In Lay Die Cutting + Simon’s Hey Love Release Hop
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Hello crafty friends! Welcome to my stop in the Simon Says Stamp Hey Love release blog hop! This hop features inspiration using some of the newest products from Simon, so you will definitely want to make sure you stop by each blog to see what everyone has been creating… I’ve got a few cards to share with you today that feature a lot of die cutting!
One of the products that I love most from the Hey Love release is the Hearts Align die. This die is so versatile, because it not only cuts out a bunch of different sized hearts, but also an outline too! Another thing that makes this die is versatile is it’s ability to be used across an entire card front, whether you are making a horizontal or vertical card; the cards I created today are all top folding, vertical cards.
To create the hearts for my cards, I first needed to make the paper I was going to be die cutting from. Ink smooshing is a fun technique that I enjoy incorporating into my cards and I felt that the hearts would look gorgeous with a red and pink, ink smooshed texture. If you are not a fan of ink smooshing, or just want to save some time and do something simpler, you could use plain cardstock or patterned papers in place of the ink smooshed paper I made. In the video, I will show you how I created these ink smooshed hearts.
After I created the backgrounds on my cards, I needed to add sentiments. For this, I used a combination of the Kristina’s Love and Laura’s Love stamps and die sets. These sets are GORGEOUS and I adore the delicate script font of the Kristina’s Love die. The sentiments are adhered onto cardstock and vellum strips that span the entire width of the cards.
Now, in the video you will see I made extra ink smooshed heart die cuts; this was because I wanted to make sure that I had enough to make all my cards (I hate running out of something while I am in the middle of creating!). Since I had extra pieces after I finished the two cards I just shared with you, I decided to make use of these leftovers and create a couple of quick and easy cards.
On these two cards, I created patterns to help give the backgrounds a more balanced feel; in the video below, I will show how I laid out these backgrounds. A couple of tools I find helpful for lining up my dies are a ruler (I like the Tim Holtz metal edge ruler) and the Simon Says Stamp Large Grid Paper. I’ve also been eyeing up the We R Memory Keepers Laser Square Tool; this tool has sliding lasers on its right angle, collapsible ruler and helps line things up with precision and accuracy. This tool is definitely on my “I need” list!
After I made the backgrounds on these cards, I decorated them with more of Simon’s newest products, such as: the Miss You die, Laura’s Love stamp set, the Scallop Stitches die set and the Handlettered Greetings die set.
I hope you will check out both videos below to see how these cards came together, and some of the things shared in today’s post inspire you with your own crafting! Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting me!
WATCH THE VIDEO: IN LAY DIE CUTTING
WATCH THE VIDEO: USING LEFTOVER DIE CUTS
KEEP HOPPING & A GIVEAWAY!
I am the last stop in today’s hop! If you are just joining us and would like to participate in the hop, I have the entire hop list here for you:
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Kristina Werner
Shari Carroll
Laura Bassen
Debby Hughes
Nichol Spohr
Yoonsun Hur
Yana Smakula
Heather Hoffman
Lisa Addesa
Amy Rysavy
Heather Ruwe
Wanda Guess
Nina-Marie Trapani — that’s me! :)
And before you go: Simon Says Stamp is giving away $25 gift certificates at EACH stop in today’s hop! To enter the giveaway, you must leave a comment on this blog post. The more blogs you leave a comment at, the higher your chances are of winning (plus, we all love hearing your thoughts about the hop, which products you love and what you think about the projects everyone has created!).
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Lovely cards. Love those old school valentine colors.
Really fun and cute idea!!!
Beautiful cards!! So bright and fun!!
Wonderful cards!
Love your card to pieces! Really beautiful. These new dies are stunning. Gotta have them all
Such pretty and happy cards!
Love these card Nina and both videos are awesome! Such a fantastic idea for using the leftovers, you would never think that they were leftover.
Ooh!! These are stunning!! I love the sentiment die cuts!! So cute!
you cards make me smile.
This is a amazing card, bright sweet and loving
These are super fun, Nina. Love the pope of gold.
I love your smooshy hearts and your pretty cards. The hearts almost look tie dyed. That’s a cool technique that you used. Looks like you have enough love for everybody with your cards! You really did a great job I have to say. My legs are so tired from all of this hopping and now I can go to bed knowing I saw each and every card and gave a comment to each and everyone of you on the hop.
Thanks for giving us a chance to see your cards and for the chance to win $25 to spend at SSS.
LOVING LOVING LOVING the New Release and your AMAZING Cards!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Great cards and love the ideas for using leftovers from one project for another ! Thanks for showcasing for this super SSS release !
Pretty cards!
I think the ink smooshing added a lot of character to your hearts. You always have beautful designs. SSS is lucky to have to on their DT!
you must have a great deal of patience to create such pretties
Really pretty, thanks for sharing!!
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL cards!! TFS all your talent and inspiration; can’t wait to watch your videos and creative process.
Beautiful cards. Thanks for the die cut tips and techniques. Can’t wait to try them.
Everytime I see your cards, I am amazed by your talent and creativity. Once again, your cards are just amazing!
Lovely cards. The ink smoothing makes such pretty water coloring. Thank you for sharing.
So pretty! Great designs and beautifully done! Thanks for sharing your talent and inspiration with us!
Such sweet cards!
Who doesn’t love glitter?!
Thanks for the inspiration!
I love inlaid die-cut cards! They always look so fancy to me! Beautiful job!
Lovely colors!
I loved all your cards and watching your process.
Awesome cards! Thank you for the tips!
Very pretty cards! I love seeing all of the wonderful inspiration!
So love the look of this card! Gonna have to try this!
Another awesome release! Thanks for the chance to win!
~God bless~
I love how you used the sentiments for more than just valentines day. I’m looking forward to trying out your ideas. Beautiful cards.
What a great idea for using left over die cuts! Also a good reminder about using the smooch technique with Distress Inks!
Beautiful cards!!
Cute card!
So cute! Great use of the die thanks for sharing
A new technique for me to try! Beautiful cards with multi uses.
Cute cards!
Great use of the die.
You never fail to create stunning cards.
So many wonderful cards, love your inlaid, how you used all the extra pieces and your videos. Thanks.
great card
Gorgeous! I always love to see your Ink smooshing technique.
What fun cards! I am loving this new release. SSS never disappoints. Thanks for the inspiration and the fun blog hop.
Great cards!
Love your cards and the way that you use everything. Nothing goes to waste. Good job
I enjoyed watching your videos, your attention to detail is amazing, and shows in your work-which is beautiful.
Fabulous cards and fun technique with the ink smooshing!
Beautiful as always! And these cards could be used all year long! I love the double color stacking for the die cut words! Nice touch
Love it! I’m a huge fan of using leftovers and I love what you did with yours.
Beautiful! Love that you gave different use examples (hearts really do go with everything!) and that you’ve used all the precocious die cut leftovers ❤❤❤
Thanks so much!
Oops! Silly auto-correct – I meant *precious*! O_O;;
hahaha
Great card ideas! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for so many things! Your cards are really fun, but I suspect way too tedious for me at this point. So many pointers along the way! Freezer paper–great idea. Made me remember that I bought some pallette paper that I have yet to use! Love that you use a real rag–I have always wondered how stampers use cloths to clean stamps, but never seem to have an old, stained one (not MY experience!). I also hadn’t thought to grab one for those pesky little glue smooshes! I had already known to save little bits of diecuts–especially hearts. I discovered the end of some shiny duct tape makes a perfect medium for die-cutting or punches, as it peels off the roll with the cardboard from the roll attached! My granddaughter and I had some fun with a length of tape and a heart punch! She doesn’t know her valentine will feature these hearts! Ok, too long, but I really had fun with you this morning!! Thanks again!
Love your cards and nice to see this die used. Always love your videos as you give so many tips
Love the cards! I love how you used the colors and how you put the cards together! Super cute!
Great cards! Thanks for sharing your techniques!
Pretty details and colors!
I really love your die cut inlay cards. Such a cute idea for using all of the tiny pieces that are cut from the heart dies! Thanks for the inspiration!
So lovely!!
Ink smooshing! Beautiful!
Cute card. Love the way you used the heart die. Thanks for sharing your creations.
learned quite a few new ideas smooshing,layering & your excitement is grand
Great technique.Thanks for the video.
Those die cuts from the new release are awesome! Thanks for sharing some inspiration!
Pretty cards. Love the way you made the ink smooshing paper.
Wow! Great cards! I never thought about how many hearts you could get from one pass of this die in the Big Shot, but that makes this die even more versatile! I love how you inked the hearts for that “watercolor” effect. Very nicely doneI
What a neat way to feature this heart die…shows how versitle it is.
