Birthday Flowers on Black!

I had been waiting for the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers stamp set to come back in stock...here's my first cards that I made...

 I sponged my pink and green colors onto cardstock, then stamped the flowers and stems onto the sponged areas, embossed with white embossing powder and cut out.  I tried to make them look a little "shaded"...but the end result didn't look as shaded as I thought it would be!

I stamped the background with the Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripes background stamp and used the Friendship Blooms stamp set for the sentiment.  I popped up the flower and part of the stem from the black panel, then popped up the black panel onto the card.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I simply used the remnants of what I didn't wind up using on the first one...yes this one was an afterthought...kind of nice when you have enough to make a second one!

I coupled it with another Simon sentiment and some striped paper.  I also popped up this one, here's a close up...

OK...such fun...this Spring Flowers set is SOOOOOO PRETTY...will be making more with this set!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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More Mini Flowers

Ok...I hope you don't mind...I just can't put the Simon Mini Flowers and Leaves away!!!  I just got the Simon Perfect Shapes stamps/dies set and made this...

I die cut the three largest hexagons, stamped the stripes and sentiment, die cut and layered the flowers, leaves,  and sentiment and popped up the striped panel on the white card.  Here's a close up look...

Simplicity and sweetness...love these flowers!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Three Cards With Stitched Edges

My daughter needed some get well cards,  so I made a simple card using some two-sided patterned paper with the My Favorite Things Stitched Basic Edges dies, an EK Success flower punch, and a Papertrey Ink sentiment.  What ensued, were two more cards with different colored papers, flowers, and sentiments...oh WHAT FUN!!...

I also used the My Favorite Things Fresh Cut Flowers dies, the leaves from that set, for my flowers.  I decided to use three of the four different edges for the cards...these edges are SO COOL!!!  I popped up the stitched panel on the card.  The paper is from AC Moore.   Here's a close up...

 Here's a thank you card in purple(notice the gingham is not on angle...so funny how different they make the paper)...

 Here's a birthday card in pink...

I do have to say...the Papertrey Ink Keep It Simple sentiment stamps are some of my favorite...I think I have almost all of them...they are versatile in all different fonts, and perfect on any card...just sayin:)!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Mini Flowers and Leaves

Did you ever start out creating with NO IDEA of what you were doing, or where you were going with a card?  Today is the result of one of those days...

I knew I wanted to use my Simon Mini Flowers and Leaves, but wasn't sure of much else.  I pulled out my Simon Stitched Square dies and thought...wouldn't it be cool to make them kind of into diamonds down the center of the card?  Then I decided to let the center "diamond" be the place to put all my mini flowers.  I added a striped panel in the background and a birthday sentiment from the Simon Jumbo Stripes stamp set that I cut apart and stamped on top of each other, rather than side by side.  Here's a close up...

What a fun card to make!  THEN, I had leftover pink and orange flowers that I didn't think I was going to use, as I opted to use blue and yellow on the card I made, so I made another card...with a sentiment from the same set as the first...

It's so hard to tell unless you see this up close and in person, but I took my Wink of Stella pen, and gave some glitter to the middle flower...

OK...LOVE these flowers!!!
Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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