Butterfly Burst

I have made a card with the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp embossing folder, Butterfly Burst, from the new Simon September Card Kit, Chunky Thankful Greetings...

I used the technique of using the debossed images of the embossed paper/cardstock, for your card.  I chose a piece of patterned paper that had multiple colors on it, embossed it, and then rubbed a black ink pad all over the flat surface of the paper, not the side with the butterflies raised on the paper.  Rubbing the black ink shows off the colorful, embossed butterflies!  I added an older Simon sentiment, stamped with versamark and black embossed for some "shiny"!  I raised the panel on the card...here's a close up...

Had so much fun...love when all the butterflies really "pop" off the card with the black!!  Hope you have been having a great start to your week...August is FLYING by...STAMPtember® is coming, this will be the 15th year that Simon will be celebrating all things stamping in the month of September...hope you will  join in the fun that's coming!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Wavy Rays

I have made a card with the one of the cool new Simon Says Stamp stencils, from the Cheering for You release!...

I chose to use three shades of orange, and turned the stencil each time and with each orange ink I used to brush on the stencil.  I thought all the rays in different colors and shapes, looked so cool.  I opted to use the Simon sentiment die, "You brighten my day", as it seemed like a kind of perfect word for the bright orange colors!  Here's a close up...

Hope you are having a great week...YOU brighten my day!!

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

Daisy Bundle

I have had the Pretty Pink Posh Daisies stamp/die set for a while, and finally made time to make a couple  daisy cards with this pretty set!...

Simply made, I stamped, die cut, and colored with markers.  I layered then popped up the flowers on the square card panel and added the perfect sentiment(to me)...one that perfectly went over the stems of the flowers, and fit the sunshine filled daisies!  I added some tonic drops, and popped up the panel on a square card.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I used the biggest of the single flower heads and a couple of  the leaves from the stamp/die set...

I opted to adhere this flower on a piece of medium gray,textured cardstock.  I added a sentiment that fit the space perfectly(that's something I love to do, along with just a wonderful sentiment!).  I added three enamel accents dots...and popped up the panel on the card.  Simply done, and made me happy!  Here's a close up...

Daisies make me SO happy....and happy I finally got to play, if even only for a short time, with this lovely set!  Hope you have a great weekend!  

Thank you for stopping by and visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

French Garden Black Eyed Susan

I have made a card with the beautiful new Tim Holtz French Garden Stamps with Simon Says Stamp Dies Bundle, from the Cheering for You release!...

I simply made this card, I love simplicity.  I stamped, die cut, and colored the flower.  I then layered it a few times.  I tore the center from a piece of card sized paper, and put that over the panel I wanted to stamp, so only a portion of the panel was stamped.  I used Simon Fog ink, a light colored gray for the background, then stamped a Simon sentiment that had a great message, as well as a great fit to the leaf of the flower!  I LOVE when things work out that way!  I popped the panel up on a card, and that was it!  No bling or dots on this one.  Here's a close up...

Hope you have been having a great week...if not, hang in there...it will be okay!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Embroidery Flowers

I have made two cards with the beautiful new Tim Holtz Embroidery Stamps with Simon Says Stamp Dies Bundle set, from the new Cheering for You release!...

These stamps are SO pretty, and make for some pretty flower filled cards! The dies are just as important to the beauty of this set, though! The dies have some amazing detail cuts and make for some beautifully cut out flowers/leaves!   I stamped and die cut two of the three stamps, and colored with markers.  I die cut two more of each, and layered.  I used sentiments from two different Simon stamp sets, and stamped them on textured Bazzill paper. 

The first one, not sure if it's a daisy, but I MADE it into a daisy.  Here's a close up...

And the second one, much like the first, except for the flowers and sentiment...

I used a white gel pen for this one, to not only fill in the flower's centers, but to give some dimension to the stamen on the flowers.  Not sure if you can see it really well, but here's a close up...

 I used my envelope maker to make envelopes for both cards, as they are 7"x4 1/4".

Happy August, hope your month is off to a great start!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Candy Corn Halloween

It's exactly three months until Halloween...Simon Says Stamp has a fun die in their newest Cheering for You release, made to help you get ready for the candy filled day!!

The new Candy Corn border is a long die, so I opted to showcase the entire die on a slimline card!  You could cut it down, especially at certain points where the candy corn are whole, but using the sentiment I chose(and older Simon sentiment), using the entire border was perfect!!  Simply done, I used an off white for the top layer of the corn, and orange and yellow.  I layered the border, then adhered, with the layered sentiment!  Simply done...a bit of work to die cut, piece and layer both the border and the sentiment, but love the simple look that happened!  True Happyness!  Here's a closeup...

You'll be seeing a bunch more Halloween as well as Christmas as we cross from July to August! I am not sure how we are already going into August tomorrow, but, here we are!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Cheering for You Blog Hop Day 2!

I have been invited, along with some amazing artists, to celebrate Simon Says Stamp's newest release, Cheering for You, with a blog hop over at the Simon Blog!  This is such a wonderful new release, and I have used one of the sweet new stamp/die sets, Music, to make a couple cards to share with you today!...

I have always loved music...all kinds of music, so this set really spoke to me!  I chose to use the birthday sentiment along with the staff of hearts, so I made the staff of hearts multi colored/rainbow.  I set the staff against a black panel that I had embossed with one of the new embossing folders...kind of reminded me of record albums or even swirls of music.  I popped up the die cut music, as well as the die cut sentiment on the card, and used glossy accents to coat all the hearts.  Here's a closeup...

The second card, I used another stamp and sentiment from the set, as well as  another new embossing folder from the release...

I wanted this single note to really stand out, so I used versamark to stamp it, and black embossed it.  I die cut it, and layered it.  I stamped and colored the hearts of the sentiment, then die cut it.  I love these sentiment dies, and how they cut out the sentiments...makes them really stand out with all the cut outs around the sentiment...and the sentiments have such a cute font...LOVE!!  I used some patterned paper, then embossed it with the Bubble Rings folder.  I framed it with some glossy black cardstock.  I popped up the panel on the card and done!  Here are a couple close ups...

This one shows the glossy hearted musical note...

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, July 31st, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 31st, 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

Laura Bassen

Suzy Plantamura

Nichol Spohr

Mindy Eggen

Tina Smith

Cheiron Brandon

                                Lisa Addesa<----You are Here!

Lorraine Aquilina

Barb Engler

Jessica Vasher

Nicki Baxley

Just to let you know...as you read in the title of this post, this is day 2 of blog hops, celebrating this release!  There was another blog hop yesterday...and that gives you not only 14 more projects with wonderful inspiration, but also 14 more chances to win a $25 coupon from Simon!  Hope you will hop along and join the fun and inspiration!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs! 

 Lisa

Bright Rainbow Squares

I have made a card with the cool new Simon Says Stamp Geo Me Trees die set, from the Cheering for You release!...

I know these are supposed to be tree dies...and I have an idea for a card using the die set as trees, but couldn't pass up the thought I had, to make six rainbow squares.  There are six spaces in the square, so die cutting one square in each of six rainbow colors and mixing up the colors in each of six squares just made so much sense.  I layereed the squares and popped them up on a black card. I added a layered sentiment die cut, and adhered to card.  I rounded the corners of the card, to go with the squares' rounded corners.  The card is a little longer than an A2 card, so I made an envelope for it...thus the purple underneath the card. Here's a close up...

There was a blog hop today, over at the Simon Blog, and there will be a second one tomorrow...there will be amazing inspiration...hoping you will hop along!!  Thanks for brightening my day, by stopping by my blog!   Hugs!! Lisa

Cheering for You Release!

There's a new release out, over at Simon Says Stamp...Cheering for You!!  I have made a couple cards with one of the wonderful new stencil sets, Sunflower Pattern...

This stencil set is sooooo cool!!  It has FIVE stencils, which make for some really pretty sunflowers!  I used the whole stencil, and when done, was able to cut the pattern in between a line of the flowers, to make TWO cards!!  This first one, used two thirds of the flowers, then I added a sentiment from a new stamp set, Music.  I layered the sentiment and popped the panel up on the card.  Here's a close up...

The second  card, I used the remaining three sunflowers ...

I framed the flowers with a brown frame, and used the same cardstock to die cut and layer the sentiment.  I adhered them to a scrap piece of impressioned cardstock.  Here's a close up...

This release is filled with SO MUCH FUN...hope you will check it out...a link below!!  There are also two blog hops...one tomorrow, the other on Saturday...over at the Simon Blog...hope you will "hop along" with us!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Divine Peony

A quick post with a clean and simple card I made with one of the beautiful dies from Simon Says Stamp's Sunny Vibes release!...

I die cut all the pieces of this peony flower and leaves from white cardstock, and brushed on ink to the white pieces.  The leaves were a bit of trial and error of colors...my suggestion is keep brushing until you get the shade of green on the leaves that you would like.  I added a sentiment from another stamp set, and some Nuvo jewel drops.  Here's a closeup...

I am having so much fun with Simon's flower dies...they make it so easy to make "divine" flowers!  

Thanks so much for stopping by...new Simon release tomorrow, can't wait to share it with you!! 

Lily Duo

I have made a card today, with one of the beautiful Simon Says Stamp dies, from their Sunny Vibes release!...

I am extremely partial to lilies...that's practically all I have in my flower garden.  I used to have over 50 rose bushes, but the older I have gotten, the more I have liked flower that are not only beautiful (and some lilies actually smell pretty!), but that don't require much care...lilies are it!  My roses have died away over the years,  and the lilies have replaced them and flourished.  I have some deep red ones, that are mostly red...so that is the one that I tried to kind of mimic for my card.  I brushed ink onto the white die cuts, making the stamen a bit darker, and adhered them together.  I added them to a card with sentiment and added some glossy accent dots that I made, and then colored with a marker of the same color as the flower.  Here's a close up...

 Having fun in my craftroom...there's a new release coming this week over at Simon ...such fun coming!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Bold Botanical Daisy

I have made a card with a beautiful new stamp/die set from Simon Says Stamp's  Sunny Vibes release...

The stamp/die set is a Simon Says Stamp collaboration with Tim Holtz!  I LOVED the daisy stamp, so I stamped with black ink, then colored the middle with a yellow marker, and highlighted the petals with light gray.  I used the rectangular die, and cut a window out of my card panel.  I used an older sentiment stamp from the Floral Garden stamp set, amd popped up the panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

Ohhhh....a simple daisy is just lovely to me!!  Hope you are having a great week...keep on keeping on!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Gracious Flowers August Card Kit

I made a card with the new Simon Says Stamp August Card Kit, Graceful Flowers...

I used the beautiful die set from the kit, aptly called Beautiful Buttercup die, along with one of the sentiments from the stamp set that named the card kit, Graceful Flowers!  I brushed on ink to the flowers and stems.  When putting the flowers together, I added some glue dots rolled, to make them a little thicker, to give the flowers some dimension.  I adhered them to the panel, with the stamped sentiment, then added some colored dots for some bling.  Super simple, but these flowers and sentiment are perfectly enough...to me!  Here's a close up...

Hope you will check out this card kit, over at Simon, and maybe consider a subscription to these wonderful card kits...it's such fun to have a kit delivered to you each month with all the supplies you need to make a beautiful card(s) inside a wonderful box! The cost is also reduced, if you subscribe!  The link to sign up for subscription is below, the second link!

My daughter and granddaughter were in town visiting us, for the last couple weeks...we had a great time...I love having my house filled with family!  It is so quiet and a bit lonely, now, but I will have lots of time to get back in my craftroom and have fun of a different kind!  Hope you have a great day!!

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

Floral Wreath

I have used another of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp dies, from their newest Sunny Vibes release, to make a card, today!...

I was kind of smitten with the packaging that this die came in...the colors that were chosen to show the die, on the packaging.  They were soft colors, and for a wreath, not your typical colors...I LOVED it!  So, I attempted to copy the color scheme as best I could.  I die cut, and assembled the wreath, and added a sentiment in the middle, along with some tonic drops, on a light kraft colored piece of paper, and popped up on card.  Here's a closeup...

I had so much fun putting this one together, and although my colors may not be exactly what the package's  are, they are pretty close, and I love them!!  Hope you have had a great weekend...see you in July!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa