Suzy Plantamura's Creations

Do you have a sister? I have a sister and I am lucky enough to call her my best friend. I really wanted my daughter to have a sister and when I got pregnant with another girl I was so happy! The stamp set I used today from the SSS Always There release is called Best Sister. It can be used for all relationships though – not just sister. Here is an image of the Best Sister stamp and die bundle:

I think it’s kind of adorable! Here is my card and of course I had to use ALL the images!

I stamped the three sets of girls from the stamp set with black ink and colored them in with Copic markers. I die-cut them out with the matching dies. I also stamped a sentiment with Versafine ink and die-cut it out.

I used the Elongated Hexagon Dies for the background. I die-cut one out to run horizontally so I could use it to frame my scene. I rubbed Blush PSInk over it with a foam applicator. I used the Drawn Hearts stencil over teh inside pieces also using Blush ink. I attached them both to a white card base. I added the three sets of girls around the background as well as the two heart speech bubbles. I added teh sentiment to the bottom of the card.

This Best Sisters stamp and die bundle is just the cutest. I love so many of the products in the Always There release and I am having fun slowly working my way through them! My daughter is graduating from law school this weekend so I’ll be back on Sunday night with the kit reveal. Thanks for visiting! Siuzy

I absolutely adore the Strawberry Pint Wafer Dies that are part of the SSS Always There release. I made a card with them today and they are even cuter than I had expected! Here is an image:

Here is my card:

I die-cut all of the images in the Strawberry Pint die set from white cardstock. I did triples on the strawberries. I also stamped the bee from the Floral Word Builder stamp set with black ink. I colored all of these items in with Copic markers. I glued all of the die pieces together. I used a white uniball gel pen over the spots on the strawberries.

I pulled out a piece of patterned paper that I liked for the background. I die-cut one of the Sparkler Scallop Frames wafer dies using white cardstock and glued it to the top of the paper. I attached all of the Strawberry Pint elements over the bottom of that piece. I added the bee to the top. I stamped a sentiment using the CZ Inside Greetings 1 stamp set and black ink and die-cut it out with the matching dies. I attached that to the top of the card.

Don’t you agree that this Strawberry Pint die set is so darn cute and so realistic? I love the little flowers that are in it as well. I’m slowly working my way through the Always There release so hope to see you back soon! Suzy

The card I made today uses the Floral Word Builder Bundle from the SSS Always There release. Here is an image of the set:

My card also uses a few other new products in the release including the Drawn Hearts Plate Die and the Traditional Wedding EZ Strips. Here is my card:

I die-cut the Drawn Hearts Plate Die out of white cardstock. I colored it with Copic markers in soft peaches and pinks. I used the A2 Notched Rectangle Die to create a frame and glued it around it and trimmed the edges. I attached this to a piece of white cardstock so it was white under it and again trimmed down the edges. I attached it to a pink card base. Background done!

I stamped the word LOVE using the Floral Word Builder stamp. This set is such a fun idea and I love that it creates words! I colored them with Copics again with the flowers matching the background but in darker tones. I die-cut them out and glued them over the top of the background. I added the little birdie from the stamp set as well. I die-cut a sentiment using the EZ Traditional Wedding sentiment strips and the EZ Strips Banners. I attached that to the center of the card.

This was a fun card to make with that Drawn Hearts Plate die for the background and the Floral Word Builder for the design. I love so many of the products in the SSS Always There release and I’m having a lot of fun using them all! Thanks for visiting! Suzy

I absolutely LOVE all of the cute critter dies in the SSS Always There release. I wanted to use them on several cards but ended up using all of them on one slimline card! Here it is:

I die-cut all of the animals using white cardstock and then colored all of them with Copic Markers. I used white and black Nuvo drops for the eyes. I put a white drop on first and let it dry and then a black drop on the bottom of the white one. I smeared some of the eyes before they were dry and had to remade two of my critters – roarrrrr! (So be careful of that black one!).

I stamped a sentiment using the Pawfect Together stamp and die set and black ink. I made the background by applying Sprout and Fairway ink to the bottom and Lemonade ink to the top. I really wish I had made that grass more green – I didn’t notice how yellow it looks until I photographed it! I glued all the animals on to the front of it with foam tape behind the heads for dimension. I attached the sentiment to the top with foam tape behind it.

