Risen

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee here, popping in to share a card made with a couple of the new March release sets.

I just love the imagery in the He is Risen set illustrated by Rebecca Rios. Such a beautiful set that puts the meaning of Easter front and center.

If you haven't been to our Facebook page in a while, there's a lot of new events, activities, and VIP perks happening over there. Including a new monthly challenge! The March challenge is New Life and the idea is to create something with flowers or an Easter theme and upload it with #snssvip319 to the challenge album in our SNSS VIP Group for a chance to win a prize!

So with the challenge in mind, I started my card with the crown of thorns image, stamping once in frayed burlap distress oxide and then rotated the stamp and stamped again to form a completed crown. I used a frayed burlap distress marker to connect the lines where the two stamped impressions met, then used a waterbrush to spread the stamped ink around to "color" the image.

I then stamped the Risen sentiment in the center of the crown with Copic safe ink and colored with Copic markers. Serendipitously, I set my stamp set down on my desk over my stamped panel, and just happened to see that the hill with crosses image looked like it fit the word Risen perfectly. So I stamped risen again on post it note paper, then cut out the tops of all the letters to mask off my colored letters and stamped the cross above the word inside the crown. Love how well it works together, don't you think? I finished coloring the image with Copic markers and then fussy cut around the crown.

Next, I pulled out the Doodled Flowers March Stamp of the Month set. This beautiful set of floral images and leafy sprigs illustrated by Krista Harnick is just delightful and perfect for making quick backgrounds. The stamp of the month is available this month exclusively as a FREE gift with a $75 or more purchase. Yippee!

I placed all of the floral images onto my MISTI stamp platform and stamped them in both mustard seed and spiced marmalade distress oxides.  I then accented some of  the circle elements on the panel with orange Nuvo drops. Next I stamped a single flower and leaf image, then colored with Copic markers and trimmed by hand to place at the bottom of the crown of thorns. My final touch was a tiny rhinestone in the center of the flower.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you haven't already, there's still a chance to get in on the Early Bird Bundle of this fabulous release at a savings!