Leafy Arch Wreath

I have made a card for Fall with a new Simon Says Stamp embossing folder and stencil set, from their new  Sending Cheer release!...

I embossed the wreath, then colored the leaves with the four stencils...brushing on four different colored inks.  I then ran the wreath through my Big Shot one more time to redefine the details of each leaf.  I added a die cut and layered sentiment, brushing on the same dark red ink of the leaves for the background of the sentiment.  I added some enamel dots, then popped the panel up on a card with a dark red panel.  Here's a close up...

Love the colors of Fall, and this wreath just made it easy to put them on a card!!  Hope you are having a fantastic Friday!  Please take care...and thanks for stopping by my blog!! Hugs!! Lisa

CZ Design STAMPtember® Collaborations!

There's an amazing CZ Design STAMPtember® collaboration at Simon Says Stamp today!  It includes three sets of stamps and dies, a single set of stamps, sentiment  strips, and cropping panels!!  I have used stamps and a die from two of the sets to make a couple CAS cards to share with you today!...

This card was so much fun...I rarely do things like this.  I used a dark ink, as well as a die cut circle adhered to the upper corner, and brushed on the ink on the card panel.  I made sure to brush on the ink lighter around the moon, to give it that glow.  I then stamped the tree and sentiment a couple times with my MISTI, and then popped the panel up on the card.  I used a glossy black card...kind of felt more "halloweeny" than just plain black.  Here's a close up...

The second card...

I stamped, die cut, and colored the flowers.  I colored a frame for the flowers with the same ink as the leaves, then found a piece of textured cardstock that just "went" with the flowers.  I added some enamel dots and popped up the panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

Hope  you will check out this amazing new release over at Simon Says Stamp...Cathy's stamps are such fun...just like her!!   AND...until the end of the day, tomorrow, you will get 25% off all CZ Design products...sweet!!!   Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Always There Blog Hop~Day 2!

I am so happy to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop~Day 2 at the Simon Blog, celebrating their newest release,  Always There!  I have used one sentiment die three different ways, with stripes being the common thread to them all! I LOVE this sentiment die...the font, the size, it is truly as it's title says, Timeless!...

This first one was simply the sentiment die cut and layered from white cardstock, then adhered to a die cut and layered diagonally striped background.  I added a couple enamel dots, and adhered to a textured panel.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I chose more "manly" colors of stripes.  

I took the top panel, and die cut the border of the "thanks" from it, then popped it up over the vertical stripes which had been adhered to the card.  I then adhered the white die cut and layered sentiment into the "window", over the stripes.  Here's a close up...

The third and last one, was made with a combination of the first and second....a striped border AND a window...

Truth be told...this thanks was actually on another card, but I wasn't happy with it, so I took it off, and decided to put it on a new card. This is what it looked like...

You'll have to wait for another post, to see what I wind up doing with the pretty hearts😌, but I had to do something different with all the stripes with that sentiment(too busy).  I wanted to keep the little heart in the sentiment, so I made it a thanks with love(the "with love" sentiment has an apostrophe, but when trimming the sentiment for the card, I cut it off, rather than mask it and not stamp it), card.  I popped up the sentiments over a heart window, with a pink background that went with the heart in the thanks.  I like the new version so much better...makes me happy...how 'bout you??  Here's a close up...

Okay...these cards were so much fun to make...love this "Thanks" die!!  The fact that it is so versatile is wonderful...the possiblities for it's use are endless!!

The list of participants in today's hop are listed below...

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Barbara Tarayao

Emily Midgett

Nichol Spohr

Nicky Meek

Tina Smith

Heather Ruwe

Keisha Charles

                                              Lisa Addesa<<<<<You are Here😊

Sandi MacIver

Miriam Prantner

Alberto Gava

Caryn Davies

Kath Stewart

Carly Minner

Natasha Polite

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 more projects with wonderful inspiration!  Hope you check out that hop at the Simon Blog,  and be inspired! ALSO...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of the post!  You will automatically receive the *not yet released* Hot Mess stamp set, when you make any purchase from the Always There release!  The offer is only good until the end of the day on May 31st, while supplies last, so don't wait!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa

Leafy Thank You

I have made a thank you card with a stencil set and CZ Design sentiment die from Simon Says Stamp and their In My Heart release!...

I chose to make the leaves from this stencil three shades of green, going from light green to darker then dark, across the card.  I added the brown middles and then a brown die cut and layered thank you.  Very simple, but great for a quickly needed thank you!  Here's a close up...

I hope you are having a great weekend!  I have my daughter and granddaughter visiting, and love the wonderful chaos that ensues when my other daughter and her two come over, as well.  They will be leaving on Tuesday, so trying to savor every moment with them!  Please take care!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

In My Heart Release!

There's a new release out, today, over at Simon Says Stamp...In My Heart!  Spring is here and Mother's Day is right around the corner, so I have combined the two on this first day of this release, and am celebrating with a flowerfilled Mother's Day card!

The flowers were made with a combo of a background stamp and it's coordinating stencils.  The sentiments are from a CZ Design stamp/die set!  I stamped the flowers, then brushed the color on them, cut it down and added the stamped (and clear embossed to make the sentiment shiny)and die cut sentiments...so much fun!!  Here's a close up...

There will be two blog hops to celebrate this new release, one tomorrow, March 20th, and then another on Saturday, March 21st.  There will be tons of inspiration and the chance for shopping coupons...hope you will hop along!!  Thanks so much for stopping by, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I am ALOT Irish, so I was so thrilled to make a special card, and a fun shaker card, at that, to celebrate this day!!  I used a new CZ Design die and sentiment for this fun card, the die from the Simon Says Stamp  Beautiful Moments release, the sentiments I received by purchasing product from that release(but will officially be released in a couple days!)...

It had been a long time since I had made a shaker card, but had a lot of fun figuring out all the logistics.  I got it together, and then looked through my sequins, and low and behold, found some that were labeled "Lucky Charm Sequins"... this card was now official!! I brushed on some shamrocks with a Simon Says Stamp stencil, using Fairway ink...the ink matched my cardstock...another sign this was "magical"!  I stamped the sentiment onto the panel, then adhered the whole thing together.  Here's a close up...

I did take a video of me shaking the card...my abilities are lacking...

I have my corned beef, cabbage and potatoes...along with maybe a beer??...it's going to be a great dinner, tonight!  Hope you are having a great start to your day...please take care!  

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

Spring Tulip Birthday

I have made a Springtime birthday card with a beautiful stamp from a sweet new CZ Design and  Simon Says Stamp stamp and die set, from their Beautiful Moments release!...

Daisies are a favorite flower of mine, but tulips are a strong second.  My mom and dad always had a row of red tulips across the long white picket fence in the front of our house, and maybe a bit of nostalgia, mixed with a love, they are a favorite, and a wondefrful reminder of Spring!  I stamped, die cut and layered three of the tulip images.  I opted to put them behind a polka dotted panel, as plain just wasn't cutting it, and the polka dots just "looked right".  I used a super favorite sentiment stamp from another Simon stamp set...have used it ALOT!  I popped up the panels above and below the tulips. 

Here's a close up...

Hope you are having a good day...it was literally freezing here in Virginia last night/this morning, some areas even had snow, when it was 85° yesterday!!  If you live in Virginia, please get out and vote...I got my ballot two days ago, and just took it to the post office this morning.  Voting has never been more important!  Thank you for visiting me today!! Hugs!!

Lots of Love

I have two love filled cards to share with you, today!  I have used a pretty heart filled embossing folder that comes with two heart dies...from Simon Says Stamp's Beautiful Moments release...

For both of my cards, I used patterned paper, the first one, I was going for a kind of rainbow of colors.  I die cut the hearts, then embossed them with the folder.  I then embossed the panel with the folder, and adhered the hearts to the panel.  I stamped and die cut the sentiment from a new set from CZ Design, and adhered it to the panel.  I did dot the centers of the flowers on the largest heart with enamel dots.  

Here's a close up...

The second one, simply the same hearts, done just a little bit differently...

I opted for pink colored papers for this card, die cutting to get different shades.  I chose another sentiment from the same set, and added some enamel dots to accent the hearts.  I popped the panel up on the card...Here's a close up...

My creating has been a bit on the slow side lately, I'd like to let you know why.  I have been healing from an unknown something that happened to me while I was sick in January with bronchitis.  My hands swelled and my hands, my wrists and upper arm muscles were in GREAT pain.  I went to Patient First, then the ER a couple days later, was put on steroids, and the swelling and some of the pain subsided.  (I've been trying to see a doctor, but my doctor retired in October and neglected to tell me, and a new doctor would not be able to see me until the end of this month).  The pain, however, has stuck.  Caring for Noah has meant doing things very differently, but I have managed.  The last couple days, I had an incredible breakthrough...don't laugh...I can now pull my pants up with my left hand and arm, again.  Before, I had to pull them up with my right hand, which, thankfully, has pretty much completely healed.  The left hand has been slow to recover, though, so this was a wonderful sign to me, that I am truly on the mend!!  We're talking since January, so I cannot begin to tell you how incredibly thankful I am that my hands and arms are healing!!  Cardmaking has been a bit kind of slow, especially with using my Big Shot being a bit difficult...so I am SO thankful, today, for healing!!  Hope your week has been going great, too, and that you will have a fantastic weekend!!

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

With Love

I have made a card full of love, with a couple wonderful new Simon Says Stamp dies from their new Beautiful Moments release...

I die cut plate of hearts and layered it a couple times.  I die cut the sentiment from the same paper I used for the background, then layered and adhered to vellum.  Super simple ...simply adhered the hearts to the patterned paper, the sentiment to the hearts, and to all to the card.  Here's a close up...

This was simple, but fun, and I simply love all the hearts and this sentiment!!  Hope the rest of your week is sweet!  Please take care!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Heartfelt Thanks

     It's a couple days after Valentine's Day, and I still have a lot of hearts on my desk, so I thought

               I would make a heartfilled thank you card...(don't know why my printing is so wonky!)

I used two sets of Simon Says Stamp heart dies, from their Heart to Heart release.  I also used a couple sentiment stamps, from a CZ Design sentiment stamp set, and a Simon leaf die to adorn my die cut heart.  the heart was cut from my favorite patterned paper pack from Craft Consortium...it gives my paper a cool look without all the work of getting it to look that way(which I truthfully don't know how to do!!).  I love that there is gold sprinkled in the colors on the paper, and I thought gold accents in the leaves and gold embossed sentiments would go wonderfully with the gold.  I layered the heart , die cut gold and some vellum leaves, bent the gold leaves a bit with my fingers, and popped the whole panel up off the card.  Here's a close up...        

I hope your week is starting out great...please take care!  

Thanks for visiting me today!!  Hugs!!  Lisa

Heart to Heart Blog Hop~Day 2!

I am thrilled to be a part of Simon Says Stamp's second day of hops, over at the Simon Blog, to celebrate their newest release, Heart to Heart!  I have chosen to make a couple CAS birthday cards with a cool and fun new CZ Design stamp/die set!  

I stamped and die cut the "Happy" sentiment and colored it and the stamped and die cut candle in a rainbow of colors.  I layered both, and adhered them to the card between two raised panels.  I stamped one of the sentiments on the bottom panel, and added some glitter enamel dots for bling.  Here's a close up...

The second card, I used another of the fun sentiments 

I stamped, die cut, and colored the "woots" in a rainbow of colors.  I used foam adhesive behind each sentiment, and adhered them to the card, inbetween a raised panel on either side.  I again, added some glitter enamel dots, and one of the sentiments from the set, stamped, cut and adhered to the card and sentiment.  Here's 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, January 14th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 14th, 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
Barbara Tarayao
Emily Midgett
                             Lisa Addesa<----You are Here!
Tina Smith
Keisha Charles
Heather Ruwe
Barb Engler
Lea Lawson
Charlene Madrid
Maggie Haas
Maura Hibbitts
Sandi MacIver
Cathy Zielske

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 Friend Like You stamp set with any purchase of products from the Heart to Heart release!   The offer is only good until the end of the day tomorrow, January 11th, while supplies last.  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  Lisa

Splendid Snowflakes

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!  I have a card to share with you that could have been  a Christmas card, but I made it to  celebrate the New Year's holiday!  It was made with a beautiful set of Simon Says Stamp snowflake dies from their DieCember® release!...

I used a white glitter cardstock for the snowflakes.  I die cut, then layered them.  I adhered them to a background made with Simon color blended paper that I had stenciled with embossing paste on a snow stencil. I added a stamped and silver embossed sentiment that was die cut and layered.  I popped up the completed panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

I hope holiday joy is yours...peace to you and yours as we enter the new year!  

Thank you for visiting me today, please take care!! Hugs!! Lisa

Christmas Birds

I have made a couple Christmas cards with a very lovely little bird die and cool background embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp's DieCember® release!...

Let me start by saying that this bird could be used for any occasion!  I even thought of making one of my cards with a similar fonted birthday background and simply the word "happy", but had both these backgounds already embossed, so I just simply "went with it" for Christmas!  I used one piece of patterned paper that I absolutely love, for both birds.  Another confession...I had only planned on making one birdie, but when I got done die cutting the first bird, the pink one, and found the back side of the patterned paper was SO birdlike and pretty in it's color, that I went ahead and die cut the one that is above and below!  I LOVE the way this paper made them look...100%!!  I die cut and layered the bird, the sentiment, popped up the background on some gold cardstock and then the card, and added 3 little milky white enamel dots.  Here's a close up...

The second one, much like the first...

Okay...confession three...I die cut this second background, above, because I spritzed too much water on the first one, and it left a spot on the first one, so I had to cut the background down a bit, thus the gold(in a previous post, I had mentioned that for all the detailed print in this folder, it is best to spritz your cardstock with water, so it will make the paper more pliable and not tear when you emboss...just a tip!).  I really simply wanted an all white background, but like the gold, too!  Here's a close up of this pink lovely...

I don't know about you, but I'm not sure I will be ready for Christmas...ready or not, though, it will be here, so I am doing what I can, and trying to be really okay with that...enjoy the moments and the people in my life!  My daughter and granddaughter are coming in today for a couple weeks, my SIL will be joining us a few days before Christmas.  Please take care...enjoy the moments!

Thanks so much, for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa