Woohoo! Hello Simon Says Stamp Fans! I’m thrilled to be part of the celebrations for the brand new Favorite Things Release! You should have hopped here from the fabulous blog of
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This is a long post as I have so much to share! I made 5 cards in total all with amazing products in the Favorite Things Release. For TONS more inspiration head to the Favorite Things Gallery and prepare to be wowed! And don’t forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a $25 gift card to spend over at Simon Says Stamp!
Kicking off with one of MY FAVOURITE THINGS – Christmas!! I know, it’s February but it’s never too early. The Petal Builder Dies and Stencil just screamed PEPPERMINT to me! I used the Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripes Stencil and drew lines between the pink stripes with a red glitter gel pen. I die cut the “petals” from red and white card and assembled them to create a cute lollipop!
I used the Petal Builder Stencil for the next card and love how the same products can give such different looks! I pulled out a older Simon die (Circle Smile Die) for the centre of the flower and used the Tiny Words Birthday Stamp Set for my greeting.
My next two cards feature some stunning new products and I fell in love immediately with the new Bundled Swag embossing folder. It’s such a versatile folder and can be used either way up for stunning effects. I paired it with the new “One for the Books” stamp set using various inking techniques and finished off with some Crinkle Ribbon stained with Distress sprays and some of the gorgeous Pale Green Embellishment mix confetti.
My last card uses the new Hip Hip Hooray stamp set. I coloured the cute hippos with Copics and fussy cut them and arranged them around their little muddly puddle! The background is created using the Simon says Stamp Gingham Background stamp and I used the Wavy Scallop Stitches dies for my panel.
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such stunning cards an release
Wonderful project design shares!
Thank you for including some alternate use designs using the Petal Builder dies. I see how universal this set will be in anyone’s craft room.
What wonderful cards! Very creative!
Love the petal builder cards but also really love the book die cards! All are great!
What a great variety of cards. The colours are so pretty.
Love the graphics of using the circles!!!
Your cards are wonderful! I love how you made the first one a Christmas card 🙂
Pretty and cute variety of colorful cards.
Fabulous set of cards!
Great cards and I like the idea of the petal builder as a peppermint lollipop! So inventive. Thanks for sharing.
Such sweet cards, I would say sweet treats. Lol
Beautiful creations, the Pops are very creative! LOVE those stinkin’ cute Hippos!!!
Great ideas using the petal builder – great for any season !!
The lollipop is genius! Gorgeous creations all of them xoxo
Lovely cards!
Your books cards are dreamy!!
Very fun cards, I love the different looks.
Very creative. Love how you used the stencil on the first two cards.
Such cute cards! Love the Simon says stamp releaseà love the hippos!
I’m with you. Christmas cards get made early. Loved all your creations. Especially the hippos. Bunny
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Lovely creative cards
These are all so lovely!
Fabulous cards! Those hippos are so cute.
Great cards to show these new products.
These are all super fun cards! I love your out-of-the-box with the Christmas design too!
Gorgeous cards 😍
Beautiful cards.
Super Cute and Dun cards!!!
Love your card ideas and coloring technique!
Cute cards! Love the added touch of a bow!
Love the happy birthday books! So cute!
Great assortment of cards with these new designs! I especially love the fun peppermint and the book cards too!
very pretty!
Your cards are so beautiful. I love your creativity. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️
I love the pastels book ones are beautiful.
They’re all so pretty.
Beautiful colors 💜
Caryn, your cards are beautiful!! I love the colors! And I never would have thought to use the Petal builder dies and stencils to make a Christmas Lollipop! How CLEVER!!
All these cards are fabulous! Love the book card the best! Thank you for sharing all of these designs!
Wow, so creative! It’s great to push the ideas.
So pretty. The peppermint lollipop proves the year-round flexibility of the set. Thank you
Very cute cards!
Lovely cards! I do love the embossed backgrounds!!
Beautiful! All the spring colors make me smile.
Really cute cards!
Love your use of color!
Love what you did with those petals!
Love the way you used the color on the embossing folder to bring out the details and create a beautiful background.
I love, love love the idea of making a lollipop out of that swirl die set! So cute!
What a cute sets, I love what you did with them. Those rhinos are adorable.
I am amazed by all of these but especially love the use of color and ink speckling on the pink happy birthday card!
Great cards!! I love them all!! Thanks for sharing your amazing talents and inspiration!!
Love the first card, I would have never thought to do this.
These are amazing! I LOVE what you did with the pedals and making them a peppermint !!!
How cute the birthday books are. I LOVE the colors, and the backgrounds, too. And the hippos are adorable!
Oh how adorable! I love that you showed the Christmas card! Really show how versatile that die combo is!
These are all so much fun!! Great designs!
Caryn, love your cards from the blog hop. My favorite is the hippos, they are so cute! You did a great job coloring them. Thanks for sharing!
WOW! You made so many cards and each one is more beautiful than the next. Awesome idea with the peppermint!
Fun cards!
All of your cards are adorable! Thank you for sharing!
Gee, I loved every single card here. The two variations on the petals was nice to see. Using the red glitter gel pen in between the lines did bring it out more. Then the books with colored embossed backgrounds and tied ribbon made them look so elegant with the color combos. Finally, the fun hippos and the layout you used had my eyes appreciating each portion. Great cards!
Wonderful ideas!
so cute and pretty
Wonderful variety of creations.
Very cute cards.
Adorable cards; love the books!
Great ideas! Love the Merry lollipop!!
Great ideas! Can’t wait to try.
Adorable and fun
I love all your cards!!! That Christmas card, book cards, and hippos cards are amazing!!!
So much pretty inspiration
So cute! The hippos are adorable.
Love the inspiration! My faves are definitely hippos – so adorable!
Love your cards! That book set is definitely my favorite!
They are all so pretty!
Hello Caryn,
Five cards – what a treat!
Firstly, got to say that when I saw the Petal Builder stencil and dies, I did immediately think of a lollipop, so it’s nice to see that you did just that! I love the red and white lollipop of your first card and the lovely soothing greens of your second card.
Then you switched it up with the “One for the Books” stamp set which is my second favourite stamp set of this new release. Again, I love the pastel colours you used to create those two cards and pairing them with that background embossing folder is the bomb! While your fifth card was my least favourite (no offence intended) I love the copic colouring done on those cute rhinos because I cannot colour well at all. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your wonderful creations with us and wishing you a great weekend.
I cannot seem to find the place to reply at Caryn Davies site. I wanted to tell her i love love love her cards. ty