Getting the Most Out of Die Cuts + Simon Release Hop
Hi Friends! Welcome to my stop along the Simon Says Stamp Among the Stars release blog hop! If you have already been hopping along with us, you should have arrived from the super talented Kristina Werner! If you are just joining us though, I have a complete hop list down at the bottom of this post.
Have you seen all the new, fabulous goodies that were revealed yesterday as part of the Among the Stars release?? I LOVE all them!!! If I had to pick my favorites (yes, I can’t pick just one!), I would say I love the Build a Rainbow die, the Stacked Stars die, the Stitched Banners die set and Hydrangea Petals die set… and I’ll be using those Hydrangea Petals on my cards today!
I created two cards using the Hydrangea Petals die because I wanted to get the most out of all the die cutting I did. In my video, I’ll be sharing how I used the positive and negatives of the dies to create two different styles of coloring for these petals and leaves; which can then be turned into beautiful floral arrangements! The dies I’ve used for these cards are the Hydrangea Petals (as I mentioned above), as well as the Tropical Leaves die set (which coordinates with the Tropical Leaves stamp set).
Bear in mind however, that if you aren’t into coloring as much as I am, you can create these same cards by simply die cutting the flowers from colored cardstocks; the possibilities are endless!
To embellish my floral arrangements, I used some pretty buttons, sequins and seed beads from the 28 Lilac Lane collection; the Pretty Princess Bottle and Minty Fresh Bottle. These bottles each contain a variety of embellishments that all coordinate together. I also like to mix and match my the bottles to create my own custom color combos too.
And of course I had to add a sentiment to each of these cards, so I used the new Uplifting Thoughts stamp set (also part of the Simon Says Stamp Among the Stars release) to add some encouraging greetings. I’m really excited about this new stamp set because I actually created it for this new release!!!
So to see how I put these cards together, be sure to check out the video below or over on my Youtube channel! If you enjoy, please give the video a “thumbs up” and subscribe to my channel and/or blog for more weekly inspiration!
KEEP HOPPING & A GIVEAWAY!
There is lots more to see along this fantastic blog hop! If you’ve already been hopping along with us, your next stop is the super fun and awesome Laura Bassen! Or, if you are just joining in, you can find the full list of hop participants below!
Jennifer McGuire
Kristina Werner
Nina Marie Trapani … hey that’s me! :D
Laura Bassen
Kathy Racoosin
Wanda Guess
Amy Rysavy
Nichol Magouirk
Suzy Plantamura
AMONG THE STARS RELEASE
Be sure to check out all the fun new goodies from the Simon Says Stamp Among the Stars release! All the products are linked here:
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If you are interested in any of the products used in this post, I have them all linked below to Simon Says Stamp. Affiliate links used when possible.
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Beautiful cards
Beautiful cards. I love 28 Lilac Lane!
beautiful, as always!!
Such pretty cards…I love the flowers and the button centers.
Great release from SSS. Lovely cards.
Beautiful cards
Love those flower clusters and those sentiments are beautiful!
Lovely set of sentiments! Essential for the collection!
Love the card!
Love the Hydrangea petals die cuts! Such cute cards!
Love your beautiful floral cards – so pretty and love the dimension !!!
Gorgeous floral cards.
What a great idea where you use the negative space for stencil and then die cut again. Thanks for sharing your idea of how to use your dies in a different way.
These are beautiful! Love the colors and the dimension!
I love the way you colored your flower petals! Beautiful cards!!
Hi Nina-Marie ~ Amazing cards, as always and thanks so much for including a video; I always love a video tutorial. Congratulations on creating that beautiful set of stamps, Uplifting Thoughts. It’s my favorite out of the new release. Thanks so much for sharing and for the inspiration.
Love how you colored the flowers, and the variety of embellishments
Great cards, I love hydrangeas! And I love how you made your cards, so wonderful! Thanks you so much!
loved how you colored your die cuts instead of a stamp images, I have lots of older diecuts before coordinating stamps were done, now I can use them
Gorgeous cards,and the Inspirational Thoughts is my fave out of the new releases from SSS,well done!
Nina-Marie, your hydrangeas are just stunning on both cards. Your new stamp set truly is uplifting. Great release!
So beautiful – as always! I’m especially attracted to the lovely pink flowers!!
I love the uplifting thoughts stamp set. Thank you for sharing your beautiful card.
Love your beautiful flowers and thanks for the great video.
I really like the Uplifting Thoughts set! I think it’s my favorite! :)
Love the sentiments in this collection. Use of buttons for the center of the flowers is so cute.
What a fantastic sentiment set. I am ordering it as I like every saying.! I rarely find a set with more than one or two I want. Thanks soooo much.
Really beautiful card. Thanks for shareing
Beautiful Hydrangeas -very colorful and summery looking.
Those are just lovely!
Love your cards! I really like floral cards myself.
Very pretty cards. Great video! Thanks.
I love the colors… great card!!
Love your Stamp set great sayings and fonts!
Stunning cards. Love the layering of the dies. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love these cards. They are so delicate and add a level of interest.
