Splendor Blog Hop Day 1!

I am joining a number of amazing artists to celebrate the newest release over at Simon Says Stamp, Splendor, over at the Simon Blog!  There are so many wonderful stamps dies, stencils and stamping accessories(inks, brushes, sparkles...) in this release!  There are products for St. Patrick's Day, Easter, birthdays, and lots more!  

I have used the cool new Gift Bag die, and the sweet and adorable Easter Peeps stamp set(has coordinating dies, too!), to make a couple Easter bags filled with candy!...

The first one, I die cut the bag, then stamped one of the line stamps with black ink, and colored the flowers and chick with markers.  I dotted the "daisies" with some of the new dazzling yellow gems.  I did use very old red metallic heart brads to attach the handles to the bag(I have linked to some red metallic heart brads below...not sure if they are the same size, but they"look" like it).  I then used thin double sided tape to adhere the corners and bottoms of the bag.  I filled it with Easter straw and Easter Kit Kats, as the colors were just right.  Here's a close up...

 

The second one, I used some aqua blue cardstock to cut out the bag...

This time I made it super simple(you could quickly make alot of them for work or neighbors), by stamping the bunnies and sentiment with versamark and white embossing.  Like the first one, I used some very old heart brads, I had, these smaller and white.  I, again, filled the bag with straw, and then with candy.  Here's a close up...

Okay...I had SO much fun making my bags, they are so stinkin' cute and perfect for so many occasions, or no occasions at all!!  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, February 21st, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 21st, 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 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Jennifer McGuire

Suzy Plantamura

Amy Rysavy

Bibi Cameron

Debby Hughes

                               Lisa Addesa<-----You are Here!

Emily Midgett

Cheiron Brandon

Miriam Prantner

Dilay Nacar

Allison Frazier

Natasha Vacca

Two things before I end my post...There is a second hop, tomorrow,  so I hope you will check it out at the Simon Blog!  There is a whole bunch more inspiration and more chances for you to comment and possibly win one of the $25 coupons!  

The second thing, please don't forget about the offer in the banner at the top of my post!  The offer is for a free Simon exclusive Margot Tile Embossing Folder!  There are directions on how to do that in the banner above...follow the three easy steps and the pretty embossing folder is yours for FREE, until the end of the day on February 18th, or until supplies last!!

Thank you so much for stopping by, and please keep on hopping! 

Hugs!  Lisa

Splendor Release!

There is a new release out, over at Simon Says Stamp...Splendor!  I have used one of the beautiful new die sets, along with a sentiment from one of the new sets, to make a birthday card!...

I die cut the stem/flowers from white cardstock, and colored the stem with a marker, and the flowers with an ink pad and blending brush.  I adhered the stem/flowers to the card, in an oval cut panel that had texture...it was a scrap.  I used a sentiment from one of the new stamp sets from this release, and popped the panel up over the card.  Here's a closeup...

There will be two blog hops, tomorrow(I'll be a part of this one), and Saturday, celebrating this new release...I really hope you'll "hop" along!!  Hope you're having a terrific Thursday!!

Thanks so very much for stopping by my blog, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Mix and Match Butterflies March Card Kit

The new Simon Says Stamp March Card Kit is out today, the Mix and Match Butterflies Card Kit!  The butterflies are beautiful, but I chose to work with the also beautifulTim Holtz Transparent 

Things 2 acetate flower filled sheets in the kit,  creating, simply, with these four beautiful pictures...

So simply done, I chose to use these four sheets to make four note cards, no sentiments, just the flowers, framed in the ivory, navy, and gold cardstock from the kit, blending the other 3 colors with Simon inks, to match the flowers.  Here are close ups of the four cards...

The sheets are shiny, and just so you can see...

You can see all the other inspirational cards made with this wonderful kit HERE!  Hope you will check out all the wonderful ways you can this use this beautiful set, to make some amazing cards for the month of March and beyond!  Simon has a Subscription service...just so you know...and you will receive even MORE savings when you subscribe, PLUS an easy to manage kit with lots of perks, all when you purchase this kit under the subscription service!  Hope you are having a great week...create something that makes you happy!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Love Notes

I have used the new Simon Says Stamp/Tim Holtz Love Notes Bundle, the stamps from Tim Holtz and the dies from Simon Says Stamp...a wonderful collaboration, to make a card that simply says it all...

I stamped the one heart three times, die cut, and hand cut out the middles of all three hearts.  I die cut the heart shapes another three times, these times with red and pink cardstocks...no stamping.  I popped the stamped and die cut/cut out hearts over the colored die cuts, then adhered them to a card, popping up the middle one,  with one of the sentiments from the stamp set stamped below the hearts.  I added some Rainbow Splash Drops for added bling.  Here's a close up...

These hearts are so cool, and making this card was so much fun!!  How cool for these two companies to come together and create such a cool bundle of fun!! 

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

I Think the World of You

I made a card with a Simon Says Stamp sentiment die from the Sweetheart release, that speaks volumes of the recipient...

I used an older stencil with some embossing paste, stenciling the hearts and letting them dry.  I then blended some red ink all over the panel.  This turned the stenciled hearts pink, with a red background.  I layered the sentiment, and adhered it to the hearted panel.  Here's a close up...

I have been having a slow start to creating, this month.  With Valentine's day just a handful of days away, though, you can never have too many cards with hearts on them...although... love is for everyday!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Love Bulb

I used one of the cool new Simon Says Stamp dies from their Sweetheart release, along with my own sentiment made with my printer, to make a card that expresses love!...

I used the fun new Love Bulb die along with the older Burst die to make the lightbulb light up.  I used some red and silver metallic cardstock for the heart and bottom of the lightbulb.  I liked the sentiment I used, I thought it went really well with the lit bulb, so I put cardstock in my copying machine, and printed the sentiment.  I popped up the panel on the card.  Here's a close up of the card....

When I just couldn't find the right words, I went to my fall back of making one myself...a rarity, but fun.  Hope February will be starting great for you, tomorrow...please take care!!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Daisy Love

I have made a CAS card with a Simon Says Stamp die and sentiment stamp, from their Sweetheart release!  This made me happy...daisies do that to me!....

I die cut the stem/leaves, die cutting in white and using a dark green marker to color the leaves.  I colored the center of the daisy with a yellow marker, and then adhered the pieces together.  I added a sentiment stamped on a very light gray piece of cardstock.  Done!!  Here's a close up...

I know it's simple...just makes me so so happy this way!!  Hope you are having a great beginning to your week...please take care!!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Hugs and Kisses

I have used one of the pretty new dies from Simon Says Stamp's new Sweetheart release, to make a card with lots of hugs and kisses...

Simply done, I die cut the sentiment die with glitter cardstock, then layered.  Being that the sentiment said "hugs and kisses", I opted to surround it with a line of hugs and kisses.  I also die cut them with glitter cardstock, then cut one of the o's off of one strip, and one of the x's off of the other.  I layered them, then adhered both the sentiment and x's and o's to the card.  Here's a close up...

Super simple design, but I felt it was effective in showing off, and enhancing the sentiment from this new release, to simply have a line of more hugs and kisses. 

Hope you are having a great weekend...it is freezing here in VA...today it was 19º with a wind chill that made it feel like 8º!  I know, others have it worse and colder, but very cold for here.  Take care, stay warm if you are somewhere like me!  Thank you so much for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Fancy Love You

I have made a card with a new Simon Says Stamp die and stencil set, from their Smitten release...

I used five different colors of ink to stencil the heart.  I then used the largest Round Heart die to cut it out.  I die cut and layered the sentiment.  I adhered them both to a red cardstock embossed with the Wooden Planks folder.  Here's a close up... 

I changed the colors of the heart a couple times before I was happy with the look, so that took a little time, but love how it turned out...simple look, but enough.  It has been really cold here in VA, although I know not as cold as some places, but the cold, and today rain, has put a real dent in my walking...this old Buffalo girl has become a bit of a wimp!  Hope you are staying warm and dry, wherever you are!!  

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

Love Story Card Kit

I have made two cards with the new Simon Says Stamp February 2024 Card Kit of the Month,

 Love Story!...

Both cards were done very simply with the pretty papers, patterned and plain, the sentiment stamps from the stamp set, and the die cut pieced images, all from the card kit!  The first one, I used a piece of patterned paper, and a die cut butterfly.  I stamped and silver embossed the sentiment and layered the panels, popping up the top one.  Here's a close up... 

The second one, I used more of the same...

I put the sentiment stamp on one of my acrylic blocks, and bent it each time I stamped it, to make a curved pattern, so my hearts would "flow" along the card.  I popped each heart up off the card.  Here's a close up...

I had so much fun...so easy to make cards with this pretty set!!  Hope you are having a great start to your week!  Hugs to you, wherever you are!  Lisa

Smitten and Sweetheart Blog Hop 2!

I am thrilled to be a part of today's second day of hops over at the Simon Says Stamp Blog, celebrating Simon Says Stamp's two newest releases, Smitten and Sweetheart!  These releases are full of some "love"ly stamps/dies/stencils/inks and other stamping goodies!  I have used a new stamp/die/stencil set from the Sweetheart release, to make three cards...all done just a little bit differently from each other!

I used the new Friendship Leafy Cluster stamp/die/stencil set,  the stamp and die for this first card.  I stamped the image on watercolor paper, used watercolor paints for the leaves, layered the image, and added some of the new Rainbow Splash drops.  I stamped two of the sentiments from the set and...done!  Here's a close up...

The second one, I added the use of the stencil...

Okay...let me tell you...the stencil with this stamp is AMAZING, and AMAZING FUN!!!  I had such a blast using the stencil with this stamped image!!!  For the first one, I used Cabbage and Artichoke inks.  Can I say it again....so much fun??!!  I added a sentiment die, layered, and a Simon background stamp.  Here's a close up...

The third one, I used the stencil...backwards...

I stamped the image on Simon vellum with Versamark, and silver embossed.  I turned the stamped image to the backside, and, turning the stencil over, I stenciled the vellum leaves.  I used Sage, and Rainbow Splash's Emerald inks.  I used an older sentiment die, cut in silver matte and layered.  I stamped the same leaves on gray cardstock, and adhered the sentiment to a piece of vellum.  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, January 17th, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 17th, 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 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Jennifer McGuire

Suzy Plantamura

Amy Rysavy

Debby Hughes

Emily Midgett

                                       Lisa Addesa<-------You are here😊

Alberto Gava

Emma Williams

Heather Hoffman

Carly Minner

Tracy Ware

Jessica Vasher

 Two things before I end my post...There was another hop, yesterday, so I hope you will check it out at the Simon Blog HERE!  There is a whole bunch more inspiration and more chances for you to comment and possibly win one of the $25 coupons!  

The second thing, please don't forget about the offer in the banner at the top of my post!  The offer is for a free Simon exclusive Hearts and Stars Stencil!  There are directions on how to do that in the banner above...follow the three easy steps and the pretty stencil is yours for FREE, until the end of tomorrow,  January 14th, or until supplies last!!

Thank you so much for stopping by, and please keep on hopping! 

Hugs!  Lisa

Sweetheart Release!

There's a new release over at Simon Says Stamp, today!  It's called Sweetheart, and it is filled with lots of "love"ly things!  I have used a new die and new background stamp, to make a card filled with love!...

Simply made, I die cut and layered the sentiment four times for depth.  I also die cut 2 hearts from a Simon heart die set, and then stamped the cling stamp with Simon Sweets ink on a bright pink piece of cardstock.  I added a sentiment strip, and done!  Here's a close up..;

I have a link to the release below...it is filled with wonderful stamps and dies, so perfect for sharing love with others!!  There will be a blog hop tomorrow, and a second one on Saturday, the 13th...combining this Sweetheart release, along with last month's Smitten release!  I hope you will hop along...two huge chances, with all the artists represented, to get inspired!!

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

Love Ya!

Happy New Year everyone!!  I took some time away to spend the holidays with my family...it was wonderful...short, but wonderful!  I am back with a card made with a new die set, and a background stamp from Simon Says Stamp's Smitten release...

I used the adorable Love Ya Tag set, along with the Flower Burst cling stamp to make my card.  I die cut the letters of all three words three times, and glued together.  I adhered them to the die cut tag, that also had the die cut hearts filled with pink hearts of the same colors of pink as the sentiments.  I added a ribbon, then adhered the tag to a stamped Flower Burst, with no colors...simply black and white!  Thought it looked cool againt the black and white!  Here's a close up...

Hope your new year is off to a great start!!  Just so you know...there is a brand new release out at midnight tonight, over at Simon, along with two blog hops, one on Friday Jan 12th, one on Saturday Jan 13th, combining the Smitten release as well as the new release, Sweetheart...hope you will check them out!!  Please take care...hugs to you!!  Lisa