Friday, October 16, 2015

Simon Says Stamp Create Joy Blog Hop! & GIVEAWAY!

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Create Joy Blog Hop! You should be arriving from the very talented Yoonsun Hur's blog. If not, you can start the hop at the Simon Says Stamp Blog. Be sure to comment at each blog along the way for you chance to win one of the prize packages valued at about $50. Winners will be be chosen this coming Monday and announced on the Simon Says Stamp Blog.

In case you missed it, here is the fabulous Create Joy Release in it's entirety:




Here are the cards I'm sharing for today's hop, both using the stunning new So Very Merry Stamp Set created by Tammy Tutterow for Simon Says Stamp.


For both cards, I die cut a rectangle from some Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock using one of Simon's Stitched Rectangle Dies. I then scribbled some Colbalt Blue Zig Clean Color Marker on them, spritzed them with water, and let them dry. Once dry, I stamped the So Very Merry images with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and used my Copic Markers to colour them.

For my first card, I added some Glossy Accents to the Christmas ornaments and a touch of Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker to the 'noel' sentiment and the star at the top of the tree. I then added the panel to a Hero Arts notecard stamped with Simon's Diagonal Stripes Background Stamp using Simon's Lipstick Red Ink.


For the second card, I finished off the panel with some die cut stars from Simon's Holiday Shapes Dies (which I covered with Glossy Accents). I used one of Simon's Wavy Scallop Stitches border dies to create some grass on my pool coloured notecard and used foam adhesive to adhere the stamped panel to my card.

Supplies:



To see what I created with Simon's wonderful new Lattice Grid Stamp look HERE.

You're next stop is the fabulous Yana Smakula's blog.

Thanks for stopping by!
Sarah

503 comments:

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Kentucky Daisy said...

Love the color choices on both designs! The cards are beautiful!

MyLittleBlueDog said...

Great cards, especially love the script, "Noel".

Beth Merrill said...

Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents add so much character to card designs!

Teresa Doyle said...

Great cards Sarah. I love the red striped background on the first one. Beautiful.

Tona said...

Fabulous cards!!!

QuilterLaura said...

Love your cards, just perfect!

Purvi said...

Pretty cards!

Unknown said...

Great job. Love the Christmas tree one. tfs

CreativSpirit said...

Absolutely gorgeous cards. Love them both and am inspired.

Janeen said...

striking, both of them. POW on the red one.

Eva said...

Both cards are beautiful ! ;)

Teri Wilson said...

Sooooo creative! Thanks for sharing!

Ruth said...

You cards are my favorite.

MagsB said...

Fabulous cards, Sarah! I love how the sentiments are part of the images, and your lovely colouring! x

Unknown said...

Yes, love your use of script and watercoloring!!

Marsha S said...

Great cards! Like this stamp set a lot!

Anonymous said...

I love the colors you used for your Noel card...very festive and pretty! I also liked how you showed different occasions with the two cards. I always appreciate being shown how to make better use of my supplies!

Thanks so much for sharing!

Pam K.
jpklehm@comcast.net

Paula Fuller said...

I love the simplicity of both cards. Great ideas for Christmas and so colorful.

Alma Dirpaul said...

Beautiful cards! Love the watercolor backgrounds.

Karen said...

Beautiful cards; your watercoloring is lovely!

Milka Gubo said...

Oh WOW! Your cards are sooooo adorable, Sarah! Love them both! :-D

joy said...

Tammy's stamps are quite refreshing and your cards are so nicely done, Sarah! The first card is simply beautiful.

Gail Mc Nerney said...

Love your cards and your backdrop for them...Great job!!! Thanks.

Unknown said...

So inspiring

Salvwi Prasad said...

Both of your cards are artistic. The handwritten style of the sentiments accentuates the beauty of your card. I am in a way more inclined to like the "house card". :)

Thank you and stay blessed

Julia said...

Love the tree card!

Nicole said...

I love the watercolor :)

Memories by Manda said...

Lovely cards. Thanks for sharing.