That’s it! I spent all afternoon coloring these cute animal dies and I didn’t end up liking the background very much! Too bad I used actual glue haha. I will be sharing more cards using the Always There release this weekend. Thanks for visiting! Suzy

One of my favorite stamp sets in the SSS Always There release is the Keep Calm Bundle as it reminds me of Hawaii (and I’m going there in August YAY!). Here is an image of the set:

There are SO many options for using this set from a background with just the palm leaf to using the frame image by itself. I should have used it for a “one stamp, five ways” post. Here is my card using just the frame:

Is this bright enough for you? haha I stamped the frame with Latte PSInk on white cardstock. I die-cut it out with an A2 Frame Die. I also die-cut a black cardstock A2 Frame the same size. I colored it in with Copic Markers.

I attached foam tape to the backside of the colored image with the black frame around it just up to the edge to they stayed together. I attached them to a bright fuchsia card base. I stamped a sentiment using the Blessed stamp and die bundle with Versafine black ink and attached it with foam tape behind it to the center of the card. I added 3 sparkling clear sequins.

I really love this Keep Calm stamp and die bundle from the Always There release. I still have so many fun products to use from the release so come back as I should be posting daily for a while! Thanks for visiting! Suzy

It’s that time of year for lots of graduations. I have two this year – one for my 11 year old granddaughter who is graduating from grade school and ready for middle school. My other is for my 26 year old daughter who is graduating from Stanford Law School (so proud of her). I made a card using the Look Hoo’s Graduating stamp and die bundle from the Always There release so it will definitely go to one of the two of them. I’m thinking the 11 year old! Here is an image of the set:

Here is my card:

This is a fairly simple card design. I stamped all of the images in the stamp set with black ink and colored them with Copic markers. I die-cut them out with the matching dies. I also stamped the sentiment I used.

I die-cut a die that I cannot find for the life of me by SSS with four holes in it using a blue cardstock card base. If anyone knows what this one is called, let me know! I attached a piece of white cardstock behind the four windows. I added all the owls in the four spots with one on top of the books. I glued their feet down but used foam tape under their heads. I attached the sentiment to the bottom with foam tape behind it and tucked the hat a little behind it. Bam, quick card!

I hope you also have some graduations to attend this season and if so maybe you want to whip up one of these (or a few!) graduation cards using the SSS Look Hoo’s Graduating stamp and die bundle. Thanks so much for visiting! Suzy

One of the things I liked the most about the SSS Always There release is how many floral embossing folders they released! There were so many pretty ones and today I colored the 3rd one (other two were on my blog hop post). It’s called the Blooming Beauties Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies as shown here:

I used Copics on the other two on THIS BLOG POST (blog hop) but today I went back to acrylic markers.

I embossed the Blooming Beauties embossing folder using white cardstock. I die-cut the three flower dies included and then embossed them as well. I then colored the background and the flowers with acrylic markers. I used Guangna Acrylic Markers that I purchased on Amazon but SSS does carry some by Altenew that I have linked below. I bought some of these at Create and they have the prettiest colors although they aren’t as wet as the ones I use. The wetness factor gives you time to blend colors. I’ve also tried Grabie but they are not as wet as the Guangna either. If you have tried some good ones let me know as I want them ALL haha!

One tip I want to mention is I used three colors of green on all of the leaves and stems but they just kind of all blended together. I also used the lightest shade between them for the background in that area. After I was done I decided to try using a really dark green to separate some of the stems and I think that dark color really helped them all separate and stand out.

I stamped a sentiment using the CZ Inside Greetings 1 stamp set yet again. I just love the fonts in this set and it has a lot of good ones for both the inside and the outside of a card. It is a set I will use over and over and how can you not have the dies for this greetings when they cut them out so perfectly?!!! I added some white splatter over the background although I was too scared to splatter so I used the end of a paintbrush dipped in the white paint. I also used some sparkling clear sequins around the sentiment.

Thanks for visiting today. I hope you are having a great weekend! Suzy

The card I’m sharing today uses the Farm Sweet Farm stamp and die bundle from the brand new SSS Always There release. Here is an image of it:

Such a darling set and it goes really well with the Farm Life stamp set from a previous release. I loved that one so much. You can buy them both as a Farm bundle HERE as well. Here is my card:

I stamped all of the images in the Farm Sweet Farm stamp set with black ink and colored them in with Copic Markers. I stamped a sentiment from the set as well using Versafine Ink. I die-cut all of the images out with the matching Farm Sweet Farm Dies.

