Autumn Blessings

 

Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers! 

It's Ceal, here to share a card with you today using the Autumn Gnomes stamp set. I can't seem to get enough of this set. 

To make this CAS card, I started with a white top folding card base and a white panel which I cut down with a scalloped/stitched die cut. I stamped the image on the panel and then colored it using Copic markers. I added a little grass under the pumpkins and the greeting to finish the card. 

Thank for stopping by! 

Wood Scraps to Treasure!

 Hi Friends! Happy Friday!!

I have been having a great time stretching my stamps and have loved the fun wood block decor I have created this summer. My first batch were made for my sister's birthday (for her tiered tray) and I had the hardest time giving them over (haha). Sooo what's a girl to do but make herself some (and get a tray to go with them - sigh.) Today I have lot of samples to show you!

My first projects used a wonky piece of scrap wood, a wood slice, and a "stem"/stick from my yard to create pumpkin with a little sign using Fall Breeze. Then I grabbed a scrap of 2x4 for a block using Autumn Gnomes with I modpodged onto the block and and a sentiment from Rhubarb's Harvest (stamped with Stazon)

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• Then I painted up some beads and strung them to create a garland. Then cut up a 1x3 to create a stack of books. I painted them colors to coordinate with my garland and using Bitty Minnie Alpha I labeled my books with Thankful, Grateful, and Blessed - this set is PERFECT for this project! With some scrap 2x2's I added another little pumpkin and an apple. This all filled the top tier of my tray and it all is made by me - it makes me smile every time I see it!

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• Finally, I decided top make a fun little recipe card and holder with the Sweet Treats set. This isn't for my tray but it was the last of my cut wood blocks (but I will be making more haha!) I colored the image with Copics and fussy cut it. I modpodged it onto the block (painted with chalk paint) then screwed a little clip to the top. I stamped the sentiment with Stazon and that is all there was to this little project.
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These are all super fun and very easy! I hope you are inspired to try something similar - If you don't have the blocks, you can sometimes get them from Home Depot from the scrap pile - where there is a will there is a way right :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Lyn

Thankful

 

Hi there Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers!

It's Ceal, here. Today I am sharing a card i made using the Autumn Gnomes set.  

I just love this set and had to color it up for the last day of the coloring challenge. 

For all the details head over to my blog, Simply Beautiful.

Fall Leaves and Coffee Please

Today I am playing with two of the Sweet N Sassy August stamp sets Fall Breeze and Autumn Gnomes and the Fall Leaves Stencil. I tried a some different techniques with the stencil to give myself 3 unique backgrounds. Then I used the simple sentiments and images from my stamp sets to finish off my cards.

First up... I ran my stencil through my embossing machine. You can't see it very well but it is slightly raised. While the stencil was still attached to my cardstock, I lightly brushed on some distess inks. I stamped on the sentiment from the Fall Breeze set and colored in the outlines of the words. Super simple but fun!

Second (and third), I did some ink blending on Bristol Smooth water color paper. I laid the stencil on top and spritzed it heavily with water with caused the ink underneath to run a bit so I lifted the stencil and laid it onto a clean piece of Bristol paper for a much lighter, subtle look. I added sentiments and small images to both of these backgrounds and they were pretty much finished.

I hope you were inspired to try out your stencils in multiple ways and see what you get - I think you will be happy with the results!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

Thanks

For today's card I decided to make my first mini slimline card. I cased fellow design team member Sheri Gilson's card layout and directions swapping out colors and sets used.

 

  

For the background, I used three different colors of inks to stamp the background because I wanted to the color to vary a bit. I find mini ink cubes are the easiest way to do this type of inking.

 

 

Supplies:

Autumn Gnomes

Texture Tiles 6 

Thanks Word Die

Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper

Cardstock: White, Certainly Celery and Garden Green

Arteza Real Brush Pens: Ginger, Orange Rust, Cadmium Orange, Bumble Bee Yellow and Green Tea

Inks: VersaFine Clair Nocturne, Grass Green, Fresh Asparagus, Dried Oregano

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Karen

Autumn Blessings and an Instagram Hop

Hi friends! It's time for the SNSS August Release Inspiration Hop on Instagram. You can head over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Instagram feed to start the hop. I'm so excited about my new stamp set with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps that I just had to use it for my hop card this month.  I paired it with the adorable Autumn Gnomes set illustrated by my friend, Jenn Nilsson. Isn't this gnome image adorable?

I colored it and the leaves from Fall Breeze with Copic markers and then masked off the gnome and wheelbarrow and sponged the sky and added the ground with the Texture Tiles 6 set, sponging for an earthen look.  

The pretty papers are from last year's Pumkin & Spice pad from Prima. I hadn't used it yet, so I figured there's no time like the present to bust it out! {grin} I added the sentiment from Fall Breeze directly on the patterned paper, matted everything in dark brown and inked the edges, then layered some of the leaves at as a little embellishment to finish things off.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous day. If you haven't checked it out already, the August SNSS release is a must see!

Autumn Gnomies

 Hello Sweet 'n Sassy Stampers!

It's Ceal here. Today I am sharing a card using one of the August releases, Autumn Gnomies.

To create this card I started with a top folding shite card base and a panel cut down slightly smaller. I stamped the image, colored it using alcohol markers and then created a mask. I ink blended Mowed Lawn, Crackling Campfire and the new Prize Ribbon for the background. I removed the mask and added the sentiment from the same set. 

Until next time Happy Stamping!