Tim Holtz STAMPtember® Collaboration!

I have a couple cards to share with you, today, that celebrate the first of MANY collaborations for the Simon Says Stamp's month long STAMPtember® release!  These are from a new Tim Holtz set, that's also from a whole workshop that Timon Holtz will be having on You Tube with Simon's founder, Heidi, on September 26th!  This set is from one of the two sets, and celebrates Christmas and the Winter season!...

I stamped, die cut, colored and layered the images, then framed both of them.  The only difference was because of the sentiment of the second card, I used embossing paste, a Simon stencil, and made snow.  These cards are simple in their make up, but I think the stamps are beautiful and stand alone beautifully!!  

Here's a close up of the first...

Here is the second card...

...and it's close up...

As I mentioned...this is the first of a month long list of releases, yet to come.  Hope you will continue to check the Simon Blog and Store site, to find out which are new to the day!  They go fast, sometimes within the day, so if you're interested in finding out what's available, stayed tuned to Simon !  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

STAMPtember® Party!!

I am so thrilled to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp's STAMPtember® release, with a STAMPtember® Party, over at the Simon Blog!  I am, with a HUGE number of amazing artists(you can check out the VERY long list over at the Simon Blog!), celebrating the SEVENTEENTH YEAR of Simon Says Stamp's monthlong celebration of all things stamping, STAMPtember®!  It's so big, it's in the name...it's trademarked!  Simon has released a wonderful collection of stamps, dies, embossing folders, stencils, to name some of the products...and if that weren't enough, they will have month long collaborations with wonderful, industry wide companies, to release stamp sets throughout the month of September!  

I have used one of the wonderful new Simon stamp/die sets, to make a card to share with you today!...

This set is very cool!  One stamp has the leaves, two other stamps have the flowers.  So, I stamped the leaves, then placed the stamps over the leaves, in my MISTI, and stamped the flowers.  I also stamped the sentiment, die cut and layered it(love how it intricately cuts out the sentiment...just sayin').  I layered the flowers, then adhered them both to a pink panel that I had stamped polka dots onto. 

Here's a close up...

Creating this card was so much fun!!  Love how several stamps come together to give you a pretty bouquet of flowers, when you're done...like a wonderful surprise at the end!  I know I say this a lot, lately, but I love the way that dies are evolving, as well...they die cut so much more of the image, for a more intricate look and feel to the image...way cool!!

Don't forget, thie offer at the top of my post is for a free Celebration Balloons embossing folder, with a $30 purchase, available until the end of tomorrow!  There are different offers at different blogs, so, like a scavenger hunt, you might want to look at other blogs or on instagram, to find the offer that's just for you!  Hope you will join in the celebration throughout the month, for all the wonderful collaborations and surprise releases! All the info for today's party, and throughout the month, is on the Simon Blog...STAMPtember® is going to be a blast!

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

It's Stamptember®!!

Happy STAMPtember®!!  For those of you who may not know, STAMPtember® is a Simon Says Stamp month long event, celebrating all things stamping!!  In fact this is Simon's SEVENTEENTH YEAR, celebrating STAMPtember®!  You will find, over at the Simon site, new stamps and die sets, dies, embossing folders, stencils...all things stamping, and a whole lot of amazing collaborations with many of the wonderful stamping companies in this creative community, to name some of the wonderfulness!!  I hope you will check it out!!

I have made a card to start the celebration, using a beautiful die set, filling my card with lovely sunflowers...

I die cut the basket from wooden cardstock, and layered.  I die cut all the sunflowers, and leaves...I brushed some ink onto the petals, centers, and leaves, to give them a little shading(although the leaves are the only parts that really show it),  I stamped a sentiment from a new, small, stamp set, and then adhered the basket, flowers, and leaves, to the card.   I added some enamel dots for an added touch!  

 Here's a close up...

Such wonderful fun!!  The fun of this month's celebration begins tomorrow, with a HUGE party and ALOT of artists creating with Simon's new products!!  You can find all the info at the Simon Blog, and hope you will join the party!  Then, there will be new releases daily, at the Simon website, for the remainder of the month...wonderful collaborations that will only be available for STAMPtember®, or until they're gone!  Hope you will join all the fun with me...it's the most amazing month for stamping...17years and counting!!

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

Cow Cuties

I have made a birthday card with an adorable set of cows, with a Simon Says Stamp stamp/die set, from their Every Happiness release!...

These cow are truly so stinkin' cute!  After die cutting a BUNCH of these guys(and girls), I chose to use four of them to line my mini slimline card for a money carrying birthday gift.  Mini slimlines are the perfect length for dollar bills.  I added a die cut grass, but had to extend the die cutting for the length of the card, by putting the cut grass twice through my die cutting machine by placing the die at the very end of the first die cut, and running it through the second time...thus extending the length of the grass.  Hope that makes sense.  Below is a picture with the money...

and a close up...

Hope your weekend has been a nice one...only days away from Simon's STAMPtember®...HUGE celebration of all things stamping throughout the month of September, in case you're new to stamping.  This is Simon Says Stamp's SEVENTEENTH YEAR...hope you will join me and a whole bunch of artists and companies, throughout the month for lots of fun and inspiration!!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Paper Cut Messages

I have made a thank you card with a stamp/die set from Simon Says Stamp's Every Happiness release...

This set of sentiments is so cool...I love the font and the size, choosing to stamp three of the "thank you" sentiments on striped paper, and then die cutting and layering.  I adhered them to a panel, then gave it a border...popping up and adhering to one side of the card, also having the same paper as one of the sentiments.  Here's a close up...

Oh how much fun!  I just had my son's ceiling lift fixed and this card will go to the company that fixed it...they were so helpful and did such a great job.  I have gone without his ceiling lift for a couple years, now, due to being unable to find someone to replace the lift machine, and then an extremely unaffordable quote.  I do have a floor lift for him, but the ceiling lift makes life SO much easier for him, me, us...and don't misunderstand, it was alot of money, but so much less expensive than what others had quoted me. And, they drove over 150 miles to our house to do it.  I am So thankful!!  I hope your weekend is off to a great start!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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