Shine On Blog Hop~Day 1!

I am so thrilled to be a part of Simon Says Stamp's Hop, today, over at the Simon Says Stamp Blog, celebrating their newest release, Shine On!  Along with a wonderful and uber talented group of designers, today is a day to showcase all the wonderful new Simon products from this new release!  I have used one of the new flower dies...yes, my favorite, a daisy, and made a couple CAS birthday cards to share with you, today!...

For both my cards, I chose to frame them...I'm liking frames these days, and Simon is making so many wonderful frames, so making cards with frames is a no brainer!  This first one, the frame is, along with the daisy die, from the new release, too!  I used two of the frame dies, adhered together with removable tape, die cut three frames, and layered them together.  I die cut the daisy, and colored the stem by brushing on a couple green colored inks.  I used a yellow ink for the center, then adhered the whole thing to a light gray texured, and  die cut panel and card, the same shape as the frame.  This die set is for A7 sized cards, but the size I die cut for the card, fits PERFECTLY into an A2 envelope!  Here's a close up...

The second one is white on white...even simpler than the first...super CAS...and makes me super and simply happy!...

I used a frame die from the last Simon release,  Always There !  I die cut it, like the earlier, from two frames taped together.  I adhered three together for depth.  The sentiments are from two different stamp sets...so important, and a bit challenging, at times, to find one that has the right font and fits in the space perfectly...but I did!!  Here's a close up...

Okay...as I always like to say, I had SO much fun making my cards...I just love  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, 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 

Barbara Tarayao

Emily Midgett

Keisha Charles

Nichol Spohr

Sandi MacIver

Tina Smith

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

Heather Ruwe

Miriam Prantner

Alberto Gava

Lorraine Aquilina

Jessica Vasher

Betsy Green

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* Deco Blossoms stamp set, when you make any purchase from the Shine On release/collection!  The offer is only good until the end of the day on June 28th, while supplies last, so don't wait!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa

Shine On Release!

Today is release day over at Simon Says Stamp...celebrating Simon's newest release, Shine On!  I have made a birthday card, with one of their cool new dies, a cover die...HAPPY...

I die cut the "HAPPY" from white cardstock, and layered.  I decided to use a rainbow of colors for the background of the letters...using an old impression plate to give each piece stripes.  I then finished with a die cut and layered "birthday" sentiment!  Here's a close up...

There will be two blog hops at the Simon Blog, celebrating this release, tomorrow, June 26th, and a second on Saturday, the 27th...hope you will hop along and get inspired!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Happy World Giraffe Day!

My mom was an avid giraffe lover...to put it mildly!  I now have many of her giraffes all around my home.  I recently discovered that there is a World Giraffe Day, so I will take the opportunity, every June 24th, to celebrate this beautiful animal...and my mom.  I have used the newest very cute Simon Says Stamp giraffe die, from their Always There release, to make a card of encouragement, and was hoping for a little bit of humor, as well...

I die cut and colored some parts of the giraffe with markers, then layered.  I poppped it up on a panel that I had brushed pastel blue ink onto a cloud stencil and then put a piece of die cut grass. I added a stamped sentiment, and then popped up the whole panel on a card.  Here's a close up...

I hope your day is going along well...there will be a new release tomorrow at Simon, hope, too, you will check it out!  Please take care!  Thank you for visiting me today!! And again, Happy World Giraffe Day!! Hugs!! Lisa

Fiesta Çircles

I made a birthday card with a fun set of Simon Says Stamp dies, from their Always There release...

I looked up "fiesta colors", and these were one of the many choices that showed up.  I played with a number of shades, and settled on the ones on this card.  I layered each twice for some depth. I cut them in half, to fit on the card, and I adhered them together.  I then added an enamel dot to each layer.  I am really loving enamel dots, recently.  Had gotten away from them, but love that they add just a little bit of bling and dimension to the card.  Love, too, that I have SO many colors of dots...these were all from colored sets(I didn't have to color any with markers).  I added a happy birthday sentiment to the blue background, and popped up the whole thing on a black paneled card.  Here's a close up...

I don't know about your week, and where you live, but we got some MUCH needed rain today(could use a lot more, but will take what we can get!)...so it's been a great start to my week...hoping yours is going good, too!  Please take care!  Huge Hugs...thank you so much for stopping by my blog, today!!  Lisa

Sunblush Flowers

I have made a shaped birthday card, using a new frame die along with a beautiful new flower die set, both from Simon Says Stamp's latest Always There release...

