I popped up the panel on the card.  I also added some enamel dots.  Here's a close up...

Daisies are my favorite...these were no exception, sweet and fun!  There's going to be a new release tomorrow, at Simon Says Stamp...I hope know you will check it out😉!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Darling Duckies

I have made a card with an adorable embossing folder/die/stencil set from Simon Says Stamp's latest Shine On release!...

These little duckies are so stinkin' cute, and there are so many of them.  I got the idea to make this a missing you card, only when I spotted the sentiment that is on the card...fro, a stamp set also from the release...then everything fell into place.  I also used a part of a cover die, also from the same release, for the water.  I may have colored my ducks in a challenging way, though.  I die cut and embossed the ducks, then taped them to each stencil to color...a bit challenging, but the outcome was plentiful.  I have enough ducks to do another project, but for now, this card!  I stamped the sentiment after brushing on blue ink to make the sky for the background.  I liked how there were ducks that faced both ways, to face the sentiment!  I layered the duckies, and then adhered them behind the waves.  The panel is popped up on the card.  Here's a close up...

These duckies were so stinkin' cute and so much fun to create with!!  Hope you are having a great start to your week!  Please take care!Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Dancing Meadows

I used a pretty new cover plate die from Simon Says Stamp, and their newest release, Shine On, to make a couple cards with it's pretty flowers and leaves...

This first one, the flowers are single flowers, and four leaf clusters.  I die cut all of them from white cardstock, and colored with a purple and a green marker.  I dotted each of the flowers with white enamel accents dots.  I also added a die cut and layered sentiment, along with some enamel dots.  I popped up the panel onto a card.  Here's a close up...

The second one, done much like the first...

This one has flowers on stems, and stand alone leaves, along with a larger flower.  Again, I colored the flowers and leaves, but chose to leave the flower white, except for it's center.  I again, gave each center of each flower a dot of enamel accent, as well as a die cut and layered sentiment.  I forgot to say, I colored the cardstock for the sentiment with the same ink as the flowers on both cards, then die cut the sentiment from the colored cardstock.  I colored white enamel dots, on this card, with the purple marker to make them purple, and then they match with the flowers and sentiment, perfectly, too!   I framed it all with a die cut and layered frame.   Here's a close up...

I hope you had a great 4th of July...I enjoyed time with my children and their families!  A bit cooler temperatures would be nice, it is SO hot, but having my daughter visiting...indoors or out, is of little matter...the time together is everything!  Oh, and SO thankful for AC!!  Please take care!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Artful Palette Christmas

I have made a couple cards with a cool and fun new set of stencils from Simon Says Stamp, and their new Shine On release!...

This stencil set, Artful Palette Christmas, has Christmas in it's name, and being that it's July 1st...Christmas in July...I thought it perfect to use this stencil for a July Christmas card.  I used two shades of red and one green, and used a couple of the stencils as they were designed, then added some extra circles in random, and needed spots, to fill in the emptier spaces.  I added a stamped, silver embossed, and layered sentiment, and some silver enamel dots.  I then finished by popping up the panel on a card.  

Here's a close up...

Then I used the circles for a birthday card...

This was made with three shades of blue, and then a silver embossed and layered sentiment.  I used the same enamel dots for this one as for the first.  I was going for a "guy" card, as this will be for my daughter's fiance.  Here's a close up...

Such great fun!  These cards were so much fun to make!  Christmas in July, I'm watching lots of Hallmark movies...I have so many Christmas favorites!  Hope you have a great rest of your week.  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Leafy Greens

I have made a couple cards with a beautiful new Simon Says Stamp stencil from their newest release, Shine On!...

This embossing folder's leaves are so pretty!  I sprayed some adhesive on the back of the stencil before using, as it has alot of detail, and so the stencil is intricate.  For the best results in brushing on ink, it helps to have the stencil steady, so the spray I used is listed below...it's a huge help!  I used two colors of green, the field, a lighter green for the first go round, then the stems and the base of the leaves with a darker green, kale.  I cut the leaves into two pieces, using the larger one for my first card, the smaller piece for my second card.   

I die cut the sentiment from silver cardstock and layered, then popped the panel up on a card.  Here's a close up...

The second card...

I used a sympathy sentiment for this card...thought the leaves went perfectly with a sympathy card!  I used two enamel dots to add some dimension.  Here's a close up...

I hope you are having a great week...tomorrow is already July!!  Wow, how this year is flying...it's also the start of Christmas in July?!  You may see some Christmas cards, here!  Please take care!  

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