Welcome to the next stop on the Simon Says Stamp Sending Sunshine blog hop release! You should have arrived here from the one and only Jennifer McGuire, and if you’re new to my blog, welcome!
The card I’m sharing today features three new Simon Says Stamp products: the Flower Cluster die, the Four Seasons stamp set and the Four Seasons word dies. When I saw the Flower Cluster die, I knew I had to play with it, even if it meant going all in on having multiple cardstock colors to fill in the open spaces of the blooms and leaves. I created a design with a soft gray panel framed by a white card base that picks up the white on the panel, as well. So even though there are a lot of colors happening, the white and gray help to ground the whole design.
It’s just such a cool die and I knew it would be perfect with the Spring word from the Four Seasons word die set.
And speaking of the Four Seasons set, I think it would be great for scrapbookers, too! Especially to use in Project Life style albums on pocket card sized canvases.
I created a video showing the card making process. I did speed up a lot of the sections so you should know this card took me about 40 minutes to make. Definitely not one for mass production, but the die has so many possibilities! Enjoy!
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286 Comments on “Simon Says Stamp Sending Sunshine Blog Hop: Inlaid Floral Die for Spring”
gorgeous card Cathy!! I’m giving you a virtual high five for doing all that inlay! Looks awesome!
Absolutely awesomeness Kathy!??
I just love the inlay! And the bright colours. It is perfect for spring. And while spring has probably come to many places by now, the grass is just starting to grow here, and I can’t wait until we can get some early flowers next!
Nice graphic card.
This card is a ‘wowzer’! So clean & oh so pretty! This new release is packed full of wonderful items. The word dies are perfect and the stamps are beautiful!
When I saw this floral die, inlay die-cutting is straight away what popped into my mind, so thanks for confirming that it looks great used that way 🙂
very nice!
Love your card using inlay die cuts!
I love all of the new ideas!
Love your card! I really enjoy inlaid die cards and have a great time making them but I agree, not for mass production!
Love it! The colors you used are great.
The inlay flowers are gorgeous! You must have a lot of patience and a very steady hand! Beautiful card!
That’s beautiful! A bit fiddly, but it turned out perfectly.
The floral cluster and 4 seasons word dies are some of my favorites in the new release. I also like your Love You stamps and dies.
Beautiful card!
Thank you for sharing your talents with us! Beautiful card!
Love the inlaid colors with this die !
Love the card. A great technique.
This floral cluster die is my favorite! You did such
a beautiful job with all the pretty colors inlaid. Gorgeous!
Wow! Beautiful card!!!
Such pretty flowers and love this color combo, beautiful card!
I LOVE your card! It’s such a pretty arrangement and the colors are so bright and fresh! Very pretty! This is the first time I visited your blog, and I was so inspired that I am now a follower! love your work!
Beautiful Card! Love this technique. Thanks for sharing
I love how simple yet beautiful this card is! ?
Beautiful card!
Love the inlay detail with such pretty colours!
Great card. Thanks for sharing.
Love that flower die, and the vibrancy of the cardstick is really a wow!
Wonderful card.
What a beautiful card!
Beautiful card! That inlaid work can be so time-consuming but the overall effect is stunning. I must try this die.
This is such an awesome new release! And, your card is just as awesome! Love the colorful inlaid die with the gray and white. SO pretty!
I love this card; it’s simple yet colorful at the same time; the white and the gray does keep things grounded!
BTW: New to your blog!
Love this card
Love your designs and cards.
This is such a bright and cheerful card!
Love the colors. This is the 2nd time I’ve seen the colored on the back of a cutout. Going on my to try list.
beautiful inlay!
Lovely inlaid die card!
Beautiful card using the inlay technique!
This is absolutely lovely! So colorful and simple.
Okay seriously love the Love You Stamp set LOL! Great card and high five for doing the in lay!
Love your Spring card!
Lovely card Cathy.
Cathy, your videos are so much fun to watch! I love the card so much! thank you for sharing!
Such a cute card! love the inlay die cut!
So love this card. That die is gorgeous! Using the grey cardstock is brilliant. Love the video too!
Your card is so pretty and I love watching your videos. I don’t think I have the patience to add in all those different color pieces though, lol!
I love your inlaid die cutting card. This is such a lot of intrigue work, but it’s always worth the effort.
Such a sweet card. LOVE it!
Oh my goodness this is gorgeous! I love every single detail – thank you so much for the inspiration (and video!)
Great card, Cathy. I so much enjoy watching your videos as you show everything.