Love the stamp set you designed. Always looking for new verses and sets that can be used for the entire set. Cards are beautiful!
the flowers look awesome
great idea! thnx for sharing
Cure card
Uplifting Thoughts is simple a great stamp set that will compliment any card. Nice way using it.
Beautiful.
Really cute card ideas! Thanks for sharing!
An absolutely gorgeous creation!
Love the sentiments of the stamps and the embellishments.
I love your cards and the hydrangea die. Beautiful, thanks.
Very pretty cards! Love those sentiments!
Lovely cards – the dimension really stands out!
Beautiful! Love the dimension in your cards and the bright, happy colors! I also love the sentiments!
Beautiful colors.
Another fabulous release and your floral cards are just stunning!!!!
The beautiful flowers just made my day. Lovely.
Love the dimension, and the banner underneath looks great.
I can’t get over those sentiments! <3 <3 <3
Fabulous job on the video, the cards are very pretty!
Beautiful cards! I love the stamp set you designed, too!
Beautiful cards! I think my new favorite are the basic dies. How versatile! :0)
Lovely cards using simplicity and creating some complexity with mixed techniques.
These cards are absolutely gorgeous. I love the 3D flowers. Thanks!
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These set of cards look so beautiful!!! I really like coloring my flowers and you have provided gr8 inspiration to me using the lovely hydrangea flowers!!! I love the added elements like shiny buttons, splatter and sequins. The bold sentiments works great with this card!!!
CONGRATULATIONS on your DELIGHTFUL Uplifting Thoughts stamp set Nina Marie!!!
BOTH cardsare
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION :)
YIKES … my comment posted before I fingers finished – sorry – what I meant to say was
BOTH cards are BEAUTIFUL, ADORE your inky hydgrangeas and EXCITED by both techniques you shared in the video too!!!
Hydrangeas are my favorite flower, so these cards are especially beautiful to me. I love the addition of your embellishments to the flowers. Thanks so much!
Love the watercolor petals
Cute
Very inspiring creativity!
Love how you used only dies for your flowers and leaves. Your cards are beautiful. Thank you
Thanks for sharing. My favorite is the stacked star die! So many cool things can be done with it!
Great cards, you did a fantastic job. Thank you for making the video, sharing your ideas and being part of this giveaway
These are beautiful, Nina-Marie!
great use of mixed materials with the buttons, cuts, and inking. Pretty.
These cards are so bright and cheery – I love them!
Beautiful card ! Love it.
love the new sentiments!
Loving this new release! So much great inspiration!
What beautiful cards! I love how you used watercolors with the hydrangeas!
Love your ideas and the stamps and dies. Thank you for sharing.
Very nice.
Nina-Marie, your Uplifting Thoughts stamp set makes ME smile! Great job! Thanks for the inspiration and for taking part in this exciting hop and giveaway. Keep up the good work!
I love hydrangias
Love the hydrangea dies (my favorite flower!) and your cards are beautiful!
The hydrangea die is wonderful. I love your card.
so pretty!
I love the hydrangea dies. Your cards are beautiful!!
Gorgeous, bright & happy cards! Thanks for the inspiration & a great video.
Beautiful floral cards!
Really like the demintion look & feel of this card,thanks for the video.
Such a pretty card! Love the colors.
Great die cuts and nicely layer. Love the colors too. Thanks for sharing
Awww these are so pretty! I especially love the colouring on your pink petals :)
I really like the kindness and happiness sentiment stamps. Wonderful!
Beautiful cards. Love your flowers and the sentiments on the stamp set.
very cute card
Lovely
Super cute cards! I love the flowers.
Soooo pretty. And what a fun new release from SSS.
Beautiful cards!! The flowers are gorgeous!! Love the use of buttons for flower centers. It gives the flowers a cute look!!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
These are Beautiful cards!
Beautiful card! Love watching your videos.
Gorgeous card, love the use of the dies and buttons.
Very pretty flower embellishments. Love both cards. Love the buttons, too. I’ll add this to my wish list.
Very pretty flower embellishments and your card is very inspiring. Love the way how you reused the negative die cut as mask. Also, love the buttons. I’ll add this to my wish list.
Beautiful cards. Especially love the pink distressed flowers. And the sentiments are really, really fabulous!
so creative!
Love the flowers. They really stand out.
Very pretty card. Great use of your supplies.
Love the dimension!
Wow, I’m so glad I found you on this blog hop! I love your cards and the video. I subscribed to you on you tube and will be looking forward to more card videos.
Beautiful card!
Love the spotted flowers and all the ink drops on the background!!
Love the flowers with their button center!
The card is so very lovely. I am always surprised at how differnt each person sees the same resources.
Your coloring is lovely!
I love all the coloring and dimension you got in these cards. I love being able to use the negative cut from the dies!!! Lot’s of inspiration!! Thank you for sharing.
Your cards are beautiful, and your video is great!
WOW your cards are GORGEOUS!!!!
Your cards are just beautiful – thanks so much for sharing and for the video too!!!
Love your stamp set.
So colorful and summery!
Wonderful cards to showcase the uplifting thoughts.
Lots of fun color and dimension!
Super cool card loving the color scheme! A great new release thanks for the chance to win! God bless…
Wow, I absolutely adore the typography in the sentiment set you designed, the sayings are so unique & wonderful, that’s the stamp set I would pick from this release, I also loved your watercolored flowers-so creative
Great cards! Thanks for the chance to win.
Love your use of dies!
I love water splash sleeves are so beautiful
Thanks for the fun video! I thought your background for the followers was a great idea!
LOVELOVELOVE these beautiful cards! Colorful and fun!! I think this is the most excited I have been for a new release!! LOVE them all! Wish my pocketbook had enough in it to get it all! LOL TFS!
Awesome dimension and pretty colors! Love these beautiful cards!
Your cards are so pretty. I love your uplifting thoughts stamp set.. Finding the right sentiments is always a challenge and with your creations it has made things so much easier.. Thankyou so much Nina
Beautiful colors and a great way to use only dies. Very inspiring!
You used my favorite set from this new release. Your card is simply stunning, Nina-Marie.
I love your cards!!! Beautiful!! TFS! :)
I love the card! I’ll have to be more patient with coloring my cards because I love the end result.
what fun cards! would never have thought to use water color for those die cuts!
Love those watercolored petals!
Very pretty card. I love how you used the petals and buttons.
Such pretty cards. They just make me smile. (Ironic right?) Great designs Nina-Marie.
Nice 3D look! A great look!
Great cards. Thank you.
What beautiful cards, thank you for sharing your love for crafting❣
I love this card – the flowers are amazing!
The cards were just beautiful. I love how the splatters change things ever so slightly. thank you
Fabulous cards and love the way you used the dies. So pretty.
Gorgeous cards. I love the heavenly colours you got painting the blooms.
Love your creativity and style.
Great cards. I like how you fussy cut the sentiments.
Love the ideas and techniques. The sentiments are wonderful!
I love the flower layering – beautiful cards!
Those flowers are looking very pretty and lovely sentiments
Gorgeous colors and cards!
What beautiful colors. Love the layers too!
these are lovely! beautiful cards as always
Both cards are fabulous! Thanks for the inspiration!
Loved your cards! Very inspirational! Thanks for sharing!
My favorite is the pink flowers. Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
I really like the 2 cards you made. Love the stamp set uplifting thoughts.
Fantastic flowers!
I love the cards. The new Hydrandra die looks like something to add to my wish list.
Lovely cards. do like the idea of cutting the tag into the layer then mounting the tag to the card.
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LOVING you Hydrangea Petals! Because we hardly had any snow to protect our Hydrangeas over last winter they are half their normal size….bummer….guess I’ll just have to make paper ones like you! :)
First time here and I love it! Gonna look around a bit and see what you’ve been up to.
Thanks for showing what can be made with the Hydrangea Petals die! I look forward to getting them and trying your technique.
Love the new dies. The cards are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Awww!!! Fantastic release!!!! And your cards are breathtaking!!!!
Love the colors on these cards
I really like your cards, especially the watercolor effect of using water with the Tim Holtz Distress ink pads. Since I already have all of them, that saves me money so I can buy the hydrangea dies and the uplifting thoughts stamps which I already like from the last hop.
What beautiful hydrangea cards! The Uplifting Thoughts stamp set is due to arrive on my doorstep on Monday – can’t wait!
I love the sentiment set! thats a winner gor sure
Beautiful card!! So colorful and cheerful! Thanks.
Those flowers are so pretty, love the colors and techniques used.
I liked the coloring of the flowers and leaves.I also liked your different colors.
Love your bright beautiful card and the great video tfs.
I love your bright and cheery blossom cards and you’ve given me a great idea what to do with all my buttons! The heart, rainbow and star dies are just gorgeous, I can’t pick just one favourite ;) have a great weekend
Love the layering and textures you have created on your card. It is simply gorgeous!
Love what you did with the dies! Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Amazing release by SSS and Amazing Project by you.. I love colors and design !! Thank you Nina Marie for sharing!
Very lovely card . Fablous as usual .
These cards are so beautiful Nina!! Thank you for sharing!! :)
Lovely cards! Thx for the ideas to stretch my dies.
What beautiful vibrant cards
Beautiful Cards, flowers are awesome and I love the purple buttons for the center.
Love the flowers!! So sweet!!
Love your cards, Nina Marie! I especially like the watercolour technique on the pink card and the buttons make both cards pop.
Loved the card. I can’t decide which of the releases is my favorite, but I think it might be the bear and the ice cream!
Bright, pretty colors. Love the card, thanks!
Great cards and really helpful video. Love your new stamp set! It’s going on my must have list.
Absolutely gorgeous
Gorgeous cards!
Love, love, love those flowers!
This is a beautiful card! I love the banner in the middle. Thanks
Just gorgeous cards!! Love all the dimension and color??
I really love the watercolor look of your flowers. So bright and pretty too!
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
so creative. I love the watercoloring and the use of the negative piece from the die cut
Very nice Nina. The cards were soft and inviting.
Your colours are so pretty. Lovely cards.
Love the quick, imperfect effect of your watercoloring.
Darling card. This is the 1st video by you that I have watched. Boy have I been missing out!!! You are very inspirational 💖
Pretty flowers
Really neat look!
Love the fresh look of both cards … Very creative
Your cards are absolutely gorgeous! Such beautiful colouring and so much dimension!
Both cards are beautiful! TFS And the stamp set you designed is my favorite on this release. Way to go!
Gorgeous floral cards! I just love the new releases!
Beautiful cards. Love your new greetings stamp set.
Beautiful cards… Love your stamp set….
Congratulations Nina! Your sentiment set is my favorite!
Thanks for sharing! Beautiful!
Beautiful card
Great card. So pretty.
Gorgeous cards
The Uplifting thoughts stamp set is one of my favorites from this release. Congrats on creating this wonderful product! Your cards are so vibrant and cheerful! Great design!
Ooooooh…….I love those sentiments!!!! They’re perfect with any & all designs! You did fantastic job designing them :) I love mixing dies to create different effects. Amazing cards!!
Love this
I love the colors! Your cards are so pretty.
Love the colors of your cards.
Those are some gorgeous flowers!
Beautiful creations! Well done on this stamp set Nina Marie, it’s my favourite item of this release! Such beautiful sentiments!
I love these cards!!
Absolutely beautiful cards! Love them!
Great card. Loved all the little embellishments.
Cards are fantastic! Especially love the pink flowers!
Love the colors. Simplicity yet sweet complicity :)
I love the colour combination you use in card ,it pops .simple die but you did the fabulous job dear.
Beautiful cards, love the colors
Love how you colored your flowers. Congrats on your stamp set; it has some wonderful sentiments.
I love these cards! I love flowers and these are so pretty with the buttons in the middle.
Love the card and the way you used both positive and negatives of the die cuts.
Your cards are lovely, the colors so very pretty. Your sentiment set is wonderful also, so many great sentiments. Thanks for sharing.
Very lovely cards. Love the kindness sentiments set.
Love the petals die! Thanks for sharing!
The pink one is stunning! I love it.
Can I come and play with you? I love your work!
Love the flowers, they came out beautiful!
Lovely…and the coloring!!!!
Very pretty cards.
Very pretty cards. Love your new uplifting thoughts stamp set.
A card like this will bring a smile to every recipient
Beautiful cards!
Great card! Loved the flowers. A girl can never have too many flowers.
The hydrangea petals are one of my faves too, and your cards showcase them wonderfully!
I love the hydrangeas! So pretty!
Stunning cards. Love that hydrangea die
I love the Hydrangea Petals! So gorgeous.
Love the use of distress inks!
Really pretty cards with these floral dies.
Love it! Very pretty!
Love the inset banner technique. The flowers turned out so pretty. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful cards! Love how you put those flowers together….so much dimension and yummy interest ♥
Beautiful cards :)
Loving the hydrangeas! They remind me of my Grandmother! Great release!!!
Beautiful cards! Love your flowers!! Thanks for sharing.
I love both of your cards.
beautiful cards!!!
Very pretty, you all are very creative.
I love your card Nina. Great dimension with those die cut flowers! Thanks for sharing. SSS has another great release!
wonderful idea, thank you for sharing how to get more use out of our die cuts.
Pretty Cards
Love these cards! And, your stamp set is fabulous – congrats! Thanks for a great video.
Love the cards Nina! Great techniques. Thanks for sharing! I am loving this entire release from SSS.
Stunning cards !
I love the summer feel of these cards! :)
WOW!! You made some great cards.
Lovely cards! These are great new products.
So Pretty!
You make such beautiful cards! Loved both equally!!!
Hydrangeas are among my favorite flowers they are so lush. You have brought that fresh feel to your cards. Beautiful.
Beautiful cards!!!!
Nina, such a pretty card. I wondered how the flower dies would work, thank you for showing us.
Lovely cards, I really like the colors and sentiments.
These are so super adorable! I love the buttons on the flowers!
Such pretty cards! Love the button accents! :)
I like how you used the negatives from the diecutting both as a stencil and to line up your dies for cutting. Great cards! Thanks!
I love the look of the handmade petals. What a happy card!
Both your cards are beautiful. Love the colours your used. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely lovely! Really gorgeous and wonderful techniques!
Love the colorful flower and the sentiments are wonder.
Really. really like these cards. Love hydrangeas.
your cards are so beautiful and amazing!
So pretty
Super cute cards and so bright and cherrie!
These are truly beautiful, you are a very talented lady.
I think this one is my favorite so far… I love the flowers…
What a great card idea!! Love the sentiments.
These are so super pretty Nina!! We have all the same favorites from this release!! :)
Nina Marie such beautiful cards and you used dies only no stamping except for the sentiment. thanks for sharing our cool tips for using the positive and negative parts of the die.. such a great se of dies in the new sss release.
These are just so fun and summery! Thank you for helping me use up my buttons!
Love the cards, especially the purple one!
