SSS And Everything Nice Release Blog Hop

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Today I'm hopping along with Simon Says Stamp celebrating the And Everything Nice release. As usual, there are prizes at stake. Simon is giving away a $25 store credit at each stop on the hop. All you need to do to be entered to win is leave a comment on this post. In addition, you'll receive the stamp set pictured above with any purchase this weekend. You should be arriving here from Mindy Eggen's blog, and I'll have the full hop list below for you.

Today I'm sharing some cards created using my new Peacebird products. There is a 6x8 stamp set, coordinating dies, and a standalone die called Hopeful Peacebird. 

My first card is super simple. I used the medium sized bird from the stamp set, stamping it twice, once with Dusk and once with Morning ink.

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Clair black, die cut with the coordinating die, and popped up with foam tape, while the secondary sentiment was stamped directly on the stamped panel.

For this next card, I die cut the three coordinating dies from white cardstock. The standalone die cuts a bird that is a bit crisper at the points, but was you can see, you can still use the coordinating dies as standalone dies if you wish.

The die cut birds were adhered to a panel of navy cardstock, and the pieces that hung off the panel were trimmed off.

The secondary sentiment as well as the olive branches were stamped and embossed with silver directly on the cardstock panel, while the Hope sentiment was embossed on that same color cardstock, die cut with the coordinating die, and popped up with foam tape.

This last card was so quick and easy. I was going to ombre ink a panel, but was running short on time, so I pulled out a piece of Color Blend cardstock, arranged the large sentiments over top, and gold embossed them.

Could not be simpler.

Your next stop on the hop is Heather Ruwe, and the full list is below. Enjoy the hop!

Simon Says Stamp Blog
Nina-Marie Trapani
Cathy Zielske
Heather Hoffman
Jennifer McGuire
Laura Bassen
Barbara Tarayao
Mindy Eggen
Miriam Prantner
Heather Ruwe
Bibi Cameron
Yana Smakula
Jean Doeringsfeld
Betsy Green
Maura Hibbitts
Amanda Fitterer