Friday, August 7, 2020

Let's Connect Blog Hop!

I'm joining a number of uber talented artists, today, to celebrate Simon Says Stamp's newest release, Let's Connect with a blog hop at the Simon Blog!  Connecting with others is so important in life, and during a season like we are living in, cards are an especially perfect way to connect!!  This release is filled with some fun, some pretty, some cool, but everything wonderful, in the way of stamps dies, and lots more, to make connecting to others so easy!!  
I have used the new Love Tokens stamp/die set to make three slim line cards filled with rainbows of love...
  I could not get away from the thought of rainbows and slim line cards for these love tokens, so all three show you different ways I stamped the tokens and three different layouts of them.  I opted to put hearts in the centers of the tokens, because they fit so perfectly and, they're love tokens, right?!  But, you could easily put the "mom", "dad", "you",..in the centers if you deided to make cards that are for particular people.
  The first one I stamped the "friend" circle for the last token. All the tokens and hearts are layered, the first one, the white panels are popped up over the black panel.  I paired each of the cards with one of the new Simon Slim Line envelopes...thnis card, a black envelope.  Here's a close up of the card... 

   The second card... 
The white panels are popped up on either side of the tokens, like the first.  Here's a close up...

The third one, a birthday card...
I stamped the tokens in seven different colors of ink and used white hearts for the centers.  I cut squares like the colors of the tokens, and put black strips on either side of the squares. I paired this card with one of the new shiny silver envelopes...thought it perfect for a birthday!!   Here's a close up of the card..
OK...my fun is above, your fun is below!  
Simon Says Stamp will be generously giving a $25 coupon to one commenter from each and every blog on the hop, simply leave a comment for a chance to win!!  The winners will be chosen and be posted on the Simon Says Stamp Blog on Wednesday, August 12th, 
so make sure you check the blog on the 12th, to see if you're a winner! 

   The list of participants of the hop are below.  If you get lost, you can head to the Simon Says Stamp Blog...hope you will check out all the amazing artists' inspiration today!! 
Don't forget about the offer from Simon in the banner, above, for Gina K Designs Dot Runner with any purchase during this hop...until the end of the day on August 9th...or until supplies last...just use the code GLUE at checkout!!  
I hope you have been inspired and will continue to "connect" along the blog trail today!!  There is a second day of inspiration tomorrow, with a second Blog Hop, so check Simon's Blog tomorrow ...and don't forget to connect with family and friends...it feels  amazing!💗
Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

133 comments:

  1. These are so cute!!!!!!! Love the rainbow theme!!!!!

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  2. Your rainbow cards are so strikingly and creatively clean and simple. Love your style!

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  3. Oh wow! I absolutely love these, and it has actually given me some great inspiration for some of my circular Christmas stamps. Yes - I can't believe I'm making Christmas cards already :P

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  4. Lisa, you had me at rainbow! And the stunning white space... such beautiful clean designs!!. Thank you for the awesome inspiration! Have a lovely weekend.

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  5. Really love this and the hearts make it!

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  6. Love your adorable card!

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  7. I like how the message is so important. Nice

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  8. Such a great idea. I was trying to think of ways to use these and you definitely nailed it!!!

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  9. Love the graphic, rainbow look of the card!

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  10. Beautiful rainbow cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  11. Such a clever and wonderful use for these designs!

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  12. These cards are adorable. I haven't made any slimline cards yet but they are now on my radar. Thanks.

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  13. Love these cards! Slimline cards are new for me but I'm looking forward to trying some of these out!

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  14. Love this card. I don't go much for rainbows but I love this card. Love the circles and how you used them. Thanks Lisa

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  15. I love what you did with the love tokens! All of your cards are gorgeous!

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  16. The colors make these POP

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  17. I didn't know how to use these, but your cards are gorgeous! Great ideas.

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  18. Love the simplicity of these cards, simple yet elegant in a special way.

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  19. These are so cute! Love this stamp set!