I made the background using the new Rounded Rectangle Dies die-cut from white cardstock. I applied Gingerbread PSInk to the bottom and Marine and Sky PSInk to the sky with foam applicators. I attached the inside piece to the card front with the white frame around it. I added all of the stamped images with foam tape behind some.

I love this cute little Farm Sweet Farm bundle from the Always There collection. I hope you enjoyed my card. Today is day 1 of the blog hop (down one post) and tomorrow is day 2. Thanks for visiting! Suzy

Today is day one of the two day blog hop celebrating the SSS Always There release. All details about the blog hop are at the bottom of this post. I made the card I’m sharing today using the Gorgeous Hydrangea Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies as shown here:

You can also purchase this set with a matching stencil HERE. I didn’t use the stencil for my card because I like to color too much! Here is my card:

I embossed the Gorgeous Hydrangea EF using white cardstock. I then die-cut the hydrangea bloom that is included with the EF and I embossed that piece. I colored the leaves and stem on the background and the hydrangea from the die-cut image with Copic Markers. I glued the bloom over the background.

I glued Dreamy Blossoms Embellishment Mix over the different mini flowers in the hydrangea. I used just blue and pink ones since those are the colors I used on the hydrangea. I stamped a sentiment using the CZ Inside Greetings 1 stamp using black ink and die-cut it out with the matching dies. I attached that to the bottom of the flower stem. I added some of the new Moonflower Embellishment Mix around the sentiment.

I blogged this card HERE using the Peony and Bells EF and CD as shown here:

On March 31st, I’ll be the guest on the SSS blog. I will have a “one stamp, five ways” post up using the Blooms and Encouragement stamp and die set as well as many of the other products in this release. Here are sneaks of those 5 cards:

BLOG HOP DETAILS:

• Today is day one of the two day blog hop. The hop is today, Friday May 29th and tomorrow Saturday, May 30th. You can start on the SSS Blog to see all participants for both days.
• Visit the Always There Gallery to see ALL of the creations that have been shared using this release. And make sure to post your cards with the release in the gallery as well. If you are on Instagram, you can see all of the projects under the hashtag #SSSAlwaysThere.
• You can see the entire Always There release HERE. I have linked to all of the products I used in this post below.
• There is an exclusive promotion for the blog hop as shown in the graphic at the top of this post: The not-yet-released Simon Says Stamp Hot Mess 3×4 stamp is automatically added to your cart that contains any purchase from the exclusive Always There collection! This gift with purchase expires 5/31 at 11:59 pm EDT or while supplies last.

Next on the Blog Hop is Amy Rysavy

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Products used on cards shown on this blog post:

Today is the Simon Says Stamp Always There release! You can see the entire release HERE. I made several cards using the release that I’ll be sharing with you over the next few days. There are SO many products in this release that beg to be colored which makes me really excited! We have a blog hop on Friday and Saturday, May 29th and 30th. I’ll be part of day one, so on Friday. Today I have a card to share with you using one of the amazing embossing folders called Peony and Bells EF and CD as shown here:

Here is my card:

I embossed the Peony and Bells embossing folder using white cardstock. I then die-cut the peony and the bells dies – there are two different bell dies. I taped them to the inside of the embossing folder and embossed them as well. I colored the peony that I had die-cut and the rest of the embossing folder on the original. I also colored the two bell die-cuts all using Copic markers. I glued the peony over the one on the embossing folder and I glued the bells over other areas – not where the embossed ones were thus adding to the amount of bells shown.

I stamped ALL the sentiments in the CZ Inside Greetings 1 stamp and die bundle with black ink as I knew I would be using most of them on cards as I love the font and the simple greetings. I die-cut the greeting out with the matching dies. I attached it with foam tape behind it. I added some sparkling clear sequins around it.

That’s it! This was a simple card and really fun to color! I love this big peony on the Peony and Bells EF and CDs. You can see all of the fun products in the Always There release HERE or go to the gallery to see all the inspiration being shared HERE. Thanks for visiting and see you Friday for the blog hop! Suzy