Happy Camper Release!

There is a new release over at Simon Says Stamp...Happy Camper!  I have used one of the cool new dies,  and sentiment stamp/ die sets, to make  couple cards to start off this new release!...

I die cut this full card die three times and adhered them together.  I adhered them to a cool piece of patterned paper, then added a die cut and layered metallic gold sentiment, also from the new release!  Here's a close up...

The second card, I used some of the leftovers from the first card(I love recycling and I love when you can do this in card making!), along with a CZ Design sentiment/die from the new release.  I also used a stem for the flower, from a daisy die from the  Friend Like You release...

I used twelve of the die cut pointed ovals and a few of the circles from the first die cuts.  I colored the circle with yellow ink and a blender brush, then ran it under my big shot with a piece of burlap over it, giving it some texture.  I stamped and die cut the sentiment, layered it, and stamped another of the sentiments from the same set, on a piece of patterned paper.  I adhered the flower, and popped up the panel on the card.  Here's a close up...

There will be two blog hops at the Simon Blog, tomorrow and Saturday, to celebrate this new release...hope you will join in the fun and hop along with us!  

Thanks for stopping by, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Beautiful Buttercup Birthday

I have used a beautiful Simon Says Stamp die and sentiment, to make a buttercup birthday card!

This is a buttercup die, and I don't know about you, but I used to put buttercups under my chin, as a child, if yellow showed on my chin, it meant I like butter.  Well...I could never see how yellow they showed on my chin, but I think the color must have been very DARK, because I LOVE butter!!  My grandma used to make me butter sandwiches!  Yes, and I have thus far, lived to tell about it!  So, these pretty yellow flowers were just calling me to make a card with them!  I used a yellow ink to color the flowers, and DID shade them a bit, although it doesn't show too much on the photos.   I layered the back part of the flower, adhered the stems onto the top flowers, and put a piece of foam in between the two pieces of flower, to give them some dimension.  I did have to put 3 glue dots around that foam, to adhere the edges of the top layer of flower to the bottom layer.  I am liking the textured bazzill paper that I have had FOR EV ER, so I used it to stamp the sentiment, which I die cut and layered, then adhered the flowers to a cut panel.  I added some enamel dots and voila!  Here's a close up...  

This card made me happy.  I had wanted a sentiment that expressed sunshine, but beautiful friend fit some beautiful buttercups...such happiness!  Hope you are having a great week!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Birthday Squares

I have made a birthday card, using a Simon Says Stamp sentiment die and some patterned paper...

While searching for some masculine birthday cards, needing one for a family friend, I found a picture of a card on Pinterest that I really liked!  It was made by the amazing Michelle Lupton and can be found HERE!  Her's was done with some actual alcohol inked paper, mine, simply patterned paper.  I layered each of the 1" squares with a piece of cardboard for height, and adhered to the card.  I adhered everything by eyeballing...then added a die cut and layered sentiment.  I DID layer the sentiment with more layers for the "ppy" and "day" parts of the sentiment, as they would have been a bit lower with the layered squares.  Layering those little pieces make it look level all the way across, and I think it gave it a nicer finished look.  Here's a close up...

There's inspiration everywhere...this time Pinterest and Michelle Lupton...thanks again, Michelle!

Hope you are having a great start to your weekend!  Please take care!

Thanks so much, for visiting my blog today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Birthday Leaf

I made a birthday card with a wonderful Simon Says Stamp stencil/die set and birthday sentiment strip, from an older release, the Rain or Shine release!...

I used a slightly off white piece of cardstock, and three shades of green ink for my leaf.  I die cut the leaf first, then slightly adhered it to a piece of paper, for stability.  I brushed on the color, then had to decide what kind of card to put it on.  I opted for a mini slimline, as the birthday gift was going to be solely money, and this size card is PERFECT for money!  I brushed the three inks onto the panel, then popped it up on the card, then the leaf onto the panel.  I cut out the sentiment from a page of printed sentiments.  Here's a  close up....

I loved the texture of the cardstock for this leaf...just adds the little jeuge!  Hope you are having a great week!!  Please take care!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Happy Birthday Daisies

I used a pretty new daisy die from Simon Says Stamp's newest release Friend Like You, to make a birthday card...

I die cut the daisies from white cardstock and colored the flowers' centers and stems with blending brushes and ink.  I adhered them to a background panel that I had in my stash, which was white, and I brushed some blue ink on it to give it some color.  I added a stamped and die cut sentiment, as well as some enamel dots.  Here's a close up...

It's so nice seeing some daisies, even though the ones in my own garden are struggling with all the heat and little rain, these days.  Hoping for some relief here in VA, soon!  Hope things are better in your part of the world!  Please take care!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Artic Flowers Christmas

It's July, and you know what that means...Christmas in July!  I have made simple Christmas card using a beautiful Simon Says Stamp flower die from their Friend Like You release!

I used two shades of red to color the die cut flowers and used a piece of foam in between the two pieces to give the flower some dimension.  I adhered the flowers to the panel that I had stamped the sentiment.  I popped the panel on the card...here's a close up...

The funny thing about the making of this card...when I received this die, I took it out of the package without reading the name of it on the envelope, like I do for all the dies I receive.  It wasn't until I finished the card and had to write the name of the die on a  post it note, to have it for posting later, like I do with all my cards, that I learned the name of the die was...Artic Poppies!  Very fitting for a Christmas card, right?!  

So much fun!!  I hope you are having a great start to your week...July is flying by!!  

Thanks for stopping by, today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Delicate Wildflowers

I have used a beautiful new floral die from Simon Says Stamp's newest release, Friend Like You, to make a thank you card...

I die cut the flowers and stems from white cardstock, then brushed on color and layered each piece.  I adhered them to a woodgrain panel that I had die cut a woodgrain frame from and layered.  I added a few  glittered enamel dots. I die cut a sentiment, brushed on ink in the two purple colors, and layerd them. 

Here's a close up...

I hope you are having a great weekend! I have had family visiting for the last week...life is good!!  Please take care!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Basil Leaves Thank You

I have mae a thank you card with one of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp leaf dies from the new Friend Like You release!...

I die cut the basil leaves three tmes from white cardstock, and  brushed on ink...three pretty new colors of ink, with a blending brush, to the white die cuts.  I then adhered them to the card adding a stamped, die cut, and layered sentiment.   Here's a close up...

I hope you have had time to check out this new release...there's a sale over at the Simon store site...only until the end of today...20% off all Simon products...just sayin'!!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Friend Like You Blog Hop~Day 1!

I am so excited to be a part of today's Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop~Day 1, over at the Simon Blog!  We are celebrating Simon's newest release, Friend Like You!  I am sharing a couple cards made with a beautiful new Sunflower die, a scalloped die, sentiment stamp, and some other Simon products, made for...  a Friend like you!

This sunflower die is soooo beautiful!  I used two die cuts for each of my sunflowers on both cards.  I gave the bottom layer of each flower an extra layer for some depth  I stamped the background with sunflowers, then added a die cut and layered frame.  I added a die cut and foam layered sentiment.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I used the same flower, but gave it a bit of a different look!...

 I stamped the background differently on both the panel, and the card.  I decided to frame this sunflower, like the first card, but chose to use the new scalloped  circle dies, and made a frame with two of the circle frames taped together.  I die cut the frame once, then again with a piece of foam, then adhered them together.  I thought it looked cool, but was "missing something", so I took a chance and used some old NUVO  drops that don't appear to be available any longer(English Mustard)...THAT made me happy!! I used a sentiment from a beautiful new stamp/die set from this release, the sentiment fits the flower and card so well!

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, July 2nd, so make sure you check the Simon Blog on the 2nd, 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 
Caly Person
Nichol Spohr
Amy Rysavy
Debby Hughes
Emily Midgett
                                    Lisa Addesa<----You are Here!
Sandi MacIver
Miriam Prantner
Lorraine Aquilina
Kath Stewart
Barb Engler
Carly Minner
Hanh Nguyen
Mary Reiner
Enza Gudor

 Just to let you know...as you read in the title of this post, this is day 1 of 2 blog hops, celebrating this release!  SO...there will be another blog hop tomorrow...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! ALSO...don't forget the offer in the banner at the top of the post!  You will automatically receive the *not yet released* You 2 stamp set, when you make any purchase of Friend Like You release products !   The offer is only good until the end of the day on June 29th, while supplies last, so don't wait!  Thank you so much for stopping by and "keep hopping"...hugs!  

      Lisa 

Friend Like You Release...Bluebirds of Happiness!

There's a new release over at Simon Says Stamp, Friend Like You!  I have used one of the adorable new die sets from this release, to make a card to share with you, today!...

