Simon Says Stamp Crafty Hugs Release Blog Hop - Day 1
Hey there! Welcome, welcome to Day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp Crafty Hugs release blog hop. I am incredibly excited to be able to share some inspiration using the newest products with you so let's get started! If you haven't completed the hop yet, you can find all of the links at the end of this post. I'm the final stop, so you'll be directed back to the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp blog.
My first project features the So Far, So Good stamp set designed by Cathy Zielske. I'm always in love with the bold graphics and sentiments that Cathy designs and this set is no different. The large-and-in-charge "so good" sentiment takes center stage on this clean and simple card. Following in Cathy's footsteps, I utilized a large amount of white space to counteract the pops of color throughout the card from the wings in the Etched Dragonfly die, which is also a part of this new release. I love how delicate and detailed the wings turn out with this die. It's fast becoming one of my top favorites.
Before we go any further, let's discuss prizes, shall we? Of course! First, we have an exclusive offer for our release blog hop celebration as a thank you for your support. Use the code HUGS4U when you check out (by 5/31 at 11:59) for your free Rainbow Shattered Glass Deco Foil! There's also a $25 coupon on each stop on the hop today for commenters! So don't forget to leave some love before moving on.
My next project is one of my favorites. Like I said earlier, I'm all about the bold graphic sentiments lately, and nobody does these sentiment and shadow dies like Simon Says Stamp. The font on the You Have My Heart die is to *die* for. (shameless pun) It also includes the sweetest heart cut out that you can use, or not use, depending on your mood. I was feeling love-y so I added it.
The background for this design is the brand new Geo Leaves stencil. Isn't is lovely as a subtle blended background? Obviously I chose to use a few different colors here, but there are so many options when it comes to stencils that the possibilities are endless. The design of the Geo Leaves also lends itself well to feminine or masculine cards, depending on your color choices. I love being able to stretch the uses of my supplies!
Finally for today, I'm using another Cathy Zielske designed set, U.S of Craff-ay. This set will be great for the summer season and those patriotic -errr, craft-iotic themed cards. There are tons of punny sentiments included in the set that will delight any crafty friend or family member.
I decided to go with a very simple design once again and used the For The Red, White & RAINBOW stamps. I also used the small images included in the set to create a background of sorts and decided it would be fun to color only the pieces of the images that intersect with the letters in the word RAINBOW. Of course, I colored them in rainbow order and it made me smile ear to ear. I added some super shiny star and gleam confetti (because the flag..?) and finished it off with that small "Let's Do Our Crafty Duty" sentiment at the bottom.
Thank you so much for joining me today as your last stop on Day 1 of the Crafty Hugs release blog hop. I've had the best time creating with these products and I can't wait to see what you create. Be sure to use the hashtag #SSSCraftyHugs and #SimonSaysStamp so that I don't miss a single one! Don't forget to drop a quick comment before you leave for your chance to win that gift certificate and have a wonderful day! Sending you BIG crafty hugs.
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DeleteI love your soft colors and CAS designs! Beautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteGood ideas - thanks !
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards. I love those dragonflies.
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ReplyDeleteI love your blending with the geo leaves stencil! You create beautiful cards, thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThe dragonfly card is stunning!
ReplyDeleteThese cards are lovely! Your color choices are amazing, thank you for sharing these with us.
ReplyDeleteYour SMILE card is wonderful. When I see people out without a bleeping mask, I tell them that I love to see their face!!!!!!!!! So this card is special to me :)
ReplyDeleteI love these cards!!! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteReally love that Dragonfly card and the pastel light colors on You Have My Heart! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteI just love your soft and “simple” coloring, so great...off the sho
ReplyDeleteI like the big graphic sentiments, too, and your cards show the new ones off so nicely! Love the pastel Dragonfly card.
ReplyDeleteThese are simple, beautiful and elegant and I love the coloring on the last one.....so cleverly created!
ReplyDeleteOoh these cards are fabulous! Beautiful CAS designs! <3
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of dragonfly stamps, but these are really cute, so I might have to add more to my collection! Thanks for participating in the hop. This was fun!
ReplyDeleteLove no fear of white space. Looks so elegant!
ReplyDeleteI love all the cards you created, the geo leaves stencil is so pretty. The spotlight technique in the last one is brilliant.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteI love ALL 3 of your cards! Thoses dragonflies are growing on me! And I just love how you colored only the part of the images that intersect the "RAINBOW" of your last card!!
ReplyDeletewhat a great collection of cards! you've shown well the variety of this release!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful soft cards. My favorite is the You have my heart with the soft sparkle paper and the soft colored stencil design!
ReplyDeleteReally nice cards! I love the dragonfly die.
ReplyDeleteSuch fantastic cards. thank you for sharing your beautiful creativity.
ReplyDeleteI love these! I am so glad I ordered the dragonfly - I will be coming back to see this example again when my order comes in.
ReplyDeleteOHHHHHH....simply sweet! I'm "over the rainbow" for that card but LOVE ALL of them...
ReplyDeletethis new release is amazing - love the dies
ReplyDeleteI love the dragonfly, and your card is a great example of how beautiful it is on a card. Thank you for sharing your talent.
ReplyDeleteYour cards are absolutely beautiful. I love the colors.
ReplyDeleteThose dragonflies!!! Love them. Thanks for inspiring us all!
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to share your ideas with the crafting world
ReplyDeleteLove the spotlighting technique used on the "do our crafty duty" card. Thanks for sharing your talent.
ReplyDeleteAmazing cards! The pastel stenciling won my heart!
ReplyDeleteJust discovered your blog - all these cards are so clever and so stunning! I can''t wait to try some of your techniques out for myself.
ReplyDeleteGreat cards. The stencil design looks so different when using multipleither colours.
ReplyDeleteQuite lovely! The dragonflies are so dainty and I love the way you used the stencil.
ReplyDeletePretty cards! Love the dragonfly card!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your beautiful cards!
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ReplyDeleteWOW! love your work! thank you for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove the dragonfly card so pretty!
ReplyDeleteLove your 'simple' crafty card! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteReally Cute and very Creative cards!!! I love the one that you only colored inside the "Rainbow"
ReplyDeleteThese cards are all so pretty! My favourite is that dragonfly!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are so CAS and perfectly balanced! Love these!
ReplyDeleteYes this was fun, especially with the shameless pun, tee hee. These cards were so pretty, the bold sentiments were straight from your heart. Thanks ♥️
ReplyDeleteGreat cards, love them!
ReplyDeleteI think these bold sentiments are terrific!
ReplyDeleteBecky Moore
Although the statement is bold your sentiments are soft and dreamy. A rather lovely mix. I like the rainbow card the best. I love the way you stamped Rainbow over the background and then colored it. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe and healthy.
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards, great work.
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ReplyDeleteI love these cards - especially the one with the dragonflies. Beautiful designs!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteFun cards- I especially like the last one where you did selective coloring in the open sentiment.
ReplyDeleteYour cards have a calming effect. I enjoy the clean look with pastels. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteRainbow card is very clever and my favorite by far!
ReplyDeleteLove these!Beautiful cards and Love the designs!
ReplyDeletePretty cards; the you have my heart card is outstanding.
ReplyDeleteLovely cards!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteNice work on those dragonflies.
ReplyDeleteMerrill P
Love your cards and I am so loving that dragonfly!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteJulie Sullenszino
DeleteThanks for all of the lovely inspiration! The dragonfly card is awesome.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! Love those dragonflies!
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ReplyDeleteWonderful cards. The dragon fly die is quite beautiful. Love the detailed wings. I also really like your "you have my heart" card. The shadow on vellum is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI love the soft colors that you used. The You Have My Heart card is gorgeous!
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ReplyDeleteSuch pretty cards! Love the one with the craft items even if I am a Canadian girl. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteReally cool how you did the rainbow card.
ReplyDeleteThe rainbow card is so cool.
ReplyDeleteYour cards are beautiful! I love how you colored the images only within the word rainbow on the last card. :)
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ReplyDeleteYou CAS cards are just stunning! I love them all! Thanks so much for the wonderful inspiration! :)
ReplyDeleteSo Happy to see you used the stamps and designed by Cathy Zeilske!!! Her designs and stamped sentiments are so PUNNY!!! I can't resist them!!! Thank you for using your talents to make such wonderful cards!!!
ReplyDeleteLots of inspiration in this release!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards and love what you did with the dragonfly.
ReplyDeleteI love these colorful dragonflies!
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ReplyDeleteI love the simplistic beauty of these cards!
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ReplyDeleteI am inspired. Thanks for sharing such beautiful works of art!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! Love the colors.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing...
Fabulous cards, Ashlea! Love the punches of the sentiments, too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards!
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ReplyDeletethat second card is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteLove the delicate colors. the
gold sentiment is great.
The thin lettering and the
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Love your cards! I think your last one where you only colored small sections is so cool looking!
ReplyDeleteLove the CAS Modern feel of your beautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteloving the use of that stencil.
ReplyDeleteYour dragonfly card is so pretty and elegant... Love it!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, I especially love the dragonfly card! What a cool release!
ReplyDeleteI love how clean your cards look!
ReplyDeleteI love your coloring on your geo leaves background card! And your dragonfly card is my fave! Thanks so much for sharing your works!
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ReplyDeleteLove the beautiful dragonfly card as well as the others.
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ReplyDeleteAshlea, you and Nichol have convinced me that I have to have the dragonfly die�� I like CZ's big and bold style. Your color choices are simply fab and the Geo Leaves stencil has got my brain 'things' turning. Thank you so much��
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ReplyDeleteAshlea, you really outdid yourself showcasing elements from this fabulous release! The dragonflies card design is phenomenal, the glittery you have my heart on the soft greenery stencil is stunning, and the coloring of crafty elements justhat within "Rainbow" is beyond clever and creative. Thanks for contributing your incredible talents to the hop. Be Well
ReplyDeleteWOW!! Stunning cards! Love the rainbow!!!! Thanks for creating and sharing!
ReplyDeleteAwesome cards Ashlea, I love them all.
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Gorgeous cards and creativity shown is very inspiring.
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ReplyDeleteGreat examples for the release. I like a bit from each share.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors you used on your cards - they are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLovely csrds! I especially love the simplicity of the dragonflies and the colors on the Geo Leaves background. Thank you for sharing.
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ReplyDeleteLove these awesome cards, especially the fabulous Rainbow card!!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! I love the Rainbow card and will be going through my sentiments to see if I can use any to create a similar card.
ReplyDeleteThose dragonflies on your first card are amazing. Love how you used glitter card stock for your second card and love the pops of colour in stark contrast to white. All beautiful cards indeed.
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ReplyDeleteLove the glitter on your sentiment on the second card!
ReplyDeleteLove the pastel colors in your first card, so soft and subtle! I love how you used that crafting stamp for a beautiful card! I love learning new things!! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the amazing inspiration! I absolutely love it! And the new release is so fantastic!
ReplyDeleteLove your cards! Those large sentiment dies are so pretty! Lots of great things in this release.
ReplyDeleteLoved your cards Ashlea, especially the dragonfly card. Great release from SSS.
ReplyDeleteThe dragonflies and the hexies are winning for me! Love your cards.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed my visit to your blog! I like the fact you used a variety of colors for the dragonflies. Nice clean & simple card!
ReplyDeleteThis dragonfly die is so pretty and I love the way you used it here. Your soft ink blending on on the geo leaves makes such a sweet card, just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteFabulous cards! Love them all!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards. I love the rainbow card, it's so unique. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou have such adorable cards!!Love all!!
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ReplyDeleteI love all the open space in these cards that really lets the focal points shine. I particularly like the rainbow coloring within the sentiment on your crafty card.
ReplyDeletebeautiful cards. Love the first card.
ReplyDeleteLovely cards. I particularly like the soft colors.
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