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simon says stamp: sunny days ahead blog hop day 1
Hi there crafty friends! It's time for another Simon Says Stamp release – Sunny Days Ahead. Sounds like something we could all use right about now. These stamps and dies are all about the moms and grads…and anyone who could use a fun congrats. There are so many great stamps and dies to choose from and you can see the entire new release HERE. Please note the banner above – if you place your order anytime between now and 4/26 at 11:59 EDT and use the code SSSINK, a free Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink will be included with your order while supplies last 🙂 This is the first day of the hop and there are SO many amazing designers hopping today with tons of inspiration. Be sure to come back tomorrow for Day 2 of the hop, with another round of awesome designers.
Simon Says stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop randomly selected from the comments, so be sure to live a little love below for your chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 29th of April. You should have arrived here today from the blog of the wonderfully talented Barb Engler….
Today I have made a few different cards for you. I love playing around with different styles of cards using new products. For my 3 cards today, I have used the new CZ Design Extra Large Congrats on all of my cards in 3 different ways.
For the first card, I combined the Extra Large Congrats with a graduation cap patterned background that I stamped using the caps from the Hats off Grad set. I stamped the caps in a pattern with Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink and then outlined them with a Cool Grey 2 Copic Marker. I cut the words out with white cardstock and Simon Says Stamp Black Glitter Cardstock. Super easy!
For the second card, I used the tulip background to make a more generic Congrats card by embossing the Tulip Background with gold embossing powder and coloring them in with watercolors from the Prima Pastel Dreams watercolor set. I cut the Extra Large Congrats from white and Gold Glitter cardstock on this one to give it a more elegant look.
I couldn't NOT make a rainbow card. For this card I paired the Extra Large Congrats with a rainbow background. To make this background, I created a rainbow panel with some Distress Oxide Blending in all my favorite rainbow colors, then stamped over it with the Diagonal Stripes background. For this card, I cut the sentiment out of black and white cardstock.
The next stop on the hop is the blog of the amazing Lea Lawson, please hop on over to see what she has created for you today!
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Great cards. The B/W really caught my eye.
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Love your cards. Thanks for sharing with us. Great release.
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I love the tulips. SO pretty. I like how you watercolored them loosely.
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Beautiful trio of cards – it is amazing how the change in background can change the feel of the card. I love that tulip background, and love the monochromatic look of your graduation card and that bit of black glitter for the Congrats gives it such great presence.
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I love seeing the same congrats die used with such different backgrounds! It opens up the possibilities!
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I love the backgrounds for the CONGRATS! That rainbow one is soooo cool!
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Love how you changed up the cards but used the same CONGRATS die…different backgrounds and colors= new card designs!! Awesome Sauce!
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Three wonderful grad cards for guys or gals. I love the bright colors of the last card. I feel bad for the seniors missing out on so much this year, but any of these cards will sure make them happy.
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Perfect example of why I love these blog hops: I would never have thought to use the tulip background stamp with the congrats die. It is gorgeous, and I can think of so many times I could send it! Thank you!
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It is interesting to see the different designs done by each of the blog members.
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Love the variety of your cards, they are lovely! Great release!
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Three entirely different “endings” with the same beginning supplies. I love it, thanks!!
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Great cards!
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These are gorgeous!!! These are so up my alley – I love the sentiment dies!!
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Cool cards – such variety using one die. It would be great for wedding, graduation, even new home or new baby cards.
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That large congrats is so pretty and I love the variety in how you showcased it!
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love the colors. could be used for a variety of occasions. love the big words!
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This is such a timely release as I have a grandson graduating in June & then 8 more to follow, so I’d get so much use out of these grad stamps & dies, along with the sentiment strips. Your cards are great! I really like the look of the field of tulips as well. Thanks.
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Love how you used the big Con Grats
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Beautiful and versatile creations with this congrats new die!
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Love all the different looks with that one die cut! 🙂
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The card with the rainbow background is my favorite
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It is so fun doing the hops. You get to see the creativity of people all over the place. Great cards. TFS
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I like how you used the same die, but made each card look so different. I especially like the first one where you used black glitter paper as the die shadow.
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Love these cards, especially the tulips.
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I love this Congrats die. Your cards are great! It’s nice to see three samples for the same die!
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Very nice
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Your cards are so beautiful! I love this release, has to be one of my favs this year!
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Your cards are stunning!!! So excited about this release!
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All are exceptional and I would love to receive any of them!
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All these cards are so different and beautiful. My favourite is the one with 🌈 and stripes.
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Great cards.
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Great way to use the same die in different ways! Very nice!
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Loving the diagonal stripe background. Great cards.
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It’s amazing how a different background can change the whole card, isn’t it?! Great designs, all of them!
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I love your cards, so very pretty. Thank you for sharing.
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Love all the cards. Thanks for sharing.
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Love the tulip congrats card. Such pretty colors.
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Beautiful cards. The sentiments look really amazing. I love the new release, especially the gorgeous dies.
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Beautiful cards. I’m loving that tulip stamp more and more at each stop!
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Fun cards for a variety of occasions.
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Oh my goodness, your cards are amazing!! I can’t wait for my orders to arrive, yes I have already ordered twice and will probably end up ordering again after this blog hop!!!
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Your cards are gorgeous! What a great new release! You really make it shine!
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Wonderful ideas and great cards. Thank you!
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awesome ideas for using this die set – this is going to be on my to buy list now:)
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I really like the tulip background stamp. It looks great with the gold.
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What a great idea! Loved that you used the same die cut for focus & switched up the backgrounds! Genius! Works so well! Thanks for the inspiration!
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Thank you for all the beautiful inspiration!
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Beautiful cards. My favorite is the second one using the gorgeous Tulip Background stamp, one of my favorites from this fantastic release.
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Great cards! I love the was you used those grad hats on your black and white beauty!
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Love the congrats cards!
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Such great ideas for different backgrounds. My favorite is the multi colored striped background!
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Wow! You got three very different looks while using the same die cut just by changing the backgrounds! That is inspiring!
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Beautiful cards!! Love the tulip one.
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Super cute cards!!! I am totally loving that large congrats die! You used it great as well, really love the grad card with little hats in the background & glitter paper. 😎🎓👨🎓👩🎓
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black and white one is striking
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Love the ink blended background with the black congrats!
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Love seeing different backgrounds using same stamps and or dies. Shows the versitality. Nice cards
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Awesome cards! So festive! Love the graduation hats!
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Great samples. Thank you.
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Three wonderful congrats cards!! Really love the first one with cap background.
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Great grad ideas. I have to make 2.
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Wonderful cards, and I just love the tulips!
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Your cards are striking. I am falling in love with the Congratulations set with the big word dies and the caps & hands. Great job on all these cards.
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Thank you for sharing.
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great cards! loving this release
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Wonderful cards and color combos. Thanks for sharing.
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Now that’s spending a hug! Would be great in school colors too! Thanks and please be healthy!
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Lovely cards. I’m glad the grads will still be able to walk to pomp and circumstance. Not the month they were suppose to but they’ll make it work. All part of life.
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Three different looks with the same die. Thanks!
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Fabulous card designs!
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Love the colors in your tulips.. so glad Simon came out with this background stamp. Already put my purchase order in.
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Each graduation/congrats card is perfect! I love all of the different variations!
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Awesome Congrats cards!
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Cheiron, thanks for the wonderful inspiration. Love your cards.
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Lovely cards especially the tulips…here comes spring at last!
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Wow, that rainbow card really POPS. It will work for so many congratulatory needs.
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beautiful cards especially the last striped one
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great set of congrats theme cards
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Three beautiful ‘congrats’ cards! Love the tulips and the color combo!
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Cute cards. Great way to showcase the new products.
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Love the tulip background stamp. The gold embossing really makes it stand out!
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Love how bright and happy your cards are with your great choice of colours, Cheiron! Thanks so much for the inspiration! Stay safe! 🙂
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Lovely variety cards
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I like the look of the backgrounds.
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gorgeous cards – love your watercolouring!
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Lovely cards!!
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Beautiful cards. I love the rainbow stripes behind the Congrats die.
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Fabulous, fun and graphic cards! Wonderful designs and fantastic inspiration.
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Nicely created! Simple, yet striking.
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Wonderful uses of the ‘congrats’ die. Thanks for the inspirations.
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Awesome cards! I really love that first one!
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Great ideas for using the
Congrats sentiment. You
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I really like the rainbow congrats card. Thank you for sharing!
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Oh Wow I really love the rainbow border you did on your congrats card! That is really cool. I will have to try that. Thanks for sharing! Stay safe!
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I’m loving those tulips, and the sparkly gold Congrats make it very special.
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Loving the tulips. Also, the stripe background is awesome.
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Love how you used the diagonal stripes background to give the rainbow effect. Very creative!!
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I love your different styles of using the Congrats die. Great designs!!
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What fun Congrats cards!
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Love your Congrats cards!!!
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What a great idea to stamp the diagonal strips over your rainbow background. Can’t wait to use this method.
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The black and white card is my favorite one. Great job
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Love the different personalities of each card. The grad cap is my favorite and I’m appreciating that stamp set more and more with each blog that’s using it.
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Love the black and white! Simple but the glitter backing behind congrats makes it pop
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Thank you for sharing these beautiful cards!
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What fun cards – really love the striped one!
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Super cards! Great release.
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Very cute! I love your rainbow card!
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Nicely done, I really like the black and white grad card, striking!
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I love the three ways you used this congrats die!
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Three incredibly fun cards that are perfect to celebrate a special person’s achievements! Anyone would be thrilled to receive one of them!
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The colors on your tulip background look so fresh; the colors AND stripes on your congrats background shout “LET’S PARTY!” XD!
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Great Congrats card! I couldn’t see the other 2, just had a black screen. Thanks for sharing.
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Great cards!!
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Your cards are a great example of how different backgrounds really change the type of congratulations card you can make and emphasize the versatility of the XL Congrats Die.
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this is my first blog hop
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I love these happy cats with bold congrats.. Be it graduation or a mile well achieved.. Who doesn’t want to receive the nicest cards ❤️❤️
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All of these cards are great, but the black and white card is my favorite!
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Those are lovely. Totally love the bw version!!
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That large congrats die with all the different styles and colours looks amazing! My favourite is with the hats.
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Wonderful cards!! So much inspiration!! Thank you for sharing
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These are SO FUN!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
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Lovely cards! I am most entranced by that gorgeous tulip background! So beautiful!
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Fabulous variety of congrats cards.
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That CONGRATS die is so awesome. So many ways to use it. Love your tulips. TFS!
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Great sentiment and love the beautiful ways you used it! Thanks for the wonderful inspiration!
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The Congrats stands out so well over the black glitter cardstock!
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Wow those are amazing! That CONGRATS can be used on a lot of different backgrounds!
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Very nice cards. I can’t exactly put my finger on why, but I really like the black and white one best.
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Love the cards but the tulip background card is my favorite.
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The cards are all great—but the black and white one is my favorite!
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Just love the different ways you used these products.
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Fantastic congrats cards! I love the graduation one with all the black. Wouldn’t need to worry about school colors.
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Love the CAS congrats/grad card. And who doesn’t love a rainbow stripe background???
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Love your fun graduation card.
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Great cards, great colors and an awesome new release.
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These congratulations cards are so bright and cheerful! Wow!
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