A Sneak Peek

Happy Saturday Sweet 'N Sassy friends!  Angie here with a little sneak peek of a new Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps bundle to be released Friday the 29th!  The stamp sets are from Krista Hamrick and are part of the new SNSS Creative Worship Bible Journaling brand!!   

Even though the new stamp sets are amazing for Bible art journaling they can be used to create whatever your imagination dreams up so for  my little sneaky peek I created a corner bookmark.

I stamped my image, masked it and swished my paper in leftover Brusho's watercolor that was on my craft mat from a previous project.  After it was dry I removed the mask and colored this beautiful image.

That's it for me today, I hope you have a fabulous weekend and don't forget to check back next Friday so that you can preorder your bundle!

Cute Critters for Valentines

Hello, Sweet N Sassy friends!  Angie here with a Cute Critter inspiration! 

All the critters in this set are so sweet but I am especially drawn to the adorable kitty and I colored her to look like our Storm.

I offset the pink oval to give the framing a bit of a twist. 

I added the pretty green fiber that was given to me by my sweet friend Janeen, then added a trio of hearts and a pink bow to finish off this valentine that was inspired by the Fusion Challenge.

Check out these adorable critters and punny sentiments in the Cute Critters stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Winter Tree

Hello!  Angie here hoping you are enjoying the weekend after Christmas!  We enjoyed a lovely celebration earlier in the week so I had plenty of time to stamp this week.  

For today's card, I am featuring the beautiful Tree Background stamp and Birds & Feather Die.  

Since it's been so warm here I've been reminiscing of my snowy childhood winters and decided to flock my tree branches with flower soft.  That's likely all the snow I am going to see this year!

Before I go, I want to leave with you this notice of Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps fabulous sale!

Name Above All Names

Hello, friends! Angie here with two Christmas cards to share with you today  featuring Brushos Color Crystals and images from Name above All Names stamp set.  Even though I used the same elements on the cards today I came up with two very different looks!

First up, I was inspired by a Splitcoaststampers challenge to use blue, gold, embossing and an intricate pattern and this is what I came up with.  I spritzed mixed media cardstock liberally with water and then added a generous amount of Turquoise Brushos.

For my next card, I went with a more traditional Christmas color palette and just a sprinkle of  Brushos lemon crystals.

I hope you have enjoyed taking a look at this versatile stamp set!  The images and sentiments included in the Name above All Names stamp set can be used for Christmas creations and many other occasions which make this set a fabulous value!

I hope you have a great rest of the week and don't forget to "breathe" during this very busy season!!!

Hugs!

Angie

Joy!

Hello, friends!   I am still working on my Christmas cards are you?  Today I am sharing this bright card featuring the super sweet Joy to the World stamp set.

I love how the images are so easy to color which makes for quick and fun creating!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Butterfly Flourish and More...

Hello,  Sweet 'N Sassy friends!  Angie here, hoping you have been enjoying our 8th birthday bash this month!  All month long we are revisiting some of our favorite sets and today's feature is Butterfly Flourish!  

I have had a lot of fun designing with this gorgeous stamp set.  The flourishes  flow gracefully among the gorgeous butterflies and I absolutely love the sentiment style!

For my first card, I used a previously made background and simply stamped the flourish and sentiment. I added a piece of glitter paper and gems for a quick and pretty card!

For my next card, I once again used a previously made background and stamped the image. I stamped the image a second time on a separate piece of cardstock, colored the butterflies with Chameleon Pens, then fussy cut each butterfly and added them to the card!

Butterfly Flourish

In celebration of Sweet N Sassy's 8th birthday, we are doing a little "About Me" segment so here's a little bit about me!

We have lived in Georgia for 25 years and in January my husband and I will celebrate our 26th anniversary!  We have a busy year ahead as our oldest is a senior in High School and will be transitioning to college. Yikes!  How did that happen so quickly? Our daughter is a freshman in High School and I think she is looking forward to having some "only" child time at home next year!  

