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Friday, October 6, 2023

Season of Wonder Blog Hop Day 1!

I am so happy to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop, over at the Simon Blog, celebrating their newest release, Season of Wonder!  Christmas is fast approaching, and what better time for a release filled with wonderful products to get your Christmas makings off to a great start!  I have used one of the beautiful new stamp/die sets, to make a couple Christmas cards for today's hop!...
This stamp set is a three part stamp which, when all stamps are stamped on top of one another, make a beautiful Christmas tree!  I have used three different colored green inks, to make each tree.  I will tell you, the easiest and best way to stamp this tree is by FIRST die cutting the tree, then placing the stamps OVER the die cut (I use my MISTI and a small tape runner to adhere the tree to the surface in the MISTI), thus fitting the stamp to the die cut.  This way, your stamping will match every curve of the tree....the branches move with the die cut curves.  For both cards, I used the Simon Falling Snow stencil for the background,  spreading paste over the stencil to make snow.  For the first card, I used the Elegantly Modern Christmas Greetings stamp/die set.  I also used gold glitter embossing powder for both the the decorations, as well as the stars of both trees.  I used an old embossing plate for the diagonal lines.  Here's a close up of this first card...
The second card, I changed layout, sentiment, and decoration on the tree...
I started with a very light gray cardstock, and put snow on it with the stencil and paste.  I then used one of the Simon Layered Hills dies, and made a hill of snow.  I used an older sentiment that "fit" into the space of this tree and layout, and popped both the tree and sentiment up with foam.  Here's a close up... 
Okay...I had SO much fun!!  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 on Wednesday, October 11th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 11th, 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

Debby Hughes

Jennifer McGuire

Amy Rysavy

Suzy Plantamura

Emily Midgett

                                       Lisa Addesa<-------You are HERE    

Miriam Prantner

Yana Smakula

Tina Smith

Kath Stewart

Jean Doeringsfeld

Kim Hamilton

Seeka

 Two things before I end my post...There will be another blog hop tomorrow, so I hope you will check it out at the Simon Blog!  There is a whole bunch more inspiration and more chances for you to comment for winning one of the $25 coupons!  
The second thing, please don't forget about the offer in the banner at the top of my post!  The offer is for a free Graceful Holly 3D embossing folder with the purchase of $25 or more .  There are directions on how to do that in the banner above...follow the three steps and the embossing folder is yours for FREE, until the end of the day on October 8th or until supplies last!!
Thank you so much for stopping by, and please keep on hopping! 
Hugs!!  Lisa

110 comments:

  1. I love the trees on a light grey background. I was going to do something similar with a white background but yours look so beautiful, I might have to change mine. The snow really stands out against grey. Just beautiful cards!

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  2. Cute cards. Love the bold gold addition.

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  3. Good advice on the die cut first approach. These cards are lovely. That tree die is a favorite!

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  4. Beautiful! Love the trees with the gold embossing

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  5. Very elegant!

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  6. Such classic designs! Beautiful cards.

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  7. Nancy K RodebergOctober 06, 2023

    Traditional elegance, so pretty!

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  8. Your classic style cards look amazing, very beautiful with the touch of gold.

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  9. These are so elegant!

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  10. Beautiful trees and inspiration! Vikki H vikkichein@gmail.com

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  11. You trimmed the tree card wonderfully.
    Melissa
    "SunshineHoneyBee"

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  12. I really like the clean design of both your cards.

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  13. Beautiful tree!

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  14. Really Beautiful cards!!!! I love these gorgeous trees!!!

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  15. Nothing says Christmas & the Holidays like a beautifully decorated tree, your tree cards would be the perfect way to send Christmas cheer & well wishes to family & friends. Well done !!

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  16. That tree is just stunning! TFS!

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  17. THE TREE IS LOVELY IN BOTH

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  18. Such beautiful and elegant Christmas tree cards. Lovely!

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  19. Beautiful cards!!! Thanks so much for sharing your techniques.

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  20. Cut first, stamp later. That's a great tip. Thank you so much!

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  21. Traditional and beautiful!! Nicely done!

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  22. What beautifully elegant cards for the Holidays.

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  23. What beautifully elegant cards for the Holidays (and oops, I accidentally posted anonymously - my bad :D)

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  24. Lovely and beautiful cards !!!

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  25. Simple and beautiful. Thanks for the die cutting/coloring tip.

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  26. Such beautiful cards!! Love this tree.

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  27. Love these - so beautiful.

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  28. Beaituful cards! I really love that bold gold.

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  29. Love the tree in the snow. Both cards
    are wonderful. thanks for sharing.

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  30. Beautiful cards... love the tree ❤️

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  31. Beautiful cards!!!

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  32. Love your cards this simple colour palette makes them wonderful 💜💜💜🇨🇦

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  33. Simply stunning. So festive and elegant. Beautifully done!

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  34. So pretty! Love that tree!

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  35. I always enjoy your CAS designs, Lisa! Love the different shades of green in these trees!

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  36. These trees are wonderful! I LOVE the gold!

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  37. Triple stamping = ugh!! I have trouble enough lining things up for double stamping. But the affect is great.

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  38. This is a beautiful set and your cards are amazing.

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  39. Really love this stamp set and your cards are a great inspiration for using it. I also saw the thumbnail of the mitten garland for your blog post about the release. And that's great too.

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  40. I wanted to see this used on a card, it is lovely!

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  41. Clean and classic elegance - love both cards!!

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  42. Love the simplicity, so elegant. Great job!

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  43. lovely cards - the gold on them is so festive

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  44. Both cards are stunning!

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  45. Beautiful cards, as usual!! Thank you for all your inspiration!

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  46. The Gold background really makes the embossing stand out.
    Thanks for sharing your talent.

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  47. Marisela Delgado said: So beautiful! mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  48. So simple but so beautiful!
    Kim M Jacobs
    bast830@comcast.net

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  49. Hi Lisa....your cards are beautiful. If I was unsure of that tree layering set before, I'm not any longer. It's fabulous!! Thanks for sharing with us.

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  50. I love how wonderfully simply elegant these cards are!

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  51. Beautiful! I love multiple step stamping and these are elegant.

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  52. Classy tree..love the gold accents.

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  53. Very beautiful and not complicated or fussy. Phenomenal project as always!
    Lori S in PA

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  54. Vivian ChiuOctober 07, 2023

    Simple and beautiful. Love this card so much! Thank you for your inspiration 💕

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  55. Beautiful trees, very classic.

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  56. I love seeing different ways of using b the same die. Beautiful. Hard to pick a favorite

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  57. Denise BryantOctober 07, 2023

    LOVE this fabulous tree! Gorgeous cards!

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  58. Very pretty! Great background!

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  59. Delightful, sophisticated cards! Lovely work!

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  60. Lovely tree cards Lisa! The can be decorated so many ways and made in different colors. Thanks for the tip about die cutting the trees first then stamping.

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  61. So pretty and yet also simple enough to make

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  62. Jessica VasherOctober 07, 2023

    Great cards for Christmas!

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  63. Beautiful CAS creations! Loving the gold accents, that tree is magnificent!

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  64. Thank you for sharing your elegant creation!

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  65. Beautiful Cards! Love the metallic cardstock!!!

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  66. Your cards are so elegant, the green and gold are beautiful together. Thanks for sharing.

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  67. The gold accents make the card so pretty. Great Cards!

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  68. I may have to breakdown and get a misti after seeing how nicely this tree stamps up!

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  69. Both of your cards are lovely

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  70. I love the simplicity of the supplies and clean design. Seems like these would be easy to create in bulk. Thank you!

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  71. Nice work on making the trees different; both are appealing.

    Merrill P

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  72. Elegant and beautiful design!
    I love the gold garland on the tree.

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  73. Debbie FrankOctober 07, 2023

    Beautiful! The nice clean
    Look!

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  74. Thanks for the close ups. They are both lovely. Who doesn't love a good Christmas tree and those sentiments are pretty doggone nice too. [Bunny]

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  75. I love this. So elegant and classy

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  76. I love this! Thank you!!

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  77. Beautiful, beautiful. Love the christmas tree and the background you paired them with.

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  78. Anneleise HampsonOctober 07, 2023

    What a wonderful hop to see such inspiration as this.

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  79. Both cards are beautiful. Love the tree with the gold sentiment.

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  80. Clean , simple and beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  81. Alexandra YOctober 07, 2023

    Beautiful!!!!

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  82. I love your style! Very classic and elegant!

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  83. Connie HostakOctober 08, 2023

    I really love the green tree with the gold striped background and gold ornaments. It is so bold and graphic! Beautiful cards, and you've been no help at all in my attempts to tell myself I don't need this set.... ;P

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  84. Beautiful cards with shine and sparkle!

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  85. Cindy ChangOctober 08, 2023

    Absolutely love this card and the Noel font. Thanks for sharing.

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  86. Lovely cards. Great color and balance!

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  87. wonderful cards, lovely the colours you have chosen, so professional!

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  88. Great cards! Thanks for sharing!

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  89. Two beautiful tree cards but with striking differences. I love them both and appreciate you telling us that it is easier to cut the tree our first and then stamp it with the tree colors.

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  90. Simply beautiful!

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  91. Your cards are lovely!

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  92. A simply elegant card is just my style and you achieved it!

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  93. Wow! So elegant looking...love both cards.

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  94. Classical simple but so elegant

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  95. These cards are so beautiful and festive!

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  96. Lauryne CunninghamOctober 09, 2023

    Your cards are stunning! I love the hold and green together!

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  97. Wow so many great cards and options with this release! Your card is fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

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  98. Great cards, simple and elegant!

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  99. So elegant with the gold.

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