Simon Says Stamp Heart to Heart Release!

 Hello, hello!  The new Simon Says Stamp release called Heart to Heart is now available on the Simon Says Stamp blog.   Simon Says Stamp was so generous and sent me several products to create with.  Today I'm sharing two of those projects.   Let's have a look.

My first card uses a sweet little die set called Flourish Heart Trio and a sentiment from the Locket of Love stamp set.  I used an older SSS background stamp called Heart to Heart for the background.  I used VersaMark watermark ink to get the tone on tone look for the background.  The hearts were die cut from an off white cardstock and then inked up with Lumberjack Plain distress oxide ink.   After inking them up I adhered them to a SSS tag die cut from the same off white cardstock I used for the hearts.   I added the tag to the background with foam tape and then added the sentiment and little twine bow.   Going to add this to the Die Cut Divas challenge of something new since the hearts are new.

For this card I used the new Warm Thought die set, a heart from the Flourish Heart Trio and  Snow & Stars embossing folder.  I used a light blue patterned paper with a white splatter on it for an even frostier look.   I used a light blue cardstock for the die cut sentiment, subsentiment and little heart.  Simple, but impactful I think.  Going to send this one off to this week's JUGs challenge.  It is word week and the word is encouragement.  I think this card is encouraging.   

That's it for me.  I will be back with the other projects I made in a few days.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Friend... thankful for you

 Hello!  Popping in to share a card for a few challenges:  Just Us Girls (die week - leaves), Sunday Stamps (sketch), Color Throwdown (colors) and Die Cut Divas (anything goes).  Let's have a look at what I made.

So happy when I saw the challenge at JUGs was to use leaf dies.  I love leaf dies as they are so versatile.  You can use them any time of the year, but especially during the fall!   Because I wanted to make a card using the Sunday Stamp sketch I knew I needed a smaller scale leaf die and pulled out a favorite from Simon Says Stamp.  I have had them for along time and don't remember the name.  Not sure if they even carry them anymore, either.  I die cut them from white cardstock and then inked them up with the colors from CTD (orange, red and green).  I used some small postage stamp dies from Waffle Flower and die cut kraft cardstock to use to layer on my leaves.   The main panel was die cut with a Pinkfresh Studio postage stamp die.  I almost added little postmark images to the smaller stamps, but got sidetracked at one point and didn't go back to that idea.  Layered the postage die cuts on to the main panel and then added the leaves.  Finished with a sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp set called Cozy Autumn.  

Well, that's it for me.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!