I started stamping a little over four years ago when I decided to create "thank you" cards for my children's teachers.  One of their teachers told me about the Splitcoaststampers community and the rest, as they say, is history.   I made stamping friends on the forums and found tons of inspiration and discovered Sweet N Sassy Stamps during a release party held at Splitcoaststampers.   I fell in love with Sweet N Sassy Stamps beautiful designs and inspirational sentiments so much so that I can still remember going into great detail with my mom about the stamp set God's Purpose while talking on the phone with her one evening.

One of the happiest moments in my stamping journey came in November 2013 when Lydia, manager of Splitcoaststampers invited me to join the Dirty Dozen team.  My very first card as DD member featured Sweet N Sassy Stamps Mini Tags & Sentiments clear Stamp and Mini Tags Die Set and Cathy McCauley was the first person to comment on my card!

Sweet N Sassy Stamps has been part of my stamping almost from the very beginning so you can imagine my delight and awe when I was asked in December 2014 to be on the design team!

I am inspired by so many talented artists but Kristina Werner, Jennifer McGuire, and Lydia Fiedler are among the top designers that I love to watch on youtube.  They create gorgeous cards and inspire me to try new techniques.

I have grown leaps and bounds as a stamper because right from the beginning I found an online stamping community where I made friends and had access to a huge amount of tutorials so my advice to new stampers is find a community, youtube channel and/or bloggers to follow and inspire you.  Practice, practice, practice your art and pay attention to what makes you happy while creating and keep DOING that!!!

I love working with Sweet N Sassy Stamps so it's super hard to choose a favorite but I can say that the Sweet N Sassy stamp set that I have used the most is Welcome Jesus.  I just love the expression of joy on the snowman's face! 

Distress Ink Fun

Hello!  Angie, here with a tutorial today using Distress Inks and water. Here's a peek at what you will need.  

I am a huge fan of distress inks and water for backgrounds but I have been wanting to try a stamping technique so after a few experiments I am ready to share my tips with you!

First ink up a stamp with one or several distress inks.  I found that I preferred to use a stamp with solid areas such as this bold sentiment rather than thin lined images or sentiments.  The fabulous Words of Life Collection 1 stamp set is brimming with words that work perfectly with this technique.  

Take a mister of water and spritz ink liberally.

The trick is to get the ink to spread.

After the ink is dry (I use a heat tool), ink stamp with a black ink and stamp over the top of the original stamping.  I like using the MISTI when doing this technique for the easy and precise alignment!

For my sample, I die cut the "thanks" with a circle die and added three butterflies from Parisian Posctard.  For the background, I created a watercolor wash using distress inks.

Here's another sample using the word HOPE from Words of Life Collection 1.  I just love the font on this one!  The background for this card was created with Brusho Crystal Colours with splatters from Distress Inks.

Words of Life Collection 1

 Parisian Posctard

Winter is For the Birds!

Happy Wednesday!    Angie here with a winter card using the super fun For the Birds stamp set.  I think this set is darling and includes sweet and funny sentiments!  

  For the Birds is one of this month's Sweet Perks Club Bundles which means you can get this stamp and coordinating die set for a special price but you have to act fast!!!  The Sweet Perks Club price only lasts through midnight tomorrow!

For my card I swished my background through distress ink spritzed liberally with water, dried with heat gun and repeated.  I used the same technique on a small piece of mixed media paper with seedless preserves distress ink then die cut the hearts with SNSS Heart Dies.  For the finishing touch, I stamped the sentiment and die cut with Speech Bubbles.  I love how Cathy layers her speech bubbles so I have borrowed the technique for my cards!

 In this lighting, it's difficult to see but I added Wink of Stella to the hearts and also the snow on the branch.

   Make sure you stop by the store and pick up your Sweet Perks Club Bundles today!!!

October Sweet Perks Bundles:

 For the Birds

Harvest Blessings

 Winnie's Warm Wishes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sweet Perks Club - Winnie's Warm Wishes

Happy weekend to you!

Angie here with a little Sweet Perks Club inspiration to share with you today!

Winnie's Warm Wishes is one of three club bundles this month available for preorder and for a limited time you can get the bundles at a special price!

For my card, I added three of the fun images as my focal point and added the sentiment on the inside.  

 I created the sentiment with individual words that are included in the set.

Winnie's Warm Wishes Bundle

  

Thanks so much for stopping by!