Such pretty cards! Love flowers and colors you used.
Your cards are beautiful…love the bright colors. I thanks you for creating this uplifting set. I was so happy to see some bright and cheerful quotes. One of my favorites has always been “Be the reason someone smiles”!
Beautiful cards! The pink one is my favorite!! You used two products that are on my wish list…your sentiments and the tropical leaves dies…can’t wait till they are in my hands!
Wow! just beautiful. And I love the stamp set
Gorgeous flowers and I love how you used the beautiful buttons in the center. You don’t see buttons used on cards much anymore. You’ve inspired me to get my buttons out of their storage container and start using them again.
Love the colors and the stamp set too!
Wow, that’s neat that you designed that set, it’s my favorite set in this release!
Thank you for sharing! Hydrangeas are among one of my fav flowers!
Hi Nina,
Thanks for the inspirational video, the cars are awesome! Thanks for the chance to win.
Cariños,
María Alba
I’m glad to see someone else who is frugal with supplies!
Such beauties! Your sentiment stamp is a must have for me. Love your videos and work. Thanks for participating is this awesome blog hop.
Beautiful two cards! I love your hydrangeas.. Colors are wonderful. Always love the stamping you do!
Watercolour die cuts, why had I never thought of this before, a wonderful way to more out of those basic die cut shapes. Inspired!
Nina-Marie,
What a beautiful card!! Hydrangeas are my favorite flower, and now I can kick myself for not ordering the dies when I ordered the stamp set! I love these sentiments. I think they’re my favorite out of all the ones I’ve seen!
Thanks so much for the card video!
-Irene
Absolutely gorgeous cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Ohh I double heart these cards. They are so fun and have a whimsy feel. Definitely sure to bring a smile to their receiver. :D
The buttons for the flower centers is a very good idea !
The buttons are the perfect accent!
Beautiful cards love your colors
Beautiful card! I love how you colored the die cuts.
Love the colors and buttons!
The matching buttons add a fun element.
You make such beautiful cards! Love watching your videos!
Love the soft look of your cards, Nina! I also really like the greetings you used. My wish list just got a little longer! :P ~ Andrea
love the hydrangea petal die
LOVE the new stamp set you designed!
I love your use of colors and the dies. I love bright summertime colors…they always make me want to be more creative!
very cute!!
Gorgeous cards,love all the dimension!
Very nice cards. I love your use of the die cuts by themselves.
both cards are just gorgeous… love the new sentiment set!
I really love florals on a card and these are perfect.
Awesome cards, thanks for a great video!
Both cards are fabulous!!! The pink one is my favorite! I just love the watercolor technique used.
Very pretty cards
SQUEAL!! LOVING LOVING LOVING the New Release and the AMAZING Designs!! THANKS for sharing the Video and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
i really love the stacked hearts and the stacked stars dies!
I love your flowers, very pretty cards!
I really need a die cutting machine . . . been waiting on getting that! Your cards are so lovely and the video is great to show the steps!
Very pretty cards!! Makes me want to go and look at all of my dies and see what I can do with them!! Thanks for all of the ideas and beautiful cards!!
These are beautiful flower diecuts! They seem so versatile.
Love your cards and the way you watercolored the die cuts. Beautiful.
I love, love, love the sentiment set!
Really enjoyed the dimensional inlay and the mask, color, cut procedures.
Very pretty cards. Thanks for the video showing your watercoloring
So wonderful
Your cards are beautiful! I love the way you used the buttons for the flower centers.
Congratulations on a wonderful sentiment set! That was the first thing I bought from this release. You used beautiful sentiments and fonts!
Great cards !!
Very beautiful cards! I love floral cards.
Bright, colorful, cheerful and creative! I’d call that perfection!
Awesome cards. Thanks for sharing your video on how you created the cards.
Beautiful cards!! Gorgeous colors and great embellishments. I love this sentiment stamp set; so impressed that you created it. TFS your talent and your helpful video.
Great job with the sentiment stamps!
Bright, colorful, cheerful and uplifting!! I’d call that perfection!
I like the uplifting thoughts sentiments! Lovely cards too.
Great card, Nina-Marie. I like that you made such good use of the negative space piece. Love those hydrangeas. :-)
Congrats on the release of your new stamp set, Nina-Marie! It looks great and is a perfect fit for this release from SSS. I love the way you used the hydrangea petals for this design. They are my favorite die in this set, I think. Of course I like a lot of the new dies but I have a soft spot for the hydrangea petals since I love the flowers “in real life.” :)
Hi. I like the look of the buttons to accent your flowers. I am excited to see what this mystery gift is going to be, and what Simon Says Stanp comes up with next. I especially like the layered leaves and really like thr layered stamp and layered die fad that is going on haha.
Love your cards as always and I totally love SSS release hops, ALL of my fav. designers are HERE! Who can top that???
Love the colors!
Gorgeous set of cards!!!
Thanks for the wonderful video and techniques. I love the SSS range , especially all the dies. I’d love some of the products to try as we don’t get SSS products in South Africa
Terrific video. I love the sentiments you designed. We all can use some uplifting.
