Friday, June 27, 2025

Friend Like You Blog Hop Day 1



Woot Woot!! I am so excited to be a part of the first day of the Simon Says Stamp 'Friend Like You' Blog Hop

Thank You, Heidi, Susan, and all at Simon HQ for the lovely parcel of 'Friend Like You' products!

You should have arrived here from the lovely Miriam Prantner's Blog If not you may need to start from the beginning at the Simon Says Stamp Blog  

I made a couple of cards to share today, first up is this summery smile card, made using a gorgeous new Underwater Stencil Set (a set of 4 stencils), a CZ Designs Smile Clear Stamp Set and a Tidal Wave Embellishment Mix along with a Poppy Pods Die from the previous Moments In Time Release


I used some deliciously creamy Pawsitively Saturated Inks for 3 of the 4 stencils, and for the last stencil I ran it through the Big Shot machine, with no color, to emboss the lines, looks great IRL! I heat embossed the 'Smile' sentiment and finished with some   Tidal Wave Embellishments


For my next card I used a Dahlia Background Cling Stamp, a Delicate Wildflowers Die Set along with a Giggle Hello Die Set and Honeycomb Stencil from the previous 
Moments In Time Release 


I used Pawsitively Saturated Inks for the background and randomly added some stamped script text. I used Copic Markers for the flowers. 


and I used the extra strip of paper to decorate the envelope. 



Thanks for looking!! :-) 

There is a fabulous $25 gift voucher to give away on every stop along the hop! So don't forget to leave a comment at every stop along the way! 
Winners will be posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 2nd of July


Our not-yet-released Simon Says Stamp/CZ Design exclusive You 2 3x4 stamp set is automatically added to your cart that contains any purchase of Friend Like You products! This gift with purchase will expire 6/29 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last.


If you make anything with these, or any other release products, then please upload them into the respective galeries on Simon's Blog 

To add pics to the 'Friend Like You' Release CLICK HERE to go straight to the gallery!


CLICK HERE or on the pic to go to see all of the new release!

Day 2 Blog Hop will start tomorrow at 8am EST on the Simon Says Stamp blog so don't forget to join the hop tomorrow too!

From here you need to hop along to the fabulous  Kath Stewart's Blog to see more gorgeous makes!


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Challenges: 
1st card
Stencil Fun. Stencils + option of Summertime fun
Colorful Options.  Mood board/ Aqua Blue
Allsorts.   A/G + option of Seaside

2nd card 
Try It On Tuesday.  Add Some Text 


Simon Says Stamp Underwater Stencil Set
Simon Says Stamp Underwater Stencil Set
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CZ Designs Smile Clear Stamp Set
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Simon Says Stamp Tidal Wave Embellishment Mix
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Copic Markers
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Memento Tuxedo Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Poppy Pods Die
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Simon Says Stamp Dahlia Backckground Cling Stamp
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Simon Says Stamp Delicate Wildflowers Die Set
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Simon Says Stamp Giggle Hello Die Set
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Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Card Stock
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Simon Says Stamp Honeycomb Stencil
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Versafine Onyx Black Pigment Ink Pad
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Hope you all have a great week :-)
Happy Crafting
Luv Lols x x x

36 comments:

Diane said...

Both are absolutely gorgeous cards!!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Stencil Fun!
Diane SF Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Stencil Fun}

Barbara Tarayao said...

Both so amazing!

Anonymous said...

lovely cards

Nancy K Rodeberg said...

Lovely use of backgrounds and sentiments. I love that you decorate the inside as well!

Jaime Wheat said...

Gorgeous work! I love your backgrounds on both!

Anonymous said...

Such pretty samples - love the soft colors.

Miesje Flach said...

Love the soft colors and the backgrounds. Thank you

Jenn Borjeson said...

Both gorgeous - I love the text and honeycomb on the 2nd one!

Vonmariedesign said...

Those are stunning cards and I love how you decorated the envelope too.

Michelle said...

Love your cards!

lkleback said...

Your cards are so charming. Thanks for sharing.

Nay Nay said...

The cards are simple yet cute.

katfink said...

Love all the large sentiment dies you used! Very bold.

Kim Lundstrom said...

Beautiful cards!

Anna said...

Such pretty cards

Denise Bryant said...

Love your beautiful backgrounds and the pretty flowers! Wonderful cards!

Maureen Reiss said...

Really Beautiful cards!!!!

MadeByMeghanK said...

I LOVE the flowers and backgrounds! Sooooo pretty!

Dora said...

Amazing cards

Monika/Buzsy said...

Pretty cards! Love the blue wavy background! The floral die-cuts are so pretty!

Leslie Longoria said...

Your smile card was fun and cute and the hello card had my eyes dancing all over the place. Very nice!

Emily A. said...

Beautiful cards.

Gayle I. said...

Very lovely cards!

Tammie J said...

Such a cool background on the first card. Pretty flowers too!

Joann said...

Wonderful cards!! Love the tip for embossing one of the stencils to add dimension and how you used the background stamp from the 2nd card to continue the design to the envelope. Thanks for sharing and inspiring!!

Connie Hostak said...

I'm very intrigued by that stencil, and I love how you used it! I always forget about dry embossing! 😁

Tammy said...

Such beautiful cards!

Avra Williams said...

These are so pretty!

Jacki said...

Both cards are lovely

sharon g said...

I need to check out those flower dies. I especially love the first set.

Shannon Bettis said...

Beautiful cards! Love the colors, techniques & products you used! Great job!

Robin M said...

Beautiful cards! I love how you used the honeycomb stencil on the one with pink flowers - thank you for the inspiration!

Kath Stewart said...

beautiful cards my friend, those flowers are so pretty xxx

Stacey Kowbel said...

Such sweet cards! I really love your design for the Hello card!

Sra. Spitzer said...

Hi, Lorraine - These are DELIGHTFUL, both! I think that you used a max of new items (good work!) in a still-highly-cohesive way. Nothing looks contrived and you created gorgeous backgrounds that rival the elements in the foreground. WELL DONE! I will remember your name.
Lori S in PA

Susie sonnier said...

Such happy cards!!