Hello! Today, I’m delighted to be sharing three projects as part of a Simon Says Stamp blog hop showcasing products from the FRIENDLY FROLIC release.
My first project showcases the Folk Dance die, with which I used the inlay technique (one of my favorites).
- To create a frame for the pieces, I die-cut the Folk Dance panel several times from black cardstock and adhered the layers together. I backed the panel with white cardstock.
- I used the Folk Dance die to cut the leaves and petals from colored cardstock and adhered the pieces into the frame.
- I adhered the assembly to a card base.
- I stamped the Big Thanks sentiment on a white cardstock strip with black ink.
- I die-cut the Big Happy sentiment and applied it to the strip.
- I adhered the strip to the card.
My second card features the Diamond Pattern die.
- I inked a cardstock panel (masking as I went along) with Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Twisted Citron, and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks and cut it with the Diamond Pattern die.
- I adhered the panel over a similarly colored piece so that the diamond pattern revealed a second layer of color.
- I added a sentiment cut with the You Da Best die.
My final project combines an image from the Plantiful Puns stamp set with the Diamond Pattern stamp.
- I stamped the Plantiful Puns image and colored it with Copic markers.
- I stamped the card front panel with the Diamond Pattern stamp using Versamark ink.
- I cut a circle in the panel and adhered the plant image from behind.
- I heat-embossed the Plantiful Puns sentiment on a strip, which I adhered just under the plant image.
- I adhered the panel to a dry-embossed card base.
Thank you for visiting! Looking for more inspiration? Check out the Friendly Frolic Gallery. Now it’s time to get hopping!
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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
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The paper piecing of the Folk Dance die must have taken awhile, but the outcome is well worth all the work. Love how it turned out!
Love all your cards but especially the last one with the succulents and cute pun!
Love the inlay look, but don’t think I have the patience.
Wonderful cards, happy colors.
Love your colorful cards ! 💕
Such beautiful cards. Love the colors you used.
Thanks for sharing…
Great cards! I love the coloring you did on the plantiful puns.
Love these! Especially that first one, that cover is my favorite item in this release!
Your cards are so pretty! Love the first one with the inlays the best.
It must have taken a long time to inlay all of those pieces into the background die, but it was worth it. Very nice cards.
Such great cards. Many must haves in the release.
I am finding that this release is a POCKET BOOK BUSTER! LOL I keep seeing things I want! 😉 Your cards are BEAUTIFUL, Jean! LOVE the inlay! You MUST HAVE TONS of these to make now with all the colors you’ve used! BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😉
Love that black background. Pretty cards!
Wow… your cards are so great! Really clean and bright!
WOW !, The folk dance looks stunning, so very worth all the extra work. My favourite is the diamond die with lotus flowers. Thank you so much.x
the field of flowers is beautiful.
Love the black with the colorful flowers.
The stripes on the second is so pretty.
Great cards. thanks for sharing
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These are beautiful! My favorite is the first one, I love all of the colorful flowers. That die is so cool.
Clever use of stripes with the diamond pattern background die.
I love how you use color!
Beautiful set of cards! 🙂
love your cards – they are so beautifully crafted:)
These are all fantastic.
Love your inlayed card! Beautiful colors! Thank you for all the inspiration!
Wonderful cards. Love all the different techniques.
Pretty card!
Great cards! Thank you for sharing the versatility of the Diamond background die! It’s so much more than just a great masculine background.
My favorite is the diamond background. I love the colors! They are all great cards!
Wow, such happy colorful cards!
You did an amazing job using dies and stamps I wasn’t going to buy and now I may have to because your ideas were do neat. Love your creativity!!
Terrific cards. I adore the first one–color on black is always so dramatic and eye-catching! And the garden puns are great, too. Amazing collection from SSS.
Wow! Three beautiful and colorful cards! I particularly like the Folk Dance inlay card — so colorful and happy!
Very beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful cards. The first one is just striking. I love the die cut inlay technique. So many possibilities with this wonderful release.
Beautiful cards and such great detail. They must have been fun to create. Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
Beautiful cards and my fave is the first one!
The inlay technique is gorgeous. Such a beautiful card.
Love the inlay on the Folk Dance Die, makes such a beautiful colorful card.
Fabulous cards! Love how the inlay of the Fold Dance card turned out, so bright and cheerful!
All of your cards are beautiful. But, orange is my favorite color, which makes the last card with the orange diamond pattern my favorite. The paper piecing of the folk dance die must have taken a lot of time, but it is stunning. There are too many great products in this release. I may have to go back to work to pay for my growing list…
Love the paper piecing on the Folk Dance card…a colorful, cheerful card.
Beautiful cards and I am really drawn to that inlay card! All that black with pops of color is just stunning! You just have great layers and dimension! TFS!
Love these colorful designs!
Wow!!! So gorgeous!!!
Wow gorgeous cards, I love your beautiful bold coloring! Absolutely stunning!
Your cards are fantastic, I love all the sentiments in this release.
These cards are all amazing. Makes me want to start making them right now! Very professional looking but still with that custom appearance. Thank you!
Awesome cards! Love the flowers on the dark paper!
Love that beautiful brightly colored Happy card! It is so eye catching! Love the colors you used on The You Da Best Card! So pretty!
ooooh, I love these, all three are gorgeous, but the first one is my very favourite – love the colours and design!
Excellent folk dance die-cutting!
The folk dance die card is adorable. Love the colors. Cute cards.
Love the inlay technique! I have this stencil, so happy to see the die com out!
Love all your cards! Especially the folk dance card! Beautiful!!!
Great creations! Great release, I especially love the bold colors against black in your first card!
Very nice cards
Jean, what gorgeous cards! Love the folk one the best, that paper piecing is awesome! TFS!💜🤗
These cards are fabulous! The first one blew me away–lots of time, but worth every second!
gorgeous colorful cards
I have the stencil…now I must have the die so I can try that inlay!
LOVE your bright and colorful cards!!!!
The Scandinavian flowers are so pretty. I LOVE the Scandinavian look, and am trying to find various styles.
This is so versatile–simple or detailed, ombre…
Beautiful cards I appreciate allyour work on these, thanks.
Fabulous set of cards. Love the inlay with the Folk Dance. The diamond background and stamp cards are great. I love the color combo of the second card and lovely succulents on your last card.
I enjoy inlaid die cutting and the new Folk Dance stencil is perfect for this technique! I also love how you masked the Diamond Pattern card base – it’s super cute! Thanks for sharing.
love all 3 of your projects. the folk dance card reminds me of a quilt. so colorful.
Great samples! The inlay work is wonderful on the first card – so much work!
Love the bright colors of these cards. The last card is so funny (or is that punny).
love your cards. beautiful colors.
Love all your cards today but especially the Folk Dance inlay technique. Stunning!
Your colors are amazing! I love what you did with the diamond cover and the rows of colors. Those bits of color popping from behind are awesome!
Wow, fantastic! Such wonderful cards. Amazing color combinations, depth and beautiful designs.
Your cards are sp beautiful__love the inlay!
Very nice cards!! I love the colors!!
Ever so pretty.
Fun cards. I’ve admired the Fok Dance stencil since it came out. Now a stamp and die, too.
The folk dance paper piecing is amazing.
Fab, Fab,Faboulous cards!!
Hi Jean, love all your bright colors. Just cheers me right up! Love the leafy frame die. Its soooo pretty!
Beautiful cards!!
Love the first card the most.
Great way to use diamond background die. Thank you for the idea!
gorgeous eye catching cards!!
These are Really Beautiful and Creative cards!!!
I just love the folk dance pattern. Love how the colors pop off the black background.
Your cards are so lovely! Your time and patience really paid off with the Folk Dance die. Beautiful work!!
Great cards, Jean!
Love love LOVE that inlaid look for the Folk Dance! What a cool idea! Thanks for the inspiration!
Nice cards. The Happy card really stands out for me.
Thank you for sharing your creations.
Wonderful cards!
Awesome cards! Thanks for the great ideas!
Oh wow, these are fabulous! I especially love your gorgeous folk art card!
Totally sweet cards Jean but I have to say I L♥VE the first card with the inlay. So beautiful.
Beautiful! ❤️
Pretty cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great cards, the first is my favorite!
Beautiful cards, I like the color combination.
What beautiful cards, thay are so colorful bright!! I will ve buying the background stamps!
BRAUTIFUL CARDS!! So bright and fun!
Three beautiful cards!! I LOVE the inlaid die cutting you did. Looks fabulous!!
SO BRIGHT! I LOVE THE COLORS! Great job!
I love all of your cards, especially the Folk Dance inlay card! I wonder, would it be faster to cut it in white and color all the pieces than to cut in multiple pieces of cardstock? If you aren’t going for shading the coloring should go quick? Can you tell I haven’t done an inlay card before? 🙂 But I want to try after seeing so many cool examples with this die!!!
Hi Karen,
One of the things that I do when I do an inlay card is leave the pieces in the frame. That way I can keep track of what goes where. While the idea of coloring them would work, it would take me much longer to go that route as I’d have to remove the pieces from the die, color the pieces, and then place the pieces in to the frame.
The inlay technique is absolutely perfect for this card–terrific!
Wonderful cards! I liked the Folkdance inlay best. It was happy on the outside too!!
luv all three. the folkdance card is SO eye-catching!! <3
Your inlaid card is just stunning! Your other cards are terrific too–how awesome is this release!
Beautiful creations as always. Love the bold, bright colours you’ve used.
Oh my, that inlay looks like a lot of work. It turned out so pretty!
Each of your designs is beautiful, but I think I like the first one the best. The vibrancy of the inlaid pattern pieces really grabs my focus and is so pretty!!! But I like I said, all of them are fantastic!!! (By the way, I really like how easily you described the process of how to make the cards. Very easy to follow along which I greatly appreciate. Thanks!!!)
Love all your cards! I’m a pun girl and so I have to have that pun set! I love that sentiment that you used.