I'm not sure if you've ever heard of the bluebird of happiness...I have one that belonged to my mom...

Bluebirds represent happiness...I have many bluebirds that come, daily, to my bird feeders and they DO make me so happy! SOOOOO...all that to say that I chose to make my little die cut birds blue.  I had an old box from my favorite perfume, that I had saved and had thought with it's fuzzy texture, would be really cool to use, to make my birds...   

I die cut the birds, used some craft foam behind each bird to give them some heft, and adhered them to the panel.  For the sentiment, I used a sentiment from an Easter set, that I taped off two parts of the sentiment, to make it fit the birds.  Here's a close up,,,

I had such fun making these cuties...happiness!!  There will be two blog hops, tomorrow and Saturday, celebrating this new release...hope you will join in the fun and "hop" along! 

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

Dainty Floral Vine

I have made a card using one of the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp dies from their Moments in Time release...just wanting to let a friend know I'm thinking about them!

This card was simply done...but all the flowers and having two die cuts for each...die cutting the flower petals took the most time.  You wouldn't have to have two die cuts for each flower, or not even die cut 12 flowers, you could do fewer, but this made me happy!!  I die cut the flowers in a creamy ivory, and dotted them with white enamel accents.  I did layer the vine and leaves twice.  I used a sentiment from an older set, and adhered to an even darker creamy colored, textured piece of paper.  Here's a close up...

This card made me happy!  I hope you are having a happy weekend, and start to the next week...June is almost gone!!  Thank you so much, for stopping by to take a look!!  Hugs!!  Lisa

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Sympathy Fern

I used the beautiful new Simon Says Stamp Curled Fern Frond die set, from their Moments in Time release, to make a sympathy card...

I die cut the fern in a green cardstock, then another couple times with vellum.  I positioned them on a textured colored panel, then added a stamped, silver embossed and die cut sentiment.  I added some dots that I had made with glossy accents, for some added interest.  Here's a close up...

I don't know about you, but sympathy cards are always hard for me to make...it's nice to have one for one of those unexpected and sad moments in time, in advance.  I hope you are having a great week..so thankful for you...please take care!  

Thank you so much for visiting me today, I hope you go into Friday and this coming weekend fantastically!! Hugs!! Lisa

Rainbow of Butterflies

I have made a card with a pretty new Simon Says Stamp die set of butterflies, from their newest release, Moments in Time...

I die cut all the butterflies from patterned paper, as well as from vellum, for an extra layer beneath the patterned one.  I then put some foam squares(cut in 1/2) behind each butterfly...the patterned and the vellum butterflies... 

I used some very thin black wire, and wound it around each butterfly, twisting it behind the butterfly and then giving each a set of antennas with the ends of the twisted wire.  I adhered them to a panel that I had run through my Big Shot with a piece of burlap on it, between two rubber embossing mats, giving the panel some texture.  I added a stamped and die cut sentiment, adhering between the rainbow of butterflies.  

Here's a close up...

This card was alot of fun!  Hope you're having a great start to your week, and hope you have some time to have fun in your creative space!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

A Daisy Thank You

I have made a thank you card with an older much loved Simon Says Stamp daisy die, along with a sentiment die, frame die and background stamp from Simon's newest release, Moments in Time!

I die cut the daisy, colored the center with a marker, and layered the stem and added some brushed on green ink on the stem for depth.  I die cut and layered the Giggle Thank You sentiment with black glosssy cardstock, and stamped the background through a ripped piece of paper, torn in a rounded square over the card, with a light gray ink.  I die cut and layered the frame with the same black glossy cardstock as the sentiment.  I adhered all the elements onto the card, adhering the flower at a significant angle...just liked it.

Below is a close up...

Hope you have a great weekend...I am hoping for a great one, myself!!

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

Happy Cover

I have made a birthday card with one of the amazing new Simon Says Stamp dies, from their new Moments in Time release!...

I die cut the sentiment cover from white cardstock, and layered.  I cut strips of colored cardstock, and adhered them to a piece of paper.  I adhered the white die cut sentiment onto the colored strips and added a couple cut out sentiment strips from a Simon set of strips.  I added black glossy die cut letters int5o the spaces on the die.  Here's a close up...

This die has so many possibilities.  There is a coordinating set of sentiment stamps from this releae, that has perfect sentiments for lots of different occasions, and I've linked it below,  Hope you are having a great start to your first week in June!  `

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa