Simon Says Stamp Friendly Frolic Relesse Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello and welcome to my blog, crafty friends!
You've finally reached the last stop of Friendly Frolic Blog Hop Day 2, Yay! Thanks for your visiting.
 Most of you might have come here from talented Mindy's blog, but in case you get lost your way, here's the full list of Blog Hop designers.

Simon Says Stamp Blog 

Laura Bassen

Yana Smakula

Debby Hughes

Yoonsun Hur

Amy Rysavy

Jean Manis

Heather Ruwe

Vicky Papaioannou

Lisa Addesa

Lea Lawson

Cheiron Brandon

Mindy Baxter

Marge Yoon

The New Friendly Frolic Release from Simon Says Stamp is full of fabulous supplies as always and I love that Simon's new products just don't stop to amaze me.
Here are my projects for the release. I have 10 cards to share with you, which come with brief instructions and products links in the text.

< Card 1 >

I stamped images of Plantiful Puns Stamp set on 80lb Neenah White paper using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink then I cut them out using my Scan N Cut Machine. I then colored the images using alcohol markers and set them aside. For my background, I trimmed a piece of yellow pattern paper from Really Rainbow 6×6 pack, and I adhered Leafy Frame that was cut out of 80 Neenah White paper.

After adhering background panel onto a Card Base, I foam mounted my images as shown using Adhesive Foam Squares. A sentence in the same set was heat embossed in white on black card stock using Wow Embossing's White Super Fine powder, and was foam mounted, too. I added Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix and 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins as a final embellishment.

< Card 2 > 

I made a similar card with the first one in a little different color palette, so basicially  supplies are the same as above except for blue paper from  Plaid Spring 6×6.  Since I wanted my bouquets look luxuriant, I added one more branch from Wreath Greetings set in both the cards.

I love the dimensional look created by using foam tapes & adhesives.

< Card 3 >

I used the same Plantiful Puns Stamp set and Wreath Greetings set for my third card. To ground my images, I cut a white panel using  Diamond Pattern Dies from the new release, then foam mounted it on a piece of A2 size green paper from  Really Rainbow 6×6 pack.
To embellish the card, I used a vellum circle diecut, May Arts Natural Twine, Spring Meadow Mix and Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix.

< Card 4 >

I trimmed a piece of Bristol paper into A2 size, then I ink blended it in rainbow colors using distess inks(Chipped Saphire, Seedless Preserve, Peacock Feathers, Lucky Clover, Salted Ocean, Twisted Citron, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick, and Picked Raspberry) . I then cut the panel using the Diamond Pattern Dies and foam mounted it onto a card base.
I added a Big Happy diecut that was cut from Simon Gold Glitter Cardstock & white cardstock and small sentiment from Messages for Everyday set using Adhesive Foam Squares.

< Card 5 >

A very similar one to the card 4!
I used Seedless Preserve, Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge for ink blending.  For Big Happy diecut, I used Simon Silver Glitter Card Stock, and small sentiments from Four Seasons set.  For both of the cards I used Ivory card stock as a card base and finally I added 6mm and 4mm clear droplets to embellish them.

< Card 6 >

This is a soft, elegant design featuring 

Diamond Pattern Dies & Big Happy Dies. I got some hint from the name "diamond" so I embellished the card using Ivory Jewels. Other supplies I used for this card are 120lb Ultra Thick White Card Stock, Cotton Candy Card Stock, Beautiful Flowers Stamp set and Foam Adhesive Mini Square.

< card 7 >

Very similar to card 6 and I used Diamond Pattern Dies, Ivory Jewels, Beautiful Flowers Stamp set and Cotton Candy, Simon Rose Gold Glitter cardstock. 

I love this Diamond Pattern Dies that it lets us make cards very quick and easily . 

< Card 8 >

This time , I used Diamond Pattern Cling Background Stamp instead of dies. I heat embossed the patterns using Wow Gold Rich Pale Embossing Powder and then I  adhered Metallic Rose Gold Jewels. I then matted a piece of Gold Card Stock under the panel then I foam mounted it onto card base. A sentiment from Beautiful Flowers Stamp set  was heat embossed in white using Wow white embossing powder super fine on black paper then I matted the block using Simon Copper Glitter Card Stock. 

< Card 9 >

I used Diamond Pattern Cling Background Stamp once again. I heat embossed the pattern in white on 300g watercolor paper then I ink blended the panel using distress inks : Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers. I made a shaker card by cutting a circle window out of the panel using some circle & scallop dies I had in my stash. I also stamped Diamond Pattern on the shaker background using Simon Barely Beige Ink.  

After I assembled shaker, I adhered my colored Plantiful Puns Stamp set images and sentiments. I added 6mm and 4mm clear droplets as a final embellishment.

< Card 10 >

Today's last card! 

I heat embossed Folk Dance Cling Stamp on navy card stock using Rose Gold Embossing Powder then I trimmed the panel a little. 

I foam mounted the panel onto A2 top folded card base that I had made using 120lb Ultra Thick White Card Stock, then I placed  Big Happy dircuts using foam adhesive. 

That's it from me today. Thanks for reading this. If you want to share your projects with Friendly Frolic Release as well as to get some more inspiration, be sure to visit our Friendly Frolic Gallery.

Don't miss the giveaway and sale information below :)

Happy Crafting!

Marge ♡

< Giveaway >

Please leave a comment here to be eligible for chance of winning a prize. Simon Says Stamp is giving away $25 coupon to each lucky person from every blog. If you write comments to all blogs, then you will have 14 chances to win. The winners will be randomly selected by Simon Says Stamp over the weekend and will be announced on Simon Says Stamp Blog.

< Sale Code >

Use a code FREEG when you order at Simon Says Stamp Store. A mystery gift will be added on every order. Remember the code will expire Sunday, 7/29 at 11:59 pm E.T., so hurry !