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  20. This is so cute, your use of rainbows on your shank you tokens. A brillant idea and one so easy to use (well a lot of work stamping and die cutting) but a bunch of adorable cards to send out. We all need adorable thank you cards now more than ever. Thank you for sharing.

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  21. I love, love, love these. I am definitely putting the stamps and dies in my cart!

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  22. These cards are fantastic! I love the clean look of them!

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  23. What a creative way to use these little tokens - absolutely love it 💕

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  24. Love the clean and simple look of our cards!! And I always love rainbow colors!!

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  25. I really like what you did with these tokens! the rainbow coloring adds a lot, too!

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  26. Love the "coins". These
    will be great on the envelopes
    too. Wonderful cards.
    thanks for sharing
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  27. I love how you popped the panels on the sides of the tokens! It really adds such a wonderful dimension to these! Awesomeness! :)

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  28. Love your card designs and rainbow colors!!

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  29. Great rainbow of colors.

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  30. Great slimline cards using these smaller images.

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  31. Always a fan of a rainbow! Lovely cards.

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  32. What a gorgeous way to use this stamp set! You really made the sentiments pop.

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  33. I love these! You take a simple thing and make it extraordinary! Genius!!

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  34. I had absolutely no idea of how I would use this stamp set. I absolutely love what you did with it. Your cards are all bright and beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

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  35. Very unique and colorful...love them!

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  36. Love this card. I, too, love rainbow colors and this set is perfect for them.

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  37. Great idea, love the graphic line up of rainbow tokens

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  38. I absolutely love how you created these cards. The design and dimension is amazing.

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  39. Rainb9w colors wonderfully displayed on your tokens.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  40. So much you can do with these stamps. I love what you did! Thank you

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  41. The tokens are very cute!

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  42. love the color and simplicity!

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  43. How fabulous! I LOVE the rainbow and the CAS Designs!!

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  44. What a great blog hop! Gorgeous cards!

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  45. Wow, I really like this! So different!

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  46. Fab range of ideas for incorporating rainbow palettes on cards, thanks for sharing your creativity with these products.

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  47. These are very fun, very doable cards-thanks.

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  48. These are so adorable cards.

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  49. Love your cards! Such a creative way using the circle sayings!

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  50. Look at the variety your were able you achieve w/ just the tokens from the release- amazing, and w/ joyful results! Thanks for sharing your creative talents on the hop. Stay safe!

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  51. Great cards. Thank you so much.

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  52. You can't go wrong with rainbow colors and these rainbow love tokens are wonderful. Thanks for the great inspiration.

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  53. These are really cute & I can see so many uses for the token set! Thank you!

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  54. Very cool cards. Love the tokens!

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  55. When I looked at those token stamps I couldn't think of what I could do with them...thanks for the idea and on a slimline no less

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  56. The rainbow theme is great, and I love the way you bumped up one of the strips and the card fronts on the other.

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  57. What an intriguing design!

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  58. I love a clean card and both of these look great!

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  59. Very neat card & unique design.

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  60. Now that's a great idea!! A great way to use up scraps and little images.... I love this alot...and I mean it!!

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  61. These are Really Cute cards!!! Love the different designs!!!

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  62. Love your simple cards. They’re fantastic on slim line cards. Thanks for sharing

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  63. Love the way you used these cute Love Tokens! Fun cards with great colors!

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  64. Such cleverly designed cards, Lisa! I love the way you have used those cute little tokens with their sweet messages along with rainbow colurs!! Thanks for the inspiration! Take care! :)

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  65. Such great graphic design!

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  66. I love these cards, they are a fabulous design.

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  67. Great cards. You always come up with wonderful card ideas.

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  68. I love what you did! So cute

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  69. Thank you Lisa! The cards really brightened my day! Thanks for sharing!

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  70. You're right - the slimline was perfect for these cards! So fun!

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  71. Your slimline cards are so bright and cheerful. Love them.

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  72. Great cards! I love your bright color choices and how you showcased those tokens. And that slimline size was just perfect for your design. Love it!

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  73. OMG! Love it, so simple but sooo beautiful!

