Folksy Heart Stencil

I've used a pretty new stencil set from Simon Says Stamp's newest Just for You release, to make a birthday card...

I was "going for" a Pennsylvania Dutch kind of feel with this Folksy Heart stencil set, so I chose a red, blue, yellow and green inks, to brush color onto the stencils.  I used the smallest of the Simon blending brushes, making it easy to use different colors within each stencil.  The only time I had to mask, was when I brushed on ink to the tulip.  I am stubborn, but my tulip had to be red, and if I had gone with the stencil, it probably would have been green, or the leaves under the tulip would have been red...so I masked around the tulip and made it red!  I had so much fun, and am happy with the way it turned out.  I would have loved to have a border around the design, within the heart, but free handing a border was not in my confidence level, and didn't want to destoy all the stenciling with a hand drawn mistake!  I die cut the design with the heart die from the Happy Hello die set, and then layered.  I adhered it to a piece of patterned Sunny Studio paper, with a die cut, layered CZ Design sentiment.  Here's a close up...

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend...whatever you find to do, wherever you are!  I hope, too, that you've had a chance to check out the blog hops over at the Simon Blog that showcase the wonderful new products of this release!  Thanks for taking the time to stop by!!  Hugs to you!!  Lisa

Just for You Blog Hop!

I am so thrilled to be a part of today's blog hop over at the Simon Blog, celebrating Simon Says Stamp's newest release, Just for You!  There are so many wonderful stamps, dies, and stencils in this springtime release...there is definitely something "just for you"!  I have made a couple cards using one of the wonderful new stamp/die sets, Herb Labels!  This set is beautiful, cute, funny, and lots of fun!...

The first card, I stamped the sentiment on one of the stamped frames from the set.  I stamped the tomatoes, die cut, colored and layered.  I added a tiny red layered heart, and adhered the frame, sentiment, and tomatoes onto a stamped background, using the tomato stamp, stamping in red ink.  The word tomatoes needs to be said "to-ma-toes"...like a New Yorker??!😄.  Here's a close up...

The second card, I went with another image and sentiment stamp from the set...

I chose a very CAS design for this rosemary stamp, and chose to use textured cardstock, to give it a more classic look?!  I stamped, colored and layered the rosemary.  I used one of the A2 Thin Frames, die cut and layered, to frame the rosemary.  I added some enamel accent drops.  Ahhh...love the simplicity!  Here's a close up...

I had SO much fun making my cards..now it's your turn for some fun!  

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 have to win!  Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Blog on Wednesday, March 22nd, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 22nd, 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   

Nina-Marie Trapani

Suzy Plantamura

Cathy Zielske

Keisha Charles

Barbara Tarayao

                              Lisa Addesa<-----You are Here

Bibi Cameron

Heather Ruwe

Emily Midgett

Alberto Gava

Tina Smith

Natasha Vacca 

A couple things before I go...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of my post!  Simon is offering $7 off your purchase of $40 or more!  Simply use the code GREEN when checking out, to get this offer!  Just remember the offer is only good until the end of the day on March 19th!  

Second...there will be a second hop, tomorrow, at the Simon Blog, so hope you will check it out, for more celebration and inspiration!  

Thank you so much for stopping by, and keep on hopping!  

Hugs! Lisa

Just for You Release!

So sorry, I have been MIA for the last few weeks. My daughter and granddaughter were visiting for two weeks, and my local daughter was here with her two everyday...there was wonderful chaos, and I enjoyed every minute!  I am back with a card made with a hot foil plate and sentiment stamp from the brand new Simon Says Stamp Just for You release, just out today!...

I used the new Spring Florals Hot Foil Plate and sentiment(perfect for the first day of this release😊) from the Easter Critters stamp set for this card.  I hot foiled the plate with black foil, then colored and hand cut the image.  I popped it up on the card, and added it to the card that I had stamped the sentiment on.   I added some sequins, here's a close up...

This release is FULL of very cool stamps, dies and stencils(I've added a link to the release below)...I have been having LOTS of fun to share with you for the rest of the month!  Hope you will check out the Simon Blog tomorrow and Saturday, for two blog hops celebrating this new release...I KNOW you will be inspired...hope you'll check it out!  Have a wonderful day!!

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

Big Hugs Made Simple!

I had the really pretty cool Simon Says Stamp Scripty Big Hugs die on my desk, and couldn't resist making a card... 

Super simple...the sentiment die cut layered, and then I used an old piece of patterned paper for the background, with gold strips, to go with the gold sentiment.  You could also use three colored pieces of cardstock with gold strips in between each.  I love this die not only because it's pretty, but it's also LARGE and fills a card, so nothing else really needed.  Here's a close up...  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Love You So Much!

Did you ever have a card that you just ran out of time to put on your blog before it wasn't really relevant anymore??  Well, I have two!  I made these cards last year, but was too late for Valentine's Day, then St. Patrick's Day came and went, so they stayed in a "draft" until today...

I used Simon Says Stamp stencils and die for both cards.  For this first card, I used the Clover Wreath Stencil, brushing on two shades of green and a brown for the stems.  I dotted the berries with clear tonic drops, and added a colored, die cut, layered sentiment!  Here's a close up...

                                           

The other one, although perfect for Valentine's Day, is all about love, and love is everyday!...

I used the same sentiment die, and a couple Simon stencils...a heart mask, and layered confetti.  I first went over the heart with the three colors, then back over it with the stencil.  

My daughter and grandbaby have been in town for the last couple weeks, so it has been a bit crazy at my house of late...wonderful crazy!  My time with them is ending in a couple days, so I will be back soon!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Love to the Ends of the Rainbow!

I have used a fun new Simon Says Stamp stamp set to make a clean andsimple card celebrating St. Patrick's Day and love!..

I stamped the sentiment in black and cut it out with scissors.  I had tried stamping the sentiment in green, and on another try, stamped with versamark and  black embosed the sentiment, but liked the plain black stamped sentiment best.  I colored the clovers green and dotted the horseshoe with my jelly pen,  I stamped the rainbow and pot of gold, and colored with markers, adding more jelly pen for the gold. I added one of the sentiments from the set below the rainbow, and then popped the "Love U" sentiment at the top of the card.  Here's a closeup...

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I can barely believe this is the end of February...onto March!!  Hope you are having a great week! 

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Pearlized Angularium

I have made a couple birthday cards using the new CZ Design Angularium Cling stamp from Simon Says Stamp's newest Be Creative release, with some ink,  pearlized spray, and some birthday sentiment dies...

These cards were actually experimental, as I had never tried this before...what fun!  On a whim, I  used some old Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist(Perfect Pearl) I have had for a long time, and sprayed it on the stamp after I had inked it up with several different blue ink pads.  I think you can get the same mist affect by adding perfect pearls powder to water, using a misting bottle.  I have included links to those below.  I then stamped the stamp onto my cardstock and let it dry. The look on this card is a bit abstract...my daughters thought it was cool!   I cut it down, and added a die cut and layered Simon Happy Birthday sentiment, which I then took my Jelly Roll pen and then my Wink of Stella brush marker over...to give it some shine like the paper.  Here's a close up...

The second card a bit darker and the lines a little less muted...

I used two blue inks and a green ink on this card, and a silver die cut and layered sentiment. I stamped this one three different times This card still has a shiny look, but not nearly as abstract as the first.  Here's a close up...

Pictures don't do justice to the shine...what super fun I had!  Not sure I'm any good at it, but it was fun, and it's good to branch out sometimes and try something new!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Grateful Parallelograms

I have used two of the cool new Simon Says Stamp from their newest Be Creative release, to make a card of gratitude... 

I stamped the background stamp in my MISTI with Simon Fog ink.  I then colored the parallelograms with markers.  I put the colored cardstock back into my MISTI, stamped with versamark,  and black embossed.  I also stamped the sentiment with versamark and black embossed, as well.  I layered the sentiment and popped up the colored panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

I had so much fun coloring all the parallelograms...hope you have found some fun today!

Thanks for coming by, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Bunch of Balloons

I have made a card with a really wonderful new Simon Says Stamp cling stamp, Bunch of Balloons, from their latest release, Be Creative...

This stamp did bring out the "creative" in me!  I wanted to color all these balloons with blending brushes, but knew I would have to "color outside the lines"...until...I got the idea to make a stencil!  I used a piece of Simon acetate, stamped the balloon images onto the acetate, and cut out one of the full balloon images on the acetate.  Rub away all the black ink, and voila...balloon stencil!...

To make the balloons on the card, I put the cardstock in my MISTI, stamped with Fog ink, and then brushed colored inks onto the stamped images through my stencil.  I then put the cardstock back into the MISTI and stamped the image again, this time with versamrk.  I then white embossed the images, and now had white outlines and strings!  I added an older Simon Says Stamp sentiment die, layered.  Here's a closee up...

This was not just fun...it was a blast!  Hope your week is starting out great, and hope you make some time to...be creative😊!

Thanks for checking in today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Be Creative Blog Hop!