Patty Beers said...

Love your soft colors.

Cindy said...

Beautiful cards. I love your designs. Thanks!

jcobb said...

Both cards are fabulous but I am so in love with the second one!!!

Charity Morris-Chamberlain said...

Lovely cards and great watercoloring also!

Unknown said...

Great cards!

Anonymous said...

Those are lovely cards you have made there. Thanks for sharing your ideas on this release!

Unknown said...

Lovely cards, I especially enjoy the watercoloring!!

Rea' said...

Love the use of the stitched rectangle dies for you cards, gives a "warm" feel to your beautiful watercolor backgrounds... love Tammy's set <3

Patt H. said...

Beautiful cards! Love your wonderful coloring!

Dawn Tidd said...

The water colored backgrounds on both your cards are beautiful!

Karine said...

Both cards are really beautiful!

Lizzie T a/k/a Wifelady said...

Beautiful cards!

McStamper said...

Great cards. Wonderful coloring.

Laurie2cats said...

Lovely cards, nicely colored

Unknown said...

Love the colors that you used on your cards.

pcm said...

nice cards!

sotama14 said...

Love the colors of your cards

janelle winchcole said...

Hi, I love both of your very festive cards. The verse in the second one is lovely and you've water coloured them beautifully, which makes everything else pop. x

Sonya said...

Lovely use of the new products. Thanks

Linda P said...

cute cards. Nicely done

Kristine said...

Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards, I really like the watercolor!

Kristine said...

Awesome cards! I am so excited about this release. Thanks for sharing!

Kristine said...

Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards, I really like the watercolor!

Susi said...

Love the CAS layouts for both cards - they're delightful!

Betty McDougal said...

Beautiful cards.

Amy C. said...

Beautiful and classically Christmas!

mwalker said...

BOTH CARDS A GREAT! LOVE THE BACKGROUNDS!

Unknown said...

I like the striped background stamp. It gives any cardstock visual texture.

Sharron said...

Both cards are beautiful! Love your coloring and the wonderful fonts on both sentiments!

Unknown said...

Very nice cards. Ejoyed your talent. Thanks

Chookarooni said...

great cards!

Kristie Maynard said...

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing these with us, just beautiful.

Elizabeth Terry said...

so very beautiful, thanks for sharing

Hippymom83 said...

Adorable creations!

Beverly Gray said...

I really love the 2nd card. Color is great.

Ellen S. said...

Adorable cards! Love them!

Unknown said...

Very cute cards.

g said...

these are both lovely cards! can't wait to receive some of these fantastic goodies!

scrappergirl56 said...

Cool cards...fantastic!

Lori B said...

Love that sentiment on your second card! The water coloring really sets it off-so soft & pretty!

Laraine R said...

Great cards!

Heather D. ~ Fresh Brewed Designs said...

The watercoloring is so soft and pretty. Two beautiful clean and simple creations!

Rose said...

Beautiful cards & such a lovely stamp set.

Kathy said...

Your outer framework on your cards really set off these stamps so well! Love your work!

Cathy Kaderabek said...

love your cards, so inspiring

Brithzi said...

Lovely cards.

Nox said...

Gorgeous, love the use of the red background for the first card and the blue looks great on the second

Unknown said...

Cute cards!

Maureen said...

Really great cards!

Diane Knight said...

The watercolor is beautiful

Barbara said...

Gorgeous cards!

Laura said...

I like the watercolor backgrounds.

Unknown said...

Nice job on your colorful cards.

Linda Langes said...

Both striking cards for Christmas with these fun new goodies.

Unknown said...

Two more beautiful cards as always!

Ericka Strange said...

Great cards!

photogo1 said...

I love he watercolor and the sentiment.

Ariane C. said...

Your cards are really beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Jeri said...

Beautiful cards! I just love that sentiment paired with the sweet little home. I'd like to put that into a frame as a home decor project to look at year round.

Unknown said...

What lovely cards. The tree with Noel is beautiful. Love the backgrounds you did with the watercolors. This is a super release. Great designs on your cards. TFS

Joyce McIntosh said...