Beautiful flowers. I liked the posies and colors!
Your cards are so pretty. Those little clear beads look just like dew! So cool!
Beautiful cards, Nina Marie! I enjoy your videos very much and always get some inspiration for my own cards! Love the way you fussy-cut the sentiments! The buttons on the flowers are such a nice touch!
How exciting!!!
Thank you thank you! I love it when dies can be used without the coordinating stamps and I’m so glad you showed us a way to do so with this set!!!
Beautiful cards!! Your stamp set is my favorite product from the release!!
Awesome cards! Thanks for shareing.
Beautiful flowers. I liked the popped up panel also.
Wow!! What an amazing card-ful of posies (or two cards full, I should say!). :) I love the details you added with the buttons.
Oh so beautiful! Love the idea of using the positive and the negative!
Gorgeous cards!
omg..love the 3d flowers…great card!!
Awesome cards! I LOVE what you did with the negative space from the die cuts. :)
The water coloring is interesting its a great technique for me because my hand shake and I have a hard time coloring anyway. Really love the way you did your flowers also using the negative from you die cut. TFS
Oh these cards are gorgeous
and love all those flowers!
Carla from Utah
Great cards, tips, inspiration and video!
Hello, I am new to your video’s and I thought it was Fabulous! I love how you explained everything in full detail, your cards are amazing, this is the sort of idea that my 9 year old daughter and I love doing together, getting inky lol. I will be back later to watch more of your videos after completing the blog hop. Bye for now.
You are good at making flowers something I need more work on. I’m tickled that you could work in the tropical leaves as those are my favorite
Such bright and beautiful cards. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful cards!
Wonderful creations! thanks for the chance.
congratulations on the uplifting thoughts stamp set. so awesome!
Stunning creations.
I like the watercolor flowers you made and the background is very pretty.
Thanks for these ideas. Love em a lot.
Love your cards.
Thank you for sharing! Beautiful cards :)
I like the idea of using buttons for the flower center. Pretty cool.
Love these beautiful flowers, such bright and colorful cards!!!
So cute!
How Awesome to have your own stamp set!
Really like the mix of fonts & sizes in one sentiment!
Really pretty cards, colors, design!
Gorgeous colours and beautiful cards
Very pretty card!!!
Beautiful cards! Loved the video! Great ideas! I definitely will be looking at my dies again. Thanks!
simple yet elegant design … love it
I like how you used the negative space as a mask. The cards are so pretty!
LOVE YOUR CARDS! THEY ARE SO FRESH!
Pretty flowers. I love the stamp set from the release that has the flowers on it.
Great tutorial!
I loved your cards. And whoever receives them will be truly blessed. I love the new banner die. You used.
Such beautiful cards, I love the colours you used on both cards but my favourite are the beautiful pinks, awesome video too! Thank you for the great inspiration!
Very nice use of those flowers.
These cards are just beautiful!! Love how you make such good use of all your dies!
I will definitely be trying some of your techniques.
Thanks for sharing!
Very pretty cards…thanks so much for sharing…hugs
Nina-Marie your cards are beautiful! I love the sentiments you created they are already on their way to my home!!! Yahoo!!!
Love the sentiments! Beautiful results.
i love the sentiments! I want to try keeping and popping up the cutout.
Love it… so beautiful, fun, and inspiring!11
These turned out gorgeous Nina! Loving your color choices! :)
Wow! These are so gorgeous! Love the sentiments, too and think that stamp set is my favorite from this release. And that’s saying a lot, for there is a wonderful array of products here! :)
Love your embellishments!
Summery florals with uplifting thoughts. Perfect! The more I see that stamp set the more I realize it is a must.
Beautiful cards! So much dimension, and I just love the soft watercolor on the flowers!
This is stunning…I love it
Such gorgeous cards – love, love, love the sentiments
So pretty
Beautiful cards Nina Marie. Love the vibrant pink colors… I also like how you cut the greeting… adding a nice touch by following the curve of the letters.
your cards are fabulus !! they just look like spring and summer !! Love them
Beautiful cards!
Love your flowers! Great way to use the negative cuts too!
Love the dimension and the coloring. Gave it a thumbs up on youtube and pinned the card to my SS board. Well done.
Love the new sentiments stamps and the cheery colors in this video.
So soft and pretty
Great cards. I like all the textures.
Such lovely floral arrangements, Nina … delicious dimension and fab texture! Anita :)
Love your three D flowers and I already ordered the sentiment set – so many that I love. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us.
Wonderful video and beautiful card.
Very pretty cards!!
Such beautiful cards. I love the layering!
Hydrangeas are my fav. Beautiful cards and techniques.
The cards are befitting the stamp set’s name…very up lifting. Beautifully bright.
Beautiful flowers!
Love those flower arrangements! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the videos and the chance to win! :)
Beautiful I love the flowers and the uplifting sentiments. Tfs your talent and the chance to win the giveaway.
Fabulous cards!!! I am really enjoying following your creativity!
