Sugar and Spice Blog Hop - Day 2!

I am so thrilled to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop, celebrating their newest release, Sugar and Spice, over at the Simon Blog!  I chose one of the wonderful and super Christmassy new dies, Intimate Bottle Brush Tree die, to make a couple Christmas cards!

This first card, I used Simon silver and gold glittered paper, die cut, I adhered the two pieces of the tree together, layering the bottom layer with an extra layer, to make them stand out just a bit, on the card.  

I used a sentiment from a Simon stamp set from a previous release, and popped up the panel on the card. 

 Here's a close up...

The second card, I used the same tree, with a different color theme...

I used some Simon pastel glitter papers, along with a light purple one.  I had also die cut the small trees, but opted to use a rainbow of just the large ones...except I couldn't figure out a layout on an A2 card...until I thought of a mini slimline!  PERFECT for all five trees.  THEN...the sentiment and IT'S placement??  I found a sentiment I loved for all these pretty trees, and thought of the label die I could use, only trouble was, the sentiment was two layers of wording, not a single long line like I wanted for the base of the trees.  SO...I tried masking and stamping MANY times, the results always looking terrible. I then did what I learned from Jennifer McGuire, and will never forget...she cut some of her sentiment stamps...so...I cut my sentiment stamp.  I lined it up, stamped it, and voila...it was the perfect length as my lined sentiment for the base of the trees. I loved the sentiment label die, too...went so well for this sentiment!  This size card is PERFECT for a money gift for Christmas...just FYI...

Here'a a close up....

Okay...I had SO much fun making my cards!!  As I always like to say...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 15th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 15th, 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 
• Nichol Spohr
• Caly Person
•              Suzy Plantamura            
• Amy Rysavy
• Sandi MacIver
• Emily Midgett
•                                 Lisa Addesa<-----You are Here
• Emma Williams
• Lea Lawson
• Kath Stewart
• Laura Williams
• Hanh Nguyen
• Nicki Baxley
• Susan Valle

Just to let you know...as you read in the title of this post, this is day 2 of 2 blog hops, celebrating this release!  SO...there was another blog hop yesterday...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, today, and check out yesterday's hop at the Simon Blog! ALSO...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of the post!  You will automatically receive the not yet released Warm Thoughts stamp set with any purchase of products from the Sugar and Spice release !   The offer is only good until the end of the day tomorrow, October 12th, while supplies last.  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!