Botanical Buddies!

I have made a card with a very cute stamp/die set, from Simon Says Stamp's Shine On  release!...

I asked my daughter what she thought these little cuties were.  I originally thought they were little fruit, but, by their very name, Botanical Buds, I took their little faces to be the bulbs of the flowers...right or not...that's what they are to me.  So...I made them all different shades of what a bulb might look like, and with that, they also happen to look like different shades of people, too...sweet!!  I am in love!!  I colored all their flowers to kind of go with the sentiment , then layered each one.  I stamped the sentiment, then adhered the little guys/girls to the card...kind of making them dance across the card.  Here's a close up..

Such...simple...FUN!!!  I hope you have had a great weekend...please take care!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Forest Folage Hugs

I have made a card using one of the pretty stamp/die sets from Simon Says Stamp's Every Happiness release...

I stamped the flowers and leaves, then die cut  I adhered them in a panel with a die cut out heart and layered heart frame, along with a stamped sentiment.  I popped up the panel.  Here's a close up...

Simplicity makes MY heart happy!  Hope you are having a fantastic Friday...and that your weekend will be wonderful.  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Cottage Flower Birthday

I have made a birthday card for a flower loving friend, with a cute little flowerfilled stamp set from Simon Says Stamp's Shine on release, and square dies from their Every Happiness release...

I stamped and die cut the flowers, colored, then adhered them to die cut squares that I had layered...the top layer a glossy black square.  I adhered them to a card with a stamped sentiment, and another of the die cut squares...loved the lines in the corners...also layered, then adhered the squared flowers.  Sometimes when I look at this card, it looks like I'm looking in windows...hmmm.  Here's a close up...

Okay..such fun!!  These flowers are so cute and it was so much fun to find a way to use them just as the cute flowers they are!!  Hope you have had a great weekend...please take care!!

Deco Flowers

I have made a card with a beautiful small Simon Says Stamp stamp and die set, from their 

Every Happiness release!...

The dies "make" this set, as they cut the flowers very closely, and, with some layering, give them a very cool, dimensional look!  I stamped several of the stamped images, then die cut the flowers from two of the stamped images.  I adhered the colored and layered(different levels of layering) flowers to the third stamped image, then layered it a couple times. I added a sentiment, popped up the flowers on the card, and put a layered frame around it!  Here's a close up...

...and a real close up close up...

A little stamp set with a lot of wow!  I had so much fun creating with it!!  Hope your weekend is starting out great...please take care!  Thank you so much for visiting my blog, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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 stopping by!  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