I am so happy to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop Day 1, along with so many talented artists, celebrating Simon Says Stamp's newest release, Be Creative!  I have used one of the wonderful new stamp/die/stencil sets, along with two new sentiment dies, to make three cards to share with you for the celebration!...

For the first two cards, I have used the new Fantastic Flower stencils to brush color onto the cardstock for the leaves, the stamps to stamp the stems for the leaves, the flowers and their centers, and the dies to die cut the leaves and flowers.  This is a wonderful set, and so much fun to create with!  My cards are simply made, but this set does simple so wonderfully!  I stamped the branches with versamark and silver embossed.  I used one of the new sentiment dies from the Greetings Trio, die cut and layered.  Here's a close up...

The second one, a different layout, and different color for the leaves, flowers, stem, as well as a different sentiment...

Here's a close up...

For the third card, I used the other set of leaves in this set...

I stenciled the leaves, stamped the branches, then put the stencil back over the leaves.  I used Tonic Glitter paste and spread it over the leaves...for some sparkle!  I used a sentiment from the Picnic Floral Sentiments stamp set.  Here's a closeup...

The possibilities with this set are endless!!  I had SO much fun making my cards..now it's your turn for some fun!  

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 have to win!  Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Blog on Wednesday, February 22nd, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 22nd, 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   

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Suzy Plantamura

Amy Rysavy

Debby Hughes

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

Sidnie Des Jardins

Miriam Prantner

Bobbi Lemanski

Kath Stewart

Barb Engler

Misty Elam

Jennifer Kotas

Allison Frazier 

A couple things before I go...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of my post!  Simon is offering a FREE Handcrafted with Love stamp set, with ANY purchase!  Simply use the code ART4U when checking out, to get this gift!  Just remember the offer is only good until the end of the day on

 February 19th, or until supplies last!  

Second...there will be a second hop, tomorrow, at the Simon Blog, so hope you will check it out, for more celebration and inspiration!  

Thank you so much for stopping by, and keep on hopping!  

Hugs! Lisa

Be Creative Release!

I have a card to share with you today, from Simon Says Stamp's newest release, Be Creative, just out today!...

I have used a very cool new stencil, Brush Strokes, and a wonderful sentiment stamp from CZ Design's new Big Old Birthday stamp set!  I brushed on the seven different colored inks close to one another, stamped the sentiment over the inks with versamark, and black embossed.  I decided to add a couple tiny black hearts, die cut from glossy black cardstock and layered.  I framed the panel in black cardstock and it wound up being the perfect size for a small mini slimline card.  I had Simon envelopes for mini slimlines and thought the yellow one perfect!  Here's a close up...

This was so...much...fun!!!  I hope you will check out the Simon Blog tomorrow and Saturday for TWO blog hops, celebrating this new release...I can't wait!!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Swoopy Flowers

I have two cards that I made with the Simon Says Stamp Swoopy Flowers stamp/stencil/die sets, from the Kisses release...

For both cards, I stamped the flower stamp with Simon Fog ink  while in my Misti.  For both cards, I then used the stencil and brushed Simon ink, this one Cheeky ink, to the flowers and leaves.  Then I put the paper with the colored flowers back into my MISTI, brushed it with the static bag, stamped the stamp with versamark, and on this one, used gold embossing powder.  I brushed Cheeky ink lightly onto an A2 piece of cardstock.   I adhered a popped up die cut heart panel on the inked panel, which I had stamped in versamark and gold embossed, a Simon sentiment stamp.  I layered the flowers once, and adhered them to the die cut panel. Here's a close up(sorry about the pics...gold is soooo hard to photograph!)... 

The second one, much like the first, but the flowers are done with black outline, and black stamped sentiment...

I love this set of stamps, dies and stencil. There is no stencil for the little flower and leaves, though, but no worries...I made my own stencil!  I used a piece of acetate.  I stamped the small flower and leaves on the acetate with black ink, and then carefully hand cut them out.  I then made sure I wiped any remaining black ink from the acetate, and then brushed more Heather ink through my new stencil, onto the Fog inked flower and leaves from my MISTI, like the other flowers and leaves.  When I was done with brushing on the ink, I put the images back in my misti and stamped with black ink, then die cut.  I used an oval die for this card, then stamped another Simon sentiment onto the very lightly ink brushed panel.  Here's a close up...

I just had such trouble getting these cards on my blog yesterday.  Truth be told, the first one had a revamp of the sentiment from a layered die cut(tried in FIVE different colors) to eventually a stamped one, and photographed 50 times(still not happy with the pics)...you ever have one of these kind of cards??  It was a trying couple days, but...Belated Happy Valentine's Day...love is everyday, anyway?!  Hope you had a "love"ly day!!  

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