simon says stamp: love you and love you, too release blog hop day 1

Hello there crafty friends! I am super excited to once again be joining Simon Says Stamp in a blog hop to celebrate their newest releases – Love You and Love You, Too! You should have arrived here from the blog of the amazingly talented Sidnie DesJardins.

I’m not sure about you, but I am already in full swing making Valentine’s cards. Before I share my cards with you today, I want to point out the special code in the graphic above that will give you a FREE Faraway Hugs 6 x 8 stamp set with any purchase of $100 or more (while supplies last) – good until 1/18 at 11:59 ET.

Today, I am doing one of my favorite things to do with new stamps – using one stamp from the new release 3 different ways, and this time it’s the new XOXO Background Cling stamp:

Simon Says Cling Stamp XOXO BACKGROUND sss102251 Love You Too zoom image

For my first card, I stamped the XOXO Background onto black card stock and embossed with Pink embossing powder. I added part of a Reverse Slimline Love Sentiment Strip and two of the Mini Interactive Envelope dies. I stamped a some sentiments from the Inside Friendship Messages stamp set onto the little card on the open envelope.

For the second card, I stamped the XOXO Background and embossed it in gold. I added some gold and black splatter to the card and some metallic thread to add texture and interest, then I added an Etched Linear Heart die cut from Metallic Kraft Stock. I finished the card by adding a piece of a Reverse Slimline Love sentiment strip and another XO embossed in white on black and some clear droplets.

For my final card, I created a watercolor background look by inking up a panel with my Distress Inks in rainbow colors and spraying it will a mist of water, then stamping the XOXO Background stamp onto Distress Watercolor Cardstock using DIstress Oxides. I cut the panel with the Wonky Rectangles die and added the Love Your Guts die along with a tiny heart from the Mini Hearts Party Die.

Do you have a favorite? Let me know below 🙂

Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop to one commenter on each blog! Simon Says Stamp will choose the winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 12^th of August. The winner can email Simon Says Stamp to claim their prize!

The next stop on the hop is the wonderfully creative Barb Engler ! Please stop by and check out what she has made for you today! To start at the beginning of the hop, please go to the first link (which is the SImon Says Stamp Blog). All the blog hop stops are listed in order below. Thank you for hopping by today!!!

HOP ORDER:

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