Two beautiful cards. I love the scripty noel sentiment.

Judie said...

These cards are simply unique! Beautiful!

Trina said...

Cute cards.

Pam A said...

So pretty. Great job!!!

Leoxzi said...

Stunning, I love it that they are so clean and simple

Terrie L said...

Such pretty cards, Sarah!
Love them both!

Rebecca Ednie said...

Very lovely cards!

deb c said...

Both cards are fantastic! I love the sentiment on the second one! Just awesome!

Nicki said...

Fantastic cards

Unknown said...

Loved the cards

ScrapaDiddle said...

That tree is my favorite of the season and the card you created with it is just wonderful!

Natalie said...

Beautifully simple. Your cards are lovely!

Quyên Ngô said...

Pretty cards. I especially love the second one.

Unknown said...

Simply divine!

byulgzr said...

Beautiful cards!

Brenda said...

Amazing cards!

Anonymous said...

Such pretty cards! Love your sentiment card that you offset with the SSS stars! Great use of color on your Noel card!

Suzan Dorchik said...

cute cards!

Greta said...

Love your designs--2 great cards!

Tammy H said...

You are forcing me to buy those amazing Zig markers. Such beautiful colors. Such beautiful cards.

Dawn said...

Such fun cards!

siMar said...

My favorite is Simon Says Clear Stamps CIRCLE SAYINGS HOLIDAY sss101551. It's so versatile!

Machelle Nelson said...

Simple and sweet cards!

aquaspiral/Nicole said...

I love how simple, yet playful your cards are.

Sheri Elmont said...

Love your cards! SSS has some amazing products coming out.

newbie said...

great cards.

Tracy said...

Really pretty cards!

Unknown said...

Awesome cards.

karjo said...

Your cards are just lovely!

Rebecca said...

Your cards are beautiful and are inspiring me to play with watercolors more.

Unknown said...

Lovely cards, such pretty colours!

Barbara said...

I love the variety of lettering! Beautiful...

halomom said...

I really like the Christmas tree card. Simply beautiful.

Majtolina said...

Cards are cute and watercoloring...perfection....

Crystal Coonet said...

Love the cards, definately creating some joy for everyone who is viewing them

cheryl.samdal@gmail.com said...

Wonderful cards. Can't wait to use some of your ideas.

Helen F said...

Both cards are so beautiful. The watercolour wash is so soft and shows off the sentiment wonderfully. Thanks for sharing.

Cindy said...

Beautiful cards! This SSS release is amazing!

Unknown said...

I love it!

TYJ419 said...

The cards are adorable! I really need to try watercoloring.
Tracey

Anuja said...

Simple and elegant... Love both cards!!

Dawne Caldwell said...

I love the house card, it is so cute and I just love that it can be used year round for so many different ideas. Thank you for showing this cute card. thanks!!

Dawne Caldwell said...

I just love the house card it is perfect year round. thank you doing showing this card. I love it!!!

Ger McDonald said...

Love, love, love the Christmas tree

TracyM #6773 said...

DELIGHTFUL cards Sarah!!!
BOTH are BEAUTIFUL designs, LOVE your Christmas Tree with the BIG "noel", LOVE your SWEET sentiment and colours too!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing :)

HKXoXo said...

These are really cute and wonderful holiday cards. I truly am in love with this release

Ellen S. said...

Beautiful cards! Love them both!

Unknown said...

Your cards are amazing! I love the watercoloured backgrounds with the copic colouring on the images

Unknown said...

Your cards are really cute. The coloring is inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

anja curvers said...

Wow realy love your cards awesome watercoloring.

Kelli said...

Great cards. Love how you did the Christmas tree lights!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous cards, both of them..Thanks for sharing and inspiration. Thanks SSS for the Amazing blog hop with fabulous designers.Hugs from Sweden!

happyscrap said...

Beautiful cards! Loved your script and their message. Thank you

Unknown said...

Your cards and so beautiful and whimsical. Thank you for the inspiration!

Marcia said...

Love the cards!! I'm into anything with watercolor these days and the home one was really sweet.

theCook said...

Love the Noel tree!

Unknown said...

Love the colors!

Jan G said...

Love your Christmas tree. Very nice.

Kimpossible said...

So very cute :)

Unknown said...

beautiful...

Unknown said...

Love the backgrounds..so pretty!

Larissa Heskett said...

AMAZING Cards!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the Designs!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and for the chance to WIN!! Have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

Gaby said...

excellent inspiration, love your cards

Denise G. said...

Wonderful cards! I love the scripty sentiments . . .

Rosemary said...

what a sweet set of cards!!

zgagi said...

Beautiful cards.

Jasmin said...

Beautiful sayings have found on stunning cards.

Zings said...

Loved your cards. Thanks for sharing!

Jean Bullock said...

Lovely cards! Wonderful coloring too. I especially like the glossy accents on the the little tree ornaments. Gives that extra special touch.

Unknown said...

Great cards !!!

Unknown said...

Oh, very pretty! Love the water coloring, and the new style of this stamp set!

Bunny Dobbie said...

What great stamps. Love the second one the most. Such a great sentiment. Pretty cards.

Unknown said...

Your cards are stunning!! Love the lattice background !!

Unknown said...

I really love how you mat your main images. It makes them pop! Your watercolouring is lovely. Thanks for sharing your talent.

Gerrina said...

Great backgrounds for both great stamps! Love the fresh feel'that the blue gives!

Cindy H. said...

Simple and sweet cards! Love them!

CraftyPaws said...

Fantastic cards! Getting me in the mood for the holidays!

Megan said...

So pretty, Sarah! I love the new sentiments and style.

Unknown said...

Love your cards, they are so cute!

Valerie S said...

Beautiful cards! Love them.

Oksana said...

Love the layout and watercolor om these cards!

Carol H. said...

Very sweet and pretty cards! I really like your watercolored backgrounds.

Unknown said...

Great cards, thanks for sharing!

Unknown said...

Lovely cards.

Janice Rosenthal Rock said...

Love your cards .. . that second sentiment is wonderful!

JanTink said...

So cute!

Jan Thornton said...

Beautiful cards - great ideas!

bzyPTmom said...

Love your cards, especially the sentiment on the house one--love it!

Beastybunny said...

Love these cards. Love the watercolor look and the clean and simple look.

Judy Tuck said...

Your Christmas tree card is lovely against the red background!

Patty said...

Both very pretty cards! I love the Noel greeting stamped across the tree!

Cheri W said...

Really like your colorful cards, and the clean & simple style!

Unknown said...

Love the use of color!

Katia said...

so beautiful cards!

Katherine K :) said...

Awesome sauce! Your cards are totally fabulous!!

My Hyer Space said...

Love your cards. Thanks so much for sharing. These stamps are fabulous

Sue D said...

Pretty cards. I like the gloss of the ornaments.

Michele K. Henderson said...

I LOVE your card with the little house! It is so sweet and thoughtful! Very pretty!
Take care!
Michele

Lee said...

Definitely need to work on my watercoloring! Such a great job!

Unknown said...

I love both of the cards; simple but very creative. These are great cards for water coloring.

Helen Gullett said...

Gorgeous cards! Love the CAS designs :)

Megan said...

great cards

CathyL said...

Great cards, Sarah! Love the watercolor backgrounds.

Anonymous said...

Love, love the Noel sentiment! Lovely cards :)

Linda said...

I like both of your card but the second one really is my favorite. I love the simplicity of it and the colors. Thanks for sharing.

Linda D.

Laceysocks said...

Just Beautiful!

dishes89 said...

Beautiful coloring! Love it!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for showing some cards I can really do.

Oh You Made Me Ink said...

Both cards are really sweet!

NancyS said...

Cute cards!

Unknown said...

Great cards and watercoloring! Thanks for sharing your creativity!

Marty said...

Cards that make me feel warm inside!

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