

Hello and welcome, I hope you’re having a good week!
I’m so happy to be part of day two of the Simon Says Stamp Yay You release blog hop, and I’m very glad you’re here! If you’ve arrived from Sandi MacIver’s blog, you’re right on track.
I have two cards to share today so I’ll dive right in!
Bada Bing! Congratulations!
My first card features the Arched Greens cling stamp, Bell dies, and the CZ Design Yay You stamp set.
I started off by removing the pop-out element of the cling stamp and positioning the remaining frame of the stamp in a Misti stamping tool over a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of white cardstock. I inked up a little more than the top third of the stamp in Grapefruit ink and then dabbed at the edge of the ink line with a clean rag to soften the line. I stamped down and then repeated, this time inking up the middle of the stamp with Watermelon ink. I softed both ink lines before stamping down and then repeated again, this time with Taffy ink at the bottom third of the stamp. Softening the lines helps to create a smooth transition where the colors overlap.
Next, I die cut the bell pieces twice from Tonic Honey Gold Mirror Satin Effect cardstock and then glued the pieces together to create two bells. I used several colors of thread to tie the bells together.
I then stamped the sentiment in Versafine Clair Nocturne ink at the bottom of an arched panel of white cardstock that I cut using a die from the Nested Domed Arches die set. I stamped a smaller sentiment onto a strip and used foam tape to adhere that beneath the large sentiment.
To assemble the card, I used foam tape to adhere the sentiment piece to the center of the background and then used a bit more foam tape to adhere the bells. To finish, I glued the card front to a card base.


Yay You On This Special Day
My second card features the Arches stencil, CZ Design Yay You Words die, and a small sentiment from the Wedding sentiment strips.
To create the background, I used Post-it Tape to temporarily hold the stencil over a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of white cardstock. Then I used foam blending tools to blend Salvaged Patina, Shaded Lilac, and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks over the stencil.
Next, I created the sentiment by cutting the detail layer three times from white cardstock. I inked up one piece with Wilted Violet and then stacked and glued the three pieces together. I glued the combined piece to the shadow layer, cut from white cardstock, and then I used foam tape to adhere the piece to the background. I added cut a small sentiment from the Wedding sentiment strips and glued it directly to the Yay You sentiment. To finish, I adhered the card front to a card base.
Thank you so much for visiting! I’m the last stop in the hop today, so if you want to start from the top, head over to the Simon Says Stamp Blog! Please scroll down for giveaway information and the full blog hop list, as well as a photo/link to a third card I made with this release and shared earlier in the week!


Giveaway
Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comments section. Winners will be chosen and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 18th of May. The winner can email Simon Says Stamp to claim their prize.
Great backgrounds and I LOVE that sentiment!
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I really loved the way you used the stencil on the second card. very cool effect.
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Awesome cards! The first one made me smile. 🙂 So creative! TFS
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What fun cards! Love them!
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Wow! These are all amazing! I love the colors of ink you used together in all your cards! My favorite is the bell card!
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I love your colorful but CAS cards, especially the wreath cards steal my heart.
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Beautiful cards
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Your cards are the most fun on this hop…they made me feel happy
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Such happy cards! Love the color!!
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All are pretty and wonderfully created.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
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Cool cards!
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Super cute and fun bada bing card! Great background color combos.
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These are really cool, I especially love the first card!
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Love these cute cards, Seeka! They make me smile!
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All your color choices are lovely.
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Wonderful cards. I especially love the first one — that sentiment is too cute!
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Fabulous cards! I really love how fun the bada bing card is!
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Such wonderful and fabulous cards, Seeka. Love them. Beautifully done.
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I really like the stenciled background and the colors!
Thanks for sharing.
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Great sets used and the colors are very pretty.
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I love how fun the sentiments are!
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Very pretty! I love the color blending on top of the foil.
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Ooh, so pretty!
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Awesome cards! Love the backgrounds.
Thanks for sharing.
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Great cards. Thanks for sharing.
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Love your cards!! Love the designs!
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So beautiful!
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Great color combos and details on these beautiful cards! Love your gorgeous ink blending!
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Great cards! I love the Bada Bing Congrats card with the bell….it’s quite perfect!
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Fun cards
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I had to laugh at the sentiment on the first
card. Good to have a laugh on a special
occasion. Great cards. thanks for sharing
txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
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this should have posted at Mary Holshouser
Sorry.
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Wow. Three card cards. Love the Bad Bing!
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Amazing cards!!!! Love them all!!!
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Lovely cards-Bada bing!
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So beautiful!! I love love love the colours you used, they look so pretty together!
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Nice card design shares. Great color combinations.
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Love the wedding card!! Made me smile😁
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Such a fantastic release, your cards are amazing!
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Yay you is such a great sentiment, so encouraging and fun. You made some great cards here!
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Oh how cute this is! I love it!
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Really like the arches stencil card!
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Really like the arches stencil card
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Love the colours ❤️
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Beautiful cards!! Thank you for the inspiration!
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Fun and colorful card designs.
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Gorgeous blue & purple ombre combo.
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I like the bell card the best. That looks like a FUN wedding!
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So beautiful , I love your design.
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