Love your card Cathy!
So pretty.
Beautiful card and I love the inlay and the flowers. So pretty with the gray and the white spring. Great job.
Great job with all the inlay! Beautiful card!
Love your card and your great video! You always make me smile. I don’t think I have the patience for inlay, but I do love the look. Thanks again for sharing with us!!
Simple but colorful
Beautiful card! I love the inlay!
I don’t have audio to watch the video right now, but I love this card. I can only imagine how much scrap you’ll have from all that die cutting. Are more projects in the works with the leftovers? 😀
Maybe a little labor intensive, but WELL worth the effort. Beautiful! I have a couple of Simon dies that I “piece,” and I love using them (I’m a puzzle fan!). Loved your video – very entertaining. I just subscribed.
LOVE this card and your colorful inlays. I am very inspired! (Thanks for the great video too!!)
Beautiful inlay!!!
The inlay is so beautiful! I need to try this!
I like how you did the flowers
Beautiful card with the die inlay! Love the bright flower colors against the gray base.
Very pretty card! Love the inlay technique.
Your card is so pretty!
Great card, I love the seasons dies! Tfs!
Very beautiful card ! I love it !! I didn’t intend to buy this die but … well … you know 😉 Thanks for the great video too 🙂
This inlay card is beautiful.
Love the inlay on these flowers!
Beautiful card.
Love your card. Must try “piecing” a die. Thanks for sharing with your video.
Ha ha!! Hairy slivers, you crack me up! Thanks for the tip on getting rid of them! This is my favorite technique with dies. Lovely card!
Lovely card! Love the inlaid flower cluster!
Beautiful card! Love the spring colors.
Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous! Love the cheerful color palette!
There’s a lot of work behind this card. I love the CAS look.
Thanks for this opportunity.
Nunzia
Beautiful card! Such a wonderful release.
Thanks for sharing…
Beautiful!
What a great die! Love your take on it.
Love your card … what did you call it?… happy, graphicy, card-stocky?!?!? It’s all that and more. Loved your video too; really showed how tedious inlay can be, but how rewarding the whole creative process is as well, and it was so entertaining! TFS and I’ll be back for more.
Cathy this is truly a gorgeous card and such a beautiful die. The yellow is really pretty on this card, well done.
Such a pretty card!
So pretty! I agree – the multiple Cardstock colors were the way to go with this die. Great card!
Gorgeous inlay work, thank you for sharing!
Love the inlay floral idea! Pretty card.
Beautiful card! Love the vibrant colors against the neutral background and slight dimension from the inlayed die technique.
I can’t get over how many ways I’ve seen the Cluster Flower die used. So versatile.
What a great idea! your card is beautiful. I do love this die.
Beautiful, love the flower corner die.
Fun hop! Love the solar burst stencil and the Bohemian Lace stamp.
Awesome. Love that die. I’m going to try the same thing when I get mine.
great inspiration, lovely card
This is a stunning creation! So much to love about this release and the video was so much fun to watch too.
the time you put into this card is def. worth it- it is gorgeous!!
Love the new die and your card is just perfect spring! I admire your patience for doing this, I think I might even give it a shot 😉
Thank you!
Very sweet card!
Fabulous and beautiful floral inlay card!
I love the colors you used. A very beautiful card!
Aww Cathy! Awesome job with your inlaid die cut card! I love it! TFS. I also love the clean font in the sentiments you designed!
Today is my first time of watching you. What a beautiful card, I know I will be watching more of your videos! Thank you!
I love your commentary as well as your card. So fun to watch.
Just beautiful. I might try this idea for one Christmas card, because I can see a poinsettia inlay. You’ve inspired me to try this technique! Love your fun video! 🙂
so much good stuff. must try the tape for the hairy slivers trick, they are very annoying.
I have had some success using a blob of blu tack on the tip of a pencil as a picker for tiny pieces. I thought you’d forgot the tittle. Should have had more faith! A heroic tittling.
It looks good.
I love the inlaid look of the colored card stock. Well done!
Gorgeous card!!!! I really love the fog colored cardstock as the backdrop for all the beautiful colors you used for the flowers!!!
Beautiful card and the inlay technique is so striking!
Awesome! I love this! Thank you for showing your complete process!
It’s gorgeous Cathy! Love the inlaid technique and it looks so pretty here on the grey. When I received my dieto play with, I created the exact same floral but on acetate and then I saw your sneak!! So I did an about turn ?. No kidding we had the exact same colours in the floral ??. Love how yours turned out and it looks great with the Spring sentiment.