I have never been to your page before and Wow! I love your style. So clean and simple and bright! Can’t wait to Snoop around and look at all your work. Love the colors you use on your backgrounds.
your inlay card is beautiful!!! that looked like it was painstakingly done. i really appreciate the detail work that went into making that card.
Great cards! I love the new background dies from SSS.
Amazing projects!
I really like all of these cards. Great job!
Like the colors. Has a wonderful quilt art look to it.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Well now I have to have the folk dance die!!!
Great cards. I particularly like the stripe card with the alternate colors peeking out. So bright and cheerful. Thanks for sharing.
Great inlay technique!!
I love all your cards! Very creative!
These cards are all so pretty! I must say my favorite is the striped card with the you da best sentiment. I thought those were strips of different colored paper. Your ink blending is really great!
These are such sweet cards! I can’t wait to get my order!! And start playing!
Love the colors.
Lovely cards. I think the first with the die cut inlay is my favorite because the colors really pop. Love your picture with your puppy. Pet people are wonderful people.
lovely cards, thanks for sharing.
Your inlaid card is gorgeous thanks for sharing.
Love the background dies in this release and your inlaid card is so pretty. Well done.
Great cards! I love the inlay technique on the Folk Dance card. It’s so colorful and the white areas really pop! This is another fantastic release by Simon!
Pretty cards! The inlay one is amazing and I love the Plantiful Puns one because I really like that stamp set.
Love, love, love the “You da Best” card! I definitely have to do that background, thank you for the inspiration.
Beautiful cards! I love the white sentiment strip on the first card!
Wonderful cards, love the bright colors.
Beautiful cards! The first one is my favorite.
You used such vibrant colors on the first card love it
The paper piecing of the Folk Dance die must have taken forever but it is so striking! Great job on all your cards! They are beautiful.
This STUNNER brought me from Instagram for a larger lovely LOOK!!!!
Wonderful Jean!
Gorgeous cards, my favourite is the first one, so pretty!!
wonderful cards. Love how you thought outside the box and created such great cards. Thanks for sharing.
You had me with the inlay card but they just got better. Great cards.
Wow! I already loved the folk dance die but the way you use color to really emphasize both the dies used in your cards today are beautiful!
Your cards are awesome !
Absolute gorgeous cards Jean, I love the first one with the inlay technique. Such happy bright colours you used there. Thank you for your time and effort to make and show this.
Must have this die. Bright, beautiful cards.
Love all your cards today but especially the Folk Dance inlay technique. Stunning!
all your cards are Great. Thanks for sharing.
That inlaid card is amazing!
Fantastic cards! Thanks for sharing your creative ideas.
That first card has such cheery colours.
Th first and cards have such cheery colours.
Lovely cards but my absolute favorite is the folk dance card! I definitely need that die!
Beautiful cards! I love the Aloe one lol. Gorgeous coloring.
Great cards. Love the colours you used on the diamond pattern die card. 🙂
Fabulous as usual.
Thanks for the great inspiration. The cards are really gorgeous. And the new release is absolutely fabulous!
I really like the black background for the inlay because it just makes all the colors pop!
Your cards are so pretty! I really love the inlay technique you did with the folk dance die 🙂
Right as Rain…is a perfect name for your blog! These cards are just that! I love how you organized your step by step instructions and how creatively you designed your cards! The inlay technique- amazing! Just love this new Simon release and your creative cards make everything you showcased shine!
All three of your cards are just awesome!! I love your inlay card the best, but running a close second is your “You Da Best” card!!
I love how bright and colorful your cards are! 🙂 Great job!
These cards are exquisite, the colors so vibrant. tfs
Wonderful card and lots of work to get that so perfect.
So colourful cards!
What fabulous cards!
Your succulant card made me smile
WOW – that first card is stunning! Those flowers look so wonderful in that black background – just WOW!!!!
What great cards. I really like the Folk Dance die. Inlaid die cuts are my favorite too. The bright colors are perfect. The other cards show your many talents. Thanks
SQUEAL!! LOVING the AMAZING Inspiration and the NEW Products!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! <3
Vibrant cards!
your first card took my breath away! that is just stunning. the other cards are a delight, but that first one – wow.
3 very cheery and bright cards. I’m sort of drawn to the cacti one as I just ordered some cacti stamps but have not had time to use them.
Gorgeous cards! The first one knocked my socks off… great design and colors! LOVE it!
WOW! Absolutely amazing!
I love the inlay technique also and your color choices are wonderful! TFS!
Stunning colors!
love your creative cards!!!!
Your cards are awesome. A lot of work with the inlay. The diamond set can have a lot of uses. Thank you
Beautiful cards! Love the inlay card and all the pretty colours!
You’ve made a fantastic trio of cards ! My favourite is the first one because of the black base which gives so much dimension to your card and makes Pop your beautiful coloring even more !
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Love the look of the first card. I have not seen one like that yet. Beautiful. I also love the second card, very creative. I would love to know the process folks use to come up with this great ideas.
Love, love them all. The inlay die card is gorgeous. The colors just pop!