Fabulous flowers – lovely colors! TFS
Your flowers are so pretty, and I love the centers! TFS
Such lovely cards! Thanks for your creativity…
What an honor to be selected to create a new stamp set with great sentiments. I like the use of the buttons for the center of the flowers. nice card.
Love your creativity and the sentiment brings it all together. Bravo!
Can’t get enough of the helpful videos, thanks!
Loved the way you use the dies but about my summer – I’m going on my first cruise – ever – with my husband to the caribbean – this summer – he says it is a one and only trip because he will never get on a boat again, but I’m hoping that once he’s on it he’ll love it – I am soooooo excited. So basically I’m wishing my summer away because we don’t leave until September, I know that’s horrible, but I am so excited.
Beautiful cards!
Lovely, lovely way to use the dies! Your cards are gorgeous!
I love your Uplifting Thoughts stamp set. Your cards are lovely and I like how you layered your flowers.
Your card is beautiful with the bright colors and I love the Uplifting Thoughts sentiment stamps. There are so many that can be used often. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D. .
Your hydrangeas look soo pretty =) TFS!
Great idas for coloring or colored paper and using negative of dies, beautiful cards. Thank you.
Awesome card and I love the verse. Your video was wonderful.
Very beautiful color schemes and I love the buttons for the flower centers.
Love the cards you made. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards – wish I could find matching buttons like that. Mine always seem to be off a little.
Such pretty flowers! And so lovely with a matching button on top – love!
These cards are so lovely!
These are just stunning! I loved the tutorial! I never thought to use dies like that or the way you did the sentiment…fabulous! Hugs, Robin
Love your card! And love the release!
Your cards will bringing summer to the persons who will receive them !
I love your floral card design and such pretty colors too! And, the sentiment set is wonderful! I love how big and bold they are.
so excited for this release!
Love these!
Love the petals die. Thanks for sharing.
Vibrant colors!
The sentiments stamp set you designed is just wonderful. Such uplifting messages to send out. Your cards are lovely and I appreciate all the tips.
You make it look so easy!
Beautiful cards, thank you for sharing!
LOVE purple and green together! I need the Uplifting stamp set!
Nina,
Your cards are so delightful. They just kind of make me smile. Thanks for creating!
WOW! your cards are BEAUTIFUL! You have given me some ideas for my card making. Thanks!
These dies are amazing. Can’t wait to use them.
Love the hydrangea die. It’s one of my favorite flowers. Great cards!
Wow Nina.These are so pretty.I just love this set.
The pink flower card is my favorite because it reminds me of the plumeria flowers in Hawaii. The watercolor technique you used looks great and can’t wait to try it out. Thank you for your wonderful card designs.
Your cards are amazing and so are these sentiments!!!
I love the sentiments also loved the way that those dies created dimension to the card.
Gorgeous cards!
Beautiful cards. I like ideas to use product in different ways. Love your sentiment set. Bought it yesterday!
Lovely flowers!
Your cards are so pretty and your stamp set has lovely sentiments.
Beautiful card. Also love the Uplifting Thoughts stamp set — wonderful sentiments.
Beautiful card! I also love the uplifting thoughts stamp set — great sentiments.
Great job with my favorite new stamp set in this collection!
Love the uplifting thoughts stamp set
Wow!! Absolutely love how the buttons you used make the flowers pop. Perfect color and texture. Thanks for sharing!
These are great cards. I love blog hops for the simple reason that you can make something so easy but it turns out beautiful.
Your flowers are beautiful! Really love the pinks and the sentiments from SSS! Thank-you!
Love the hydrangea dies, as well as the sentiment set!
Love the watercoloring effect on the flower petals! The cards were beautiful as well! Will have to give this a go someday soon!
I love those dies and your card!
The flowers are beautiful!!
The Uplifting Thoughts stamp set is exactly what I need! Love it!!!
I love the way you used these dies. I am also loving the uplifting sentiments stamp set. It’s so creative. Love love love what you have done.
Gorgeous cards Nina-Marie! I will start hanging onto the negative sheet I use to die cut…super tip! Thanks for the inspiration, and such an awesome release by SSS!
Lovely cards. I love the hydrangea dies. That’s going to be a must have. Your watercolors turned out so pretty. Congratulations on the sentiments stamp set, also a must have. TFS
Beautiful cards! I’m loving this release!
Great reminder of ways to use dies and color. love the buttons. thanks for sharing.
So bright and cheerful! :)
So pretty! Love your color palette.
Gorgeous cards! Fun watercolor technique too.
Beautiful cards!
Wow!! Those flowers are gorgeous!!
Gorgeous cards, I love the Uplifting thoughts stamp!
The cards make me smile! Great Work!
So pretty and feminine.
very pretty.
Great cards. Love the colours and the pop up banners.
I like how you use the negative space from the die cut!
Lovely as always Nina, thanks for the inspiration! Best from Budapest, Zsofi
Cute cards. I loved the button accents. TFS
Beautiful cards, Nina! Lovely hydrangea petals dies.
So beautiful
Beautiful, dimensional cards! I especially love the one with the watercolored petals. Cute idea to use buttons for the flower centers!
Love the stamp set you designed!!
Love this new release…….really neat!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for the video.
Loved your textured beautiful cards!
Your cards are gorgeous! There are so many fabulous things in this release.
Loved your beautiful textured cards!!! Both gorgeous.
Great cards!
beautiful cards!!
I love the Uplifting Thoughts set! My favorite from the release! Thanks for creating such wonderful sentiments!
Appreciated your tips on using both the positive and negative space to make a card. Your sentiment stamps are wonderful!
Those are absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!
Love your creativity! Thanks!
Am your newest follower here! So thrilled to have found you! Love your clever ideas about using even the negative space to help me!
The flowers are beautiful. You get a much better shading coloring rather
than using paper. The button centers look great.
thanks for sharing.
Lovely cards! I like how you used the negative space of the die cuts like a stencil. Never thought about that! Love both ways of coloring the die cuts with water coloring and distress inks. Both ways are beautiful! Thank you for sharing this great SSS release!
Beautiful coloring & love how you incorporated 28 Lilac Lane embellishments into your card. Your sentiment is absolutely perfect too!
More ideas. Thanks
Great cards! Love the new release.
Beautiful work! So much detail!
Very pretty cards. Love your sentiments.
Wow! Great cards!
Love that you colored flowers
Wow! Great cards! I’m speechless!
Great card, Nina-Marie! I really like the 3D design!
Great cards!
Congrats on your stamp set, it’s truly awesome!!!
Love the detail and colors of this card!!
A great card that is so nicely designed
Love these cards! Your colors are awesome too!
Super creative, Nina!! Great cards!!
Wow! I love it! Those flowers turned out beautiful. Thanks!
OMG this card is fabulous and the colours are so vibrant. I can’t wait to get my hands on the products from this release and start crafting :)
Great cards! Thank you for sharing!
Those flowers are gorgeous!!!
Your coloring is beautiful! Love the layered flowers.
I just realized that you were the designer of these Uplifting Thoughts. Inspired!!
I love the layering. It just adds the right amiunt of interest but is still a clean simple design.
I love the idea of layering the same die cut multiple times.
Hydrangeas are my favorite flowers..this is a gorgeous card! Thanks for sharing!
VERY Pretty Flowers and I like your ideas :)
Very pretty cards!
Very lovely card
Love your colors and layout as usual
Another inspiring card. Thank you
those flowers are beautiful! and your cards are stunning. Thank you
Beautiful hydrangea petals cards, so full of color and texture, love them! The Uplifting Thoughts sentiment set is my favorite of this release, congrats on your awesome design!
These embellishments you made are so adorable and I love the sentiments, so beautiful!
The cards are so pretty! I really enjoyed watching you make them. Congrats. on the sentiments .(so awesome)
Wow wow wow! Love the hydrangeas. So inspired and I haven’t even had any coffee yet this morning!
Love these cards. The watercolor one is my favorite.
Love the use of the buttons on this card! This stamp set is one of my favorite from the release.
I just love the use of buttons on the cards
What bright beautiful cards, Nina! I love the dimension also.
Fabulous cards that showcase that wonderful Uplifting Thoughts sentiment set!
Love the 3D flowers. Great card.
I love the loose watercoloring and ink splatters. That sentiment set is just fabulous with so many wonderful sayings. It’s a must have!
so so pretty love them
Pretty card. I love the colors, especially on the pink flowers.
these cards are so pretty.
Beautifully made card, Nina. I love the techniques on sponging all the lovely delicate colors on the flowers. Thank you for sharing this on your video:)
Nina … your cards just have me smiling out loud … so very lovely!!
Love the flowers on your card!
I love how you used the buttons and things on top of the flowers. Makes the colors stand out more. Very pretty. Love the sentiment stamp set too. Good job.
I love the flowers on these cards! Thanks for sharing!
After you designers use new products I always want them all!
So beautiful! Love your creation!
Hugs
Such fun cards! I love the buttons!
Like the colors, arrangment, buttons, dimension & more of your floral creations. As far as what am I looking forward to this Summer I’m hoping to go to the StockYards in Ft Worth TX which I’ve never been to and trek to the Dallas & Ft Worth Zoos. Have a Bee-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Great card live the new product and use of destress inks.
I must admit I hadn’t really noticed those hydrangea petals until I saw your card and I love hydrangeas. How did I miss it? Your cards are just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Great card live the new product and use of destress inks.
Fun uses
Love jow those brilliant colors pop out and catch the eye!! Really neat card!! :)
The layered and colourful flowers add a really unique touch.
I thought it was just the mosaic star die cut and uplifting thoughts stamp set that I liked…but your card just made me add more to my list…yes, it is very hard to choose. Love your colorful cards!
Those flowers look so great! What a beautiful card.
Wow! Those hydrangeas are so pretty and fun!
Thanks for sharing
Oh my…. simply gorgeous!!!!
Your flowers are beautiful! And I really need that sentiment stamp now!
Love your cards with their 3D flowers. They turned out wonderful. And I must tell you that the sentiments your created for the Uplifting Thoughts set are all so sweet!