Gorgeous card Cathy…you nailed this design perfectly!
Such a cute card. Love this release.
I love inlays, and this is just perfect!!!
Love the inlaid look – – you nailed it!!
I just love your card and always enjoy watching your videos, they are so uplifting and make me smile.
Love the floral inlay. Such a cool idea. Plus you can use the remaining cut pieces to make other cards the same way, just rotating which pieces are which colors. (I hope that made sense. :))
Gorgeous card, love the bright colour.
This card is so beautiful! I love the grey background. It really makes the colors of the flowers pop!
I love the idea-but yes, mass producing would definitely be time consuming! The look is original! I love it! Great job!
Amazing card! Love the colors, the flowers , everything! Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous card and I love your honesty about the process!
Love your sense of humor and your beautiful card.
Very pretty! Well worth the effort!
I love your card. While I may not do this technique often, I would like to try it, tedious as it may be. I’ll have to check out my floral dies.
Hi Cathy. Your card is beautiful! I love the new Simon release
Hi Cathy. Beautiful card. I just love the new Simon release.
This is one gorgeous card – and thanks for sharing via video!
This idea is really great! I have ordered the die you used, and can’t wait to try this technique. Thanks for the inspiration.
This card is so terrific. I’ve been following you using your scrapping videos, etc. and now am enjoying all your card making. I must have the flower cluster die.
Lovely card.
Wow I love this flower cluster die. Your flower cluster has wonderful colors and I love it against the warm gray. Nicely done.
great card and technique!!
Your card is beautiful ! I love inlaid cards, they are so elegant, just like yours !
Great card!
Very pretty card.
Very pretty and worthy of mass producing! Although I’m not sure I would either unless I was sending them all to other card makers. But if I received that card, I would feel very special indeed!
Gorgeous card, thanks for taking the time to show how you did it.
I love this release, but that Four seasons stamp and dies are perfect for cards and scrapbooking. Just like you said. We have an orchard on our property and I always try to capture beautiful photos of the trees during each season. Great job on the card, love your creativity and all your stamp/die designs. I need one of everything! Thanks for sharing.
What an inspiration! This card makes me happy and want to CASE.
The gray and white do definitely ground the card. Love the bright colors you used in the flower cluster, as well. Beautiful work.
Great colorful card! Love the inlays and use of a grey background. I use white so much that I forget how pretty the grey is. Thanks for the great ideas.
This card caught my eye when Heidi did her Live FB post this afternoon. I love the inlay design and the colors you used to make a happy card celebrating spring and friendship.
WOW…what a gorgeous Spring card, Cathy! I love that inlay technique…it makes those flowers just pop off the card! And, thanks for making a video showing us how you made the card!!
ordered this die for a friend, now wondering if I should just keep it 😛 your cards are awesome!!
Cathy, all of those beautiful primary colours inlayed into those spring flowers are so beautiful against the light grey background. It has such a CAS look to it which I love. I think you have such great humour too & I appreciate your video.
This release is one of my favorites in a long time! I just love how useful all the stamps and dies are! Your card is so colorful and still clean! Just my style! Thanks for sharing your talent
Such a cute card!
What a beautiful card, I love the clean look of the inlaid die cut.
Great inlay card! You could have saved yourself a little time if you had just cut it once out of white and colored the inside pieces the colors you wanted 🙂 Also, wax paper or a dryer sheet (even a used one) between your die and the paper will help pop those pieces out much easier. And after you finish die cutting, you can place a piece of PressNSeal on the back to keep all the pieces together and in position until you are ready to use them. Just a few time savers for future reference 🙂
The inlaid look is so pretty!
Wow, this is a beautiful card! Very creative.
Terrific card, love all the bright colors with the light gray and white.
Pretty and lovely, sunshiny cards! You’re doing great with card making.
What patience you have!! And thank goodness you do, What a creative, colorful card!!
So pretty. I like the colorful flowers against the grey background.
Super card. Sometimes you just have to do the hardest, tiniest, pain in the neck technique you can think of…..just to see if you can. Nice job!! Kinda like Laura says ” the heart wants what the heart wants”
Fantastic card! 🙂
Beautiful card! I love what you did with die.
Very pretty card! Love the inlay technique.
Nice CAS card! Great release from SSS!
Like the inlaid look & the colors used.
Melissa
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The new flower cluster die is so great!!
The new flower cluster die is so great!
That flower cluster die is terrific. Beautiful cards for sure.
Beautiful card. I love your inlay and thanks so much for the video. Your sets for this release are very cool and fun.
I really like the bright colors of the die inserts on that soft gray mat. Pretty!
That’s a fabulous card, Cathy! I know that the die inlaying was tedious, but it was soooo worth it. Well done. Have a glass of wine.
Love it! The colours you used are supweb!!
Love the multicolored inlay! It’s such a pretty die. Beautiful card, Cathy!
I love how you inlayed this die. Very beautiful new products.
Very pretty card!
Love the bright flowers with the grey background.
CZ, love the card! It maybe putzy but after you’ve done one, it would go pretty easy to make a few for a beautiful gift set to give someone as a gift.
Incredible craftwork Cathy
There are so many great stamps,dies and stincils to chose from. You have all done a great job.
What a beautiful card! I love the vibrant colors against the pale gray. I’m afraid I would get twitchy though inlaying all those tiny pieces but the end result is really lovely
I love your beautiful inlaid card. I cannot wait to try this technique.
Another great collection to love.
Beautiful inlay card; love the color.
I really love the inlaid die technique and you made a gorgeous card using that cluster die. This is another must have from this release. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.
I like how you used this die. I like the inlaid technique but did not picture it with this die until you made your card.
Love the card! You are fabulous when it comes to choosing colors on your cards.
WOW WOW WOW just love this card, so bright and colourful. Need that die cut lol!!!
Love it! A great way to use a die cut, the colors are so pretty as well.
Beautiful card, Cathy. Enjoyed watching your video.
You made a beautiful card. It looks great.
Thanks for inspiring me.
This is so pretty. I have never tried these type of cards with inlay diecutting but you sure are pushing me to do it.
Love, Love , Love the grey on white with the bright colors. Simply gorgeous.
I love the simplicity of this die cut and your card!!
Wow, I love this, great card!
Love your card !
You sound as pleased as punch with your beautiful spring creation!! What did you do before SSS and card making huh?? Love the humour that tags along with the creativity. Nice one CZ!!
Wow! That’s a very pretty card. Worth the time!
Love the inlays….
Very lovely.
Love your card and the new Simon release!
Id commit to the inlay too. I love that look. This card is so classy and pretty. Very nice!
Ps….ur hysterical. Love ur candid style.
I agree; bright and cheerful and it looks like fun to make. Love inlaid die cuts. Great video.
This is a beautiful card. I love it. Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoyed your card. Very pretty
I enjoy you cards and your commentary! Beautiful!
I love the color combo you used on this card. Making it reminds me of doing a puzzle and I love puzzles.
Love the brightly colored inlaid flowers! Perfect on the soft gray background. Thanks for the tip about using tape to remove those pesky paper strings.
Love the spring bouquet.
Fantastic die.
Great card.
thanks for sharing.
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LOVE the white around the flowers. Makes them really pop!
Gorgeous card, so bright and refreshing!
Love your cards! Thanks for sharing!
Love these new dies and your card!
Beautiful inlay card! SSS never disappoints with their new products. So much fun to be had! Thank you for sharing!
A beautiful inlay look! Love it!
I Am loving the inlay card!
Inlaying these dies makes it look so dimensional yet great for posting. Genius to use grey as your neutral background instead of the usual white or ivory
Beautiful card. Thanks for the video.
Love the flower cluster die!! Also love the colors.
that is an absolutely amazing card. thank you so much for showing that.
love this idea!
I love what you did here. Very pretty
Awesome release. Love your card.
Beautiful! and I think it would be outstanding on a black background.
What a great idea to put the white and brights on the soft grey background. I really like how it both enhances the design, but doesn’t distract from the colors. And well done for all that inlay! Thanks for sharing such a lovely design with us!
In a sort of answer to your question: I do not do card videos, but if I did, I would have to weigh my perfectionist tendencies of wanting to get it exactly right (and thus making a card ahead of time to check that it works), and my inherent laziness of not wanting to go through all that work again. I don’t know which would win, but I suspect laziness. Thus my videos would be like the Three Stooges making cards: farce upon farce.
Really enjoyed your inlay creation! The die is beautiful! A gotta have!
Love how those colors pop with the gray background!
You are a hoot Cathy!! I totally forgot about the tittles!! I heard that from Laura too …cracked me up! Anyway… you’re card turned out beautiful! I’ve done this inlay stuff before and it is time consuming but I love the finished look!! FYI .. I totally drop my dies to see what pieces will come out before I have to start picking away at the rest!!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for sharing all the details Cathy! That is a beautiful card!
