Simon Says Stamp STAMPTEMBER® Release...You've Got This

Stamptember® is happening over at Simon Says Stamp and is a month long stamping celebration!!  The release went live this morning, full of wonderful new stamps, stencils, dies, and supplies, and there is a two day blog hop over at the Simon Says Stamp Blog happening today and tomorrow!!  There will be all kinds of fun things going on for the entire month of September...make sure you check out the Simon blog for all the details!!  I have made a card using one of the new set of stamps, You've Got This...

I absolutely LOVE ALL the sentiments in this set, and could not decide on one or even two that I wanted to use, so I chose a cardful of them:)!!!!!  One of the sentiments says, "this is only a shower, the rainbows will be back", so I chose to stamp the sentiments in a rainbow, with that as the last sentiment of that rainbow, then a sentiment to tie them all together on the bottom in white.  Here's a pic of the papers before cutting them into strips...

These sentiments are powerful...I already have someone in mind to give this card to...hey...we could ALL use this encouragement, right?!  Here's a close up of the stamped and embossed sentiments...

This was such great fun...I have a couple more ideas for all these amazing sentiments.  Below you will find links to this, and a few other sets of stamp/dies that I will be using from this new release soon...hope you'll check out the Simon blog for the deets on the upcoming month of fun!!! 

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Tickle Breeze Thank Yous

 I used the pretty and fun new Simon Says Stamp Tickle Breeze die to make a couple cards...ahhh yes...rainbows...

I used some Doodlebug papers that I had put together in rainbow strips, adhered them to the back of a double layered panel, and then added a Thank You from the Simon Bouquet of Thanks stamp set.  Simplicity...sweet simplicity!!  Here's a close up...

Then, I did the same thing in black, adding a strip of striped cardstock at the very bottom to change the look a bit...

I DID have to stamp the sentiment with versa mark and then white emboss.  Here's a close up...

I just can't stand how much I love rainbows, and this die shows them off so sweetly...such fun!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Today is a BIG DAY

I've made a card using the Simon Says Stamp's Mosaic Star die and Big Day dies ... 

I colored an embossed mosaic star with markers...I LOVE that you can be messy and color outside the lines...once it's under a die cut star, the outside-the-lines doesn't show...yay!!  OK...the big question...do you see raised embossed or a negative(looks like the opposite side of an embossed die)embossed image??...

It depends on when I look at it.  The first time it was embossed, which it IS...but then subsequent times, it LOOKS sunken in.  WEIRD!!!!  A photo that messes with the mind!!  Does it do that with you???  I layered the gray panel a second time underneath for some depth, then adhered the marker colored star under the panel.  I added the sentiment die, that I had die cut in white, then masked and colored with black marker and then layered.  Here's a close up...

I think it's kind of a handsome card...loved coloring all those little mosaic pieces rather than fill with die cut pieces, which is what I normally do...fun card!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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It Takes a Big Heart...

I LOVE the sentiments in the new Simon Says Stamp set, Thank You Teacher, from the Encouraging Words release!!  The sentiments, made up of sweet sayings and quotes, are wonderful!!  I used one of them to make an encouraging card for a teacher...

I used some patterned paper for the background of the heart, stamped with versa mark and white embossed with the Simon Tiny Alphabets background stamp .  I die cut the heart with one of the Simon Wonky Heart dies, then layered.  I stamped the sentiment with versa mark also, and white embossed, on chalkboard cardstock.  I thought of chalking it up some, but my clean and simple ways liked the solid super dark black background of the cardstock much better!!

Ok...a card for a big hearted teacher...what teacher doesn't need some encouragement, right??!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Pink, Orange, Black Thanks

The sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch is SIMPLY COOL!! I could simply not resist a literal interpretation of the sketch with my card today!  Here's my card and the sketch...

I LOVE the color combo of Pink, Orange and Black!!  I used pink and orange cardstock, that I cut in various widths and weaved together at their intersections.  I DID emboss the whole card so it had some texture, then added a cool die cut Thanks from Simon Says Stamp, that I layered and glossy accented.  Here's a close up...

Simply done...simply fun!!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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Three Thank Yous

I think, besides Happy Birthday cards, thank you cards are a staple of card making!!  I pulled out the super fun and classic Simon Says Stamp On Edge Thank You die, and combined it with some pretty patterned paper,  to make a trio of die cut thank you cards...

I used some floral patterned paper that I purchased at ACMoore and die cut the sentiment from each standard sized card panel...

 ...then cut away the die cut "remains", and this is what you're left with...

 I DID find that masking the sentiment to make it a "STAND OUT" color was really hard, unless the color was a dark brown.  I tried to color with white ink, then coat with a different colored ink, the only thing that happened was that the colored ink turned white!!!  I decided, then, to use craft paint, masking the sentiment and with a paint brush, painted the sentiment instead of inking it a different color.  I DID layer each of the sentiments 3 layers thick and used pop up dots for the panels to give depth and interest to an otherwise very simple card.  Here's a pic of all my die cut sentiments before I cut them apart and adhered them together...

Here are pics of each of the three cards...

Kind  of cool how you can make cards that look so different with the same die and same paper!!  SUCH FUN!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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