Simon Says Stamp Reason to Smile Blog Hop (& GIVEAWAY)!

Hi everyone!

Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Reason to Smile Blog Hop! You should be arriving from the super talented Suzy Plantamura's blog. 

In case you missed it, here is the entire fabulous new release including stamps, dies, Suzy's prints, embossing powders, stitch-able dies, and FELT:

SSS Friendship Blooms Stamps and Dies	SSS Friendship Blooms Stamps	SSS Friendship Blooms Dies	SSS Cloudy Skies Stamps And Dies	SSS Cloudy Sky Stamps
SSS Clouds Dies	SSS Melody's Easter Stamps and Dies	SSS Melody's Easter Stamps	SSS Melody's Easter Dies	SSS Springtime Images with Backgrounds Stamps and Dies
SSS Pattern Swatches Stamps	SSS Springtime Shapes Dies	SSS Spring Flowers Stamps	SSS Springtime Critters Stamps	SSS Hoppy Easter Stamps
SSS Choose Happy Stamps	SSS Peeps and Gingham Cling Stamps	SSS Peeps Background Stamp	SSS Gingham Background Stamp	SSS Plush Bunny Eggs Basket Dies
SSS Plush Easter Egg Dies	SSS Plush Polkadot Egg Die	SSS Plush Button Egg Dies	SSS Plush Springtime Basket Dies	SSS Plush Party Bunny Dies
SSS Churches Dies	SSS Pastels Wool Felt Sheets	SSS White Wool Felt Sheets	SSS Antique Gold Ultrafine Embossing Powder	SSS Rose Gold Ultrafine Embossing Powder
SSS Suzy's Watercolor Spring Has Sprung Prints

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Here are the cards I created for today's hop:

For this first card, I painted a sunset scene on Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock with Gansai Watercolors, let it dry, and stamped a couple of clouds from Simon's new Cloudy Sky Stamps with Simon's White Pigment Ink. I then die cut a few clouds from Simon's coordinating Clouds Dies, inked up the bottoms with a couple of Simon's inks, and gave them some 'silver lining' via a Sakura Stardust Clear Glitter Pen. I adhered the watercolored panel to a notecard made from Neenah Solar White Cardstock, added a strip of patterned paper, and a thin strip of Darice Grey Sparkle Tape. The sentiment was white heat embossing on Simon's Black Cardstock and the clouds were adhered with Foam Tape.

For my second card, I white heat embossed the flowers and leaves from Simon's Spring Flowers Stamp Set on a piece of Ranger Watercolor Paper before loosely painting them with my Gansai Watercolors. I flicked some of the colour onto the panel with a paint brush and once dried I die cut
it with the rectangle from Simon's Bundle of Stitches Dies. I adhered the panel to a piece of Simon's Doll Pink Cardstock before adhering it to my notecard. I die cut Simon's Prayers Die, inked it up with Versamark Ink, and heat embossed it with Simon's beautiful new Rose Gold Ultrafine Embossing Powder before adding it to my card.

Supplies:

SSS Cloudy Skies Stamps And Dies	SSS Cloudy Sky Stamps	SSS Clouds Dies	SSS Spring Flowers Stamps	Simon Says Stamp Hero Arts STAMPtember Exclusive Prayers Stamps and Dies
SSS Bundle of Stitches Dies	SSS Rose Gold Ultrafine Embossing Powder	SSS White Pigment Ink	SSS Cloudy Sky Dye Ink	SSS Steel Blue Dye Ink
SSS Doll Pink Cardstock	SSS Black Cardstock	Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine	All Zig Kuretake Gansai Watercolor Sets	Ranger Artist Paint Brushes
Ranger Craft Sheet	Versamark Ink	EK Success Powder Tool	Hero Arts White Embossing Powder	Hero Arts Milwaukee Heat Gun
Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools	Sakura Stardust Clear Glitter Pens	Darice Grey Sparkle Tape	Misti Stamping Tool	Tonic Studios 8.5 Inch Paper Trimmer
Martha Stewart Scoring Board	Fiskars Amplify Scissors	EK Success Tweezers	Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock	Ranger Watercolor Paper
Neenah Solar White Cardstock 250 Sheets	Neenah Solar White Cardstock 25 Sheets	3M Scotch Double-Sided Foam Tape	Tombow Xtreme Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner	Mini Multi Medium Matte Adhesive
Quilled Creations Precision Tip Applicator Bottle

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Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a Simon Goody Bag worth about $50 on every stop of the hop! Winners will be drawn this coming Tuesday, February 23rd and will be contacted by Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is the fabulous Yana Smakula's blog. 

Sarah