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  74. These tokens are great & I like that you made 3 slimline cards with them, using bright bold colours.

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  75. super clever cards - thanks for sharing your ideas:)

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  76. Great card design, I've been having fun making a few slim line cards myself. Great new release from SSS!

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  77. This is a great design. You did a lot of stamping.

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  78. Awesome cards, Lisa! I love the slim line design & the "coins" fit perfectly. You have inspired me!

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  79. This new stamp looks cool,love the way you came up with different designs with them.

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  80. Awesome slim line cards! I love the hearts against the black border!

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  81. Great use of the tokens. I'm beginning to really like the slimline cards. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  82. Rainbows bring such cheer. well done!

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  83. Beautiful. I love the graphic feel and the colors.

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  84. Love these!! Simple but BEAUTIFUL!

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  85. Beautiful rainbow card. Thank you for sharing Lisa! Have a wonderful day!

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  86. Wow! Thanks for the amazing inspiration! The new release is just fabulous! I especially love the beautiful background stamps and the gorgeous dies.

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  87. Wasn't sure how these love tokens could be used. Thanks for the inspiration. Beautiful colorful cards. Nice and simple.

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  88. Your slimline cards are so creative, Lisa! I love how you thought to put friend in that last token on your first card! Thanks for the awesome inspiration!

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  89. Wonderful cards. I especially like the horizontal one with the friend stamp at the end.

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  90. Love the simple repetition of colors and/or design elements that make these cards very eye-catching.

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  91. Repeating stamps and patterns are a favorite of mine, really nice

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  92. Love how you made rainbows out of the love tokens and added the hearts. So many possibilities for these stamps and dies. Thank you so much for sharing 😊

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  93. Your slimline card is so creative. Love the token in rainbow colors and design!

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  94. Who doesn't love rainbow anything these days? Cute cards!

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  95. Such awesome cards! Love the slimline design...
    Thanks for sharing.

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  96. Love how you show different ways to use the elements!

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  97. Fabulous cards with the rainbow colors! Wonderful!

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  98. Love these cards they just make me happy

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  99. Super cute! Love the clean look to all three cards and I can't get enough of the tokens!

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  100. These are so cool, love your cards!

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  101. I can’t turn away anything in rainbow. I love rainbow colors! Great cards.

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  102. Love the rainbow colors! The plain white background sets off the words and colors so well! Thank you!

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  103. Love all of the rainbow colors and the unique design!

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  104. Heart felt thoughts. Thank you for sharing.

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  105. I really like these cards. A card with rainbow colors are always a win in my book.

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  106. Another great release and looking forward to the blogs for the creative sharing.

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  107. Love this set, but I was late and SSS is sold out...love the rainbow colors, always make me smile!

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  108. Love each of your cards. Your style is so refreshing and pleasing to the eye.

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  109. Love, love,love your cards! I really love the token dies!!

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  110. Love the tokens on the slimline card!! Adorable!!

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  111. I love all things rainbow. Amazing cards.

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  112. I am in love with slimline cards and rainbows have become such a powerful symbol to me during these times...your cards are amazing and so colorful and happy! LOVE

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  113. Fun use of the circles. Nice ideas for design.

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  114. So pretty, love the rainbow of colors

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  115. Wow!!! Love your rainbow cards and especially the care and precision that each one undoubtedly took!

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  116. love these rainbow cards!

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  117. SWOON!! Such BEAUTIFUL Cards!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

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  118. so creative, I love it!

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  119. Great cards!Love how you used the same stamp/idea and got three different looks!

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  120. Definitely one of my favorite set of cards in this blog hop. Thank you for the idea!

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  121. Great idea for the slim size cards.

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  122. Such great cards with such little stamps! Thank you for sharing!

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  123. Hi Lisa :) Your cards are clean, sweet and simple!!! Sooooo effective too! Love'm! Thanks for inspiring me :)

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  124. Love the repeating rainbow messages!

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I so appreciate your comments...thank you, so much, for taking the time to write:)!! Hugs!! Lisa