I am in a frame mode, lately, so I used the hexagon die to actually make a frame for my flowers.  I made the card the same hexagonal shape, by die cutting it a bit above the fold of the card, thus leaving the fold for the card.  The only thing that needed to be done for this shaped card, was that I needed to cut a small piece off the bottom of the back of the card, so it would stand. Here's a pic of the back, so you can see the top and the bottom...

I layered the bottom layer of petals twice, as well as the leaves and centers.  I love to layer and love how it looks...what can I say?  Here's a close up...

So much fun...I don't try orange for flowers, too often, but loved the softer orange of the Melon...kind of Sunblush(the name of the flowers...hehe)?!  

Please take care!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Luna Flower

I made a card using a beautiful new Simon Says Stamp flower die, from their new Always There release!...

This is called a Luna flower, and I'm thinking a Luna flower is not a dark pink, but I purposefully did not look, rather, looked at all my wonderful inks, and chose a dark pink color, something different from my usual, but I kind of fell in love!  I layered the petals as well as the stem, then adhered the flower inside a layered die cut frame, made from two rectangle dies taped together to make a frame.  The sentiment is from an older set, stamped, die cut, and layered.  Here's a close up...

I love Simon flower dies, and this one is no exception!  Hope all is well where you are...please take care!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Drawn Hearts and Timless Love

This is a card I made from a couple fun and pretty dies from Simon Says Stamp's Always There releases!...

I had originally made this as a thank you card, then literally took it apart and redid! This is what it originally looked like...

It was just too busy.  I took the dark brown strip out from behind the heart die cuts, and replaced it with a tan strip.  Yes, there are colored cardstock strips behind each row of hearts.  This die also comes with a stencil and would be so cool for making inked color behind the die cuts, rather than cardstock strips...but either way...so cool and also so versatile!!   I also used the Timeless Love sentiment die...in the same line as the thanks sentiment, except with a white background this time.  I added a die cut heart from the background die, layered, and adhered it into the "o".  I used a sentiment from a sentiment stamp set, also from the new release, for underneath the die cut sentiment.  I added some enamel dots, and popped up the panel on the 5x5 card.  Here's a close up...

Hope you are having a great start to your week...and hope, too, you get to be creative today!!  

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

Blooming Beauties

I have made a couple cards witrh a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder/stencil set, combined with new rectangle and sentiment dies, from their newest Always There release!...

This set is so pretty!  It has dies for the flowers, as well, but I chose to simply emboss, then brush color onto the embossed flowers.   The stencils also have some of the leaves, which I also think is so pretty!  I then brushed the darker purple ink onto a piece of cardstock, and then die cut the sentiment from it, so it matched the color of the card.  I stamped a smaller sentiment with the same ink, then cut it out. Here's a close up...

The second card was one that I simply used the stencils, to make a much simpler look!...

I used the same colors as the first one, then added some colored enamel dots(I color them with a marker with the same color as the flowers).  I framed the flowers with a new rounded rectangle die from the new release, which I used two of the dies, taped together and then when die cut, I layered them.  

Here's a close up...

This release is so much fun!!  And this set is beautiful...with so many possibilities!!  Hope you are having a great midweek day!!  Please take care!!  Thanks for taking a look, today!!  Hugs!!  Lisa

Beautiful Day!

I've made a card using one of the new Simon Says Stamp stamp/die sets from their newest 

Always There release!...

This was the same little  stamp set given as a gift with a purchase, from the last release, but now has a die to go along with the beautiful wreath!  I think this wreath stamp is so pretty...LOVE it even more die cut!!  The die cut cuts the wreath so intricately, and I think that is sweet!  I colored the leaves and berries, then  coated the berries with Glossy Accents...twice for some pop of the berries.  I popped the wreath on a panel and then on a card, the panel textured, with a stamped sentiment from the little set.  Here's a close up...

I also stamped one of the sentiments onto the inside of the card...

Hope you have a great start to the coming week, tomorrow...a beautiful day!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

                 

Always There Blog Hop~Day 2!

