Alleluia Lilies

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers! 

It's Ceal. Today I am sharing a couple cards using the Alleluia Lilies and showing how versatile this set is. I created a wedding/save the date/anniversary card and also a sympathy card using that same set.  There is also a coordinating die set as well. 

To create these cards I started with a white top folding card base, a dove panel and a white panel. I randomly stamped the lilies from the Alleluia Lilies on the white panel and then colored them using alcohol markers.

For the wedding card I used a pale pink and pale green. I paired it up with the Mr & Mrs set from the April release and also used the Coordinating die for that set.  The sentiment is from the Thoughtful Words set. 

For the sympathy card I used a pale grey for the coloring and the Everyday Greetings 2 from the April release stamped in grey and embossed with clear powder. 

Hello There Lilies

 

Hello friend. Esther here today sharing this friendship card that features two stamps sets from the March Release as well as a few older ones. Obviously lilies aren't just for Easter as they also make great focal points for friendship, get well, and even sympathy cards!

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To create my card I stamped both Texture Tiles 11 and Typewriter Text Background in white in on a turquoise piece of card stock and die cut the edge with a scallop edge die.  

Next I stamped the Background Builders: Stripes in peacock feathers distress ink across the bottom of of my white card stock. I layered the die cut scallop piece over top and added a sentiment from Everyday Greetings in Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.

The Alleluia Lilies were stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink on watercolor paper and painted with watercolors before die cutting with the coordinating  Alleluia Lilies Dies  and adding them to my card front using foam mounting tape.

 

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February Release Hop Winner + Inspiration

Hi Sweet 'n Sassy friends! It's Julee popping in with a little inky inspiration and some happy news for one of you blog hoppers!

As always, we had so much fun sharing the current release with you on our February Blog Hop. We so hope you enjoyed it, too, and gleaned a little inspiration for using this month's stamps! While we think you're ALL winners, we did randomly select ONE lucky reader from among all the comments on the hop to receive a $25 gift certificate to the Sweet 'n Sassy shop. This month's winner was randomly selected from Julee's post comments (that's me).

And the winner is...

Congratulations MargeE!

Please send an email to snssassistant@gmail.com to claim your prize.

Now onto a little inspiration from me, mixing a couple of this month's releases with a couple of previous releases. I love how well the line of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps mix and match!

I absolutely love the new Alleluia Lilies stamp set. The flowers are just so beautiful. So this card started with the flower and extra leaf. I stamped them on watercolor paper and then watercolored with distress inks and fussy cut.

I then stamped the wood sign from Rustic Easter and sponged with distress inks, then embossed the Blessings sentiment in white over it.  This is fussy cut and layered over the bottom of the flower.

For the circle background I pulled out the Rise & Shine Stencil and stenciled with distress inks one way, then flipped the stencil around to fill a complete circle.  The background is done with the Wood Backgrounds set (one of my favorites), and I stamped it in brown on kraft paper, then ink blended to get a fun dark wood effect like the word sign.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

-Julee

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Two cards - One background

 

 Hello friend. Esther here today sharing two cards I created with one striped background. My first card features the BRAND NEW Alleluia Lilies and coordinating Alleluia Lilies Dies that I used to practice some no-line watercoloring. I stamped the Background Builders: Stripes on white card stock and added some spot stamping with Psalm 23 Background. I trimmed it into a long strip and matted it on green card stock.  To add a bit of interest to the white card front I used the Delightfully Delicate Stencil and some peeled paint distress oxide. The sentiment is stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.

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My second card uses the leftover piece of striped paper that I created with the Background Builders: Stripes set turned the other way and used across the bottom of my card. 

  I created a focal point for my card using Flower Garden and Sweet As Honey, which I colored with Arteza Real Brush Pens. The top part of my card is a collage consisting of Flower Garden, Cheerful Hexies, and Psalm 23 Background. The Fence Die divides the two sections and a sentiment from Encouraging Thoughts is stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink  ink across the bottom.

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Alleluia

 Hello! Yesterday I posted a few cards with the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps Alleluia Lilies and Alleluia Lilies Dies for the blog hop. If you missed the hop, be sure to check it out. Today I have another card with this pretty set. When I was creating with it, something reminded me of the old Faux Cloisonne Technique I learned many years ago and I set out to try it again. The original technique was to heat emboss the image with gold powder on glossy magazine pages and layer it onto black cardstock. Well, I couldn't find a magazine page that I liked so I used patterned paper. Then I decided to add some layers on the black...so in the end, it ended up a variation of the technique but I still liked the results. :)

To try the FAUX CLOISONNE TECHNIQUE: gather some colorful, glossy magazine pages.  Stamp a detailed image with Versamark ink on both the black cardstock and the magazine pages.  Heat emboss with gold embossing powder.  Cut out portions of the image on the magazine pages and adhere on top of the image on the black cardstock.

I added a layer of gold paper to accent the gold embossing and some black rhinestones to match the card base. The word was embossed in black. It's fun to revisit old techniques as well as learn something new. Whether you've tried this before or not, I hope it inspires you to create something!

Have a great day!

Diane

  

Joy Comes in the Morning

 

Hi friends! It's Julee popping in with a bit of paper sunshine for your Wednesday! When I was playing around with the new stencils in the shop the other day for a different card, I had this panel left over that was a "clean-up" page for my Grunge Dots Stencil with pinks and yellows. I loved the look of it, so decided to  cut it down for a card and start playing some more.  First I grabbed the Rise & Shine Stencil and used some neon yellow glitter paste to add the sun.  The glimmer was super hard to capture in the photograph, but has such great dimension and shine in real life.  I then embossed the clouds from Texture Tiles 10 onto the top of the panel in white and filled in with some nuvo drops.

I embossed the sentiment from Be Encouraged onto a white strip of cardstock, then lined up where I wanted it to figure out where to add the stencil so it looks like it's continuing the sunshine pattern.  The flower is from the Alleluia Lilies set, which I colored with a mix of dye inks, a waterbrush, then added a few accents with Copics and a white gel pen.  I added a bit of brown ink for a little grunginess to the panel.

The card background was my first attempt at using a stencil to emboss a background in my die cut machine.  I used the Grunge Dots stencil and ran through with an embossing mat to get a nice texture to the paper, then I blended with brown and pink inks to continue that grunge look.  Such a fun mix of products in this release!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a joyful day!

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Alleluia

  Hello Sweet Friends!  Sheri here today with a card featuring the NEW Alleluia Lilies stamp set from the February 2021 Release!

I picked the largest image in the set and stamped it on the white panel with alcohol friendly ink and used copic markers to color.  I then used a few foam squares and popped it on a pink card base. For embellishment I added a few rhinestones.

Copic markers used

Flower: R81, R83 & R85; Leaves: G40 & G43; Outline:W2.

 

Card Measurements:

Pink Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (4 1/4" x 11", scored at 5 1/2")

White Scallop Panel: 3 7/8" x 5"

Coordinating Die Set

 

 

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Happy Stamping!!

Bright Beautiful Lilies

 

    Hello crafty friends! I hope you have been enjoying the new release from this month. I'm very excited to share with you the card that I made using the new Alleluia Lilies stamp and die set. 

 

    I love color! For this card I wanted to color all those beautiful lilies and leaves with bright colors. So, I immediately went online to google pictures of lilies to inspire me. 

 

    That, of course, made me want to play with my Copic markers to try to achieve those color choices and combinations. I'm so glad I did! With the help of my husband (he's an artist and knows everything there is about Copic markers, which comes in handy!), he helped me create these beautiful color combos with the markers I already owned.

    After I colored all of my images, I put them against green card stock and I noticed that the card stock was a little too light. So, I grabbed one of my green inks and blended some darker green so those flowers could pop. After that, I glued a sentiment from the new Easter Innies stamp set and added some embellishments. 

 I hope this card has given you some inspiration to do something creative today.