You Are My Favorite! Simon Says Stamp Day 2 Blog Hop

Happy Saturday, and happy blog hop day!  I'm so happy to be joining in Simon Says Stamp's Day 2 Blog Hop to celebrate the "You Are My Favorite" release!

As all of Simon's new releases are, this one is filled with a huge variety of new products for every style and taste!  Simon is offering the exclusive Sunny Fern emboss and cut folder as a FREE gift w/purchase! It will be added to your cart automatically with a $30 or more purchase of You Are My Favorite release products  Be sure to check it out!  This gift with purchase will expire 4/27 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last.

My card features the new With Thanks stamp set that is full of sentiments for all of your thank you cards!

I started out with a piece of Bellini colored cardstock.  Then, using my MISTI, I arranged the four large sentiments from the With Thanks stamp set, beginning in the upper left corner.  I inked up the stamps with Peachy ink and stamped them onto the cardstock.  (All supplies are linked in the list below.)

Next I cleaned off the stamps, pulled them off of the MISTI door, and arranged the sentiments again, grouping them close to the ones that were already stamped.  I stamped them again, then repeated these steps until the card panel was filled with the sentiments.

I trimmed the stamped piece to 4" x 5-¼" and glued it to my A2 card base.

There are several smaller sentiments to go with the larger ones in the With Thanks set.  I chose two to go with the So Kind sentiment.  I stamped each sentiment in black pigment ink onto 80# Neenah.  I trimmed the piece and rounded the right two corners with a corner rounder.  Note: There is a coordinating With Thanks die set available.

To add a bit more interest to the card, I die cut the Whirl Fancy Leaf die three times from white cardstock.  I colored the leaves by ink smooshing them into Aspen, Sage, and Pine inks.  To do this just press each ink pad onto your craft mat, spritz the inks with a bit of water, and dip the die cuts into the ink.  Use your heat tool to dry the inks before repeating until you have the look you like.

I adhered the Whirl Fancy Leafs by adding glue to the back of each near the bottom.  I added small foam squares to a few leaves at the top of each one for dimension.

I used more foam tape to adhere the sentiment over the leaves.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy hopping!!

Simon is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the blog hop comment section. The winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday the 30th of April. The winners will email Simon to claim his/her prize.  

Don't forget to leave a comment here and each stop for your chance to win!!

HOP ORDER: 

Simon Says Stamp Blog  (Be sure to check out Day 1 of the blog hops!)
Nina-Marie Trapani
Suzy Plantamura
Laura Bassen
Cathy Zielske
Nichol Spohr
Amy Rysavy
Debby Hughes
Heather Ruwe
Bibi Cameron
Sandi MacIver
Alberto Gava
Caryn Davies
Kath Stewart
Revati Panickar

Carol Hintermeier  <---that's me

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