Friday 24 April 2015

Simon Says Stamp MEGA Falling For You Blog Hop!

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Happy Friday! Hooray for the start of the weekend! How about we kick it off in style with one MEGA blog hop full of inspiration, prizes, an incredible line up (I'm still wondering how I got my name on the guest list) and amazing new products from the wonderful peeps at Simon Says Stamp? Sounds good? Super!


Simon Says Stamp have just released a HUGE amount of goodies as part of their Falling For You! collection. It's all available to purchase NOW! We're celebrating with a good ol' blog hop so you should have hopped across here from the super-talented Mary Dawn Quirindongo. If you haven't, then be sure to start out at the Simon Says Stamp Blog!

I was kindly sent a couple of products from the range and they arrived just in the nick of time to whip up a couple of cards. First up, I fell head-over-heels for the HUGE Falling Hearts 6x6" cling stamp  - it's such a wonderful design! I felt like getting a little arty so I heat-embossed the design with white embossing powder, saturated the piece with water and created a little faux-watercolour ombre look with some Spun Sugar Distress Ink. The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Floral Bookmarking stamp set and co-ordinates perfectly with the falling hearts.
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tips and tricks

  • I opted to heat-emboss the sentiment onto vellum as it doesn't detract from the pretty background that I spent most of my time creating! 
  • I added a little more of a distressed look by flicking water onto the painted piece and blotting it with a tissue. The water reacts with the Distress Ink to give a bleaching effect - perfect for an imperfect look!
  • If you're going use a heat tool to speed up the drying process be careful not to apply excess heat to pre heat-embossed images. Burnt embossing powder is not a good look! 

Next up, I played with the Circle Dots stencil which features a very cool design suitable for a variety of occasions and recipients.
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I figured I'd just let this stencil do the talking with some gold glitter paste  - to put an extra spin on things I decided to stencil the design over this soft, watercolour-style paper from Crate Paper's Kiss Kiss collection. The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Summer Garden stamp set designed by Mama Elephant. I'm seeing this peach and gold colour combo everywhere right now and love it!

Well that's all from me today but before I tell you who to hop along to next, be sure to leave a comment as every blog on the hop has a Simon Says Stamp prize pack up for grabs for one lucky winner! A winner will be drawn at random from the comments on April 28th.

And now it's time to hippety hop across to Lydia Fiedler for some more SSS inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by here today and have a wonderful weekend! :D


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adele holcomb said...

I like your lovely, soft backgrounds!

Lindarub said...

Love your cards.

MelissaF said...

Love both your cards - the falling hearts background is so soft and pretty, goes so nicely with the vellum sentiment, and I love the graphic gold paste with the dot stencil, elegant and funky!

Kimberly J. said...

Oh these are gorgeous!! So soft and pretty!

Judy said...

Your cards are so elegant. Love that quote on the first card and your second one is awesome too. Great designs and colors. Thanks for sharing.

Marty B said...

Beautiful cards, love all that gold!

Sue Rosa said...

Very nice cards.

Cynthia Clark said...

Pretty cards. Love the gold!

LibLady said...

Great cards!

Jannette said...

Love the cards.

Unknown said...

Those are two beautiful and chic cards! Thanks for sharing!

birdsong said...

So cute!! Thanks for sharing!!

Unknown said...

The gold glittered circles are just beautiful!

Andreia said...

Lovely cards! And i love the first saying

Alla S said...

Your cards are beautiful. Especially like the gold glitter on the circles card. Thanks for your inspiration.

ConnieJ said...

Your card style is very elegant - I really like that too. Great ideas you have given.

Carole said...

Beautiful cards. Love the glittery circles.

Cindy said...

Your first card is stunning. Love the saying. Now I am going to have to order that set also. The second card is awesome. Love the subtle color back ground and those circles, wow. Thanks for sharing

j said...

Beautiful cards! Love the gold circles!

Lisa H. said...

total sweetness! love all the gold and those hearts! awesome card.

Jessie said...

Beautiful cards! Love the first card with the velum and hearts background!

bev p said...

The gold glitter is the perfect thing with the stencil circle dots! Wish I had thought of it! Thank you for inspiring me.

bev p said...

wonderful! love the glitter with the circle dots. wish I had thought of it! thank you.

Unknown said...

Beautiful card love the vellum. Thanks for sharing

jengd said...

Lovely cards! Your backgrounds are simply gorgeous!

Ohana in Bend said...

i just love the look of gold! the past few years i have been using silver and now my heart has turned to gold! (haha). love your cards.

Crafty Girl said...

Love the vellum card

Jane said...

I love it! I couldn’t wait so I did purchase the circle stamps and am hopping to all the blogs to gather ideas until they get here. Thank you!

Laurie2cats said...

Love the first card - the beautiful background, and the wonderful sentiment

Unknown said...

Such lovely soft coloured cards!

Unknown said...

The gold ...wow! I love it, great cards. Thanks for sharing and ideas.

momyeung said...

Beautiful use of the falling heart stamp and sentiment.

Anne said...

Both cards are gorgeous! Love the heat embossing on the vellum.

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CrizzyJ said...

Love the falling hearts card. Very pretty.

Marie said...

Love your two cards!! That stencil is calling my name!!

Carol Cel said...

I love the gold circles!!

Unknown said...

Cute im really loving the first card a lot!! The font on the gold embossing really stands out!

Megan said...

Ohhh, I haven't seen the glitter paste before. Fabulous!!

Linnea S said...

very elegant!!

HOLLEY DOWNS said...

Love your cards!

Glorie said...

Love the glitter circles card. So pretty!

Barb said...

Gorgeous cards, Aimes! Beautifully done!

AlteredAddict said...

Your cards are so pretty and elegant.

Thank you for sharing.

Jo said...

Soft and CHIC, love the design :D

Unknown said...

Beautiful. Love the soft colors

Unknown said...

Beautiful. Love the soft colors

Cara said...

I absolutely love how you used the gold glitter paste on the circle dots stencil. Looks gorgeous!

Stacey's Creative Corner said...

They are both gorgeous!

NatQuebec said...

Great use of this circles stampos

Linda S. said...

Beautiful cards. I love how you added just enough sparkle on them, but did not over do it.

denise said...

Really loving the background stamps of this release

Rose said...

Very pretty cards! Love the softness of your first card and the elegant gold circle dots on your second.

Anonymous said...

Great card , great products thanx

Anonymous said...

Great card love it

Jennifer Nadeau said...

These are so delicate and pretty! Such a nice change from bold designs.

Dixie Cochran said...

Your cards are lovely. You've matched the perfect sentiments with your designs. Well done!

Unknown said...

Wow i love the embossing in gold, probably one of my favourites along the hop, i can see how you got on the sss hop. Amazing tfs

Tammy Clarke said...

What lovely cards.

Kelly Szafron said...

Gorgeous cards!

Barbara said...

Both cards are lovely, but I especially love the first one. That sentiment is wonderful and I love how you created the design to set it off so perfectly. Love the embossing paste on the second card.

Geri said...

Stunning creations! Elegant, classy, soft and sooooo pretty! I love the verse on the first card. Thanks for sharing some treats with one lucky commenter :)

Lisa said...

Love these. Can't wait to play with the falling hearts myself. :)

scrappergirl56 said...

Loving the Gold and Peach combo too!!! That Gold glitter look fabulous used with the Circle Stencil...

ginni said...

Lovely cards!

Betty Sue said...

Love how pretty the gold rings are!

jc said...

Love both of your cards! This is a pretty amazing release!

Karen Wood said...

This "hello beautiful" card is just stunning! Thanks for the inspiration

Pam said...

Love both of your gorgeous cards. I love the way you used the stencil.

barbara macaskill said...

WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! Both of these cards are fantabuliscious!! Absolutely spectacular!! TFS!

Unknown said...

Sweet and an awesome sparkle at the card!

Alexandra said...

Beautiful cards, loved how you used the circle stencil and the gold glitter paste.. I never knew there was gold glitter paste out there! lovely cards :)

Inks4fun said...

beautiful cards, love them both

Shaughn Woodruff said...

Such a sweet card, love that there is a falling hearts stamp now! And that stencil..so many ideas for it!

Jen Carter said...

I LOVE your cards!! They are both so beautiful and elegant!

SUPRFOXdesigns said...

Gorgeous cards! Super pretty backgrounds and loving the sentiments and how they add to the effects and not overpower

Laceysocks said...

Lovely cards!

Allison Denny said...

Very classy card designs. TFS.

Laceysocks said...

Lovely cards!

Wanda Dodds said...

The embossing on vellum is stunning.

StampinLouie said...

Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards. Love the release this month.

Elizabeth S. said...

Such a beautiful cards and love how you used gold embossing. Perfect combination of colors and love so elegant.

KT Fit Kitty said...

Beautiful cards! I love pink, and the gold is fabulous!

Anonymous said...

Lovely cards!

Mary B. said...

These are so beautiful! What an elegant style you have.

Angie Linton said...

Absolutely beautiful cards! I especially love the way you used the stencil.

Tami B. said...

These are both so very pretty.

Carolee McCaslin said...

Beautiful cards!!! Love them and this new release:)

Carissa said...

LOVE your cards. And the gold glitter paste? To. Die. For. With that stencil...WOW. Just WoW.

Janelle said...

Such elegant cards...Thanks for the inspiration!

Carol w said...

Love the quote on your first card and the falling hearts, just beautiful cards.

Catherine said...

Beautiful cards....thanks!

Marie said...

Love both of your beautiful cards. Great way to use the heart stamp.

Unknown said...

Absolutely beautiful! Such talent you have!

bkazoo said...

great cards

TLC said...

great ideas

Unknown said...

I love the gold circles!

Donna said...

I really like the embossing on the vellum, very nice!

Natalie said...

Loving the gold! great job.

happyscrap said...

Beautiful work on your cards!

Janet D. said...

Your cards are lovely!

Jan Scholl said...

Simple but noteworthY

daniiii said...

So excited to try out some of the products from this release!

Unknown said...

The gold glitter looks fantastic on that card!

lnewbigging said...

Beautiful cards!

Denise G. said...

What lovely simple cards! I just love the background of the first card witha the falling hearts! The sentiment is wonderful.

Lin said...

Both cards are beauties! Great job :)

Di said...

Love both your cards. so elegant.

ruth m said...

Beautiful cards-VERY nice work--it looks as though you spent alot of time on them! TFI!

Lisa and Lee said...

Amazing cards. I love the gold glitter paste. :)

carolyn4723 said...

Love all the gold shine and sparkle. Great cards.

Tee said...

two beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.

Unknown said...

Such an Elegant Touch! The way you used the vellum! This is one on my list of ta-do's! Very Pretty!

JD said...

Love the new backgrounds, cute cards!

Sharla said...

Lovely cards, that gold is so pretty!

ScrapaDiddle said...

Very pretty cards with great background!

A.G. said...

These card are so pretty! The pink is so subtle and they are so simple, but so cute; love the gold detail! Thanks for sharing!

Charity Morris-Chamberlain said...

Great cards! My favorite is the second card! The gold circles are fabulous!

Anonymous said...

Your cards are so elegant..I just love your work.Thank you and thanks SSS for the fantastic Blog Hop

Anonymous said...

Love the falling hearts and the circle stencils, too! I want them all! Thanks for sharing!

Carol McCready said...

I think the cards you created are just fabulous.

Anonymous said...

Love both of these cards! I need that falling hearts stamp and that circle stencil, too!

Unknown said...

Absolutely gorgeous!!

Unknown said...

Lovely, soft cards thank you for sharing.

Greta said...

Love your beautiful cards!

Bonnie said...

Love you cards. They are so elegant. Great job.

Ann K said...

What pretty cards - great designs.

Anonymous said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE the new release...off to do some shopping;)

Unknown said...

Love the cards Amy, especially the circle dots. Simplicity is elegance & both these cards are simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing

DotMc said...

Great cards and embossing.

Larissa Heskett said...

WOWOWOWOWOOWOW!! BEAUTIFUL Card!! I LOVE the FUN design!! THANKS SO MUC for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

Unknown said...

I really like what you've created. Very elegant.

Dima said...

Amazing cards, thanks for sharing!

Unknown said...

I love these cards! Very elegant and beautiful.

SHartl said...

I love these sweet subtle designs! Beautiful!

Pippa67 said...

Oh those cards are gorgeous. Love love the first one.

KERRY P said...

I just love the look of embossing on vellum! I think this is the best release ever!! I love all the yummy backgrounds, cute party animals and that Lila Heart set is totes ADORABLE!!

Lesley S said...

Very pretty cards. The circle stencil has real impact with the gold glitter!

anja curvers said...

Two awesome cards as always love your style. TFS.

Jean Bullock said...

Love your delicate style. Well done.

Weenie Thomas said...

Very Pretty cards!

KcreativeK said...

Love the backgrounds of both cards because they can be used in creating a wedding or even a baby girl themed card

Candi said...

Lovely!

Ulina / Apricot Bubbles said...

WOW! Both cards are absolutely stunning!

Unknown said...

Simply beautiful. I love the sentiment on the vellum. Gorgeous.

Jan Clothier said...

I'm blown away! Love the softness of the colours and the stylish design. Marvellous cards!

Mummylade said...

Fantastic cards and colours!

Adoree said...

love the use of vellum

Hanna said...

WOW, your cards are great. I love those golden dot circles on the light watercolor background so very much.

Olga Direktorenko said...

This gold embossing on vellum looks so gorgeous and the soft pinks look so well with it!

michelegeorgern said...

Fun cards. I really love the pink, gold, and white combo!

maureen said...

love these cards...... thank you

Bunny Dobbie said...

Lovely cards. The glittered circles stencil really is a show stopper!

joy said...

Great cards! The circle dot stencil is right up my alley - love the gold embossed design.

Anonymous said...

I love all the "falling" backgrounds -- among others in this release! -- and heat embossing on vellum always looks great.

Nicole Parmentier said...

Beautiful!!!

Pat8 said...

Those circle stencils are going to be fun. Thanks!

Evelyn said...

Love the quote and on vellum with the pink background is just my colors!

Birgit said...

Very sweet cards! Love the soft look on both of these.

Isabel Z said...

Wow, such inspiration. I love blog hops because I enjoy seeing how different people use the same materials to create unique works of art.

Kathy Williams said...

Beautiful cards. I do so like the use of the stencil with the glitter. Hope to try that one.

cheryl l. said...

Nice cards...love the pastels.

Streetscrapper said...

So elegant. Very very beautiful cards.

PamC said...

Beautiful cards that will make anyone receiving them feel blessed and beautiful. Thanks for the ideas for the new release.

bev said...

Great cards!

Unknown said...

So elegant and beautiful!

Diane said...

Your cards are gorgeous. What an amazing release.

Unknown said...

Love everything about this release!

Anonymous said...

Sure enjoyed your post. Hope to try stamps myself.

Whimsically Yours, Robyn said...

Oh your cards are so beautiful with the soft, subtle colors! Makes me think of cotton candy!

Unknown said...

They are so beautiful, love them!

Valentina said...

love the gold accent!

Keely said...

Ohhhh, that first card. What a wonderful quote on a beautiful card.

Sam B said...

Love the cards, esp use of the vellum, and such a beautiful sentiment!

Jessica Strider said...

Great cards. I love the look of the circle dots stencil with the gold glitter paste and that's a fantastic quote on the other card.

Unknown said...

Thanks for the inspiration and showing me how to stretch my supplies! I would love to recreate these cards soon!

Unknown said...

Pink and gold, lovely combo. The falling background stamps are my favorite and I also loved your embossing paste take on the circle dot stencil.

Kelly Booth said...

Perfect Creations Love these!!

Kristina B. said...

Great cards, I very much love this gold glitter paste!

Katie Kinde said...

Love the glitter!

Paula said...

wow, really pretty cards! I share your love for that falling heart stamp, awesome design.

Maureen Reiss said...

Your cards are Really beautiful!! Love the gold glitter dots!!

Evelyn said...

Wow, what a wonderful way to create beautiful cards that look like you took days to make. oh yea that would be me, and they never look this nice. Thanks for sharing your talent.

Wavejumper said...

OMG-that sentiment is in my wishlist-it's fabulous! And you made it look so great!

The second one-I am all about letting the tools do the work...that is a terrific look I wont forget soon.

Lisa H. said...

I've never heat-embossed on vellum - I can't wait to try it!

Mary Holshouser said...

Love the gold stamping on the vellum. I think both give a card an elegant look. the gold circles are so pretty. that stencil is on my list of "must buy".
thanks for sharing.

Tory E. said...

Beautiful !!!

Cecilie said...

Wow - these are beautiful and so elegant cards. Thanks for sharing.

Unknown said...

I really like both cards. The gold embossing of the sentiment really makes it pop.

Unknown said...

I really like the falling stamps. Your cards show that you put care into them.

Unknown said...

Love the inspiration quote you chose for this beautiful background!

Jason V said...

Wonderful card! thanks for the inspiration!

conil said...

You did it again. Stunned me with your elegant designs. Simply lovely.

Show Love-Make Cards said...

Love that gold glitter paste! Yummy!

Unknown said...

So lovely!

cma21317 said...

so pretty love anything gold and sparkle.

Ruth said...

These are both beautiful cards!

Connie said...

Very classy! TFS!

JanetB said...

Very sweet cards, I love the touches of gold on each one.

Anonymous said...

Very pretty cards. Look so sweet!

Heather M said...

Lovely cards!!! So pretty!

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