I am so happy to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop~Day 2 at the Simon Blog, celebrating their newest release,  Always There!  I have used one sentiment die three different ways, with stripes being the common thread to them all! I LOVE this sentiment die...the font, the size, it is truly as it's title says, Timeless!...

This first one was simply the sentiment die cut and layered from white cardstock, then adhered to a die cut and layered diagonally striped background.  I added a couple enamel dots, and adhered to a textured panel.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I chose more "manly" colors of stripes.  

I took the top panel, and die cut the border of the "thanks" from it, then popped it up over the vertical stripes which had been adhered to the card.  I then adhered the white die cut and layered sentiment into the "window", over the stripes.  Here's a close up...

The third and last one, was made with a combination of the first and second....a striped border AND a window...

Truth be told...this thanks was actually on another card, but I wasn't happy with it, so I took it off, and decided to put it on a new card. This is what it looked like...

You'll have to wait for another post, to see what I wind up doing with the pretty hearts😌, but I had to do something different with all the stripes with that sentiment(too busy).  I wanted to keep the little heart in the sentiment, so I made it a thanks with love(the "with love" sentiment has an apostrophe, but when trimming the sentiment for the card, I cut it off, rather than mask it and not stamp it), card.  I popped up the sentiments over a heart window, with a pink background that went with the heart in the thanks.  I like the new version so much better...makes me happy...how 'bout you??  Here's a close up...

Okay...these cards were so much fun to make...love this "Thanks" die!!  The fact that it is so versatile is wonderful...the possiblities for it's use are endless!!

The list of participants in today's hop are listed below...

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Barbara Tarayao

Emily Midgett

Nichol Spohr

Nicky Meek

Tina Smith

Heather Ruwe

Keisha Charles

                                              Lisa Addesa<<<<<You are Here😊

Sandi MacIver

Miriam Prantner

Alberto Gava

Caryn Davies

Kath Stewart

Carly Minner

Natasha Polite

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 more projects with wonderful inspiration!  Hope you check out that hop at the Simon Blog,  and be inspired! ALSO...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of the post!  You will automatically receive the *not yet released* Hot Mess stamp set, when you make any purchase from the Always There release!  The offer is only good until the end of the day on May 31st, while supplies last, so don't wait!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa

With Sympathy

I have made a card with one of the very pretty new Simon Says Stamp stamp/die sets, from their newest release, Always There!...

I thought this stamp of beautiful leaves was so pretty...as well as it's die.  The die is very intricate, which makes the die cut leaves even prettier than just simply stamped.  I layered the leaves, then adhered them to a textured panel, stamped with one of the sentiments from the set.  I added some enamel dots...which coincidentally were the exact same color as the ink....Simon ink and Concord and 9th dots...sweet!! Simply done, but that's the way, uh huh uh huh, I like it!!😄  Here's a close up...

Hoping you are having a great start to your weekend...hope you will check out the two blog hops celebrating this new release, over at the Simon Blog...one today, the other tomorrow(I'll be a part of tomorrow's hop!).  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Always There Release!

I am so thrilled to be sharing a card made with a stamp/stencil set from Simon Says Stamp's new release, Always There!

This stamp set is SOOOO pretty!!  And...if you know me at all...it has a coordinating stencil set, that makes coloring the flower so much fun!!  This card is simple, but I think it's simply pretty!  I stamped the flower and sentiment, then brushed on the color to the flowers.  I popped the panel on a card...here's a close up...

Happiness!!  Real Happiness!!  This release has so many wonderful products, and there will be two blog hops, one tomorrow, and a second one on Saturday, over at the Simon Blog, that will showcase all those wonderful products..hoping you will hop along!!  Hope you enjoy this release as much as I am!!  Please take care!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Poppy Field

I made a birthday card with a beautiful stamp/stencil set from Simon Says Stamp!  

I thought these flowers were so pretty!  The only problem I had with this set, was figuring out where to make the cut of the finished flowers, to fit on the card.  I wanted to use ALL the flowers, but even with a 5x5 card, I would have STILL have to had cut some of a flower or two off...so this is how I settled on it.  I know I've said this before, but I LOVE stencils!  They are MY kind of coloring!  Anyhow...I brushed on color to the flowers and the stems/leaves, then added a stamp/die cut/layered sentiment.  Here's a close up...

This was SO much fun!!  Hope you have been having a great week...May has literally FLOWN BY!!  Please take care!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa