Simon Says - Sunny Vibes Blog Hop - Day 1

Hi my friends, welcome to my stop on Day 1 of the Simon Says Stamp Blog Hop for the Sunny Vibes release.  I'm thrilled to be joining lots of talented friends and designers to share inspiration using products from this fabulous release.

You can check out all the products from this release over at Simon Says Stamp HERE.

Simon Says Stamp has a blog hop exclusive give-away, the Hello stamp and die set is FREE with any purchase of $50 or more, just follow the 3 steps on the graphic to claim your free gift. This promotion is valid until June 23 at 11.59 PM EDT or while supplies last.

Simon Says are also giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop so make sure you leave a comment on each participant's blog to be in with a chance of winning. The winners will be chosen and posted on Simon Says Stamp Blog on Wednesday June 26, and if you are a lucky winner, you can e-mail Simon Says Stamp to claim your prize.

If you arrived from the very talented Barb Engler, you are in the right place but if you happen to get lost along the way, you will find a list of participants at the end of this post to help you get back on track.

I created a set of clean and simple notecards using bright summer colours along with the Summer Fruit Tiles stamp set and Lily Of The Valley Stem Wafer die from the release.

I began by creating simple backgrounds on 3.3/4" x 5" panels of Distress Watercolor card using the solid shape images from Simon Says Summer Fruit Tiles stamp set stamped with Simon Says Sage Pawsitively Saturated Ink and Tim Holtz Kitsch Flamingo and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide inks. I inked the sentiments from the stamp set with Simon Says Intense Black ink and stamped on to one of the shapes. I smooshed the ink pads on to my Glass Media Mat, spritzed with water and added splatters in colours to match.

I die-cut the Lily Of The Valley Stems Wafer Die from Distress Watercolor card and coloured with Simon Says Pearfection, Field, Sage and Pine Pawsitively Saturated Inks using a Round Detail Blending Brush.

I fixed the stems in place with Distress Collage Medium, added foam squares behind the large leaves to create dimension. 

I matted the panels on to A2 panels of Distress Kraft HeavyStock and fixed to top folding A2 white card blanks.

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Nina-Marie Trapani

Caly Person

Jennifer McGuire

Suzy Plantamura

Amy Rysavy

Debby Hughes

Lisa Addesa

Alberto Gava

Barb Engler

Kath Stewart <you are here>

Karin Åkesdotter

Jean Doeringsfeld

Tracy Ware

Daniel West

You'll find more inspiration from the release on Simon Says Stamp Sunny Vibes Gallery HERE and if you make anything with the release, we would love you to share with us all in the Gallery. There will be more fabulous inspiration tomorrow on Day 2 of the Blog Hop that you don't want to miss. In the meantime, I'm off to make myself a cuppa, find a comfy sofa and enjoy an afternoon of blog hopping and being inspired by all the makes.

Hugs Kath xxx