Sunday, July 30, 2017

What a friend I have in Jesus!



I am in love with the new Hymn Blocks Stamps. I have just been singing these songs as I made my cards and having a wonderful time.

I knew as soon as I saw this stamp set that I wanted to create a set of cards (I mean how do I chose just one for a card?) For fun, I decided to challenge myself to create 6 different card fronts using basically the same supplies.

With three distress inks (Salty Ocean, Abandoned Coral, and Mustard Seed - used separately and together to create a rainbow effect) as well as some additional tools, I came up with the following:

First, I watered down the colors and with a paint brushed, I splattered them onto my card panel. I inked the hymn block with Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed it.

Second, I used an acrylic block and inked the colors (making sure to over lap yellow with the other two to create green and orange). I spritzed some water onto it the block and "stamped" the color onto my card panel. Again,  I inked the hymn block with Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed it.

For my third card, I stamped some butterflies and flowers from Floral Greetings with Versamark. After drying it, I blended the colors onto the panel, spritz a little water onto it to soften to look and  inked the hymn  block with Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed it. You can't really see the flowers and butterflies in the picture but in real life, they offer a little movement for the card.

Next, I repeated the process from above but I embossed the flowers and butterflies so that they would stand out and I inked the colors up a little heavier. For this one, I inked the Hymnal Block with white and popped it up on a panel.

The next card uses the ever fun "smooshing" technique using the same 3 colors and overlaps and acetate. I inked the hymn block with Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed it.  

Last (but not least), I used a music notes stencil (from Tando Creative) and blended my inks over it. Before I removed the stencil, I spritz a little water onto it then I inked the hymn block with Versafine Onyx Black and heat embossed it.

Oh my gosh - this was soooo much fun! Challenge yourself and see what you come up with :) I would love to see the pictures! Link them in the comments below!

NOTE: This set has sold out but it will be back in stock as soon as possible. It is a great set and worth the wait I promise!!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
Lyn

Saturday, July 29, 2017

the world

Good morning!
 
Today I am sharing this card using the Send Me stamp set from this month’s release, along with Living Water and My Friend.
 

All three sets are designed for the Creative Worship line which is geared toward bible journaling. Although I really love using them that way, I also like to pull words and images to create a card....so you can get more bang for your buck!  This one is clean & simple...a very quick card after I figured out how I wanted to make it. lol.
 
Have a great day!
Diane
 

Friday, July 28, 2017

You Are A Blessing


Hello Sweet 'n Sassy friends!
It's Ceal, here to share with you a card using a new release paired up with one of my favorite older sets.

To make my card I started with a  top folding white card base and panel of bristol paper cut down with a stitched die. To create the background I randomly stamped one of the leaf images from the Scribble Flowers set with Versamark ink and then embossed with white embossing powder.   Next I blended the Distress Oxide ink in Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet over the embossed images and wiped off the excess ink with a paper towel. 
To finish the card I added the greeting from the set All About You and embossed it in Black embossing power to make it stand out against the background 






Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Peaceful Peonies- Peace I Leave With You

Hello Sweet Friends!  Julie here, sharing a card created with the Peaceful Peonies Clear Stamp Set (designed by NinaB Designs).  



I absolutely love the Scripture as well as the other sentiments in this set plus the gorgeous peonies- don't you? Perfect for so many occasions!

To create this card, stamp the large peony image multiple times onto white cardstock with embossing ink, heat emboss the flowers with white embossing powder and use water-based markers with a water brush to watercolor the images. 

Once the panel has thoroughly dried, trim the edges and adhere a strip of green satin ribbon (I used a scrap piece from my massive stash-lol!)  before looping metallic silver thread behind the verse sentiment. 

Finish off the card by adhering to a white card base and applying shimmer to the flower petals with a clear glitter pen. 

We are so thankful that you stopped by- may the Lord grant you His Peace this week!

Friday, July 21, 2017

Landscape silhouettes

Hello! It's Monika here today with a quick and easy card... a while ago I've made a card using Landscape Silhouettes clear stamp set with a sponged sun... while I was doing the sponging, I made a second base card which I set aside... so when I was cleaning my craft table the other day, I came upon the cardstock and decided to finish it. Easy-peasy!
 
 
I just sponged the green 'grass', added the greeting from Be Encouraged clear stamp set, and added a vellum border... cool, isn't it?
 
 
I didn't have any orange rhinestones, so I colored some yellow ones with an orange Sharpie... great way to customize your colored blings!
 
Thanks for stopping by,
Monika
 

 
 

Thursday, July 20, 2017

You are AMAZING!

Hello, Stephanie here with a card using one of the new release sets All About You and an older set called Floral Greetings.  I love both of these sets, All About you has lots of awesome sentiments and I love the flowers and sentiments in Floral Greetings.  This card came together quickly since there was no coloring involved, I stamped and embossed.   Please keep Korin and her family in your thoughts and prayers as they move to their new home this weekend.



Wednesday, July 19, 2017

You're so Sweet

Hello Everyone!!  It's Sheri here with a card featuring the NEWLY released Sweet as Honey stamp set.  As soon as I saw this set I knew I wanted to make a fun & bold card with it.  I wanted to use a piece of  black and white striped paper for my background and after searching through my stash and coming up empty I decided to create my own.  I cut 1/4" black strips of card stock and spaced them evenly on a piece of white card stock.  I loved the idea of being able to create my own in a pinch or when you need to match to a specific project your working on.



I thought that I would share a second card that I created earlier this month for a little added inspiration.  As you can see I had a lot of fun with this set.



 http://www.sweetnsassystamps.com/sweet-as-honey-clear-stamp-set/

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Mixed Media Frame

Hello! It's Monika here today with a mixed media project. I have always loved mixed media, but usually I don't have enough time to work on complex projects... while this project started out as a quick 'mixed media' card, I decided I shouldn't rush it... so I made it step-by-step, day-by-day, letting everything air dry...
 
 
 
It started out with a regular 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" piece of heavy cardstock. First I adhered some torn book pages to the cardstock, then I painted it over with white Gesso. Next I adhered some art stones, lace and dry wall tape to the background, using Gesso... it's a great adhesive...

 
Next came the messy part... coloring the background:


I used red mist from Maya Road and yellow mist from Michael's... I had to add yellow mica powder to the yellow to make it brighter...
While it didn't look great at first, after adding the embellishments, it all came together.


 
The greeting is from Be Encouraged clear stamp set, my go to stamp set these days... I love the inspirational words!
The embellishments were so much fun to put together... you can get really creative and use odd items, recycled materials... really, anything that you can put your hands on... I mostly used my Hot Glue Gun to adhere the embellishments... along with Soft Gloss Gel which is another great adhesive especially when you are looking for flexibility or applying glitter...
As I love butterflies, I added some pretty ones. The images are from Majestic Monarchs clear stamp set... while I used the now retired coordinating dies, the images are easy enough to hand cut. They are backed with black cardstock to add a nice contrast to the yellow...

Thanks for stopping by,
Monika
 

 
 

Sunday, July 16, 2017

A Sweet Combo

Hello friends!  Cathy here with two cards to share using the new Sweet as Honey stamp set paired with Scribble Flowers...what a sweet combination!


Intimidated by watercoloring?  Try this...To create the watercolored frame, attach the swirly scribble flower upside down on an acrylic block and paint color burst on the back of the stamp.  Give it a little spritz of water and stamp onto heavy card stock.   Bristol board was used here but water color paper or mixed media paper would also work.  If you do not have Color Burst, use any water based marker like Tombows to color on the back of the stamp and give it a spritz of water.  Clean the stamp and continue to randomly stamp flowers around the panel.  It might look a little messy, but just wait until the next step!  When completely dry, turn the stamp right side up on the block and emboss the flower outline over the watercolored flowers.  Now it's lookin' good!  The little swirly flower was used to fill in the gaps and a little messy stitching was added to the frame.  Color Burst was painted on the honeycomb stamp from the Sweet as Honey set, stamped on a separate panel, and spritzed with water to lighten.  The frame was popped up onto this panel using foam tape.  The sentiments, bees and sequins were added to finish the card.


The second card was made using the same sweet combo but with a completely different look.  Distress Oxide inks were sponged onto white Neenah card stock and over stamped with the honeycomb.  The Honeycomb was also stamped on a plain white panel and spritzed with watered down oxide ink.  The panels were cut with curvy edges and stitched together to make the base for the card.  The bees and flower were colored with Copic Markers and popped onto the card.  The sentiment was stamped twice, once on the card and once on scrap card stock in a different color to add contrast.  A few sequins were added to finish the card!

The stamps used to make both cards are available at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.
Please note that while the store is open for shopping, 
shipping will resume on August 4th after the big move!

I hope you've BEEn inspired!
Thanks so much for stopping by...have a wonderful Sunday!
Cathy





Saturday, July 15, 2017

sweet as honey

Good morning!
 
Today I am sharing this card using the Sweet as Honey stamp set from this month's release.  There's something about bee stamps that is hard to resist and this set has some wonderful text to go with it!
 


I sponged yellow ink, then used the images with 2 of the sentiments to create a collage background and popped up one bee on the side.
 
Have a great day!
Diane
 

Friday, July 14, 2017

Just BEE Cause


Hello Sweet 'n Sassy friends!
It's Ceal, here to share with you today. I am sharing a card made with one of our new releases Sweet as Honey, you have been seeing a lot of this set and that goes to show you two things; how versatile it is and how much the DT loves it! 
To make my card, I started with a top folding kraft card base and a bristol panel cut down with a stitched die. I love using bristol when I blend inks because it is so effortless. I randomly stamped the honeycomb image with Versafine sepia ink and then blended Fossilized Amber distress oxide ink over it and spritzed with water. I stamped the bee near the top of the panel and stamped another on a piece of scrap paper and cut out the wings to pop on top of the stamped one. 






Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping!


Wednesday, July 12, 2017

How Very Kind....

{jane bosi}  Happy Middle of the Week!!

Today, I'm sharing a colorful card featuring the new All About You stamp set!  I created the colorful background using a variety of distress inks and finished it off with a sentiment from All About You set!  Such a versatile set with the perfect sentiment no matter what the occasion!

Enjoy!  Jane

Monday, July 10, 2017

Gracious words...

We're almost spamming you with this stamp set the last days haha. But it's really versatile and I love the sentences that are in the set! I decided to choose one of the other scripture stamps, I think we showed them all to you by now :)

I'm not the best in stamping repeat backgrounds so I decided to give the background a bit of a 'grungy' look. I didn't add the stamp to an acrylic block but I just held it in my hand. That way I could play a bit with the edges of the stamp. After I stamped the background I faded out some yellow ink from the top to the bottom and stamped the message onto my card. I stamped the bee on a piece of scrap paper with the same brown ink as I used for the background stamp and cut it out. I adhered the bee with foam tape and added a couple of sequins to finish the card.
For this card I used the stamp set 'Sweet as Honey'.
http://www.sweetnsassystamps.com/sweet-as-honey-clear-stamp-set/
- Lucinde

Saturday, July 8, 2017

Psalm 19:10

Amen to that verse!  I am in love with this new set called Sweet As Honey now available in the store!  I stamped the honeycomb using distress inks and then sponged with more distress ink.
  I colored the bee with Copics and added some stickles to the wings for a little sparkle.  This set comes with 3 great scripture verses and a bunch of other sentiments, which makes it great for card making and even bible journaling!  Make sure you check out the other New Release HERE, some great new sets this month!  Hugs, Stephanie~