Welcome to a fun blog hop! “Sunny Days Ahead” is the new release by SimonSaysStamp and we celebrate with an inspirational blog hop and lots of giveaways. The release is packed with stamps, stencils and more all perfect for the season with lots of products for spring, graduation and mother’s day!
video tutorial
You can enjoy the video below or at my YouTube channel
close-up photos
Here is the card that I made using the “mum, mom, love” stencil from the latest collection. Check out the video above for a step by step tutorial.
supplies
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giveaway
SimonSaysStamp is giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the blog comment section. They will choose the winners over the weekend and post on their Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 29th of April.
blog hop order
- Simon Says Stamp Blog
- Laura Bassen
- Yana Smakula
- Amy Rysavy
- Heather Hoffman
- Bibi Cameron
- Gayatri Murali
- Vicky Papaioannou
- Preeti Chandran
- Sidnie Des Jardins
- JD Collins
- Anna-Karin Evaldsson
ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION using previous released Simon branded products.
Beautiful and simple card, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful card for Mother’s Day!
Great way to make a striking yet simple card. Thank you Vicky!
Oh, how cute. I love the simple design. I would love to make a card like this for my daughter—she’s a very good mom. This is really pretty, and I love the simple design. I am trying to simplify my cards a bit.
Beautiful and simply wonderful card. Thanks Vicky.
Your card is so pretty, soft and just lovely
This card is so great. So simple and yet so beautiful. I love it. Thanks Vicky ?.
Awesome card! I love it, Vicky!
Love the card!
Your card is beautiful! I love the little flowers.
Love the pink with the pop of green. Makes a lovely color combination and has such a spring feel to it. Great idea on how to use small flower dies. Thank you, Vicky.
Such a beautiful card. The soft colors are so soothing and happy!
Love this simple card! The dimensional flowers really add a lot and a great use of all those small dies.
Great card. Can’t go wrong with flowers. Thanks for sharing.
What a sweet card Vicky!!
Sweet and lovely card! I love the clean and fresh design and pretty colors.
This is soooo sweet! I LOVE the CAS design and elegant look!
Love the simplicity. So pretty!
Sweet card! Love the cut out.
So lovely! The colors are perfect.
This Mom card is stunning! Just adore those pink colors! wow
Wonderful card!
Charming design, love the ombre effect!
Vicky I have been watching and enjoying your videos for years! You always make the most beautiful cards. Thank you for sharing your talent!
Pretty card! And a simple one – I love simple!
Beautiful, and simply elegant. I really like the ombré ink combo of the picked raspberry and worn lipstick.
Very pretty and simple to create! Love the dimension of the little flowers!
Pretty Card, clean and simplistic
Such a pretty card, love the flowers you added!
A sweet simple card… I love it!
So sweet and so sweet and simple…I love that style. It’s beautiful!
I love this sweet card. The pink is perfect.
Your card is so sweet and pretty.
Pretty colors in your card! Great stencil.
This is simple and beautiful. Of course, the tiny die cut flowers just add the perfect touch!
Wonderful card. It is clean
and simple and so pretty.
thanks for sharing
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Pretty pop of color, love it! Thank you!
What a pretty card, love the pink. Stay safe and healthy.
Sweet, simple and very, very pretty. I love the soft colors.
Oh my goodness, your card is so unique and pretty! Thanks for sharing!
Sooooooo Sweet! I love the simplicity and softness of your card…your color palette is wonderful!!
Lovely card Vicky. I especially love how you added the dimension with the tiny flowers and leaves. You are so creative. I get more ideas and inspiration from you with every video!
Awesome Sunny Days Ahead Release! Awesome creation! I especially love the addition of the little flowers!
Your card is very pretty! I love it in the punk colors.
I missed that the vine was part of the stencil until I watched your video. The sweet flowers are great ( even though you “chop it off” made me giggle the way you said it). Lovely! Thanks and please stay healthy!
This is a beautiful Mother’s Day card. Simple yet elegant.
Love your Moms card!! The pink is gorgeous!!
Beautiful CAS card.
Beautiful yet clean. I love it! Thanks for sharing.
Love that stencil. It is so feminine.
Very nice card any mother would love to receive! I like your choice of colors.
I LOVE your pretty card and everything you make:)
So pretty!
Love your cards and video’s Vicki. Great new release from SSS!
This is a very pretty card. TFS
This MOM stencil is so beautiful and easy to use! Great card!
Love your card!
Such a simple, but pretty card! I can see how easily you could change up the colors to personalize it. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you for sharing
What a pretty CAS look you created.
Love the card.,so so neat and beautiful
So sweet and pretty! Great release!
I love how you placed those little flowers on the MOM! so simple and elegant!
Very pretty. Love how you did the soft pink ombré look. It’s a difficult week for us, as my MIL passed away on Tuesday
I love the simplicity of the card but the details you added made it a card any Mom would love receiving..
Your mom will love your card with it’s bold letters & pretty design.
Thanks for the amazing inspiration. I love the gorgeous coloring and great sentiment. The new release is great. Especially the fabulous dies.
I like the clean and simple look your card has.
The ombre effect on the sentiment is perfect…subtle but stunning.
Very pretty. Thanks for sharing.
Very pretty and easy to make!
Such a sweet card!! Love the colors you picked! Beautiful design too!
Very pretty!
Such a precious card! I love the gradient colors of the letters and that sweet garland of flowers!
Pretty card. Love the little flowers. Thank you.
Beautiful card. Love that gorgeous stencil.
Love the paper piercing!
This is a very sweet card.
Beautiful card. The little flowers are super cute
Adorable Mother’s Day card!
Thanks so much for sharing.
This stencil is so pretty, love the choice of colours, those little flowers just add wow factor.
Love the card and the clean simple style!
Gorgeous card! Very simple but elegant.
Very pretty, clean and simple card. Love it!!
Very pretty.
always love your cards!
Love everything about this card!
So delicate and pretty! Love this design and colors.
Incredibly sweet card!
Very sweet Vicky… Lovely colors.
Such a pretty card, simple and elegant at the same time!
Very pretty and feminine card.
Beautiful Mother’s Day card! Love that it can be personalized with Mom’s favorite colors and flowers.
I love it. Minimal and pretty. The stitched sentiment die almost makes the card stock look like leather in the photo. Elegant.
love this delightful card – beautiful work:)
What a precious card. Any Mom would be thrilled to receive it.
I love how you made the flower three dimensional. Love the colors and the blending job was so beautifully done.
Such a pretty card!
Beautiful card for Mom. Love how you added the flowers over the stenciling.
this card is stunning
I have been watching you for years now and never tire of your creative talent. I would love to win this kit or anything for that matter from you. You’re just awesome,thank you for still sharing your talent❤
Another one of your fans here! What a sweet card. Happy Mother’s Day to you!
Beautiful card!
Hi Vicki! Love your videos! You have such an amazing talent and so many wonderful ideas! Love this card! Thank you for all the inspiration you give !
Simply elegant!! Love it, thanks for sharing.
Awesome card.
What a beautiful title for a beautiful release. So many wonderful products and artists for us to follow. As an Australian ?? I especially love the “Mum” die. A lot of the cards I used to make for my Mum, before she passed, had the top of the “O” cut out of them? Thank you to Simon for the release and to you for your beautiful, as always, inspiration ?
So pretty! I love pink and that ombre looks so beautiful!
Love the very clean and simple card. Love those stencils!
Love the ombré effect on the letters.
Very classy card. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
Simply lovely!
Simple yet beautiful
Beautiful card design!
Love the bright pink—girly colors are my fave.
love the use of the 2 pinks together, thank you
This is such a sweet Mother’s Day card!
Simple and elegant card
Love the pink and simple card,Vicky
Pretty colors and such a cute card.
Really pretty card
Sweet card! Love the stencil design and the darling little flowers to embellish your card! Very pretty!
Super pretty!
Such a pretty pink Mom card. Thank you for the inspiration.
Such a simple, yet sweet card design! I hadn’t even noticed this stencil, so thanks for highlighting it. The addition of the small floral die cuts & gems make it extra special.
Love that pink for Mom…such a happy card!!
Good video. Nice addition of the popped up flowers and leaves.
That’s so pretty, thanks fo much for the inspiration!
I love this pretty card! (and your nails match perfectly….lol!)
Love the simplicity, and the colors. So pretty
Oh your blending of your two ink colors is so nice. I want to do smooth blending like that.
Love this simple but beautiful card, Vicky!!
Beautifully simple card.
this card is simple yet stunning
Simply stunning!
Lovely …. its beautifull
Vicki what a beautiful card for your mum! She will love it. I love the cute little flowers that you used to accent the Mom stencil! Pretty pinks too! I dig that vine flowing thru the middle of the word “mom”! Super great inspiration!!! Cheers and Happy Mother’s Day to you too!!!!
I love love love this card, great choice of colors. That stencil is gorgeous.
Gorgeous card Vicky. I love how you ad dimension to your card by using those tiny flowers.
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful day.
SWOON!! This is BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE the Design!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
Very beautiful card! I love the colors too.
Beautiful! Love the colors and how easy it was yet beautiful!
Lovely and simple card, but beautiful as always :o)
very striking card
Your card is so sweet, any Mother would really love it! Thank you, Vicky
What a wonderful card and video! Love that stencil. And I have never seen how those die cut flowers can be made “3-D” I really appreciate your demo! And great tools. I think I have them, just didn’t know how to use them!
Really Pretty!!! Such a cool stencil!!!
Love the colors – especially the ink blending! Appreciate the careful technique – & encouragement to personalize with favorite colors. Beautiful, delicate card! Thanks!
Beautiful card, Vicky! Pink and orange are always a great color combo.
Lovely card. Any MOM would love it.
Simply darling!
Sweet Mom card. I like the little flowers.
Beautiful pink. It’s fresh like the Spring. TFS!
Lovely card -I really like the flowers strung across the word ! Thanks for sharing!
Oh the letters look so perfect with no bleeding at all! I love the white floral strand across the letters
Absolutely love this card!!! It is so quick and easy to make (because of the new SSS stencils), but it is also absolutely gorgeous!!! (Of course it didn’t hurt anything that you chose my favorite colors! ?) I always love your designs but this one is just extra special for some reason. Thanks so much for sharing it!
Love your card so beautiful tyfs
Beautiful card Vicky! I love the soft colors and the adorable little flowers you added. TFS!
this is such a pretty card, I enjoyed the video
thanks for always sharing your creativity
Simple yet beautiful card 🙂
Lovely, crisp and clean card. There is something about pink and Mother’s day that always draws me in 😉
Very soft, pretty card. Thanks!
I love this sweet card!
Beautiful card. I like the ombre stenciling.
So pretty and sweet thanks for sharing
So very pretty & feminine & any mom would love this.
Your colour blending is stunning! I really like the colour’s that you choice. Such a pretty card!
A sweet card, thanks for sharing with us.
The gradient pink is just lovely, Vicky!
Gorgeous … as always. Love it!