Great ideas! I always enjoy seeing what you create and share. Thanks for being on the blog hop!!
These cards really scream Valentine’s Day!! Love the colors and those sentiment dies are calling my name!
Very sweet looking cards……….I would never have the patience to do all that you did to make this adorable cards!
Love all the color!
You are very patient putting those hearts back together. It was worth it though! Gorgeous :)
It’s always so nice to watch the videos so see exactly what was done. Very time consuming and is a labor of Love 😉 Beautiful. Loved his hop. Found many other crafters I’d like to visit!!
Such fabulous use of these dies! Your cards are fantastic!
Both of the cards are so cute, you are very patient when it comes to putting all those little pieces on.
Wonderful cards! So bright & cheery! They are the epitome of Valentines Day!
Your cards are very pretty I love what you did with all the hearts. I must’ve flipped through 500 Comments to get to the make a comment space. Maybe there’s a better way? Easier way for us to get to the make a comment space when I mean! your tires are really pretty !!
So pretty.
What fun cards!
Love your cards, very time consuming, but sometimes, that’s half the fun. Love that you showed the cards with the video with the leftovers. Thanks for sharing and for a chance to win.
So fun, Nina. And you’re right- this is one of many great dies in this release.
Lovely cards! Thanks for sharing and the video!
Adorable cards Nina!!! You always have such amazing ideas and designs!! And thanks for the awesome videos ❤️
Simply beautiful! Thank you.
Such pretty cards, Nina! I love the scalloped vellum on the first cards and the bright colors on all of them.
Cards are very pretty and I enjoyed the videos!
Lots of Love in the making of these cards. The details are awesome! Thank you for sharing idea what to do with the left-overs – LOL – we are have lots of left-overs.
Love the cards and the videos. Great techniques!
Barb B. CZT
Wow! Those Hearts Align dies are really versatile! I love the inlay look!
Very pretty! TFS!
I’m pretty new to this so I greatly appreciate the video. TO me, that makes all of this seem easy and replicable. Thanks. Also, I love the ink smooshing
Beautiful cards!
So so pretty and full of valentine love. :o)
what a wonderful card.
Your cards make me smile :)
super ideas and beautiful cards. thanks for sharing.
Very sweet cards!!!
Great use of the negative space
Thanks for sharing such beautiful cards.
Very sweet cards. Love that you use all the parts and pieces.
Oh wow, I love how you’ve used your dies, these are fab!
Great cards. It’s neat that you used all your left ove pieces too.
I enjoy the elements of your cards and the use of colors. Thanks for sharing!
I love this unique and creative idea. Such pretty cards!
love the dimension that the elevated word dies added
Awesome cards!
I really enjoy your videos.
Great cards and great technique! Love this SSS with all these awesome heart dies! I’m soooo all about hearts! Loving this blog hop with all this talent. Thank you for sharing yours!
Super fun cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your cards are super adorable! love them!!
Your cards look like they took a lot of time, but their prettiness is well worth it!
Wow! Amazing cards and techniques. Thanks for the inspiration.
Awesome cards. Thanks for sharing how you used all your supplied.
Great cards!
I love how you used all the pieces from the die! Great idea & love the colors!
LOVE the watercolored look of your hearts – fun colors on your cards!
Awesome job on all your cards they are adorable!
A nice assortment of cards using different techniques and designs. Love how you used your leftover pieces right away and didn’t just add them to a bin of scraps. Thanks for sharing.
I love the ink-smooshed colours of the panels. What a great die with many possibilities. You showcased it wonderfully.
So many great combinations of all the fantastic new SSS products. Ideas galore!
Great use of that die. Thank you so much for the ideas.
I love the bright pink and red – beautiful cards!
Such fun designs.
I love the pretty pink , hearts and touch of gold!! Stunning & Beautiful! TFS
Love your ink schmooching technique, Nina!
Very pretty. Love the ink smooching technique. Really a great collection by Simon Says.
Very pretty! I love all the inspiration from all of your ideas! Thank you!
Debbie Niemeyer
Nina your cards are fabulous!!!
LOVE your beautiful cards and great videos too!!
WOW your cards are beautiful!!! Love them and this new release:)
thanx for sharing the inlay die cutting method, for the inspiration and blog candy opp!
Ink smooshing is so fun and creates such fun results. Very pretty!
What great cards!!! So thankful for talented people!
Love that you were able to utilize all aspects of this die on multiple cards. Never let anything go to waste!!!
Great ‘love’ cards. I love the smooshing technique and the dies worked well with them.
I’m newish to die-cutting and appreciate your ideas and tips. Thanks!
Very pretty cards. The perfect ending to a fun and inspiring hop.
Really like how the gold makes everything pop! Thank you for sharing!
I love your cards they are super feminine and remind me of the boxes you make for your kids to use for their valentine cards at School! Love 💕💕
I really like your card, it is light and refreshing. Thank you for the two videos. I appreciate the video on using leftovers. I just finished making cards for a card exchange and I have hundreds on leftover pieces. I am so frugal I don’t want to throw them away, but since they don’t have a specific shape, I’m not sure what to do with them.
Amazing techniques. The results are just beautiful.
All of your cards are so pretty!!
What a great Valentine’s card. Thanks for sharing your creative idea with us.
Gorgeous cards!!!
Excellent cards!! This has been an amazing hop, and of course I want to buy EVERYTHING in the release!! Thanks so much for the inspiration & great ideas!
Fabulous cards!!
Hi there I am a first time reader and what more can I say but absolutely Be-yoooooo-tiful!!! Swoon! I am inspired.
Thanks for the inspiration!!! Love your card designs!
Always fun cards with you, thanks for sharing Nina-Marie!
Love how your inlayed die cut heart’s turned out!
Very pretty smooshed cards for many occasions as well as Valentines. Thanks for the videos.
So pretty! You always have the best color composition- thank you for your inspiration! ❤️
beautiful cards
Love the smoothed ink look and your choice of colors was so pretty.
Love the smoothed inking technique. Your choice of colors was so pretty.
You certainly made the grand finale. I appreciate the videos.
What pretty cards….
What a amazing hop-ending!! Super great cards, I like the colors. I’m going to try these color technique creating my next card… thx!
Wow such cute cards. Love the hearts
Love the colour combination. Thanks for sharing, and showing how to use up the left overs!
I love the idea of no waste paper
wow—loving those!!
wow—loving those!!
I’m loving the smooshing and die cutting.
Inspirational and very creative. Great ideas! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful cards!
Lovely cards! Thanks for the inspiration.
Loving that the cards are so bright and bold. Bold graphics always make me smile. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
I so enjoyed you ink smooshing technique and the water s[atter.Pretty little hearts and the gold hearts made your card pop. Thanks for a great blog release.
Awesome cards. Thank you for making the videos and sharing your ideas & techniques.
I think this is one of the best card sets you have done 👍😁
Beautiful cards! Love the gold glitter touches, perfect on the pink stamping!
Very sweet cards!! Great hop!!
I adore that love die! Beautiful cards!
awesome cards! i just love your creativity. thanks for sharing your videos.
Super cute cards!!
These are so pretty and perfect for Valentine’s Day!
I absolutely love the hearts you chose and the colors are outstanding!
So fun and pretty. Love your smooshed ink hearts. Smiles
Wonderful cards!
What gorgeous colours Nina – they are beautiful cards.
Gorgeous with a capital G!
Fabulous cards and a fabulous new release from SSS.
I like the gold glitter on top of pink on the love embellishment.
Thanking you for sharing your terrific cards. They’re lovely!
Cute valentines! Love the word dies!
I just love the inlayed card – thank you so much for showing us how to do that technique – I’ll be trying it soon!
Thanks for showing SO many different ways of using this month’s release. Very cool ideas that I can’t wait to try out myself.
Great cards as usual:)
Wonderful, creative ideas.
Such a fun and happy card. Your card made me smile
Cute and clever card.
I love your “ink smooshing” I’ve never really seen how to do it and also create the water spots. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Fantastic! Love all the different backgrounds, especially the diagonal hearts.
love your fun valentines. they made me smile at the end of a rough day
Thanks for all the ideas in making all these cards – great colour combo!
Your Valentines make me smile! So cute!
Wonderful designs Nina! Love the use of left over diecuts. Thanks for the inspiration!
Such cute and dainty cards! If they had cheeks, I would squeeze them! I particularly love the Miss You card. Cheers!
Great cards. Love how you used the new products.
Pretty cards.
Those multiple hearts are so eye catching!
Great die and stamp. Big impact. TY
What beautiful heart cards! I especially love the Thank You card!
Very pretty cards! Thanks for sharing with us.
Awesome cards! Great valentines!
Such creative uses of the die. You really got a lot out of that! All the cards were love,y. Thanks so much for the informative and inspirational videos ( it was great getting a bonus video!)
beautiful! great inlay technique
Love the great cards.
Love how you incorporated a thank you card.
Great cards! Love all the dies in this release! The pinks and gold look so good together! Thanks for sharing!
wonderful use of the left over hearts!
Very pretty cards. Thank you for all your neat ideas,love your cardmaking.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards. I love your videos.
Fantastic cards, Nina! I especially love the gold sentiment against the pink. Simply lovely!!
Waste not want not! Words to live by and on top of all these cards – two videos! Thanks so much.
So many beautiful hearts!
Great cards!Thank you for sharing your tips and techniques :)
Thank you nina, they are so very pretty!
These hearts are so much fun and so is the glittery word die!
Beautiful, love your use of color. Thanks for sharing!!
Love your Valentine cards!
Gorgeous cards, I love the glitter!
I love gold with pink! Pretty cards!!!
So bold and beautiful!
such pretty cards
Such pretty cards! Love how you used all the diecuts!
These cards are gorgeous! Thank you so much for both of your videos showcasing these beautiful products. I love the way you used that heart die, it’s so versatile! And I love how you used your left overs!
What great cards! I love how you used the “left overs” to create a second card!
Your cards make me smile! I always enjoy your videos!
Really great cards! I need to remember to do the smooshing technique more often to make die cuts.
Very cute cards. Ink smoothing can be so fun.
Such fun cards! I love the inlay and that you put those extra pieces to good use!
Great cards.
We can always count on Nina Marie to use glorious colors! I must try the ink smooshing technique-it’s brilliant. Thanks for making the videos. They are so helpful!
Awesome designs! I love them all!
Very nice looks like fun
Thanks for sharing. Great SSS release !!
Love the inlay techique, great idea will try it out hopefully with these dies. Beautiful cards.
Such pretty designs.
I love the glitter!
Inspirational! Love the cards! Love the SSS release!
Inspirational! It makes me want to go ink-smooshing right now! A fabulous release SSS!
What great cards!!! Nina-Marie you are inspiring me! Thanks! A fabulous SSS release indeed! There are a few ‘must haves’!
Cool cards, thanks for the video.
How Beautiful! love the texture spatters on the hearts!
thanks for the inspiration!
hugs
Judy K
Love the inlay and gold glitter with the pink!!
Beautiful cards, love the ink smooshed leftovers with the gold and glitter, so pretty!
These cards are so beautiful! Thanks for sharing your amazing talent. I must say thai has been a fun blog hop! :)
The ink smooshing made for lovely hearts!!!! And I love the gold sentiment!!!!
Pretty, bright cards. Love the idea of using leftover die cutouts.
so bright and cheery! Thank you for sharing :)
Gorgeous bright & pretty cards!
Love the cards, thank for sharing!
Stunning!! Thanks for sharing how you ink smooched.
Ink smooshing, how fun! I’m going to have to try this.
Beautiful cards!
Great Cards need to watch your video. Thanks for some great inspiration
Very pretty, I love it!
Fun cards.
Love the layered hearts, the effect is gorgeous :-)
I like these cards with so many possibilities.
These are so pretty, I love the color combination.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful card.
I was waiting to see your creation with this relase , I love the way you do your card,you bring them to life. Your cards is so pretty and unique as usual.
I like the font of the sentiments.
Love your cards. Such a neat technique!
What a versatile die cut! Love your ideas for it!
Lovery this technique!
Love how your card messages change to show versatility.
Super sweet project. TFS
Great ideas here. Must try smooshing! And I’ve never seen inlay die work before, so thanks for sharing that idea, too.
Beautiful cards.
As usual beautiful cards. The colored sentiments are unexpected but quite effective.
Beautiful card! Fab inspiration
Love these stamp sets and dies!! Beautiful cards, thanks for sharing.
I love your ideas and designs
fun card!
So clever! So creative! I love them! Thanks!
Nina, these cards are just so awesome!!!
Great cards!
Inlaying is so much fun!!!!
Wow, so much work, but well worth the beautiful results. TFS
Very pretty! Great way to use scraps too!
Thanks for sharing how you smooch! I can’t wait to make one myself. Dies make making card’s so much fun.
Thanks for sharing your talents.
Theresa Rasche
Such beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful designs.
Love, love, love your cards. Thanks for sharing the extra 2 card with the “leftovers”
Very cute cards.
Thanks for sharing such inspiring cards!
Lovely cards
I love inlaying dies! It is a lot of work, but oh, so satisfying when done. I thank you for showing me how to make those very neat smooshed background panels. Lovely!
Loved this. I always get new tips and ideas from you =)
love the classic look of pink and red for valentine’s day
Love watching your videos and I learn something new too. Thanks for the inspiration.
Loving this technique and the smooshing. I must start my cards ASAP.
As always, beautiful work!
Very pretty cards, I like using inlay dies.
Beautiful cards. Love your style.
I love your card and I’m not a fan of pink….lol
Lovely card. So colorful and beautiful.
all those tiny accents make it so cute!
Wow that’s a lot of work but so worth it. Great cards. Thanks for the video
So cute!!!
So bright and beautiful!! Thanks for the inspirations!
Awesome cards
I’ve never heard of ink smooshing. Thank you for introducing me to the concept.
Really love the colors and the gold. Beautiful cards as always 💗
I watched your video first thing this morning & then got out my watercolors! THX for the inspiration
love inlaid techniques. Pretty and bright.
Beautiful cards! Love the colors and really like the gold!
I love the way you made your background. The card is really pretty.
Love this technique.
The cards are great with the die cutting.
Such bright and happy cards! Love them!
Lovely technique.
Very pretty. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
These are ALL very Fabulous looking!!!
Super cute cards. Thanks for sharing.
Great card and video!
anyone would be thrilled to receive either of these. good job!
So fun and pretty! Thanks for sharing!
Super pretty. I love all the glittery gold!
Love the background patterns. I will have to give the ink smooshing a try! The gold die cut love is so pretty. Love these cards!!
Love how the stitched scalloped edge die adds another special touch
Love the way the stitched scallop die adds just another pretty touch to the card.
You make me smile with these cards! Bright and beautiful!
This was a very timely blog post for me. I’ve been working on Valentines for my grandchildren and find myself with lots of leftover hearts. Can’t wait to try your ideas!
These are all beautiful cards! Love the colors combined with a touch of gold!
So much fun and great results.
I enjoyed your video. Great cards!
Great video, awesome cards!
Lovely card.
well done on using up all the leftovers, I like that, no waste! your cards are really fun and happy
These are so pretty! I LOVE the ink smooshing backgrounds & the extra cards are awesome too! thank you for great tutorial videos!!
Your cards are fabulous! I love the smoothing technique you used. So pretty.
These are all so pretty.
Great cards, I love them both
Great videos! Loved the diagonal hearts and all the great tips. Giving dimension to LOVE is a great enhancer. Thanks so much!
I love smooshing!! No two pieces are the same. Love these dies you used too. Made a note, now I just need to win one of these $25 gift cards…… Thanks Nina for the inspiration and for sharing.
Sweet cards, I especially like the Thank You Card!
Love this video. Lots of fun ideas.
Very cute cards. Love this release.
Sweet valentine cards! Thanks for your video.
Gorgeous cards – love the colors you chose – just beautiful. 💕
So great! It’s just such a happy card!
I love your wonderful cards! Great job!
Smooshing, how fun. And so fun to use up leftover die cuts too.
What lovely rich and detailed cards, Nina-Marie! Your attention to details is phenomenal and you so willingly share this in your videos. Thanks for a great hop!
Such beautiful colors!
I just love your videos! Thanks for sharing your talent!
Your cards made me smile! Soo pretty and sweet. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Oh your cards are so pretty Nina-Marie! Wonderful designs and so many great details! Thanks for all the tips and inspiration!
Very pretty!
Lovely cards. Like the smooshing technique too.
Love the inlay die cuts!
I’m not getting the smooshing, I usually end up with a page of brown. But I do like watercoloring, and using the ColorBurst powders is fun to make paper too.
Love them and great bright hearts
Such beautiful cards. And I love the new release. There are so many wonderful products that it is difficult to choose!
Nina,
Warm cards for cold days!! Love your cheery color combinations.
Such darling cards; love the design.
Thank you for the top on using leftover diecuts !!! FUN ideas!!
Such pretty cards!
Nina you make some of the most detailed and color rich cards. A+
So many fun colors – LOVE them all for Valentine’s!
Haven’t tried ink smooshing, but I may have to give it a go. :)
Your cards are wonderful! You make it look easy!
I love the added interest of the water splashes on the hearts. Gorgeous work.
I love ink smooshing! Great cards Nina
All of your cards are very pretty. Great way to use ALL your pieces!!!
Great cards. Vibrant.
Beautiful. So fun too! Thanks for the video.
cool cards. easy to do with my kid together.
I love the dimension on the cards. It gives great interest to the cards.
Love your cards and the techniques help me so much! Thanks!
I love the gold accents. So inspiring.
Cute
Your cards are so pretty! I love how you did the ink smooshing and think it is such a quick and pretty way to add a different look to a card! It is always nice to have extras when you are finished a project and can get even more cards made than planned on!
I really love this release and can’t wait to get a few items that I simply MUST have!!! TFS!
I love the various colors and “interest” created!
I even like just the heart outlines on the pale pink card stock!
Love the inlay look, thanks for sharing!
love the use of the left over pieces. I always hate throwing out my pieces because you never know when you can use them on another project. This card just makes me smile, so bright and uplifting.
Lots of work & so well executed. Love the watercolour background.
Thanks for the tutorial, I’ve always wanted to try in-laid cards. Truly a labor of love!
These cards look
fabulous and wonderful
dies.
Carla from Utah
love left-overs whether food or craft supplies, great job on your cards!
Nina–once again your cards are amazing! I love the backgrounds you created and what you did with the leftovers! I always learn so much from you along with getting so many ideas! Thank you once again for sharing!
your cards are beautiful! this hop! so many ideas buzzing in my head…..
Those cards are FABULOUS!!! I am especially fond of the Thank You card. Nina-Marie, you are just soooo talented. Thanks for the happy inspiration! :)
Such fun cards! The thank you card is my favorite.
Beautiful details! Will have to try the techniques on your video!
Very pretty cards!
Very sweet cards!
Pretty and fun cards!
Lovely and cheery cards. Thank you for showing the inlay and smoothing techniques!
Great cards!
You mad lovely cheerful cards today..Thank You!
Great cards!
Very pretty card!
I love all of your cards, but wow! This one is sooooo pretty! Love how you created the smooshed water color background to use for your inlay die cuts. Beautiful!
Love the ink smushing and inlay techniques. These are beautiful Valentine cards. Thanks for sharing.
love that inlay…lovely work!
Such cheerful, pretty cards and new crafting goodies! I like the pop of gold you included.
Super playful card! Love it!
Very creative, bright, and cheery cards! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the smooshing. Thanks for reminding me. I really like your cards.
Tons of Hearts! Love your bright and cheery work. Thanks for sharing your delightful cards! Denise
Beautiful. Love the colors
Adorable cards. Love the tips for leftovers and love all the color. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve never heard of ‘smooshing’… thank you for sharing the videos! I’ve been out of the stamping loop for a while, so this was truly rejuvenating to experience and can’t wait to try it myself!
very pretty cards, love the watercolor
Fun hop–loved your cards.
So beautiful and I love the way you used the leftovers!!!! Awesome!
Nina-Marie, thank you for sharing your ideas! Love the use of extra die-cuts for quick cards, I always end up with some extras on hands and don’t know what to do with them… Love your cards and “smooshing” technique!
Very pretty cards
As usual, your card designs are perfect! Who wouldn’t love to receive one? Thanks for sharing!
wonderful patterned background and you can’t go wrong with gold!
love the choice of colors … makes them dramatic and exciting.
What vibrant colors! I like to make my own patterned paper too, and you can never go wrong with gold accents!
You have mad talent! This blog hop was FABULOUS!
Thanks for sharing! Love your sweet cards!
Such a cute, fun card!
I love all your cards and tutorials!
Beautiful Card! The Hop was just Fantastic!!
I love your creation, so pretty!
Beautiful, I love the watercolors and the hearts.
Thank you for the video instructions! Am going to try it :)
Great technique, love your color combos!
You did such a great job on these cards. Love how you changed the orientation of the die cuts to get two different but similar looks. Great designs. TFS
So beautiful and I adore the miss you one!!
So modern & beautiful!
Very cheery cards! Nice work!
Lovely cards, thanks for sharing!
lovely valentine cards!
So bright and cheery! Thanks.
Your cards are great. They are fun and playful.
I love both cards and appreciate the videos so much. Lots to learn in your videos. Thank you.
Beautiful cards! Love the reds and pinks so pretty and all the added heart details are so fun and pretty!
LOVE you color combos and your designs are lovely!!!
Wow!!! These cards are sooooo Pretty!!! I love the inlaid look!!!
Love these cards! So bright and cheery.
Great use of the die pieces, and all the cards are beautiful!
So pretty!
Thanks for the tips! Great cards!
Like the in-lay die cutting look of this. Pretty Valentines.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Lovely cards and great tutorials!
Your graphic Valentine hearts are awesome, Nina Marie!
Your cards make me smile. Love the happy hearts!
Super cute card thank you for sharing
I love in-lay die cutting
Pretty background! Great job!
I just love all the dimension and color in these cards! These are just breathtaking!
So cute!!
Stunning cards Nina! I just love all the fun patterns you created with all your fun die cuts. Fabulous videos too!
Very cute cards
Your cards-and these products are super!
Great release. Love the inlay technique.
Awesome cards. Thanks for the video sharing how you made them.
I love this technique! I can’t wait to give it a try!
I love your cards. The SSS Hearts Align die is fabulous.
Very pretty cards! I really like how you used that die cut is so many different ways.
Love the happy, bright colors!
You have given me so many great ideas I can’t wait to try! I love your cards!
Very pretty cards you created!
Love what you did with the watercolor paper. Such bright vivid colors and lots of texture on your cards. Thanks!
So many beautiful cards to choose from today! I love the smooshing technique, it means every die cut piece is different but coordinates with the rest.
Love all the hearts and the touches of gold.
Cute cards!
Very pretty cards!! You did a fabulous job!!
These are so cute! I love that they have a very traditional Valentine look.
Very pretty.
So pretty and pink, pink PINK!!! I’m going to watch the video now. Must get my morning chores done so I can make cards this afternoon!!!!
Very pretty!
Great cards, I love the smooshing technique. I will be giving that a try.
I’m going to have to try “ink smooshing”. I like these!
Beautiful!
Beautiful! Great ideas.
Gorgeous cards!! This is a great release!!
Great cards and ideas on this hop. Yours cards are so pretty and thanks for sharing on this blog hop.
I love the water-drop look! =)
Love these cards! What a great release!
Beautiful card!! Love it!
Always a fan Nina-marie!! SSS Hey Love makes it easy for me to want this collection!!!
How cute are these!
These are amazing! Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful card
LOVE these cards! So pretty and bright! Thanks for sharing!!
Nina – I first watched your videos and was awestruck with how you made multiples of the hearts and interchanged them. I am looking forward to replicating your card! Thank you!
I love your cards. I really appreciate that you include videos and that you shared a way to use up those “leftovers”.
I always love seeing the creative cards you design! These are both amazing cards!
Bright, colorful, fun cards. Very pretty.
Unbelievable! These cards are amazing.
how fun!
Love the diagonal version best but they are both cute!!
Such bright and pretty looking cards.
What nice cards. You always have something new to share. Thanks.
I love this release. Tfs
Pretty cards! And the extra video for using your extra die cuts!
Oh wow! Stunning Valentine’s cards!!! Love them!!!
These cards are all darling. They are so cheerful and pretty.
Hearts, hearts, and more hearts! Cute cards, thank you for sharing your ideas?
So pretty Nina!! I love them all!
Beautiful thanks for sharing and the chance
I love the dimension of the puffy white hearts and the addition of the gold inserts.
beautiful work! i love the distressed hearts !
Beautiful fun cards
I adore the created backgrounds!!!
Love both cards…the second is my favorite!
love all the cards and the colors. have to get me some new dies.
Cute cards, loving these hearts.
Love this vibrant card – so fun and bright:)
Beautiful card.
Those hearts just make me smile!!!
Very pretty, thanks for sharing
Putting all that inlay die cuts together looks very putsy and I bet it took a long time but you had to smile when you were done and saw the great result. Love the die and your color choices!
So pretty – perfect Valentine’s cards. Love the candy pink and gold glitter together.