This card just screams Cathy to me with the colors of those flowers and the grey background. That’s the kind of card I’d like to make someday. You know if I made cards. Someday. For now you’ll find me scrapbooking and reading your blog – even the card posts.
Oh I do like those crystals.
Love the colorful diecut against the soft grey background. Gorgeous diecut!
Love this idea and the gray background! Thank you for sharing
I am so happy that you are card making! After watching this, I decided I need to do more with light grey background. Makes the rainbow colors pop!
Love this card Cathy, thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card!
Cathy, do you & Laura talk on the phone? LOL I can hear it now! 😉 You sound like Laura! LOL
And she ALWAYS makes me SMILE! 😀 Your card came out BEAUTIFULLY! I LOVE the in-lay technique! It’s JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!! THANK YOU for a SUPER JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😉
What an absolutely beautiful card Cathy. I love this die and can’t wait for SSS to get another shipment of it in. I love the multi colored flowers that give the card a very ‘spring’ flair. 🙂
I love the inlay card. Beautiful Kathy
This is a really beautiful card. I loved the die. I’m sure I’ll try and make it, but will make sure I have the time and my patience is fresh for the day. Really lovely.
SQUEAL!! LOVING the NEW RELEASE and the AMAZING Inspiration!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Love the inlaid flowers! So pretty!
I love the colors and the little sparkle embellishments.
That’s a very pretty card! Thanks for sharing! I love the die & the way you did the colorful inlay was a great idea!
Very striking card! Love the in-laid colors!
Wow! that is beautiful — I’m not sure I’d have the patience for that!
You always come up with something unique. Love your work.
You called your card simple. But it’s a great idea to try out and it looks great! Thanks
The card is fabulous – love how fresh and clean it looks. The gray sets off both the white lines of the die cuts, as well as those rich flower colours beautifully. Gorgeous!
I really want to case your flower cluster die card!
Love what you did with that lovely flower cluster!
Love the spring colors in your layered die. And the crystals look like drops of rain. April showers bring May flowers!
I loved your tutorial! I applaud your patience and determination with all those pieces!
Super beautiful card!! I love the flower inlays 🙂
You have more patience than me, but the results are beautiful.
You have more patience than me, but the results are beautiful.
Time consuming, but such a gorgeous result!
Send some sunshine my way please…. beautiful card!
I love blog hops because they inspire me to create–thank you!
I love the inlayed look, too. I haven’t attempted it but I’m excited to try it! This is a beautiful card and I love this Flower Cluster Die!
Inlaid die cuts are one of my favorite techniques. Your card is gorgeous!
Wow!! Absolutely Gorgeous card! The colors are so beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration.
That inlay technique is great! Cards are beautiful.
Such a sweet and colorful idea! It reminds me a bit of stained glass!
What a wonderful card! I love the way you did the color inlay!
Ooh! I love that rainbow die cut!!
It’s so pretty! ?
Great card!
Super BEAUTIFUL card!!!! LOVE it!!!!!!
Beautiful card and great video. I love the beautiful bright colors. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Lovely card. Really like how you inlayed the flowers with such bright beautiful colors.
Such a pretty card, love that die!
Very pretty :). Love you used a grey background…I’m always trying to incorporate yardstick but I find it challenging :S
Gorgeous colors in your floral inlay card. This is truly a striking yet simple design even though a bit time consuming. Well worth the effort! Thanks for sharing.
You’re card is beautiful. I love the white die boarder and the crystals! Also, you’re video was entertaining… I love the humor! 🙂
very nice!
Whoa, you have more patience than I will ever have! Your card is so clever.
Beautiful card!! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!
Love this card, it is beautiful. I am also so excited to get my hands on the “How the Hex are You” stamp set…. love it.
Fabulous colors, love all the inlay! Hallmark worthy!
Your card is beautiful! I love how you inlayed different colors for the flowers 🙂
You are VERY patient! I’ve tried the inlaid technique, so I know what you went through. You are correct….wine helps! 🙂 Beautiful results!
Love this inlaid technique!
Awesome card!! Love it! Especially the colours you used. TFS!!
Gorgeous! Love the colorful inlaid flowers!!!
What a fantastic card !!
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Love how those bright flowers pop against the gray background!
Stunning card! Love the gray background to set off the beautiful inlay!
Beautiful card !!
Beautiful die-cut in-lay card design! Love the colours! So much work but the result is definitely worth it!
Beautiful card\!! Love that stamp!!