And Everything Nice Blog Hop~Day 1!

I am so thrilled to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop, celebrating their newest release...And Everything Nice, over at the Simon Blog!  This release has so many wonderful stamps, dies, stencils, embossing folders, new inks and so much more...wonderful new products to celebrate Christmas and beyond!!  I have used two of the new dies, wonderul cover dies, to make two Christmas cards, to share with you for today's hop...

The first card uses a cover plate with pretty pointsettias!  I die cut the flowers with red cardstock, then brushed on a darker red, to give them some shading.  I did the same with the leaves.   I die cut the centers from deep yellow cardstock, and then ran them through the big shot with some burlap over them...for some dimension.  I added a stamped sentiment across the middle.  I also layered the frame several times to give it some depth.  Here's a close up...

The second card is a sentiment cover...

I die cut the cover plate once from silver for the top layer, then a few times more from white cardstock.  I also die cut from orange, pink, and yellow(I looked up what the colors of joy were, and that's what it had as the colors of joy).  I then taped the different colored pieces with removable tape, to one of the white outlines, and ran them through my Big Shot, with an old impression plate, to give them stripes.  I adhered all the layers, and added a stamped and silver embossed sentiment....a set of CZ Design sentiments that I used for both cards.  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, November 12th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 12th, 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

Suzy Plantamura

Emily Midgett

Amy Rysavy

Sandi MacIver

Lisa Addesa

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Kim Hamilton

Nicky Meek

Bobbi Lemanski

Barb Engler

Lea Lawson

Alberto Gava

Michelle Langley

Celes Gonzalo

 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* Christmas Candle stamp set, when you make any purchase of And Everything Nice release products !   The offer is only good until the end of the day on November 9th, while supplies last, so don't wait!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa