Friend Like You Blog Hop~Day 1!

I am so excited to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop~Day 1, over at the Simon Blog!  We are celebrating Simon's newest release, Friend Like You!  I am sharing a couple cards made with a beautiful new Sunflower die, a scalloped die, sentiment stamp, and some other Simon products, made for...  a Friend like you!

This sunflower die is soooo beautiful!  I used two die cuts for each of my sunflowers on both cards.  I gave the bottom layer of each flower an extra layer for some depth  I stamped the background with sunflowers, then added a die cut and layered frame.  I added a die cut and foam layered sentiment.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I used the same flower, but gave it a bit of a different look!...

 I stamped the background differently on both the panel, and the card.  I decided to frame this sunflower, like the first card, but chose to use the new scalloped  circle dies, and made a frame with two of the circle frames taped together.  I die cut the frame once, then again with a piece of foam, then adhered them together.  I thought it looked cool, but was "missing something", so I took a chance and used some old NUVO  drops that don't appear to be available any longer(English Mustard)...THAT made me happy!! I used a sentiment from a beautiful new stamp/die set from this release, the sentiment fits the flower and card so well!

Here's a close up...

Okay...I had SO much fun making my cards!!  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, July 2nd, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 2nd, 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 
Caly Person
Nichol Spohr
Amy Rysavy
Debby Hughes
Emily Midgett
                                    Lisa Addesa<----You are Here!
Sandi MacIver
Miriam Prantner
Lorraine Aquilina
Kath Stewart
Barb Engler
Carly Minner
Hanh Nguyen
Mary Reiner
Enza Gudor

 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* You 2 stamp set, when you make any purchase of Friend Like You release products !   The offer is only good until the end of the day on June 29th, while supplies last, so don't wait!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa 

Friend Like You Release...Bluebirds of Happiness!

There's a new release over at Simon Says Stamp, Friend Like You!  I have used one of the adorable new die sets from this release, to make a card to share with you, today!...

I'm not sure if you've ever heard of the bluebird of happiness...I have one that belonged to my mom...

Bluebirds represent happiness...I have many bluebirds that come, daily, to my bird feeders and they DO make me so happy! SOOOOO...all that to say that I chose to make my little die cut birds blue.  I had an old box from my favorite perfume, that I had saved and had thought with it's fuzzy texture, would be really cool to use, to make my birds...   

I die cut the birds, used some craft foam behind each bird to give them some heft, and adhered them to the panel.  For the sentiment, I used a sentiment from an Easter set, that I taped off two parts of the sentiment, to make it fit the birds.  Here's a close up,,,

I had such fun making these cuties...happiness!!  There will be two blog hops, tomorrow and Saturday, celebrating this new release...hope you will join in the fun and "hop" along! 

Thank you for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Dainty Floral Vine

I have made a card using one of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp dies from their Moments in Time release...just wanting to let a friend know I'm thinking about them!

This card was simply done...but all the flowers and having two die cuts for each...die cutting the flower petals took the most time.  You wouldn't have to have two die cuts for each flower, or not even die cut 12 flowers, you could do fewer, but this made me happy!!  I die cut the flowers in a creamy ivory, and dotted them with white enamel accents.  I did layer the vine and leaves twice.  I used a sentiment from an older set, and adhered to an even darker creamy colored, textured piece of paper.  Here's a close up...

This card made me happy!  I hope you are having a happy weekend, and start to the next week...June is almost gone!!  Thank you so much, for stopping by to take a look!!  Hugs!!  Lisa

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Sympathy Fern

I used the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp Curled Fern Frond die set, from their Moments in Time release, to make a sympathy card...

I die cut the fern in a green cardstock, then another couple times with vellum.  I positioned them on a textured colored panel, then added a stamped, silver embossed and die cut sentiment.  I added some dots that I had made with glossy accents, for some added interest.  Here's a close up...

I don't know about you, but sympathy cards are always hard for me to make...it's nice to have one for one of those unexpected and sad moments in time, in advance.  I hope you are having a great week..so thankful for you...please take care!  

Thank you so much for visiting me today, I hope you go into Friday and this coming weekend fantastically!! Hugs!! Lisa

Rainbow of Butterflies

I have made a card with a pretty new Simon Says Stamp die set of butterflies, from their newest release, Moments in Time...

I die cut all the butterflies from patterned paper, as well as from vellum, for an extra layer beneath the patterned one.  I then put some foam squares(cut in 1/2) behind each butterfly...the patterned and the vellum butterflies... 

I used some very thin black wire, and wound it around each butterfly, twisting it behind the butterfly and then giving each a set of antennas with the ends of the twisted wire.  I adhered them to a panel that I had run through my Big Shot with a piece of burlap on it, between two rubber embossing mats, giving the panel some texture.  I added a stamped and die cut sentiment, adhering between the rainbow of butterflies.  

Here's a close up...

This card was alot of fun!  Hope you're having a great start to your week, and hope you have some time to have fun in your creative space!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

A Daisy Thank You

I have made a thank you card with an older much loved Simon Says Stamp daisy die, along with a sentiment die, frame die and background stamp from Simon's newest release, Moments in Time!

I die cut the daisy, colored the center with a marker, and layered the stem and added some brushed on green ink on the stem for depth.  I die cut and layered the Giggle Thank You sentiment with black glosssy cardstock, and stamped the background through a ripped piece of paper, torn in a rounded square over the card, with a light gray ink.  I die cut and layered the frame with the same black glossy cardstock as the sentiment.  I adhered all the elements onto the card, adhering the flower at a significant angle...just liked it.

Below is a close up...

Hope you have a great weekend...I am hoping for a great one, myself!!

Thank you so much for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Happy Cover

I have made a birthday card with one of the amazing new Simon Says Stamp dies, from their new Moments in Time release!...

I die cut the sentiment cover from white cardstock, and layered.  I cut strips of colored cardstock, and adhered them to a piece of paper.  I adhered the white die cut sentiment onto the colored strips and added a couple cut out sentiment strips from a Simon set of strips.  I added black glossy die cut letters int5o the spaces on the die.  Here's a close up...

This die has so many possibilities.  There is a coordinating set of sentiment stamps from this releae, that has perfect sentiments for lots of different occasions, and I've linked it below,  Hope you are having a great start to your first week in June!  `

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa