You Are My Favorite Blog Hop WINNERS!
Hello, friends! We hope you are loving our You Are My Favorite release!
To celebrate this incredible release, we hosted two amazing blog hops! The hops featured many talented designers and each one created wonderful projects to inspire you. If you missed either of the hops, you can find the direct links here: DAY ONE and DAY TWO.
A BIG thank you to all of YOU who joined us for the hops! We enjoy hearing from each of you, and your words of encouragement and appreciation to each of the designers mean so much to us here at Simon and to them. It’s our tradition to give away gift certificates to random commenters on each blog stop, and today we are revealing all of the winners! So without further ado, I present to you our winners!
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Bridget N!
from Caly Person’s blog: Leslie Longoria!
from Barbara Tarayao’s blog: Rochelle!
from Heather Hoffman’s blog: MiamiKel!
from Keisha Charles’s blog: She K!
from Lisa Addesa’s blog: Gina M.!
from Emily Midgett’s blog: Shari Olson-Anderson!
from Emma Wiliams’s blog: Erika Hayes!
from Mindy Eggen’s blog: Cheryl Folk!
from Bobbi Lemanski’s blog: Linda Kleback!
from Lorraine Aquilina’s blog: Michelle N.!
from Rachel Alvarado’s blog: ginger m!
from Barb Engler’s blog: Cindy C.!
from Nicki Baxley’s blog: Amy Solovay!
from Dana Joy’s blog: Shar Zar!
from Mary Reiner’s blog: Avra!
from Simon Says Stamp’s blog: Patti Hughes!
from Nina-Marie Trapani’s blog: Olga P.!
from Suzy Plantamura’s blog: Kate O’Connor!
from Laura Bassen’s blog: Rebekka Reed!
from Cathy Zielske’s blog: Diana Gehrt!
from Nichol Spohr’s blog: Marisela Delgado!
from Amy Rysavy’s blog: Angela!
from Debby Hughes’s blog: Robin Mermer!
from Heather Ruwe’s blog: Brenda K!
from Bibi Cameron’s blog: tammie j.!
from Sandi MacIver’s blog: Amy Koenders!
from Alberto Gava’s blog: sjkissell!
from Caryn Davies’s blog: Lynn Stevens!
from Kath Stewart’s blog: Daria Z!
from Revati Panickar’s blog: Patty Eifert!
from Carol Hintermeier’s blog: Meghan Kennihan!
If you see your name listed above, CONGRATULATIONS! Please email [email protected] and let him know that you are one of our You Are My Favorite release blog hop winners! You’ll receive a $25 Gift Card.
Thanks again for hopping along with us! We hope you enjoy our fantastic You Are My Favorite release and that it gives you creative enjoyment for months to come!
You’ll love browsing our You Are My Favorite gallery on our blog for loads of additional inspiration, and you can add your projects to these galleries as well!
Winning ROCKS, and so do you!
We hope you will join us on Instagram tomorrow, Thursday, May 1, for an Instagram Hop featuring our You Are My Favorite release! We are excited to share awesome ideas from several creative minds using these fantastic products.
One Stamp, Five Ways: Love You, Mama
Hi friends! Please join me in welcoming back special monthly guest Suzy Plantamura with another fun rendition of “One Stamp, Five Ways” featuring our newly released Love You, Mama set! Read on and learn more! Enjoy!
It’s that time of the month for my “one stamp, five ways” post! I used the new DARLING Love You, Mama stamp and die set as well as a few other products from the You Are My Favorite release. I always love the stamps that this illustrator designs, so I end up using them for my guest post often. Who can make only one card with these cute little stamps? Here they are!
I stamped all the images in the Love You, Mama stamp set with Versafine Ink and colored them all in with Copics. I die-cut them all out with the matching dies. I always do this step before I think of card ideas! These images are large enough that you can use only one on a card if you prefer.
I made the background with Tim Holtz Heavyweight black cardstock using the Dibble Tile embossing folder, I rubbed some SSS white ink over it very lightly to the raised portions. I cut it down a little and attached it to a white card base. I die-cut one of the new Petal Tipped Label Dies from white cardstock. I applied a little bit of Sprout Ink to the bottom and Marine Ink to the top and attached it to the black background. I added the bears (making them pandas for this card) over the background with foam tape behind them. I stamped a sentiment from the set and added that to the bottom.
I wanted to make a CAS card because it’s so not my style, but I admire them so much. I attached a piece of removable tape to the bottom 1/3rd of a white card. I rubbed Seafoam Ink over the top of it for a sky. I left the edges white and only applied ink to the inside area.
I attached the dog images to this one a little below the sky line. I stamped a few more of the butterflies (from the dog stamp, but die-cut out separately) and colored them to match. I attached 5 butterflies to the sky. I stamped a sentiment with Versafine Ink and attached that to the bottom of the card. Does this count as a CAS card???
I used the new Sqouvel Dies for the base of this card. I attached the largest die to a white A2 card base, keeping the left edge of the die over the edge of the card so it wouldn’t cut through. This gave me a sqouvel shaped card base. I die-cut another one the same size and then embossed it with the new Hopping Hexagon Embossing Folder. I attached the embossed background to my card base. I rubbed some Cabbage PSInk to the top center and right edge.
I attached the elephant stamp that I had colored to the right side and slightly trimmed some off the neck area so it would fit on the edge of the card. I stamped and die-cut a few more of the leaves from this same stamp and tucked them under the others so it was “leafier”. I die-cut another one of the Sqouvel Dies that is smaller for a sentiment. I rubbed some Cabbbage Ink around the edges and stamped two sentiments from the stamp set with Versafine Ink. I tied some twine to the left side attaching it with glue on the top and bottom of the inside of the card so it would stay in place.
I cut a piece of white cardstock to be 3.5” x 8.5”. I applied Marine and Seafoam PSInk to the top 2/3rds and Sprout and Fairway Ink to the bottom1/3rd. I stamped another set of the bears and this time I turned them into brown bears.
I used three of the stamped/colored images on the front of the card with foam tape underneath their heads. I stamped and colored a few of the hearts in the stamp set and glued them around the sky. I also stamped a sentiment from the stamp set and die-cut it out using the matching dies.
This new Scalloped Floral Tag set might be my favorite item in the new release! I die-cut two of them for my last project. I applied Sprout and Fairway Ink for the grass and Marine and Seafoam Ink for the sky on both. I glued the scalloped tops to the two tags leaving them white. I added a bunny, and a kitty set of stamps to each tag and trimmed off any that hung over the edges. I added some stamped hearts as well. I added a straight sentiment to the bottom of each. Last, I tied some ribbon and twine in the top. These are perfect to tie onto a treat bag!
Thank you for visiting today. I hope you enjoyed this “one stamp, five ways” post using the Love You Mama stamp and die. Too bad I don’t have more than one mama to send cards to as I have quite a few made now. I guess my daughter’s will be mama’s soon enough! Have a great May friends! -Suzy
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Create Stunning Vintage Cards Easily with our NEW Card Kit!
Hi friends! Happy Tuesday! Please join me in welcoming back special guest Nichol Spohr as a special guest on our blog to share these gorgeous and dimensional vintage cards easily showcasing our May 2025 card kit! Be sure to watch the video for all the details and enjoy!
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